Liverpool City Council election, 1936

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1936.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1936
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	20					50%	73,608
	Labour	10					39%	57,089
	Liberal	5					4.8%	6,996
	Protestant	2					4.3%	6,329
	Independent	1					0.77%	1,120
		1
	Democratic Conservative	0	0	0	0	0%	0.59%	860

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

^(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Comparisons are made with the 1936 election results.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. T. Roberts *	2,383	51%
	Labour	Mrs. A. Elliott	2,245	49%
Majority			138
Registered electors			9,829
Turnout			4,628	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. J. Deane *	2,777	60%
	Liberal	P. Binnes	1,853	40%
Majority			924
Registered electors			10,421
Turnout			4,630	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. A. Strong *	2,091	80%
	Labour	G. W. Baker	517	20%
Majority			1,574
Registered electors			5,424
Turnout			2,608	48%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Aled Owen Roberts ^(PARTY)	2,257	85%
	Independent	R. H. Williams	389	15%
Majority			1,868
Registered electors			11,285
Turnout			2,646	23%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D.J.Lewis ^(PARTY)	2,678	62%
	Labour	J. L. Jones	1,640	38%
Majority			1,038
Registered electors			10,154
Turnout			4,318	43%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Hanley *	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Sinclair Scott Hannay	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alan Anderson Boyle	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Croxteth

No. 40 Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mrs. M. L. Hamilton *	4,374	61%
	Conservative	Miss B. Whittingham-Jones	2,833	39%
Majority			1,541
Registered electors			19,367
Turnout			7,207	37%
	Labour hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. H. Duckett	4,480	50%
	Labour	J. Gibbins MP *	4,393	50%
Majority			87
Registered electors			14,930
Turnout			8,873	59%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 18 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Johnstone *	2.908	52%
	Conservative	B. S. Morgan	2,675	48%
Majority			233
Registered electors			12,274
Turnout			5,583	45%
	Labour hold		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bertie Victor Kirby MP *	3,530	64%
	Conservative	G. G. Mulligan	1,970	36%
Majority			1,560
Registered electors			12,570
Turnout			5,500	44%
	Labour hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Farrell *	731	71%
	Labour	H. Carr	304	29%
Majority			427
Registered electors			2,332
Turnout			1,035	44%
	Independent hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	C. M. Dolby ^(PARTY)	2,239	65%
	Labour	T. D. Vallance	1,231	35%
Majority			1,008
Registered electors			10,470
Turnout			3,470	33%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. G. Gregson *	3,077	62%
	Labour	L. Cunningham	1,919	38%
Majority			1,158
Registered electors			11,992
Turnout			4,996	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J.J.Cleary *	2,963	60%
	Conservative	J. Williams	1,973	40%
Majority			990
Registered electors			7,960
Turnout			4,936	62%
	Labour hold		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. A. Edwards *	2,201	53%
	Labour	G. E. Humphreys	1,953	47%
Majority			248
Registered electors			9,774
Turnout			4,154	43%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Campbell *	1,220	56%
	Conservative	Dr. W. H. Broad	965	44%
Majority			255
Registered electors			4,563
Turnout			2,185	48%
	Labour hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J.Cresswell ^(PARTY)	3,152	66%
	Labour	C. G. Prest	1,660	34%
Majority			1,492
Registered electors			10,954
Turnout			4,812	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. M. Brown	3,844	53%
	Labour	F. Jones *	3,383	47%
Majority			461
Registered electors			16,419
Turnout			7,227	44%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. C. Saltmarsh	3,055	57%
	Labour	A. Kay *	2,265	43%
Majority			790
Registered electors			10,780
Turnout			5,320
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Butterfield *	1,104	77%
	Labour	W. E. Fraser	331	23%
Majority			773
Registered electors			2,828
Turnout			1,435	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protestant	Robert Bradley	3,493	56%
	Labour	John Bagot *	2,692	44%
Majority			801
Registered electors			11,023
Turnout			6,185	56%
	Protestant gain from Labour

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frederick William Tucker *	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Greenberg *	4,428	59%
	Labour	C. M. Belk	3,118	41%
Majority			1,310
Registered electors			18,486
Turnout			7,546	41%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D.Rowan ^(PARTY)	2,896	58%
	Labour	Mrs. S. A. Demain	2,079	42%
Majority			817
Registered electors			9,811
Turnout			4,975	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
		John Wolfe Tone Morrissey	unopposed
	hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mrs. Elizabeth Margaret Braddock *	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protestant	G. H. Dunbar ^(PARTY)	2,836
	Labour	Mrs. S. A. McArd	1,686	37%
Majority			1,150
Registered electors			11,166
Turnout			4,522	40%
	Protestant hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Miss M. M. Ellis *	647	62%
	Labour	L. W. Kennan	393	38%
Majority			254
Registered electors			2,455
Turnout			1,040	42%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E.Heriot-Hill ^(PARTY)	2,104	56%
	Democratic Conservative	George Edward Holme *	860	23%
	Labour	G. Porter	793	21%
Majority			1,244
Registered electors			8,782
Turnout			3,757	43%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Walter Thomas Lancashire *	2,426	76%
	Labour	G. Thompson	782	24%
Majority			1,644
Registered electors			6,713
Turnout			3,208	48%
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Michael John Reppion *	unopposed
	Liberal
	Conservative
Majority
Registered electors			8,308
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Hogan	1,057	64%
	Conservative	J.A.Bryning	588	36%
Majority			469
Registered electors			3,556
Turnout			1,645	46%
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. J. Hall *	4,581	70%
	Labour	A. W. Boothman	1,946	30%
Majority			2,635
Registered electors			16,451
Turnout			6,527	40%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H.Wagstaff *	3,350	78%
	Labour	A. Rainford	956	22%
Majority			2,394
Registered electors			13,219
Turnout			4,306	33%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Morris Griffith *	4,184	75%
	Labour	D. Whelan	1,421	25%
Majority			2,763
Registered electors			15,498
Turnout			5,605	36%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Levy *	2,433	61%
	Labour	T. Williamson	1,548	39%
Majority			885
Registered electors			8,788
Turnout			3,981	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ernest Ash Cookson *	5,360	75%
	Labour	Miss M. Kennedy	1,782	25%
Majority			3,578
Registered electors			20,446
Turnout			7,142	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[1] ^[2]

By-elections

No. 33 Wavertree West, Wednesday 27th January 1937

No. 34 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes
		Dinsdale Walker	1,598
		Robert Edward Cottier	783
		Theodolph Joseph Augustus Duggan	363
Majority
Registered electors			15,498
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

No.11 Brunswick, 11th February 1937

Following the death of Alderman Patrick Jeremiah Kelly on 1 December 1936,^[3] Councillor Lawrence King was elected as an alderman on 6 January 1937, causing a vacancy in the Brunswick ward.^[4]

No. 11 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
		Annie Cain *	unopposed
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

No.15 Sefton Park East, 17th March 1937

Caused by Councillor Michael Cory Dixon being elected as an alderman.

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes
		John Moores	1,494
		James Murphy	274
Majority			1,244
Registered electors			8,782
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

^[5]

No. 14 Granby, Thursday 17th June 1937

Councillor William Adam Edwards died on 28 April 1937. ^[6]

No. 14 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes
		Walter Clark	1,635
		John Bagot	1,479
Majority
Registered electors			9,774
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

^[7]

No. 40 Croxteth, Thursday 17th June 1937

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Mrs. Mary Lilian Hamilton.

No. 40 Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	James Lakin Jones	3,331
	Conservative	Miss Mary Edith Barbara Whittingham-Jones	1,727
Majority
Registered electors			19,367
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

^[8]

No. 19 Kensington, Thursday 22 July 1937

Councillor Edward Clouston Ralph Litler-Jones died on 28 June 1937. ^[9]

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes
		Frederick Harold Bailey	2,093
		George Williams	1,018
Majority			1,075
Registered electors			10,954
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

^[10]

Alderman Henry Walker on 7 September 1937. ^[11] His place was taken by Councillor John Wolfe Tone Morrissey who was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 6 October 1937. ^[12]

Councillor Henry Gaskin died on 13 September 1937. ^[13]

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1936
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 pg 201
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 pg 458
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 pg 544
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 pg 707
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 pg 707
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 pg 544
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 pg 794
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 pg 904
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 pg 904
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 pg 904

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