# 1931 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1931.
Nine of the forty seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | +8 | ?? | ?? |
| Labour | ?? | -9 | ?? | ?? |
| Liberal | ?? | 0 | ?? | ?? |
| Democratic Labour | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Independent | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Protestant | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1931 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 31 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 76% | 55% | 75,431 |
| Labour | 5 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 13% | 35% | 48,122 |
| Liberal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3% | | |
| Democratic Labour | 2 | | | | 5% | | |
| Independent | 1 | | | | | | |
| Protestant | | | | | | | |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | | |

## Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1930 election results.

### Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alexander Maver Finlason | 2,447 | 74% |
| | Labour | Bernard Louis Meyer | 851 | 26% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,596 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,493 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,298 | 35% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Wilfred Bowring Stoddart * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,379 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Allerton

No. 35 Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson * | 1,624 | 83% |
| | Labour | Miss Elsie Emily Louise Hickling | 337 | 17% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,287 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,961 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Anfield

No. 29 Anfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | George Young Williamson * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Henry James Pearson jr. | 3,066 | 71% |
| | Labour | Alfred Hargreaves | 1,281 | 29% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,785 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,369 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,347 | 42% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Patrick Moorhead * | 3,442 | 74% |
| | Conservative | David Jukes | 1,190 | 26% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,252 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,088 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,632 | 51% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Alfred Ernest Shennan | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Childwall

No. 38 Childwall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Gifford Cameron Ollason | 1,094 | 57% |
| | Liberal | Alan Carmichael Williams | 816 | 43% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 278 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,105 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,910 | 62% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Croxteth

No. 40 Croxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Frederick Walter Anderson | 2,096 | 49% |
| | Labour | Mrs.Mary Lilian Hamilton | 2,000 | 47% |
| | Independent | Charles William Heaton | 184 | 4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 96 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,851 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,280 | 39% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Dingle

No. 12 Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mrs. Nancy Proctor | 4,108 | 48% |
| | Labour | James Lawrenson | 3,027 | 35% |
| | Protestant | Richard Bradley | 1,501 | 17% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,081 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,469 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,636 | 56% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Stanley Ronald Williams | 3,772 | 62% |
| | Labour | Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd | 2,272 | 38% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,500 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,274 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,044 | 46% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Everton

No. 21 Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James McKay | 3,128 | 53% |
| | Labour | Albert Smitton | 2,735 | 47% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 393 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,500 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,863 | 43% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Exchange

No. 5 Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Peter Kavanagh * | 1,228 | 91% |
| | Labour | Samuel Sydney Silverman | 116 | 9% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,112 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,492 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,344 | 54% |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |

### Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon * | 3,444 | 76% |
| | Labour | Richard Thomas Hughes | 1,085 | 24% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,359 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,220 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,529 | 44% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ernest Tyson | 3,125 | 66% |
| | Labour | Francis Bernard Fitzpatrick * | 1,593 | 34% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,532 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,866 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,718 | 43% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Garston

No. 37 Garston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joseph Williams * | 2,189 | 55% |
| | Labour | William Sydney Dytor | 1,813 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 376 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,131 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,002 | 56% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Granby

No. 14 Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Sir Frederick Charles Bowring* | 2,974 | 75% |
| | Labour | James Johnstone | 1,015 | 25% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,959 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,918 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,989 | 40% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Great George

No. 10 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic Labour | Harry Leo Gaffeney * | 858 | 59% |
| | Labour | Patrick Campbell | 594 | 41% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 264 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,043 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,452 | 29% |
| | Democratic Labour hold | Democratic Labour hold | Swing | |

### Kensington

No. 19 Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joseph Gardner | 3,877 | 69% |
| | Labour | Joseph Whitehead | 1,708 | 31% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,169 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,351 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,585 | 49% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Francis Samuel Henwood Ashcroft | 3,801 | 44% |
| | Labour | Robert Joseph McDonnell * | 2,708 | 31% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,093 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,017 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,726 | 51% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Little Woolton

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

### Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Gordon Robert Kitchen | 3,334 | 59% |
| | Labour | Fred Robinson * | 2,273 | 41% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,061 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,271 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,607 | 50% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Herbert Neville Bewley | 885 | 52% |
| | Independent | Ernest Whiteley | 821 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 64 | 4% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,299 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,706 | 74% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William John Matthew Clark | 3,632 | 55% |
| | Labour | John Bagot * | 2,984 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 648 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,090 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,616 | 55% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

### North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Patrick Fay * | 2,966 | 88% |
| | Communist | Leo Joseph McGree | 412 | 12% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,554 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,758 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,378 | 39% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Waterworth * | 4,495 | 72% |
| | Labour | Alfred Demain | 1,780 | 28% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,715 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,881 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,275 | 40% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joseph Davies Griffiths * | 3,122 | 72% |
| | Labour | John Hamilton | 1,213 | 28% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,909 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,913 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,335 | 44% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Thomas Henry Dunford | 2,355 | 88% |
| | Communist | Mrs.Beatrice Bruce | 314 | 12% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 314 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,499 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,669 | 28% |
| | 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 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Charles Harold Leftwich | 2,292 | 41% |
| | Protestant | Albert Clayton | 1,848 | 33% |
| | Labour | Frederick Jones | 1,489 | 26% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 444 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,734 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,629 | 48% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Herbert Wolfe Levy | 973 | 81% |
| | Labour | Joseph Nugent | 232 | 19% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 741 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,979 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,205 | 40% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Captain Gordon Robertson | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | 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 | |
| | 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 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic Labour | Thomas Arthur Murphy | 849 | 57% |
| | Labour | Arthur Brian Hoer * | 642 | 43% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 207 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,783 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,491 | 39% |
| | Democratic Labour gain from Labour | Democratic Labour gain from Labour | | |

### Walton

No. 25 Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Reginald Richard Bailey | 5,530 | 75% |
| | Labour | William James Riddick | 1,888 | 25% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,642 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,395 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,418 | 45% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alexander Critchley * | 4,504 | 84% |
| | Labour | Richard Austin Rockliffe | 883 | 16% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,621 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,376 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,387 | 44% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Village | 4,767 | 77% |
| | Labour | John Reginald Bevins | 1,396 | 23% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,371 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,576 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,163 | 42% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Naphtali Julius Price | 2,936 | 67% |
| | Labour | Charles Matthew Belk | 1,444 | 33% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,492 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,906 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,380 | 49% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

### West Derby

No. 28 West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Robert Duncan-French * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

## Aldermanic elections
### Aldermanic election 9 November 1931

The term of office of Alderman Patrick Jeremiah Kelly (Independent (politician), expired on 9 November 1931), he was re-elected as an Alderman by the Councillors on the same date
Aldermanic Election 9 November 1931 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Allocated ward |
| | Independent | Patrick Jeremiah Kelly | 85 | 99% | No. 27 Fazakerley |
| | Independent | Peter Kavanagh | 1 | 1% | |

### Aldermanic election 1 June 1932

Caused by the death on 18 March 1932 of Alderman Charles Wilson (Labour, elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929). In his place Councillor Joseph Belger (Independent, last elected 1 November 1930) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 1 June 1932
Aldermanic Election 9 November 1931 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Allocated ward |
| | Independent | Councillor Joseph Belger | 42 | 62% | No. 18 Edge Hill |
| | Labour | Councillor Laurence King | 26 | 38% | |

### Aldermanic election 6 July 1932

Caused by the death on 13 May 1932 of Alderman Herbart John Davis (Conservative, elected as an alderman on 6 March 1929). In his place Mr. Richard Rutherford (Conservative, whose resignation as an alderman was reported to the Council on 7 October 1931) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 6 July 1932
Aldermanic Election 6 July 1932 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Allocated ward |
| | Conservative | Mr. Richard Rutherford | 46 | 79% | No. 34 Wavertree |
| | Labour | Councillor Laurence King | 18 | 21% | |
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1935.

## By-elections
### No. 4 Vauxhall, 3 November 1931

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Dr. Percy Henry Hayes (Labour, Vauxhall, last elected on 1 November 1929), which was reported to the Council on 21 October 1931.
No. 4 Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | | Stephen McBride | 771 | 61% |
| | Labour | Stanley Part | 486 | 39% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 285 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,783 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,257 | 33% |
| | gain from [[Labour|Labour]] | gain from [[Labour|Labour]] | Swing | |

### No. 34 Wavertree, 9 December 1931

Caused by the death of Councillor Albert Edward Martin (Conservative, elected to the Wavertree ward on 1 November 1929).
No. 34 Wavertree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Frederick Redmond | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,576 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### No. 4 Vauxhall, Tuesday 28 June 1932

Caused by the death on 18 March 1932 of Alderman Charles Wilson (Labour, elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929). In his place Councillor James Belger (Independent, last elected 1 November 1930) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 1 June 1932
No. 4 Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | James O'Hare | 801 | 55% |
| | Labour | Arthur Brian Hoer | 651 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 150 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,783 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,452 | 38% |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |

### No. 13 Prince's Park, 27 September 1932

Caused by the death on 25 August 1932 of Councillor Alfred Wood (Conservative, last elected 1 November 1929)
No. 13 Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Charles Roland Clare | 1,794 | 57% |
| | Labour | Alfred Demain | 1,331 | 43% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 463 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,913 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,125 | 32% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |