1910 Liverpool City Council election explained

Election Name:1910 Liverpool City Council election
Flag Image:Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg
Type:parliamentary
Previous Year:1909
Previous Election:1909 Liverpool City Council election
Next Year:1911
Next Election:1911 Liverpool City Council election
Seats For Election:34 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 34 wards
Majority Seats:69 (incl. Aldermen)

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:

PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen Total
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?? +3 ?? ??
?? 0 ?? ??
?? +1 ?? ??
Independent ?? ?? ?? ??

Ward results

Comparisons are made with the 1907 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

West Derby

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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.[8]

The following seventeen were elected as Aldermen by the councillors on 9 November 1910 for a term of six years.

PartyAldermanWard
William Bartlett * Brunswick
William Benjamin Bowring JP * Exchange
Edmond Brownbill * South Scotland
Edward James Chevalier Aigburth
Dr. Andrew Commins MP * Vauxhall
Arthur Crosthwaite * Anfield
Charles Herbert Giles * Prince's Park
Jacob Reuben Grant * Old Swan
Richard Robert Meade-King * Sandhills
Thomas Menlove JP * Breckfield
Warbreck
Edward Purcell * North Scotland
Abercromby
Anthony Shelmerdine Sefton Park West
Frederick Smith * Castle Street
William Henry Watts * St. Anne's
William Humphrey Williams * St. Domingo
[9] [10] [11] [12]

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)[13] on 8 March 1911, which was reported to the Council on 5 April 1911.[14] 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.

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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)[18] by the Council on 9 November 1910.

[19]

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.[20]

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.

[21]

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.

[22]

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)

[23]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 front page . 18 May 2017 .
  2. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 1. 18 May 2017 .
  3. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 2. 18 May 2017 .
  4. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 3. 18 May 2017 .
  5. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 4. 18 May 2017 .
  6. [Liverpool Daily Post|Liverpool Daily Post and Liverpool Mercury]
  7. Liverpool Courier Wednesday 2 November 1910
  8. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 5. 18 May 2017 .
  9. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 6. 18 May 2017 .
  10. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 7. 18 May 2017 .
  11. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 8. 18 May 2017 .
  12. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 9. 18 May 2017 .
  13. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1907-1908 page 10. 18 May 2017 .
  14. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 231. 18 May 2017 .
  15. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 277. 18 May 2017 .
  16. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 278. 18 May 2017 .
  17. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 279. 18 May 2017 .
  18. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (2) (scan) . 17 May 2017 .
  19. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 72. 18 May 2017 .
  20. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 232. 18 May 2017 .
  21. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 276. 18 May 2017 .
  22. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 296. 18 May 2017 .
  23. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 388. 18 May 2017 .