1936 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1936. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Six of the thirty nine seats up for election were uncontested.

After the election for the councillors and the aldermanic election (held on 9 November 1936), the composition of the council was:

Party Councillors   ±   Aldermen Total
Conservative ?? +3 ?? ??
Labour ?? -3 ?? ??
Liberal ?? 0 ?? ??
Protestant ?? +1 ?? ??
Independent ?? -1 ?? ??

Election result

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Liverpool Local Election Result 1936
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 20 3 0 +3 51% 50% 73,608
  Labour 11 1 4 -3 28% 39% 57,089
  Liberal 5 0 0 0 13% 4.8% 6,996
  Protestant 2 1 0 +1 5% 4.3% 6,329
  Independent 1 0 1 -1 2.6% 0.77% 1,120
  Democratic Conservative 0 0 0 0 0% 0.59% 860

Ward results

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* - Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1933 election results.

Abercromby

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No. 9 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Thomas Roberts * 2,383 51%
Labour Alice Elliott 2,245 49%
Majority 138
Registered electors 9,829
Turnout 4,628 47%
Conservative hold Swing

Aigburth

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No. 17 Aigburth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward James Deane * 2,777 60%
Liberal Philip Binnes 1,853 40%
Majority 924
Registered electors 10,421
Turnout 4,630 44%
Conservative hold Swing

Allerton

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No. 35 Allerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Alfred Strong * 2,091 80%
Labour Charles William Baker 517 20%
Majority 1,574
Registered electors 5,424
Turnout 2,608 48%
Conservative hold Swing

Anfield

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No. 29 Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Aled Owen Roberts 2,257 85%
Independent Robert Hugh Williams 389 15%
Majority 1,868
Registered electors 11,285
Turnout 2,646 23%
Liberal hold Swing

Breckfield

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No. 30 Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David John Lewis 2,678 62%
Labour James Lakin Jones 1,640 38%
Majority 1,038
Registered electors 10,154
Turnout 4,318 43%
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

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No. 11 Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Hanley * unopposed
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing

Castle Street

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No. 7 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Sinclair Scott Hannay unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Childwall

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No. 38 Childwall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Anderson Boyle * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Croxteth

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No. 40 Croxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Lilian Hamilton * 4,374 61%
Conservative Mary Edith Barbara Whittingham-Jones 2,833 39%
Majority 1,541
Registered electors 19,367
Turnout 7,207 37%
Labour hold Swing

Dingle

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No. 12 Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Horrace Duckett 4,480 50%
Labour Joseph Gibbins * 4,393 50%
Majority 87
Registered electors 14,930
Turnout 8,873 59%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Edge Hill

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No. 18 Edge Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Johnstone * 2.908 52%
Conservative Bertram Saul Morgan 2,675 48%
Majority 233
Registered electors 12,274
Turnout 5,583 45%
Labour hold Swing

Everton

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No. 21 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bertie Kirby * 3,530 64%
Conservative George Gilbert Mulligan 1,970 36%
Majority 1,560
Registered electors 12,570
Turnout 5,500 44%
Labour hold Swing

Exchange

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No. 5 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent James Farrell * 731 71%
Labour Hugh Carr 304 29%
Majority 427
Registered electors 2,332
Turnout 1,035 44%
Independent hold Swing

Fairfield

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No. 31 Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Menlove Dolby 2,239 65%
Labour Thomas Dolman Vallance 1,231 35%
Majority 1,008
Registered electors 10,470
Turnout 3,470 33%
Liberal hold Swing

Fazakerley

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No. 27 Fazakerley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Greenough Gregson * 3,077 62%
Labour Leonard Cunningham 1,919 38%
Majority 1,158
Registered electors 11,992
Turnout 4,996 42%
Conservative hold Swing

Garston

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No. 37 Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Jackson Cleary * 2,963 60%
Conservative Joseph Williams 1,973 40%
Majority 990
Registered electors 7,960
Turnout 4,936 62%
Labour hold Swing

Granby

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No. 14 Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Adam Edwards * 2,201 53%
Labour George Edward Humphreys 1,953 47%
Majority 248
Registered electors 9,774
Turnout 4,154 43%
Conservative hold Swing

Great George

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No. 10 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Campbell * 1,220 56%
Conservative William Henry Broad 965 44%
Majority 255
Registered electors 4,563
Turnout 2,185 48%
Labour hold Swing

Kensington

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No. 19 Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jack Cresswell 3,152 66%
Labour Cyril George Prest 1,660 34%
Majority 1,492
Registered electors 10,954
Turnout 4,812 44%
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkdale

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No. 24 Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Mackson Brown 3,844 53%
Labour Frederick Jones * 3,383 47%
Majority 461
Registered electors 16,419
Turnout 7,227 44%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Low Hill

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No. 20 Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Cecil Saltmarsh 3,055 57%
Labour Alexander Kay * 2,265 43%
Majority 790
Registered electors 10,780
Turnout 5,320
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Much Woolton

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No. 36 Much Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Butterfield * 1,104 77%
Labour William Smith Fraser 331 23%
Majority 773
Registered electors 2,828
Turnout 1,435 51%
Conservative hold Swing

Netherfield

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No. 22 Netherfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protestant Robert Bradley 3,493 56%
Labour John Bagot * 2,692 44%
Majority 801
Registered electors 11,023
Turnout 6,185 56%
Protestant gain from Labour Swing

North Scotland

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No. 2 North Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frederick William Tucker * unopposed
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing

Old Swan

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No. 32 Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Moss Greenberg * 4,428 59%
Labour Joseph Strathdene 3,118 41%
Majority 1,310
Registered electors 18,486
Turnout 7,546 41%
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park

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No. 13 Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Rowan 2,896 58%
Labour Sarah Ann Demain 2,079 42%
Majority 817
Registered electors 9,811
Turnout 4,975 51%
Conservative hold Swing

Sandhills

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No. 1 Sandhills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Wolfe Tone Morrissey * unopposed
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing

St. Anne's

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No. 6 St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bessie Braddock * unopposed
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing

St. Domingo

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No. 23 St. Domingo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protestant George Henry Dunbar * 2,836 63%
Labour Sarah Anne McArd 1,686 37%
Majority 1,150
Registered electors 11,166
Turnout 4,522 40%
Protestant hold Swing

St. Peter's

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No. 8 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mary Mabel Ellis * 647 62%
Labour Laurence William Kennan 393 38%
Majority 254
Registered electors 2,455
Turnout 1,040 42%
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park East

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No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eric Douglas Mackay Heriot-Hill 2,104 56%
Democratic Conservative George Edward Holme * 860 23%
Labour George Porter 793 21%
Majority 1,244
Registered electors 8,782
Turnout 3,757 43%
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park West

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No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Walter Thomas Lancashire * 2,426 76%
Labour Geoffrey Thompson 782 24%
Majority 1,644
Registered electors 6,713
Turnout 3,208 48%
Conservative hold Swing

South Scotland

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No. 3 South Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael John Reppion * unopposed
Registered electors 8,308
Labour hold Swing

Vauxhall

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No. 4 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Hogan 1,057 64%
Conservative James Arthur Bryning 588 36%
Majority 469
Registered electors 3,556
Turnout 1,645 46%
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Walton

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No. 25 Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert John Hall * 4,581 70%
Labour Alfred Walker Boothman 1,946 30%
Majority 2,635
Registered electors 16,451
Turnout 6,527 40%
Conservative hold Swing

Warbreck

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No. 26 Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hugh Wagstaff * 3,350 74%
Labour Austin Rainford 956 21%
Independent William Fry 213 5%
Majority 2,394
Registered electors 13,219
Turnout 4,519 34%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree

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No. 34 Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Morris Griffith * 4,184 75%
Labour Daniel Whelan 1,421 25%
Majority 2,763
Registered electors 15,498
Turnout 5,605 36%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree West

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No. 33 Wavertree West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Levy * 2,433 61%
Labour Thomas Williamson 1,548 39%
Majority 885
Registered electors 8,788
Turnout 3,981 45%
Conservative hold Swing

West Derby

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No. 28 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ernest Ash Cookson * 5,360 75%
Labour Mabel Kennedy 1,782 25%
Majority 3,578
Registered electors 20,446
Turnout 7,142 35%
Conservative hold Swing

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Aldermanic Elections

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Aldermanic Election 6 January 1937

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Caused by the death on 1 December 1936[8] of Alderman Patrick Jeremiah Kelly (Independent, last elected by the councillors as an alderman on 9 November 1932,[9] in whose place Councillor Lawrence King (Labour, elected 1 November 1935)[10] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 6 January 1937.

Aldermanic Election 6 January 1937
Party Candidate Votes % Allocated ward
Labour Councillor Lawrence King 42 100% No. 27 Fazakerley

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The term of office to expire on 9 November 1938.

Aldermanic Election 3 February 1937

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Caused by the resignation of Alderman Anthony Shelmerdine (Conservative, elected 9 November 1932),[9] in whose place Councillor Michael Cory Dixon (Conservative, elected 1 November 1935)[13] being elected as an alderman on 3 February 1937.

Aldermanic Election 3 February 1937
Party Candidate Votes % Allocated ward
Conservative Councillor Michael Cory Dixon 58 100% No.16 Sefton Park West

[14] [15]

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1938.

Aldermanic Election 6 October 1937

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Caused by the death on 7 September 1937[16] of Alderman Henry Walker (Labour, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1935).[17] His place was taken by Councillor John Wolfe Tone Morrissey JP (Labour, last elected to the Sandhills ward on 1 November 1936)[18] of 17 Haverstock Road, Fairfield, Liverpool, who was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 6 October 1937.

Aldermanic Election 6 October 1937
Party Candidate Votes % Allocated ward
Labour Councillor John Wolfe Tone Morrissey 35 100% No. 33 Wavertree West

[16] [19]

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1941.

By-elections

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No. 33 Wavertree West, Wednesday 27 January 1937

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Caused by the resignation of Councillor Charlton Thomson (Conservative, elected 1 November 1935).[20]

No. 34 Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Dinsdale Walker 1,598 58%
Robert Edward Cottier 783 29%
Theodolph Joseph Augustus Duggan 363 13%
Majority 815
Registered electors 15,498
Turnout 2,744 18%
Swing

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The term of office to expire on 1 November 1938.

No.11 Brunswick, 11 February 1937

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Following the death on 1 December 1936[8] of Alderman Patrick Jeremiah Kelly (Independent, last elected by the councillors as an alderman on 9 November 1932,[9] in whose place Councillor Lawrence King (Labour, elected 1 November 1935)[10] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 6 January 1937.[11][12]

No. 11 Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Annie Cain * unopposed
Swing

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The term of office to expire on 1 November 1938.

No.15 Sefton Park East, 17 March 1937

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Caused by Councillor Michael Cory Dixon (Conservative, elected 1 November 1935)[13] being elected as an alderman on 3 February 1937.[14][15]

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Moores 1,494 85%
James Murphy 274 15%
Majority 1,244
Registered electors 8,782
Turnout 1,768 20%
Conservative hold Swing

[23]

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1938.

No. 14 Granby, Thursday 17 June 1937

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Caused by the death on 28 April 1937 of Councillor William Adam Edwards (Conservative, last elected 1 November 1936)[24] [25]

No. 14 Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Walter Clark 1,635
John Bagot 1,479
Majority
Registered electors 9,774
Turnout
Swing

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No. 40 Croxteth, Thursday 17 June 1937

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Caused by the resignation of Councillor Mrs. Mary Lilian Hamilton (Labour, last elected 1 November 1936).[28]

No. 40 Croxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Lakin Jones 3,331 66%
Conservative Miss Mary Edith Barbara Whittingham-Jones 1,727 34%
Majority 1,604
Registered electors 19,367
Turnout 5,058 26%
Labour hold Swing

[27] [29]

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1939.

No. 19 Kensington, Thursday 22 July 1937

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Caused by the death on 28 June 1937[25] of Councillor Edward Clouston Ralph Litler-Jones (Conservative, elected 1 November 1935.[30]

No. 19 Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Harold Bailey 2,093 67%
George Williams 1,018 33%
Majority 1,075
Registered electors 10,954
Turnout 3,111 28%
Conservative hold Swing

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 front page". Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 1". Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 2". Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 3". Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 4". Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 5". Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  7. ^ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1936
  8. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 104". Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  9. ^ a b c 1932 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1932
  10. ^ a b 1935 Liverpool City Council election#Brunswick
  11. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 200". Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  12. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 201". Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  13. ^ a b 1935 Liverpool City Council election#Sefton Park East
  14. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 269". Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  15. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 270". Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  16. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 904". Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  17. ^ 1936 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic election 9 November 1935
  18. ^ 1936 Liverpool City Council election#Sandhills
  19. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 905". Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  20. ^ 1935 Liverpool City Council election#Wavertree West
  21. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 268". Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  22. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 354". Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  23. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 458". Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  24. ^ 1936 Liverpool City Council election#Granby
  25. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 544". Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  26. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 706". Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  27. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 707". Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  28. ^ 1936 Liverpool City Council election#Croxteth
  29. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 708". Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  30. ^ 1935 Liverpool City Council election#Kensington
  31. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 794". Retrieved 29 September 2017.
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