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Elections to
Liverpool City Council Liverpool City Council is the governing body for the city of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. It consists of 90 councillors, three for each of the city's 30 wards. The council is currently controlled by the Labour Party and is led by Mayor ...
were held on 1 November 1928. One third of the council seats were up for election. The term of office for each councillor being three years. Thirteen of the thirty-nine seats up for election were uncontested. After the election, the composition of the council was:


Election result


Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election Comparisons are made with the 1925 election results.


Abercromby


Aigburth


Allerton


Anfield


Breckfield


Brunswick


Castle Street


Childwall


Croxteth

The proceedings of the Council lists this as a by-election caused by the death of Councillor John Ellis.


Dingle


Edge Hill


Everton


Exchange


Fairfield


Fazakerley


Garston


Granby


Great George


Kensington


Kirkdale


Little Woolton


Low Hill


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


Aldermanic Elections


Aldermanic Elections 5 December 1928

Following the death on 23 March 1928 of Alderman Sir William Bower Forwood KBE DL (
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, Wavertree West, elected 1 November 1926) 1926 Liverpool City Council election#Wavertree West of San Rocque, Calderstones Road, Liverpool was elected as an alderman. The term of office to expire on 9 November 1929. Following the death of Alderman Jacob Reuben Grant (
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, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1926), 1926 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1926 a poll of councillors was taken to elect his successor. Councillor Richard Rutherford JP (Party?, Castle Street, elected 1 November 1926) 1926 Liverpool City Council election#Castle Street of 16 School Lane, Bidston, Birkenhead was elected as an alderman on 5 December 1928 The term of office to expire on 9 November 1932.


Aldermanic Elections 6 March 1929

Following the death on 11 December 1928 of
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Archibald Tutton Salvidge PC KBE
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, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1926) In his place Councillor Edwin Thompson (
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Abercromby, elected 1 November 1928), 1928 Liverpool City Council election#Abercromby Manufacturing Chemist of 6 Livingston Drive North, Liverpool was elected as an alderman on 6 March 1929. The term of office to expire on 9 November 1932. Following the death on 19 December 1928 of Alderman John Edwards (
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, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923) In his place Councillor Joseph Ashworth (
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, elected 1 November 1926), 1926 Liverpool City Council election#Kensington builder and contractor of 30 Holt Road, Liverpool was elected in a poll of councillors as am alderman on 6 March 1929 The term of office to expire on 9 November 1929. Following the death on 15 January 1929 of Alderman Arthur Stanley Mather
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, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923) In whose place Councillor Herbert John Davis (
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, elected 1 November 1927), 1927 Liverpool City Council election#Childwall solicitor of 11 Aigburth Drive, Liverpool was elected as an alderman in a poll of the councillors on 6 March 1929. The term of office to expire on 9 November 1929. Caused by the death on 29 January 1929 of Alderman William James Burgess(
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, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923). In whose place Councillor Henry Langton Beckwith (
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, elected 1 November 1926), 1926 Liverpool City Council election#Wavertree Architect and Surveyor of 4 Aigbirth Drive, Liverpool was elected as an alderman in a poll of the councillors on 6 March 1929 The term of office to expire on 9 November 1929.


Aldermanic Election 4 September 1929

Caused by the death on 26 February 1929 of Alderman Albert Edward Jacob MP (Unionist, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1926), in whose place Councillor Joseph Dalton Flood JP (
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, last elected 1 November 1926), 1926 Liverpool City Council election#Dingle of 643 Borough Road, Birkenhead, being elected as an alderman in a poll of councillors on 4 September 1929. The term of office to expire on 9 November 1932.


Aldermanic Election 23 October 1929

Caused by the resignation of Alderman Edward West (
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, elected as an alderman on 2 March 1927 which was reported to the council on 2 October 1929, in whose place Councillor William Wallace Kelly JP (
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, last elected 1 November 1928) of the North Western Hotel, Liverpool was elected as an alderman in a poll of the councillors on 23 October 1929. The term of office to expire on 9 November 1932.


By-elections


No. 10 Great George, 3 December 1928

Caused by the death of Councillor William Grogan (
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, Great George, elected 1 November 1926).


No. 33 Wavertree West, 17 December 1928

Caused by Councillor Edwin Haigh (
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, Wavertree West, elected 1 November 1926) being elected as an alderman on 5 December 1928, following the death on 23 March 1928 of Alderman Sir William Bower Forwood KBE DL. The term of office to expire on 1 November 1929.


No. 7 Castle Street, 20 December 1928

Caused by the election as an alderman on 5 December 1928 of Councillor Richard Rutherford JP (Party?, Castle Street, elected 1 November 1926), following the death of Alderman Jacob Reuben Grant (
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, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1926). Robert Garnett Sheldon, physician and surgeon of "Redholme", Victoria Road, Freshfield was the sole candidate. The term of office to expire on 1 November 1929.


No. 26 West Derby, 29 January 1929

Caused by the death on 6 December 1928 of Councillor John Hickman Dovener (
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, West Derby, elected 1 November 1927) The term of office to expire on 1 November 1930.


No. 3 South Scotland, 28 February 1929

Caused by the death on 24 January 1929 of Councillor Mary O'Shea (
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, elected 1 November 1927). Michael John Reppion, Carting Agent of 11 Lowerson Crescent, West Derny, Liverpool was the sole candidate. The term of office to expire on 1 November 1930.


No. 9 Abercromby, 16 April 1929

Caused by Councillor Edwin Thompson (
Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...
Abercromby, elected 1 November 1928), being elected as an alderman on 6 March 1929. Following the death on 11 December 1928 of
Alderman An alderman is a member of a Municipal government, municipal assembly or council in many Jurisdiction, jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council membe ...
The Right Honourable ''The Right Honourable'' ( abbreviation: ''Rt Hon.'' or variations) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations. The term is ...
Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...
Archibald Tutton Salvidge PC KBE
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Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...
, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1926). The term of office to expire on 1 November 1931


No. 19 Kensington, 16 April 1929

Caused by Councillor Joseph Ashworth (
Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...
,
Kensington Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the West End of London, West of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...
, elected 1 November 1926), being elected in a poll of councillors as am alderman on 6 March 1929. Following the death on 19 December 1928 of Alderman John Edwards (
Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...
, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923). Thomas Norman Jones, a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature of 59 Marlowe Road, Wallasey, Cheshire was elected as a councillor for the Kensington ward The term of office to expire on 1 November 1931


No. 34 Wavertree, 18 April 1929

Caused by Councillor Henry Langton Beckwith (
Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...
,
Wavertree Wavertree is a district of Liverpool, England. It is a ward of Liverpool City Council, and its population at the 2011 census was 14,772. Located to the south and east of the city centre, it is bordered by various districts and suburbs such as ...
, elected 1 November 1926) being elected as an alderman in a poll of the councillors on 6 March 1929, following the death on 29 January 1929 of Alderman William James Burgess (
Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...
, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923). The term of office to expire on 1 November 1929.


No. 38 Childwall, 18 April 1929

Caused by Councillor Herbert John Davis (
Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...
,
Childwall Childwall () is a suburb and ward of Liverpool, England, located to the southeast of the city. It is bordered by Belle Vale, Bowring Park, Broadgreen, Gateacre, Mossley Hill, and Wavertree. In 2019, the population was 13,640. Overview The earli ...
, elected 1 November 1927) being elected as an alderman in a poll of the councillors on 6 March 1929, following the death on 15 January 1929 of Alderman Arthur Stanley Mather
CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(
Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...
, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923). The term of office to expire on 1 November 1930.


No. 12 Dingle, 24 September 1929

Caused by Councillor Joseph Dalton Flood (
Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...
,
Dingle Dingle (Irish language, Irish: ''An Daingean'' or ''Daingean Uí Chúis'', meaning "fort of Ó Cúis") is a town in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The only town on the Dingle Peninsula, it sits on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coas ...
, last elected 1 November 1926) being elected as an alderman in a poll of councillors on 4 September 1929, following the death on 26 February 1929 of Alderman Albert Edward Jacob MP (Unionist, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1926) The term of office to expire on 1 November 1929.


See also

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1880–present * Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present *
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References

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