1922 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1922.

One third of the council seats were up for election. The term of office for each councillor being three years.

Thirteen of the thirty-six seats up for election were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	67	+9	23	90
	Liberal	6	0	3	9
	Coalition Liberal	10	-1	4	14
	Irish Nationalist	21	0	3	24
	Labour	6	-6	2	8
	Independent	4	+1	0	4

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1922

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	23	8	0	+8	64%	43%	50,270
	Irish Nationalist	7	0	0	0	19%	10%	9,068
	Liberal	3	1	1	0	8%	10%	11,463
	Labour	1	0	8	-8		29%	33,142
	Patriotic Labour	1	1	0	+1	2.8%	2.6%	2,999
	Independent Labour	1	1	0	+1	2.8%	1.9%	2,184
	Ind. Conservative	0	0	0	0	0%	1.9%	2,219
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0%	1.4%	1,638

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1919 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected then.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Thompson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Morley Miller *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Young Williamson	2,602	50%
	Liberal	Alfred Gates	1,510	29%
	Labour	Fred Robinson	1,124	21%
Majority			1,092
Registered electors			9,243
Turnout			5,236	57%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward James Jones	3,594	67%
	Labour	Henry Alfred Booth *	1,611	30%
	Irish Nationalist	John Gaffney	121	2%
Majority			1,983
Registered electors			9,557
Turnout			5,326	56%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Alfred Kelly *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Sandeman Allen	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Wallace Kelly *	4,741	53%
	Labour	Horace Godden Cole	4,243	47%
Majority			498
Registered electors			13,765
Turnout			8,984	65%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert John Hall	3,206	49%
	Labour	Charles Burden *	2,438	38%
	Irish Nationalist	William Henry McGuiness	502	8%
	Patriotic Labour	Charles Stamper	345	5.3%
Majority			768
Registered electors			13,765
Turnout			8,984	65%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Walker *	4,663	57%
	Conservative	Alfred Michael Urding	3,542	43%
	Irish Nationalist	Matthew Grogan	26	0.3%
	Independent	James Linge	11	0.1%
Majority			1,121
Registered electors			12,025
Turnout			8,242	69%
	Labour hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Peter Kavanagh *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Edmund Travis	2,809	61%
	National Liberal	Joseph Lucas *	1,821	39%
Majority			988
Registered electors			9,061
Turnout			4,630	51%
	Liberal gain from National Liberal		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Quayle *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Robert Thompson	1,988	57%
	Labour	James Henry Dutton *	1,496	43%
Majority			492
Registered electors			5,802
Turnout			3,484	60%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Charles Bowring	2,283	65%
	Independent	Robert Tissyman	1,225	35%
Majority			1,058
Registered electors			8,847
Turnout			3,508	40%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Owen Ruddin *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hughes Rutherford	3,755	67%
	Labour	Charles Wilson	1,703	31%
	Irish Nationalist	Edward John Delaney	121	2%
Majority			2,052
Registered electors			10,548
Turnout			5,579	53%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. Robert Garnett Sheldon *	4,629	70%
	Labour	Frederick Jones, Senior	1,903	29%
	Patriotic Labour	Abraham Slater	117	2%
Majority			2,726
Registered electors			14,890
Turnout			6,649	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Woolton

No. 39 Little Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rupert Henry Bremner	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative win (new seat)

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ellis Keyser Yates	2,978	53%
	Labour	Thomas Joseph Rowan	1,530	27%
	Irish Nationalist	Joseph Loughran	1,112	20%
Majority			1,448
Registered electors			9,851
Turnout			5,620	57%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Patriotic Labour	John Walker *	2,654	42%
	Ind. Conservative	William Edward McLachlan	2,219	35%
	Labour	George Chadwick	1,350	22%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Charles Roche	55	1%
Majority			435
Registered electors			10,745
Turnout			6,278	58%
	Patriotic Labour gain from Independent

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Clancy *	2,499	55%
	Labour	Edward Campbell	2,011	45%
Majority			488
Registered electors			7,549
Turnout			4,510	60%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Waterworth	3,485	56%
	Labour	Herbert Edward Rose *	1,893	31%
	Irish Nationalist	James Farrell jun.	813	13%
Majority			1,592
Registered electors			11,263
Turnout			6,191	55%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Jackson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Wafer Byrne *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	John Nield	2,181	57%
	Liberal	Philip Durning Holt *	1,642	43%
Majority			539
Registered electors			7,745
Turnout			3,823	49%
	Independent Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas White *	3,917	84%
	Patriotic Labour	Charles Henry Allam	721	16%
Majority			3,196
Registered electors			10,545
Turnout			4,638	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Alexander Cole *	732	65%
	Independent	Frederick Bowman	402	35%
Majority			330
Registered electors			2,564
Turnout			1,134	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arnold Rushton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herbert Reynolds Rathbone *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Scotland

The death of Councillor John O'Shea (Irish Nationalist, elected 1 November 1919) occurred on 28 October 1922, three days before his term of office was due to expire.

No. 3 South Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Michael O'Mahony	2,540	50.4%
	Labour	Henry Gaskin	2,499	49.6%
Majority			41
Registered electors
Turnout
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Arthur Murphy	1,068	73%
	Labour	Michael James Mulvihill	389	27%
Majority			679
Registered electors			3,572
Turnout			1,457	41%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Roland Clare	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bartholomew Herman *	2,856	79%
	Labour	Francis Fitzpatrick	745	21%
Majority			2,111
Registered electors			10,902
Turnout			3,601	33%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Angers *	2,228	43%
	Liberal	Charles Sydney Jones	2,070	40%
	Labour	George Boothman	885	17%
Majority			158	3%
Registered electors			9,707
Turnout			5,183	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Granville Legge	2,067	46%
	Labour	William Augustus Colcutt *	1,170	26%
	Liberal	John Richard Hobhouse	1,149	25%
	Irish Nationalist	Benjamin McGinnty	134	3%
Majority			897
Registered electors			9,239
Turnout			4,520	49%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Duncan French	3,950	72%
	Labour	Walter Percy Helm *	1,489	27%
	Irish Nationalist	John Patrick Farrelly	77	1.4%
Majority			2,461
Registered electors			10,754
Turnout			5,516	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 7 February 1923

Caused by the death of Alderman Richard Dart (Conservative, last elected as an alderman 9 November 1913) Councillor John Edwards (Conservative, Old Swan, elected 1 November 1921) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 7 February 1923.

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	John Edwards	No. 31 Fairfield	1923

Aldermanic Election 7 March 1923

Caused by the death of Alderman Louis Samuel Cohen (Conservative, last elected as an alderman 9 November 1913). In his place Councillor Thomas Dowd (Conservative Fairfield, elected 1 November 1921), Fruit Merchant of "Meadowside", Mount Road, Upton, Wirral was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 7 March 1923.

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	Thomas Dowd	No. 26 Warbreck	1923

By-elections

No. 29 Anfield, 17 January 1923

Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Owen Thomas (Liberal, Anfield, elected 1 November 1920) which was reported to the Council on 3 January 1923

No. 29 Anfield 17 January 1923

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Gates	1,524
		Arthur Venmore	1,336
Majority			188
Registered electors			9,243
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

No. 32 Old Swan, Tuesday 20 February 1923

Following the death of Alderman Richard Dart (Conservative, last elected as an alderman 9 November 1913) Councillor John Edwards (Conservative, Old Swan, elected 1 November 1921) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 7 February 1923 .

No. 32 Old Swan 20 February 1923

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Whittle	2,060	55%
	Labour	Herbert Edward Rose	1,661	45%
Majority			399
Registered electors			11,263
Turnout			3,721
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 31 Fairfield, 21 March 1923

Caused by the election by the Council of Councillor Thomas Dowd (Conservative, Fairfield, elected 1 November 1921) as an alderman on 7 March 1922.

No. 31 Fairfield 21 March 1923

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Sydney Jones	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			9,061
	Liberal gain from Conservative

No. 33 Wavertree West, Tuesday 15 May 1923

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Sidney Stanley Dawson (Conservative, Wavertree West, elected 1 November 1921) was reported to the Council on 2 May 1923.

No. 33 Wavertree West 15 May 1923

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Richard Hobhouse	1,490	40%
		Edward Percival Parker	1,274	34%
	Labour	William Augustus Colcutt	934	25%
Majority			216
Registered electors			9,239
Turnout			3,698	40%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

No. 7 Castle Street, 21 June 1923

Caused by the death of Councillor Benjamin Cookson (Party?, Castle Street, elected 1 November 1920) on 7 May 1923.

No. 7 Castle Street 21 June 1923

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick William Frodsham	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 31 Fazakerley,

Caused by the death of Councillor Matthew Leitch (Conservative, Fazakerley, elected 1 November 1920) on 9 May 1923.

No. 27 Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

No. 22 Netherfield, Tuesday 31 July 1923

Caused by the death of Councillor William Ball (Conservative, Netherfield, elected 1 November 1920) on 3 July 1923.

No. 22 Netherfield 31 July 1923

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Conservative	William Edward McLachlan	2,437	68%
		Charles Stamper	717	20%
	Labour	George Chadwick	406	11%
Majority			1,720
Registered electors			10,745
Turnout			3,560	33%
	Ind. Conservative gain from

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