1913 Liverpool City Council election

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

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:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative??+4????
Liberal??-2????
Irish Nationalist??0????
Labour??00??
Independent??00??

Election result
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%

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

Aigburth
No. 36 Aigburth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Parkfield Wethered * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

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

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

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

Brunswick
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

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

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

Edge Hill
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

Everton
No. 21 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerald Kyffin-Taylor M.P. * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

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

Fairfield
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

Garston
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

Granby
No. 24 Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone * unopposed
Registered electors
Independent hold Swing

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

Kensington
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

Kirkdale
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

Low Hill
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

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

Netherfield
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

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

Old Swan
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

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 * 1,207 56%
Conservative William Brady Anderson 944 44%
Majority 263
Registered electors 3,423
Turnout 2,151 63%
Liberal hold Swing

St. Anne's
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

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

St. Peter's
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

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

Sefton Park West
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

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

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

Walton
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

Warbreck
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

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

Wavertree West
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

West Derby
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

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

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.
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

[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:

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

[16]

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.

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
Irish NationalistAustin HarfordNo. 7 North Scotland1916

[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.

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
ConservativeSir John Sutherland Harmood Banner MPNo. 5 Breckfield1916

[24]

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]

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
[[|N/A]] hold Swing

[26] [27]

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.[21]

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

[28]

See also

References
  1. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 front page". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  2. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 1". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
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  4. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 3". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  5. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 4". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  6. Liverpool Daily Post and Liverpool Mercury 3 November 1913
  7. Liverpool Courier 3 November 1913
  8. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 pg 8
  9. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 5". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  10. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 6". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  11. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 7". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  12. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 8". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  13. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 9". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  14. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 10". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  15. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 11". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  16. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 12". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  17. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 pg 10
  18. Aldermanic Election 9 November 1910
  19. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 363". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  20. 1911 Liverpool City Council election#South Scotland
  21. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 402". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  22. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 89". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  23. 1912 Liverpool City Council election#Exchange
  24. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 509". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  25. 1912 Liverpool City Council election#Great George
  26. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 90". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  27. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 91". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  28. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 428". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
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