1918 Liverpool City Council election


Because the First World War was still underway at the date of the election,[Sir Charles Petrie, 1st Baronet|] under the terms of the Parliament and Local Elections Act, 1918, the term of office of the members of the Council were extended by one year.
However, there were three new seats for which elections were held.
These were new second seats for Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton; Fazakerley and Much Woolton wards that up until this date had each been represented by a single councillor. Two of these three elections were uncontested,
After the election, the composition of the council was:

Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 22 January 1919

Caused by the resignation of Alderman
Sir Charles Petrie, Bart which was reported to the Council on 9 November 1918
In his place, Councillor Frederick James Rawlinson
was elected by the Council as an Alderman on 22 January 1919

Aldermanic Election 7 May 1919

Caused by the death of Alderman George Brodrick Smith-Brodrick
on 12 February 1919
In his place Councillor James Wilson Walker
,
Tobacco Manufacturer of 37 Westmorland Road, Huyton was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 7 May 1919.

Appointment of Councillors

During the World War I elections were not held. When vacancies
arose, replacement councillors were appointed by the Council rather than being elected
in by-elections.

No. 30 Wavertree, 9 November 1918

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Alfred Henry Bramley, which was reported to the Council on 4 September 1918.
In his place Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Langton Beckwith, Architect and Surveyor of
Sunnyside, Sandown Park, Wavertree, was appointed by the Council as a
Councillor on 9 November 1918

By Elections

No. 15 Sefton Park East, 28 January 1919

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Arthur Bromley Holmes which was reported to the
Council on 4 December 1918

No. 37 Garston, 5 February 1919

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Frederick James Rawlinson
on 22 January 1919

No. 32 Old Swan, 20 May 1919

Caused by Councillor James Wilson Walker
, being elected as an alderman on 7 May 1919
, following the death of Alderman George Brodrick
Smith-Brodrick
on 12 February 1919.

No. 21 Everton, 21 May 1919

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Brigadier General Gerald Kyffin-Taylor
,
which was reported to the Council on 7 May 1919

No. 16 Sefton Park West, 22 May 1919

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Ernest Cranstoun Given
,
which was reported to the Council on 7 May 1919