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1934 UK local government election From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1934. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Eight of the forty seats up for election were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
Labour | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
Liberal | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
Protestant | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 17 | 42.5% | 50% | 54,893 | |||||
Labour | 19 | 47.5% | 47% | 51,216 | |||||
Liberal | 1 | 2.5% | 3.4% | 3,749 | |||||
Independent | 1 | 2.5% | 0.88% | 970 | |||||
Protestant | 1 | 2.5% | 6.2% | 6,786 |
* - Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1931 election results.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Lumb | 1,535 | 51% | ||
Conservative | Alexander Maver Finlason * | 1,496 | 49% | ||
Majority | 39 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,633 | ||||
Turnout | 3,031 | 31% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eric Errington | 2,001 | 59% | ||
Liberal | Arthur Donald Dennis | 1,418 | 41% | ||
Majority | 583 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,653 | ||||
Turnout | 3,419 | 35% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson * | 1,181 | 66% | ||
Labour | Cedrick Ernest Hargreaves | 612 | 34% | ||
Majority | 569 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,639 | ||||
Turnout | 1,793 | 39% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Young Williamson * | 2,244 | 65% | ||
Labour | Robert Hugh Williams | 1,227 | 35% | ||
Majority | 1,017 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,696 | ||||
Turnout | 3,471 | 32% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry James Pearson jun. * | 1,880 | 52% | ||
Labour | Alfred Walker Boothman | 1,365 | 38% | ||
Protestant | George Edward Lewis | 389 | 11% | ||
Majority | 515 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,353 | ||||
Turnout | 3,634 | 35% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Moorhead * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,580 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert Neville Bewley | 565 | 66% | ||
Ind. Conservative | William Edward MacLachlan | 295 | 34% | ||
Majority | 270 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,203 | ||||
Turnout | 860 | 39% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mrs. Christine Maud Boyle | 907 | 51% | ||
Conservative | Gifford Cameron Ollason * | 866 | 49% | ||
Majority | 41 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,854 | ||||
Turnout | 1,773 | 46% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Hargreaves | 3,617 | 64% | ||
Conservative | John Loughlin | 1,602 | 29% | ||
Protestant | Francis Kenny | 392 | 7% | ||
Majority | 2,015 | ||||
Registered electors | 17,330 | ||||
Turnout | 5,611 | 32% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John David Towers | 3,915 | 59% | ||
Conservative | Mrs.Nancy Proctor * | 2,691 | 41% | ||
Majority | 1,224 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,330 | ||||
Turnout | 6,606 | 43% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs.Agnes Mitton | 2,499 | 53% | ||
Conservative | Stabley Ronald Williams * | 2,212 | 47% | ||
Majority | 287 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,827 | ||||
Turnout | 4,711 | 37% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Nickson | 3,296 | 75% | ||
Conservative | Murray Rowland Fletcher Rogers | 1,086 | 25% | ||
Majority | 2,210 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,827 | ||||
Turnout | 4,382 | 34% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Peter Kavanagh * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,383 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon * | 1,776 | 58% | ||
Labour | Richard Thomas Hughes | 1,292 | 42% | ||
Majority | 484 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,385 | ||||
Turnout | 3,068 | 30% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Francis Lavery | 2,203 | 50% | ||
Conservative | William Edward Backhouse | 1,898 | 43% | ||
Protestant | Ronald Frederick Henderson | 271 | 6% | ||
Majority | 305 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,422 | ||||
Turnout | 4,372 | 38% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Herbert Webster | 2,436 | 57% | ||
Conservative | Joseph Williams * | 1,302 | 32% | ||
Protestant | James Moore | 524 | 12% | ||
Majority | 1,134 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,395 | ||||
Turnout | 4,262 | 58% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Hamilton | 1,121 | 66% | ||
Democratic Labour | Walter Oscar Stein | 569 | 34% | ||
Majority | 552 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,916 | ||||
Turnout | 1,690 | 34% | |||
Labour gain from Democratic Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Case | 2,233 | 58% | ||
Labour | Mrs. Sarah Ann Demain | 1,587 | 42% | ||
Majority | 646 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,041 | ||||
Turnout | 3,820 | 35% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William James Riddick | 3,204 | 42% | ||
Conservative | Francis Samuel Henwood Ashcroft * | 3,171 | 42% | ||
Protestant | George Henry Dunbar | 1,222 | 16% | ||
Majority | 33 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,985 | ||||
Turnout | 7,597 | 45% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rupert Henry Bremner * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 744 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Charles Pasco | 2,235 | 54% | ||
Conservative | George William Prout | 1,934 | 46% | ||
Majority | 301 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,171 | ||||
Turnout | 4,169 | 37% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ernest Whitley | 731 | 40% | ||
Conservative | Isaac Robinson | 724 | 40% | ||
Ratepayers | Charles Frederick Hind | 227 | 12% | ||
Labour | Andre John Holman | 140 | 8% | ||
Majority | 7 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,591 | ||||
Turnout | 1,822 | 70% | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dr. Joseph Sytner | 2,344 | 38% | ||
Protestant | Richard Bradley | 1,912 | 31% | ||
Conservative | William John Matthew Clark * | 1,855 | 30% | ||
Majority | 432 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,544 | ||||
Turnout | 6,111 | 53% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Fay | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,561 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Waterworth * | 3,145 | 53% | ||
Labour | Thomas Ernest Martin | 2,792 | 47% | ||
Majority | 353 | ||||
Registered electors | 17,065 | ||||
Turnout | 5,937 | 35% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Demain | 1,985 | 51% | ||
Conservative | James Burrows Noble | 1,912 | 49% | ||
Majority | 73 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,860 | ||||
Turnout | 3,897 | 40% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Henry Dunford * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,194 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John David Mack * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,228 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protestant | William Reuben Price | 1,452 | 33% | ||
Conservative | Charles Harold Leftwich * | 1,411 | 32% | ||
Labour | Frederick Stapleton | 1,379 | 31% | ||
Protestant | Henry Smith Revill | 193 | 4% | ||
Majority | 41 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 4,435 | ||||
Protestant gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sydney James Hill | 623 | 58% | ||
Labour | Stanley Part | 445 | 42% | ||
Majority | 178 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,761 | ||||
Turnout | 1,068 | 39% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Webster Green Armour | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,892 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Graham Reece * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,575 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Harrington * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,428 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Leo Carney | 1,016 | 81% | ||
Democratic Labour | Mrs. Martha Veronica Fernie | 239 | 19% | ||
Majority | 777 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,715 | ||||
Turnout | 1,255 | 34% | |||
Labour gain from Democratic Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Reginald Richard Bailey * | 3,080 | 51% | ||
Labour | John Thomas Kenny | 2,527 | 42% | ||
Protestant | Robert Bradley | 431 | 7% | ||
Majority | 553 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,305 | ||||
Turnout | 6,038 | 37% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Critchley * | 2,585 | 69% | ||
Labour | Albert Smitton | 1,140 | 31% | ||
Majority | 1,445 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,539 | ||||
Turnout | 3,725 | 30% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Village * | 3,232 | 73% | ||
Ind. Labour Party | Donald Henry James | 1,184 | 27% | ||
Majority | 2,048 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,209 | ||||
Turnout | 4,416 | 29% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Naphtali Julius Price * | 1,766 | 56% | ||
Labour | Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd | 1,376 | 44% | ||
Majority | 390 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,813 | ||||
Turnout | 3,142 | 36% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Duncan-French * | 3,853 | 66% | ||
Labour | Laurence William Kennan | 2,006 | 34% | ||
Majority | 1,847 | ||||
Registered electors | 18,854 | ||||
Turnout | 5,859 | 31% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Following the death on 8 January 1935 of Alderman Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Conservative, elected as an alderman possibly following the death on 29 October 1932 of Alderman Joseph Dalton Flood.[8] In his place, Councillor Alfred Gates JP (Liberal, elected for Anfield on 1 November 1932)[9] of 15 Childwall Priory Road, Liverpool, was elected as an alderman on 6 February 1935.
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1938.
Following the death on 23 January 1935 of Alderman John Clancy (Labour, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929),[13][10] Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. (Conservative, elected to the Castle Street ward at a by election on 29 November 1932 ),[14] Managing Director of Red Rocks, Stanley Road, Hoylake, was elected as an alderman on 6 March 1935.
Aldermanic Election 6 March 1935 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Allocated ward | |
Conservative | Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. | 56 | 58% | No. 10 Great George | |
Labour | Councillor Lawrence King | 40 | 42% | Not elected | |
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1935.
Caused by the death of Councillor James William Joseph Baker (Labour, elected for the Sandhills ward on 1 November 1932)[17]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stanley Part | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,194 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Caused by the resignation of Councillor John Moores (Conservative, elected to the Kensington ward on 1 November 1933).[19]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jack Cresswell | 2,018 | 57% | ||
Labour | Mrs. Sarah Ann Demain | 1,500 | 43% | ||
Majority | 518 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,041 | ||||
Turnout | 3,518 | 32% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Caused by the death on 20 December 1934 of Councillor Miss Alice McCormick (Centre, elected 1 November 1932).[21][22]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Patrick Staunton | 640 | 61% | ||
Centre | Joseph Gorman | 417 | 39% | ||
Majority | 223 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,383 | ||||
Turnout | 1,057 | 44% | |||
Independent gain from Centre |
Following the death on 8 January 1935 of Alderman Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Conservative, elected as an alderman possibly following the death on 29 October 1932 of Alderman Joseph Dalton Flood.[8] In his place, Councillor Alfred Gates JP (Liberal, elected for Anfield on 1 November 1932)[9] of 15 Childwall Priory Road, Liverpool, was elected as an alderman on 6 February 1935.[10][11][12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Rennick Gates | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 10,696 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Following the death on 23 January 1935 of Alderman John Clancy (Labour, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929),[13][10] Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. (Conservative, elected to the Castle Street ward at a by election on 29 November 1932 )[14] was elected as an alderman on 6 March 1935.[15][16]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Majority | |||||
Registered electors | 2,203 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing |
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