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.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative????????
Labour????????
Protestant????????
Liberal????????

Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1947
Party 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

* - 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
Abercromby
Party 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
Aigburth
Party 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
Allerton
Party 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
Anfield
Party 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
Breckfield
Party 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
Brunswick
Party 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 113,209
Turnout 3,138 24%

Castle Street
Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Bennett unopposed

Childwall
Childwall
Party 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
Croxteth
Party 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
Dingle
Party 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
Edge Hill
Party 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
Everton
Party 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
Exchange
Party 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
Fairfield
Party 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
Fazakerley
Party 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
Garston
Party 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
Granby
Party 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
Great George
Party 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
Kensington
Party 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
Kirkdale
Party 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
Little Woolton
Party 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
Low Hill
Party 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
Much Woolton
Party 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
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

North Scotland
North Scotland
Party 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
Old Swan
Party 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
Prince's Park
Party 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
Sandhills
Party 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
St. Anne's
Party 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
St. Domingo
Party 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
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

Sefton Park East
Sefton Park East
Party 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
Sefton Park West
Party 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
South Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Sheehan unopposed
Registered electors 6,302
Labour hold Swing

Vauxhall
Vauxhall
Party 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
Walton
Party 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
Warbreck
Party 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
Wavertree
Party 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
Wavertree West
Party 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
West Derby
Party 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

[1] [2]

By-elections

Great George 20 January 1948

Caused by the resignation of Mr. Robert Edward Cottier (Labour, elected November 1945).

Great George
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

[3]

Kensington 15 April 1948

Caused by the death of Councillor Frederick Harold Bailey (Conservative, elected November 1946) on 24 February 1948 [4]

Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Minion 3,199
Labour Joseph Brogan 2,267
Majority
Registered electors 14,481
Turnout 5,466
Conservative hold Swing

[5]

Walton 10 June 1948

Alderman James Graham Reece JP died on 24 March 1948' [6]

Councillor Reginald Richard Bailey was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 5 May 1948. [7]

Walton
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

[8]

Edge Hill 22 July 1948

Caused by the resignation of Arthur Leadbetter (Labour, elected November 1946)

Edge Hill
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

[9]

Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. died on 24 September 1948. [10]

Councillor James Forster Brakell died on 4 October 1948. [11]

References
  1. Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1947
  2. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948
  3. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 229
  4. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 290
  5. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 430
  6. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 364
  7. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 431
  8. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 588
  9. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 668
  10. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 746
  11. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 746
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.