Liverpool City Council elections 1911
1911 Liverpool City Council election
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← 1910 | November 1, 1911 (1911-11-01) | 1912 → |
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35 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 35 wards 69 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority |
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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1911.
Sixteen of the thirty-five wards were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | -3 | ?? | ?? |
| Liberal | ?? | -3 | ?? | ?? |
| Irish Nationalist | ?? | 0 | 3 | ?? |
| Labour | ?? | +6 | 0 | ?? |
| Independent | ?? | 0 | ?? | ?? |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1911 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 15 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 43% | 46% | 16,767 | |
| Liberal | 10 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 29% | 5% | 2,009 | |
| Labour | 7 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 20% | 41% | 14,966 | |
| Irish Nationalist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9% | 2.2% | 806 | |
| Independents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 6.1% | 2,235 | |
Given the significant number of uncontested wards, these statistics should be taken in context.
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1908 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.
Abercromby
No. 21 Abercromby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Charles Henry Hayhurst | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Aigburth
No. 29 Aigburth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Hartley Wilson * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Anfield
No. 3 Anfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | William Evans * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Breckfield
No. 6 Breckfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Frank John Leslie * | 966 | 53% | |
| Labour | Robert Donaldson | 867 | 47% | |
Majority | 99 | | |
Registered electors | 4,225 | | |
Turnout | 1,833 | 43% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Brunswick
No. 19 Brunswick Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Thomas James Hickling | 781 | 54% | |
| Liberal | Thomas Roberts * | 667 | 46% | |
Majority | 114 | | |
Registered electors | 2,661 | | |
Turnout | 1,448 | 54% | |
| Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
Castle Street
No. 18 Castle Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Richard George Hough * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Dingle
No. 26 Dingle Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Dr. Richard Caton * | 1,686 | 55% | |
| Labour | John Frederick Bower | 1,360 | 45% | |
Majority | 326 | | |
Registered electors | 5,785 | | |
Turnout | 3,046 | 53% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Edge Hill
No. 12 Edge Hill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | William Richard Blair | 1,544 | 57% | |
| Conservative | Alfred James Branwood | 1,159 | 43% | |
Majority | 385 | | |
Registered electors | 4,848 | | |
Turnout | 2,703 | 56% | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Everton
No. 21 Everton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Henry Naylor | 983 | 58% | |
| Liberal | William Denton * | 718 | 42% | |
Majority | 265 | | |
Registered electors | 4,484 | | |
Turnout | 1,701 | 38% | |
| Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
Exchange
No. 16 Exchange Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Joseph Bibby * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Fairfield
No. 4 Fairfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Dowd * | 861 | 71% | |
| Independent | Arthur Evans Kennedy | 352 | 29% | |
Majority | 509 | | |
Registered electors | 3,991 | | |
Turnout | 1,213 | 30% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Fazakerley
No. 31 Fazakerley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Dr. Henry Herbert Clarke | 252 | 67% | |
| Independent | George Lovely | 123 | 33% | |
Majority | 129 | | |
Registered electors | 752 | | |
Turnout | 375 | 50% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Garston
No. 37 Garston Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | William Albert Robinson | 1,035 | 62% | |
| Liberal | James Pickthall * | 624 | 38% | |
Majority | 411 | | |
Registered electors | 2,258 | | |
Turnout | 1,659 | | |
| Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
Granby
No. 22 Granby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | John Lea * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Great George
No. 17 Great George Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | John Lamport Ellis * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Kensington
Kirkdale
No. 2 Kirkdale Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Dr. John Utting * | 1,625 | 53% | |
| Labour | William McLean | 1,456 | 47% | |
Majority | 169 | | |
Registered electors | 6,476 | | |
Turnout | 3,081 | 48% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Low Hill
No. 10 Low Hill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | George Nelson | 993 | 51% | |
| Conservative | David Pearson * | 955 | 49% | |
Majority | 38 | 2% | N/A |
Registered electors | 3,909 | | |
Turnout | 1,948 | 50% | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Netherfield
No. 8 Netherfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Harold Edward Davies | 855 | 46% | |
| Labour | Joseph Chaloner | 722 | 39% | |
| Independent | John Carr | 268 | 15% | |
Majority | 133 | | |
Registered electors | 4,015 | | |
Turnout | 1,845 | 46% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
North Scotland
No. 13 North Scotland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Irish Nationalist | James Bolger * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | | |
Old Swan
No. 28A Old Swan Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Edwards * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Prince's Park
No. 23 Prince's Park Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Acheson Lyle Rupert Rathbone * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Sandhills
No. 1 Sandhills Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Irish Nationalist | John Cunningham | 806 | 63% | |
| Independent Irish Nationalist | Patrick Joseph Deery * | 465 | 37% | |
Majority | 341 | | |
Registered electors | 3,539 | | |
Turnout | 1,271 | 36% | |
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | | |
St. Anne's
No. 17 St. Anne's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | James Sexton * | 913 | 51% | |
| Conservative | Richard Joseph Ward | 870 | 49% | |
Majority | 43 | 2% | |
Registered electors | 2,735 | | |
Turnout | 1,783 | 65% | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
St. Domingo
No. 7 St. Domingo Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | James Stephenson | 939 | 38% | |
| Conservative | David John Willams | 798 | 33% | |
| Ind. Conservative | George William Whittaker * | 715 | 29% | |
Majority | 141 | | |
Registered electors | 4,547 | | |
Turnout | 2,452 | 54% | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
St. Peter's
No. 19 St. Peter's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Burton William Ellis * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Sefton Park East
No. 24A Sefton Park East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Reginald George Layton * | 1,465 | 82% | |
| Independent | George Porter | 312 | 18% | |
Majority | 1,153 | | |
Registered electors | 3,846 | | |
Turnout | 1,777 | 46% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Sefton Park West
No. 24 Sefton Park West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Ernest Cranstoun Given | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
South Scotland
No. 14 South Scotland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Irish Nationalist | Austin Harford * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | | |
Vauxhall
No. 15 Vauxhall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Max Muspratt * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Walton
No. 3A Walton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Sampson Gannon | 1,687 | 67% | |
| Labour | Harry Dawson Large | 840 | 33% | |
Majority | 847 | | |
Registered electors | 5,079 | | |
Turnout | 2,527 | 50% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Warbreck
No. 27 Warbreck Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Edward West * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Wavertree
No. 5 Wavertree Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Charles Clarke Morrison * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Wavertree West
No. 5A Wavertree West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Edmund Gerson Jackson * | 1,214 | 56% | |
| Labour | William Augustus Colcutt | 972 | 44% | |
Majority | 242 | | |
Registered electors | 3,671 | | |
Turnout | 2,186 | 60% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
West Derby
No. 28 West Derby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | William James Bailes * | 1,114 | 77% | |
| Labour | James Murphy | 327 | 23% | |
Majority | 787 | | |
Registered electors | 3,512 | | |
Turnout | 1,441 | 41% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Aldermanic Election
Caused by the death of Alderman William Humphrey Williams (Conservative elected 9 November 1910) [7] [8] [9] [10]
By-Elections
No. 26 Dingle, 16 May 1912
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Algernon Charles Francis Henderson (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1 November 1910),[11] which was reported to the Council on 1 May 1912.[12]
No. 26 Dingle Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Alfred James Branwood | 1,625 | 63% | |
| Labour | John Frederick Bower | 971 | 37% | |
Majority | 326 | | |
Registered electors | 5,785 | | |
Turnout | 2,596 | 45% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
The Term of Office to expire on 1 November 1913 [13] [14]
No. 1 Sandhills, 16 May 1912
Caused by the death of Councillor Michael Edward Kearney (Irish Nationalist, Sandhills, elected unopposed 1 November 1909)
No. 1 Sandhills Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Irish Nationalist | Thomas Wafer Byrne | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | | |
The Term of Office to end on 1 November 1912. [13]
No. 23 St. Domingo
Caused by the death of Councillor Joseph Roby (Conservative, St. Domingo, last elected 1 November 1909) on 23 July 1912.[15]
See also
References
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 front page". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 1". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 2". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 3". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 4". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post and Liverpool Mercury 2 November 1911
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 6". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 7". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 8". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 9". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 2". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 284". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 306". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 307". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 381". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
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