1947 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1947. This was the last local election held at the beginning of November.
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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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
Labour | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
Protestant | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
Liberal | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
Election result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 28 | 58% | 144,371 | ||||||
Labour | 9 | 39% | 98,200 | ||||||
Protestant | 2 | 2% | 5,782 | ||||||
Independent | 1 | 0.49% | 1,216 | ||||||
Liberal | 0 | 0% | 0.21% | 527 | |||||
Communist | 0 | 0% | 0.20% | 499 |
Ward results
edit* - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
Due to the disruption in elections caused by The Second World War no comparisons are made with other elections.
Abercromby
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Joseph Bullen | 3,160 | 54% | ||
Labour | Harry Livermore | 2,689 | 46% | ||
Majority | 471 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,189 | ||||
Turnout | 5,849 | 41% |
Aigburth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert M. Allen | 7,871 | 83% | ||
Labour | William Firman Aldis | 1,604 | 17% | ||
Majority | 6,267 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,307 | ||||
Turnout | 9,475 | 58% |
Allerton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs Margaret J. Strong | 3,817 | 68% | ||
Labour | Mrs. Edith Evans | 1,306 | 23% | ||
Liberal | Herbert Griffith Edwards | 527 | 9% | ||
Majority | 2,511 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,853 | ||||
Turnout | 5,650 | 57% |
Anfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert Joseph White | 5,964 | 64% | ||
Labour | Richard Clitherow | 3,288 | 36% | ||
Majority | 2,676 | ||||
Registered electors | 17,429 | ||||
Turnout | 9,252 | 53% |
Breckfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Jean Lewis | 4,086 | 60% | ||
Labour | John Hamilton | 2,681 | 40% | ||
Majority | 1,405 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,209 | ||||
Turnout | 6,767 | 51% |
Brunswick
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Hampton Cain | 2,360 | 75% | ||
Conservative | William Henry Beavan | 695 | 22% | ||
Communist | Albert Southern | 83 | 3% | ||
Majority | 1,665 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,209 | ||||
Turnout | 3,138 | 24% |
Castle Street
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Bennett | unopposed |
Childwall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Young | 5,914 | 82% | ||
Labour | William Hamling | 1,341 | 18% | ||
Majority | 4,573 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,198 | ||||
Turnout | 7,255 | 55% |
Croxteth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sydney Smart | 6,478 | 51% | ||
Labour | William Henry Barton | 5,874 | 47% | ||
Communist | Miss Winifred May George | 244 | 2% | ||
Majority | 604 | ||||
Registered electors | 32,352 | ||||
Turnout | 12,596 | 39% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Dingle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Thomas White | 4,951 | 54% | ||
Labour | Edward Daniel Whittle | 4,194 | 46% | ||
Majority | 757 | ||||
Registered electors | 18,941 | ||||
Turnout | 9,145 | 48% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Edge Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Bagot | 2,822 | 54% | ||
Conservative | Stanley Alexander Hughes | 2,411 | 46% | ||
Independent | Charles Henry Parry | 39 | 1% | ||
Majority | 411 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,606 | ||||
Turnout | 5,272 | 39% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Everton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Braddock | 3,138 | 58% | ||
Conservative | Charles C. Carter | 2,246 | 42% | ||
Majority | 892 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,792 | ||||
Turnout | 5,384 | 39% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Exchange
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Walter McGrath | 704 | 79% | ||
Labour | Francis Edward Campbell | 188 | 21% | ||
Majority | 516 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,620 | ||||
Turnout | 892 | 55% | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Fairfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Nash | 5,368 | 66% | ||
Labour | Isidore Levin | 2,818 | 34% | ||
Majority | 2,550 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,930 | ||||
Turnout | 8,186 | 51% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fazakerley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Pugh Thompson | 5,571 | 54% | ||
Labour | John F. Hughes | 4,779 | 46% | ||
Majority | 792 | ||||
Registered electors | 20,381 | ||||
Turnout | 10,350 | 51% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Garston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Clarke | 5,106 | 54% | ||
Labour | William H. Sefton | 4,306 | 46% | ||
Majority | 800 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,631 | ||||
Turnout | 9,412 | 57% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Granby
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Edward Thompson | 3,123 | 55% | ||
Labour | Victor Harold E. Baker | 2,605 | 45% | ||
Majority | 518 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,351 | ||||
Turnout | 5,728 | 43% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Great George
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Gwilym Hughes | 1,016 | 55% | ||
Labour | Clifford Selly | 815 | 45% | ||
Majority | 201 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,894 | ||||
Turnout | 1,831 | 47% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kensington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold W. Hughes | 4,033 | 56% | ||
Labour | Joseph Brogan | 3,221 | 44% | ||
Majority | 812 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,481 | ||||
Turnout | 7,254 | 50% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kirkdale
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Francis Carr | 4,680 | 52% | ||
Conservative | Joseph Trevor Booth | 4,328 | 48% | ||
Majority | 352 | ||||
Registered electors | 19,759 | ||||
Turnout | 9,008 | 46% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Little Woolton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Frederick Catlin | 1,134 | 84% | ||
Labour | William Thomas Benn | 189 | 14% | ||
Independent | Frederick Bowman | 21 | 2% | ||
Majority | 945 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,974 | ||||
Turnout | 1,344 | 68% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Low Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Cecil Saltmarsh | 3,319 | 55% | ||
Labour | David Horan | 2,716 | 45% | ||
Majority | 603 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,346 | ||||
Turnout | 6,035 | 49% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Much Woolton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Isaac Robinson | 2,331 | 74% | ||
Labour | Noel Arthur Pinches | 838 | 26% | ||
Majority | 1,493 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,463 | ||||
Turnout | 3,169 | 58% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Netherfield
editParty | 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 |
North Scotland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick William Tucker | 1,781 | 75% | ||
Conservative | John Kenneth Hart | 416 | 18% | ||
Communist | John Coward | 172 | 7% | ||
Majority | 1,365 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,237 | ||||
Turnout | 2,369 | 33% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Old Swan
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Nathaniel Bates | 9,000 | 66% | ||
Labour | William Williams | 4,669 | 34% | ||
Majority | 4,331 | ||||
Registered electors | 28,181 | ||||
Turnout | 13,669 | 49% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Prince's Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Cowlin | 3,456 | 55% | ||
Labour | Henry Evans | 2,838 | 45% | ||
Majority | 618 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,488 | ||||
Turnout | 6,294 | 50% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sandhills
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stanley Part | 2,421 | 73% | ||
Conservative | Frederick Charles Hitches | 891 | 27% | ||
Majority | 1,530 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,047 | ||||
Turnout | 3,312 | 41% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Anne's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Abram Louis Caplan | 1,679 | 62% | ||
Conservative | Joseph Edward Gallagher | 574 | 21% | ||
Independent | Thomas Patrick Healy | 452 | 17% | ||
Majority | 1,105 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,242 | ||||
Turnout | 2,705 | 43% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Domingo
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protestant | Mrs. Mary Jane Longbottom | 3,336 | 60% | ||
Labour | Walter Richard Maylor | 2,222 | 40% | ||
Majority | 1,114 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,378 | ||||
Turnout | 5,558 | 42% | |||
Protestant hold | Swing |
St. Peter's
editParty | 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 |
Sefton Park East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Isaac Throssell | 4,555 | 74% | ||
Labour | Norman Bates | 1,622 | 26% | ||
Majority | 2,933 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,687 | ||||
Turnout | 6,177 | 42% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sefton Park West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Bidston | 4,454 | 78% | ||
Labour | Mrs. Anne Caine | 1,292 | 22% | ||
Majority | 3,162 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,243 | ||||
Turnout | 5,746 | 51% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
South Scotland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Sheehan | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,302 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Vauxhall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Cyril Brady | 918 | 69% | ||
Conservative | Mrs. Freda James | 421 | 31% | ||
Majority | 497 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,705 | ||||
Turnout | 1,339 | 50% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Walton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Jones | 7,331 | 60% | ||
Labour | William Richard Gerrard | 4,921 | 40% | ||
Majority | 2,410 | ||||
Registered electors | 23,678 | ||||
Turnout | 12,252 | 52% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Warbreck
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Rickard | 6,661 | 71% | ||
Labour | Francis David Heron | 2,690 | 29% | ||
Majority | 3,971 | ||||
Registered electors | 19,774 | ||||
Turnout | 9,351 | 47% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wavertree
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stanley Ronald Williams | 8,590 | 73% | ||
Labour | Francis Burke | 3,225 | 27% | ||
Majority | 5,365 | ||||
Registered electors | 23,200 | ||||
Turnout | 11,815 | 51% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wavertree West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Lees | 3,487 | 55% | ||
Labour | Thomas Warburton Jolley | 2,857 | 45% | ||
Majority | 630 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,729 | ||||
Turnout | 6,344 | 54% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
West Derby
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hedley Arthur Williams | 11,202 | 69% | ||
Labour | Edward William Harby | 5,008 | 31% | ||
Majority | 6,194 | ||||
Registered electors | 31,782 | ||||
Turnout | 16,210 | 51% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
By-elections
editGreat George 20 January 1948
editCaused by the resignation of Mr. Robert Edward Cottier (Labour, elected November 1945).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clifford Skelly | 719 | 50% | ||
Conservative | Charlotte Emma Turner | 716 | 50% | ||
Majority | 3 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,894 | ||||
Turnout | 1,435 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Kensington 15 April 1948
editCaused by the death of Councillor Frederick Harold Bailey (Conservative, elected November 1946) on 24 February 1948 [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Minion | 3,199 | |||
Labour | Joseph Brogan | 2,267 | |||
Majority | |||||
Registered electors | 14,481 | ||||
Turnout | 5,466 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Walton 10 June 1948
editAlderman James Graham Reece JP died on 24 March 1948' [7]
Councillor Reginald Richard Bailey was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 5 May 1948. [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Moore | 5,145 | |||
Labour | William Richard Gerrard | 3,056 | |||
Majority | 2,109 | ||||
Registered electors | 23,678 | ||||
Turnout | 8,205 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Edge Hill 22 July 1948
editCaused by the resignation of Arthur Leadbetter (Labour, elected November 1946)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Horan | 2,217 | |||
Samuel Curtis | 1,876 | ||||
Sidney Foster | 85 | ||||
Independent | Charles Henry Parry | 18 | |||
Majority | 341 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,606 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. died on 24 September 1948. [11]
Councillor James Forster Brakell died on 4 October 1948. [12]
References
edit- ^ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1947
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 229
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 290
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 430
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 364
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 431
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 588
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 668
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 746
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 746