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:

PartyCouncillors ± Aldermen TotalConservative ?? +4 ?? ??Liberal ?? -2 ?? ??Irish Nationalist ?? 0 ?? ??Labour ?? 0 0 ??Independent ?? 0 0 ??

Election result

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

Aigburth

Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton

Anfield

Breckfield

Brunswick

Castle Street

Dingle

Edge Hill

Everton

Exchange

Fairfield

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 and Liverpool Mercury 3 November 1913 Liverpool Courier 3 November 1913

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.

PartyAldermanWardConservative Louis Samuel Cohen JP * KensingtonConservative Edward Hatton Cookson JP * DingleConservative Richard Dart JP * FairfieldConservative John Duncan JP * Everton Conservative Sir William Bower Forwood DL JP * St. Peter'sConservative James Heald Allerton, Childwall and Little WooltonConservative Simon Jude * Wavertree WestConservative Richard Kelly JP * Edge HillConservative Frank John Leslie * KirkdaleConservative Arthur Stanley Mather Much WooltonConservative Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell JP * West DerbyConservative William Muirhead JP NetherfieldConservative William Radcliffe JP * GarstonConservative William Roberts JP * WaltonConservative Sir Thomas Bland Royden Bart. * Sefton Park EastConservative Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson * Wavertree Irish Nationalist John Gregory Taggart * Great GeorgeConservative Dr. John Utting * GranbyConservative Hartley Wilson * Low Hill Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 pg 8

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.Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 pg 10

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:

PartyAldermanWardConservative William Bartlett BrunswickLiberal Edmond Brownbill South ScotlandConservative Edward James Chevalier AigburthConservative Arthur Crosthwaite AnfieldConservative Charles Herbert Giles Prince's ParkConservative Jacob Reuben Grant Old SwanLiberal John Lea St. Domingo Irish Nationalist George Jeremy Lynskey VauxhallLiberal Richard Robert Meade-King SandhillsConservative Thomas Menlove BreckfieldConservative Sir Charles Petrie Warbreck Irish Nationalist Edward Purcell North ScotlandConservative Archibald Tutton Salvidge AbercrombyConservative 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 1910Aldermanic Election 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 19111911 Liverpool City Council election#South Scotland was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 1 July 1914.

PartyAldermanWardTerm 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)1912 Liverpool City Council election#Exchange was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 28 October 1914 and assigned as returning officer for the Breckfield ward.

PartyAldermanWardTerm 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)1912 Liverpool City Council election#Great George as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1913.

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 for the South Scotland ward.

1913 Liverpool City Council election

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