# 1923 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1923.
One third of the council seats were up for election. The term of office for each councillor being three years.
Twelve of the thirty-nine seats up for election were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | 65 | ?? | 25 | 90 |
| Liberal | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Irish Nationalist | 21 | ?? | 3 | 24 |
| National Liberal | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Independent | 10 | ?? | 4 | 14 |
| Labour | 3 | ?? | 2 | 5 |
| Protestant | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Communist | 1 | ?? | 0 | 1 |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1923 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 23 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 60% | 40% | 40,321 |
| Irish Nationalist | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21% | 18% | 18,346 |
| Liberal | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13% | 13% | 12,809 |
| National Liberal | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5% | 1.9% | 1,966 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0% | 26% | 26,127 |
| Unemployed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.82% | 835 |
| Patriotic Protestant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.051% | 52 |

## Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1920 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in 1920.

### Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Cuthbert Frederick Francis | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Albert Edward Jacob * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### Allerton

No. 35 Allerton - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National Liberal | Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson | 518 | 35% | |
| | Conservative | William James Austin | 475 | 32% | |
| | Liberal | Frank Williams | 388 | 26% | |
| | Independent | J.H. Naylor junr. | 116 | 8% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 130 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,385 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 749 | 54% | |
| | National Liberal gain from Conservative | National Liberal gain from Conservative | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Anfield

No. 29 Anfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Alfred Gates | 2,400 | 47% |
| | Conservative | John Parry Thomas | 1,866 | 36% |
| | Labour | William John Daniel | 855 | 17% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 543 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,448 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,121 | 54% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Alfred Griffiths * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Irish Nationalist | Lawrence King * | 3,488 | 96% |
| | Labour | James Henry Dutton | 154 | 4.2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,334 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,197 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,642 | 44% |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | |

### Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Frederick William Frodsham | 793 | 65% |
| | Liberal | Thomas Royal Little | 418 | 35% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 375 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,668 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,211 | 45% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Childwall

No. 38 Childwall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Lady Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Dingle

No. 12 Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joseph Dalton Flood * | 4,803 | 58% |
| | Labour | Joseph Gibbins | 3,482 | 42% |
| | Unemployed | Dewi Protheroe | 56 | 0.67% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,321 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,963 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,341 | 60% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Daniel Charles Williams * | 2,920 | 50% |
| | Labour | Charles Burden | 2,690 | 46% |
| | Irish Nationalist | William Henry McGuiness | 182 | 3% |
| | Patriotic Protestant | Charles Stamper | 52 | 0.89% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 230 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,328 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,844 | 47% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Everton

No. 21 Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Ellis * | 3,177 | 65% |
| | Labour | John Henry Naylor | 1,590 | 33% |
| | Unemployed | John Young | 182 | 3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,587 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,850 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,882 | 38% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Exchange

No. 5 Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Irish Nationalist | Miss Alice McCormick | 904 | 59% |
| | Liberal | Mark Philip Rathbone | 575 | 37% |
| | Independent | Joseph Masterman | 50 | 3% |
| | Unemployed | John Bingham | 7 | 0.5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 329 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,747 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,536 | 56% |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | |

### Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | National Liberal | James Hughes * | 1,966 | 54% |
| | Liberal | Walter Henry Davies | 1,654 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 312 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,159 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,620 | 40% |
| | National Liberal gain from Labour | National Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Albert Harwood Letheren | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Garston

No. 37 Garston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Case | 1,841 | 49% |
| | Labour | Henry Osmond Pugh | 1,375 | 37% |
| | Liberal | James Scott | 530 | 14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 466 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,897 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,746 | 64% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Granby

No. 14 Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Great George

No. 10 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Irish Nationalist | William Grogan * | 1,587 | 83% |
| | Labour | George Henry Bennett | 322 | 17% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,265 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,461 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43% | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | |

### Kensington

No. 19 Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joseph Ashworth * | 2,970 | 59% |
| | Labour | Frederick Jones | 2,098 | 41% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 872 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,677 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,068 | 47% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Dr. Archibald Gordon Gullan | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Richard Henry Mitchell * | 2,432 | 49% |
| | Labour | Thomas Joseph Rowan | 1,770 | 36% |
| | Irish Nationalist | Joseph Lougran | 708 | 14% |
| | Unemployed | Philip Maguire | 33 | 0.67% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 662 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,129 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,943 | 49% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | John Francis Roskell Reynolds | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Edward McLaclan | 2,655 | 62% |
| | Patriotic Protestant | Christopher Haigh | 1,155 | 27% |
| | Labour | George Chadwick | 470 | 11% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,510 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,291 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,290 | 38% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Irish Nationalist | John Patrick Farrelly | 2,412 | 51% |
| | Labour | Edward Campbell | 2,283 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 129 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,075 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,695 | 58% |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | |

### Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alfred Ernest Shennan * | 3,011 | 60% |
| | Labour | Herbert Edward Rose | 1,965 | 39% |
| | Irish Nationalist | William O'Neil | 67 | 1.3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,046 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,476 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,043 | 44% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Alfred Wood * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Irish Nationalist | James William Baker * | 2,680 | 84% |
| | Labour | Patrick Roy | 353 | 11% |
| | Unemployed | Daniel Williams | 161 | 5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,327 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,711 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,194 | 37% |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | |

### St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Irish Nationalist | Patrick Alfred Durkin * | 2,155 | 62% |
| | Labour | Richard McCann | 903 | 26% |
| | Unemployed | Alexander Phillips | 432 | 12% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,252 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,412 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,490 | 37% |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | |

### St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | William Edward Backhouse * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Lawrence Durning Holt * | 946 | 65% |
| | Independent | Frederick Bowman | 333 | 23% |
| | Irish Nationalist | Owen Geraghty | 155 | 11% |
| | Unemployed | Isaac Edward Ashton | 16 | 1.1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 613 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,729 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,450 | 53% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Michael Cory Dixon * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Frank Campbell Wilson * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Irish Nationalist | John Gerald Murphy | 2,841 | 59% |
| | Labour | David Gilbert Logan * | 2,014 | 41% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 827 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,269 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,855 | 59% |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | |

### Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Irish Nationalist | Dr. Percy Hayes | 1,167 | 79% |
| | Labour | Joseph McChrystal | 294 | 20% |
| | Unemployed | Joseph William Veldman | 15 | 1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 873 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,720 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,476 | 40% |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | |

### Walton

No. 25 Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George Miller Platt * | 3,029 | 78% |
| | Liberal | Joseph Edward Freeman | 842 | 22% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,187 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,471 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,871 | 31% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Albert Thompson * | 2,287 | 61% |
| | Liberal | William Pritchard | 1,467 | 39% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 820 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,963 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,754 | 34% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Henry Langton Beckwith * | 2,184 | 47% |
| | Liberal | Hugh Frame | 1,318 | 29% |
| | Labour | Robert Tissyman | 1,110 | 24% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 866 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,314 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,612 | 45% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Edwin Haigh * | 1,915 | 45% |
| | Liberal | Alexander Maber Finlason | 1,193 | 28% |
| | Labour | Charles Matthew Belk | 1,129 | 27% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 722 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,396 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,237 | 50% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### West Derby

No. 28 West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Frederick William Riley * | 3,953 | 63% |
| | Labour | Henry Arthur Crick | 1,270 | 20% |
| | Liberal | Samuel Skelton jun. | 1,078 | 17% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,683 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,909 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,301 | 49% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

## Aldermanic Elections
### Aldermanic Election 9 November 1923

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1923, the terms of office of eighteen alderman expired.
The following eighteen were elected as Aldermen by the councillors on 9 November 1923 for a term of six years.
* - re-elected aldermen.
| Party | Alderman |
| Conservative | William James Burgess JP * |
| Conservative | Harold Edward Davies |
| Conservative | Thomas Dowd * |
| Conservative | John Edwards |
| Conservative | Sir William Bower Forwood DL JP * |
| Conservative | John Gordon |
| Conservative | Robert Charles Herman * |
| Conservative | Samuel Mason Hutchinson JP * |
| Conservative | Arthur Stanley Mather JP * |
| Conservative | Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell JP * |
| Conservative | John George Moyles JP * |
| Conservative | William Muirhead JP * |
| Conservative | John George Paris * |
| Conservative | Charles Henry Rutherford * |
| Irish Nationalist | John Gregory Taggart JP * |
| Conservative | John Utting JP * |
| Conservative | James Wilson Walker * |
| Conservative | Hartley Wilson JP * |

### Aldermanic Election 4 June 1924

Caused by the death of Alderman William Henry Watts (Liberal, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920) on 13 March 1924 .
In his place Councillor James Bolger (Irish Nationalist), North Scotland, elected 1 November 1921) was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 4 June 1924 .
| Party | Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires |
| | Irish Nationalist | James Bolger | No. 6 St. Anne's | 1926 |

## By-elections
### No. 13 Princes Park, 22 November 1923

Caused by the resignation of Councillor David Jackson (Conservative, Prince's Park, elected 1 November 1922) which was reported to the Council on 9 November 1923
No. 13 Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Mawdsley Ritchie | 2,636 | 70% |
| | Labour | Louise Hughes | 1,128 | 30% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,508 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,764 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
The term of office to expire on 1 November 1925.

### No. 17 Aigburth, 17 January 1924

Caused by the death on 19 December 1923 of Councillor John Ritchie (Conservative, Aigburth, elected 1 November 1921) .
No. 17 Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Edward James Deane | 1,407 | 52% |
| | Liberal | Colonel Albert Melly | 1,319 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 88 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,726 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### No. 23 Netherfield, 9 April 1924

Caused by the election of Councillor Harold Edward Davies (Conservative, Netherfield, elected 1 November 1921) as an alderman by the councillors on 9 November 1923
No. 22 Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alfred Michael Urding | 2,134 | 76% |
| | | Christopher Haigh | 673 | 24% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,461 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,291 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,807 | 25% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### No. 12 Dingle, 30 July 1924

Caused by the death of Councillor William Pemberton Coslett (Liberal, Dingle, elected 1 November 1921) on 16 October 1923 which was reported to the Council on 24 October 1923.
No. 12 Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Frank Bennett Brown | 3,769 | 52% |
| | | Horace Godden Cole | 3,420 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 349 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,963 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,189 | 51% |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | |

### No. 2 North Scotland 10 July 1924

Caused by the election by the councillors of Councillor James Bolger (Irish Nationalist), North Scotland, elected 1 November 1921) as an alderman on 4 June 1924, following the death of Alderman William Henry Watts (Liberal, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920) on 13 March 1924.
No. 2 North Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Gilbert Logan | 3,272 | 79% |
| | | Thomas Joseph Hennessy | 881 | 21% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,391 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,075 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,153 | 51% |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | |