1947 Liverpool City Council election

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1947 Liverpool City Council election
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Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party) [1]

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1947. This was the last local election held at the beginning of November.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1947
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2858%144,371
  Labour 939%98,200
  Protestant 22%5,782
  Independent 10.49%1,216
  Liberal 00%0.21%527
  Communist 00%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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Joseph Bullen3,16054%
Labour Harry Livermore2,68946%
Majority471
Registered electors 14,189
Turnout 5,84941%

Aigburth

Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Herbert M. Allen7,87183%
Labour William Firman Aldis1,60417%
Majority6,267
Registered electors 16,307
Turnout 9,47558%

Allerton

Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs Margaret J. Strong3,81768%
Labour Mrs. Edith Evans1,30623%
Liberal Herbert Griffith Edwards5279%
Majority2,511
Registered electors 9,853
Turnout 5,65057%

Anfield

Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Albert Joseph White5,96464%
Labour Richard Clitherow3,28836%
Majority2,676
Registered electors 17,429
Turnout 9,25253%

Breckfield

Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Jean Lewis4,08660%
Labour John Hamilton2,68140%
Majority1,405
Registered electors 13,209
Turnout 6,76751%

Brunswick

Brunswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Hampton Cain2,36075%
Conservative William Henry Beavan69522%
Communist Albert Southern833%
Majority1,665
Registered electors 13,209
Turnout 3,13824%

Castle Street

Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Bennettunopposed

Childwall

Childwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alexander Young5,91482%
Labour William Hamling1,34118%
Majority4,573
Registered electors 13,198
Turnout 7,25555%

Croxteth

Croxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sydney Smart6,47851%
Labour William Henry Barton5,87447%
Communist Miss Winifred May George2442%
Majority604
Registered electors 32,352
Turnout 12,59639%
Conservative hold Swing

Dingle

Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Thomas White4,95154%
Labour Edward Daniel Whittle4,19446%
Majority757
Registered electors 18,941
Turnout 9,14548%
Conservative hold Swing

Edge Hill

Edge Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Bagot2,82254%
Conservative Stanley Alexander Hughes2,41146%
Independent Charles Henry Parry391%
Majority411
Registered electors 13,606
Turnout 5,27239%
Labour hold Swing

Everton

Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Braddock3,13858%
Conservative Charles C. Carter2,24642%
Majority892
Registered electors 13,792
Turnout 5,38439%
Labour hold Swing

Exchange

Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Walter McGrath70479%
Labour Francis Edward Campbell18821%
Majority516
Registered electors 1,620
Turnout 89255%
Independent hold Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Nash5,36866%
Labour Isidore Levin2,81834%
Majority2,550
Registered electors 15,930
Turnout 8,18651%
Conservative hold Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Pugh Thompson5,57154%
Labour John F. Hughes4,77946%
Majority792
Registered electors 20,381
Turnout 10,35051%
Conservative hold Swing

Garston

Garston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Clarke5,10654%
Labour William H. Sefton4,30646%
Majority800
Registered electors 16,631
Turnout 9,41257%
Conservative hold Swing

Granby

Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Edward Thompson3,12355%
Labour Victor Harold E. Baker2,60545%
Majority518
Registered electors 13,351
Turnout 5,72843%
Conservative hold Swing

Great George

Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Gwilym Hughes1,01655%
Labour Clifford Selly81545%
Majority201
Registered electors 3,894
Turnout 1,83147%
Conservative hold Swing

Kensington

Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harold W. Hughes4,03356%
Labour Joseph Brogan3,22144%
Majority812
Registered electors 14,481
Turnout 7,25450%
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkdale

Kirkdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Francis Carr4,68052%
Conservative Joseph Trevor Booth4,32848%
Majority352
Registered electors 19,759
Turnout 9,00846%
Labour hold Swing

Little Woolton

Little Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Frederick Catlin1,13484%
Labour William Thomas Benn18914%
Independent Frederick Bowman212%
Majority945
Registered electors 1,974
Turnout 1,34468%
Conservative hold Swing

Low Hill

Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Cecil Saltmarsh3,31955%
Labour David Horan2,71645%
Majority603
Registered electors 12,346
Turnout 6,03549%
Conservative hold Swing

Much Woolton

Much Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Isaac Robinson2,33174%
Labour Noel Arthur Pinches83826%
Majority1,493
Registered electors 5,463
Turnout 3,16958%
Conservative hold Swing

Netherfield

Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant George Edward Lewis2,44663%
Labour George Carmichael1,42737%
Majority1,019
Registered electors 10,375
Turnout 3,87337%
Protestant hold Swing

North Scotland

North Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick William Tucker1,78175%
Conservative John Kenneth Hart41618%
Communist John Coward1727%
Majority1,365
Registered electors 7,237
Turnout 2,36933%
Labour hold Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Nathaniel Bates9,00066%
Labour William Williams4,66934%
Majority4,331
Registered electors 28,181
Turnout 13,66949%
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park

Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Cowlin3,45655%
Labour Henry Evans2,83845%
Majority618
Registered electors 12,488
Turnout 6,29450%
Conservative hold Swing

Sandhills

Sandhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stanley Part2,42173%
Conservative Frederick Charles Hitches89127%
Majority1,530
Registered electors 8,047
Turnout 3,31241%
Labour hold Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abram Louis Caplan1,67962%
Conservative Joseph Edward Gallagher57421%
Independent Thomas Patrick Healy45217%
Majority1,105
Registered electors 6,242
Turnout 2,70543%
Labour hold Swing

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant Mrs. Mary Jane Longbottom3,33660%
Labour Walter Richard Maylor2,22240%
Majority1,114
Registered electors 13,378
Turnout 5,55842%
Protestant hold Swing

St. Peter's

St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James William Brown41170%
Labour Peter James O'Hare17830%
Majority233
Registered electors 1,281
Turnout 58946%
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park East

Sefton Park East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Isaac Throssell4,55574%
Labour Norman Bates1,62226%
Majority2,933
Registered electors 14,687
Turnout 6,17742%
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park West

Sefton Park West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick Bidston4,45478%
Labour Mrs. Anne Caine1,29222%
Majority3,162
Registered electors 11,243
Turnout 5,74651%
Conservative hold Swing

South Scotland

South Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Sheehanunopposed
Registered electors 6,302
Labour hold Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Cyril Brady91869%
Conservative Mrs. Freda James42131%
Majority497
Registered electors 2,705
Turnout 1,33950%
Labour hold Swing

Walton

Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Jones7,33160%
Labour William Richard Gerrard4,92140%
Majority2,410
Registered electors 23,678
Turnout 12,25252%
Conservative hold Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Rickard6,66171%
Labour Francis David Heron2,69029%
Majority3,971
Registered electors 19,774
Turnout 9,35147%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree

Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stanley Ronald Williams8,59073%
Labour Francis Burke3,22527%
Majority5,365
Registered electors 23,200
Turnout 11,81551%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree West

Wavertree West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harold Lees3,48755%
Labour Thomas Warburton Jolley2,85745%
Majority630
Registered electors 11,729
Turnout 6,34454%
Conservative hold Swing

West Derby

West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hedley Arthur Williams11,20269%
Labour Edward William Harby5,00831%
Majority6,194
Registered electors 31,782
Turnout 16,21051%
Conservative hold Swing

[2] [3]

By-elections

Great George 20 January 1948

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

Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clifford Skelly71950%
Conservative Charlotte Emma Turner71650%
Majority3
Registered electors 3,894
Turnout 1,435
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

[4]

Kensington 15 April 1948

Caused by the death of Councillor Frederick Harold Bailey (Conservative, elected November 1946) on 24 February 1948 [5]

Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Minion3,199
Labour Joseph Brogan2,267
Majority
Registered electors 14,481
Turnout 5,466
Conservative hold Swing

[6]

Walton 10 June 1948

Alderman 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]

Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Moore5,145
Labour William Richard Gerrard3,056
Majority2,109
Registered electors 23,678
Turnout 8,205
Conservative hold Swing

[9]

Edge Hill 22 July 1948

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

Edge Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Horan2,217
Samuel Curtis1,876
Sidney Foster85
Independent Charles Henry Parry18
Majority341
Registered electors 13,606
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

[10]

Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. died on 24 September 1948. [11]

Councillor James Forster Brakell died on 4 October 1948. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1947
  3. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948
  4. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 229
  5. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 290
  6. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 430
  7. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 364
  8. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 431
  9. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 588
  10. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 668
  11. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 746
  12. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 746
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