St. Peter's (Liverpool ward)

St. Peter’s
Former Liverpool ward
South
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool
Metropolitan county	Merseyside
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LIVERPOOL
Postcode district	L1
Dialling code	0151
Police	Merseyside
Fire	Merseyside
Ambulance	North West
List of places UK England Merseyside

St. Peter’s ward is a defunct Liverpool ward. Established in 1835 when Liverpool was first divided into wards under the Municipal Corporations Act, it was abolished in 1953 as part of reordering of Liverpool's electoral wards. It elected three councillors to Liverpool City Council.^[1]

It was named after St. Peter’s Church, which stood in Church Street. The church was demolished in 1922.^[2] The ward was in the city centre area, covering part of what is now Central Liverpool around Church Street, Seel Street, Concert Square, and nearby districts, with St Peter’s Church and Church Street at the core of the shopping district.^[3]

Overview

St Peter’s was one of the original sixteen wards established under the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835, each sending three councillors to the newly reformed Liverpool City Council. It took its name from the prominent St Peter’s Church on Church Street, Liverpool’s first post-Reformation parish church, built in 1700, consecrated on 29 June 1704, and designated a pro-cathedral upon the establishment of the Diocese in 1880.^[4][5]

The church was widely considered architecturally unattractive: its doorways were each in a different design.^[6][4] It featured an octagonal tower rising to 108 ft with a peal of eight to ten bells, an admired oak altar, stained-glass east window depicting St Peter, and a grand organ.^[6] St Peter’s hosted Liverpool’s first oratorio (Handel’s Messiah) and served as pro-cathedral until Liverpool Cathedral took over .

By 1919, services had ceased; the church was demolished by 1922 to widen Church Street and to free up land for retail development, most notably a Woolworths store, later part of Liverpool ONE.^[7] The site is now marked by a brass Maltese cross embedded in the pavement.^[7][8]

Politically, following its abolition in the 1953 boundary reorganisation, much of St Peter’s became part of newly created central wards such as Church Ward.

History and Boundaries

• 1835: Created as one of the sixteen municipal wards; elected three councillors. It initially covered the area around Church Street and the city centre WikipediaPenkett.
• Late 19th century to early 20th century: Boundaries gradually evolved, sometimes reflecting divisions such as “St Peter’s plus Pitt Street,” with numbering shifting (e.g., No. 19, No. 16, No. 8 in different years based on census and reorganisation).
• 1953: Formal abolition alongside many other wards, replaced by new electoral divisions under the Local Government Act

Elections

1835

No. 7 St. Peter's - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Woollright	205	59%	N/A
	Whig	William Rushton	200	57%	N/A
	Whig	Richard Bright	190	54%	N/A
	Conservative	Mr. Potter	145	41%	N/A
	Conservative	Nathan Litherland	143	41%	N/A
	Conservative	Thomas Tobin	142	41%	N/A
Majority			60		N/A
Registered electors			548
Turnout			359	64%	N/A
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

Polling place : At the two windows of the Horse and Jockey public-house fronting Seel-street

1836

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Richard Bright *	199	51%
	Conservative	Nathan Litherland	192	49%
Majority			7	2%
Registered electors			596
Turnout			391	66%
	Whig hold		Swing	-3%

1837

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Priestly	192	53%
	Conservative	Henry R. Sandbach	168	47%
Majority			24	6%
Registered electors
Turnout			360
	Whig hold		Swing

1838

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Woollright *	208	60%
	Conservative	Wilfred Troutbeck	137	40%
Majority			71	20%
Registered electors			607
Turnout			345	57%
	Whig hold		Swing

Time	John Woollright		Wilfred Troutbeck
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	34	60%	23	40%
11:00	74	59%	51	41%
12:00	106	59%	73	41%
13:00	130	58%	96	42%
14:00	146	57%	108	43%
15:00	170	58%	121	42%
16:00	208	60%	137	40%

1839

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Richard Bright *	Unopposed
Registered electors			583
	Whig hold

1840

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Priestley *	156	53%
	Conservative	Ebenezer Rae	137	47%
Majority			19	6%
Registered electors
Turnout			293
	Whig hold		Swing

Time	John Priestley		Ebenezer Rae
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	41	47%	47	53%
11:00	70	49%	73	51%
12:00	97	53%	86	47%
13:00	108	53%	97	47%
14:00	127	53%	113	47%
15:00	146	55%	121	45%
16:00	156	53%	137	47%

1841

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ebenezer Rae	312	52%
	Whig	John Woollright *	287	48%
Majority			25	4%	N/A
Registered electors			721
Turnout			599	83%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

1842

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Holme	252	65%
	Whig	Adam Cliff	137	35%
Majority			115	30%	N/A
Registered electors			682
Turnout			389	57%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Time	Samuel Holme		Adam Cliff
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	64	70%	28	30%
11:00	108	67%	53	33%
12:00	145	63%	85	37%
13:00	173	63%	103	37%
14:00	195	63%	117	38%
15:00	214	63%	126	37%
16:00	252	65%	137	35%

1843

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. A. Tinne	264	53%
	Whig	Thomas Bolton	233	47%
Majority			31	6%	N/A
Registered electors			701
Turnout			497	71%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Polling Place : The Horse and Jockey, in Seel-street.

1844

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Sellar Henderson	269	54%
	Whig	Thomas Bolton	230	46%
Majority			39	12%
Registered electors			716
Turnout			499	70%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1845

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Stewart	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

1846

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Abraham Tinne *	3	100%
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

1847

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Sellar Henderson *	242	53%
	Whig	Daniel Bell	214	47%
Majority			28	6%
Registered electors			725
Turnout			456	63%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1848

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ferguson	268	59%
	Conservative	John Stewart *	184	41%
Majority			84	18%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			452
	Conservative gain from Conservative		Swing

Polling Place : The Public-house, sign of "The Horse and Jockey" in Seel-street'

John Ferguson, a determined pro-rater and chairman of the National Federation.

1849

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Charles Fernihough	227	55%
	Conservative	Thomas Clarke	184	45%
Majority			43	10%	N/A
Registered electors			730
Turnout			411	56%
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

John Charles Fernihough and Thomas Clarke were both opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme.

1850

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Holme	282	53%
	Whig	William Henderson	248	47%
Majority			34	6%
Registered electors			784
Turnout			530	68%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1851

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harmood Banner	285	61%
	Whig	Thomas Clarke *	182	39%
Majority			103	22%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			467
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

1852

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Charles Fernihough *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Whig hold

1853

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Holme *	2	Unopposed	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

1854

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harmood Banner *	247	52%
	Whig	A. H. Wylie	71	15%
Majority			176
Registered electors
Turnout			475
	Conservative hold		Swing

1855

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Charles Fernihough *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1856

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Holme *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1857

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Charles Tricks Bowring	322	52%
	Conservative	Harmood Banner *	301	48%
Majority			21	4%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			623
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

1858

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	David Rae	266	57%
	Whig	John Charles Fernihough *	198	43%
Majority			68	14%
Registered electors
Turnout			464
	Whig gain from Whig		Swing

Time	David Rae		John Charles Fernihough
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	60	55%	50	45%
11:00	111	55%	91	45%
12:00	166	54%	140	46%
13:00	199	55%	165	45%
14:00	226	56%	176	44%
15:00	252	58%	186	42%
16:00	269	58%	191	42%

Polling Place : The Public House, sign of "The Ring of Bells" in School Lane, occupied by Mr. John Bennion.

1859

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Christie Beloe	331	54%
	Conservative	James Holme *	283	46%
Majority			48	8%	N/A
Registered electors			875
Turnout			614	70%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Time	Henry Christie Beloe		James Holme
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	90	59%	63	41%
11:00	168	55%	135	45%
12:00	228	56%	174	44%
13:00	261	55%	216	45%
14:00	280	55%	226	45%
15:00	297	54%	251	46%
16:00	331	54%	283	46%

1860

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Tricks Bowring *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1861

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Rae *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1862

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Christie Beloe *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1863

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Tricks Bowring *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1864

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		David Rae *	unopposed
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

1865

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Christie Beloe *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1866

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Tricks Bowring *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1867

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jacob Gaitskell Brown	337	51%
	Conservative	Major Richard Fell Steble	327	49%
Majority			10	2%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			664
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

1868

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Christie Beloe	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal gain from		Swing

1869

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Tricks Bowring *	449	69%
	Conservative	Reginald Young	202	31%
Majority			247	38%
Registered electors
Turnout			651
	Liberal hold		Swing

1870

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis George Prange	2
	Conservative	Francis George Harbord	0
Majority			2
Registered electors
Turnout			2
	Liberal hold		Swing

1871

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Christie Beloe *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1872

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Tricks Bowring *	466	70%
	Conservative	William George Bradley	196	30%
Majority			270	40%
Registered electors			1,595
Turnout			662	42%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1873

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Balfour	576	52%
	Conservative	Edward Lewis Wigan	537	48%
Majority			39
Registered electors			1,753
Turnout			1,113	63%
	gain from Liberal		Swing

1874

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Christie Beloe *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1875

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles. Tricks Bowring *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Liberal hold

1876

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Balfour *	603	56%
	Conservative	Edward Lewis Wigan	468	44%
Majority			135	12%
Registered electors			1,467
Turnout			1,071	73%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1877

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edmund Knowles Muspratt	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1878

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Tricks Bowring *	unopposed
Registered electors			1,494
	Liberal hold		Swing

1879

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Balfour *	590	53%
	Conservative	John Hughes	531	47%
Majority			59	6%
Registered electors			1,602
Turnout			1,121	70%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1880

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edmund Knowles Muspratt *	667	54%
	Conservative	Joseph Boumphrey	560	46%
Majority			107	8%
Registered electors			1,632
Turnout			1,227	75%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1881

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Tricks Bowring *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1882

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Stevenson	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1883

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edmund Knowles Muspratt *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			1,481
	Liberal hold

1884

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Benjamin Bowring	515	52%
	Conservative	Arthur Hill Holme	484	48%
Majority			31	4%
Registered electors			1,467
Turnout			999	68%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1885

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Hill Holme	566	50%
	Liberal	John Stevenson *	560	50%
Majority			6	0%	N/A
Registered electors			1,489
Turnout			1,126	76%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

1886

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isaac Morris	558	50%
	Liberal	Edmund Knowles Muspratt *	555	50%
Majority			3	0%	N/A
Registered electors			1,523
Turnout			1,113	73%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

1887

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Benjamin Bowring *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Liberal hold

1888

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Hill Holme *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1889

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Henry Watts	609	54%
	Conservative	Isaac Morris *	515	45%
Majority			94		N/A
Registered electors			1,479
Turnout			1,124	76%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

1890

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Benjamin Bowring *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Liberal hold

1891

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Grierson	521	51%
	Conservative	Arthur Hill Holme	499	49%
Majority			22	2%
Registered electors
Turnout			1,020
	Liberal hold		Swing

1892

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Henry Watts *	549	51%
	Conservative	Arthur Hill Holme	524	49%
Majority			25	2%
Registered electors
Turnout			1,073
	Liberal hold		Swing

1893

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Hough	515	52%
	Conservative	John Wannop	480	48%
Majority			35	4%
Registered electors			1,430
Turnout			995	70%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1894

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Grierson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1895

Parish ward. Formerly St. Peters plus Pitt Street wards.

No. 19 St. Peter's - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles George Dean	756	48%	N/A
	Liberal	William Henry Watts	692	44%	N/A
	Liberal	Samuel Hough	659	42%	N/A
	Liberal	Thomas Donnelly	591	37%	N/A
	Independent Irish Nationalist	Bernard McBennett	131	8%	N/A
Majority					N/A
Registered electors			2,082
Turnout					N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

1896

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Hough *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1897

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Henry Watts *	416	92%
	Independent	Alfred Allsop	35	7.8%
Majority			381
Registered electors			2,078
Turnout			451	22%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1898

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Miles	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

1899

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Hough *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1900

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Crossfield *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1901

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Miles *	647	62%
	Liberal Unionist	William Harold Stowe Oulton	394	38%
Majority			253
Registered electors			1,924
Turnout			1,041	54%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

1902

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Armour	371	95%
	Independent	John Grimes	19	5%
Majority			352
Registered electors
Turnout			390
	Liberal hold		Swing

1903

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Crossfield *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1904

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Miles *	629	70%
	Labour	Walter Russell	269	30%
Majority			360
Registered electors			1,806
Turnout			898	50%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1905

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Armour *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1906

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Fewkes Clarke	629	59%
	Liberal	William Cossfield *	430	41%
Majority			199
Registered electors			1,809
Turnout			1,059	59%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

1907

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Miles *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1908

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Burton William Ellis *	617	54%
	Conservative	Henry Lyons	516	46%
Majority			101
Registered electors			1,744
Turnout			1,133	65%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1909

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Shaw	562	55%
	Conservative	Hugh Toner	456	45%
Majority			106
Registered electors			1,715
Turnout			1,018	59%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

1910

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Byrne	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1911

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Burton William Ellis *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1912

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Alexander Cole	596	53%
	Liberal	Thomas Shaw *	533	47%
Majority			63
Registered electors			1,605
Turnout			1,129	70%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1913

No. 16 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lawrence Durning Holt	655	59%
	Conservative	James Caughey Walker	454	41%
Majority			201
Registered electors			1,591
Turnout			1,109	70%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1914

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Burton William Ellis *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1919

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Alexander Cole *	743	62%
	Labour	Edward Fergus	451	38%
Majority			292
Registered electors			2,549
Turnout			1,194	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1920

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lawrence Durning Holt *	991	91%
	Irish Nationalist	James Friery	101	9%
Majority			890
Registered electors			2,607
Turnout			1,092	42%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1921

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Burton William Eills	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1922

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Alexander Cole *	732	65%
	Independent	Frederick Bowman	402	35%
Majority			330
Registered electors			2,564
Turnout			1,134	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1923

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lawrence Durning Holt *	946	65%
	Independent	Frederick Bowman	333	23%
	Irish Nationalist	Owen Geraghty	155	11%
	Unemployed	Isaac Edward Ashton	16	1.1%
Majority			613
Registered electors			2,729
Turnout			1,450	53%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1924

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Burton William Eills *	846	68%
	Independent	Frederick H. U. Bowman	399	32%
Majority			447
Registered electors			2,892
Turnout			1,245	43%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1925

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Wolfe Levy *	766	57%
	Labour	John Loughlin	369	27%
	Independent	Frederick Bowman	207	15%
Majority			397
Registered electors			2,947
Turnout			1,342	46%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1926

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lawrence Durning Holt *	unopposed
Registered electors			2,931
	Liberal hold		Swing

1927

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Burton William Eills *	806	80%
	Independent	Frederick Bowman	198	20%
Majority			608
Registered electors			2,885
Turnout			1,004	35%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1928

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Wolfe Levy *	631	50%
	Labour	George William Hincks	628	50%
Majority			3
Registered electors			2,778
Turnout			1,259	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1929

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lawrence Durning Holt *	1,130	71%
	Labour	Frederick William Tucker	472	29%
Majority			658
Registered electors			3,070
Turnout			1,602	52%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1930

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Miss Mary Mabel Ellis	850	74%
	Labour	Miss Elsie Emily Louise Hickling	304	26%
Majority			546
Registered electors			3,054
Turnout			1,154	38%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1931

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Wolfe Levy	973	81%
	Labour	Joseph Nugent	232	19%
Majority			741
Registered electors			2,979
Turnout			1,205	40%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1932

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Robinson	671	52%
	Labour	Robert Edward Cottier	488	38%
	Independent	William Edward McLachlan	130	10%
Majority			183
Registered electors			2,853
Turnout			1,289	45%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1933

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mary Mabel Ellis *	666	68%
	Labour	Patrick Campbell	309	32%
Majority			357
Registered electors			2,778
Turnout			975	35%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1934

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sydney James Hill	623	58%
	Labour	Stanley Part	445	42%
Majority			178
Registered electors			2,761
Turnout			1,068	39%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1935

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Bennion	630	57%
	Labour	Laurence William Kennan	482	43%
Majority			148
Registered electors			2,504
Turnout			1,112	44%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1936

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mary Mabel Ellis *	647	62%
	Labour	Laurence William Kennan	393	38%
Majority			254
Registered electors			2,455
Turnout			1,040	42%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1937

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Carr	551	52%
	Conservative	Sydney James Hill *	512	48%
Majority			39
Registered electors			2,353
Turnout			1,063	45%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1938

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Bennion *	545	59%
	Labour	Robert Edward Cottier	374	41%
Majority			171
Registered electors			2,214
Turnout			919	42%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1945

St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John D.R.T. Tilney	423	72%
	Labour	Peter James O'Hare	154	26%
	Independent and anti war	F.Bowman	11	2%
Majority			269
Registered electors			1,108
Turnout			588	53%

1946

St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mrs Evaline Ida Bligh	370	69%
	Labour	Peter James O'Hare	166	31%
Majority			204
Registered electors			1,260
Turnout			536	43%

1947

St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James William Brown	411	70%
	Labour	Peter James O'Hare	178	30%
Majority			233
Registered electors			1,281
Turnout			589	46%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1949

St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leo Joseph Gerard Wilkinson ^(PARTY)	398	60%	−12%
	Labour	Harry Livermore	265	40%	+14%
Majority			133
Registered electors			1,306
Turnout			663	51%	−2%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-12%

1950

St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. Evaline Ida Bligh	414	58%	−12%
	Labour	Thomas George Dominic McGuire	306	43%	+13%
Majority			108
Registered electors			1,369
Turnout			720	53%	+7%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1951

St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James William Brown *	457	59%	−11%
	Labour	Mrs. Elsie Ellen Gough	323	41%	+11%
Majority			134
Registered electors			1,437
Turnout			780	54%	+8%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-11%

1952

St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Smyth	387	52%	+10%
	Conservative	Leo Joseph G. Wilkinson *	355	48%	−12%
Majority			32
Registered electors			1,458
Turnout			742	51%	0%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1952 was the last time elections were held under revised boundaries.

The following wards were abolished: Brunswick, Castle Street, Edge Hill, Exchange, Garston, Great George, Kirkdale, Little Woolton, Much Woolton, North Scotland, St. Anne’s, St. Peter’s, Sefton Park East, Sefton Park West, South Scotland, Walton, Wavertree, Wavertree West, and West Derby. The newly created wards were: Arundel, Broadgreen, Central, Church, Clubmoor, County, Gillmoss, Melrose, Picton, Pirrie, St. James’, St. Mary’s, St. Michael’s, Smithdown, Speke, Tuebrook, Westminster, and Woolton.

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