1918 Liverpool City Council election

1918 Liverpool City Council election

November 1, 1918 (1918-11-01)
3 new seats were up for election 69 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

Because the First World War was still underway at the date of the election, under the terms of the Parliament and Local Elections Act, 1918, the term of office of the members of the Council were extended by one year.

However, there were three new seats for which elections were held. These were new second seats for Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton ; Fazakerley and Much Woolton wards that up until this date had each been represented by a single councillor. Two of these three elections were uncontested,

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	??	??	??
	Liberal	??	??	??	??
	Irish Nationalist	??	??	??	??
	Labour	??	??	0	??
	Independent	??	0	0	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1918

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative		2	0	2
	Liberal		0	0	0
	Labour		1	0	1			14,966
	Irish Nationalist		0	0	0
	Independents		0	0	0

Ward results

Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton

No. 34 Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert John Davis	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fazakerley

No. 31 Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Watson	705	67%
	Liberal	Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt	341	33%
Majority			264
Registered electors
Turnout			1,046
	Labour win (new seat)

Much Woolton

No. 35 Much Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Buchanan Hinshaw	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative win (new seat)

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Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 22 January 1919

Caused by the resignation of Alderman Sir Charles Petrie, Bart (Conservative, last elected as an Alderman on 9 November 1910)^[4] which was reported to the Council on 9 November 1918 ^{[5] [6]}

In his place, Councillor Frederick James Rawlinson (Conservative, Garston, elected 1 November 1913)^[7] was elected by the Council as an Alderman on 22 January 1919 ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	Frederick James Rawlinson	No. 26 Warbreck	1920

Aldermanic Election 7 May 1919

Caused by the death of Alderman George Brodrick Smith-Brodrick (Conservative, appointed by the Council as an Alderman on 9 November 1917)^[10] on 12 February 1919^[11]

In his place Councillor James Wilson Walker (Conservative, Old Swan, elected 1 November 1912) ,^[12] Tobacco Manufacturer of 37 Westmorland Road, Huyton was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 7 May 1919.^[13]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	James Wilson Walker	No. 18 Edge Hill	1923

Appointment of Councillors

During the World War I elections were not held. When vacancies arose, replacement councillors were appointed by the Council rather than being elected in by-elections.

No. 30 Wavertree, 9 November 1918

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Alfred Henry Bramley (Conservative, Wavertree, appointed 7 February 1917),^[14] which was reported to the Council on 4 September 1918.^[15]

In his place Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Langton Beckwith, Architect and Surveyor of Sunnyside, Sandown Park, Wavertree, was appointed by the Council as a Councillor on 9 November 1918^{[16] [5]}

No. 30 Wavertree, 9 November 1918
Party		Former Councillor	Appointed Replacement	Term expires
	Conservative	Alfred Henry Bramley	Henry Langton Beckwith

By Elections

No. 15 Sefton Park East, 28 January 1919

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Arthur Bromley Holmes (Party?, elected unopposed on 1 November 1914)^[17] which was reported to the Council on 4 December 1918^[18]

No. 15 Sefton Park East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nessie Stewart-Brown	1,458	53%
		William Sinclair Crichton	1,273	47%
Majority			185
Registered electors
Turnout			2,731
	Liberal gain from		Swing

^[19]

No. 37 Garston, 5 February 1919

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Frederick James Rawlinson (Conservative, Garston, elected 1 November 1913) ^[7] on 22 January 1919 ^{[8] [9]}

No. 37 Garston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Henry Paulson	1,801	67%
		George Atkin	873	33%
Majority			928
Registered electors
Turnout			2,674
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

^[20]

No. 32 Old Swan, 20 May 1919

Caused by Councillor James Wilson Walker (Conservative, Old Swan, elected 1 November 1912) ,^[12] being elected as an alderman on 7 May 1919 ,^[13] following the death of Alderman George Brodrick Smith-Brodrick (Conservative, appointed by the Council as an Alderman on 9 November 1917)^[10] on 12 February 1919.^[11]

No. 32 Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Henry Burton *	1,386	54%
	Labour	Herbert Edward Rose	1,179	44%
Majority			207
Registered electors
Turnout			2,565
	Conservative hold		Swing

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No. 21 Everton, 21 May 1919

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Brigadier General Gerald Kyffin-Taylor (Conservative, Everton, elected 1 November 1913) ,^[23] which was reported to the Council on 7 May 1919 ^[13]

No. 21 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Bamber	1,427	50.04%
		Joseph Arthur Mawson	1,407	49.65%
Majority			20
Registered electors
Turnout			2,834
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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No. 16 Sefton Park West, 22 May 1919

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Ernest Cranstoun Given (Conservative, Sefton Park West, elected 1 November 1911) ,^[25] which was reported to the Council on 7 May 1919 ^[13]

No. 16 Sefton Park West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mabel Fletcher	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

^[24]

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

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4. 1910 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1910
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7. 1913 Liverpool City Council election#Garston
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10. 1914 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Appointments 9 November 1917
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12. 1912 Liverpool City Council election#Old Swan
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14. 1914 Liverpool City Council election#No. 30 Wavertree, 7 February 1917,
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17. 1914 Liverpool City Council election#Sefton Park East
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19. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1918-1919 page 88". Retrieved 9 July 2017.
20. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1918-1919 page 125". Retrieved 11 July 2017.
21. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1918-1919 page 253". Retrieved 11 July 2017.
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23. 1913 Liverpool City Council election#Everton
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25. 1911 Liverpool City Council election#Sefton Park West