# 1910 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1910.
Fourteen of the thirty-four wards were not contested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | -4 | ?? | ?? |
| Liberal | ?? | +3 | ?? | ?? |
| Irish Nationalist | ?? | 0 | ?? | ?? |
| Labour | ?? | +1 | ?? | ?? |
| Independent | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1910 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 19 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 56% | 56% | 19,448 |
| Liberal | 10 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 30% | 29% | 10,104 |
| Irish Nationalist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9% | 0% | 0 |
| Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1% | 10% | 3,541 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3% | 4% | 1,521 |

## Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1907 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

### Abercromby

No. 18 Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Thomas James Smith the younger * | 761 | 61% |
| | Liberal | Miss Harriet Mary Johnson | 487 | 39% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 274 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,344 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,248 | 53% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Aigburth

No. 29 Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Parkfield Wethered | 704 | 54% |
| | Liberal | William Abercromby | 591 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 113 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,754 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,295 | 74% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Anfield

No. 3 Anfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Edward Russell-Taylor * | 628 | 80% |
| | Independent | William Robert Roberts | 154 | 20% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 474 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,170 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 782 | 25% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Rudd | 1,109 | 59% |
| | Liberal | Thomas Williams | 781 | 41% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 328 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,040 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,890 | 47% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Patrick Charles Kelly * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | James Philip Reynolds | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Dingle

No. 26 Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Algernon Charles Francis Henderson | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Edge Hill

No. 12 Edge Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Edward Whitley | 1,001 | 49% |
| | Conservative | Joseph Henry Harrison * | 952 | 47% |
| | Socialist | Charles Wilson | 69 | 3% |
| | Socialist | James Murphy | 8 | 0.4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,525 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,030 | 45% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Everton

No. 9 Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gerald Kyffin-Taylor MP* | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Exchange

No. 16 Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Frederick Charles Bowring | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Fairfield

No. 4 Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | James Hughes junior * | 1,118 | 53% |
| | Conservative | Dr. Francis William Bailey | 989 | 47% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 129 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,864 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,107 | 55% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Garston

No. 30 Garston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Frederick James Rawlinson * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Granby

No. 22 Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone * | 1,211 | 61% |
| | Conservative | Robert Richards | 769 | 39% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 442 | 22% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,555 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,980 | 56% |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |

### Great George

No. 17 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Samuel Skelton | 575 | 51% |
| | Conservative | Dr.Albert Edward Davis * | 559 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,608 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,134 | 71% |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Kensington

No. 11 Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Samuel Mason Hatchinson * | 1,404 | 75% |
| | Labour | Arthur Kilpin Bulley | 470 | 25% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 934 | 50% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,537 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,874 | 41% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John George Paris * | 1,620 | 63% |
| | Labour | John Wolfe Tone Morrissey | 948 | 37% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 672 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,314 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,568 | 41% |
| | Conservative gain from Protestant | Conservative gain from Protestant | Swing | |

### Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Boote * | 895 | 60% |
| | Labour | George Nelson | 602 | 40% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 293 | 20% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,624 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,497 | 41% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Ball | 792 | 72% |
| | Independent | William Henry Archer | 310 | 28% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 482 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,514 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,102 | 31% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | George Jeremy Lynskey * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |

### Old Swan

No. 28A Old Swan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Charles Burchall * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Charles Henry Rutherford | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Alfred Gates | 1,066 | 59% |
| | Conservative | John Lucas Rankin | 736 | 41% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 330 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,199 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,802 | 56% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Dr. James Clement Baxter * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Dr. Charles Alexander Hill * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | John Byrne | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James Stuart Rankin | 1,238 | 55% |
| | Liberal | John Morris | 1.033 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 205 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,729 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,271 | 61% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Frank Campbell Wilson | 875 | 52% |
| | Conservative | Fred Pritchard * | 800 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 75 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,401 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,675 | 70% |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | Francis Joseph Harford * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |

### Vauxhall

No. 15 Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | Joseph Hughes * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |

### Walton

No. 3A Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Dr. John George Moyles * | 1,627 | 76% |
| | Labour | Harry Dawson Large | 520 | 24% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,107 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,715 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,147 | 46% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Warbreck

No. 27 Warbreck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Thomas Fleming | 978 | 54% |
| | Conservative | Sydney Edward Davies * | 850 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 128 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,792 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,828 | 48% |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert Stephen Porter | 1,040 | 55% |
| | Liberal | Harry Trevor Ellis | 865 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 175 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,593 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,905 | 53% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Cecil Heywood Brunner | 1,119 | 55% |
| | Conservative | Harold Edward Davies | 909 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 210 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,503 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,028 | 58% |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### West Derby

No. 28 West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson * | 1,066 | 63% |
| | Liberal | Clement Freeman | 615 | 37% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 450 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,295 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,682 | 51% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

## Aldermanic Elections
### Aldermanic Election 9 November 1910

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1910, the terms of office of seventeen alderman expired.
The following seventeen were elected as Aldermen by the councillors on 9 November 1910 for a term of six years.
* - re-elected aldermen.
| Party | Alderman | Ward |
| Conservative | William Bartlett * | Brunswick |
| Liberal | William Benjamin Bowring JP * | Exchange |
| Liberal | Edmond Brownbill * | South Scotland |
| Conservative | Edward James Chevalier | Aigburth |
| Irish Nationalist | Dr. Andrew Commins MP * | Vauxhall |
| Conservative | Arthur Crosthwaite * | Anfield |
| Conservative | Charles Herbert Giles * | Prince's Park |
| Liberal | Jacob Reuben Grant * | Old Swan |
| Liberal | Richard Robert Meade-King * | Sandhills |
| Conservative | Thomas Menlove JP * | Breckfield |
| Conservative | Sir Charles Petrie * | Warbreck |
| Irish Nationalist | Edward Purcell * | North Scotland |
| Conservative | Archibald Tutton Salvidge the younger JP * | Abercromby |
| Conservative | Anthony Shelmerdine | Sefton Park West |
| Liberal | Frederick Smith * | Castle Street |
| Liberal | William Henry Watts * | St. Anne's |
| Conservative | William Humphrey Williams * | St. Domingo |

### Aldermanic Election 3 May 1911

Caused by the death of Alderman Joachim Nicolas Stolterfoht (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1907) on 8 March 1911, which was reported to the Council on 5 April 1911. In his place, Councillor Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Conservative, West Derby, elected 1 November 1910) was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 3 May 1911.
| Party | Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires |
| | Conservative | Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson | No.5 Wavertree | 1910 |

## By-Elections
### No.10 Low Hill, 24 November 1910

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Anthony Shelmerdine (Conservative, Low Hill, elected 1 November 1909) by the Council on 9 November 1910.
No. 10 Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Dr. Francis William Bailey | 999 | 52% |
| | Labour | George Nelson | 909 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 90 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,624 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,908 | 53% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### No. 24A Sefton Park East, 2 May 1911

Caused by the death of Councillor John Japp JP (Liberal, Sefton Park East, elected 1 November 1909) on 27 March 1911, which was reported to the Council on 5 April 1911 .
No. 24A Sefton Park East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Alexander Allan Paton | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |
The Term of Office to expire on 1 November 1912.

### No. 12 Edge Hill, 27 April 1911

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Edward Whitley (Labour, elected 1 November 1910), which was reported to the Council on 5 April 1911.
No. 12 Edge Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Frederick Bennett Brough | 1,017 | 55% |
| | | William Richard Blair | 848 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 169 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,525 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,865 | 41% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

### No. 28 West Derby, 23 May 1911

Caused by the election of Councillor Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Conservative, West Derby, elected 1 November 1910) as an alderman by the Council on 3 May 1911.
No. 28 West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | | Thomas Ithell | 600 | 56% |
| | | Thomas Utley | 468 | 44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 450 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,295 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,068 | 32% |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing | |

### No. 13 North Scotland, 5 August 1911

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Dr. Joseph Maguire (Irish Nationalist, North Scotland, elected unopposed 1 November 1909)
No. 13 North Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | John Clancy | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |