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Liverpool City Council election, 1913

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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1913.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1910 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Aldermanic Election

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.
  • 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:

    Breckfield,

    Following the death of Alderman Thomas Menlove 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, 14th July 1914

    Following the resignation of Alderman Edward Purcell (Irish Nationalist) 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 councillors on 1 July 1914 and assigned as returning officer to the North Scotland ward.

    No. 6 St. Domingo, 4th November 1914

    Caused by the death of Councillor Charles Alexander Hill ( ) on 24 August 1914.

    The resignation of Alderman Sir Thomas Bland Royden Bart. was reported to the Council on 28 October 1914.

    References

    Liverpool City Council election, 1913 Wikipedia