Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 11 May 1967.
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Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party)[1] |
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
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Conservative | 67 | +17 | 17 | 84 | |
Labour | 46 | -16 | 22 | 68 | |
Liberal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Protestant | 6 | +1 | 0 | 6 |
Election result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 28 | 68% | 59% | 91,809 | |||||
Labour | 11 | 27% | 36% | 55,888 | |||||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 4.2% | 6,493 | ||
Protestant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5% | 1.5% | 2,352 | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1% | 1,581 |
Ward results
edit* - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1964 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1964 election results.
Abercromby
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John E. McPherson * | 695 | 48% | -15% | |
Conservative | Herbert C. Norcott | 603 | 41% | +11% | |
Communist | A. McClelland | 159 | 11% | +3% | |
Majority | 92 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,276 | ||||
Turnout | 1,457 | 20% | -3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aigburth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John E. R. Fischer * | 5,030 | 79% | +11% | |
Liberal | Alan G. Wilson | 884 | 14% | -7% | |
Labour | Edwin C. Pimlett | 459 | 7% | -4% | |
Majority | 4,146 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,430 | ||||
Turnout | 6,373 | 47% | +8% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Allerton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stanley B. Caulfield * | 3,392 | 80% | +15% | |
Labour | Rodney Ludvigsen | 434 | 10% | -6% | |
Liberal | Mrs. Margaret S. Springbett | 405 | 10% | -9% | |
Majority | 2,958 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,887 | ||||
Turnout | 4,231 | 43% | +3% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Anfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James A. Porter M.B.E. * | 3,407 | 72% | +21% | |
Labour | Sydesy W. Jones | 1,352 | 28% | -14% | |
Majority | 2,055 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,033 | ||||
Turnout | 4,759 | 37% | -2% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Arundel
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John E. Kendrick | 2,840 | 69% | +21% | |
Labour | Joseph Cloherty | 1,137 | 28% | -7% | |
Communist | Jack Kay | 134 | 3% | +1% | |
Majority | 1,703 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,243 | ||||
Turnout | 4,111 | 34% | -3% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Breckfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth B. Jacques | 1,929 | 57% | +18% | |
Labour | Andrew Williams * | 1,430 | 43% | -18% | |
Majority | 499 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,897 | ||||
Turnout | 3,359 | 34% | +4% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Broadgreen
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs. Lennie Sanders * | 2,693 | 70% | +17% | |
Labour | John W. Hubble | 744 | 19% | -12% | |
Resident | Ernest Bide | 436 | 11% | ||
Majority | 1,948 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,003 | ||||
Turnout | 3,872 | 35% | 0% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Central
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James E. Walker (PARTY) | 1,299 | 53% | -14% | |
Conservative | John R. P. Dennis | 1,151 | 47% | +14% | |
Majority | 148 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,186 | ||||
Turnout | 2,450 | 34% | +3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Childwall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William E. Dailey * | 4,890 | 71% | +6% | |
Liberal | Owen Trevor Jones | 1,363 | 20% | -1% | |
Labour | Stanley G. Thorne | 659 | 10% | -4% | |
Majority | 3,527 | ||||
Registered electors | 17,174 | ||||
Turnout | 6,912 | 40% | +5% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Church
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Charles C. Martin (PARTY) | 3,879 | 59% | +4% | |
Liberal | John Swinnerton | 2,238 | 34% | -4% | |
Labour | Vincent P. Hyams | 427 | 7% | 0% | |
Majority | 1,641 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,535 | ||||
Turnout | 6,544 | 48% | +2% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Clubmoor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John F. Jones | 2,797 | 57% | +15% | |
Labour | Kenneth Stewart * | 2,099 | 43% | -9% | |
Majority | 698 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,442 | ||||
Turnout | 4,896 | 47% | +5% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
County
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Percy Tunna | 3,073 | 59% | +10% | |
Labour | George G. Maloney * | 1,875 | 36% | -15% | |
Communist | Kenneth T. Dowd | 234 | 5% | +5% | |
Majority | 1,198 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,488 | ||||
Turnout | 5,182 | 41% | -1% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Croxteth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. George Harrald Prince (PARTY) | 4,326 | 83% | +27% | |
Labour | Joseph H. Evans | 881 | 17% | -7% | |
Majority | 3,445 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,796 | ||||
Turnout | 5,207 | 44% | -2% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Dingle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Stoddart * | 1,818 | 48% | -16% | |
Conservative | Mrs. Kathlenn Prescott | 1,784 | 47% | +11% | |
Communist | David I. Thompson | 154 | 4% | ||
Majority | 34 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,633 | ||||
Turnout | 3,756 | 35% | +3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dovecot
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey E. Brandwood | 3,075 | 53% | +24% | |
Labour | Thomas H. Maloney | 2,738 | 47% | -16% | |
Majority | 337 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,094 | ||||
Turnout | 5,813 | 39% | +9% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Everton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Francis Burke * | 862 | 46% | -27% | |
Conservative | John Mass | 673 | 36% | +13% | |
Liberal | Michael V. Lilley | 299 | 16% | +16% | |
Majority | 189 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,465 | ||||
Turnout | 1,887 | 25% | +5% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Fairfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James S. Ross * | 2,484 | 68% | +20% | |
Labour | John Guinan | 1,167 | 32% | -13% | |
Majority | 1,317 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,148 | ||||
Turnout | 1,317 | 30% | -3% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fazakerley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ingram A. T. Legge | 2,895 | 63% | +14% | |
Labour | Dr. Norman S. Barnett | 1,729 | 37% | -14% | |
Majority | 1,166 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,156 | ||||
Turnout | 4,624 | 41% | -5% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Gillmoss
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter J. Dunne | 2,089 | 45% | +21% | |
Labour | Edward D. Roderick | 1,943 | 42% | -30% | |
Liberal | Joseph R. Wilmington | 645 | 14% | +14% | |
Majority | 146 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,525 | ||||
Turnout | 4,677 | 30% | +1% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Granby
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Glyn Hughes | 1,259 | 48% | +13% | |
Labour | James M. Burke * | 1,214 | 47% | -15% | |
Majority | 45 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,731 | ||||
Turnout | 2,596 | 27% | -4% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Kensington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick R. Butler | 1,976 | 51% | +15% | |
Labour | Mrs. Ethel M. Wormald | 1,884 | 49% | -15% | |
Majority | 92 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,056 | ||||
Turnout | 3,860 | 35% | +3% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Low Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs. Mary J. Powell * | 1,364 | 56% | -17% | |
Conservative | William F. Everett | 984 | 41% | +17% | |
Communist | Donald P. Holland | 78 | 3% | 0% | |
Majority | 380 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,155 | ||||
Turnout | 2,426 | 34% | +6% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Melrose
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James J. Hastings * | 1,230 | 57% | -15% | |
Labour | Benjamin Shaw | 1,173 | 54% | -18% | |
Conservative | Thomas Head-Rapson | 945 | 43% | +15% | |
Conservative | Daniel J. Jones | 941 | 43% | +15% | |
Majority | 285 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,212 | ||||
Turnout | 2,175 | 26% | -1% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Netherfield
editParty | 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 |
Old Swan
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur J. Browne | 2,987 | 60% | +18% | |
Labour | Edward Loyden * | 1,968 | 40% | -10% | |
Majority | 1,019 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,412 | ||||
Turnout | 4,955 | 37% | +3% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Picton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Clifford J. Kinrade | 2,694 | 59% | +21% | |
Labour | Tom Bailey * | 1,899 | 41% | +14% | |
Majority | 795 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,839 | ||||
Turnout | 4,593 | 36% | +2% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Pirrie
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter J. McCann | 3,485 | 53% | +20% | |
Labour | John Dalrymple (PARTY) | 3,040 | 47% | -20% | |
Majority | 445 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,645 | ||||
Turnout | 6,525 | 42% | +5% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Prince's Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William T. Savage | 2,016 | 51% | +16% | |
Labour | Thomas C. Greenwood | 1,819 | 46% | -12% | |
Communist | John Galloway | 152 | 4% | +4% | |
Majority | 197 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,440 | ||||
Turnout | 3,987 | 35% | +8% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Sandhills
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Miss Margaret Schofield (PARTY) | 1,394 | 69% | -17% | |
Conservative | Frederick Jones | 544 | 27% | +16% | |
Communist | Brian Campbell | 72 | 4% | 0% | |
Majority | 850 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,025 | ||||
Turnout | 2,010 | 29% | -2% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Domingo
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protestant | Roy Hughes | 1,673 | 54% | +10% | |
Labour | Frank N. Marsden * | 1,313 | 43% | -11% | |
Communist | Richard McGuire | 102 | 3% | +1% | |
Majority | 360 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,844 | ||||
Turnout | 3,088 | 31% | 0% | ||
Protestant gain from Labour | Swing |
St. James
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Parry * | 1,015 | 51% | -23% | |
Conservative | Mrs. Jessie E. Reid | 522 | 26% | +6% | |
Liberal | Gershon Greenberg | 248 | 12% | +12% | |
Communist | Roger O'Hara | 215 | 11% | +5% | |
Majority | 493 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,612 | ||||
Turnout | 2,000 | 23% | -3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Mary's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William L. Harris | 2,194 | 52% | +18% | |
Labour | Stanley R. Maddox * | 2,021 | 48% | -18% | |
Majority | 173 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,925 | ||||
Turnout | 4,215 | 42% | +5% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
St. Michael's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs. Marion Browne M.B.E. * | 2,653 | 68% | +19% | |
Labour | David M. Mitchell | 852 | 22% | -1% | |
Liberal | Miss Margaret J. Baber | 411 | 10% | -18% | |
Majority | 1,801 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,648 | ||||
Turnout | 3,916 | 41% | -5% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Smithdown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George W. Clarke * | 1,034 | 53% | -15% | |
Conservative | Stanley Whittaker | 930 | 47% | +21% | |
Majority | 104 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,160 | ||||
Turnout | 1,964 | 19% | -5% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Speke
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry K. Jones | 1,913 | 53% | +32% | |
Labour | Stephen J. Cook | 1,709 | 47% | -25% | |
Majority | 204 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,899 | ||||
Turnout | 3,622 | 26% | +2% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Tuebrook
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman A. Pannell | 2,932 | 61% | ||
Labour | James Mottram | 1,901 | 39% | -13% | |
Majority | 1,031 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,413 | ||||
Turnout | 4,833 | 42% | +4% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Vauxhall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Orr * | 1,073 | 84% | -10% | |
Conservative | Herbert A. Williams | 150 | 12% | +8% | |
Communist | Thomas E. Cassin | 59 | 5% | +3% | |
Majority | 923 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,610 | ||||
Turnout | 1,282 | 17% | -11% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Warbreck
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert H. K. Maynard * | 2,859 | 70% | +13% | |
Labour | Peter Comer | 2,232 | 30% | -13% | |
Majority | 1,627 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,868 | ||||
Turnout | 4,091 | 34% | -2% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Westminster
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Gillin | 1,210 | 51% | +15% | |
Labour | Edward Burke * | 1,165 | 49% | -15% | |
Majority | 45 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,047 | ||||
Turnout | 2,375 | 39% | +5% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Woolton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Norton * | 5,606 | 79% | +17% | |
Labour | George J. Maudsley | 1,468 | 21% | -7% | |
Majority | 4,138 | ||||
Registered electors | 19,254 | ||||
Turnout | 7,074 | 37% | +1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Aldermanic Elections
editTwenty of the forty Aldermen were elected by the city council on 22 May 1967. Those elected by the council and the wards they were allocated to are shown in the table below:
Party | Alderman | Ward | |
---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stanley Airey | St. James | |
Conservative | Herbert M. Allen | Speke | |
Conservative | Alfred N. Bates | Dovecot | |
Conservative | William Browne | Clubmoor | |
Conservative | Arthur B. Collins M.B.E. | Abercromby | |
Conservative | Charles Cowlin | old Swan | |
Conservative | Raymond F. Craine M.B.E. | Vauxhall | |
Conservative | Harold W. Hughes O.B.E. | Tuebrook | |
Conservative | John Keenan | Woolton | |
Conservative | Harold Lees | Westminster | |
Conservative | Arthur W. Lowe O.B.E. | Melrose | |
Conservative | Robert Meadows | Princes Park | |
Conservative | Stephen Minion O.B.E. | Anfield | |
Conservative | Joseph Norton | Broadgreen | |
Conservative | Ralph Rattray | Pirrie | |
Conservative | Leslie H. Sanders | Aigburth | |
Conservative | Harold M. Steward | Low Hill | |
Conservative | James E. Thompson | St. Domingo | |
Conservative | Frank Woolfenden | Fazakerley | |
Conservative | Alexander Young | St. Michael's |
References
edit- ^ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post 12 May 1967
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1967-1968
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1967-1968