1931 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1931.

Nine of the forty seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	+8	??	??
	Labour	??	-9	??	??
	Liberal	??	0	??	??
	Democratic Labour	??	??	??	??
	Independent	??	??	??	??
	Protestant	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1931

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	31	8	0	+8	76%	55%	75,431
	Labour	5	0	9	-9	13%	35%	48,122
	Liberal	1	0	0	0	3%
	Democratic Labour	2				5%
	Independent	1
	Protestant
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0%

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1930 election results.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Maver Finlason	2,447	74%
	Labour	Bernard Louis Meyer	851	26%
Majority			1,596
Registered electors			9,493
Turnout			3,298	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wilfred Bowring Stoddart *	unopposed
Registered electors			4,379
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson *	1,624	83%
	Labour	Miss Elsie Emily Louise Hickling	337	17%
Majority			1,287
Registered electors
Turnout			1,961
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Young Williamson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry James Pearson jr.	3,066	71%
	Labour	Alfred Hargreaves	1,281	29%
Majority			1,785
Registered electors			10,369
Turnout			4,347	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Moorhead *	3,442	74%
	Conservative	David Jukes	1,190	26%
Majority			2,252
Registered electors			9,088
Turnout			4,632	51%
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Shennan	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gifford Cameron Ollason	1,094	57%
	Liberal	Alan Carmichael Williams	816	43%
Majority			278
Registered electors			3,105
Turnout			1,910	62%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croxteth

No. 40 Croxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Walter Anderson	2,096	49%
	Labour	Mrs.Mary Lilian Hamilton	2,000
	Independent	Charles William Heaton	184	4%
Majority			96
Registered electors			10,851
Turnout			4,280	39%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. Nancy Proctor	4,108	48%
	Labour	James Lawrenson	3,027	35%
	Protestant	Richard Bradley	1,501	17%
Majority			1,081
Registered electors			15,469
Turnout			8,636	56%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 18 Edge Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stanley Ronald Williams	3,772	62%
	Labour	Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd	2,272	38%
Majority			1,500
Registered electors			13,274
Turnout			6,044	46%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James McKay	3,128	53%
	Labour	Albert Smitton	2,735	47%
Majority			393
Registered electors			13,500
Turnout			5,863	43%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Kavanagh *	1,228	91%
	Labour	Samuel Sydney Silverman	116	9%
Majority			1,112
Registered electors			2,492
Turnout			1,344	54%
	Independent hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon *	3,444	76%
	Labour	Richard Thomas Hughes	1,085	24%
Majority			2,359
Registered electors			10,220
Turnout			4,529	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernest Tyson	3,125	66%
	Labour	Francis Bernard Fitzpatrick *	1,593	34%
Majority			1,532
Registered electors			10,866
Turnout			4,718	43%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Williams *	2,189	55%
	Labour	William Sydney Dytor	1,813	45%
Majority			376
Registered electors			7,131
Turnout			4,002	56%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Frederick Charles Bowring*	2,974	75%
	Labour	James Johnstone	1,015	25%
Majority			1,959
Registered electors			9,918
Turnout			3,989	40%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Labour	Harry Leo Gaffeney *	858	59%
	Labour	Patrick Campbell	594	41%
Majority			264
Registered electors			5,043
Turnout			1,452	29%
	[[|N/A]] hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Gardner	3,877	69%
	Labour	Joseph Whitehead	1,708	31%
Majority			2,169
Registered electors			11,351
Turnout			5,585	49%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Samuel Henwood Ashcroft	3,801	44%
	Labour	Robert Joseph McDonnell *	2,708	31%
Majority			1,093
Registered electors			17,017
Turnout			8,726	51%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Little Woolton

No. 39 Little Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rupert Henry Bremner *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Roberrt Kitchen	3,334	59%
	Labour	Fred Robinson *	2,273	41%
Majority			1,061
Registered electors			11,271
Turnout			5,607	50%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Neville Bewley	885	52%
	Independent	Ernest Whiteley	821	48%
Majority			64
Registered electors			2,299
Turnout			1,706	74%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William John Matthew Clark	3,632	55%
	Labour	John Bagot *	2,984	45%
Majority			648
Registered electors			12,090
Turnout			6,616	55%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Fay *	2,966	88%
	Communist	Leo Joseph McGree	412	12%
Majority			2,554
Registered electors			8,758
Turnout			3,378	39%
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Waterworth *	4,495	72%
	Labour	Alfred Demain	1,780	28%
Majority			2,715
Registered electors			15,881
Turnout			6,275	40%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Davies Griffiths *	3,122	72%
	Labour	John Hamilton	1,213	28%
Majority			1,909
Registered electors			9,913
Turnout			4,335	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Henry Dunford	2,355	88%
	Communist	Mrs.Beatrice Bruce	314	12%
Majority			314
Registered electors			9,499
Turnout			2,669	28%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John David Mack *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Harold Leftwich	2,292	41%
	Protestant	Albert Clayton	1,848
	Labour	Frederick Jones	1,489	26%
Majority			444
Registered electors			11,734
Turnout			5,629	48%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Wolfe Levy	973	81%
	Labour	Joseph Nugent	232	19%
Majority			741
Registered electors			2,979
Turnout			1,205	40%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Captain Gordon Robertson	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Graham Reece *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Harrington *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Labour	Thomas Arthur Murphy	849	57%
	Labour	Arthur Brian Hoer *	642	43%
Majority			207
Registered electors			3,783
Turnout			1,491	39%
	Democratic Labour gain from Labour

Walton

No. 25 Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Richard Bailey	5,530	75%
	Labour	William James Riddick	1,888	25%
Majority			3,642
Registered electors			16,395
Turnout			7,418	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Critchley *	4,504	84%
	Labour	Richard Austin Rockliffe	883	16%
Majority			3,621
Registered electors			12,376
Turnout			5,387	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Village	4,767	77%
	Labour	John Reginald Bevins	1,396	23%
Majority			3,371
Registered electors			14,576
Turnout			6,163	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Naphtali Julius Price	2,936	67%
	Labour	Charles Matthew Belk	1,444	33%
Majority			1,492
Registered electors			8,906
Turnout			4,380	49%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Duncan-French *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

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

Aldermanic elections

Aldermanic election 9 November 1931

The term of office of Alderman Patrick Jeremiah Kelly (Independent (politician), expired on 9 November 1931),[7] he was re-elected as an Alderman by the Councillors on the same date[8] [9]

Aldermanic Election 9 November 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Allocated ward
	Independent	Patrick Jeremiah Kelly	85	99%	No. 27 Fazakerley
	Independent	Peter Kavanagh	1	1%

Aldermanic election 1 June 1932

Caused by the death on 18 March 1932 of Alderman Charles Wilson (Labour, elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929).[10][11] In his place Councillor Joseph Belger (Independent, last elected 1 November 1930)[12] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 1 June 1932[13] [14]

Aldermanic Election 9 November 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Allocated ward
	Independent	Councillor Joseph Belger	42	62%	No. 18 Edge Hill
	Labour	Councillor Laurence King	26	38%

Aldermanic election 6 July 1932

Caused by the death on 13 May 1932 of Alderman Herbart John Davis (Conservative, elected as an alderman on 6 March 1929).[15][13] In his place Mr. Richard Rutherford (Conservative, whose resignation as an alderman was reported to the Council on 7 October 1931)[16] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 6 July 1932 [17] [18]

Aldermanic Election 6 July 1932
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Allocated ward
	Conservative	Mr. Richard Rutherford	46	79%	No. 34 Wavertree
	Labour	Councillor Laurence King	18	21%

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1935.

By-elections

No. 4 Vauxhall, 3 November 1931

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Dr. Percy Henry Hayes (Labour, Vauxhall, last elected on 1 November 1929),[19] which was reported to the Council on 21 October 1931.[20]

No. 4 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Stephen McBride	771	61%
	Labour	Stanley Part	486	39%
Majority			285
Registered electors			3,783
Turnout			1,257	33%
	[[|N/A]] gain from Labour		Swing

[5] [21]

No. 34 Wavertree, 9 December 1931

Caused by the death of Councillor Albert Edward Martin (Conservative, elected to the Wavertree ward on 1 November 1929).[22]

No. 34 Wavertree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Redmond	unopposed
Registered electors			14,576
	Conservative hold		Swing

[23]

No. 4 Vauxhall, Tuesday 28 June 1932

Caused by the death on 18 March 1932 of Alderman Charles Wilson (Labour, elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929).[10][11] In his place Councillor James Belger (Independent, last elected 1 November 1930)[12] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 1 June 1932[13][14]

No. 4 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James O'Hare	801	55%
	Labour	Arthur Brian Hoer	651	45%
Majority			150
Registered electors			3,783
Turnout			1,452	38%
	Independent hold		Swing

[24]

No. 13 Prince's Park, 27 September 1932

Caused by the death on 25 August 1932 of Councillor Alfred Wood (Conservative, last elected 1 November 1929)[25][26]

No. 13 Prince's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Roland Clare	1,794	57%
	Labour	Alfred Demain	1,331	43%
Majority			463
Registered electors			9,913
Turnout			3,125	32%
	Conservative hold		Swing

[27] [28]

See also

• Liverpool City Council
• Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
• Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
• Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
• History of local government in England

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7. 1925 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1925
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15. 1928 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Elections 6 March 1929
16. 1930 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 7 October 1931
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