1910 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1910.

Fourteen of the thirty-four wards were not contested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	-4	??	??
Liberal	??	+3	??	??
Irish Nationalist	??	0	??	??
Labour	??	+1	??	??
Independent	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1910
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	19	1	5	-4	56%	56%	19,448
Liberal	10	4	1	+3	30%	29%	10,104
Irish Nationalist	3	0	0	0	9%	0%	0
Labour	1	1	0	+1	1%	10%	3,541
Independent	1	1	0	+1	3%	4%	1,521

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1907 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

No. 18 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas James Smith the younger *	761	61%
	Liberal	Miss Harriet Mary Johnson	487	39%
Majority			274
Registered electors			2,344
Turnout			1,248	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 29 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Parkfield Wethered	704	54%
	Liberal	William Abercromby	591	46%
Majority			113
Registered electors			1,754
Turnout			1,295	74%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 3 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Russell-Taylor *	628	80%
	Independent	William Robert Roberts	154	20%
Majority			474
Registered electors			3,170
Turnout			782	25%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Rudd	1,109	59%
	Liberal	Thomas Williams	781	41%
Majority			328
Registered electors			4,040
Turnout			1,890	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Patrick Charles Kelly *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Philip Reynolds	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 26 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Algernon Charles Francis Henderson	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No. 12 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Edward Whitley	1,001	49%
	Conservative	Joseph Henry Harrison *	952	47%
	Socialist	Charles Wilson	69	3%
	Socialist	James Murphy	8	0.4%
Majority			49
Registered electors			4,525
Turnout			2,030	45%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Everton

No. 9 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Kyffin-Taylor MP*	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

Exchange

No. 16 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick Charles Bowring	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 4 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Hughes junior *	1,118	53%
	Conservative	Dr. Francis William Bailey	989	47%
Majority			129
Registered electors			3,864
Turnout			2,107	55%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Garston

No. 30 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Frederick James Rawlinson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

No. 22 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone *	1,211	61%
	Conservative	Robert Richards	769	39%
Majority			442	22%
Registered electors			3,555
Turnout			1,980	56%
	Independent hold		Swing

Great George

No. 17 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Samuel Skelton	575	51%
	Conservative	Dr.Albert Edward Davis *	559	49%
Majority			16
Registered electors			1,608
Turnout			1,134	71%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Kensington

No. 11 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Samuel Mason Hatchinson *	1,404	75%
	Labour	Arthur Kilpin Bulley	470	25%
Majority			934	50%
Registered electors			4,537
Turnout			1,874	41%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John George Paris *	1,620	63%
	Labour	John Wolfe Tone Morrissey	948	37%
Majority			672
Registered electors			6,314
Turnout			2,568	41%
	Conservative gain from Protestant		Swing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Boote *	895	60%
	Labour	George Nelson	602	40%
Majority			293	20%
Registered electors			3,624
Turnout			1,497	41%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Ball	792	72%
	Independent	William Henry Archer	310	28%
Majority			482
Registered electors			3,514
Turnout			1,102	31%
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	George Jeremy Lynskey *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 28A Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Burchall *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Henry Rutherford	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alfred Gates	1,066	59%
	Conservative	John Lucas Rankin	736	41%
Majority			330
Registered electors			3,199
Turnout			1,802	56%
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Dr. James Clement Baxter *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Dr. Charles Alexander Hill *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Byrne	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Stuart Rankin	1,238	55%
	Liberal	John Morris	1.033	45%
Majority			205
Registered electors			3,729
Turnout			2,271	61%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Frank Campbell Wilson	875	52%
	Conservative	Fred Pritchard *	800	48%
Majority			75
Registered electors			2,401
Turnout			1,675	70%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Francis Joseph Harford *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 15 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Joseph Hughes *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Walton

No. 3A Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dr. John George Moyles *	1,627	76%
	Labour	Harry Dawson Large	520	24%
Majority			1,107
Registered electors			4,715
Turnout			2,147	46%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 27 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Fleming	978	54%
	Conservative	Sydney Edward Davies *	850	46%
Majority			128
Registered electors			3,792
Turnout			1,828	48%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Stephen Porter	1,040	55%
	Liberal	Harry Trevor Ellis	865	45%
Majority			175
Registered electors			3,593
Turnout			1,905	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Cecil Heywood Brunner	1,119	55%
	Conservative	Harold Edward Davies	909	45%
Majority			210
Registered electors			3,503
Turnout			2,028	58%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson *	1,066	63%
	Liberal	Clement Freeman	615	37%
Majority			450
Registered electors			3,295
Turnout			1,682	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 9 November 1910

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1910, the terms of office of seventeen alderman expired.^[8]

The following seventeen were elected as Aldermen by the councillors on 9 November 1910 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected aldermen.

	Alderman	Ward
Conservative	William Bartlett *	Brunswick
Liberal	William Benjamin Bowring JP *	Exchange
Liberal	Edmond Brownbill *	South Scotland
Conservative	Edward James Chevalier	Aigburth
Irish Nationalist	Dr. Andrew Commins MP *	Vauxhall
Conservative	Arthur Crosthwaite *	Anfield
Conservative	Charles Herbert Giles *	Prince's Park
Liberal	Jacob Reuben Grant *	Old Swan
Liberal	Richard Robert Meade-King *	Sandhills
Conservative	Thomas Menlove JP *	Breckfield
Conservative	Sir Charles Petrie *	Warbreck
Irish Nationalist	Edward Purcell *	North Scotland
Conservative	Archibald Tutton Salvidge the younger JP *	Abercromby
Conservative	Anthony Shelmerdine	Sefton Park West
Liberal	Frederick Smith *	Castle Street
Liberal	William Henry Watts *	St. Anne's
Conservative	William Humphrey Williams *	St. Domingo

^[9] ^[10] ^[11] ^[12]

Aldermanic Election 3 May 1911

Caused by the death of Alderman Joachim Nicolas Stolterfoht (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1907)^[13] on 8 March 1911, which was reported to the Council on 5 April 1911.^[14] In his place, Councillor Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Conservative, West Derby, elected 1 November 1910) ^[5] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 3 May 1911.

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson	No.5 Wavertree	1910

^[15] ^[16] ^[17]

By-Elections

No.10 Low Hill, 24 November 1910

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Anthony Shelmerdine (Conservative, Low Hill, elected 1 November 1909)^[18] by the Council on 9 November 1910.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

No. 10 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dr. Francis William Bailey	999	52%
	Labour	George Nelson	909	48%
Majority			90
Registered electors			3,624
Turnout			1,908	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[19]

No. 24A Sefton Park East, 2 May 1911

Caused by the death of Councillor John Japp JP (Liberal, Sefton Park East, elected 1 November 1909) on 27 March 1911, which was reported to the Council on 5 April 1911 .^[20]

No. 24A Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander Allan Paton	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

The Term of Office to expire on 1 November 1912. ^[15]

No. 12 Edge Hill, 27 April 1911

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Edward Whitley (Labour, elected 1 November 1910),^[4] which was reported to the Council on 5 April 1911.^[20]

No. 12 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederick Bennett Brough	1,017	55%
		William Richard Blair	848	45%
Majority			169
Registered electors			4,525
Turnout			1,865	41%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

^[21]

No. 28 West Derby, 23 May 1911

Caused by the election of Councillor Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Conservative, West Derby, elected 1 November 1910) ^[5] as an alderman by the Council on 3 May 1911.^[15]^[16]^[17]

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Thomas Ithell	600	56%
		Thomas Utley	468	44%
Majority			450
Registered electors			3,295
Turnout			1,068	32%
	gain from		Swing

^[22]

No. 13 North Scotland, 5 August 1911

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Dr. Joseph Maguire (Irish Nationalist, North Scotland, elected unopposed 1 November 1909)

No. 13 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	John Clancy	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

^[23]

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[PoC1910pg4-5] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 4". Retrieved 18 May 2017.

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[7] Liverpool Courier Wednesday 2 November 1910

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[PoC1910pg6-9] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 6". Retrieved 18 May 2017.

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