1929 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1929. After the election, the composition of the council was:

Two of the 39 seats were unopposed.

PartyCouncillors ± Aldermen TotalConservative ?? ?? ?? ??Labour ?? ?? ?? ??Protestant ?? ?? ?? ??Centre ?? ?? ?? ??Liberal ?? ?? ?? ??

Election result

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1926 election results.

Abercromby

Aigburth

Allerton

Anfield

Breckfield

Brunswick

Castle Street

Childwall

Croxteth

Dingle

Edge Hill

Everton

Exchange

Fairfield

Fazakerley

Garston

Granby

Great George

Kensington

Kirkdale

Low Hill

Much Woolton

Netherfield

North Scotland

Old Swan

Prince's Park

Sandhills

St. Anne's

St. Domingo

St. Peter's

Sefton Park East

Sefton Park West

South Scotland

Vauxhall

Walton

Warbreck

Wavertree

Wavertree West

West Derby

Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1929 Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1926

Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 9 November 1929

The terms of office of sixteen aldermen expired on 9 November 1929, and two additional vacancies were caused by the elections of Herbert John Davis and Frank Campbell Wilson as Councillors.

18 Aldermen were elected under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, by the councillors on 9 November 1929 for a term of six years. Each Alderman acted as the returning officer to the ward to which they were allocated.

- re-elected aldermen.

PartyAldermanAllocated wardConservative Joseph Ashworth * No. 31 FairfieldConservative Henry Langton Beckwith * No. 37 GarstonLabour Thomas Wafer Byrne No. 24 KirkdaleLabour John Clancy * No. 10 Great GeorgeCentre Harold Edward Davies * No. 19 KensingtonConservative Thomas Dowd * No. 26 WarbreckConservative John Gordon * No. 12 DingleConservative Edwin Haigh * No. 8 Saint Peter'sConservative Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell C.B.E. * No. 28 West DerbyConservative John George Moyles M.B.E. No.34 WavertreeConservative William Muirhead * No. 22 NetherfieldConservative John George Paris * No. 15 Sefton Park EastLabour Frederick Thomas Richardson No. 38 ChildwallLabour William Albert Robinson No. 21 EvertonConservative Charles Henry Rutherford * No. 25 WaltonLabour James Sexton C.B.E. MP No. 14 GranbyLabour Henry Walker No. 33 Wavertree WestLabour Charles Wilson No. 18 Edge Hill

Councillor David Gilbert Logan JP (Labour, North Scotland, elected 1 November 1927)1927 Liverpool City Council election#North Scotland of 362a Scotland Road, Liverpool was elected by the councillors as an alderman for the Croxteth ward on 9 November 1929 pursuant to the Order of His Majesty in Council dated 5 July 1929.

PartyAldermanAllocated wardLabour David Gilbert Logan No. 40 Croxteth

Aldermanic Election 2 April 1930

Following the death on 17 February 1930 of Alderman Charles Henry Rutherford JP (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929), Councillor Mabel Fletcher JP (Conservative, Sefton Park West, elected 1 November 1927)1928 Liverpool City Council election#Sefton Park West was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 2 April 1930.

Aldermanic Election 2 April 1930 PartyNameVotesPercentage Conservative Councillor Mabel Fletcher 53 55% Labour Councillor Herbert Edward Rose 44 45%

Aldermanic Election 1 October 1930

Following the death on 8 May 1930 of Alderman Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Liberal, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1926),1926 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1926 Councillor Burton William Eills JP (Liberal, St. Peter's, elected 1 November 1927)1927 Liverpool City Council election#St. Peter's was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 1 October 1930.

Aldermanic Election 1 October 1930 PartyNameVotesPercentage Liberal Councillor Burton William Eills 50 56% Labour Councillor Herbert Edward Rose 40 44%

By-elections

No. 20 Low Hill, 7 November 1929

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Edward Gerard Deery (Labour, Low Hill, elected on 1 November 1927),1927 Liverpool City Council election#Low Hill which was reported to the Council on 23 October 1929.

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1930.

No.12 Dingle, 20 November 1929

Caused by the election of Councillor William Wallace Kelly (Conservative, elected as an alderman on 23 October 1929)1928 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 23 October 1929

No. 18 Edge Hill, 27 November 1929

Caused by the election of Councillor Charles Wilson (Labour, Edge Hill, elected 1 November 1928)1928 Liverpool City Council election#Edge Hill as an alderman by the councillors on 9 November 1929.

No. 6 St. Anne's, 28 November 1929

Caused by the election of Councillor James Sexton C.B.E. MP (Labour, St. Anne's, elected 1 November 1927)1927 Liverpool City Council election#St. Anne's as an alderman by the councillors on 9 November 1929.

No. 1 Sandhills, 3 December 1929

Caused by the election of Councillor Thomas Wafer Byrne (Labour, Sandhills, elected 1 November 1928)1928 Liverpool City Council election#Sandhills as an alderman by the councillors on 9 November 1929.

No. 2 North Scotland, 3 December 1929

Caused by the election of Councillors William Albert Robinson (Labour, North Scotland, elected 1 November 1929) and David Gilbert Logan (Labour, North Scotland, elected 1 November 1927) as aldermen by the councillors on 9 November 1929.

No. 21 Everton, 3 December 1929

Caused by the election of Councillors Frederick Thomas Richardson (Labour, Everton, elected 1 November 1929) and Henry Walker (Labour, Everton, elected 1 November 1928)1928 Liverpool City Council election#Everton as aldermen by the councillors on 9 November 1929.

No. 7 Castle Street, 17 December 1929

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Sir John Sandeman Allen MP (Conservative, Castle Street, elected unopposed 1 November 1928)1928 Liverpool City Council election#Castle Street which was reported to the Council on 4 December 1929

No. 15 Sefton Park East, 11 March 1930

Caused by the death of Councillor Sir Arnold Rushton JP (Conservative, Sefton Park East, elected 1 November 1928)1928 Liverpool City Council election#Sefton Park East on 5 February 1930 .

No. 16 Sefton Park West,

Caused by the election as an alderman on 2 April 1930 of Councillor Mabel Fletcher JP (Conservative, Sefton Park West, elected 1 November 1926), following the death of Alderman Charles Henry Rutherford JP (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1928) on 17 February 1930.

No. 8 St. Peter's,

Following the death on 8 May 1930 of Alderman Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Liberal, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1926), Councillor Burton William Eills JP (Liberal, St. Peter's, elected 1 November 1927) was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 1 October 1930 causing a vacancy in the St. Peter's ward

No. 27 Fazakerley, 3 June 1930

Caused by the resignation of Councillor George Herbert Charters (Conservative, Fazakerley, elected 1 November 1927)1927 Liverpool City Council election#Fazakerley was reported to the Council on 22 May 1930.

No. 18 Edge Hill, 3 August 1930

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Robert Tissyman (Labour, Edge Hill, elected 1 November 1927),1927 Liverpool City Council election#Edge Hill which was reported to the Council on 30 July 1930.

1929 Liverpool City Council election

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