1928 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1928.

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

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

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	61	??	26	87
	Labour	35	??	1	36
	Centre	10	??	5	15
	Liberal	8	??	4	12

^{[1] [2]}

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1928

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	21
	Labour	15
	Liberal	2
	Centre	1
	Protestant	0	0	1	-1
	Communist

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1925 election results.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby

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

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wilfred Bowring Stoddart *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson *	1,130	72%
	Labour	Thomas Crossland	445	28%
Majority			685
Registered electors			3,359
Turnout			1,575	47%
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Young Williamson *	2,233	42%
	Liberal	Dr. Cedric Baxter	1,863	35%
	Labour	John Sheehan	1,206	23%
Majority			370
Registered electors			10,088
Turnout			5,302	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward James Jones *	2,491	51%
	Labour	William James Riddick	2,368	49%
Majority			123
Registered electors			9,405
Turnout			4,859	52%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Moorhead	3,111	81%
	Centre	John Alfred Kelly *	740	19%
Majority			2,371
Registered electors			8,447
Turnout			3,851	46%
	Labour gain from Catholic		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street

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

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lt. Col. Edmund Percy Johnson	972	63%
	Labour	Mrs. Mary Lilian Hamilton	570	37%
Majority			402
Registered electors			2,525
Turnout			1,542	61%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Croxteth

The proceedings of the Council lists this as a by-election caused by the death of Councillor John Ellis.^[3]

No. 40 Croxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Hargreaves	1,925	62%
	Conservative	William Edward McLachlan	1,157	38%
Majority			1,925
Registered electors			5,886
Turnout			3,082	52%
	Labour win (new seat)

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Wallace Kelly *	4,696	51%
	Labour	William Jones	4,560	49%
Majority			136
Registered electors			14,084
Turnout			9,256	66%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Wilson *	3,314	59%
	Conservative	Edward Cheshire	2,172	39%
	Communist	Leo Joseph McGree	155	3%
Majority			1,142
Registered electors			12,188
Turnout			5,641	46%
	Labour hold		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Walker *	4,278	67%
	Conservative	William John Lunt Croft	2,153	33%
Majority			2,125
Registered electors			12,194
Turnout			6,431	53%
	Labour hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

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

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon	2,043	49%
	Labour	Victor Harold Edgar Baker	1,659	33%
	Liberal	Alan Anderson Boyle	1,392	27%
Majority			384
Registered electors			9,233
Turnout			5,094	55%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francis Bernard Fitzpatrick	1,699	51%
	Conservative	Francis Samuel Henwood Ashcroft *	1,659	49%
Majority			40
Registered electors			7,324
Turnout			3,358	46%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Williams	2,208	49%
	Labour	William Sydney Dytor	2,038	45%
	Liberal	Joseph Fry	259	6%
Majority			170
Registered electors			6,421
Turnout			4,505	70%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Frederick Charles Bowring *	2,743	59%
	Labour	George Henry Boothman	1,886	41%
Majority			857
Registered electors			9,132
Turnout			4,629	51%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Harry Leo Gaffeney	unopposed
Registered electors
			Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir John Hugo Rutherford *	3,347	55%
	Labour	George Edwin Swift	2,697	45%
Majority			650	10%
Registered electors			10,641
Turnout			6,044	57%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Joseph MacDonnell	4,120	51%
	Conservative	Robert Garnett Sheldon *	4,008	49%
Majority			112
Registered electors			15,321
Turnout			8,128	53%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Little Woolton

No. 39 Little Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rupert Henry Bremner *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Robinson *	2,926	60%
	Conservative	Edward Joseph Gearing	1,917	40%
Majority			1,009
Registered electors			10,095
Turnout			4,843	48%
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Bagot	3,150	52%
	Protestant	John Walker *	2,864	48%
Majority			286
Registered electors			11,178
Turnout			6,014	54%
	Labour gain from Protestant		Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Fay	unopposed
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Catholic		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Waterworth *	3,112	51%
	Labour	Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd	3,023	49%
Majority			89
Registered electors			13,273
Turnout			6,135	46%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Davies Griffiths	2,671	55%
	Labour	Robert Edwards	2,198	45%
Majority			473
Registered electors			9,094
Turnout			4,869	54%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills

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

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John David Mack	unopposed
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Catholic		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Thomas White *	3,044	53%
	Labour	William Henry Barton	2,699	47%
Majority			345
Registered electors			10,805
Turnout			5,743	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Wolfe Levy *	631	50%
	Labour	George William Hincks	628	50%
Majority			3
Registered electors			2,778
Turnout			1,259	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East

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

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Graham Reece *	2,375	75%
	Labour	Mrs. Gertrude Annie Cole	784	25%
Majority			1,591
Registered electors			5,984
Turnout			3,159	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Harrington	unopposed
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Catholic		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Brian Hoer	unopposed
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Catholic

Walton

No. 25 Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Swift *	3,845	56%
	Labour	Richard Thomas Hughes	2,977	44%
Majority			868
Registered electors			15,282
Turnout			6,822	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Critchley *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Shuttleworth	2,852	44%
	Labour	Peter Leslie Duncan	1,823	28%
	Liberal	John Richard Jones	1,737	27%
Majority			1,029
Registered electors			13,247
Turnout			6,412	48%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Matthew Belk	2,097	42%
	Conservative	William Adam Edwards	1,782	36%
	Liberal	William John Tristram	1,136	23%
Majority			315
Registered electors			8,325
Turnout			5,015	60%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Duncan French *	4,182	61%
	Labour	James Blundell	2,645	39%
Majority			1,536
Registered electors			16,297
Turnout			6,828	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Elections 5 December 1928

Following the death on 23 March 1928 of Alderman Sir William Bower Forwood KBE DL (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923),^[11][12] a poll of councillors was taken to elect his successor. Councillor Edwin Haigh (Conservative, Wavertree West, elected 1 November 1926)^[13] of San Rocque, Calderstones Road, Liverpool was elected as an alderman. ^[14]

Aldermanic Election 5 December 1928
Party		Name	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Councillor Edwin Haigh	53	63%
	Labour	Councillor James Sexton CBE MP	31	27%

^[15]

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1929.

Following the death of Alderman Jacob Reuben Grant (Liberal, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1926),^[16] a poll of councillors was taken to elect his successor. Councillor Richard Rutherford JP (Party?, Castle Street, elected 1 November 1926)^[17] of 16 School Lane, Bidston, Birkenhead was elected as an alderman on 5 December 1928^{[15] [18] [19]}

Aldermanic Election 5 December 1928
Party		Name	Votes	Percentage
		Councillor Richard Rutherford	52	62%
	Labour	Councillor William Albert Robinson	32	28%

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1932.

Aldermanic Elections 6 March 1929

Following the death on 11 December 1928 of Alderman The Right Honourable Sir Archibald Tutton Salvidge PC KBE LL.D. (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1926)^[16][20]

In his place Councillor Edwin Thompson (Conservative Abercromby, elected 1 November 1928),^[21] Manufacturing Chemist of 6 Livingston Drive North, Liverpool was elected as an alderman on 6 March 1929. ^{[22] [23]}

Aldermanic Election 6 March 1929
Party		Name	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Councillor Edwin Thompson	52	60%
	Labour	Councillor James Sexton CBE MP	35	40%

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1932.

Following the death on 19 December 1928 of Alderman John Edwards (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923)^[11][24]

In his place Councillor Joseph Ashworth (Conservative, Kensington, elected 1 November 1926),^[25] builder and contractor of 30 Holt Road, Liverpool was elected in a poll of councillors as am alderman on 6 March 1929^{[23] [26] [27]}

Aldermanic Election 6 March 1929
Party		Name	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Councillor Joseph Ashworth	51	59%
	Labour	Councillor William Albert Robinson	36	41%

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1929.

Following the death on 15 January 1929 of Alderman Arthur Stanley Mather CBE (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923)^[11][28]

In whose place Councillor Herbert John Davis (Conservative, Childwall, elected 1 November 1927),^[29] solicitor of 11 Aigburth Drive, Liverpool was elected as an alderman in a poll of the councillors on 6 March 1929.^{[27][30] [31]}

Aldermanic Election 6 March 1929
Party		Name	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Councillor Herbert John Davis	51	59%
	Labour	Councillor Thomas Wafer Byrne	35	41%

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1929.

Caused by the death on 29 January 1929 of Alderman William James Burgess(Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923).^[11][28]

In whose place Councillor Henry Langton Beckwith (Conservative, Wavertree, elected 1 November 1926),^[32] Architect and Surveyor of 4 Aigbirth Drive, Liverpool was elected as an alderman in a poll of the councillors on 6 March 1929 ^[31][33]

Aldermanic Election 6 March 1929
Party		Name	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Councillor Henry Langton Beckwith	51	59%
	Labour	Councillor Frederick Thomas Richardson	35	41%

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1929.

Aldermanic Election 4 September 1929

Caused by the death on 26 February 1929 of Alderman Albert Edward Jacob MP (Unionist, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1926),^[16][34] in whose place Councillor Joseph Dalton Flood JP (Conservative, Dingle, last elected 1 November 1926),^[35] of 643 Borough Road, Birkenhead, being elected as an alderman in a poll of councillors on 4 September 1929.^[36][37]

Aldermanic Election 4 September 1929
Party		Name	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Councillor Joseph Dalton Flood	46	57%
	Labour	Councillor James Sexton CBE MP	35	43%

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1932.

Aldermanic Election 23 October 1929

Caused by the resignation of Alderman Edward West (Liberal, elected as an alderman on 2 March 1927^[38] which was reported to the council on 2 October 1929,^[39] in whose place Councillor William Wallace Kelly JP (Conservative, Dingle, last elected 1 November 1928)^[40] of the North Western Hotel, Liverpool was elected as an alderman in a poll of the councillors on 23 October 1929.^[41][42][43]

Aldermanic Election 4 September 1929
Party		Name	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Councillor William Wallace Kelly	51	55%
	Labour	Councillor James Sexton CBE MP	41	45%

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1932.

By-elections

No. 10 Great George, 3 December 1928

Caused by the death of Councillor William Grogan (Catholic, Great George, elected 1 November 1926).^[44]

No. 10 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Catholic	Matthew Grogan	905	54%
		John Coburne	756	46%
Majority			149
Registered electors
Turnout			1,661
	Catholic hold		Swing

^[45]

No. 33 Wavertree West, 17 December 1928

Caused by Councillor Edwin Haigh (Conservative, Wavertree West, elected 1 November 1926)^[13] being elected as an alderman on 5 December 1928,^[14][15] following the death on 23 March 1928 of Alderman Sir William Bower Forwood KBE DL.

No. 33 Wavertree West 17 December 1928

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Whiteley	1,571	43%
		William Adam Edwards	1,395	39%
		William John Tristram	647	18%
Majority			176
Registered electors			8,325
Turnout			3,613	43%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

^{[46] [47]}

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1929.

No. 7 Castle Street, 20 December 1928

Caused by the election as an alderman on 5 December 1928 of Councillor Richard Rutherford JP (Party?, Castle Street, elected 1 November 1926),^{[17][15][18][19]} following the death of Alderman Jacob Reuben Grant (Liberal, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1926).^[16] Robert Garnett Sheldon, physician and surgeon of "Redholme", Victoria Road, Freshfield was the sole candidate.

No. 7 Castle Street 20 December 1928

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Garnett Sheldon	unopposed
Registered electors
			Swing

^{[47] [48]}

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1929.

No. 26 West Derby, 29 January 1929

Caused by the death on 6 December 1928^[24] of Councillor John Hickman Dovener (Conservative, West Derby, elected 1 November 1927)^[49]

No. 28 West Derby 29 January 1929

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Reginald Dovener	2,229	67%
		John Sheehan	1,105	33%
Majority			1,124
Registered electors			16,297
Turnout			3,334	20%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^{[50] [51]}

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1930.

No. 3 South Scotland, 28 February 1929

Caused by the death on 24 January 1929 of Councillor Mary O'Shea (Catholic, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1927).^[52][28] Michael John Reppion, Carting Agent of 11 Lowerson Crescent, West Derny, Liverpool was the sole candidate.

No. 3 South Scotland 28 February 1929

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael John Reppion	unopposed
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Catholic		Swing

^[34]

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1930.

No. 9 Abercromby, 16 April 1929

Caused by Councillor Edwin Thompson (Conservative Abercromby, elected 1 November 1928),^[21] being elected as an alderman on 6 March 1929.^[22][23]

Following the death on 11 December 1928 of Alderman The Right Honourable Sir Archibald Tutton Salvidge PC KBE LL.D. (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1926).^[16][20]

No. 9 Abercromby 16 April 1929

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gifford William Ollason	1,507	56%
	Labour	Bernard Louis Myer	1,187	44%
Majority			320	12%
Registered electors
Turnout			2,694
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[53]

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1931

No. 19 Kensington, 16 April 1929

Caused by Councillor Joseph Ashworth (Conservative, Kensington, elected 1 November 1926),^[25] being elected in a poll of councillors as am alderman on 6 March 1929.^[23][26][27]

Following the death on 19 December 1928 of Alderman John Edwards (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923).^[11][24]

Thomas Norman Jones, a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature of 59 Marlowe Road, Wallasey, Cheshire was elected as a councillor for the Kensington ward

No. 19 Kensington 16 April 1929

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Norman Jones	2,259	53%
	Labour	George Edwin Swift	2,041	47%
Majority			218
Registered electors			10,641
Turnout			4,300	40%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[54]

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1931

No. 34 Wavertree, 18 April 1929

Caused by Councillor Henry Langton Beckwith (Conservative, Wavertree, elected 1 November 1926)^[32] being elected as an alderman in a poll of the councillors on 6 March 1929,^[31][33] following the death on 29 January 1929 of Alderman William James Burgess (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923).^[11][28]

No. 34 Wavertree 18 April 1929

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Gibbon Elliott	1,655	34%
	Conservative	Henry Gibson Nash	1,607	33%
	Liberal	John Richard Hobhouse	1,537	32%
Majority			48
Registered electors			13,247
Turnout			4,799	36%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

^[55]

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1929.

No. 38 Childwall, 18 April 1929

Caused by Councillor Herbert John Davis (Conservative, Childwall, elected 1 November 1927)^[29] being elected as an alderman in a poll of the councillors on 6 March 1929,^[27][30][31] following the death on 15 January 1929 of Alderman Arthur Stanley Mather CBE (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923).^[11][28]

No. 38 Childwall 18 April 1929

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Anderson Boyle	621	45%
		Gerald Howard Taylor	523	38%
		Frederick Stapleton	225	16%
Majority			98
Registered electors			2,525
Turnout			1,369	54%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

^[56]

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1930.

No. 12 Dingle, 24 September 1929

Caused by Councillor Joseph Dalton Flood (Conservative, Dingle, last elected 1 November 1926)^[35] being elected as an alderman in a poll of councillors on 4 September 1929,^[36][37] following the death on 26 February 1929 of Alderman Albert Edward Jacob MP (Unionist, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1926)^[16][34]

No. 12 Dingle 24 September 1924

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Jones	unopposed
Registered electors			14,084
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

^[39]

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1929.

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