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1909 Liverpool City Council election
← 1908 November 1, 1909 (1909-11-01) 1910 →
34 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 34 wards
69 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1909.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party Councillors   ±   Aldermen Total
Conservative ?? -2 ?? 86
Liberal ?? +1 ?? 34
Irish Nationalist ?? ?? ?? 14
Labour 1 0 0 1
Independent ?? ?? ?? 1
Protestant 2 +1 0 2

Election result

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Liverpool Local Election Result 1909
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 20 0 2 -2 51% 9,908
  Liberal 8 1 0 +1 29% 5,661
  Irish Nationalist 5 0 0 0 0% 0
  Protestant 1 1 0 +1 5.4% 1,064
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0% 8% 1,558
  Socialist 0 0 0 0 0% 7% 1,362
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0% 0.17% 34

Ward results

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* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1906 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

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No. 21 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Lawrence * 882 56%
Liberal Philip Durning Holt 700 44%
Majority 182
Registered electors 2,369
Turnout 1,582 67%
Conservative hold Swing

Aigburth

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No. 29 Aigburth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Albert Edward Jacob * 760 58%
Conservative David Jackson 542 42%
Majority 218
Registered electors 1,691
Turnout 1,302 77%
Liberal hold Swing

Anfield

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No. 3 Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Jones * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Breckfield

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No. 6 Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Herbert Priest * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

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No. 25 Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist John Alfred Kelly * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Castle Street

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No. 18 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Willcox Alsop * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Dingle

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No. 26 Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Owen Harrison Williams * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Edge Hill

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No. 12 Edge Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Jaeger Clarke unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Everton

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No. 9 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Rutherford unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange

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No. 16 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Sutherland Harmood-Banner * 683 55%
Liberal Alfred Gates 549 45%
Majority 134
Registered electors 1,705
Turnout 1,232 72%
Conservative hold Swing

Fairfield

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No. 4 Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francis L'Estrange Joseph * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Garston

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No. 30 Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joshua Burrow * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Granby

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No. 22 Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Harrison Jones * 962 66%
Socialist Francis J. Welland 497 34%
Majority 1,459
Registered electors 3,600
Turnout 1,459 41%
Liberal hold Swing

Great George

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No. 20 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Muirhead * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Kensington

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No. 11 Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Lowry Burns * 1,434 62%
Socialist John Wolfe Tone Morrissey 865 38%
Majority 569
Registered electors 4,606
Turnout 2,299 50%
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkdale

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No. 2 Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Theodore Lowey * 1,937 67%
Labour William White 967 33%
Majority 970
Registered electors 6,236
Turnout 2,904 47%
Conservative hold Swing

Low Hill

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No. 10 Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Shelerdine * 1,039 64%
Labour Griffith J. Jones 591 36%
Majority 448
Registered electors 3,803
Turnout 1,630 43%
Conservative hold Swing

Netherfield

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No. 8 Netherfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protestant John Walker 1,064 56%
Conservative Charles Henry Rutherford * 831 44%
Majority 233
Registered electors 3,711
Turnout 1,895 51%
Protestant gain from Conservative Swing

North Scotland

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No. 13 North Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Dr. Joseph Maguire unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Old Swan

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No. 28A Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Wilson Walker * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park

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No. 23 Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold Chaloner Dowdall * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Sandhills

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No. 1 Sandhills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Michael Edward Kearney * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

St. Anne's

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No. 17 St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George King * 209 86%
Independent George Gretton 34 14%
Majority 175
Registered electors
Turnout 243
Liberal hold Swing

St. Domingo

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No. 23 St. Domingo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Roby * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

St. Peter's

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No. 19 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Shaw 562 55%
Conservative Hugh Toner 456 45%
Majority 106
Registered electors 1,715
Turnout 1,018 59%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Sefton Park East

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No. 24A Sefton Park East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Japp * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park West

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No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Herbert Reynolds Rathbone * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

South Scotland

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No. 14 South Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist John O'Shea * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Vauxhall

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No. 15 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Thomas Burke * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Walton

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No. 3A Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Pritchard * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Warbreck

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No. 27 Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Charles Herman * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree

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No. 5 Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Bowler 1,117 54%
Liberal Wilfrid B. Stoddart 959 46%
Majority 158
Registered electors 3,313
Turnout 2,076 63%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree West

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No. 5A Wavertree West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Herbert Preston Reynolds * 987 51%
Liberal Cecil H. Brunner 960 49%
Majority 27
Registered electors 3,465
Turnout 1,947 56%
Conservative hold Swing

West Derby

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No. 28 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Henry Parkinson * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

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By-elections

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (5) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (6) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  7. ^ (Liverpool) Daily Courier 2 November 1909
  8. ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1909-1910
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