1933 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1933. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Thirteen of the thirty nine seats up for election were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	??	??	??
Labour	??	??	??	??
Liberal	??	??	??	??
Protestant	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1933
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	16	41%	41%	44,340
Labour	11	28%	47%	51,014
Liberal	5	13%	1.8%	1,938
Protestant	1	2.6%	7.3%	7,783
Independent	2	5.2%	2.2%	2,419
Communist	0	0%	0.18%	195

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1930 election results.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Thomas Roberts *	1,896	56%
	Labour	Robert Tissyman	1,513	44%
Majority			383
Registered electors			9,619
Turnout			3,409	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward James Deane *	2,132	63%
	Liberal	Arthur Donald Dennis	1,272	37%
Majority			860
Registered electors			9,165
Turnout			3,404	37%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Alfred Strong *	unopposed
Registered electors			4,802
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Richard Price *	unopposed
Registered electors			10,703
	Liberal hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Henry Burton *	2,054	52%
	Labour	Alfred Hargreaves	1,912	48%
Majority			142
Registered electors			14,547
Turnout			3,966	27%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Thomas Hanley	unopposed
Registered electors			8,746
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Denton	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alan Anderson Boyle	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Croxteth

No. 40 Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mrs. Mary Lilian Hamilton	3,898	70%
	Conservative	Percy Goss Moore	1,658	30%
Majority			2,240
Registered electors			15,544
Turnout			5,556	36%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Gibbins	4,700	56%
	Conservative	William Shaw Finlayson	2,565	31%
	Protestant	George Edward Lewis	1,087	13%
Majority			2,135	25%	N/A
Registered electors			15,543
Turnout			8,352	54%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Johnstone	2,834	55%
	Conservative	Herbert Henry Nuttall *	2,231	43%
	Communist	Charles William Heaton	107	2%
Majority			603	12%	N/A
Registered electors			13,055
Turnout			5,172	40%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bertie Victor Kirby *	3,547	67%
	Conservative	David Rowan	1,744	33%
Majority			1,803	34%
Registered electors			13,436
Turnout			5,291	39%
	Labour hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James Farrell	837	83%
	Labour	Albert Smitton	166	17%
Majority			671
Registered electors			2,404
Turnout			1,003	42%
	Independent hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Sydney Jones*	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors
	Liberal hold

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Greenough Gregson *	2,262	51%
	Labour	Francis Lavery	2,161	49%
Majority			2,262
Registered electors			10,943
Turnout			4,423	40%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joseph Jackson Cleary *	2,844	64%
	Conservative	James Moore	1,611	36%
Majority			1,233
Registered electors			7,741
Turnout			4,455	58%
	Labour hold		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Adam Edwards *	1,618	50%
	Labour	David Nickson	1,617	50%
Majority			1
Registered electors			9,966
Turnout			3,235	32%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joseph Campbell	1,047	66%
	Independent	John Loughlin	538	34%
Majority			509
Registered electors			4,912
Turnout			1,585	32%
	Labour hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Moores	2,694	58%
	Labour	Alfred Donohoe	1,990	42%
Majority			704
Registered electors			11,169
Turnout			4,684	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frederick Jones	3,187	45%
	Conservative	Ernest Tyrer	2,562	36%
	Protestant	William Reuben Price	1,301	18%
Majority			625
Registered electors			17,149
Turnout			7,050	41%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alexander Kay	2,213	51%
	Conservative	Charles Edward Pugh	2,096	49%
Majority			117
Registered electors			17,149
Turnout			4,309	38%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Butterfield	759	46%
	Independent	Ernest Whiteley	745	45%
	Labour	John Reginald Bevins	163	10%
Majority			14
Registered electors			2,558
Turnout			1,667	65%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Bagot	2,823	40%
	Protestant	Richard Bradley	2,384	34%
	Conservative	Alfred Michael Urding *	1,815	26%
Majority			439
Registered electors			11.985
Turnout			7,022	59%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frederick William Tucker *	2,715	97%
	Communist	Wilfred Frederick Fielding	88	3%
Majority			2,627
Registered electors
Turnout			2,803
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Moss Greenberg *	2,919	53%
	Labour	Charles Matthew Belk	2,607	47%
Majority			312
Registered electors			16,463
Turnout			5,526	34%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Trevor Thomas	2,155	51%
	Labour	Alfred Demain	2,058	49%
Majority			97
Registered electors			9,968
Turnout			4,213	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Wolfe Tone Morrissey *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bessie Braddock *	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors
	Labour hold

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protestant	Harry Dixon Longbottom *	3,101	52%
	Conservative	William Edward Backhouse	1,907	32%
	Labour	Robert Joseph McDonnell	922	16%
Majority			1,194
Registered electors			11,669
Turnout			5,930	51%
	Protestant hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Mary Mabel Ellis *	666	68%
	Labour	Patrick Campbell	309	32%
Majority			357
Registered electors			2,778
Turnout			975	35%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Edward Holme *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Walter Thomas Lancashire *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Michael John Reppion *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James O'Hare	1,044	63%
	Labour	John Edward Orford	622	37%
Majority			422
Registered electors			3,581
Turnout			1,666	47%
			Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert John Hall *	3,169	57%
	Labour	John Thomas Kenny	2,436	43%
Majority			733
Registered electors			16,251
Turnout			5,605	34%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hugh Wagstaff	2,706	71%
	Labour	Edward John McCartney	1,083	29%
Majority			1,623
Registered electors			12,524
Turnout			3,689	30%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Morris Griffith *	Unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alfred Levy *	1,787	52%
	Labour	William James Riddick	1,647	48%
Majority			140
Registered electors
Turnout			3,434
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ernest Ash Cookson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

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

Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 2 May 1934

Caused by the death on 18 September 1933 of Alderman William Wallace Kelly^[8] (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1932).

Aldermanic Election 2 May 1934
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Allocated ward
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Shennan	58	67%	No.
	Labour	Lawrence King	28	33%	Not elected

^[9] ^[10]

Aldermanic Election 6 June 1934

Caused by the death on 20 April 1934 of Alderman Sir Max Muspratt Bart. (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1932,^[11]^[9] in whose place, his widow, Councillor Lady Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt J.P.,^[12] (Conservative, elected to the Childwall ward on 1 November 1932)^[13] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 6 June 1934^[14] ^[12]

Aldermanic Election 6 June 1934
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Allocated ward
	Conservative	Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt	56	100%	No. 17 Aigburth

By-elections

No. 12 Dingle 20 March 1934

Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Jones (Labour, last elected 1 November 1932).^[15]

No. 12 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Charles Matthew Belk	2,875	54%
	Conservative	Herbert Henry Nuttall	2,479	46%
Majority			396
Registered electors			15,543
Turnout			5,354	34%
	Labour hold		Swing

^[16]

No. 38 Childwall 26 June 1934

Caused by the election as an alderman on 6 June 1934 of Councillor Lady Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt J.P,^[14]^[12] (Conservative, elected to the Childwall ward on 1 November 1932)^[13] following the death on 20 April 1934 of her husband, Alderman Sir Max Muspratt Bart. (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1932.^[11]^[9]

No. 38 Childwall 26 June 1934
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William John Tristram	1,033	53%
		John Dudley Robert Terleton Tilney	929	47%
Majority			104
Registered electors
Turnout			1,962
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

^[17]

References

^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 front page". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 1". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 2". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 3". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 4". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 5". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1933
^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1932-1933 page 560". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 370". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 371". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b 1932 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1932
^ ^a ^b ^c "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 417". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b 1932 Liverpool City Council election#Childwall
^ ^a ^b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 416". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ 1932 Liverpool City Council election#Dingle
^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 316". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 468". Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[1] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 front page". Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[2] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 1". Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[3] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 2". Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[4] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 3". Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[5] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 4". Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[6] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 5". Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[7] Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1933

[8] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1932-1933 page 560". Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[PoC1933pg370-9] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 370". Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[10] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 371". Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[LCC1932Ald9Nov-11] 1932 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1932

[PoC1933pg417-12] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 417". Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[LCC1932Childwall-13] 1932 Liverpool City Council election#Childwall

[PoC1933pg416-14] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 416". Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[15] 1932 Liverpool City Council election#Dingle

[16] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 316". Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[17] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 468". Retrieved 16 September 2017.

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