1926 Liverpool City Council election
{{Short description|1926 UK local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1926 Liverpool City Council election
| flag_image = Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg
| type = parliamentary
| election_date = {{Start date|1926|11|01|df=y}}
| previous_year = 1925
| previous_election = 1925 Liverpool City Council election
| next_year = 1927
| next_election = 1927 Liverpool City Council election
| seats_for_election = 38 councillors' seats were up for election
}}
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1926.
One third of the council seats were up for election. The term of office for each councillor being three years.
Six of the thirty-eight seats up for election were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| class="wikitable" | ||||
| colspan="2"|Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 68 | -3 | 28 | 96 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 18 | +6 | 0 | 18 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Catholic Party (Liverpool)}}" | | 15 | -3 | 5 | 20 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | 7 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liverpool Protestant Party}}" | | 2 | -1 | 0 | 2 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
|Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Election result
{{Election summary begin|title = Liverpool Local Election Result 1926}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 20
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % =
|votes % = 41.1%
|votes = 49,572
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 7
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % =
|votes % = 44.2%
|votes = 53,330
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Catholic Party (Liverpool)
|seats = 6
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % =
|votes % = 7.5%
|votes = 9,027
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|seats = 4
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % =
|votes % = 3.0%
|votes = 3,578
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Independent (politician)
|seats = 1
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % =
|votes % = 2.1%
|votes = 2,581
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary|
|party = Constitutionalist and Protestant
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 1
|net = -1
|seats % = 0%
|votes % = 1.6%
|votes = 1,883
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Co-operative Party
|seats = 0
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % =
|votes % = 0.25%
|votes = 307
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary |
|party = Ex-Service
|seats = 0
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % =
|votes % = 0.18%
|votes = 214
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Communist Party
|seats = 0
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % =
|votes % = 0.027%
|votes = 32
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Ward results
* - Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1923 election results.
=Abercromby=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 9 Abercromby}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Cuthbert Frederick Francis *
|votes = 1,899
|percentage = 60%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Samuel Sydney Silverman
|votes = 1,263
|percentage = 40%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 636
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 8,221
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,162
|percentage = 38%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Aigburth=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 17 Aigburth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alan Layfield
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 5,831
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Allerton=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 35 Allerton}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William James Austin *
|votes = 674
|percentage = 63%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William Murphy
|votes = 395
|percentage = 37%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 279
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,619
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,069
|percentage = 41%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Anfield=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 29 Anfield}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Alfred Gates *
|votes = 2,036
|percentage = 42%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Albert Morrow
|votes = 1,620
|percentage = 34%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Jackson Cleary
|votes = 1,167
|percentage = 24%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 416
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 9,663
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,828
|percentage = 50%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Breckfield=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 30 Breckfield}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Herbert Edward Rose
|votes = 1,977
|percentage = 51%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = Constitutionalist & Protestant
|candidate = Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom *
|votes = 1,883
|percentage = 49%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 94
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 9,846
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,860
|percentage = 39%
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Liverpool Protestant Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Brunswick=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 11 Brunswick}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Catholic Party (Liverpool)
|candidate = Lawrence King *
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 8,570
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Catholic Party (Liverpool)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Castle Street=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 7 Castle Street}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Richard Rutherford
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 12,593
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Childwall=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 38 Childwall}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Lady Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt *
|votes = 674
|percentage = 59%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mrs. Mary Lilian Hamilton
|votes = 356
|percentage = 31%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = James Whiteside
|votes = 104
|percentage = 9%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 318
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,795
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,134
|percentage = 63%
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
N.B Lady Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt had crossed the floor from the Liberals to the Conservatives since being elected under the Liberal ticket in 1923.
=Dingle=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 12 Dingle}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Dalton Flood *
|votes = 3,842
|percentage = 52%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Henry Roberts Latham
|votes = 3,589
|percentage = 48%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 253
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 14,497
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,431
|percentage = 51%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Edge Hill=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 18 Edge Hill}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Smith
|votes = 3,315
|percentage = 59%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Miss Essie Ruth Conway
|votes = 2,340
|percentage = 41%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 975
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 12,679
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,655
|percentage = 45%
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Everton=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 21 Everton}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Frederick Thomas Richardson
|votes = 4,028
|percentage = 63%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Ellis *
|votes = 2,411
|percentage = 37%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,617
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 12,782
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,439
|percentage = 50%
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Exchange=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 5 Exchange}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Catholic Party (Liverpool)
|candidate = Miss Alice McCormick *
|votes = 709
|percentage = 77%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = Ex-Services
|candidate = Albert Edward Price
|votes = 214
|percentage = 23%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 495
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,758
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 923
|percentage = 33%
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Catholic Party (Liverpool)
|loser = Nationalist Party (Ireland)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Fairfield=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 31 Fairfield}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Barry *
|votes = 2,261
|percentage = 60%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Victor Harold Edgar Baker
|votes = 1,483
|percentage = 40%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 778
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 9,457
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,744
|percentage = 40%
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Fazakerley=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 27 Fazakerley}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Albert Harwood Letheren *
|votes = 868
|percentage = 67%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Austin Rockliff
|votes = 418
|percentage = 33%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 450
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 3,070
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,286
|percentage = 42%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Garston=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 37 Garston}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Case *
|votes = 1,776
|percentage = 52%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = James Lawrenson
|votes = 1,616
|percentage = 48%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 160
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 6,287
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,392
|percentage = 54%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Granby=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 14 Granby}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone *
|votes = 2,581
|percentage = 62%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Kenneth Thorley Graham
|votes = 1,587
|percentage = 38%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 994
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 9,360
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,168
|percentage = 45%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Great George=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 10 Great George}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Catholic Party (Liverpool)
|candidate = William Grogan *
|votes = 1,075
|percentage = 57%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Loughlin
|votes = 816
|percentage = 43%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 259
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 4,694
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,891
|percentage = 40%
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Catholic Party (Liverpool)
|loder = Nationalist Party (Liverpool)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Kensington=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 19 Kensington}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Ashworth *
|votes = 2,308
|percentage = 50.4%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Kay
|votes = 2,268
|percentage = 49.6%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 40
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 10,874
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,576
|percentage = 42%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Kirkdale=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 24 Kirkdale}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dr. Archibald Gordon Gullan *
|votes = 2,889
|percentage = 51%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Frederick Jones
|votes = 2,481
|percentage = 44%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Co-operative Party
|candidate = Frederick Thomas John Evans
|votes = 307
|percentage = 5%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 408
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 15,874
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,677
|percentage = 36%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Low Hill=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 20 Low Hill}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Joseph McEntegart
|votes = 2,789
|percentage = 54%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William John Acheson
|votes = 2,388
|percentage = 46%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 401
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 10,391
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,177
|percentage = 50%
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Much Woolton=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 36 Much Woolton}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Francis Roskell Reynolds *
|votes = 600
|percentage = 69%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Henry Paulson
|votes = 271
|percentage = 31%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 329
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,735
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 871
|percentage = 50%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Netherfield=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 22 Netherfield}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Chadwick
|votes = 3,341
|percentage = 58%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Edward McLaclan *
|votes = 2,380
|percentage = 42%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 961
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 11,808
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,721
|percentage = 48%
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=North Scotland=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 2 North Scotland}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Albert Robinson
|votes = 2,328
|percentage = 57%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Catholic Party (Liverpool)
|candidate = Rev. Thomas Joseph Rigby
|votes = 1,780
|percentage = 43%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 548
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 8,182
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,108
|percentage = 50%
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Nationalist Party (Ireland)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Old Swan=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 32 Old Swan}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alfred Ernest Shennan *
|votes = 2,195
|percentage = 61%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd
|votes = 1,429
|percentage = 39%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 766
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 12,279
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,624
|percentage = 30%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Prince's Park=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 13 Prince's Park}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alfred Wood *
|votes = 2,431
|percentage = 58%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Jones
|votes = 1,757
|percentage = 42%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 674
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 9,410
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,188 |percentage = 45%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Sandhills=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 1 Sandhills}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Catholic Party (Liverpool)
|candidate = James William Baker *
|votes = 1,790
|percentage = 51%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Henry.Dunford
|votes = 1,737
|percentage = 49%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 53
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 8,996
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,527
|percentage = 39%
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Catholic Party (Liverpool)
|loser = Nationalist Party (Ireland)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=St. Anne's=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 6 St. Anne's}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Maurice Eschwege
|votes = 2,932
|percentage = 73%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Catholic Party (Liverpool)
|candidate = Patrick Alfred Durkin *
|votes = 1,051
|percentage = 26%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party
|candidate = John Nield
|votes = 32
|percentage = 0.8%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,881
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 8,639
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,015
|percentage = 47%
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Nationalist Party (Ireland)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=St. Domingo=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 23 St. Domingo}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Edward Backhouse *
|votes = 2,128
|percentage = 50.5%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Hamilton
|votes = 2,087
|percentage = 49.5%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 41
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 11,118
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,215
|percentage = 38%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=St. Peter's=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 8 St. Peter's}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Lawrence Durning Holt *
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,931
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Sefton Park East=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 15 Sefton Park East}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Cory Dixon *
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 8,727
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Sefton Park West=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 16 Sefton Park West}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Frank Cambell Wilson *
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 5,944
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=South Scotland=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 3 South Scotland}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Catholic Party (Liverpool)
|candidate = John Gerald Murphy *
|votes = 1,673
|percentage = 52%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Harrington
|votes = 1,523
|percentage = 48%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 150
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 8,544
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,196
|percentage = 37%
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Catholic Party (Liverpool)
|loser = Nationalist Party (Ireland)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Vauxhall=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 4 Vauxhall}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Catholic Party (Liverpool)
|candidate = Dr. Percy Hayes *
|votes = 949
|percentage = 71%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Hayes
|votes = 386
|percentage = 29%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 563
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 3,756
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,335
|percentage = 36%
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Catholic Party (Liverpool)
|loser = Nationalist Party (Ireland)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Walton=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 25 Walton}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = George Miller Platt *
|votes = 2,596
|percentage = 56%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Herbert Pye
|votes = 2,009
|percentage = 44%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 587
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 13,819
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,605
|percentage = 33%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Warbreck=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 26 Warbreck}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Jude
|votes = 2,348
|percentage = 61%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Francis Lavery
|votes = 1,509
|percentage = 39%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 839
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 11,450
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,857
|percentage = 34%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Wavertree=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 34 Wavertree}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Langton Beckwith *
|votes = 2,495
|percentage = 63%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Sidney Dytor
|votes = 1,466
|percentage = 37%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,029
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 12,100
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,961
|percentage = 33%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Wavertree West=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 33 Wavertree West}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edwin Haigh *
|votes = 1,697
|percentage = 44%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Frederick Stapleton
|votes = 1,085
|percentage = 28%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Richard Hobhouse
|votes = 1,043
|percentage = 27%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 612
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 8,499
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,825
|percentage = 45%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=West Derby=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 28 West Derby}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Henry Young
|votes = 3,165
|percentage = 62%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Henry Boothman
|votes = 1,904
|percentage = 38%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,261
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 14,607
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,069
|percentage = 35%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrb29hOWg0eHdLUlU
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 front page
|access-date= 31 July 2017 }}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrRm80bnlmZldqRFE
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 1
|access-date= 31 July 2017 }}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrYU9GcDJ2RktWQ1U
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 2
|access-date= 31 July 2017 }}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrc1Q5VWE2bjEydmc
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 3
|access-date= 31 July 2017 }}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrNGNNaG5QbXlnVjg
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 4
|access-date= 31 July 2017 }}
Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1926
Liverpool Courier 2 November 1926
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrZkRlSlJ2a0tWOWs
|title=(Liverpool) Daily Post & Mercury 1926.10.20 (1)
|access-date= 19 August 2017 }}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrWTZNbTY5UUVzRkk
|title=(Liverpool) Daily Post & Mercury 1926.10.20 (2)
|access-date= 19 August 2017 }}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrd0c0TFg0LWw3c1U
|title=(Liverpool) Daily Post & Mercury 1926.10.20 (3)
|access-date= 19 August 2017 }}
Aldermanic Elections
=Aldermanic Election 9 November 1926=
18 Aldermen were elected by the councillors on 9 November 1926 for a term of six years.
- - re-elected aldermen.
| class="wikitable" | |
| colspan="2"|Party | Alderman |
|---|---|
| style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} " | | Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner Bart. D.L. * |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Catholic Party (Liverpool)}} " |
| Catholic | James Bolger * |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}} " | | Thomas Burke JP * |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} " | | Robert Lowry Burns JP * |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} " | | Henry Alexander Cole JP * |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | James Conrad Cross JP * |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| Liberal | John Lamport Eills JP |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| Liberal | Jacob Reuben Grant JP * |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Catholic Party (Liverpool)}}" |
| Catholic | Austin Harford JP * |
| style=" " |
| Unionist | Albert Edward Jacob JP MP * |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| Liberal | John Lea JP * |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| Liberal | Richard Robert Meade-King JP * |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} " | | Sir Max Muspratt Bart. * |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| Liberal | Herbert Reynolds Rathbone JP * |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} " | | Edward Russell-Taylor JP * |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | The Right Hon. Archibald Tutton James Salvidge PC KBE * |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Anthony Shelmerdine JP * |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| Liberal | Frederick Smith JP * |
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTFRDNl9ZWHVBSlU
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 6
|access-date= 31 July 2017 }}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrc1V6TzNRZmszYlU
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 7
|access-date= 31 July 2017 }}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrT19qbTN0cjZJdVU
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 8
|access-date= 31 July 2017 }}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrQjFJc0pUa3JCNUk
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 9
|access-date= 31 July 2017 }}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUm5tdUZrWVllWXc
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 10
|access-date= 31 July 2017 }}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTWg1c3RCaTlHT1E
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 11
|access-date= 31 July 2017 }}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrX1B2VVdzLUtIN00
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 12
|access-date= 31 July 2017 }}
=Aldermanic Elections 2 March 1927=
Because Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner Bart. D.L. refused the offer of the office of Alderman,
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrcDA5WDQzUFA5VmM
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page
|access-date= 3 August 2017 }} Councillor Edward West (Liberal, Warbreck, elected unopposed 1 November 1924)1924 Liverpool City Council election#Warbreck was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 2 March 1927
{{Cite book
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 224
}}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrcnExQzVPdjVjTWM
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 225
|access-date= 3 August 2017 }}
| class="wikitable" | |||
| colspan="5"|Aldermanic Election 2 March 1927 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="2"|Party | Name | Votes | Percentage |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}} " |
| Liberal | Councillor Edward West | 46 | 98% |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}} " |
| Labour | Councillor James Sexton CBE MP | 1 | 2% |
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1932.
Following the death of Alderman John Lea (Liberal, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 19261926 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1926 on 26 January 1927,
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtraTE5di1HTEluXzA
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 178
|access-date= 3 August 2017 }} a poll of councillors was held to elect a replacement :
| class="wikitable" | |||
| colspan="5"|Aldermanic Election 2 March 1927 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="2"|Party | Name | Votes | Percentage |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}} " |
| Labour | Councillor James Sexton CBE MP | 42 | 72% |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}} " |
| Labour | Councillor Luke Hogan | 15 | 26% |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}} " |
| Liberal | Alderman Edward West | 1 | 2% |
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrNUF4b016SEVjUFU
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1925-1926 page 162
|access-date= 3 August 2017 }}
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1932.
=Aldermanic Election 5 October 1927=
Because Councillor James Sexton CBE MP refused the office of alderman, (to which he was elected by the councillors on 2 March 1927), which was reported to the council on 6 April 1927
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrajJRZXVza0FSVW8
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 266
|access-date= 3 August 2017 }}
Councillor Luke Hogan (Labour, Brunswick, elected 1 November 1924)1924 Liverpool City Council election#Brunswick was elected as an alderman by a poll of the councillors on 5 October 1927.
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrZnJjSHI0NGo4N2M
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 510
|access-date= 3 August 2017 }}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrSGU4aHRuV3ZRYWc
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 511
|access-date= 3 August 2017 }}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrRGdQWXJmZ3pYU1E
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 512
|access-date= 3 August 2017 }}
| class="wikitable" | |||
| colspan="5"|Aldermanic Election 2 March 1927 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="2"|Party | Name | Votes | Percentage |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}} " |
| Labour | Councillor Luke Hogan | 36 | 97% |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Liverpool Protestant Party}} " | | Councillor John Walker | 1 | 3% |
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1932.
By-elections
=No. 19 Kensington, 14 December 1926=
Following the death of Councillor Henry Baxter (Conservative, Kensington, elected 1 November 1924)1924 Liverpool City Council election#Kensington on 10 November 1926,
{{Election box begin | title=No. 19 Kensington 14 December 1926}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ambrose Fry
|votes = 2,688
|percentage = 51%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Kay
|votes = 2,618
|percentage = 49%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 70
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 10,874
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,306
|percentage = 47%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrd1h0NHNVUUdnTEE
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 128
|access-date= 3 August 2017 }}
=No. 26 Warbreck, 22 March 1927=
Caused by Councillor Edward West (Liberal, Warbreck, elected unopposed 1 November 1924) being elected by the councillors as an alderman on 2 March 1927 because Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner Bart. D.L. refused the offer of the office of Alderman.
{{Election box begin | title=No. 26 Warbreck 22 March 1927}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Hill
|votes = 2,165
|percentage = 64%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Francis Lavery
|votes = 1,023
|percentage = 36%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,142
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 11,450
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,188
|percentage = 28%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtraUhiZG1JSlNiVzQ
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 267
|access-date= 3 August 2017 }}
=No. 37 Garston, 17 May 1927=
Caused by the death of Councillor Edmund Robert Thompson (Conservative, Garston, elected 1 November 1925)1925 Liverpool City Council election#Garston on 22 April 1927.
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrcXpsOW84a3RQWWs
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 322
|access-date= 3 August 2017 }}
{{Election box begin | title=No. 37 Garston 17 May 1927}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Williams
|votes = 1,731
|percentage = 51%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Jackson Cleary
|votes = 1,684
|percentage = 49%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 47
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 6,287
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,415
|percentage = 54%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrb1cyTURRTE90dlU
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 370
|access-date= 3 August 2017 }}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrZm9iMEF2RkNRY2M
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 371
|access-date= 3 August 2017 }}
=No. 37 Garston, 23 June 1927=
Caused by the death of Councillor George Atkin (Conservative, Garston, elected 1 November 1924)1924 Liverpool City Council election#Garston on 24 May 1927.
{{Election box begin | title=No. 37 Garston 23 June 1927}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Wrake Turner
|votes = 1,841
|percentage = 46%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Jackson Cleary
|votes = 1,827
|percentage = 46%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Neil Norman McKinnon
|votes = 335
|percentage = 8%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 14
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 6,287
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,003
|percentage = 64%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrcTBFYkRDUjNMNWM
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 404
|access-date= 3 August 2017 }}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrYU1feWxyaWJvUDg
|title=(Liverpool) Daily Post and Mercury 24 June 1927 (1)
|access-date= 19 August 2017 }}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrV1hiZWxLRE5Xd3c
|title=(Liverpool) Daily Post and Mercury 24 June 1927 (2)
|access-date= 19 August 2017 }}
{{Cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrXzdvQy1tZDhacm8
|title=(Liverpool) Daily Post and Mercury 24 June 1927 (3)
|access-date= 19 August 2017 }}
See also
- Liverpool City Council
- Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
- Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
- Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
- History of local government in England
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Merseyside elections}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Liverpool Council Election, 1926}}