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1930 Liverpool City Council election

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39 councillors' seats were up for election

Elections toLiverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1930.

Five of the seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	+5	??	??
	Labour	??	-5	??	??
	Liberal	??	0	??	??
	Independent	??	+1	??	??
	Centre Party	??	-2	??	??
	Democratic Labour	??	+1	??	??
	Protestant	??	+1	??	??

Liverpool local election result 1930

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	24	5	0	+5	62%
	Labour	7	1	6	-5	18%
	Liberal	4	0	0	0	10%
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	3%
	Democratic Labour	1	1	0	+1	3%
	Centre Party	1	0	2	-2	3%
	Protestant	1	1	0	+1	3%
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0%

* - Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1927 election results.

No. 9Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Thomas Roberts *	2,209	75%
	Labour	Patrick Campbell	733	25%
Majority			1,476
Registered electors			9,000
Turnout			2,942	33%
	Conservativehold		Swing

No. 17Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward James Deane *	2,743	82%
	Labour	William Edward Lloyd	582	18%
Majority			2,161
Registered electors			8,137
Turnout			3,325	41%
	Conservativehold		Swing

No. 35Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Alfred Strong *	1,351	66%
	Labour	Mrs. Alice Elliott	380	19%
	Liberal	Henry Banks	315	15%
Majority			971
Registered electors			4,115
Turnout			2,046	50%
	Conservativehold		Swing

No. 29Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Richard Price *	2,364	78%
	Labour	Austin Rainford	682	22%
Majority			1,682
Registered electors			10,924
Turnout			3,046	28%
	Liberalhold		Swing

No. 30Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Henry Burton *	2,338	51%
	Labour	William James Riddick	1,334	29%
	Protestant	George Edward Lewis	921	20%
Majority			1,004
Registered electors			10,398
Turnout			4,593	44%
	Conservativehold		Swing

No. 11Brunswick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Hanley *	2,382	72%
	Conservative	David Jukes	911	28%
Majority			1,471
Registered electors			9,073
Turnout			3,293	36%
	Labourhold		Swing

No. 7Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Denton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservativehold		Swing

No. 38Childwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Anderson Boyle *	938	53%
	Conservative	Harry Beckett	679	38%
	Labour	Thomas Crossland	151	9%
Majority			259
Registered electors			3,076
Turnout			1,768	57%
	Liberalhold		Swing

This was a new ward from 1928, so no councillor was elected in 1927.

No. 40Croxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oswald Wade	1,853	55%
	Labour	Alfred Hargreaves	1,520	45%
Majority			333
Registered electors			9,541
Turnout			3,373	35%
	Conservativewin (new seat)

No. 12Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Bosworth	4,088	51%
	Labour	Alfred Demain	3,061	39%
	Protestant	Albert Henry Osborne	789	10%
Majority			1,027
Registered electors			15,515
Turnout			7,983	51%
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

No. 18Edge Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Henry Nuttall	2,508	52%
	Ind. Socialist	Robert Tissyman*	1,241	26%
	Labour	Henry Osmond Pugh	1,050	22%
	British Union of Fascists	Dewi Protherow	36	1%
Majority			1,267
Registered electors			13,336
Turnout			4,835	36%
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

No. 21Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bertie Victor Kirby *	2,680	47%
	Democratic Labour	Thomas Conifer	1,008	18%
	Protestant	Thomas Dunne	645	11%
Majority			1,269	29%
Registered electors			15,549
Turnout			5,744	37%
	Labourhold		Swing

No. 5Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Farrell	unopposed
Registered electors
	Independentgain fromCatholic		Swing

No. 31Fairfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Sydney Jones *	2,361	72%
	Labour	William Henry Baxter	931	28%
Majority			1,430	44%
Registered electors			10,272
Turnout			3,292	32%
	Liberalhold		Swing

No. 27Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Greenough Gregson	2,347	58%
	Labour	Bernard Louis Meyer	1,727	42%
Majority			620
Registered electors			10,374
Turnout			4,074	39%
	Conservativehold		Swing

No. 37Garston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Jackson Cleary *	2,218	53%
	Conservative	Roger Abel	1,953	47%
Majority			265
Registered electors			7,042
Turnout			4,171	59%
	Labourhold		Swing

No. 14Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Adam Edwards	1,983	58%
	Labour	James Johnstone*	1,414	42%
Majority			569
Registered electors			9,908
Turnout			3,397	34%
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

No. 10Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Labour	John Loughlin *	814	68%
	Labour	Richard Thomas Hughes	389	32%
Majority			425
Registered electors			5,042
Turnout			1,203	24%
	Democratic Labourgain from Labour

No. 19Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Norman Jones	2,935	64%
	Labour	George Porter	1,625	36%
Majority			1,309
Registered electors			11,398
Turnout			4,561	40%
	Conservativehold		Swing

No. 24Kirkdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Porter	3,283	37%
	Labour	Frederick Jones*	3,160	36%
	Protestant	Mrs. Mary Jane Longbottom	2,316	26%
Majority			123
Registered electors			17,015
Turnout			8,759	51%
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

No. 20Low Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Edward Pugh	2,049	54%
	Labour	Joseph Whitehead	1,744	46%
Majority			305
Registered electors			11,186
Turnout			3,793	34%
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

No. 36Much Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Edward Stirling Napier *	753	74%
	Labour	William Robert Snell	258	26%
Majority			495
Registered electors			2,136
Turnout			1,011	47%
	Conservativehold		Swing

No. 22Netherfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Michael Urding *	3,770	53%
	Labour	Alexander Key	1,721	24%
	Protestant	Albert Clayton	1,318	19%
	Independent	William Edward McLaclan	276	4%
Majority			2,049
Registered electors			12,178
Turnout			7,085	58%
	Conservativehold		Swing

No. 2North Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick William Tucker	1,985	82%
	Communist	Leo Joseph McGree	428	18%
Majority			1,557
Registered electors			8,605
Turnout			2,413	28%
	Labourhold		Swing

No. 32Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Moss Greenberg	3,571	62%
	Labour	William Sydney Dytor	2,219	38%
Majority			1,352
Registered electors			15,247
Turnout			5,790	38%
	Conservativehold		Swing

No. 13Prince's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Miss Margaret Beavan	3,077	70%
	Labour	Robert Edward Costier	1,298	30%
Majority			1,779
Registered electors			9,867
Turnout			4,375	44%
	Conservativehold		Swing

No. 1Sandhills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Wolfe Tone Morrissey *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Labourhold		Swing

No. 6St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. Elizabeth Margaret Braddock	1,392	60%
	Democratic Labour	Mrs.Louise Frances Hughes	935	40%
Majority			457
Registered electors			9,436
Turnout			2,327	25%
	Labourhold		Swing

No. 23St. Domingo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	Rev.Harry Dixon Longbottom	2,862	47%
	Conservative	William Trevor Thomas	1,682	28%
	Labour	John Hamilton*	1,570	26%
Majority			1,180	19%	N/A
Registered electors			11,737
Turnout			6,114	52%
	Protestantgain fromLabour		Swing

No. 8St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Miss Mary Mabel Ellis	850	74%
	Labour	Miss Elsie Emily Louise Hickling	304	26%
Majority			546
Registered electors			3,054
Turnout			1,154	38%
	Liberalhold		Swing

No. 15Sefton Park East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Edward Holme *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservativehold		Swing

No. 16Sefton Park West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Thomas Lancashire	2,160	83%
	Labour	Mrs. Julia Gertrude Taylor	446	17%
Majority			1,714
Registered electors			6,230
Turnout			2,606	42%
	Conservativehold		Swing

No. 3South Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael John Reppion *	2,310	82%
	Independent	Patrick James Loughran	524	18%
Majority			1,786
Registered electors			8,830
Turnout			2,834	32%
	Labourgain fromCatholic		Swing

No. 4Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph Belger *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Independentgain fromCatholic		Swing

No. 25Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert John Hall *	3,776	65%
	Labour	John Reginald Bevins	2,026	35%
Majority			1,750	30%
Registered electors			16,119
Turnout			5,802	36%
	Conservativehold		Swing

No. 26Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hill *	3,299	70%
	Co-operative Party	Joseph Farrar Kitchen	1,392	30%
Majority			1,907
Registered electors			12,415
Turnout			4,691	38%
	Conservativehold		Swing

No. 34Wavertree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Morris Griffith *	3,525	69%
	Labour	John Gibbon Elliott	1,582	31%
Majority			1,943
Registered electors			14,333
Turnout			5,107	36%
	Conservativehold		Swing

No. 33Wavertree West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Levy	2,243	47%
	Labour	Ernest Whiteley*	1,970	41%
	Liberal	William Herbert Shepherd	560	12%
Majority			273
Registered electors			8,973
Turnout			4,773	53%
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

No. 28West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernest Ash Cookson	4,339	71%
	Labour	William Dean Jones	1,747	29%
Majority			2,592
Registered electors			18,299
Turnout			6,086	33%
	Conservativehold		Swing

^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

The term of office of Alderman Henry Morley Miller (Conservative, elected as an alderman on 10 November 1924)^[10] expired on 10 November 1930 and he was re-elected for a further 5-year term by the Councillors on that date.^[11][12]

Aldermanic Election 10 November 1930
Party		Alderman	Votes	%	Allocated ward
	Conservative	Henry Morley Miller *	68	100%	No. 35 Allerton

Following the death of Alderman Thomas Wafer Byrne (Labour, elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929),^[13][14] Councillor Herbert Edward Rose (Labour,Breckfield, elected on 1 November 1929)^[15] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 7 January 1931.^[14]

Aldermanic Election 7 January 1931
Party		Alderman	Votes	%	Allocated ward
	Labour	Herbert Edward Rose	30	100%	No. 24 Kirkdale

Following the death on 17 December 1930 of Alderman John Gordon J.P. (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929),^[13][16] Councillor Frank Campbell Wilson J.P. (Conservative,Aigburth, elected 1 November 1929)^[17] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 1 April 1931^[18][19]

Aldermanic Election 1 April 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Allocated ward
	Conservative	Frank Campbell Wilson	56	98%	No. 12 Dingle
	Labour	Robert Tissyman	1	2%

Following the death on 24 December 1930 of Alderman John George MoylesM.B.E.J.P. (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929),^[13][16] Councillor Herbert John Davis (Conservative,Allerton, elected 1 November 1929)^[20] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 6 May 1931.^[21][22]

Aldermanic Election 6 May 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Allocated ward
	Conservative	Herbert John Davis	49	100%	No. 34 Wavertree

Following the resignation of Alderman Richard Rutherford (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929),^[13] which was reported to the Council on 2 September 1931,^[23] CouncillorSir Thomas White (Conservative Party,St. Domingo, elected 1 November 1928)^[24] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 7 October 1931.^[25][26]

Aldermanic Election 7 October 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Allocated ward
	Conservative	Sir Thomas White	61	98%
	Labour	Robert Tissyman	1	2%

Following the death of Alderman Thomas Wafer Byrne,^[14] Councillor Herbert Edward Rose (Labour,Breckfield, elected on 1 November 1929)^[15] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 7 January 1931, causing a vacancy in the Breckfield ward.

No. 30Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ada Martha Burton	1,506	51%
	Labour	William James Riddick	859	29%
	Protestant	George Edward Lewis	604	20%
Majority			647
Registered electors			10,398
Turnout			2,969	29%
	Conservativehold		Swing

^[27]

Following the death on 17 December 1930 of Alderman John Gordon J.P. (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929),^[13][16] Councillor Frank Campbell Wilson J.P. (Conservative,Aigburth, elected 1 November 1929)^[17] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 1 April 1931,^[18][19] causing a vacancy in the Aigburth ward.

No. 17Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vere Egerton Cotton	unopposed
Registered electors			8,137
	Conservativehold		Swing

^[28][29]

Following the death on 24 December 1930 of Alderman John George MoylesM.B.E.J.P. (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929),^[13][16] Councillor Herbert John Davis (Conservative,Allerton, elected 1 November 1929)^[20] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 6 May 1931,^[21][22] causing a vacancy in theAllerton ward.

No. 35Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William George Heath	unopposed
Registered electors			4,115
	Conservativehold		Swing

^[25]

Caused by the death on 22 February 1931 of Councillor Miss Margaret Beavan (Conservative,Prince's Park, last elected 1 November 1930).^[30]

No. 13Prince's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Trevor Thomas	2,096	69%
	Labour	John Hamilton	1,168	31%
Majority			1,168
Registered electors			9,867
Turnout			3,024	31%
	Conservativehold		Swing

^[31]

Following the resignation of Alderman Richard Rutherford (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929),^[13] which was reported to the Council on 2 September 1931,^[23] Councillor Sir Thomas White (Conservative Party,St. Domingo, elected 1 November 1928)^[24] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 7 October 1931,^[25][26] thereby causing a vacancy in the St. Domingo ward.

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Dr. Percy Henry Hayes (Labour,Vauxhall, last elected on 1 November 1929),^[32] which was reported to the Council on 21 October 1931.^[33]

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