1910 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1910.

Fourteen of the thirty-four wards were not contested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative??-4????
Liberal??+3????
Irish Nationalist??0????
Labour??+1????
Independent????????

Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1910
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 19 1 5 -4 56% 56% 19,448
  Liberal 10 4 1 +3 30% 29% 10,104
  Irish Nationalist 3 0 0 0 9% 0% 0
  Labour 1 1 0 +1 1% 10% 3,541
  Independent 1 1 0 +1 3% 4% 1,521

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1907 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby
No. 18 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas James Smith the younger * 761 61%
Liberal Miss Harriet Mary Johnson 487 39%
Majority 274
Registered electors 2,344
Turnout 1,248 53%
Conservative hold Swing

Aigburth
No. 29 Aigburth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Parkfield Wethered 704 54%
Liberal William Abercromby 591 46%
Majority 113
Registered electors 1,754
Turnout 1,295 74%
Conservative hold Swing

Anfield
No. 3 Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Edward Russell-Taylor * 628 80%
Independent william Robert Roberts 154 20%
Majority 474
Registered electors 3,170
Turnout 782 25%
Conservative hold Swing

Breckfield
No. 6 Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Rudd 1,109 59%
Liberal Thomas Williams 781 41%
Majority 328
Registered electors 4,040
Turnout 1,890 47%
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick
No. 25 Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Patrick Charles Kelly * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Castle Street
No. 18 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative James Philip Reynolds unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Dingle
No. 26 Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Algernon Charles Francis Henderson unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Edge Hill
No.No. 12 Edge Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Edward Whitley 1,001 49%
Conservative Joseph Henry Harrison * 952 47%
Socialist Charles Wilson 69 3%
Socialist James Murphy 8 0.4%
Majority 49
Registered electors 4,525
Turnout 2,030 45%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Everton
No. 9 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Gerald Kyffin-Taylor MP * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange
No. 16 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Frederick Charles Bowring unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Fairfield
No. 4 Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal James Hughes junior * 1,118 53%
Conservative Dr. Francis William Bailey 989 47%
Majority 129
Registered electors 3,864
Turnout 2,107 55%
Liberal hold Swing

Garston
No. 30 Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Frederick James Rawlinson * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Granby
No. 22 Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone * 1,211 61%
Conservative Robert Richards 769 39%
Majority 442
Registered electors 3,555
Turnout 1,980 56%
Independent hold Swing

Great George
No. 17 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Samuel Skelton 575 51%
Conservative Dr.Albert Edward Davis * 559 49%
Majority 16
Registered electors 1,608
Turnout 1,134 71%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Kensington
No. 11 Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Samuel Mason Hatchinson * 1,404 75%
Labour Arthur Kilpin Bulley 470 25%
Majority 934
Registered electors 4,537
Turnout 1,874 41%
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkdale
No. 2 Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John George Paris * 1,620 63%
Labour John Wolfe Tone Morrissey 948 37%
Majority 672
Registered electors 6,314
Turnout 2,568 41%
Conservative gain from Protestant Swing

Low Hill
No. 10 Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Boote * 895 60%
Labour George Nelson 602 40%
Majority 293
Registered electors 3,624
Turnout 1,497 41%
Conservative hold Swing

Netherfield
No. 8 Netherfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Ball 792 72%
Independent William Henry Archer 310 28%
Majority 482
Registered electors 3,514
Turnout 1,102 31%
Conservative hold Swing

North Scotland
No. 13 North Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Nationalist George Jeremy Lynskey * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Old Swan
No. 28A Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Charles Burchall * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

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

Sandhills
No. 1 Sandhills
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Alfred Gates 1,066 59%
Conservative John Lucas Rankin 736 41%
Majority 330
Registered electors 3,199
Turnout 1,802 56%
Liberal hold Swing

St. Anne's
No. 17 St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Dr. James Clement Baxter * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

St. Domingo
No. 23 St. Domingo
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Dr. Charles Alexander Hill * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

St. Peter's
No. 19 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal John Byrne unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park East
No. 24A Sefton Park East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative James Stuart Rankin 1,238 55%
Liberal John Morris 1.033 45%
Majority 205
Registered electors 3,729
Turnout 2,271 61%
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park West
No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Frank Campbell Wilson 875 52%
Conservative Fred Pritchard * 800 48%
Majority 75
Registered electors 2,401
Turnout 1,675 70%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

South Scotland
No. 14 South Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Nationalist Francis Joseph Harford * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Vauxhall
No. 15 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Nationalist Joseph Hughes * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Walton
No. 3A Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Dr. John George Moyles* 1,627 76%
Labour Harry Dawson Large 520 24%
Majority 1,107
Registered electors 4,715
Turnout 2,147 46%
Conservative hold Swing

Warbreck
No. 27 Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Thomas Fleming 978 54%
Conservative Sydney Edward Davies * 850 46%
Majority 128
Registered electors 3,792
Turnout 1,828 48%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Wavertree
No. 5 Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Stephen Porter 1,040 55%
Liberal Harry Trevor Ellis 865 45%
Majority 175
Registered electors 3,593
Turnout 1,905 53%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree West
No. 33 Wavertree West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Cecil Heywood Brunner 1,119 55%
Conservative Harold Edward Davies 909 45%
Majority 210
Registered electors 3,503
Turnout 2,028 58%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

West Derby
No. 28 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Edward Walkington.Stephenson * 1,066 63%
Liberal Clement Freeman 615 37%
Majority 450
Registered electors 3,295
Turnout 1,682 51%
Conservative hold Swing

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 9 November 1910

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1910, the terms of office of seventeen alderman expired.[8]

The following seventeen were elected as Aldermen by the councillors on 9 November 1910 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected aldermen.

PartyAldermanWard
ConservativeWilliam Bartlett *Brunswick
LiberalWilliam Benjamin Bowring JP *Exchange
LiberalEdmond Brownbill *South Scotland
ConservativeEdward James ChevalierAigburth
Irish NationalistDr. Andrew Commins MP *Vauxhall
ConservativeArthur Crosthwaite *Anfield
ConservativeCharles Herbert Giles *Prince's Park
LiberalJacob Reuben Grant *Old Swan
LiberalRichard Robert Meade-King *Sandhills
ConservativeThomas Menlove JP *Breckfield
ConservativeSir Charles Petrie *Warbreck
Irish NationalistEdward Purcell *North Scotland
ConservativeArchibald Tutton Salvidge the younger JP *Abercromby
ConservativeAnthony ShelmerdineSefton Park West
LiberalFrederick Smith *Castle Street
LiberalWilliam Henry Watts *St. Anne's
ConservativeWilliam Humphrey Williams *St. Domingo

[9] [10] [11] [12]

Aldermanic Election 3 May 1911

Caused by the death of Alderman Joachim Nicolas Stolterfoht (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1907)[13] on 8 March 1911, which was reported to the Council on 5 April 1911.[14] In his place, Counvillor Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Conservative, West Derby, elected 1 November 1910) [5] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 3 May 1911.

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
ConservativeRobert Edward Walkington StephensonNo.5 Wavertree1910

[15] [16] [17]

By-Elections

No.10 Low Hill, 24 November 1910

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Anthony Shelmerdine (Conservative, Low Hill, elected 1 November 1909)[18] by the Council on 9 November 1910.[9][10][11][12]

No. 10 Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Dr. Francis William Bailey 999 52%
Labour George Nelson 909 48%
Majority 90
Registered electors 3,624
Turnout 1,908 53%
Conservative hold Swing

[19]

No. 24A Sefton Park East, 2 May 1911

Caused by the death of Councillor John Japp JP (Liberal, Sefton Park East, elected 1 November 1909) on 27 March 1911, which was reported to the Council on 5 April 1911 .[20]

No. 24A Sefton Park East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Alexander Allan Paton unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

The Term of Office to expire on 1 November 1912. [15]

No. 12 Edge Hill, 27 April 1911

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Edward Whitley (Labour, elected 1 November 1910),[4] which was reported to the Council on 5 April 1911.[20]

No.No. 12 Edge Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Frederick Bennett Brough 1,017 55%
William Richard Blair 848 45%
Majority 169
Registered electors 4,525
Turnout 1,865 41%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

[21]

No. 28 West Derby, 23 May 1911

Caused by the election of Counvillor Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Conservative, West Derby, elected 1 November 1910) [5] as an alderman by the Council on 3 May 1911.[15][16][17]

No. 28 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Thomas Ithell 600 56%
Thomas Utley 468 44%
Majority 450
Registered electors 3,295
Turnout 1,068 32%
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

[22]

No. 13 North Scotland, 5 August 1911

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Dr. Joseph Maguire (Irish Nationalist, North Scotland, elected unopposed 1 November 1909)

No. 13 North Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Nationalist John Clancy unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

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  6. Liverpool Daily Post and Liverpool Mercury Wednesday 2 November 1910
  7. Liverpool Courier Wednesday 2 November 1910
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