1924 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Saturday 1 November 1924.

One third of the council seats were up for election. The term of office for each councillor being three years.

A second seat was added for the Allerton ward.

Eleven of the thirty-eight seats up for election were uncontested.

As the election was held on a Saturday, the Ballot Act allowed the presiding officer to mark the ballot paper for those people who declared themselves to be of the Jewish Faith.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	??	??	??
	Liberal	??	??	??	??
	Irish Nationalist	??	??	??	??
	Labour	??	??	??	??
	Protestant	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1924

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	23	2	2	0	59%	43%	52,070
	Labour	7	4	0	+4	18%	40%	47,986
	Liberal	4	2	2	0	10%	7.8%	9,346
	Irish Nationalist	3	0	2	-2	8%	5.8%	6,943
	Protestant	1	0	0	0	3%	2.1%	2,542
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	3%	1.05%	1,260
	National Liberal	0	0	3	-3	0%	0%	0

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1921 election results.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Thomas Roberts	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward James Deane	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Alfred Strong *	803	64%
	Liberal	Frank Williams	446	36%
Majority			357
Registered electors			2,277
Turnout			1,249	55%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon	2,268	43%
	Liberal	William Bowring Stoddart *	2,060	39%
	Labour	John Badlay	897	17%
Majority			208
Registered electors			9,500
Turnout			5,225	55%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Henry Burton *	3,000	68%
	Labour	Charles Wilson	1,425	32%
Majority			1,575
Registered electors			9,708
Turnout			4,425	46%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Luke Hogan *	3,228	69%
	Conservative	Benjamin Fisher	1,456	31%
Majority			1,772
Registered electors			8,454
Turnout			4,684	55%
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Denton	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert John Davis *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Bennett Brown *	5,619	62%
	Labour	Robert Joseph McDonnell	3,502	38%
Majority			2,117
Registered electors			14,408
Turnout			9,121	63%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Tissyman	3,373	51%
	Conservative	James Jude *	3,193	49%
Majority			180
Registered electors			12,421
Turnout			6,566	53%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bertie Victor Kirby	3,790	54%
	Conservative	Maj. Henry Adam Proctor	3,243	46%
	Independent	David Dolovitz	51	0.72%
Majority			547	8%	N/A
Registered electors			12,596
Turnout			7,084	56%
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Quinn *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Sydney Jones	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Liberal gain from Conservative

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Herbert Charters *	1,055	66%
	Labour	Albert Nicholas Denaro	539	34%
Majority			516
Registered electors			2,775
Turnout			1,594	57%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Atkin *	2,137	52%
	Labour	Robert Philip Edmunds	1,506	36%
	Liberal	William James Ireland	490	12%
Majority			631
Registered electors			6,040
Turnout			4,133	68%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. Rosa Hoch	2,026	41%
	Labour	Charles Burden	1,937	40%
	Liberal	Samuel Skelton sen.	923	19%
Majority			89
Registered electors			9,425
Turnout			4,887	52%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Joseph Marner *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Baxter	3,204	55%
	Labour	Frederick Thomas Richardson	2,623	45%
Majority			581
Registered electors			10,724
Turnout			5,827	54%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Porter	4,794	67%
	Labour	Frederick Jones	2,326	33%
Majority			2,468
Registered electors			15,312
Turnout			7,120	46%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Gaskell Alsop *	2,684	52%
	Labour	Thomas Joseph Rowan	2,484	48%
Majority			200
Registered electors			10,268
Turnout			5,168	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Gladstone *	785	69%
	Labour	Charles Jabez Edwards	346	31%
Majority			439
Registered electors			1,691
Turnout			1,131	67%
	Independent gain from National Liberal		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Michael Urding *	4,358	73%
	Labour	George Chadwick	1,617	27%
Majority			2,741
Registered electors			11,548
Turnout			5,975	52%
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Gilbert Logan *	3,403	82%
	Irish Nationalist	Mrs. Elizabeth Geraghty	734	18%
Majority			2,669
Registered electors			8,178
Turnout			4,137	51%
	Labour gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Parry Thomas	3,394	68%
	Labour	John Edward Sunners	1,616	32%
Majority			1,778
Registered electors			11,733
Turnout			5,010	43%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Miss Margaret Beavan *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Dakin	2,120	53%
	Irish Nationalist	William Henry McGuiness	1,855	47%
Majority			265
Registered electors			8,803
Turnout			3,975	45%
	Labour gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Sexton MP *	1,567	53%
	Irish Nationalist	James Farrell jun.	1,322	45%
	Independent	John Young	25	0.85%
	Independent	John Corcoran	21	0.72%
Majority			245
Registered electors			9,556
Turnout			2,935	31%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	Albert Clayton *	2,542	61%
	Labour	George Williams	1,597	39%
Majority			945
Registered electors			10,926
Turnout			4,139	38%
	Protestant hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Burton William Eills *	846	68%
	Independent	Frederick H. U. Bowman	399	32%
Majority			447
Registered electors			2,892
Turnout			1,245	43%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Edward Holme *	2,662	67%
	Labour	Alexander Maver Finlason	1,312	33%
Majority			1,350
Registered electors			8,905
Turnout			3,974	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Miss Mabel Fletcher *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremiah O'Donoghue	2,419	57%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Jeremiah Kelly *	1,832	43%
Majority			587
Registered electors			8,360
Turnout			4,251	51%
	Labour gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Joseph Belger *	1,200	74%
	Labour	Richard McCann	422	26%
Majority			778
Registered electors			3,821
Turnout			4,251	42%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Conrad Cross *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward West *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal gain from National Liberal		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Morris Griffith *	2,556	67%
	Labour	Arthur Charles Crosby	1,287	33%
Majority			1,269
Registered electors			11,070
Turnout			3,843	35%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Henry Barker *	2,095	47%
	Labour	Herbert Edward Rose	1,365	31%
	Liberal	John Richard Hobhouse	1,009	23%
Majority			730
Registered electors			8,625
Turnout			4,469	52%
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hickman Dovener *	4,079	64%
	Labour	George Henry Boothman	1,285	20%
	Liberal	Samuel Skelton jun.	1,015	16%
Majority			2,794
Registered electors			13,800
Turnout			6,379	46%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 10 November 1924

Caused by the death of Alderman William Boote (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920)^[10] on 8 December 1923 ^[11]

In his place Councillor Henry Alexander Cole JP (Conservative, St. Peter's, elected 1 November 1922)^[12] of "The Homestead", Vyner Road, Bidston, Cheshire, was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 10 November 1924^{[6] [13] [14]}

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	Henry Alexander Cole JP		1926

Aldermanic Election for No. 35 Allerton 10 November 1924

Pursuant of sub-section (4) of section 18 of the Liverpool Corporation Act 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. lxxiv), Councillor Henry Morley Miller (Conservative, Aigurth, elected 1 November 1922)^[15] of 2 Riverside Road, Aigburth, Liverpool, was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 10 November 1924 ^{[14] [16] [17]}

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	Henry Morley Miller	No. 35 Allerton	1930

Aldermanic Elections 3 June 1925

Caused by the resignation of Alderman Frederick James Rawlinson (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920) ^[10] which was reported to the council on 6 May 1925.^[18]

In whose place Councillor Albert Edward Jacob MP (Unionist, Aigburth, elected 1 November 1923)^[19] was elected as an alderman by the council on 3 June 1925.^[20]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Unionist	Albert Edward Jacob MP	No. 5 Exchange	1926

Caused by the death of Alderman Joseph Harrison Jones (Liberal, elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920)^[10] on 21 November 1924.^[21]

In whose place Councillor Herber Reynolds Rathbone (Liberal, Sefton Park West, last elected 1 November 1922)^[22] on 3 June 1925 ^[20]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Liberal	Herber Reynolds Rathbone		1926

Aldermanic Election 1 July 1925

Caused by the death of alderman John Gregory Taggart (Irish Nationalist, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923),^[23] in whose place Councillor John Clancy (Irish Nationalist, North Scotland, elected 1 November 1922)^[24] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 1 July 1925.^[25][26]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Irish Nationalist	John Clancy		1929

By-elections

No. 8 St. Peter's 20 November 1924

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Henry Alexander Cole JP (Conservative, St. Peter's, elected 1 November 1922) ^[12] on 10 November 1924,^[6][13][14] following the death of Alderman William Boote (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920)^[10] on 8 December 1923 .^[11]

No. 8 St. Peter's 20 November 1924

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Wolfe Levy	695	51%
	Independent	Frederick Bowman	369	27%
		Charles Wilson	286	21%
Majority			613
Registered electors			2,892
Turnout			1,350	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[27]

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1925.

No. 35 Aigburth, 28 November 1924

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Henry Morley Miller (Conservative, Aigurth, elected 1 November 1922)^[15] on 10 November 1924^{[14][16] [17]}

No. 17 Aigburth 28 November 1924

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wilfrid Bowring Stoddart	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[28]

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1925.

No. 31 Fairfield, 15 December 1924

Caused by the death of Councillor James Hughes (National Liberal, Fairfield, elected 1 November 1923)^[29] on 21 November 1924^[21]

No. 31 Fairfield 15 December 1924

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Barry	1,842	56%
	Liberal	John Richard Hobhouse	1,432	44%
Majority			410
Registered electors
Turnout			3,274
	Conservative gain from National Liberal		Swing

^{[30] [31]}

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1926.

No. 20 Low Hill, 19 February 1925

Caused by the death of Councillor Ellis Keyser Yates (Conservative, Low Hill, elected 1 November 1922)^[32] on 29 January 1925 .^[33]

No. 20 Low Hill 19 February 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Edward Bibby Tevor	1,948	51%
	Labour	Fred Robinson	1,886	49%
Majority			62
Registered electors			10,268
Turnout			3,834	37%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^{[34] [35] [36]}

The term of office to end on 1 November 1925.

No. 17 Aigburth, 23 June 1925

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Albert Edward Jacob MP (Unionist, Aigburth, elected 1 November 1923)^[19] who was elected as an alderman by the council on 3 June 1925,^[20] following the resignation of Alderman Frederick James Rawlinson (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920)^[10] which was reported to the council on 6 May 1925.^[18]

No. 17 Aigburth 23 June 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Stanley Metcalfe	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative gain from Unionist		Swing

^{[25] [37] [38]}

The term of office to end on 1 November 1926.

No. 2 North Scotland, 8 August 1925

Caused by the election by the councillors as an alderman of Councillor John Clancy (Irish Nationalist, North Scotland, elected 1 November 1922)^[24] on 1 July 1925,^[25][26] following the death of alderman John Gregory Taggart (Irish Nationalist, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923).^[23]

No. 2 North Scotland 8 August 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard McCann	1,850	66%
	Irish Nationalist	Fredrick William Tucker	935	34%
Majority			915
Registered electors			8,178
Turnout			2,785	34%
	Labour gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

^{[39] [40] [41] [42]}

Mersey Tunnel Referendum 7 May 1925

The following resolution was put to a poll of the Electors on 7 May 1925 :

"That the Electors of the City of Liverpool hereby consent to the promotion of the Bill intituled 'An Act to authorise the construction of a Tunnel under the River Mersey between Liverpool and Birkenhead; and for other purposes.'"

Mersey Tunnel Poll	Votes	%
For the Resolution	79,906	92%
Against the Resolution	6,937	8%
Majority	72,969
Number of Electors	315,859
Turnout	86,843	27%

^[43]

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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