Liverpool City Council election, 1932

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1932.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	??	??	??
Labour	??	??	??	??
Protestant	??	??	??	??
Liberal	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1932
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal
	Protestant
	Communist

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

^(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Comparisons are made with the 1930 election results.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles William Bailey	1,821	57%
	Labour	Mrs. Agnes Mitton	1,231	39%
	Youth	Lawrence Joseph Patrick McAdam	139	4%
Majority			590
Registered electors			9,444
Turnout			3,191	34%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vere Egerton Cotton O.B.E.	1,974	60%
	Liberal	Arthur Donald Dennis	1,293	40%
Majority			681
Registered electors			8,819
Turnout			3,267	37%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John William Jones	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Gates *	2,989	74%
		Frederick Jones	1,024	26%
Majority			1,965
Registered electors
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. Ada Martha Burton	2,134	53%
	Labour	Alfred Hargreaves	1,910	47%
Majority			224
Registered electors			10,450
Turnout			4,044	39%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lawrence King *	3,912	95%
	Communist	Frederick William Gibson	212	5%
Majority			3,700
Registered electors			8,843
Turnout			4,124	47%
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Garnett Sheldon *	unopposed
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lady Helena Agnes Daltymple Muspratt *	978	48%
	Liberal	William John Tristram	849	42%
	Labour	Alfred Donohue	195	10%
Majority			129
Registered electors			3,299
Turnout			2,022	61%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croxteth

No. 40 Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Henry Boothman *	3,397	55%
	Conservative	John Moores	2,442	39%
	Democratic Labour	Peter Joseph Haines	221	4%
	Communist	Charles William Heaton	118	2%
Majority			975
Registered electors			12,936
Turnout			6,158	48%
	Labour hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Jones *	4,478	50%
	Conservative	James Bennett O.B.E.	3,084	35%
	Protestant	Richard Bradley	1,362	15%
Majority			1,394
Registered electors			15,518
Turnout			8,924	58%
	Labour hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 18 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Griffin *	3,402	60%
	Conservative	William Murphy	2,018	36%
	Ind. Labour Party	John Fitzpatrick Hughes	246	4%
Majority			1,384
Registered electors			13,318
Turnout			5,666	43%
	Labour hold		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Braddock	4,408	65%
	Conservative	John Harold Irwin	2,383	35%
Majority			2,025
Registered electors			13,436
Turnout			6,791	51%
	Labour hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Centre	Miss Alice McCormick *	717	68%
	Labour	Albert Smitton	258	25%
	Youth	Arthur James Gerard Smyth	69	6.6%
	Ind. Labour Party	Mark Edward Boggin	7	0.67%
Majority			459
Registered electors
Turnout			1,051
	Centre hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Barry *	2,557	65%
	Labour	Richard Thomas Hughes	1,350	35%
Majority			1,207
Registered electors			10,309
Turnout			3,907	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Disley	2,413	52%
	Labour	Francis Lavery	1,261	27%
	Ind. Labour Party	Robert Edwards *	943	20%
Majority			1,152
Registered electors			11,026
Turnout			4,617	42%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Sydney Dytor	2,558	59%
	Conservative	John Case *	1,808	41%
Majority			750
Registered electors			7,695
Turnout			4,366	57%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone MP *	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Percy Ernest Sherwin	951	49%
	Democratic Labour	Matthew Grogan *	933	48%
	Youth	Leo Patrick Taylor	64	3%
Majority			18
Registered electors			5,048
Turnout			1,948	39%
	Labour hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leo Patrick Taylor	2,479	52%
	Labour	Bernard Louis Meyer	1,944	41%
	Liberal	William Henry Ledsom	323	7%
Majority			535
Registered electors			11,270
Turnout			4,746	42%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Henry Barton *	2,546	35%
	Conservative	Ernest Tyrer	2,471	34%
	Protestant	William Reuben Price	1,771	24%
	Ind. Labour Party	Charles Henry Cund junr.	536	7.2%
	Communist	Albert Edward Cole	125	1.7%
Majority			75
Registered electors			17,097
Turnout			7,449	44%
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Woolton

No election.

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Robinson	2,520	54%
	Conservative	Gwilym Eiriol Mills	2,053	44%
	Communist	John Frederick Hedley	103	2.2%
Majority			467
Registered electors			11,316
Turnout			4,676	41%
	Labour hold		Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mrs. Caroline Whiteley	850	52%
	Conservative	Edwin Phillips Thompson	740	45%
	Labour	Arthur Lumb	52	3.2%
	Independent Democratic Labour	Patrick O'Brien Hendley	7	3.2%
Majority			110
Registered electors			2,371
Turnout			1,649	70%
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Chadwick	3,079	47%
	Conservative	Arnold Barkby	1,980	30%
	Protestant	Albert Clayton	1,490	23%
Majority			1,090
Registered electors			12,078
Turnout			6,549	54%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. Margaret Macfarlane	2,429	92%
	Communist	Leo Joseph McGree	206	7.8%
Majority			2,223
Registered electors
Turnout			2,635
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Williamson	3,659	52%
	Conservative	George Charles Edward Simpson O.B.E.	3,440	48%
Majority			219
Registered electors			16,191
Turnout			7,099	44%
	Labour hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Roland Clare	2,448	55%
	Labour	Alfred Demain	2,029	45%
Majority			419
Registered electors			16,191
Turnout			4,477	28%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James William Baker *	2,903	94%
	Communist	Ieuan Peters Hughes	198	6%
Majority			2,705
Registered electors			9,369
Turnout			3,101	33%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Sydney Silverman	3,227	86%
	Democratic Labour	Thomas Conifer	505
Majority			2,722
Registered electors			9,108
Turnout			3,732	41%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	Mrs. Mary Jane Longbottom	1,784	35%
	Conservative	William Edward Backhouse *	1,566 09:26 13/12/20157	30%
	Labour	Robert Joseph McDonnell	1,370	27%%
	Independent Labour Party	George Edward Humphreys	432	8%
Majority			218
Registered electors			11,712
Turnout			5,152	44%
	Protestant gain from Conservative

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Robinson	671	52%
	Labour	Robert Edward Cottier	488	38%
	Independent	William Edward McLachlan
Majority			183
Registered electors			2,853
Turnout			1,289	45%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Cory Dixon *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Percy Clayton *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Sheehan	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Brian Hoer	953	55%
	Democratic Labour	Stephen McBride	779	45%
Majority			174
Registered electors			3,704
Turnout			1,732	47%
	Labour hold		Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Miller Platt *	3,581	58%
	Labour	William James Riddick	2,614	42%
Majority			967
Registered electors			16,370
Turnout			6,195	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Jude *	2,847	66%
	Labour	William Bent	1,460	34%
Majority			1,387
Registered electors			12,459
Turnout			4,307	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Redmond	3,583	68%
	Labour	John Reginald Bevins	1,701	32%
Majority			1,882
Registered electors			14,857
Turnout			5,284	36%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlton Thomson	2,141	53%
	Labour	Charles Matthew Belk	1,000	25%
	Independent	Mrs. Caroline Whiteley	929	23%
Majority			1,141
Registered electors			13,898
Turnout			4,070	29%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Morrow *	4,176	64%
	Labour	John Hamilton	2,322	36%
Majority			1,854
Registered electors			18,628
Turnout			6,498	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[1] ^[2]

Aldermanic elections

19 Aldermen were elected by the Council on 9 November 1932 for a term of six years.

- re-elected aldermen.

Party		Alderman
		James Bolger
	Labour	Thomas Burke J.P. *
	Conservative	Robert Lowry Burns J.P. *
	Conservative	Henry Alexander Cole J.P. *
		James Conrad Cross J.P. *
		Burton William Eills J.P.
		John Lamport Eills J.P.
		Austin Harford J.P. *
	Labour	Luke Hogan M.B.E. J.P. *
		Patrick Jeremiah Kelly
		William Wallace Kelly J.P.
		Richard Robert Meade-King J.P.
	Conservative	Max Muspratt
	Conservative	Edward Russell-Taylor J.P. *
	Conservative	Robert Garnett Sheldon *
		Anthony Shelmerdine J.P.
		Frederick Smith J.P.
		Edwin Thompson J.P. *
		Sir Thomas White

^[3]

By-elections

Alderman Joseph Dalton Flood died on 29 October 1932 ^[4]

No. 40 Croxteth, Thursday, 3 November 1932

Caused by the disqualification of Councillor Oswald Wade (Conservative, elected to the Croxteth ward on 1 November 1930), due to him being declared bankrupt, which was reported to the Council on 5 October 1932,^[5]

No. 40 Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Lilian Hamilton	3,574	70%
	Conservative	Dinsdale Walker junior	1,556	30%
Majority			2,018
Registered electors			12,936
Turnout			5,130	40%
	Labour hold		Swing

^[6]

No. 25 Walton, 16 February 1933

Following the death of Alderman Joseph Ashworth on 22 November 1932,^[7] Councillor George Miller Platt (Conservative, Walton elected 1 November 1932) was elected as an alderman by the Council on 1 February 1933.^[8]

No. 25 Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Harold Irwin	2,668	62%
	Labour	William James Riddick	1,564	38%
Majority			994
Registered electors			16,370
Turnout			4,122	25%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[9]

No. 7 Castle Street, 29 November 1932

Caused by Councillor Robert Garnett Sheldon being elected as an alderman by the Council.

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Bennett O.B.E.	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

-^[10]

No. 19 Kensington, 23 May 1933

Caused by the death of Councillor Joseph Gardner on 25 April 1933.

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Case	1,850	51%
		George Porter	1,324	36%
		Alfred David Adams	299	8%
	Liberal	William Henry Ledsom	183	5%
Majority			526
Registered electors			11,270
Turnout			3,656	32%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

^[11]

No. 8 St. Peters, 30 May 1933

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Herbert Wolfe Levy (Conservative by-election St. Peter's 1931-32?) which was reported to the Council on 17 May 1933

No. 8 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sydney James Hill	458	53%
		Joseph Whitehead	340	39%
		Frederick Bowman	72	8%
Majority			118
Registered electors			2,853
Turnout			870	30%
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

^[12]

No.10 Great George, 22 August 1933

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Harry Leo Gaffeney (Democratic Labour, Great George elected 1 November 1931) was reported to the Council on 26 July 1933.^[13]

No. 10 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hamilton	unopposed
Registered electors			5,048
	Labour hold		Swing

^[14]

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1932
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1932-1933
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1932-1933 pg 8
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1932-1933 pg 1
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 pg 570
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1932-1933 pg 6
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1932-1933 pg 102
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1932-1933 pg 188
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1932-1933 pg 224
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1932-1933 pg
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1932-1933 pg 352
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1932-1933 pg 352
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1932-1933 pg 498
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1932-1933 pg 538

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