1932 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1932. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

1932 Liverpool City Council election

← 1931 1 November 1932 (1932-11-01) 1933 →
39 councillors' seats were up for election

Six of the forty seats up for election were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	+1	??	??
	Labour	??	-3	??	??
	Liberal	??	0	??	??
	Independent	??	+1	??	??
	Centre	??	0	??	??
	Protestant	??	+1	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1932

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	16	4	3	-1	41%
	Labour	16	1	4	-3	41%
	Liberal	2	0	0	0	5%
	Independent	2	1	0	+1	5%
	Centre	1	0	0	9	3%
	Protestant	1	1	0	+1	3%
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0%

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1929 election results.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles William Bailey	1,821	57%
	Labour	Mrs. Agnes Mitton	1,231	39%
	Youth	Lawrence Joseph Patrick McAdam	139	4%
Majority			590
Registered electors			9,444
Turnout			3,191	34%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vere Egerton Cotton O.B.E.	1,974	60%
	Liberal	Arthur Donald Dennis	1,293	40%
Majority			681
Registered electors			8,819
Turnout			3,267	37%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John William Jones	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Gates *	2,989	74%
		Frederick Jones	1,024	26%
Majority			1,965
Registered electors
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. Ada Martha Burton	2,134	53%
	Labour	Alfred Hargreaves	1,910	47%
Majority			224
Registered electors			10,450
Turnout			4,044	39%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lawrence King *	3,912	95%
	Communist	Frederick William Gibson	212	5%
Majority			3,700
Registered electors			8,843
Turnout			4,124	47%
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Garnett Sheldon *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lady Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt *	978	48%
	Liberal	William John Tristram	849	42%
	Labour	Alfred Donohue	195	10%
Majority			129
Registered electors			3,299
Turnout			2,022	61%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croxteth

No. 40 Croxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Henry Boothman *	3,397	55%
	Conservative	John Moores	2,442	39%
	Democratic Labour	Peter Joseph Haines	221	4%
	Communist	Charles William Heaton	118	2%
Majority			975
Registered electors			12,936
Turnout			6,158	48%
	Labour hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Jones *	4,478	50%
	Conservative	James Bennett O.B.E.	3,084	35%
	Protestant	Richard Bradley	1,362	15%
Majority			1,394
Registered electors			15,518
Turnout			8,924	58%
	Labour hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Griffin *	3,402	60%
	Conservative	William Murphy	2,018	36%
	Ind. Labour Party	John Fitzpatrick Hughes	246	4%
Majority			1,384
Registered electors			13,318
Turnout			5,666	43%
	Labour hold		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Braddock	4,408	65%
	Conservative	John Harold Irwin	2,383	35%
Majority			2,025
Registered electors			13,436
Turnout			6,791	51%
	Labour hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Centre	Miss Alice McCormick *	717	68%
	Labour	Albert Smitton	258	25%
	Youth	Arthur James Gerard Smyth	69	6.6%
	Ind. Labour Party	Mark Edward Boggin	7	0.67%
Majority			459
Registered electors
Turnout			1,051
	Centre hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Barry *	2,557	65%
	Labour	Richard Thomas Hughes	1,350	35%
Majority			1,207
Registered electors			10,309
Turnout			3,907	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Disley	2,413	52%
	Labour	Francis Lavery	1,261	27%
	Ind. Labour Party	Robert Edwards *	943	20%
Majority			1,152
Registered electors			11,026
Turnout			4,617	42%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Sydney Dytor	2,558	59%
	Conservative	John Case *	1,808	41%
Majority			750
Registered electors			7,695
Turnout			4,366	57%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone MP *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Independent hold

Great George

No. 10 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Percy Ernest Sherwin	951	49%
	Democratic Labour	Matthew Grogan *	933	48%
	Youth	Leo Patrick Taylor	64	3%
Majority			18
Registered electors			5,048
Turnout			1,948	39%
	Labour hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Clouston Ralph Litler-Jones	2,479	52%
	Labour	Bernard Louis Meyer	1,944	41%
	Liberal	William Henry Ledsom	323	7%
Majority			535
Registered electors			11,270
Turnout			4,746	42%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Henry Barton *	2,546	35%
	Conservative	Ernest Tyrer	2,471	34%
	Protestant	William Reuben Price	1,771	24%
	Ind. Labour Party	Charles Henry Cund junr.	536	7.2%
	Communist	Albert Edward Cole	125	1.7%
Majority			75
Registered electors			17,097
Turnout			7,449	44%
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Woolton

No election.

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Robinson	2,520	54%
	Conservative	Gwilym Eiriol Mills	2,053	44%
	Communist	John Frederick Hedley	103	2.2%
Majority			467
Registered electors			11,316
Turnout			4,676	41%
	Labour hold		Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mrs. Caroline Whiteley	850	52%
	Conservative	Edwin Phillips Thompson	740	45%
	Labour	Arthur Lumb	52	3.2%
	Independent Democratic Labour	Patrick O'Brien Hendley	7	3.2%
Majority			110
Registered electors			2,371
Turnout			1,649	70%
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Chadwick *	3,079	47%
	Conservative	Arnold Barkby	1,980	30%
	Protestant	Albert Clayton	1,490	23%
Majority			1,090
Registered electors			12,078
Turnout			6,549	54%
	Labour hold		Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. Margaret Macfarlane	2,429	92%
	Communist	Leo Joseph McGree	206	7.8%
Majority			2,223
Registered electors
Turnout			2,635
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Williamson *	3,659	52%
	Conservative	George Charles Edward Simpson O.B.E.	3,440	48%
Majority			219
Registered electors			16,191
Turnout			7,099	44%
	Labour hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Roland Clare	2,448	55%
	Labour	Alfred Demain	2,029	45%
Majority			419
Registered electors			16,191
Turnout			4,477	28%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James William Baker *	2,903	94%
	Communist	Ieuan Peters Hughes	198	6%
Majority			2,705
Registered electors			9,369
Turnout			3,101	33%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Sydney Silverman	3,227	86%
	Democratic Labour	Thomas Conifer	505	13%
Majority			2,722
Registered electors			9,108
Turnout			3,732	41%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	Mrs. Mary Jane Longbottom	1,784	35%
	Conservative	William Edward Backhouse *	1,566	30%
	Labour	Robert Joseph McDonnell	1,370	27%
	Ind. Labour Party	George Edward Humphreys	432	8%
Majority			218
Registered electors			11,712
Turnout			5,152	44%
	Protestant gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Robinson	671	52%
	Labour	Robert Edward Cottier	488	38%
	Independent	William Edward McLachlan	130	10%
Majority			183
Registered electors			2,853
Turnout			1,289	45%
	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	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Percy Clayton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Sheehan	unopposed
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Brian Hoer	953	55%
	Democratic Labour	Stephen McBride	779	45%
Majority			174
Registered electors			3,704
Turnout			1,732	47%
	Labour hold		Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Miller Platt *	3,581	58%
	Labour	William James Riddick	2,614	42%
Majority			967
Registered electors			16,370
Turnout			6,195	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Jude *	2,847	66%
	Labour	William Bent	1,460	34%
Majority			1,387
Registered electors			12,459
Turnout			4,307	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Redmond	3,583	68%
	Labour	John Reginald Bevins	1,701	32%
Majority			1,882	36%
Registered electors			14,857
Turnout			5,284	36%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlton Thomson	2,141	53%
	Labour	Charles Matthew Belk	1,000	25%
	Independent	Mrs. Caroline Whiteley	929	23%
Majority			1,141
Registered electors			13,898
Turnout			4,070	29%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Morrow *	4,176	64%
	Labour	John Hamilton	2,322	36%
Majority			1,854
Registered electors			18,628
Turnout			6,498	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Aldermanic elections

Aldermanic Election 9 November 1932

19 Aldermen were elected by the councillors on 9 November 1932 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected alderman.

Party		Name	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Lowry Burns J.P. *	77
	Conservative	Henry Alexander Cole J.P. *	77
	Conservative	Sir Max Muspratt Bart. *	77
	Conservative	Edward Russell-Taylor J.P. *	77
	Conservative	Councillor Robert Garnett Sheldon	77
	Conservative	Edwin Thompson J.P. *	77
	Conservative	Sir Thomas White *	77
	Conservative	James Conrad Cross J.P. *	76
	Liberal	Burton William Eills J.P.	76
	Liberal	John Lamport Eills J.P. *	76
	Conservative	William Wallace Kelly J.P. *	76
	Liberal	Richard Robert Meade-King J.P. *	76
	Conservative	Anthony Shelmerdine J.P. *	76
	Liberal	Frederick Smith J.P. *	76
	Independent	Austin Harford J.P. *	75
	Independent	James Bolger *	74
	Labour	Thomas Burke J.P. *	74
	Labour	Luke Hogan M.B.E. J.P. *	24
	Independent	Patrick Jeremiah Kelly *	24
	Conservative	Councillor Wilfrid Bowring Stoddart	1	not elected

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Aldermanic Election

Alderman Joseph Dalton Flood died on 29 October 1932 ^[2]

Aldermanic Election 1 February 1933

Caused by the death on 22 November 1932 of Alderman Joseph Ashworth (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929),^[16][17] Councillor George Miller Platt (Conservative, Walton elected 1 November 1932), Builder and Contractor of "The Gables", Moss Delph Lane, Aughton, was elected as an alderman by the Council on 1 February 1933^{[18] [19]}

Aldermanic Election 6 July 1932
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Allocated ward
	Conservative	Councillor George Miller Platt	57	100%	No. 31 Fairfield

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1935.

By-elections

No. 40 Croxteth, Thursday, 3 November 1932

Caused by the disqualification of Councillor Oswald Wade (Conservative, elected to the Croxteth ward on 1 November 1930), due to him being declared bankrupt, which was reported to the Council on 5 October 1932 .^[20]

No. 40 Croxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Lilian Hamilton	3,574	70%
	Conservative	Dinsdale Walker junior	1,556	30%
Majority			2,018
Registered electors			12,936
Turnout			5,130	40%
	Labour hold		Swing

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No. 25 Walton, 16 February 1933

Following the death on 22 November 1932 of Alderman Joseph Ashworth^[17] (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929),^[16] Councillor George Miller Platt (Conservative, Walton elected 1 November 1932), was elected as an alderman by the Council on 1 February 1933.^[18]

No. 25 Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Harold Irwin	2,668	62%
	Labour	William James Riddick	1,564	38%
Majority			994
Registered electors			16,370
Turnout			4,122	25%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[23]

No. 7 Castle Street, 29 November 1932

Caused by Councillor Robert Garnett Sheldon (Conservative, last elected as a Councillor on 1 November 1932) being elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1932.^[14][15]

No. 7 Castle Street

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

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No. 19 Kensington, 23 May 1933

Caused by the death on 25 April 1933 of Councillor Joseph Gardner^[24] (Conservative, elected 1 November 1931.^[25]

No. 19 Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Case	1,850	51%
		George Porter	1,324	36%
		Alfred David Adams	299	8%
	Liberal	William Henry Ledsom	183	5%
Majority			526
Registered electors			11,270
Turnout			3,656	32%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[26]

No. 8 St. Peters, 30 May 1933

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Herbert Wolfe Levy (Conservative, elected 1 November 1931)^[27] which was reported to the Council on 17 May 1933^[28]

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sydney James Hill	458	53%
		Joseph Whitehead	340	39%
		Frederick Bowman	72	8%
Majority			118
Registered electors			2,853
Turnout			870	30%
			Swing

^[29]

No.10 Great George, 22 August 1933

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Harry Leo Gaffeney (Democratic Labour, Great George elected 1 November 1931)^[30] which was reported to the Council on 26 July 1933.^[31]

No. 10 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hamilton	unopposed
Registered electors			5,048
	Labour gain from Democratic Labour

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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