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Liverpool City Council election, 1937

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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1937.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Comparisons are made with the 1934 election results.

No.31 Fairfield, 30 November 1937

Caused by the death of Cllr. John Barry (Conservative, elected 1 November 1935).

No.11 Brunswick, 9 December 1937

Caused by the resignation of Cllr. Patrick Moorhead (Labour, elected unopposed for the Brunswick ward on 1 November 1937)

No.2 North Scotland, 9 December 1937

Caused by the death of Cllr. Henry Gaskin (party? elected 1 November 1935)

No.34 Wavertree, 11 January 1938

Following the death of Alderman Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell C.B. C.B.E.(Conservative, elected as an alderman 9 November 1935), Cllr. John Morris Griffith J.P. (Conservative, elected to the Wavertree ward on 1 November 1936) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 1 December 1937.

No.38 Childwall, 24 February 1938

Caused by the resignation of Cllr. Alan Anderson Boyle (Liberal, elected unopposed 1 November 1936)

No.9 Abercromby, Tuesday 5 April 1938

On 25 January 1938, Alderman Sir Thomas White died. To fill the vacancy, Cllr. William Thomas Roberts J.P. (Conservative, elected to the Abercromby ward on 1 November 1936) was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 2 March 1938.

No.15 Sefton Park East, Tuesday 31 May 1938

Occasioned by the resignation of Cllr.Eric Douglas Mackay Heriot-Hill (Conservative, elected 1 November 1936).

No.32 Old Swan, Tuesday 14 June 1938

Caused by the death of Cllr. John Waterworth (Conservative, elected 1 November 1937) in May 1938.

No.24 Kirkdale, Tuesday 26 July 1938

Caused by the resignation of Cllr. Arthur Mackson Brown (Conservative, elected for the Kirkdale ward on 1 November 1936).

No.28 West Derby, 26 July 1938

Following the death of Alderman Edwin Haigh in May 1938, Cllr. Robert Duncan French (Conservative, elected for West Derby on 1 November 1937) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 6 July 1938.

No.29 Anfield, 30 August 1938

Following the death of Alderman James Bolger on 5 July 1938. Cllr. George Young Williamson (Conservative, elected to represent Anfield on 1 November 1937) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 27 July 1938.

References

Liverpool City Council election, 1937 Wikipedia