# 1934 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1934. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Eight of the forty seats up for election were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
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| Labour | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Liberal | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Protestant | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1934 :
| Party | Seats | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 17 | 42.5% | 50% | 54,893 |
| Labour | 19 | 47.5% | 47% | 51,216 |
| Liberal | 1 | 2.5% | 3.4% | 3,749 |
| Independent | 2 | 2.5% | 0.88% | 970 |
| Protestant | 1 | 2.5% | 6.2% | 6,786 |

## Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1931 election results.

### Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Arthur Lumb | 1,535 | 51% |
| | Conservative | Alexander Maver Finlason * | 1,496 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 39 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,633 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,031 | 31% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Eric Errington | 2,001 | 59% |
| | Liberal | Arthur Donald Dennis | 1,418 | 41% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 583 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,653 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,419 | 35% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Allerton

No. 35 Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson * | 1,181 | 66% |
| | Labour | Cedrick Ernest Hargreaves | 612 | 34% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 569 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,639 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,793 | 39% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Anfield

No. 29 Anfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George Young Williamson * | 2,244 | 65% |
| | Labour | Robert Hugh Williams | 1,227 | 35% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,017 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,696 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,471 | 32% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Henry James Pearson jun. * | 1,880 | 52% |
| | Labour | Alfred Walker Boothman | 1,365 | 38% |
| | Protestant | George Edward Lewis | 389 | 11% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 515 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,353 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,634 | 35% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Patrick Moorhead * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,580 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Herbert Neville Bewley | 565 | 66% |
| | Ind. Conservative | William Edward MacLachlan | 295 | 34% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 270 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,203 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 860 | 39% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Childwall

No. 38 Childwall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Mrs. Christine Maud Boyle | 907 | 51% |
| | Conservative | Gifford Cameron Ollason * | 866 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,854 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,773 | 46% |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Croxteth

No. 40 Croxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alfred Hargreaves | 3,617 | 64% |
| | Conservative | John Loughlin | 1,602 | 29% |
| | Protestant | Francis Kenny | 392 | 7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,015 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,330 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,611 | 32% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Dingle

No. 12 Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John David Towers | 3,915 | 59% |
| | Conservative | Mrs.Nancy Proctor * | 2,691 | 41% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,224 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,330 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,606 | 43% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mrs.Agnes Mitton | 2,499 | 53% |
| | Conservative | Stabley Ronald Williams * | 2,212 | 47% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 287 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,827 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,711 | 37% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Everton

No. 21 Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Nickson | 3,296 | 75% |
| | Conservative | Murray Rowland Fletcher Rogers | 1,086 | 25% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,210 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,827 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,382 | 34% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Exchange

No. 5 Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Peter Kavanagh * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,383 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon * | 1,776 | 58% |
| | Labour | Richard Thomas Hughes | 1,292 | 42% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 484 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,385 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,068 | 30% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Francis Lavery | 2,203 | 50% |
| | Conservative | William Edward Backhouse | 1,898 | 43% |
| | Protestant | Ronald Frederick Henderson | 271 | 6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 305 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,422 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,372 | 38% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Garston

No. 37 Garston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Herbert Webster | 2,436 | 57% |
| | Conservative | Joseph Williams * | 1,302 | 32% |
| | Protestant | James Moore | 524 | 12% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,134 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,395 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,262 | 58% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Granby

No. 14 Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Miss Mary Agnes Cumella | 1,922 | 57% |
| | Liberal | Henry Humphreys Jones | 1,424 | 43% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 498 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,914 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,346 | 34% |
| | Labour gain from Liberal | Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | |

### Great George

No. 10 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Hamilton | 1,121 | 66% |
| | Democratic Labour | Walter Oscar Stein | 569 | 34% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 552 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,916 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,690 | 34% |
| | Labour gain from Democratic Labour | Labour gain from Democratic Labour | | |

### Kensington

No. 19 Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Case | 2,233 | 58% |
| | Labour | Mrs. Sarah Ann Demain | 1,587 | 42% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 646 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,041 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,820 | 35% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | William James Riddick | 3,204 | 42% |
| | Conservative | Francis Samuel Henwood Ashcroft * | 3,171 | 42% |
| | Protestant | George Henry Dunbar | 1,222 | 16% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 33 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,985 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,597 | 45% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Little Woolton

No. 39 Little Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Rupert Henry Bremner * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 744 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Frederick Charles Pasco | 2,235 | 54% |
| | Conservative | George William Prout | 1,934 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 301 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,171 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,169 | 37% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Ernest Whitley | 731 | 40% |
| | Conservative | Isaac Robinson | 724 | 40% |
| | Ratepayers | Charles Frederick Hind | 227 | 12% |
| | Labour | Andre John Holman | 140 | 8% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,591 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,822 | 70% |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Dr. Joseph Sytner | 2,344 | 38% |
| | Protestant | Richard Bradley | 1,912 | 31% |
| | Conservative | William John Matthew Clark * | 1,855 | 30% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 432 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,544 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,111 | 53% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Patrick Fay | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,561 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Waterworth * | 3,145 | 53% |
| | Labour | Thomas Ernest Martin | 2,792 | 47% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 353 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,065 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,937 | 35% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alfred Demain | 1,985 | 51% |
| | Conservative | James Burrows Noble | 1,912 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 73 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,860 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,897 | 40% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Thomas Henry Dunford * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,194 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | John David Mack * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,228 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Protestant | William Reuben Price | 1,452 | 33% |
| | Conservative | Charles Harold Leftwich * | 1,411 | 32% |
| | Labour | Frederick Stapleton | 1,379 | 31% |
| | Protestant | Henry Smith Revill | 193 | 4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,435 | |
| | Protestant gain from Conservative | Protestant gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sydney James Hill | 623 | 58% |
| | Labour | Stanley Part | 445 | 42% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 178 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,761 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,068 | 39% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | George Webster Green Armour | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,892 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | James Graham Reece * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,575 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Joseph Harrington * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,428 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joseph Leo Carney | 1,016 | 81% |
| | Democratic Labour | Mrs. Martha Veronica Fernie | 239 | 19% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 777 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,715 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,255 | 34% |
| | Labour gain from Democratic Labour | Labour gain from Democratic Labour | | |

### Walton

No. 25 Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Reginald Richard Bailey * | 3,080 | 51% |
| | Labour | John Thomas Kenny | 2,527 | 42% |
| | Protestant | Robert Bradley | 431 | 7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 553 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,305 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,038 | 37% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alexander Critchley * | 2,585 | 69% |
| | Labour | Albert Smitton | 1,140 | 31% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,445 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,539 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,725 | 30% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Village * | 3,232 | 73% |
| | Ind. Labour Party | Donald Henry James | 1,184 | 27% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,048 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,209 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,416 | 29% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Naphtali Julius Price * | 1,766 | 56% |
| | Labour | Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd | 1,376 | 44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 390 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,813 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,142 | 36% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### West Derby

No. 28 West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert Duncan-French * | 3,853 | 66% |
| | Labour | Laurence William Kennan | 2,006 | 34% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,847 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 18,854 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,859 | 31% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

## Aldermanic Elections
### Aldermanic Election 6 February 1935

Following the death on 8 January 1935 of Alderman Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Conservative, elected as an alderman possibly following the death on 29 October 1932 of Alderman Joseph Dalton Flood. In his place, Councillor Alfred Gates JP (Liberal, elected for Anfield on 1 November 1932) of 15 Childwall Priory Road, Liverpool, was elected as an alderman on 6 February 1935.
Aldermanic Election 6 February 1935 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Allocated ward |
| | Liberal | Councillor Alfred Gates | 61 | 58% | No. 1 Sandhills |
| | Labour | Councillor Lawrence King | 44 | 42% | Not elected |
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1938.

### Aldermanic Election 6 March 1935

Following the death on 23 January 1935 of Alderman John Clancy (Labour, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929), Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. (Conservative, elected to the Castle Street ward at a by election on 29 November 1932 ), Managing Director of Red Rocks, Stanley Road, Hoylake, was elected as an alderman on 6 March 1935.
Aldermanic Election 6 March 1935 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Allocated ward |
| | Conservative | Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. | 56 | 58% | No. 10 Great George |
| | Labour | Councillor Lawrence King | 40 | 42% | Not elected |
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1935.

## By-elections
### No. 1 Sandhills, 29 November 1934

Caused by the death of Councillor James William Joseph Baker (Labour, elected for the Sandhills ward on 1 November 1932)
No. 1 Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Stanley Part | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,194 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### No. 19 Kensington, 26 February 1935

Caused by the resignation of Councillor John Moores (Conservative, elected to the Kensington ward on 1 November 1933).
No. 19 Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jack Cresswell | 2,018 | 57% |
| | Labour | Mrs. Sarah Ann Demain | 1,500 | 43% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 518 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,041 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,518 | 32% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### No. 5 Exchange, 28 February 1935

Caused by the death on 20 December 1934 of Councillor Miss Alice McCormick (Centre, elected 1 November 1932).
No. 5 Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Thomas Patrick Staunton | 640 | 61% |
| | Centre | Joseph Gorman | 417 | 39% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 223 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,383 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,057 | 44% |
| | Independent gain from Centre | Independent gain from Centre | | |

### No. 29 Anfield, 26 March 1935

Following the death on 8 January 1935 of Alderman Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Conservative, elected as an alderman possibly following the death on 29 October 1932 of Alderman Joseph Dalton Flood. In his place, Councillor Alfred Gates JP (Liberal, elected for Anfield on 1 November 1932) of 15 Childwall Priory Road, Liverpool, was elected as an alderman on 6 February 1935.
No. 29 Anfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Alfred Rennick Gates | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,696 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### No. 7 Castle Street

Following the death on 23 January 1935 of Alderman John Clancy (Labour, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929), Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. (Conservative, elected to the Castle Street ward at a by election on 29 November 1932 ) was elected as an alderman on 6 March 1935.
No. 7 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,203 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | | | Swing |