# 1913 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1913.
Due to the First World War this was the last contested local election, other than by-elections, until 1 November 1919.
Nineteen of the thirty-six seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | +4 | ?? | ?? |
| Liberal | ?? | -2 | ?? | ?? |
| Irish Nationalist | ?? | 0 | ?? | ?? |
| Labour | ?? | 0 | 0 | ?? |
| Independent | ?? | 0 | 0 | ?? |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1913 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % |
| Conservative | 24 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 67% |
| Liberal | 8 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 22% |
| Irish Nationalist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8% |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |

## Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1910 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

### Abercromby

No. 18 Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Joseph Walter Smith | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Aigburth

No. 36 Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | William Parkfield Wethered * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton

No. 34 Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Henry Glover | unopposed | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Anfield

No. 26 Anfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Edward Russell-Taylor * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Breckfield

No. 5 Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | William Rudd * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Brunswick

No. 19 Brunswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Patrick Charles Kelly * | 861 | 55% |
| | Conservative | William Fraser | 693 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 168 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,640 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,554 | 59% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Castle Street

No. 15 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | John Edward Rayner | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Dingle

No. 20 Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Alfred James Branwood * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Frederick Bennett Brough * | 1,323 | 51% |
| | Labour | Ernest Whiteley | 1,294 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 29 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,714 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,617 | 56% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Everton

No. 21 Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gerald Kyffin-Taylor M.P. * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Exchange

No. 13 Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Frederick Charles Bowring * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Fairfield

No. 25 Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | James Hughes junior * | 1,297 | 51% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Kusel | 1,238 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 59 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,045 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,535 | 63% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Garston

No. 37 Garston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Frederick James Rawlinson * | 1,234 | 63% |
| | Labour | George Porter | 713 | 37% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 521 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,353 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,947 | 83% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Granby

No. 24 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. 17 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Samuel Skelton * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Kensington

No. 19 Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Samuel Mason Hatchinson * | 1,617 | 63% |
| | Labour | Patrick McConville | 946 | 37% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 671 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,753 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,563 | 54% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John George Paris * | 1,900 | 63% |
| | Labour | James Clayton | 1,120 | 37% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 780 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,542 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,020 | 46% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Low Hill

No. 11 Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Boote * | 1,084 | 54% |
| | Labour | Joseph Patrick Cotter | 918 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 166 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,845 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,002 | 52% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Much Woolton

No. 35 Much Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Marsh | unopposed | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Netherfield

No. 3 Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Ball * | 1,116 | 60% |
| | Independent | Charles Rolls | 758 | 40% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 357 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,975 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,875 | 47% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### North Scotland

No. 7 North Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | William John Loughrey * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |

### Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Charles Burchall * | 1,056 | 64% |
| | Labour | Joseph Mooney | 606 | 36% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 450 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,909 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,662 | 43% |
| | 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 * | 1,207 | 56% |
| | Conservative | William Brady Anderson | 944 | 44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 263 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,423 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,151 | 63% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### St. Anne's

No. 14 St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Dr. James Clement Baxter * | 813 | 53% |
| | Conservative | Richard Joseph Ward | 735 | 47% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 78 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,665 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,548 | 58% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### St. Domingo

No. 6 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. 16 St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Lawrence Durning Holt | 655 | 59% |
| | Conservative | James Caughey Walker | 454 | 41% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 201 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,591 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,109 | 70% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Sefton Park East

No. 22 Sefton Park East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | James Stuart Rankin * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Sefton Park West

No. 21 Sefton Park West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Frank Campbell Wilson * | 989 | 56% |
| | Conservative | Joseph Dalton Flood | 774 | 44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 215 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,566 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,763 | 69% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### South Scotland

No. 8 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. 12 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. 27 Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Dr. John George Moyles * | 1,780 | 79% |
| | Labour | William Cruikshanks | 460 | 21% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,320 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,349 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,240 | 42% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Albert Thompson | 1,114 | 52% |
| | Liberal | Thomas Fleming * | 1,026 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 88 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,327 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,140 | 49% |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | |

### Wavertree

No. 30 Wavertree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Robert Stephen Porter * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Edwin Haigh | 988 | 44% |
| | Liberal | Cecil Heywood Brunner * | 726 | 33% |
| | Labour | Joseph Cleary | 513 | 23% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 262 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,726 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,227 | 60% |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | |

### West Derby

No. 28 West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Edward Henry Cooke | 1,310 | 66% |
| | Liberal | Albert Edward Faulkner | 673 | 34% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 637 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,758 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,983 | 53% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

## Aldermanic Elections
### Aldermanic Election 9 November 1913

19 Aldermen were elected by the councillors on 9 November 1913 for a term of six years and assigned to the following wards.
* - re-elected aldermen.
| Party | Alderman | Ward |
| Conservative | Louis Samuel Cohen JP * | Kensington |
| Conservative | Edward Hatton Cookson JP * | Dingle |
| Conservative | Richard Dart JP * | Fairfield |
| Conservative | John Duncan JP * | Everton |
| Conservative | Sir William Bower Forwood DL JP * | St. Peter's |
| Conservative | James Heald | Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton |
| Conservative | Simon Jude * | Wavertree West |
| Conservative | Richard Kelly JP * | Edge Hill |
| Conservative | Frank John Leslie * | Kirkdale |
| Conservative | Arthur Stanley Mather | Much Woolton |
| Conservative | Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell JP * | West Derby |
| Conservative | William Muirhead JP | Netherfield |
| Conservative | William Radcliffe JP * | Garston |
| Conservative | William Roberts JP * | Walton |
| Conservative | Sir Thomas Bland Royden Bart. * | Sefton Park East |
| Conservative | Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson * | Wavertree |
| Irish Nationalist | John Gregory Taggart * | Great George |
| Conservative | Dr. John Utting * | Granby |
| Conservative | Hartley Wilson * | Low Hill |
James Heald was nominated by the combined Urban District Councils of Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton to be Alderman for no. 34 Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton on 4 November 1913 under Section 3 (1) (a) of the Local Government Board's Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 14) Act 1913. Alderman Heald's term of office was due to expire on 9 November 1916.
Arthur Stanley Mather was nominated by the Much Woolton Urban District Council to be Alderman for No. 35 Much Woolton under Section 3 (1) (b) of the Local Government Board's Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 14) Act 1913. Alderman Mather's term of office was due to expire on 9 November 1919.
In addition, aldermen who were elected on 9 November 1910 were assigned to the following wards:
| Party | Alderman | Ward |
| Conservative | William Bartlett | Brunswick |
| Liberal | Edmond Brownbill | South Scotland |
| Conservative | Edward James Chevalier | Aigburth |
| Conservative | Arthur Crosthwaite | Anfield |
| Conservative | Charles Herbert Giles | Prince's Park |
| Conservative | Jacob Reuben Grant | Old Swan |
| Liberal | John Lea | St. Domingo |
| Irish Nationalist | George Jeremy Lynskey | Vauxhall |
| Liberal | Richard Robert Meade-King | Sandhills |
| Conservative | Thomas Menlove | Breckfield |
| Conservative | Sir Charles Petrie | Warbreck |
| Irish Nationalist | Edward Purcell | North Scotland |
| Conservative | Archibald Tutton Salvidge | Abercromby |
| Conservative | Anthony Shelmerdine | Sefton Park West |

### Aldermanic Election 1 July 1914

Caused by the resignation of Alderman Edward Purcell (Irish Nationalist, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1910) which was reported to the Council on 10 June 1914.
In his place Councillor Austin Harford (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1911 was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 1 July 1914.
| Party | Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires |
| | Irish Nationalist | Austin Harford | No. 7 North Scotland | 1916 |

### Aldermanic Election 28 October 1914

Caused by the death of Alderman Thomas Menlove (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1910) on 30 November 1913, Councillor Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner MP (Conservative, Exchange ward, elected 1 November 1912) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 28 October 1914 and assigned as returning officer for the Breckfield ward.
| Party | Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires |
| | Conservative | Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner MP | No. 5 Breckfield | 1916 |

## By-elections
### No. 17 Great George, 27 November 1913

Caused by the election of Councillor William Muirhead JP (Conservative, Great George, elected 1 November 1912) as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1913.
No. 17 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | Thomas Philip Maguire | 478 |
| | Conservative | James Caughey Walker | 468 |
| | Labour | Joseph Cleary | 72 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | | | Swing |

### No. 13 Exchange,

Following the death of Alderman Thomas Menlove (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1910) on 30 November 1913, Councillor Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner MP (Conservative, Exchange ward, elected 1 November 1912) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 28 October 1914 and assigned as returning officer for the Breckfield ward.

### No. 8 South Scotland, 14 July 1914

Following the resignation of Alderman Edward Purcell Irish Nationalist, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1910) which was reported to the Council on 10 June 1914, Councillor Austin Harford (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1911, was elected as an alderman by the Council on 1 July 1914, creating a vacancy fot the South Scotland ward.
No. 8 South Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | Patrick Jeremiah Kelly | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |