Netherfield (Liverpool ward)

Netherfield Ward
Netherfield Ward
Former ward
	Netherfield Ward Location within Merseyside
OS grid reference	SJ350925
• London	178 mi (286 km) South
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool;
Metropolitan county	Merseyside;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LIVERPOOL
Postcode district	L5
Dialling code	0151
Police	Merseyside
Fire	Merseyside
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Liverpool Walton;
	List of places UK England Merseyside53°25′26″N 2°58′01″W / 53.4240°N 2.9670°W

Netherfield was a former electoral ward in the City of Liverpool, Merseyside, England, which existed from 1895 until its dissolution in 1973 as part of a major boundary reorganization.

History

Netherfield ward was created in 1895 following the division of the original Everton ward into four: Everton, Netherfield, St. Domingo, and Brockfield. The ward was named after Netherfield Road, a key thoroughfare in the area.^[1]

In 1973, as part of a wider reorganization of Liverpool’s wards, Netherfield was abolished and its areas were merged into newly drawn wards. The restructuring aimed to modernize the city's electoral boundaries.^[2]

Geography

Netherfield ward was located in the northern part of Liverpool, covering areas around Netherfield Road and parts of Everton. It was bordered by the Everton, St. Domingo, and Brockfield wards. The area was historically residential, with close links to Liverpool’s docks and city centre.

Legacy

Though the ward no longer exists, its name remains associated with Netherfield Road, a historically significant part of Liverpool. The electoral changes of 1973 marked a shift in the city’s political landscape, with older wards like Netherfield being absorbed into broader constituencies.^[3]

Elections

1914

No. 8 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Harold Edward Davies *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1919

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Walker *	2,109	76%
	Coalition Labour	William Edward McLachlan	649	24%
Majority			1,460
Registered electors			10,152
Turnout			2,758	27%
	Independent hold		Swing

1920

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Ball *	4,042	73%
	Labour	John Archibald Metcalfe	1,481	27%
Majority			2,561
Registered electors			10,349
Turnout			5,523	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1921

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Harold Edward Davies *	3,696	86%
	Labour	Vincent Lloyd	598	14%
Majority			3,098
Registered electors			10,615
Turnout			4,294	40%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1922

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Patriotic Labour	John Walker *	2,654	42%
	Ind. Conservative	William Edward McLachlan	2,219	35%
	Labour	George Chadwick	1,350	22%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Charles Roche	55	1%
Majority			435
Registered electors			10,745
Turnout			6,278	58%
	Patriotic Labour gain from Independent

1923

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Edward McLaclan	2,655	62%
	Patriotic Protestant	Christopher Haigh	1,155	27%
	Labour	George Chadwick	470	11%
Majority			1,510
Registered electors			11,291
Turnout			4,290	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1924

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alfred Michael Urding *	4,358	73%
	Labour	George Chadwick	1,617	27%
Majority			2,741
Registered electors			11,548
Turnout			5,975	52%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1925

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protestant	John Walker *	2,844	58%
	Labour	George Chadwick	2,023	42%
Majority			821
Registered electors			11,753
Turnout			4,867	41%
	Protestant gain from Patriotic Labour

1926

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Chadwick	3,341	58%
	Conservative	William Edward McLaclan *	2,380	42%
Majority			961
Registered electors			11,808
Turnout			5,721	48%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1927

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alfred Michael Urding *	3,164	50.5%
	Labour	John Bagot	3,102	49.5%
Majority			62
Registered electors			11,590
Turnout			6,266	54%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1928

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Bagot	3,150	52%
	Protestant	John Walker *	2,864	48%
Majority			286
Registered electors			11,178
Turnout			6,014	54%
	Labour gain from Protestant		Swing

1929

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Chadwick *	3,199	50%
	Conservative	John Walker	3,165	50%
Majority			34
Registered electors			12,438
Turnout			6,364	51%
	Labour hold		Swing

1930

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alfred Michael Urding *	3,770	53%
	Labour	Alexander Key	1,721	24%
	Protestant	Albert Clayton	1,318	19%
	Independent	William Edward McLaclan	276	4%
Majority			2,049
Registered electors			12,178
Turnout			7,085	58%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1931

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William John Matthew Clark	3,632	55%
	Labour	John Bagot *	2,984	45%
Majority			648
Registered electors			12,090
Turnout			6,616	55%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1932

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Chadwick *	3,079	47%
	Conservative	Arnold Barkby	1,980	30%
	Protestant	Albert Clayton	1,490	23%
Majority			1,090
Registered electors			12,078
Turnout			6,549	54%
	Labour hold		Swing

1933

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Bagot	2,823	40%
	Protestant	Richard Bradley	2,384	34%
	Conservative	Alfred Michael Urding *	1,815	26%
Majority			439
Registered electors			11.985
Turnout			7,022	59%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1934

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dr. Joseph Sytner	2,344	38%
	Protestant	Richard Bradley	1,912	31%
	Conservative	William John Matthew Clark *	1,855	30%
Majority			432
Registered electors			11,544
Turnout			6,111	53%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1935

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William John Matthew Clark	3,451	57%
	Labour	George Chadwick *	2,505	42%
	Independent Labour and Protestant	Joshua George Perkins	68	1%
Majority			946
Registered electors			11,301
Turnout			6,024	53%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1936

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protestant	Robert Bradley	3,493	56%
	Labour	John Bagot *	2,692	44%
Majority			801
Registered electors			11,023
Turnout			6,185	56%
	Protestant gain from Labour		Swing

1937

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Evan Thomas Edwards	4,436	68%
	Labour	John Bagot	2,073	32%
Majority			2,363
Registered electors			10,638
Turnout			6,509	61%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1938

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William John Matthew Clark *	3,571	72%
	Labour	William James Riddick	1,379	28%
Majority			2,192
Registered electors			10,299
Turnout			1,503	48%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1945

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protestant	George E. Lewis	1,611	51%
	Labour	William J. Riddick	1,562	49%
Majority			48
Registered electors			10,653
Turnout			3,174	30%

1946

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative and Protestant	Harry Victor Shaw	2,161	57%
	Labour	George Carmichael	1,634	43%
Majority			527
Registered electors			10,300
Turnout			3,795	37%

1947

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protestant	George Edward Lewis	2,446	63%
	Labour	George Carmichael	1,427	37%
Majority			1,019
Registered electors			10,375
Turnout			3,873	37%
	Protestant hold		Swing

1949

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	William George Jones ^(PARTY)	2,394	59%	+8%
	Labour	Thomas Robinson	1,627	40%	−9%
	Communist	Sidney Foster	49	1%	+1%
Majority			767
Registered electors			10,341
Turnout			4,070	39%	+9%
	Protestant hold		Swing	+8%

1950

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative & Protestant	Harry Victor Shaw	2,030	62%	−1%
	Labour	Thomas Robinson	1,216	37%
	Communist	Sidney Foster	52	2%
Majority			814
Registered electors			10,012
Turnout			3,298	33%	−4%
	Conservative and Protestant hold		Swing

1951

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	George Edward Lewis *	1,878	67%	+4%
	Labour	Thomas Robinson	926	33%	−4%
Majority			952
Registered electors			10,134
Turnout			2,804	28%	+9%
	Protestant hold		Swing	+4%

1952

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Clitherow	1,925	55%	+15%
	Protestant	William George Jones *	1,555	45%	−14%
Majority			370
Registered electors			10,107
Turnout			3,480	34%	−5%
	Labour gain from Protestant		Swing

1953

Netherfield - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	J. Dorman	2,237	55%
	Protestant	G. E. Lewis *	2,198	54%	−13%
	Conservative and Protestant	H. V. Shaw *	2,125	52%	−10%
	Labour	R. Clitherow '*	1,831	45%	−10%
	Labour	T. Robinson	1,743	44%	−11%
	Labour	J. J. Brayton	1,664	41%	−14%
Majority			406
Registered electors			10,129
Turnout			4,068	40%	+6%
	Protestant gain from Labour		Swing
	Protestant hold		Swing
	Protestant hold		Swing

1954

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Robinson	1,806	53%	+12%
	Conservative and Protestant	G. Clark	1,578	47%
Majority			228
Registered electors			10,009
Turnout			3,384	34%	−6%
	Labour hold		Swing

1955

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protestant	G. E. Lewis *	1,879	50.1%
	Labour	H. G. Trainor	1,874	49.9%
Majority			5
Registered electors			9,811
Turnout			3,753	38%
	Protestant hold		Swing

1956

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protestant	J. Dorman *	1,522	52%
	Labour	G. Carmichael	1,422	48%
Majority			100
Registered electors			9,433
Turnout			2,944	31%
	Protestant hold		Swing

1957

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Robinson *	1,397	57%
	Conservative	T. B. Rutter	1,066	43%
Majority			331
Registered electors			9,330
Turnout			2,463	26%
	Labour hold		Swing

1958

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Clitherow	1,364	54%
	Conservative	E. Shaw	1,168	46%
Majority			196
Registered electors			9,137
Turnout			2,532	28%
	Labour gain from Protestant		Swing

1959

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protestant	J. Dorman *	1,790	54%
	Labour	G. Sykes	990	30%
	Independent	G. Carmichael	509	15%
Majority			800
Registered electors			8,992
Turnout			3,289	37%
	Protestant hold		Swing

1960

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	F. Crook	1,322	56%	+56%
	Labour	T. Robinson *	1,057	44%	−13%
Majority			265
Registered electors			8,932
Turnout			2,379	27%	+1%
	Protestant gain from Labour		Swing

1961

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	A. Brown	1,409	58%	+58%
	Labour	R. Clitherow *	1,020	42%	−12%
Majority			389
Registered electors			8,626
Turnout			2,429	28%	0%
	Protestant gain from Labour		Swing

1962

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	A Harris ^(PARTY)	1,447	51%	3%
	Labour	L. Caplan	1,413	49%	19%
Majority			34
Registered electors			8,306
Turnout			2,860	34%	3%
	Protestant hold		Swing

1963

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. S. Barnett	1,326	57%	+13%
	Protestant	R. F. Goll ^(PARTY)	1,007	43%	−13%
Majority			319
Registered electors			7,597
Turnout			2,333	31%	+4%
	Labour gain from Protestant		Swing

1964

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	A. Brown *	1,043	51%	−7%
	Labour	G. Carmichael	988	49%	+7%
Majority			55
Registered electors			6,893
Turnout			2,031	29%	+1%
	Protestant hold		Swing

1965

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	A. Harris *	725	58%	+7%
	Labour	E. C. Pimlett	526	42%	−7%
Majority			199
Registered electors			5,872
Turnout			1,251	21%	−13%
	Protestant hold		Swing

1966

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	W. Owen	586	67%	+24%
	Labour	Dr. N. S. Barnett *	253	29%	−28%
	Communist	F. Cartwright	35	4%	+4%
Majority			333
Registered electors			4,812
Turnout			874	18%	−13%
	Protestant gain from Labour		Swing

1967

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	Albert Brown *	679	62%	+11%
	Labour	Frank Keating	372	34%	−15%
	Communist	Frank Cartwright	46	4%	+4%
Majority			307
Registered electors			4,021
Turnout			1,097	27%	−2%
	Protestant hold		Swing

1968

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	James Boardnman ^(PARTY)	448	52%	−6%
	Labour	John L. Hughes	206	24%	−18%
		Robert D. Jenkins	165	19%
	Communist	Francis J. Cartright	42	5%	+5%
Majority			242
Registered electors			3,982
Turnout			861	22%	+1%
	Protestant gain from Labour		Swing

1969

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	William Owen *	579	70%	+3%
	Labour	Edward Loyden	194	23%	−6%
	Communist	Frank Cartwright	54	7%	+3%
Majority			385
Registered electors			3,984
Turnout			827	21%	+3%
	Protestant hold		Swing

1970

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	A. Brown *	750	57%	−5%
	Labour	S. J. Chegwin	572	43%	+9%
Majority			178
Registered electors			4,359
Turnout			1,322	30%	+3%
	Protestant hold		Swing

1971

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Mottram	775	57%	+27%
	Protestant	J. Boardman *	514	38%	−26%
	Liberal	J. J. Hastings	60	4%	+4%
Majority			261
Registered electors			4,327
Turnout			1,349	31%	+13%
	Labour gain from Protestant		Swing

1972

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. P. Hughes	869	55%	+32%
	Protestant	W. Owens *	712	45%	−25%
Majority			157
Registered electors			4,280
Turnout			1,581	37%	+16%
	Labour gain from Protestant		Swing

1973

Central, Everton, Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Parry *	1,627	66%
	Labour	J. E. Walker *	1,442	58%
	Labour	J. Finnegan ^(PARTY)	1,425	58%
	Conservative	P. J. Palmer	474	19%
	Conservative	W. Owens	464	19%
	Conservative	R. S. Charles	380	19%
	Liberal	J. F. Owen	365	15%
Majority			1,153
Registered electors
Turnout			2,466
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1975

Central, Everton, Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Finnegan *	1,379	66%	0%
	Conservative	A. Brown	569	27%	+8%
	Liberal	P. Seddon	135	6%	−9%
Majority			810
Registered electors			12,485
Turnout			2,083	17%
	Labour hold		Swing

1976

Central, Everton, Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. E. Walker *	1,658	71%	+5
	Conservative	J. Crowe	390	17%	−2%
	National Party of UK	A. J. Roberts	148	6%
	Liberal	G. Scattergood	135	6%	−9%
Majority			1,268
Registered electors			11,970
Turnout			2,331	19%
	Labour hold		Swing

1978

Central, Everton, Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Parry *	1,414	52%	−14%
	Liberal	Cathy Hancox	976	36%	+21%
	Conservative	J. B. King	319	12%	−7%
Majority			438
Registered electors			11,812
Turnout			2,709	23%
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "Townships: Everton | British History Online". British History. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
^ https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/politics-of-local-government-boundary-changes-and-representation/5B8F8D8F11B60D578F0A3E8819A14B93
^ https://www.liverpoolhistorybooks.com/a-history-of-liverpool-1207-2007

[1] "Townships: Everton | British History Online". British History. Retrieved 4 April 2025.

[2] ttps://www.cambridge.org/core/books/politics-of-local-government-boundary-changes-and-representation/5B8F8D8F11B60D578F0A3E8819A14B93

[3] ttps://www.liverpoolhistorybooks.com/a-history-of-liverpool-1207-2007

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