1955 Liverpool City Council election

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1955 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 1955. After the election, the composition of the council was:

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PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative 53+12780
Labour 65-1974
Protestant 2013
Independent 1012
Liberal 0011

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1955
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative
  Labour
  Liberal
  Protestant
  Communist

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in the 'all-up' election in 1953 for a two-year term (as they were the candidates receiving the second highest number of votes). Therefore, comparisons are made with the 1953 election results.

Abercromby

Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P. McGuire (PARTY)2,33051%
Conservative J. H. W. Stewart1,97943%
Communist A. McClelland2646%
Majority351
Registered electors 12,241
Turnout 4,57337%
Labour hold Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. A. Kinnear *3,61588%
Labour T. Higgins50912%
Majority3,106
Registered electors 14,033
Turnout 4,12429&
Conservative hold Swing

Allerton

Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative S. Minion (PARTY)3,47781%
Labour H. Knowles81019%
Majority2,667
Registered electors 10,208
Turnout 4,287
Conservative hold Swing

Anfield

Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. A. Porter (PARTY)4,56666%
Labour W. K. Fox2,37334%
Majority2,193
Registered electors 15,362
Turnout 6,93945%
Conservative hold Swing

Arundel

Arundel
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Lees *3,66072%
Labour J. Palliser1,43628%
Majority2,224
Registered electors 13,376
Turnout 5,09638%
Conservative hold Swing

Breckfield

Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative S. E. Goldsmith (PARTY)3,05255%
Labour W. R. Snell2,45445%
Majority598
Registered electors 12,375
Turnout 5,50644%
Conservative hold Swing

Broadgreen

Broadgreen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative L. T. Rogers *3,66968%
Labour Mrs. L. Wooding1,69532%
Majority1,974
Registered electors 12,515
Turnout 5,36443%
Conservative hold Swing

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. M. Mannheim (PARTY)2,31053%
Independent J. G, Granby2,06047%
Majority250
Registered electors 10,443
Turnout 4,37042%
Labour hold Swing

Childwall

Childwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Young (PARTY)4,09489%
Labour T. McNerney51711%
Majority3,577
Registered electors 14,046
Turnout 4,61133%
Conservative hold Swing

Church

Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative E. Jennings *5,43483%
Labour Mrs. P. B. Henley1,13617%
Majority4,299
Registered electors 14,552
Turnout 6,56945%
Conservative hold Swing

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative N. A. Williams *3,24859%
Labour J. Murphy2,29941%
Majority949
Registered electors 12,489
Turnout 5,54744%
Conservative hold Swing

County

County
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G. F, Allanson (PARTY)4,28552%
Labour R. Stoddart3,88948%
Majority396
Registered electors 15,249
Turnout 8,17454%
Conservative hold Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T. H. Thompson *4,47885%
Labour R. J. Luke78115%
Majority3,697
Registered electors 10,666
Turnout 5,25949%
Conservative hold Swing

Dingle

Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour F. H. Cain *3,63252%
Conservative J. F. Bamber3,11945%
Communist W. H. Hart2053%
Majority513
Registered electors 14,627
Turnout 6,95648%
Conservative hold Swing

Dovecot

Dovecot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. H. Maloney *3,22153%
Conservative L. F. Hogan2,89447%
Majority327
Registered electors 15,024
Turnout 6,11541%
Labour hold Swing

Everton

Everton - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. L. Hughes *2,99668%
Labour W. Smyth (PARTY)2,70861%
Conservative W. Martin1,42432%
Conservative E. D. Minshull1,35631%
Majority1,572
Registered electors 12,925
Turnout 4,42034%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. S. Ross (PARTY)3,63664%
Labour Mrs. M. G. Wheeler2,02936%
Majority1,607
Registered electors 15,181
Turnout 5,66537%
Conservative hold Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Poole *3,91259%
Labour Andrew Young2,76741%
Majority1,145
Registered electors 12,790
Turnout 6,67952%
Conservative hold Swing

Gillmoss

Gillmoss
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Troy *3,82662%
Conservative C. P. Conway2,32038%
Majority1,506
Registered electors 15,958
Turnout 6,14639%
Labour hold Swing

Granby

Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. T. Brodie *2,58052%
Conservative A. S. Snowden2,38648%
Majority194
Registered electors 12,343
Turnout 4,96640%
Labour hold Swing

Kensington

Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs. E. M. Wormald *3,06453%
Conservative G. D. Brewer2,71347%
Majority351
Registered electors 13,448
Turnout 5,77743%
Labour hold Swing

Low Hill

Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs. M. J. Powell *2,99858%
Conservative J. P. Moyses2,15342%
Majority845
Registered electors 11,360
Turnout 5,15145%
Labour hold Swing

Melrose

Melrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. MacDonald (PARTY)2,63164%
Conservative J. Smith1,47836%
Majority1,153
Registered electors 10,707
Turnout 4,10938%
Labour hold Swing

Netherfield

Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant G. E. Lewis *1,87950.1%
Labour H. G. Trainor1,87449.9%
Majority5
Registered electors 9,811
Turnout 3,75338%
Protestant hold Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative B. M. Frazer *4,09354%
Labour V. Burke3,45046%
Majority643
Registered electors 16,438
Turnout 7,54346%
Conservative hold Swing

Picton

Picton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. E. Kendrick3,45451%
Labour Francis Burke *3,31049%
Majority144
Registered electors 15,139
Turnout 6,76445%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Pirrie

Pirrie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Morgan *4,30053%
Conservative B. A. Ryan3,87347%
Majority427
Registered electors 17,632
Turnout 8,17346%
Labour hold Swing

Prince's Park

Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. C. Greenwood *3,44255%
Conservative Ald. C. G. S. Gordon2,76845%
Majority674
Registered electors 14,279
Turnout 6,21043%
Labour hold Swing

Sandhills

Sandhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour S. Parr *2,91888%
Conservative W. H. Beavan38712%
Majority2,531
Registered electors 9,888
Turnout 3,30533%
Labour hold Swing

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Gardner *2,96352%
Protestant Ald. Rev. H. D. Longbottom 2,73048%
Majority233
Registered electors 12,877
Turnout 5,69344%
Labour hold Swing

St. James

St. James
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs. E. E. Gough *2,71669%
Conservative C. McKeon1,19531%
Majority1,521
Registered electors 11,684
Turnout 3,91133%
Labour hold Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour S. R. Maddox *3,19952%
Conservative C. P. Clingan2,91548%
Majority284
Registered electors 12,155
Turnout 6,11450%
Labour hold Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative C. Cowlin (PARTY)3,63077%
Labour Mrs. E. E. Wright1,10123%
Majority2,529
Registered electors 10,550
Turnout 4,73145%
Conservative hold Swing

Smithdown

Smithdown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. W. Clarke (PARTY)2,88862%
Conservative J. Moore1,74738%
Majority1,141
Registered electors 13,713
Turnout 4,63534%
Labour hold Swing

Speke

Speke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour B. Crookes *3,29463%
Conservative C. Dickinson1,90737%
Majority1,387
Registered electors 13,851
Turnout 5,20138%
Labour hold Swing

Tuebrook

Tuebrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. E. Molyneux *3,92760%
Labour H. Lee2,56440%
Majority1,363
Registered electors 13,838
Turnout 6,49147%
Conservative hold Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. Cowley *3,11288%
Independent C. McBride36610%
Communist R. Cuerdon762%
Majority2,746
Registered electors 10,960
Turnout 3,55432%
Labour hold Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. W, Lowe *4,45667%
Labour A. T. Williams2,17033%
Majority2,286
Registered electors 14,095
Turnout 6,62647%
Conservative hold Swing

Westminster

Westminster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eddie Burke2,28153%
Conservative F. Shaw1,98647%
Majority295
Registered electors 8,661
Turnout 4,26749%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Woolton

Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Norton 4,25077%
Labour Charles Patrick Wall1,23423%
Majority3,016
Registered electors 12,160
Turnout 5,48445%
Conservative hold Swing

[2] [3]

Aldermanic elections

At the meeting of the City Council on 23 May 1955 the terms of office of twenty of the forty Aldermen expired and the Councillors elected twenty Aldermen to fill the vacant positions for a term of six years. Fifteen Conservative, one Independent, and two Liberal Aldermen were replaced by eighteen Labour Aldermen, allowing Labour to take control of the council for the first time.

PartyAlderman
Labour Henry Aldritt
Labour E. M. Braddock
Labour Joseph Cyril Brady
Labour Frank Hampton Cain
Labour Abraham Louis Caplan
Labour Hugh Carr
Labour John Hamilton
Labour Alexander Hardman
Labour John Leslie Hughes
Labour William George Ingham
Labour Lawrence King
Labour Harry Livermore
Labour Peter McKernan
Labour Charles James Minton
Labour Joseph Morgan
Labour David Nickson
Labour Stanley Part
Labour Fred Robinson
Labour John Mathew Taylor
Labour Elizabeth Trainor

[4] [5]

By-elections

Low Hill

By-election caused by the election of John Mathew Taylor (elected Cllr. for Low Hill in 1954) as Alderman.

Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Matthew Scott1,97656%
Conservative John Peter Moyses1,57144%
Majority405
Registered electors 11,360
Turnout 3,54731%
Labour hold Swing

Abercromby

By-election caused by the election of Harry Livermore (elected Cllr. for Abercromby in 1953) as Alderman.

Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Herbert Wray Stewart1,59349%
Labour Miss Mary Seddon1,53747%
Communist A. McClelland1253.8%
Majority56
Registered electors 12,241
Turnout 3,25527%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Central

By-election caused by the election of Bessie Braddock as Alderman.

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Cullen1,89954%
Conservative Vivian Forsyth Crosthwaite1,63346%
Majority266
Registered electors 10,443
Turnout 3,53234%
Labour hold Swing

Granby

By-election caused by the election of Elizabeth Trainor (elected as Cllr. for Granby in 1953) as Alderman.

Granby [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Sydney Sowden1,79748%
Labour William Tipping1,67545%
Liberal Edward Kelly2526.8%
Majority122
Registered electors 12,343
Turnout 3,72430%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

St. James

By-election caused by the election of Hugh Carr (elected as Cllr. for St. James in 1953) and William George Ingham (elected as Cllr. for St. James in 1954) as Aldermen.

St. James - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas McManus2,00069%
Labour Alan Frank Skinner1,74660%
John Fortune Jones90431%
Majority1,096
Registered electors 11,684
Turnout 2,90425%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Speke

By-election caused by the election of Alexander Hardman (elected as Cllr. for Speke in 1953) as Alderman.

Speke [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Higgins1,79757%
Conservative Clarence Dickinson1,09435%
Liberal Miss June Stananought Pritchard2528%
Majority703
Registered electors 13,851
Turnout 3,14323%
Labour hold Swing

Westminster

By-election caused by the election of John Hamilton (elected as Cllr. for Westminster in 1953) as Alderman.

Westminster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald John McLaughlin1,60152%
Labour Harold Lee1,50148%
Majority100
Registered electors 8,661
Turnout 3,10236%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Everton

By-election caused by the election of John Leslie Hughes (elected as Cllr. for Everton in 1953) and David Nickson (elected as Cllr. for Everton in 1954) as Aldermen.

Everton - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Francis Burke1,91469%
Labour Alexander Coveney McLeod1,85367%
Conservative William Martin86931%
Majority1,045
Registered electors 12,925
Turnout 2,78322%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Sandhills

By-election caused by the election of Peter McKernan (elected as Cllr. for Sandhills in 1953), Henry Aldritt (elected as Cllr. for Sandhills in 1954) and Stanley Part (elected as Cllr. for Sandhills in 1955) as Aldermen.

Sandhills - 3 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Walter Harold Alldritt1,42888%
Labour John Scully1,33683%
Labour Hugh Rowlands1,33382%
Alfred Midwood Proffit189
Majority1,239
Registered electors 9,888
Turnout 1,61716%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Vauxhall

By-election caused by the election of Joseph Cyril Brady (elected as Cllr. for Vauxhall in 1954) as Alderman.

Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Dean-Jones1,54373%
Independent Charles McBride52225%
Communist Richard Cuerdon622.9%
Majority1,021
Registered electors 10,960
Turnout 2,12719%
Labour hold Swing

Dingle

By-election caused by the election of Frank Hampton Cain (elected as Cllr. for Dingle in 1955) as Alderman.

Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Frederick Inman Bamber3,01552%
Labour Frank Chadwick2,61445%
Communist William Henry Hart1432.5%
Majority401
Registered electors 14,627
Turnout 5,77239%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Pirrie

By-election caused by the election of Joseph Morgan (elected as Cllr. for Pirrie in 1955) as Alderman.

Pirrie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Edward Smith3,61953%
Conservative Bernard Alexander Ryan3,23047%
Majority389
Registered electors 17,632
Turnout 6,84939%
Labour hold Swing

Picton

By-election caused by the election of Charles James Minton (elected as Cllr. for Picton in 1953) as Alderman.

Picton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sir Alfred Ernest Shennan3,63653%
Labour Henry Evans3,19647%
Majority440
Registered electors 15,139
Turnout 6,83245%
Conservative hold Swing

Dovecot

By-election caused by the election of Abraham Louis Caplan (elected as Cllr. for Dovecot in 1954) as Alderman.

Dovecot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Indcox Davies2,56652%
Conservative Luke Francis Hogan2,38348%
Majority183
Registered electors 15,024
Turnout 4,94933%
Labour hold Swing

[8]

Church by-election 27 October 1955

Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George William Proutunopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

[9]

Alderman Mabel Fletcher M.A. Died on 2 December 1955. [10]

Cllr. Peter James O'Hare was elected by the Councillors as an Alderman on 4 January 1956 and assigned as the Returning Officer for the County ward. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 13 May 1955
  3. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1955-1956
  4. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1955-1956 pages 8 - 16
  5. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post Tuesday 24 May 1955
  6. ↑ Liverpool Echo, 14 June 1955
  7. ↑ Liverpool Echo, 14 June 1955
  8. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1955-1956 pages 109 - 110
  9. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1955-1956 page 497
  10. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1955-1956 page 610
  11. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1955-1956 page 716
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