1962 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 10 May 1962.

1962 Liverpool City Council election

← 1961 10 May 1962 (1962-05-10) 1963 →

41 (including a by-election for St. Domingo ward) of 120 Councillors' seats to Liverpool City Council
81 of 120 Councillors and 40 Aldermen seats needed for a majority

Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party)[1]

Aldermanic elections took place at the City Council meeting on 24 May 1962, and as some councillors were elected as Aldermen there were by-elections for the vacated seats on Thursday 29 June 1962.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party Councillors   ±   Aldermen Total
Conservative 55 -8 26 81
Labour 59 +8 14 73
Protestant 4 0 0 4
Liberal 2 +2 0 2

Election result

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Liverpool Local Election Result 1962
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 10 0 6 -6 27% 41% 66,656
  Labour 23 6 0 +6 66% 48% 79,288
  Liberal 2 1 0 +1 5% 8% 12,662
  Protestant 1 0 1 -1 2.5% 3.1% 5,084
  Communist 0 0 0 0 0% 0.44% 722
  Anti-Debt 0 0 0 0 0% 0.25% 402
  British Union Movement 0 0 0 0 0% 0.22% 365

Ward results

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* - Councillor seeking re-election

(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1959 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1959 election results.

Abercromby

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Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Livermore (PARTY) 1,707 66% +11%
Conservative L. Huglin 742 29% −11%
Communist A. McClelland 135 5% 0%
Majority 965
Registered electors 9.810
Turnout 2,584 26% +1%
Labour hold Swing

Aigburth

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Aigburth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. N. Venmore (PARTY) 3,821 87% +10%
Labour S. J. Cook 550 13% +8%
Majority 3,271
Registered electors 13,792
Turnout 4,371 32% −11%
Conservative hold Swing

Allerton

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Allerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. S. D. Weaver (PARTY) 2,486 73% −8%
Labour Mrs. M. B. Simey 912 27% +8%
Majority 1,574
Registered electors 10,186
Turnout 3,398 33% −3%
Conservative hold Swing

Anfield

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Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. F. Craine * 3,026 59% −9%
Labour S. W. Jones 2,097 41% +9%
Majority 929
Registered electors 14,090
Turnout 5,123 36% −4%
Conservative hold Swing

Arundel

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Arundel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative C. Price * 2,143 41% −24%
Labour C. Taylor 1,769 34% +3%
Liberal I. Gottlieb 1,209 23% +23%
Communist J. Kay 83 4% 0%
Majority 374
Registered electors 12,494
Turnout 5,204 42% +6%
Conservative hold Swing

Breckfield

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Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. E. Burns 2,021 53% +6%
Conservative S. Airey * 1,783 47% −6%
Majority 238
Registered electors 11,118
Turnout 3,804 34% −3%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Broadgreen

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Broadgreen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. J. Bullen (PARTY) 1,796 45% −32%
Liberal W. Galbraith 1,133 27% +27%
Labour J. M. Burke 1,027 26% +12%
Majority 663
Registered electors 11,511
Turnout 3,956 34% −6%
Conservative hold Swing

Central

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Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Cullen * 1,827 66%
Conservative A. E. Rossington 933 34%
Majority 894
Registered electors 8,629
Turnout 2,760 32%
Labour hold Swing

Childwall

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Childwall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. J. Sergent * 3,171 51% −15%
Liberal A. J. Markey 2,314 37% +11%
Labour T. Bailey 687 11% +4%
Majority 857
Registered electors 16,674
Turnout 6,172 37% −5%
Conservative hold Swing

Church

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Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Cyril E. Carr 3,540 53% +23%
Conservative Mrs. T. L. Norton 2,732 41% −19%
Labour Mrs. M. E. Cullen 384 6% −4%
Majority 808
Registered electors 13,565
Turnout 6,656 49% +7%
Liberal hold Swing

Clubmoor

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Clubmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. Grue 2,326 47% +2%
Conservative L. J. Carr * 1,974 40% −15%
Liberal G. H. Bilson 651 13% +13%
Majority 352
Registered electors 11,310
Turnout 4,951 44% −1%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

County

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County
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. P. Wall 3,057 54% +4%
Conservative B. Ingham (PARTY) 2,625 46% −4%
Majority 432
Registered electors 13,588
Turnout 5,682 42% −3%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Croxteth

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Croxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative C. Dickinson * 3,065 71% −4%
Labour G. C. Carr 1,256 29% +11%
Majority 1,809
Registered electors 11,692
Turnout 4,321 37% −8%
Conservative hold Swing

Dingle

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Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Crawshaw * 2,434 60% −2%
Conservative Mrs. F. Devine 1,197 30% −8%
Liberal J. Reilly 235 6% +6%
Anti-debt J. R. Gradwell 176 4% +4%
Majority 1,237
Registered electors 12,434
Turnout 4,042 33% −3%
Labour hold Swing

Dovecot

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Dovecot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. P. Johnson * 2,908 54% −3%
Conservative A. M. Wilson 1,506 28% −15%
Liberal John Bowen 928 17% +17%
Anti-Debt F. G. Connor 71 1% +1%
Majority 1,402
Registered electors 25,329
Turnout 5,413 38% +6%
Labour hold Swing

Everton

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Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Smyth * 1,811 72% −2%
Conservative E. Shaw 562 22%
Communist J. Edgar 80 3% +3%
British Union Movement T. G. Kenny 67 3% +3%
Majority 1,239
Registered electors 10,198
Turnout 2,520 25% +2%
Labour hold Swing

Fairfield

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Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. P. Moyses (PARTY) 1,908 51% −8%
Labour J. Guinan 1,824 49% +8%
Majority 84
Registered electors 13,695
Turnout 3,732 27% −6%
Conservative hold Swing

Fazakerley

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Fazakerley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Morgan 2,545 51% +7%
Conservative A. L. Ritchie 2,421 49% −7%
Majority 124
Registered electors 11,448
Turnout 4,966 43% −5%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Gillmoss

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Gillmoss
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. E. Delooze * 3,883 73% +7%
Conservative J. Swainbank 1,191 22% −12%
Communist D. Wilkinson 247 5% +5%
Majority 2,692
Registered electors 16,007
Turnout 5,321 33% +3%
Labour hold Swing

Granby

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Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. D. Hamilton * 2,075 58% +3%
Conservative S. A. Hughes 1,493 42% −3%
Majority 582
Registered electors 10,954
Turnout 3,568 33% +3%
Labour hold Swing

Kensington

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Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L. Holden (PARTY) 2,189 64% +6%
Conservative A. B. Moore 1,120 33% −9%
Anti-Debt A. P. Cooney 118 3% +3%
Majority 1,069
Registered electors 12,011
Turnout 3,427 29% −6%
Labour hold Swing

Low Hill

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Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. R. Snell * 1,676 68% +6%
Conservative T. Hillcock 698 28% −10%
British Union Movement M. J. Ward 83 3% +3%
Majority 978
Registered electors 9,493
Turnout 2,457 26% −1%
Labour hold Swing

Melrose

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Melrose
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Ackers (PARTY) 1,791 70% +6%
Conservative S. D. Lunt 762 30% −6%
Majority 1,029
Registered electors 9,394
Turnout 3.107 27% −4%
Labour hold Swing

Netherfield

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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

Old Swan

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Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. McKie Reid (PARTY) 2,364 54%  3%
Labour G. R. Sullivan 2,038 46%  3%
Majority 326
Registered electors 14.917
Turnout 4,402 30%  9%
Conservative hold Swing

Picton

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Picton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Evans * 2,975 57% +5%
Conservative E. W. Holland 2,282 43% −5%
Majority 693
Registered electors 13,994
Turnout 5,257 38%  1%
Labour hold Swing

Pirrie

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Pirrie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Black * 4,208 68%  9%
Conservative G. Parsons 1,988 32%  7%
Majority 2,220
Registered electors 16,590
Turnout 6,196 37%  2%
Labour hold Swing

Prince's Park

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Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Sidwell * 2,304 54%  1%
Conservative W. Savage 1,317 31%  14%
Liberal A. Garland 629 15%  15%
Majority 987
Registered electors 13,264
Turnout 4,250 32%  2%
Labour hold Swing

Sandhills

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Sandhills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour V. Burke * 1,878 89%  1%
Conservative A. C. Bailey 146 7%  5%
Communist B. Campbell 95 4%  4%
Majority 1,732
Registered electors 8,440
Turnout 2,119 25%  3%
Labour hold Swing

St. Domingo

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St. Domingo 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Gardner (PARTY) 2,369 56%  4%
Labour F. Keating 2,237 53%  1%
Protestant W. H. Blower (PARTY) 1,877 44%  4%
Protestant G. H. Mason 1,760 41%  7%
Majority 492
Registered electors 11,763
Turnout 4,246 36%  1%
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Protestant Swing

St. James

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St. James
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour O. J. Doyle * 2,151 80%  2%
Conservative K. W. Davies 536 20%  2%
Majority 1,615
Registered electors 10,738
Turnout 2,687 25% 0%
Labour hold Swing

St. Mary's

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St. Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. Walker (PARTY) 2,501 58%  4%
Conservative J. Tushingham 1,830 42%  1%
Majority 671
Registered electors 11,167
Turnout 4,331 39% 0%
Labour hold Swing

St. Michael's

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St. Michael's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph R. Wilmington 2,023 46%  46
Conservative S. T. Moss (PARTY) 1,859 42  33
Labour S. G. Thorne 544 12  8
Majority 164
Registered electors 9,895
Turnout 4,426 45  8
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Smithdown

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Smithdown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mrs. E. E. Wright * 1,909 65%  2%
Conservative T. Strange 797 27%  6%
British Union Movement H. Traynor 215 7%  7%
Majority 1,112
Registered electors 12,042
Turnout 2,921 24% 0%
Labour hold Swing

Speke

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Speke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Higgins * 2,990 77%  19%
Conservative B. F. Evans 885 23%  15%
Majority 2,105
Registered electors 14,135
Turnout 3,875 27%  1%
Labour hold Swing

Tuebrook

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Tuebrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Shaw 2,576 52%  9%
Conservative J. F. Bradley * 2,348 48%
Majority 228 4%
Registered electors 12,641
Turnout 4,924 39%  2%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Vauxhall

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Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Dunford * 1,661 95% 0%
Communist T. E. Cassin 82 5% 0%
Majority 1,661
Registered electors 9,560
Turnout 1,743 18%  1%
Labour hold Swing

Warbreck

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Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. A. Ritchie (PARTY) 2,672 60%  5%
Labour J. V. Grue 1,788 40%  5%
Majority 884
Registered electors 12,868
Turnout 4,460 35%  7%
Labour hold Swing

Westminster

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Westminster
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Carr (PARTY) 1,575 56%  1%
Conservative W. Gilbody 1,182 42%  3%
Anti-Debt T. J. Anderson 37 1%  1%
Majority 393 14%  4%
Registered electors 7,626
Turnout 2,794 37%  2%
Labour hold Swing

Woolton

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Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative L. B. Williams (PARTY) 3,294 66%  9%
Labour R. Buckle 1,718 34%  9%
Majority 1,576
Registered electors 17,108
Turnout 5,012 29%  8%
Conservative hold Swing

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References

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  1. ^ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. ^ Liverpool Daily Post 11 May 1962
  3. ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1962-1963