1952 Liverpool City Council election

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1952 Liverpool City Council election
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  1951 May 8, 1952 (1952-05-08) 1953  

1952 Liverpool City Council election result map.jpg
Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party) [1]

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 8 May 1952.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative 67-122895
Labour 46+13753
Protestant 4-115
Independent 3025
Liberal 0022

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1952
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2662%55%124,368
  Conservative 1433%45%102,558
  Protestant 12.4%1.7%3,954
  Liberal 00000%0.67%1,523
  Communist 00000%0.032%72

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Comparisons are made with the 1949 election results.

Abercromby

Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Livermore3,56462%+20%
Conservative John Kenneth Hart *2,15938%-16%
Majority1,405
Registered electors 13,256
Turnout 5,72343%+5%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Alexander Kinnear *5,26876%0%
Labour Thomas George White93514%+3%
Liberal John Bowen71310%-2%
Majority4,333
Registered electors 15,523
Turnout 6,91645%-11%
Conservative hold Swing

Allerton

Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Haswell *2,85574%+4%
Labour Harold Lee99526%+7%
Majority1,860
Registered electors 9,739
Turnout 3,85040%-10%
Conservative hold Swing

Anfield

Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Alfred Pannell (PARTY)4,01953%-12%
Labour James Augustus Bargrave Deane3,54647%+12%
Majority473
Registered electors 16,287
Turnout 7,56546%-4%
Conservative hold Swing

Breckfield

Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Ralph Snell3,09455%+13%
Conservative Miss Joan Ailsa Blackie (PARTY)2,48945%-13%
Majority605
Registered electors 12,826
Turnout 5,58344%-1%
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

Brunswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hugh Carr3,08488%+8%
Conservative Mrs. Marrion Browne40512%-7%
Majority2,679
Registered electors 7,334
Turnout 3,48948%-1%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Castle Street

Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Henry Thompson44097%
Independent James Elias133%
Majority427
Registered electors 956
Turnout 45347%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Childwall

Childwall - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William James Sergent4,63979%
Conservative John Shaw Brown4,41975%
Labour William Delgarno1,24621%
Labour Mrs. Elsie Ellen Gough1,23221%
Majority3,393
Registered electors 13,885
Turnout 5,88542%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles McDonald9,69263%+13%
Conservative Francis Henry Wilson *5,75637%-13%
Majority3,933
Registered electors 34,388
Turnout 15,45145%+3%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Dingle

Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Firman Aldis *6,13865%
Conservative Ernest Johnson3,23835%
Majority2,900
Registered electors 17,708
Turnout 9,37653%-1%
Labour hold Swing

Edge Hill

Edge Hill - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Johnstone *3,69967%+11%
Labour Leonard Holden3,58765%
Conservative Edgar William Holland1,78633%-11%
Conservative James Stanislaus Ross1,58829%-15%
Majority1,913
Registered electors 13,620
Turnout 5,48540%-3%
Labour hold Swing

Everton

Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Leslie Hughes *3,90777%+15%
Conservative William Martin1,13823%-15%
Majority2,769
Registered electors 13,271
Turnout 5,04538%-3%
Labour hold Swing

Exchange

Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Larkin59862%-19%
Labour William McKeown36838%+19%
Majority230
Registered electors 15,505
Turnout 9666%
Independent hold Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Thomas3,38755%-3%
Labour Norman Bates2,79945%+3%
Majority588
Registered electors 15,505
Turnout 6,18640%-2%
Conservative hold Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hugh Dalton6,31959%+9%
Conservative Ralph Rattray *4,43241%-9%
Majority1,887
Registered electors 19,797
Turnout 10,75154%+2%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Garston

Garston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Crookes7,65066%+19%
Conservative William Leslie McClelland (PARTY)3,85734%-17%
Majority3,793
Registered electors 22,384
Turnout 11,50751%+8%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Granby

Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Thomas Brodie3,43261%+13%
Conservative William Granville Heald *2,21039%-13%
Majority1,222
Registered electors 12,804
Turnout 5,64244%+2%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Great George

Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs. Elizabeth Trainor79652%+4%
Conservative Walter John Smith74748%-4%
Majority49
Registered electors 3,376
Turnout 1,54346%+3%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Kensington

Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick Walker3,68359%+13%
Conservative Leslie John Henry Rumsey2,53341%-13%
Majority1,150
Registered electors 13,976
Turnout 6,21644%-6%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Kirkdale

Kirkdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter James O'Hare *5,69971%+18%
Conservative George Parkinson Tyson2,38129%-18%
Majority3,318
Registered electors 19,721
Turnout 8,08041%-6%
Labour hold Swing

Little Woolton

Little Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Basil Smart (PARTY)1,15357%-6%
Labour James Gardner86643%+6%
Majority287
Registered electors 3,048
Turnout 2,01966%-1%
Conservative hold Swing

Low Hill

Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Robinson *3,38165%+14%
Conservative Abram Maxwell Caplin1,84235%-14%
Majority1,539
Registered electors 11,840
Turnout 5,22344%0%
Labour hold Swing

Much Woolton

Much Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald William Stewart2,22472%-6%
Labour Thomas Keith Williams84628%+6%
Majority1,378
Registered electors 6,525
Turnout 3,07047%-5%
Labour hold Swing

Netherfield

Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Clitherow1,92555%+15%
Protestant William George Jones *1,55545%-14%
Majority370
Registered electors 10,107
Turnout 3,48034%-5%
Labour gain from Protestant Swing

North Scotland

North Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Robinson (PARTY)
Majority
Registered electors 7,160
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie Hebron Sanders *5,92654%-11%
Labour Terence Roberts4,98946%+12%
Majority937
Registered electors 27,025
Turnout 10,91540%-7%
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park

Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Rimmer3,29959%+14%
Conservative Charles Alfred Lever (PARTY)2,29341%-14%
Majority1,006
Registered electors 12,152
Turnout 5,59246%+2%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Sandhills

Sandhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter McKernan * - unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs. Elizabeth Margaret Braddock *1,75680%+23%
Conservative John Oswald Tiernan43620%-23%
Majority1,320
Registered electors 5,406
Turnout 2,19241%-6%
Labour hold Swing

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant Albert Victor Harris *2,39951%-7%
Labour Frank Keating2,34749%+7%
Majority52
Registered electors 13,283
Turnout 4,74636%-4%
Protestant hold Swing

St. Peter's

St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Smyth38752%+10%
Conservative Leo Joseph G. Wilkinson *35548%-12%
Majority32
Registered electors 1,458
Turnout 74251%0%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Sefton Park East

Sefton Park East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harold Lees (PARTY)3,52158%-15%
Labour Richard John Alcock2,59642%+15%
Majority925
Registered electors 14,049
Turnout 6,11744%+2%
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park West

Sefton Park West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Brierley Collins *3,66864%-9%
Labour William Jones2,02936%+9%
Majority1,639
Registered electors 10,880
Turnout 5,69752%-2%
Conservative hold Swing

South Scotland

South Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Corrigan (PARTY)2,29597%0%
Communist Richard Cuerdon723%0%
Majority2,295
Registered electors 6,781
Turnout 2,36735%-14%
Labour hold Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Hogan78572%
Conservative Alan Arthur Horsford30328%
Majority482
Registered electors 2,785
Turnout 1,08839%
Labour hold Swing

Walton

Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Francis Carr5,83255%
Conservative Robert Charles Andrews4,82045%
Majority1,012
Registered electors 22,918
Turnout 10,65246%
Labour hold Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Woolfenden4,79355%
Labour Harold Dailey3,92445%
Majority869
Registered electors 18,812
Turnout 8,71746%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree

Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs. Eleanor Bingham Glazebrook5,98361%
Labour Emmanuel Milton Mannheim2,98631%
Liberal Albert Edward Jones8108%
Majority2,997
Registered electors 21,744
Turnout 9,77945%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree West

Wavertree West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Minton3,54558%
Conservative Samuel Curtis2,61942%
Majority926
Registered electors 11,342
Turnout 6,16454%
Labour hold Swing

West Derby

West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Gwilym Hughes7,76257%
Labour Alexander Coveney McLeod5,90743%
Majority1,855
Registered electors 31,320
Turnout 13,66944%
Conservative hold Swing

[2] [3]

Aldermanic Elections

Twenty of the forty Aldermen were elected by the city council on 19 May 1952.

* - re-elected aldermen.

PartyAlderman
Conservative George Webster Green Armour *
Conservative Reginald Richard Bailey *
Conservative Herbert Neville Bewley *
Conservative Mrs. Ada Martha Burton *
Conservative Thomas Henry Burton *
Labour Joseph Jackson Cleary *
Conservative Alexander Critchley *
Conservative Mabel Fletcher *
Conservative Robert Duncan French *
Labour Alexander Griffin *
Liberal William Sinclair Scott Hannay *
Labour Joseph Harrington *
Labour Bertie Victor Kirby C.B.E. *
Conservative Walter Thomas Lancashire *
Conservative Alfred Levy *
Labour David Gilbert Logan C.B,E. M.P. *
Protestant Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom *
Conservative George Miller Platt *
Labour Michael John Reppion *
Conservative John Village *

All Aldermen and the wards they were allocated to as Returning Officer are shown in the table below:

PartyAldermanWard
Edwin ThompsonAbercromby
Ernest Ash CooksonAigburth
Conservative Alexander CritchleyAllerton
James Conrad CrossAnfield
Protestant Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom Breckfield
William John Mathew ClarkBrunswick
William John TristramCastle Street
Labour Alexander GriffinChildwall
Labour David Gilbert Logan C.B.E. M.P.Croxteth
Conservative George Webster Green ArmourDingle
Conservative Alfred LevyEdge Hill
Labour Michael John ReppionEverton
William Greenough GregsonExchange
Conservative George Miller PlattFairfield
Lawrence KingFazakerley
Conservative Thomas Henry BurtonGarston
Labour Bertie Victor Kirby C.B.E.Granby
Sir Alfred ShennanGreat George
Liberal William Sinclair Scott HannayKensington
Labour Joseph HarringtonKirkdale
Isaac RobinsonLittle Woolton
William Thomas RobertsLow Hill
Joseph WilliamsMuch Woolton
Conservative Walter Thomas LancashireNetherfield
James FarrellNorth Scotland
Charles Gordon Snowden GordonOld Swan
Albert MorrowPrince's Park
Robert John HallSt. Anne's
Luke Hogan M.B.E.St. Domingo
Conservative Robert Duncan FrenchSt. Peter's
Miss Mary Mabel EillsSandhills
Conservative Reginald Richard BaileySefton Park East
Michael Corey DixonSefton Park West
Mr. Vere Egerton Cotton C.B.E. T.D.South Scotland
Stanley Ronald WilliamsVauxhall
Conservative Miss Mabel FletcherWalton
Conservative Mrs. Ada Martha BurtonWarbreck
Conservative John VillageWavertree
Labour Joseph Jackson ClearyWavertree West
Conservative Herbert Neville BewleyWeat Derby

By-elections

Breckfield by-election 13 November 1952

Following the death of Alderman Walter Thomas Lancashire on 18 August 1952, Cllr. David John Lewis was elected as Alderman by the City Council on 3 September 1952 and assigned as returning officer for the Netherfield ward. [4]

Following the death of Alderman James Conrad Cross on 18 August 1952, Cllr. George William Prout was elected as Alderman by the City Council on 3 September 1952 and assigned as returning officer to the Anfield ward. [5]

Following the election of Cllr. David John Lewis and Cllr. George William Prout as Aldermen, there was a by-election for 2 seats for the Breckfield ward on 13 November 1952.

Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Curtis2,51152%
Conservative William Bell Pickett2,47452%
Labour Ian Isidore Levin2,27548%
Labour Andrew Thomas Francis Williams2,27247%
Majority236
Registered electors 12,826
Turnout 4,78637%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

[6]

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References

  1. Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. Liverpool Daily Post 9 May 1952
  3. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1952-1953
  4. Proceedings of the Council 1952-53 page 302
  5. Proceedings of the Council 1952-53 page 303
  6. Proceedings of the Council 1952-53 page 507