Liverpool City Council election, 1923

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1923.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	??	??	??
Liberal	??	??	??	??
Irish Nationalist	??	??	??	??
National Liberal	??	??	??	??
Independent	??	??	??	??
Labour	??	??	??	??
Protestant	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1923
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	23					40%	40,321
	Labour	0				0%	26%	26,127
	Irish Nationalist	8					18%	18,346
	Liberal	6					13%	12,809
	National Liberal	2					1.9%%	1,966
	Unemployed	0				0%	0.82%	835
	Patriotic Protestant	0			0	0%	0.051%	52

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1920 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in 1920.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Cuthbert Frederick Francis	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Albert Edward Jacob *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Liberal	Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson	518	35%
	Conservative	William James Austin	475	32%
	Liberal	Frank Williams	388	26%
	Independent	J.H. Naylor junr.	116	8%
Majority			130
Registered electors			1,385
Turnout			749	54%
	National Liberal gain from Conservative
	Conservative win (new seat)

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alfred Gates	2,400	47%
	Conservative	John Parry Thomas	1,866	36%
	Labour	William John Daniel	855	17%
Majority			543
Registered electors			9,448
Turnout			5,121	54%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Alfred Griffiths *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Lawrence King *	3,488	96%
	Labour	James Henry Dutton	154	4.2%
Majority			3,334
Registered electors			8,197
Turnout			3,642	44%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederick William Frodsham	793	65%
	Liberal	Thomas Royal Little	418	35%
Majority			375
Registered electors			2,668
Turnout			1,211	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Lady Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Dalton Flood *	4,803	58%
	Labour	Joseph Gibbins	3,482	42%
	Unemployed	Dewi Protheroe	56	0.67%
Majority			1,321
Registered electors			13,963
Turnout			8,341	60%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 18 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Daniel Charles Williams *	2,920	50%
	Labour	Charles Burden	2,690	46%
	Irish Nationalist	William Henry McGuiness	182	3%
	Patriotic Protestant	Charles Stamper	52	0.89%
Majority			230
Registered electors			12,328
Turnout			5,844	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Ellis *	3,177	65%
	Labour	John Henry Naylor	1,590	33%
	Unemployed	John Young	182	3%
Majority			1,587
Registered electors			12,850
Turnout			4,882	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Miss Alice McCormick	904	59%
	Liberal	Mark Philip Rathbone	575	37%
	Independent	Joseph Masterman	50	3%
	Unemployed	John Bingham	7	0.5%
Majority			329
Registered electors			2,747
Turnout			1,536	56%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Liberal	James Hughes *	1,966	54%
	Liberal	Walter Henry Davies	1,654	46%
Majority			312
Registered electors			9,159
Turnout			3,620	40%
	National Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Albert Harwood Letheren	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Case	1,841	49%
	Labour	Henry Osmond Pugh	1,375	37%
	Liberal	James Scott	530	14%
Majority			466
Registered electors			5,897
Turnout			3,746	64%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone *	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	William Grogan *	1,587	83%
	Labour	George Henry Bennett	322	17%
Majority			1,265
Registered electors			4,461
Turnout			43%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Ashworth *	2,970	59%
	Labour	Frederick Jones	2,098	41%
Majority			872
Registered electors			10,677
Turnout			5,068	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Dr. Archibald Gordon Gullan	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Henry Mitchell *	2,432	49%
	Labour	Thomas Joseph Rowan	1,770	36%
	Irish Nationalist	Joseph Lougran	708	14%
	Unemployed	Philip Maguire	33	0.67%
Majority			662
Registered electors			10,129
Turnout			4,943	49%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Francis Roskell Reynolds	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Edward McLaclan	2,655	62%
	Patriotic Protestant	Christopher Haigh	1,155	27%
	Labour	George Chadwick	470	11%
Majority			1,510
Registered electors			11,291
Turnout			4,290	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	John Patrick Farrelly	2,412	51%
	Labour	Edward Campbell	2,283	49%
Majority			129
Registered electors			8,075
Turnout			4,695	58%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Shennan *	3,011	60%
	Labour	Herbert Edward Rose	1,965	39%
	Irish Nationalist	William O'Neil	67	1.3%
Majority			1,046
Registered electors			11,476
Turnout			5,043	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Alfred Wood	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	James William Baker *	2,680	84%
	Labour	Patrick Roy	353	11%
	Unemployed	Daniel Williams	161	5%
Majority			2,327
Registered electors			8,711
Turnout			3,194	37%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Alfred Durkin *	'2,155	62%
	Labour	Richard McCann	903	26%
	Unemployed	Alexander Phillips	432	12%
Majority			1,252
Registered electors			9,412
Turnout			3,490	37%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Edward Backhouse *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lawrence Durning Holt *	946	65%
	Independent	Frederick Bowman	333	23%
	Irish Nationalist	Owen Geraghty	155	11%
	Unemployed	Isaac Edward Ashton	16	1.1%
Majority			613
Registered electors			2,729
Turnout			1,450	53%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Cory Dixon *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Frank Campbell Wilson *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	John Gerald Murphy	2,841	59%
	Labour	David Gilbert Logan *	2,014	41%
Majority			827
Registered electors			8,269
Turnout			4,855	59%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Dr.Percy Hayes	1,167	79%
	Labour	Joseph McChrystal	294	20%
	Unemployed	Joseph William Veldman	15	1%
Majority			873
Registered electors			3,720
Turnout			1,476	40%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Miller Platt *	3,029	78%
	Liberal	Joseph Edward Freeman	842	22%
Majority			2,187
Registered electors			12,471
Turnout			3,871	31%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Albert Thompson *	2,287	61%
	Liberal	William Pritchard	1,467	39%
Majority			820
Registered electors			10,963
Turnout			3,754	34%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Henry Langton Beckwith *	2,184	47%
	Liberal	Hugh Frame	1,318	29%
	Labour	Robert Tissyman	1,110	24%
Majority			866
Registered electors			10,314
Turnout			4,612	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edwin Haigh *	1,915	45%
	Liberal	Alexander Maber Finlason	1,193	28%
	Labour	Charles Matthew Belk	1,129	27%
Majority			722
Registered electors			8,396
Turnout			4,237	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederick William Riley *	3,953	63%
	Labour	Henry Arthur Crick	1,270	20%
	Liberal	Samuel Skelton jun.	1,078	17%
Majority			2,683
Registered electors			12,909
Turnout			6,301	49%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1923
↑ (Liverpool) Daily Courier 2 November 1923
↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1923 - 24 (selected page scans)". Retrieved 9 February 2016.

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