Liverpool City Council election, 1922

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1922.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	67	+9	23	90
Liberal	6	0	3	9
Coalition Liberal	10	-1	4	14
Irish Nationalist	21	0	3	24
Labour	6	-6	2	8
Independent	4	+1	0	4

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1922
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	23	9	0	+9		43%	50,270
	Labour	1	0	8	-8		29%	33,142
	Liberal	3	1	1	0		10%	11,463
	Irish Nationalist	7	0	0	0		10%	9,068
	Patriotic Labour	1	1	0	+1		2.6%	2,999
	Independent Conservative	0	0	0	0		1.9%	2,219
	Independent Labour	1	1	0	+1		1.9%	2,184
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0%	1.4%	1,638

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1919 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in 1919.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Edwin Thompson *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Henry Morley Miller *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Young Williamson	2,602	50%
	Liberal	Alfred Gates	1,510	29%
	Labour	Fred Robinson	1,124	21%
Majority			1,092
Registered electors			9,243
Turnout			5,236	57%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward James Jones	3,594	67%
	Labour	Henry Alfred Booth *	1,611	30%
	Irish Nationalist	John Gaffney	121	2%
Majority			1,983
Registered electors			9,557
Turnout			5,326	56%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Nationalist	John Alfred Kelly *	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Sandeman Allen	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Wallace Kelly *	4,741	53%
	Labour	Horace Godden Cole	4,243	47%
Majority			498
Registered electors			13,765
Turnout			8,984	65%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 18 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert John Hall	3,206	49%
	Labour	Charles Burden *	2,438	38%
	Irish Nationalist	William Henry McGuiness	502	8%
	Patriotic Labour	Charles Stamper	345	5.3%
Majority			768
Registered electors			13,765
Turnout			8,984	65%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Henry Walker *	4,663	57%
	Conservative	Alfred Michael Urding	3,542	43%
	Irish Nationalist	Matthew Grogan	26	0.3%
	Independent	James Linge	11	0.1%
Majority			1,121
Registered electors			12,025
Turnout			8,242	69%
	Labour hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Nationalist	Peter Kavanagh *	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	George Edmund Travis	2,809	61%
	Coalition Liberal	Joseph Lucas *	1,821	39%
Majority			988
Registered electors			9,061
Turnout			4,630	51%
	Liberal gain from Coalition Liberal		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Frank Quayle *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edmund Robert Thompson	1,988	57%
	Labour	James Henry Dutton *	1,496	43%
Majority			492
Registered electors			5,802
Turnout			3,484	60%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Frederick Charles Bowring	2,283	65%
	Independent	Robert Tissyman	1,225	35%
Majority			1,058
Registered electors			8,847
Turnout			3,508	40%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Thomas Owen Ruddin *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Hughes Rutherford	3,755	67%
	Labour	Charles Wilson	1,703	31%
	Irish Nationalist	Edward John Delaney	121	2%
Majority			2,052
Registered electors			10,548
Turnout			5,579	53%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dr. Robert Garnett Sheldon *	4,629	70%
	Labour	Frederick Jones, Senior	1,903	29%
	Patriotic Labour	Abraham Slater	117	2%
Majority			2,726
Registered electors			14,890
Turnout			6,649	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Woolton

No. 39 Little Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Rupert Henry Bremner	unopposed
	Conservative win (new seat)

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ellis Keyser Yates	2,978	53%
	Labour	Thomas Joseph Rowan	1,530	27%
	Irish Nationalist	Joseph Loughran	1,112	20%
Majority			1,448
Registered electors			9,851
Turnout			5,620	57%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Patriotic Labour	John Walker *	2,654	42%
	Independent Conservative	William Edward McLachlan	2,219	35%
	Labour	George Chadwick	1,350	22%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Charles Roche	55	1%
Majority			435
Registered electors			10,745
Turnout			6,278	58%
	Patriotic Labour gain from Independent

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	John Clancy *	2,499	55%
	Labour	Edward Campbell	2,011	45%
Majority			488
Registered electors			7,549
Turnout			4,510	60%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Waterworth	3,485	56%
	Labour	Herbert Edward Rose *	1,893	31%
	Irish Nationalist	James Farrell jun.	813	13%
Majority			1,592
Registered electors			11,263
Turnout			6,191	55%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Jackson *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Wafer Byrne *	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Labour	John Nield	2,181	57%
	Liberal	Philip Durning Holt *	1,642	43%
Majority			539
Registered electors			7,745
Turnout			3,823	49%
	Independent Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas White *	3,917	84%
	Patriotic Labour	Charles Henry Allam	721	16%
Majority			3,196
Registered electors			10,545
Turnout			4,638	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Henry Alexander Cole *	732	65%
	Independent	Frederick Bowman	402	35%
Majority			330
Registered electors			2,564
Turnout			1,134	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arnold Rushton *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Hugh Reynolds Rathbone *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Michael O'Mahony	2,540	50.4%
	Labour	Henry Gaskin	2,499	49.6%
Majority			41
Registered electors
Turnout
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Arthur Murphy	1,068	73%
	Labour	Michael James Mulvihill	389	27%
Majority			679
Registered electors			3,572
Turnout			1,457	41%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Charles Roland Clare	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Bartholomew Herman	2,856	79%
	Labour	Francis Fitzpatrick	745	21%
Majority			2,111
Registered electors			10,902
Turnout			3,601	33%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur Angers	2,228	43%
	Labour	Charles Sydney Jones	2,070	40%
	Labour	George Boothman	885	17%
Majority			158
Registered electors			9,707
Turnout			5,183	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Granville Legge	2,067	46%
	Labour	William Augustus Colcutt *	1,170	26%
	Liberal	John Richard Hobhouse	1,149	25%
	Irish Nationalist	Benjamin McGinnty	134	3%
Majority			897
Registered electors			9,239
Turnout			4,520	49%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Duncan French	3,950	72%
	Labour	Walter Percy Helm *	1,489	27%
	Irish Nationalist	John Patrick Farrelly	77	1.4%
Majority			2,461
Registered electors			10,754
Turnout			5,516	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

By-elections

The death of Councillor John O'Shea occurred 28th October 1922.^[4]

No. 29 Anfield, 17th January 1923

Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Owen Thomas (Liberal, Anfield, elected 1st November 1920) which was reported to the Council on 3rd January 1923. ^[5]

No. 29 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alfred Gates	1,524
		Arthur Venmore	1,336
Majority			188
Registered electors			9,243
Turnout
	Liberal gain from {{{loser}}}		Swing

^[6]

No. 32 Old Swan, Tuesday 20th February 1923

Following the death of Alderman Richard Dart (Conservative),^[7] Councillor John Edwards (Conservative, Old Swan, elected 1st November 1921) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 7th February 1923. ^[8]

No. 32 Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Whittle	2,060
	Labour	Herbert Edward Rose	1,661
Majority			399
Registered electors			11,263
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[9]

No. 31 Fairfield, 21st March 1923

Caused by the election of Councillor Thomas Dowd (Conservative, Fairfield, elected 1st November 1921) as an alderman.

No. 31 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Sydney Jones	unopposed
Registered electors			9,061
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

^[10]

No. 33 Wavertree West, Tuesday 15th May 1923

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Sidney Stanley Dawson ( Wavertree West, elected ) was reported to the Council on 2nd May 1923.^[11]

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Richard Hobhouse	1,490
		Edward Percival Parker	1,274
	Labour	William Augustus Colcutt *	934
Majority			216
Registered electors			9,239
Turnout
	Liberal gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

^[12]

No. 7 Castle Street, 21st June 1923

Following the death of Councillor Benjamin Cookson ( Castle Street, elected 1st November 1920) on 7th May 1923.^[13]

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Frederick William Frodsham	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[14]

No. 31 Fazakerley,

Following the death of Councillor Matthew Leitch (Conservative, Fazakerley, elected 1st November 1920) on 9th May 1923.^[15]

No. 22 Netherfield, Tuesday 31st July 1923

Caused by the death of Councillor William Ball (Conservative, Netherfield, elected 1st November 1920) on 3rd July 1923.^[16]

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	William Edward McLachlan	2,437
		Charles Stamper	717
	Labour	George Chadwick	406
Majority
Registered electors			10,745
Turnout
	Independent Conservative gain from N/A

^[17]

The death of Councillor William Pemberton Coslett (Conservative, Edge Hill, elected 1st November 1921) on 16th October 1923 was reported to the Council on 24th October 1923. ^[18]

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 3 November 1922
↑ (Liverpool) Daily Courier 3 November 1922
↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans)". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
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↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 pg 94(selected page scans)". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 pg 118(selected page scans)". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 119". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 120". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 164". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 202". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
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↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 268". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 299". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
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↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 298". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
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