1913 Liverpool City Council election

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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1913.

Quick facts 36 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 36 wards 69 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority ...
1913 Liverpool City Council election

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November 1, 1913 (1913-11-01)
1914 â†’

36 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 36 wards
69 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority
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Due to the First World War this was the last contested local election, other than by-elections, until 1 November 1919.

Nineteen of the thirty-six seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

More information Party, Councillors ...
PartyCouncillors  Â±  AldermenTotal
Conservative??+4????
Liberal??-2????
Irish Nationalist??0????
Labour??00??
Independent??00??
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Election result

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Liverpool local election result 1913
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 24 4 0 +4 67%
  Liberal 8 0 2 -2 22%
  Irish Nationalist 3 0 0 0 8%
  Independent 1 0 0 0 3%
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0%
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Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1910 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

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No. 18 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Walter Smith unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
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Aigburth

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No. 36 Aigburth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Parkfield Wethered * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
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Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton

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No. 34 Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Glover unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
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Anfield

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No. 26 Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Russell-Taylor * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
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Breckfield

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No. 5 Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Rudd * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
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Brunswick

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No. 19 Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Patrick Charles Kelly * 861 55%
Conservative William Fraser 693 45%
Majority 168
Registered electors 2,640
Turnout 1,554 59%
Liberal hold Swing
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Castle Street

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No. 15 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Edward Rayner unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
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Dingle

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No. 20 Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred James Branwood * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
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Edge Hill

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No. 18 Edge Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Bennett Brough * 1,323 51%
Labour Ernest Whiteley 1,294 49%
Majority 29
Registered electors 4,714
Turnout 2,617 56%
Conservative hold Swing
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Everton

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No. 21 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerald Kyffin-Taylor M.P. * Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Conservative hold
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Exchange

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No. 13 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frederick Charles Bowring * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing
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Fairfield

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No. 25 Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Hughes junior * 1,297 51%
Conservative Kenneth Kusel 1,238 49%
Majority 59
Registered electors 4,045
Turnout 2,535 63%
Liberal hold Swing
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Garston

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No. 37 Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick James Rawlinson * 1,234 63%
Labour George Porter 713 37%
Majority 521
Registered electors 2,353
Turnout 1,947 83%
Conservative hold Swing
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Granby

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No. 24 Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone * Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Independent hold
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Great George

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No. 17 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Samuel Skelton * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing
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Kensington

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No. 19 Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Mason Hatchinson * 1,617 63%
Labour Patrick McConville 946 37%
Majority 671
Registered electors 4,753
Turnout 2,563 54%
Conservative hold Swing
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Kirkdale

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No. 2 Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John George Paris * 1,900 63%
Labour James Clayton 1,120 37%
Majority 780
Registered electors 6,542
Turnout 3,020 46%
Conservative hold Swing
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Low Hill

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No. 11 Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Boote * 1,084 54%
Labour Joseph Patrick Cotter 918 46%
Majority 166
Registered electors 3,845
Turnout 2,002 52%
Conservative hold Swing
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Much Woolton

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No. 35 Much Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Marsh unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
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Netherfield

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No. 3 Netherfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Ball * 1,116 60%
Independent Charles Rolls 758 40%
Majority 357
Registered electors 3,975
Turnout 1,875 47%
Conservative hold Swing
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North Scotland

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No. 7 North Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist William John Loughrey * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
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Old Swan

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No. 32 Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Burchall * 1,056 64%
Labour Joseph Mooney 606 36%
Majority 450
Registered electors 3,909
Turnout 1,662 43%
Conservative hold Swing
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Prince's Park

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No. 23 Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Henry Rutherford * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
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Sandhills

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No. 1 Sandhills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Gates * 1,207 56%
Conservative William Brady Anderson 944 44%
Majority 263
Registered electors 3,423
Turnout 2,151 63%
Liberal hold Swing
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St. Anne's

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No. 14 St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dr. James Clement Baxter * 813 53%
Conservative Richard Joseph Ward 735 47%
Majority 78
Registered electors 2,665
Turnout 1,548 58%
Liberal hold Swing
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St. Domingo

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No. 6 St. Domingo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dr. Charles Alexander Hill * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
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St. Peter's

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No. 16 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lawrence Durning Holt 655 59%
Conservative James Caughey Walker 454 41%
Majority 201
Registered electors 1,591
Turnout 1,109 70%
Liberal hold Swing
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Sefton Park East

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No. 22 Sefton Park East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Stuart Rankin * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
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Sefton Park West

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No. 21 Sefton Park West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frank Campbell Wilson * 989 56%
Conservative Joseph Dalton Flood 774 44%
Majority 215
Registered electors 2,566
Turnout 1,763 69%
Liberal hold Swing
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South Scotland

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No. 8 South Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Francis Joseph Harford * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
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Vauxhall

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No. 12 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Joseph Hughes * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
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Walton

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No. 27 Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dr. John George Moyles * 1,780 79%
Labour William Cruikshanks 460 21%
Majority 1,320
Registered electors 5,349
Turnout 2,240 42%
Conservative hold Swing
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Warbreck

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No. 26 Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Albert Thompson 1,114 52%
Liberal Thomas Fleming * 1,026 48%
Majority 88
Registered electors 4,327
Turnout 2,140 49%
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
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Wavertree

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No. 30 Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Stephen Porter * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
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Wavertree West

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No. 33 Wavertree West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edwin Haigh 988 44%
Liberal Cecil Heywood Brunner * 726 33%
Labour Joseph Cleary 513 23%
Majority 262
Registered electors 3,726
Turnout 2,227 60%
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
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West Derby

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No. 28 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Henry Cooke 1,310 66%
Liberal Albert Edward Faulkner 673 34%
Majority 637
Registered electors 3,758
Turnout 1,983 53%
Conservative hold Swing
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Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 9 November 1913

19 Aldermen were elected by the councillors on 9 November 1913 for a term of six years and assigned to the following wards.

  • - re-elected aldermen.
More information Party, Alderman ...
PartyAldermanWard
ConservativeLouis Samuel Cohen JP *Kensington
ConservativeEdward Hatton Cookson JP *Dingle
ConservativeRichard Dart JP *Fairfield
ConservativeJohn Duncan JP *Everton
ConservativeSir William Bower Forwood DL JP *St. Peter's
ConservativeJames HealdAllerton, Childwall and Little Woolton
ConservativeSimon Jude *Wavertree West
ConservativeRichard Kelly JP *Edge Hill
ConservativeFrank John Leslie *Kirkdale
ConservativeArthur Stanley MatherMuch Woolton
ConservativeMaxwell Hyslop Maxwell JP *West Derby
ConservativeWilliam Muirhead JPNetherfield
ConservativeWilliam Radcliffe JP *Garston
ConservativeWilliam Roberts JP *Walton
ConservativeSir Thomas Bland Royden Bart. *Sefton Park East
ConservativeRobert Edward Walkington Stephenson *Wavertree
Irish NationalistJohn Gregory Taggart *Great George
ConservativeDr. John Utting *Granby
ConservativeHartley Wilson *Low Hill
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[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

James Heald was nominated by the combined Urban District Councils of Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton to be Alderman for no. 34 Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton on 4 November 1913 under Section 3 (1) (a) of the Local Government Board's Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 14) Act 1913. Alderman Heald's term of office was due to expire on 9 November 1916.[17]

Arthur Stanley Mather was nominated by the Much Woolton Urban District Council to be Alderman for No. 35 Much Woolton under Section 3 (1) (b) of the Local Government Board's Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 14) Act 1913. Alderman Mather's term of office was due to expire on 9 November 1919.[17]

In addition, aldermen who were elected on 9 November 1910 were assigned to the following wards:

More information Party, Alderman ...
PartyAldermanWard
ConservativeWilliam BartlettBrunswick
LiberalEdmond BrownbillSouth Scotland
ConservativeEdward James ChevalierAigburth
ConservativeArthur CrosthwaiteAnfield
ConservativeCharles Herbert GilesPrince's Park
ConservativeJacob Reuben GrantOld Swan
LiberalJohn LeaSt. Domingo
Irish NationalistGeorge Jeremy LynskeyVauxhall
LiberalRichard Robert Meade-KingSandhills
ConservativeThomas MenloveBreckfield
ConservativeSir Charles PetrieWarbreck
Irish NationalistEdward PurcellNorth Scotland
ConservativeArchibald Tutton SalvidgeAbercromby
ConservativeAnthony ShelmerdineSefton Park West
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Aldermanic Election 1 July 1914

Caused by the resignation of Alderman Edward Purcell (Irish Nationalist, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1910[18]) which was reported to the Council on 10 June 1914.[19]

In his place Councillor Austin Harford (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1911[20] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 1 July 1914.

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PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
Irish NationalistAustin HarfordNo. 7 North Scotland1916
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[21]

Aldermanic Election 28 October 1914

Caused by the death of Alderman Thomas Menlove (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1910)[18] on 30 November 1913,[22] Councillor Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner MP (Conservative, Exchange ward, elected 1 November 1912)[23] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 28 October 1914 and assigned as returning officer for the Breckfield ward.

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PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
ConservativeSir John Sutherland Harmood Banner MPNo. 5 Breckfield1916
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By-elections

No. 17 Great George, 27 November 1913

Caused by the election of Councillor William Muirhead JP (Conservative, Great George, elected 1 November 1912)[25] as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1913.[23]

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No. 17 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Thomas Philip Maguire 478
Conservative James Caughey Walker 468
Labour Joseph Cleary 72
Majority 10
Registered electors
Turnout
Swing
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No. 13 Exchange,

Following the death of Alderman Thomas Menlove (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1910)[18] on 30 November 1913,[22] Councillor Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner MP (Conservative, Exchange ward, elected 1 November 1912)[23] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 28 October 1914 and assigned as returning officer for the Breckfield ward.[24]

No. 8 South Scotland, 14 July 1914

Following the resignation of Alderman Edward Purcell Irish Nationalist, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1910)[18] which was reported to the Council on 10 June 1914,[19] Councillor Austin Harford (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1911,[20] was elected as an alderman by the Council on 1 July 1914, creating a vacancy for the South Scotland ward.[21]

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No. 8 South Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Patrick Jeremiah Kelly unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
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