1923 English local election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1923.
One third of the council seats were up for election. The term of office for each councillor being three years.
Twelve of the thirty-nine seats up for election were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | 65 | ?? | 25 | 90 |
| Liberal | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Irish Nationalist | 21 | ?? | 3 | 24 |
| National Liberal | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Independent | 10 | ?? | 4 | 14 |
| Labour | 3 | ?? | 2 | 5 |
| Protestant | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Communist | 1 | ?? | 0 | 1 |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1923 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 23 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 60% | 40% | 40,321 | |
| Irish Nationalist | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21% | 18% | 18,346 | |
| Liberal | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13% | 13% | 12,809 | |
| National Liberal | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5% | 1.9% | 1,966 | |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0% | 26% | 26,127 | |
| Unemployed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.82% | 835 | |
| Patriotic Protestant | 0 | 0 | 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 | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Aigburth
No. 17 Aigburth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Albert Edward Jacob * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold |
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 | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| 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 | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| 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. 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 | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| 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
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 | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| 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 | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| 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 | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| 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 | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| 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 | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Sefton Park West
No. 16 Sefton Park West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Frank Campbell Wilson * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| 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 | | |
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12][13] [14]
Aldermanic Elections
Aldermanic Election 9 November 1923
At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1923, the terms of office of eighteen alderman expired.
The following eighteen were elected as Aldermen by the councillors on 9 November 1923 for a term of six years.
Party | Alderman | Ward |
| Conservative | William James Burgess JP * | |
| Conservative | Harold Edward Davies | |
| Conservative | Thomas Dowd * | |
| Conservative | John Edwards | |
| Conservative | Sir William Bower Forwood DL JP * | |
| Conservative | John Gordon | |
| Conservative | Robert Charles Herman * | |
| Conservative | Samuel Mason Hutchinson JP * | |
| Conservative | Arthur Stanley Mather JP * | |
| Conservative | Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell JP * | |
| Conservative | John George Moyles JP * | |
| Conservative | William Muirhead JP * | |
| Conservative | John George Paris * | |
| Conservative | Charles Henry Rutherford * | |
| Irish Nationalist | John Gregory Taggart JP * | |
| Conservative | John Utting JP * | |
| Conservative | James Wilson Walker * | |
| Conservative | Hartley Wilson JP * | |
[6] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]
Aldermanic Election 4 June 1924
Caused by the death of Alderman William Henry Watts (Liberal, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920)[21] on 13 March 1924 .[22]
In his place Councillor James Bolger (Irish Nationalist), North Scotland, elected 1 November 1921)[23] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 4 June 1924[24] .[22]
Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires |
| Irish Nationalist | James Bolger | No. 6 St. Anne's | 1926 |
By-elections
No. 13 Princes Park, 22 November 1923
Caused by the resignation of Councillor David Jackson (Conservative, Prince's Park, elected 1 November 1922)[25] which was reported to the Council on 9 November 1923 [26]
No. 13 Prince's Park Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | David Mawdsley Ritchie | 2,636 | 70% | |
| Labour | Louise Hughes | 1,128 | 30% | |
Majority | 1,508 | | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 3,764 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
[27] [28] [29] [30]
The term of office to expire on 1 November 1925.
No. 17 Aigburth, 17 January 1924
Caused by the death on 19 December 1923 of Councillor John Ritchie (Conservative, Aigburth, elected 1 November 1921)[31] .[32]
No. 17 Aigburth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Edward James Deane | 1,407 | 52% | |
| Liberal | Colonel Albert Melly | 1,319 | 48% | |
Majority | 88 | | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 2,726 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
[33]
No. 23 Netherfield, 9 April 1924
Caused by the election of Councillor Harold Edward Davies (Conservative, Netherfield, elected 1 November 1921)[34] as an alderman by the councillors on 9 November 1923[35]
No. 22 Netherfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Alfred Michael Urding | 2,134 | 76% | |
| | Christopher Haigh | 673 | 24% | |
Majority | 1,461 | | |
Registered electors | 11,291 | | |
Turnout | 2,807 | 25% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
[36]
No. 12 Dingle, 30 July 1924
Caused by the death of Councillor William Pemberton Coslett (Liberal, Dingle, elected 1 November 1921)[37] on 16 October 1923 which was reported to the Council on 24 October 1923.[38]
No. 12 Dingle Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Frank Bennett Brown | 3,769 | 52% | |
| | Horace Godden Cole | 3,420 | 48% | |
Majority | 349 | | |
Registered electors | 13,963 | | |
Turnout | 7,189 | 51% | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
[39]
No. 2 North Scotland 10 July 1924
Caused by the election by the councillors of Councillor James Bolger (Irish Nationalist), North Scotland, elected 1 November 1921)[23] as an alderman on 4 June 1924,[24][22] following the death of Alderman William Henry Watts (Liberal, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920)[21] on 13 March 1924.[22]
No. 2 North Scotland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David Gilbert Logan | 3,272 | 79% | |
| | Thomas Joseph Hennessy | 881 | 21% | |
Majority | 2,391 | | |
Registered electors | 8,075 | | |
Turnout | 4,153 | 51% | |
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | | |
[40]
See also
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