# 1927 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1927.
One third of the council seats were up for election. The term of office for each councillor being three years.
Two of the thirty-nine seats up for election were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | 64 | -4 | 28 | 92 |
| Labour | 24 | +6 | 1 | 25 |
| Catholic | 16 | 0 | 5 | 21 |
| Liberal | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| Protestant | 1 | -1 | 0 | `1 |
| Independent | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 |

## Election result

Liverpool local election result 1927 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % |
| Conservative | 20 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 51% |
| Labour | 13 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 33% |
| Catholic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8% |
| Liberal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3% |
| Protestant | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0% |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |

## Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1924 election results.

### Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Thomas Roberts * | 2,077 | 62% |
| | Labour | Samuel Sydney Silverman | 1,274 | 38% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 803 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,218 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,351 | 36% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Edward James Deane * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Allerton

No. 35 Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George Alfred Strong * | 837 | 65% |
| | Liberal | Neil Norman McKinnon | 362 | 28% |
| | Labour | Thomas Crossland | 84 | 7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 475 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,872 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,283 | 45% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Anfield

No. 29 Anfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Arthur Richard Price | 1,952 | 44% |
| | Conservative | Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon * | 1,639 | 37% |
| | Labour | Robert Joseph McDonnell | 845 | 19% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 794 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,061 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,436 | 45% |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Thomas Henry Burton * | 2,081 | 52% |
| | Labour | William James Riddick | 1,947 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 134 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,697 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,028 | 42% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Thomas Hanley | 3,431 | 79% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Henry Nabb | 930 | 21% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,501 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,589 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,361 | 51% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | William Denton * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Childwall

No. 38 Childwall 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Herbert John Davis * | 777 | 64% |
| | Conservative | Edward Norman Heath | 719 | 59% |
| | Labour | Mary Lilian Hamilton | 438 | 36% |
| | Labour | Charles Matthew Belk | 382 | 31% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 339 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,107 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,215 | 58% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Dingle

No. 12 Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Frank Bennett Brown * | 4,092 | 52% |
| | Labour | William Jones | 3,811 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 281 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,428 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,903 | 55% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Robert Tissyman * | 3,230 | 58% |
| | Conservative | Richard Roberts | 2,301 | 42% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 929 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,616 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,531 | 44% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Everton

No. 21 Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Bertie Kirby * | 3,809 | 68% |
| | Conservative | Joseph Gardner | 1,826 | 32% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,983 | 36% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,647 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,635 | 45% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Exchange

No. 5 Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Catholic | John Quinn * | 910 | 85% |
| | Labour | Joseph Nugent | 123 | 12% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 787 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,710 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,033 | |
| | Catholic hold | Catholic hold | Swing | |

### Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Charles Sydney Jones * | 2,475 | 64% |
| | Labour | Victor Harold Edgar Baker | 1,411 | 36% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,064 | 28% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,478 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,886 | 41% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George Herbert Charters * | 1,053 | 70% |
| | Labour | Jane Billing Davison | 459 | 30% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 594 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,366 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,512 | 35% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Garston

No. 37 Garston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joseph Jackson Cleary | 2,011 | 50.2% |
| | Conservative | Edward Wrake Turner * | 1,993 | 49.8% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,400 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,004 | 63% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Granby

No. 14 Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James Johnstone | 1,873 | 44% |
| | Conservative | Rosa Hoch * | 1,361 | 32% |
| | Liberal | Arthur Donald Dennis | 986 | 23% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 512 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,322 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,220 | 45% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Great George

No. 10 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Loughlin | 1,265 | 56% |
| | Catholic | John Patrick Bligh | 810 | 36% |
| | Independent Catholic | Thomas Joseph Marner * | 125 | 6% |
| | People's | William Joseph Doyle | 67 | 3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 455 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,840 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,267 | 47% |
| | Labour gain from Catholic | Labour gain from Catholic | Swing | |

### Kensington

No. 19 Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ambrose Fry | 3,202 | 55% |
| | Labour | William Richard Blair | 2,634 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 586 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,846 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,836 | 54% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Frederick Jones | 2,874 | 50.1% |
| | Conservative | Charles Porter * | 2,868 | 49.9% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,680 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,742 | 37% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Edward Gerard Deery | 2,835 | 56% |
| | Conservative | Alfred Gaskell Alsop * | 2,229 | 44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 606 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,305 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,064 | 49% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Edward Stirling Napier | 683 | 72% |
| | Labour | Frederick Stapleton | 262 | 28% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 421 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,801 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 945 | 52% |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |

### Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alfred Michael Urding * | 3,164 | 50.5% |
| | Labour | John Bagot | 3,102 | 49.5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 62 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,590 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,266 | 54% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Gilbert Logan * | 3,059 | 59% |
| | Catholic | James O'Hare | 2,098 | 40% |
| | Independent Labour | Edward Campbell | 30 | 1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 961 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,214 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,187 | 63% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Parry Thomas * | 2,520 | 55% |
| | Labour | Sarah Anne McArd | 2,072 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 448 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,949 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,592 | 35% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Margaret Beavan * | 2,919 | 64% |
| | Labour | Robert Edwards | 1,621 | 36% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,298 | 28% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,256 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,540 | 49% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Wolfe Tone Morrissey | 2,638 | 64% |
| | Catholic | Christopher Maguire | 1,492 | 36% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,146 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,841 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,130 | 47% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James Sexton * | 2,152 | 56% |
| | Catholic | Cornelius Devlin | 1,666 | 44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 486 | 12% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,525 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,818 | 45% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Hamilton | 2,243 | 54% |
| | Protestant | Albert Clayton * | 1,948 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 295 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,101 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,191 | 38% |
| | Labour gain from Protestant | Labour gain from Protestant | Swing | |

### St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Burton William Eills * | 806 | 80% |
| | Independent | Frederick Bowman | 198 | 20% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 608 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,885 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,004 | 35% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George Edward Holme * | 1,941 | 53% |
| | Liberal | Aled Owen Roberts | 1,735 | 47% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 206 | 6% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,688 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,675 | 42% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mabel Fletcher * | 2,093 | 75% |
| | Labour | Gertrude Annie Cole | 690 | 25% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,403 | 50% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,025 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,783 | 46% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Catholic | Mary O'Shea | 2,767 | 59% |
| | Labour | Joseph Harrington | 1,927 | 41% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 840 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,437 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,694 | 56% |
| | Catholic gain from Labour | Catholic gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Catholic | Joseph Belger * | 1,171 | 77% |
| | Labour | Patrick Duffy | 349 | 23% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 822 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,723 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,520 | 41% |
| | Catholic hold | Catholic hold | Swing | |

### Walton

No. 25 Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert John Hall | 2,868 | 56% |
| | Labour | Thomas Herbert Pye | 2,284 | 44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 584 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,312 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,152 | 34% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Hill * | 2,494 | 70% |
| | Labour | John Fraser | 1,094 | 30% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,400 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,572 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,588 | 31% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Morris Griffith * | 2,728 | 62% |
| | Labour | William Sidney Dytor | 1,700 | 38% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,028 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,737 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,428 | 35% |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | |

### Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ernest Whiteley | 1,856 | 39% |
| | Conservative | Charles Henry Barker * | 1,589 | 33% |
| | Liberal | John Richard Hobhouse | 1,313 | 28% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 267 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,402 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,758 | 57% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### West Derby

No. 28 West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Hickman Dovener * | 3,304 | 61% |
| | Labour | George Henry Boothman | 2,094 | 39% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,210 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,837 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,398 | 34% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

## By-elections
### No. 16 Sefton Park West, 1 December 1927

Following the death on 17 February 1927 of Alderman Sir John Utting D.L, Councillor Frank Campbell Wilson (Liberal, Sefton Park West, elected unopposed 1 November 1926) was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 5 October 1927.
No. 16 Sefton Park West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ronald Percy Clayton | 1,955 | 74% |
| | Labour | Gertrude Annie Cole | 675 | 26% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,280 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,025 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,630 | 44% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### No. 18 Edge Hill, 17 September 1928

The resignation of Councillor William Smith (Labour, Edge Hill, elected 1 November 1926) was reported to the council on 5 September 1928.
No. 18 Edge Hill 17 September 1928 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alexander Griffin | 3,144 | 55% |
| | Conservative | Henry Gladstone Grace | 2,368 | 42% |
| | Communist | Leo Joseph McGree | 172 | 3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 776 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,616 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,684 | 45% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |