1949 Liverpool City Council election

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1949 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 Thursday 12 May 1949.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative 77+1426103
Labour 34-10842
Protestant 5016
Liberal 1023
Independent 3-125

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1949
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2854%131,161
  Labour 1246%111,233
  Protestant 22.3%5,549
  Liberal 00000%0.68%1,654
  Independent 10010.33%795
  Communist 00000%0.31%748

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

This was the first May local election following the move from November. Councillors standing for re-election at this election were previously elected in 1945. Therefore, comparisons are made with the 1945 election results.

Abercromby

Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Kenneth Hart2,95454%+10%
Labour Francis Lavery *2,29942%-14%
Communist Mrs. Olwyn White2104%
Majority655
Registered electors 14,366
Turnout 5,46338%+3%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +10%

[2]

Aigburth

Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Alexander Kinnear (PARTY)6,86776%+16%
Liberal William Edward Oates1,11712%+1%
Labour Terence Roberts1,01311%-9%
Majority5,750
Registered electors 16,154
Turnout 8,99756%+9%
Conservative hold Swing +16%

[3]

Allerton

Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Haswell *3,45470%+18%
Labour Mrs. Edith Evans91619%-11%
Liberal Herbert Griffith Edwards53711%-6%
Majority2,538
Registered electors 9,784
Turnout 4,90750%+4%
Conservative hold Swing +18%

[4]

Anfield

Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Aled Owen Roberts *5,54365%+9%
Labour Mrs. Ethel May Wormald3,01135%-9%
Majority2,532
Registered electors 17,169
Turnout 8,55450%+9%
Conservative hold Swing +9%

[5]

Breckfield

Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Henry Thompson (PARTY)3,43358%+7%
Labour John Hamilton 2,45442%-7%
Majority979
Registered electors 13,164
Turnout 5,88745%+4%
Conservative hold Swing -7%

[5]

Brunswick

Brunswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hugh Carr (PARTY)2,93880%
Conservative Mrs. Marion Browne71719%
Communist John James Downey391.1%
Majority2,221
Registered electors 7,468
Turnout 3,69449%
Labour hold Swing

[2]

Castle Street

Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Sinclair Scott (PARTY)unopposed
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

[6]

Childwall

Childwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William John Matthew Clark *unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

[7]

Croxteth

Croxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Henry Wilson6,99349%
Labour James Cullen *6,94549%-33%
Communist Dennis Ellwand1831.3%
Ind. Conservative James Charles Pollard1120.79%-17%
Majority48
Registered electors 33,908
Turnout 14,23342%+20%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

[4]

Dingle

Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Firman Aldis (PARTY)4,93150%-3%
Conservative George Horace Duckett4,84450%+3%
Majority87
Registered electors 18,076
Turnout 9,77554%+11%
Labour hold Swing -1%

[2]

Edge Hill

Edge Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Johnstone *3,26156%-8%
Conservative Hugh Maule Jones2,57444%+8%
Majority687
Registered electors 13,537
Turnout 5,83543%+5%
Labour hold Swing -8%

[3]

Everton

Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Leslie Hughes *3,45362%
Conservative William Richard Doherty2,08838%
Majority1,365
Registered electors 13,678
Turnout 5,54141%
Labour hold Swing

[3]

Exchange

Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Leo Henry Wright *79581%+7%
Labour Joseph Mooney19019%-7%
Majority605
Registered electors 1,625
Turnout 98561%0%
Independent hold Swing +7%

[3]

Fairfield

Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Aubrey Brendon Moore (PARTY)4,78458%+14%
Labour Victor Henry Cove3,43542%-4%
Majority1,349
Registered electors 15,860
Turnout 8,21952%+4%
Conservative hold Swing +14%

[5]

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ralph Rattray5,21350%+3%
Labour Joseph Morgan *5,20650%-13%
Majority7
Registered electors 20,099
Turnout 10,41952%+16%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +3%

[5]

Garston

Garston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Alexander McCulloch4,22251%+18%
Labour Alfred Demain *3,90047%-19%
Communist Isaac Brickwood Pick1441.7%
Majority322
Registered electors 17,317
Turnout 8,26648%+8%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +18%

[4]

Granby

Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Granville Heald2,89352%+5%
Labour Mrs. Elizabeth Trainor *2,65748%-5%
Majority236
Registered electors 13,347
Turnout 5,55042%-7%
Conservative hold Swing +5%

[2]

Great George

Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter John Smith (PARTY)82352%
Labour William Tipping76148%
Majority62
Registered electors 3,717
Turnout 1,58443%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

[2]

Kensington

Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie John Henry Rumsey3,89854%+5%
Labour John Matthew Taylor *3,35246%-5%
Majority546
Registered electors 14,425
Turnout 7,25050%+9%
Conservative hold Swing +5%

[3]

Kirkdale

Kirkdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter James O'Hare (PARTY)4,88353%-7%
Conservative John Shaw Brown4,33447%+7%
Majority549
Registered electors 19,470
Turnout 9,21747%+8%
Labour hold Swing -7%

[3]

Little Woolton

Little Woolton - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Cuthbert Arden (PARTY)1,26863%-5%
Conservative Mrs. Phyllis Josephine Cundy1,26763%-5%
Labour Roy Stoddart73037%+24%
Labour Howell James69135%+22%
Majority538
Registered electors 2,983
Turnout 1,99867%-5%
Conservative hold Swing -5%
Conservative hold Swing -5%

[4]

Low Hill

Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Robinson *2,73351%-4%
Conservative William Henry Brook2,63649%+4%
Majority97
Registered electors 12,289
Turnout 5,36944%-3%
Labour hold Swing -4%

[3]

Much Woolton

Much Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald William Stewart *2,26178%+19%
Labour Noel Arthur Pinches64622%-19%
Majority1,615
Registered electors 5,547
Turnout 2,90752%-1%
Conservative hold Swing +19%

[4]

Netherfield

Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant William George Jones (PARTY)2,39459%+8%
Labour Thomas Robinson1,62740%-9%
Communist Sidney Foster491%+1%
Majority767
Registered electors 10,341
Turnout 4,07039%+9%
Protestant hold Swing +8%

[3]

North Scotland

North Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Herbert Francis Granby *2,71498%+35%
Communist John William Coward432%-35%
Majority2,671
Registered electors 7,276
Turnout 2,75738%-1%
Labour hold Swing +35%

[7]

Old Swan

Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie Hebron Sanders8,45965%+18%
Labour Frederick Walker (PARTY)4,36934%-19%
Communist Miss Winifred May George1871.4%
Majority4,090
Registered electors 27,970
Turnout 13,01547%+8%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +18%

[5]

Prince's Park

Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Burrows Noble2,96255%+9%
Labour Mrs. Sarah Ann Demain *2,42945%-9%
Majority533
Registered electors 12,276
Turnout 5,39144%+5%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +9%

[2]

Sandhills

Sandhills - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter McKernan3,11075%
Labour Henry Alldritt *2,87370%
Conservative Joseph Norton1,01125%
Conservative Frederick Charles Hitches94923%
Majority2,099
Registered electors 8,024
Turnout 4,12151%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

[7]

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Braddock *1,65257%
Conservative Mrs. Catherine Frances Wright1,23843%
Majority414
Registered electors 6,205
Turnout 2,89047%
Labour hold Swing

[7]

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant Albert Victor Harris *3,15558%+3%
Labour Walter Richard Maylor2,25642%-3%
Majority899
Registered electors 13,401
Turnout 5,41140%+4%
Protestant hold Swing +3%

[3]

St. Peter's

St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leo Joseph Gerard Wilkinson (PARTY)39860%-12%
Labour Harry Livermore26540%+14%
Majority133
Registered electors 1,306
Turnout 66351%-2%
Conservative hold Swing -12%

[7]

Sefton Park East

Sefton Park East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Enfield Booth (PARTY)4,53673%+7%
Labour Thomas Nicholas Moran1,63627%-7%
Majority2,900
Registered electors 14,672
Turnout 6,17242%+5%
Conservative hold Swing +7%

[2]

Sefton Park West

Sefton Park West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Brierley Collins *4,36473%+7%
Labour Richard John Alcock1,61127%-7%
Majority2,753
Registered electors 11,138
Turnout 5,97554%+9%
Conservative hold Swing +7%

[2]

South Scotland

South Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael John Reppion *2,94097%
Communist Dr. Cyril Taylor 1033.4%
Majority2,940
Registered electors 6,183
Turnout 3,04349%
Labour hold Swing

[7]

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Hogan *82367%
Conservative Mrs. Edna Frances Mary Felton39933%
Majority424
Registered electors
Turnout 1,222
Labour hold Swing

[7]

Walton

Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Edward Searle *6,15755%+7%
Labour William Smith Wright5,94645%-1%
Majority1,111
Registered electors
Turnout 11,203
Conservative hold Swing +7%

[7]

Warbreck

Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Woolfenden (PARTY)5,98267%+18%
Labour Isidore Levin2,91933%+1%
Majority3,063
Registered electors
Turnout 8,901
Conservative hold Swing

[5]

Wavertree

Wavertree - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Miss Eleanor Bingham Harrison8,06871%+13%
Conservative Harold Threlfall Wilson7,55966%+8%
Labour Francis Burke3,34629%-13%
Labour John Stuart Keys3,13727%-15%
Majority4,722
Registered electors
Turnout 11,414
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

[5]

Wavertree West

Wavertree West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Curtis3,42053%
Labour Charles James Minton *3,04547%
Majority375
Registered electors
Turnout 6,465
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

[5]

West Derby

West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Cyril Beattie *10,15267%+8%
Labour Edward William Harby5,03033%-9%
Majority5,122
Registered electors
Turnout 15,182
Conservative hold Swing

[5] [8]

Aldermanic elections

Aldermanic elections 23 May 1949

At the meeting of the City Council on 23 May 1949 the terms of office of twenty of the forty Aldermen expired and the Council elected twenty Aldermen to fill the vacant positions for a term of six years.

PartyAlderman
Conservative William John Matthew Clark
Conservative Ernest Ash Cookson*
Conservative Vere Egerton Cotton*
Conservative James Conrad Cross*
Conservative Michael Cory Dixon*
Liberal Mary Mabel Eills*
Independent James Farrell*
Conservative Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon*
Conservative Moss Greenberg*
Conservative William Greenough Gregson*
Conservative Robert John Hall*
Labour Luke Hogan*
Independent Peter Kavanagh*
Labour Lawrence King*
Conservative Albert Morrow*
Conservative William Thomas Roberts*
Conservative Alfred Ernest Shennan*
Conservative Edwin Thompson*
Liberal William John Tristram*
Conservative Joseph Williams*

[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

By-elections

Childwall, 15 September 1949

Caused by the election of Cllr. William John Matthew Clark as an Alderman on 23 May 1949

Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
John Shaw Brown4,204
Roy Stoddart1,046
Herbert Ashley Ruddlesden809
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Swing

[19]

Anfield 10 November 1949

Caused by the death of Cllr. Aled Owen Roberts

Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Peter Marcus Edis4,542
John Richard Jones
Walter Richard Maylor
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

[20] [21]

Alderman William Albert Robinson died on 31 December 1949 [22] His position was filled by Cllr. Michael John Reppion (Labour, elected for the South Scotland ward in May 1949), who was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 1 February 1950 and was assigned as the Returning Officer for the Everton ward. [23]

Alderman Peter Kavanagh died on 19 February 1950 [24] His position was filled by Cllr. Stanley Robert Williams (Conservative, elected for the Wavertree ward on 1 November 1947 [25] ), who was elected as an Alderman by the City Council on 5 April 1950 and assigned as Returning Officer for the Vauxhall ward. [24]

Alderman Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson died on 23 February 1950. [26]

Her position was filled by Cllr. George Webster Green Armour (Conservative, elected for the Sefton Park East ward in November 1946 [27] ) was elected as an Alderman by the City Council on 5 April 1950 and assigned as Returning Officer for the Dingle ward. [28]

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References

  1. ↑ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 3" . Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 4" . Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 6" . Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 5" . Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 1" . Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 2" . Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  8. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 13 May 1949
  9. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 7" . Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 8" . Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  11. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 9" . Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  12. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 10" . Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  13. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 11" . Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  14. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 12" . Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  15. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 13" . Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  16. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 14" . Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  17. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 15" . Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  18. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post Tuesday 24 May 1949 p.3
  19. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 pg 302
  20. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 11 November 1949
  21. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 pg 464
  22. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 pg 540
  23. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 pg 610
  24. 1 2 Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 pg 750
  25. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948
  26. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 pg 684
  27. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947
  28. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 pg 753
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