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1933 Liverpool City Council election

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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1933. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of 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 ?? ?? ?? ??
Labour ?? ?? ?? ??
Liberal ?? ?? ?? ??
Protestant ?? ?? ?? ??

Election result

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Liverpool Local Election Result 1933
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 16 41% 41% 44,340
  Labour 11 28% 47% 51,014
  Liberal 5 13% 1.8% 1,938
  Protestant 1 2.6% 7.3% 7,783
  Independent 2 5.2% 2.2% 2,419
  Communist 0 0% 0.18% 195

Ward results

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* - Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1930 election results.

Abercromby

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No. 9 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Thomas Roberts * 1,896 56%
Labour Robert Tissyman 1,513 44%
Majority 383
Registered electors 9,619
Turnout 3,409 35%
Conservative hold Swing

Aigburth

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No. 17 Aigburth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward James Deane * 2,132 63%
Liberal Arthur Donald Dennis 1,272 37%
Majority 860
Registered electors 9,165
Turnout 3,404 37%
Conservative hold Swing

Allerton

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No. 35 Allerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Alfred Strong * unopposed
Registered electors 4,802
Conservative hold Swing

Anfield

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No. 29 Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur Richard Price * unopposed
Registered electors 10,703
Liberal hold Swing

Breckfield

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No. 30 Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Henry Burton * 2,054 52%
Labour Alfred Hargreaves 1,912 48%
Majority 142
Registered electors 14,547
Turnout 3,966 27%
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

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No. 11 Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Hanley unopposed
Registered electors 8,746
Labour hold Swing

Castle Street

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No. 7 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Denton 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 Mrs. Mary Lilian Hamilton 3,898 70%
Conservative Percy Goss Moore 1,658 30%
Majority 2,240
Registered electors 15,544
Turnout 5,556 36%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Dingle

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No. 12 Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Gibbins 4,700 56%
Conservative William Shaw Finlayson 2,565 31%
Protestant George Edward Lewis 1,087 13%
Majority 2,135 25% N/A
Registered electors 15,543
Turnout 8,352 54%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Edge Hill

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No. 18 Edge Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Johnstone 2,834 55%
Conservative Herbert Henry Nuttall * 2,231 43%
Communist Charles William Heaton 107 2%
Majority 603 12% N/A
Registered electors 13,055
Turnout 5,172 40%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Everton

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No. 21 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bertie Victor Kirby * 3,547 67%
Conservative David Rowan 1,744 33%
Majority 1,803 34%
Registered electors 13,436
Turnout 5,291 39%
Labour hold Swing

Exchange

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No. 5 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent James Farrell 837 83%
Labour Albert Smitton 166 17%
Majority 671
Registered electors 2,404
Turnout 1,003 42%
Independent hold Swing

Fairfield

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No. 31 Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Sydney Jones* Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Liberal hold

Fazakerley

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No. 27 Fazakerley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Greenough Gregson * 2,262 51%
Labour Francis Lavery 2,161 49%
Majority 2,262
Registered electors 10,943
Turnout 4,423 40%
Conservative hold Swing

Garston

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No. 37 Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Jackson Cleary * 2,844 64%
Conservative James Moore 1,611 36%
Majority 1,233
Registered electors 7,741
Turnout 4,455 58%
Labour hold Swing

Granby

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No. 14 Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Adam Edwards * 1,618 50%
Labour David Nickson 1,617 50%
Majority 1
Registered electors 9,966
Turnout 3,235 32%
Conservative hold Swing

Great George

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No. 10 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Campbell 1,047 66%
Independent John Loughlin 538 34%
Majority 509
Registered electors 4,912
Turnout 1,585 32%
Labour hold Swing

Kensington

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No. 19 Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Moores 2,694 58%
Labour Alfred Donohoe 1,990 42%
Majority 704
Registered electors 11,169
Turnout 4,684 42%
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkdale

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No. 24 Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frederick Jones 3,187 45%
Conservative Ernest Tyrer 2,562 36%
Protestant William Reuben Price 1,301 18%
Majority 625
Registered electors 17,149
Turnout 7,050 41%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Low Hill

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No. 20 Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alexander Kay 2,213 51%
Conservative Charles Edward Pugh 2,096 49%
Majority 117
Registered electors 17,149
Turnout 4,309 38%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Much Woolton

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No. 36 Much Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Butterfield 759 46%
Independent Ernest Whiteley 745 45%
Labour John Reginald Bevins 163 10%
Majority 14
Registered electors 2,558
Turnout 1,667 65%
Conservative hold Swing

Netherfield

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No. 22 Netherfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Bagot 2,823 40%
Protestant Richard Bradley 2,384 34%
Conservative Alfred Michael Urding * 1,815 26%
Majority 439
Registered electors 11.985
Turnout 7,022 59%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

North Scotland

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No. 2 North Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frederick William Tucker * 2,715 97%
Communist Wilfred Frederick Fielding 88 3%
Majority 2,627
Registered electors
Turnout 2,803
Labour hold Swing

Old Swan

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No. 32 Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Moss Greenberg * 2,919 53%
Labour Charles Matthew Belk 2,607 47%
Majority 312
Registered electors 16,463
Turnout 5,526 34%
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park

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No. 13 Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Trevor Thomas 2,155 51%
Labour Alfred Demain 2,058 49%
Majority 97
Registered electors 9,968
Turnout 4,213 42%
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 N/A N/A
Registered electors
Labour hold

St. Domingo

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No. 23 St. Domingo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protestant Harry Dixon Longbottom * 3,101 52%
Conservative William Edward Backhouse 1,907 32%
Labour Robert Joseph McDonnell 922 16%
Majority 1,194
Registered electors 11,669
Turnout 5,930 51%
Protestant hold Swing

St. Peter's

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No. 8 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mary Mabel Ellis * 666 68%
Labour Patrick Campbell 309 32%
Majority 357
Registered electors 2,778
Turnout 975 35%
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park East

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No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Edward Holme * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park West

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No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Walter Thomas Lancashire * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

South Scotland

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

Vauxhall

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No. 4 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent James O'Hare 1,044 63%
Labour John Edward Orford 622 37%
Majority 422
Registered electors 3,581
Turnout 1,666 47%
Swing

Walton

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No. 25 Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert John Hall * 3,169 57%
Labour John Thomas Kenny 2,436 43%
Majority 733
Registered electors 16,251
Turnout 5,605 34%
Conservative hold Swing

Warbreck

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No. 26 Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hugh Wagstaff 2,706 71%
Labour Edward John McCartney 1,083 29%
Majority 1,623
Registered electors 12,524
Turnout 3,689 30%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree

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No. 34 Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Morris Griffith * Unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree West

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No. 33 Wavertree West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Levy * 1,787 52%
Labour William James Riddick 1,647 48%
Majority 140
Registered electors
Turnout 3,434
Conservative hold Swing

West Derby

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No. 28 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ernest Ash Cookson * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

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Aldermanic Elections

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Aldermanic Election 2 May 1934

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Caused by the death on 18 September 1933 of Alderman William Wallace Kelly[8] (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1932).

Aldermanic Election 2 May 1934
Party Candidate Votes % Allocated ward
Conservative Alfred Ernest Shennan 58 67% No.
Labour Lawrence King 28 33% Not elected

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Aldermanic Election 6 June 1934

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Caused by the death on 20 April 1934 of Alderman Sir Max Muspratt Bart. (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1932,[11][9] in whose place, his widow, Councillor Lady Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt J.P.,[12] (Conservative, elected to the Childwall ward on 1 November 1932)[13] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 6 June 1934[14] [12]

Aldermanic Election 6 June 1934
Party Candidate Votes % Allocated ward
Conservative Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt 56 100% No. 17 Aigburth

By-elections

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No. 12 Dingle 20 March 1934

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Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Jones (Labour, last elected 1 November 1932).[15]

No. 12 Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Matthew Belk 2,875 54%
Conservative Herbert Henry Nuttall 2,479 46%
Majority 396
Registered electors 15,543
Turnout 5,354 34%
Labour hold Swing

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No. 38 Childwall 26 June 1934

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Caused by the election as an alderman on 6 June 1934 of Councillor Lady Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt J.P,[14][12] (Conservative, elected to the Childwall ward on 1 November 1932)[13] following the death on 20 April 1934 of her husband, Alderman Sir Max Muspratt Bart. (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1932.[11][9]

No. 38 Childwall 26 June 1934
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William John Tristram 1,033 53%
John Dudley Robert Terleton Tilney 929 47%
Majority 104
Registered electors
Turnout 1,962
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 front page". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 1". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 2". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 3". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 4". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 5". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  7. ^ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1933
  8. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1932-1933 page 560". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  9. ^ a b c "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 370". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 371". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  11. ^ a b 1932 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1932
  12. ^ a b c "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 417". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  13. ^ a b 1932 Liverpool City Council election#Childwall
  14. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 416". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  15. ^ 1932 Liverpool City Council election#Dingle
  16. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 316". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  17. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1933-1934 page 468". Retrieved 16 September 2017.