1950 Liverpool City Council election

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1950 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 11 May 1950.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative 78+128106
Labour 34-1740
Protestant 5016
Liberal 0022

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1950
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative
  Labour
  Liberal
  Protestant
  Communist

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Comparisons are made with the 1947 election results.

Abercromby

Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Cheshire (PARTY)2,74751%
Labour William Smyth2,48246%
Communist Colin Cameron1793%
Majority265
Registered electors 13,210
Turnout 5,40841%
Conservative hold Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Meredith Alcock5,88181%-2%
Liberal William Edward Oates69710%
Labour Thomas George White6689%-8%
Majority5,184
Registered electors 15,667
Turnout 7,24646%-12%
Conservative hold Swing

Allerton

Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John McMillan (PARTY)unopposed
Registered electors 9,477
Conservative hold Swing

Anfield

Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William John Harrrop (PARTY)4,89969%+5%
Labour Walter Richard Maylor2,25231%-5%
Majority2,647
Registered electors 16,612
Turnout 7,15143%-10%
Conservative hold Swing

Breckfield

Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George William Prout *3,32964%+4%
Labour Terence Roberts1,90736%-4%
Majority1,422
Registered electors 12,890
Turnout 5,23641%-10%
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

Brunswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Henry Flyn (PARTY)2,42182%+7%
Independent Walter McGrath52018%
Majority1,901
Registered electors 7,470
Turnout 2,94139%+15%
Labour hold Swing

Castle Street

Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Winlack Harley (PARTY)55998%
Labour Harry Livermore92%
Majority550
Registered electors 860
Turnout 56866%
Conservative hold Swing

Childwall

Childwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jack Creswell (PARTY)5,00484%+2%
Labour William Dean Jones95216%-2%
Majority4,052
Registered electors 13,286
Turnout 5,95645%-10%
Conservative hold Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Arthur Williams (PARTY)6,17850%-1%
Labour James Cullen6,05149%+2%
Communist John Thomas Whewell166-1%
Majority127
Registered electors 33,509
Turnout 12,39537%-2%
Conservative hold Swing

Dingle

Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Basil Cashin4,23250%+4%
Conservative Stanley Airey (PARTY)4,17650%-4%
Majority56
Registered electors 17,793
Turnout 8,40847%-1%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Edge Hill

Edge Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Horan (PARTY)2,71257%+3%
Conservative Hugh Maule Jones1,93741%-5%
Communist Thomas McCann852%
Majority775
Registered electors 13,489
Turnout 4,73435%-4%
Labour hold Swing

Everton

Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Nickson (PARTY)2,94164%+6%
Conservative William Thomas1,57034%-8%
Communist John William Clarke972%
Majority1,371
Registered electors 13,021
Turnout 4,60835%-4%
Labour hold Swing

Exchange

Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Gerard Granby66685%+6%
Labour Alexander Kay12115%-6%
Majority545
Registered electors 1,575
Turnout 78750%-5%
Independent hold Swing +6%

Fairfield

Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Meadows (PARTY)4,49165%-1%
Labour Edward William Harby2,40635%+1%
Majority2,085
Registered electors 15,572
Turnout 6,89744%-7%
Conservative hold Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Morgan5,10052%+6%
Conservative Robert Charles Andrews (PARTY)4,79348%-6%
Majority307
Registered electors 19,933
Turnout 9,89350%-1%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing 6%

Garston

Garston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alexander Hardman3,58049%+3%
Conservative William Leslie McClelland (PARTY)3,56649%-5%
Communist Isaac Brickwood Pick931%
Majority14
Registered electors 18,575
Turnout 7,23939%-18%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Granby

Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Clarke (PARTY)2,57652%-3%
Labour Mrs Elizabeth Trainor2,38548%+3%
Majority191
Registered electors 12,475
Turnout 4,96140%-3%
Conservative hold Swing

Great George

Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 78351%+6%
Conservative 76049%-6%
Majority23
Registered electors
Turnout 1,543
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Kensington

Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Minion (PARTY)3,19954%-2%
Labour John Hamilton 2,40241%-3%
Liberal Edward Kelly2955%
Majority797
Registered electors 14,109
Turnout 5,89642%-8%
Conservative hold Swing -2%

Kirkdale

Kirkdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Howell James (PARTY)4,13453%+1%
Conservative Edward Shaw3,67047%-1%
Majority464
Registered electors 19,840
Turnout 7,80439%
Labour hold Swing +1%

Little Woolton

Little Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Cuthbert Arden (PARTY)1,17362%-22%
Labour Roy Stoddart70438%+24%
Majority469
Registered electors 3,018
Turnout 1,87762%-6%
Conservative hold Swing

Low Hill

Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Mathew Taylor2,68552%+7%
Conservative John Keenan2,47848%-7%
Majority207
Registered electors 11,944
Turnout 5,16343%-6%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing 7%

Much Woolton

Much Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Vivian Forsyth Crosthwaite2,05480%+6%
Labour William H. Sefton50920%-6%
Majority1,545
Registered electors 5,790
Turnout 2,56343%-15%
Conservative hold Swing

Netherfield

Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative & Protestant Harry Victor Shaw2,03062%-1%
Labour Thomas Robinson1,21637%
Communist Sidney Foster522%
Majority814
Registered electors 10,012
Turnout 3,29833%-4%
Protestant hold Swing

North Scotland

North Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph O'Neil1,58598%+23%
Communist John William Coward302%-5%
Majority1,585
Registered electors 7,154
Turnout 1,61523%-10%
Labour hold Swing +23%

Old Swan

Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie Thomas Rogers7,60965%-1%
Labour Walter Duffy3,99434%0%
Communist Miss Winifred May George1641%
Majority3,615
Registered electors 27,201
Turnout 11,76743%-6%
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park

Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Browne (PARTY)2,61654%-1%
Labour Mrs Ethel May Wormald2,15644%-1%
Communist Mrs Evelyn Cohen1112%
Majority460
Registered electors 12,012
Turnout 4,88341%-9%
Conservative hold Swing

Sandhills

Sandhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Alldritt2,40879%+6%
Conservative Frederick C. Hitches64521%-6%
Majority1,763
Registered electors 7,961
Turnout 3,05338%-3%
Labour hold Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd1,32465%+3%
Conservative Miss Joan Ailsa Blackie44022%-1%
Independent Joseph Francis Fusco27013%
Majority884
Registered electors 5,527
Turnout 2,03437%-6%
Labour hold Swing +3%

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant George Phipps (PARTY)2,86864%+4%
Labour Stanley Michael McGorian1,60836%-4%
Majority1,260
Registered electors 13,070
Turnout 4,47634%-8%
Protestant hold Swing

St. Peter's

St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs. Evaline Ida Bligh41458%-12%
Labour Thomas George Dominic McGuire30643%+13%
Majority108
Registered electors 1,369
Turnout 72053%+7%
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park East

Sefton Park East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Nuttall Maxwell Entwistle (PARTY)unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park West

Sefton Park West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Walter Pickles4,03776%-2%
Labour Richard John Alcock1,31024%+2%
Majority2,727
Registered electors 10,913
Turnout 5,34749%-2%
Conservative hold Swing -2%

South Scotland

South Scotland - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick Ernest Granby (PARTY)2,05397%
Labour Edward Corrigan (PARTY)1,98894%
Communist Dr. Cyril Taylor663%
Majority1,987
Registered electors 6,355
Turnout 2,11933%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick O'Brien (PARTY)59869%
Conservative Sydney Charles Freeman27431%0%
Majority324
Registered electors 2,736
Turnout 87232%
Labour hold Swing

Walton

Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Moore (PARTY)5,76758%-2%
Labour Walter Gibbs4,13142%+2%
Majority1,636
Registered electors 23,033
Turnout 9,89843%
Conservative hold Swing -2%

Warbreck

Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Whitaker Lowe (PARTY)5,22069%-2%
Labour Ian Isidore Levin2,31931%+2%
Majority2,901
Registered electors 19,085
Turnout 7,53940%-7%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree

Wavertree - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative ??????? Wilson6,91175%
Conservative Edward Jennings6,86375%
Labour Francis Burke2,33425%
Labour Mrs. ????? Wright2,27825%
Majority4,567
Registered electors
Turnout 9,255
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree West

Wavertree West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John James Merrigan (PARTY)2,70551%-4%
Labour Charles James Minton2,60949%+4%
Majority96
Registered electors 11,539
Turnout 5,31446%-8%
Conservative hold Swing -4%

West Derby

West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alec James Garnock-Jones8,67969%0%
Labour William Indcox Jones3,34727%-4%
Liberal Cameron Melville4934%
Majority5,332
Registered electors 31,444
Turnout 12,51940%-11%
Conservative hold Swing

[2] [3] [4] [5]

By-elections

North Scotland, Thursday 22 November 1950

Vacancy left by Cllr. Herbert F. Granby.

North Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Robinson1,52787%-11%
Conservative Leonard James Carr23413%
Majority1,293
Registered electors 7,154
Turnout 1,76125%+2%
Labour hold Swing -11%

[6] [7] [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 12 May 1950
  3. ↑ Liverpool Echo 12 May 1950
  4. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1950-1951
  5. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948
  6. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 22 November 1950
  7. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 23 November 1950
  8. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1950-1951
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