Liverpool City Council election, 1927

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1927.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	??	??	??
Labour	??	??	??	??
Catholic	??	??	??	??
Protestant	??	??	??	??
Liberal	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1927
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal
	Protestant
	Communist

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

^(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Comparisons are made with the 1924 election results.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Thomas Roberts	2,077	62%
	Labour	Samuel Sydney Silverman	1,274	38%
Majority			803
Registered electors			9,218
Turnout			3,351	36%
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward James Deane	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Alfred Strong *	837	65%
	Liberal	Neil Norman McKinnon	362	28%
	Labour	Thomas Crossland	84	7%
Majority			475
Registered electors			2,872
Turnout			1,283	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Arthur Richard Price	1,952	44%
	Conservative	Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon *	1,639	37%
	Labour	Robert Joseph McDonnell	845	19%
Majority			794
Registered electors			10,061
Turnout			4,436	45%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Henry Burton *	2,081	52%
	Labour	William James Riddick	1,947	48%
Majority			134
Registered electors			9,697
Turnout			4,028	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Hanley	3,431	79%
	Conservative	Thomas Henry Nabb	930	21%
Majority			2,501
Registered electors			8,589
Turnout			4,361	51%
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Denton	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Herbert John Davis	777	64%
	Conservative	Edward Norman Heath	719	59%
	Labour	Mrs. Mary Lilian Hamilton	438	36%
	Labour	Charles Matthew Belk	382	31%
Majority			339
Registered electors			2,107
Turnout			1,215	58%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frank Bennett Brown *	4,092	52%
	Labour	William Jones	3,811	48%
Majority			281
Registered electors			14,428
Turnout			7,903	55%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 18 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Tissyman *	3,230	58%
	Conservative	Richard Roberts	2,301	42%
Majority			929
Registered electors			12,616
Turnout			5,531	44%
	Labour hold		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bertie Victor Kirby *	3,809	68%
	Conservative	Joseph Gardner	1,826	32%
Majority			1,983
Registered electors			12,647
Turnout			5,635	45%
	Labour hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Catholic	John Quinn *	910	85%
	Labour	Joseph Nugent	123	12%
Majority			787
Registered electors			2,710
Turnout			1,033
	Catholic hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Charles Sydney Jones	2,475	64%
	Labour	Victor Harold Edgar Baker	1,411	36%
Majority			1,064
Registered electors			9,478
Turnout			3,886	41%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Herbert Charters *	1,053	70%
	Labour	Mrs. Jane Billing Davison	459	30%
Majority			594
Registered electors			4,366
Turnout			1,512	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joseph Jackson Cleary	2,011	50.2%
	Conservative	Edward Wrake Turner	1,993	49.8%
Majority			18
Registered electors			6,400
Turnout			4,004	63%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Johnstone	1,873	44%
	Conservative	Mrs. Rosa Hoch *	1,361	32%
	Liberal	Arthur Donald Dennis	986	23%
Majority			512
Registered electors			9,322
Turnout			4,220	45%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Loughlin	1,265	56%
	Catholic	Dr. John Patrick Bligh *	810	36%
	Independent Catholic	Thomas Joseph Marner	125	6%
	People's	William Joseph Doyle	67	3%
Majority			455
Registered electors			4,840
Turnout			2,267	47%
	Labour gain from Catholic

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ambrose Fry	3,202	55%
	Labour	William Richard Blair	2,634	45%
Majority			586
Registered electors			10,846
Turnout			5,836	54%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frederick Jones	2,874	50.1%
	Conservative	Charles Porter *	2,868	49.9%
Majority			6
Registered electors			15,680
Turnout			5,742	37%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Edward Gerard Deery	2,835	56%
	Conservative	Alfred Gaskell Alsop	2,229	44%
Majority			606
Registered electors			10,305
Turnout			5,064	49%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Edward Stirling Napier	683	72%
	Labour	Frederick Stapleton	262	28%
Majority			421
Registered electors			1,801
Turnout			945	52%
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alfred Michael Urding *	3,164	50.5%
	Labour	John Bagot	3,102	49.5%
Majority			62
Registered electors			11,590
Turnout			6,266	54%
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Gilbert Logan *	3,059	59%
	Catholic	James O'Hare	2,098	40%
	Independent Labour	Edward Campbell	30	1%
Majority			961
Registered electors			8,214
Turnout			5,187	63%
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Parry Thomas *	2,520	55%
	Labour	Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd	2,072	45%
Majority			448
Registered electors			12,949
Turnout			4,592	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Miss Margaret Beavan	2,919	64%
	Labour	Robert Edwards	1,621	36%
Majority			1,298
Registered electors			9,256
Turnout			4,540	49%
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Wolfe Tone Morrissey	2,638	64%
	Catholic	Christopher Maguire	1,492	36%
Majority			1,146
Registered electors			8,841
Turnout			4,130	47%
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Sexton C.B.E. MP *	2,152	56%
	Catholic	Cornelius Devlin	1,666	44%
Majority			486
Registered electors			8,525
Turnout			3,818	45%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Hamilton	2,243	54%
	Protestant	Albert Clayton *	1,948	46%
Majority			295
Registered electors			11,101
Turnout			4,191	38%
	Labour gain from Protestant

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Burton William Eills
	Independent	Frederick Bowman	198	20%
Majority			608
Registered electors			2,885
Turnout			1,004	35%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Edward Holme *	1,941	53%
	Liberal	Aled Owen Roberts	1,735
Majority			206
Registered electors			8,688
Turnout			3,675	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Miss Mabel Fletcher	2,093	75%
	Labour	Mrs. Gertrude Annie Cole	690	25%
Majority			1,403
Registered electors			6,025
Turnout			2,783	46%
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Catholic	Miss Mary O'Shea	2,767	59%
	Labour	Joseph Harrington	1,927	41%
Majority			840
Registered electors			8,437
Turnout			4,694	56%
	Catholic gain from Labour

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Catholic	Joseph Belger *	1,171	77%
	Labour	Patrick Duffy	349	23%
Majority			822
Registered electors			3,723
Turnout			1,520	41%
	Catholic hold		Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert John Hall	2,868	56%
	Labour	Thomas Herbert Pye	2,284	44%
Majority			584
Registered electors			15,312
Turnout			5,152	34%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Hill	2,494	70%
	Labour	John Fraser	1,094	30%
Majority			1,400
Registered electors			11,572
Turnout			3,588	31%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Morris Griffith	2,728	62%
	Labour	William Sidney Dytor	1,700	38%
Majority			1,028
Registered electors			12,737
Turnout			4,428	35%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ernest Whiteley	1,856	39%
	Conservative	Charles Henry Barker *	1,589	33%
	Liberal	John Richard Hobhouse	1,313	28%
Majority			267
Registered electors			8,402
Turnout			4,758	57%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Hickman Dovener *	3,304	61%
	Labour	George Henry Boothman	2,094	39%
Majority			1,210
Registered electors			15,837
Turnout			5,398	34%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

By-elections

No. 16 Sefton Park West, 1 December 1927

Alderman Sir John Utting D.L. died on 17 February 1927.^[4] Councillor Frank Campbell Wilson (Liberal, Sefton Park West, elected unopposed 1 November 1926)^[5] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 5 October 1927.^[6]

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald Percy Clayton	1,955	74%
	Labour	Mrs. Gertrude Annie Cole	675	26%
Majority			1,280
Registered electors			6,025
Turnout			2,630	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[7]

No. 18 Edge Hill, 17 September 1928

The resignation of Councillor William Smith (Labour, Edge Hill, elected 1 November 1926)^[8] was reported to the council on 5 September 1928.^[9]

No.No. 18 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alexander Griffin	3,144	55%
	Conservative	Henry Gladstone Grace	2,368	42%
	Communist	Leo Joseph McGree	172	3%
Majority			776
Registered electors			12,616
Turnout			5,684	45%
	Labour hold		Swing

^[10]

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post 3 November 1927
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1927-1928
↑ Daily Courier(Liverpool) Monday 3 November 1924
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 pg 211
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 pg 511
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1927-1928 pg 74
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1927-1928 pg 502
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1927-1928 pg 502

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