1913 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1913.

Due to the First World War this was the last contested local election, other than by-elections, until 1 November 1919.

Nineteen of the thirty-six seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	+4	??	??
Liberal	??	-2	??	??
Irish Nationalist	??	0	??	??
Labour	??	0	0	??
Independent	??	0	0	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1913
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %
Conservative	24	4	0	+4	67%
Liberal	8	0	2	-2	22%
Irish Nationalist	3	0	0	0	8%
Independent	1	0	0	0	3%
Labour	0	0	0	0	0%

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1910 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

No. 18 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Walter Smith	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 36 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Parkfield Wethered *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton

No. 34 Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Glover	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative win (new seat)

Anfield

No. 26 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Russell-Taylor *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 5 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Rudd *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 19 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Patrick Charles Kelly *	861	55%
	Conservative	William Fraser	693	45%
Majority			168
Registered electors			2,640
Turnout			1,554	59%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 15 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Edward Rayner	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 20 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred James Branwood *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederick Bennett Brough *	1,323	51%
	Labour	Ernest Whiteley	1,294	49%
Majority			29
Registered electors			4,714
Turnout			2,617	56%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Kyffin-Taylor M.P. *	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

Exchange

No. 13 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick Charles Bowring *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 25 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Hughes junior *	1,297	51%
	Conservative	Kenneth Kusel	1,238	49%
Majority			59
Registered electors			4,045
Turnout			2,535	63%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederick James Rawlinson *	1,234	63%
	Labour	George Porter	713	37%
Majority			521
Registered electors			2,353
Turnout			1,947	83%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

No. 24 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone *	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors
	Independent hold

Great George

No. 17 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Samuel Skelton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Samuel Mason Hatchinson *	1,617	63%
	Labour	Patrick McConville	946	37%
Majority			671
Registered electors			4,753
Turnout			2,563	54%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John George Paris *	1,900	63%
	Labour	James Clayton	1,120	37%
Majority			780
Registered electors			6,542
Turnout			3,020	46%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 11 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Boote *	1,084	54%
	Labour	Joseph Patrick Cotter	918	46%
Majority			166
Registered electors			3,845
Turnout			2,002	52%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Much Woolton

No. 35 Much Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Marsh	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative win (new seat)

Netherfield

No. 3 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Ball *	1,116	60%
	Independent	Charles Rolls	758	40%
Majority			357
Registered electors			3,975
Turnout			1,875	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Scotland

No. 7 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	William John Loughrey *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Burchall *	1,056	64%
	Labour	Joseph Mooney	606	36%
Majority			450
Registered electors			3,909
Turnout			1,662	43%
	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 *	1,207	56%
	Conservative	William Brady Anderson	944	44%
Majority			263
Registered electors			3,423
Turnout			2,151	63%
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 14 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Dr. James Clement Baxter *	813	53%
	Conservative	Richard Joseph Ward	735	47%
Majority			78
Registered electors			2,665
Turnout			1,548	58%
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 6 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Dr. Charles Alexander Hill *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 16 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lawrence Durning Holt	655	59%
	Conservative	James Caughey Walker	454	41%
Majority			201
Registered electors			1,591
Turnout			1,109	70%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 22 Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Stuart Rankin *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 21 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Frank Campbell Wilson *	989	56%
	Conservative	Joseph Dalton Flood	774	44%
Majority			215
Registered electors			2,566
Turnout			1,763	69%
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 8 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Francis Joseph Harford *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 12 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Joseph Hughes *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Walton

No. 27 Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dr. John George Moyles *	1,780	79%
	Labour	William Cruikshanks	460	21%
Majority			1,320
Registered electors			5,349
Turnout			2,240	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Albert Thompson	1,114	52%
	Liberal	Thomas Fleming *	1,026	48%
Majority			88
Registered electors			4,327
Turnout			2,140	49%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Wavertree

No. 30 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Stephen Porter *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edwin Haigh	988	44%
	Liberal	Cecil Heywood Brunner *	726	33%
	Labour	Joseph Cleary	513	23%
Majority			262
Registered electors			3,726
Turnout			2,227	60%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Henry Cooke	1,310	66%
	Liberal	Albert Edward Faulkner	673	34%
Majority			637
Registered electors			3,758
Turnout			1,983	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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

Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 9 November 1913

19 Aldermen were elected by the councillors on 9 November 1913 for a term of six years and assigned to the following wards.

- re-elected aldermen.

	Alderman	Ward
Conservative	Louis Samuel Cohen JP *	Kensington
Conservative	Edward Hatton Cookson JP *	Dingle
Conservative	Richard Dart JP *	Fairfield
Conservative	John Duncan JP *	Everton
Conservative	Sir William Bower Forwood DL JP *	St. Peter's
Conservative	James Heald	Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton
Conservative	Simon Jude *	Wavertree West
Conservative	Richard Kelly JP *	Edge Hill
Conservative	Frank John Leslie *	Kirkdale
Conservative	Arthur Stanley Mather	Much Woolton
Conservative	Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell JP *	West Derby
Conservative	William Muirhead JP	Netherfield
Conservative	William Radcliffe JP *	Garston
Conservative	William Roberts JP *	Walton
Conservative	Sir Thomas Bland Royden Bart. *	Sefton Park East
Conservative	Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson *	Wavertree
Irish Nationalist	John Gregory Taggart *	Great George
Conservative	Dr. John Utting *	Granby
Conservative	Hartley Wilson *	Low Hill

^[8] ^[9] ^[10] ^[11] ^[12] ^[13] ^[14] ^[15] ^[16]

James Heald was nominated by the combined Urban District Councils of Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton to be Alderman for no. 34 Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton on 4 November 1913 under Section 3 (1) (a) of the Local Government Board's Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 14) Act 1913. Alderman Heald's term of office was due to expire on 9 November 1916.^[17]

Arthur Stanley Mather was nominated by the Much Woolton Urban District Council to be Alderman for No. 35 Much Woolton under Section 3 (1) (b) of the Local Government Board's Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 14) Act 1913. Alderman Mather's term of office was due to expire on 9 November 1919.^[17]

In addition, aldermen who were elected on 9 November 1910 were assigned to the following wards:

	Alderman	Ward
Conservative	William Bartlett	Brunswick
Liberal	Edmond Brownbill	South Scotland
Conservative	Edward James Chevalier	Aigburth
Conservative	Arthur Crosthwaite	Anfield
Conservative	Charles Herbert Giles	Prince's Park
Conservative	Jacob Reuben Grant	Old Swan
Liberal	John Lea	St. Domingo
Irish Nationalist	George Jeremy Lynskey	Vauxhall
Liberal	Richard Robert Meade-King	Sandhills
Conservative	Thomas Menlove	Breckfield
Conservative	Sir Charles Petrie	Warbreck
Irish Nationalist	Edward Purcell	North Scotland
Conservative	Archibald Tutton Salvidge	Abercromby
Conservative	Anthony Shelmerdine	Sefton Park West

^[16]

Aldermanic Election 1 July 1914

Caused by the resignation of Alderman Edward Purcell (Irish Nationalist, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1910^[18]) which was reported to the Council on 10 June 1914.^[19]

In his place Councillor Austin Harford (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1911^[20] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 1 July 1914.

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Irish Nationalist	Austin Harford	No. 7 North Scotland	1916

^[21]

Aldermanic Election 28 October 1914

Caused by the death of Alderman Thomas Menlove (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1910)^[18] on 30 November 1913,^[22] Councillor Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner MP (Conservative, Exchange ward, elected 1 November 1912)^[23] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 28 October 1914 and assigned as returning officer for the Breckfield ward.

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner MP	No. 5 Breckfield	1916

^[24]

By-elections

No. 17 Great George, 27 November 1913

Caused by the election of Councillor William Muirhead JP (Conservative, Great George, elected 1 November 1912)^[25] as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1913.^[23]

No. 17 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes
		Thomas Philip Maguire	478
	Conservative	James Caughey Walker	468
	Labour	Joseph Cleary	72
Majority			10
Registered electors
Turnout
			Swing

^[26] ^[27]

No. 13 Exchange,

Following the death of Alderman Thomas Menlove (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1910)^[18] on 30 November 1913,^[22] Councillor Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner MP (Conservative, Exchange ward, elected 1 November 1912)^[23] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 28 October 1914 and assigned as returning officer for the Breckfield ward.^[24]

No. 8 South Scotland, 14 July 1914

Following the resignation of Alderman Edward Purcell Irish Nationalist, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1910)^[18] which was reported to the Council on 10 June 1914,^[19] Councillor Austin Harford (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1911,^[20] was elected as an alderman by the Council on 1 July 1914, creating a vacancy fot the South Scotland ward.^[21]

No. 8 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Jeremiah Kelly	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

^[28]

References

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^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 2". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
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^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 4". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
^ Liverpool Daily Post and Liverpool Mercury 3 November 1913
^ Liverpool Courier 3 November 1913
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 pg 8
^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 5". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
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^ ^a ^b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 12". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
^ ^a ^b Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 pg 10
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Aldermanic Election 9 November 1910
^ ^a ^b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 363". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b 1911 Liverpool City Council election#South Scotland
^ ^a ^b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 402". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 89". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c 1912 Liverpool City Council election#Exchange
^ ^a ^b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 509". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
^ 1912 Liverpool City Council election#Great George
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[2] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 1". Retrieved 20 May 2017.

[3] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 2". Retrieved 20 May 2017.

[4] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 3". Retrieved 20 May 2017.

[5] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 4". Retrieved 20 May 2017.

[6] Liverpool Daily Post and Liverpool Mercury 3 November 1913

[7] Liverpool Courier 3 November 1913

[8] Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 pg 8

[9] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 5". Retrieved 20 May 2017.

[10] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 6". Retrieved 20 May 2017.

[11] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 7". Retrieved 20 May 2017.

[12] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 8". Retrieved 20 May 2017.

[13] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 9". Retrieved 20 May 2017.

[14] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 10". Retrieved 20 May 2017.

[15] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 11". Retrieved 20 May 2017.

[PoC1913pg12-16] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 12". Retrieved 20 May 2017.

[council_1913-17] Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 pg 10

[LCC1910Aldermanic-18] Aldermanic Election 9 November 1910

[PoC1913pg363-19] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 363". Retrieved 5 June 2017.

[elections_1911-20] 1911 Liverpool City Council election#South Scotland

[PoC1913pg402-21] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 402". Retrieved 5 June 2017.

[PoC1913pg89-22] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 89". Retrieved 5 June 2017.

[LCC1913Aldermanic-23] 1912 Liverpool City Council election#Exchange

[PoC1913pg509-24] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 509". Retrieved 5 June 2017.

[25] 1912 Liverpool City Council election#Great George

[26] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 90". Retrieved 5 June 2017.

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