1958 Liverpool City Council election

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1958 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 8 May 1958.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen
Labour 75+1030
Conservative 44-79
Protestant 2-11
Liberal 000

[2]

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1958
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2770+751%87,421
  Conservative 1306-646%77,492
  Liberal 000002.5%4,188
  Protestant 001-1
  Communist 00000%0.33%560

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1955 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1955 election results.

Abercromby

Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P. Maguire *1,79552%
Conservative A. McVeigh1,13133%
Independent L. Murphy2989%
Communist A. McClelland1454%+1%
Independent Labour J. C. Nurse522%
Majority664
Registered electors 11,108
Turnout 3,42131%
Labour hold Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. A. Kinear *4,15672
Liberal W. Russell Dyson1,20821
Labour J. H. Sommerville3696
Majority2,948
Registered electors 13,969
Turnout 5,73341
Conservative hold Swing

Allerton

Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative S. Minion *2,88380%
Labour Mrs. E. E. Wright70020%
Majority2,183
Registered electors 10,234
Turnout 3,58335%
Conservative hold Swing

Anfield

Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. A. Porter *3,41158%
Labour J. T. Venables2,47342%
Majority938
Registered electors 14,634
Turnout 5,88440%
Conservative hold Swing

Arundel

Arundel
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Lees *2,56257%
Labour J. E. McPherson1,78240%
Communist J. Kay1553%
Majority780
Registered electors 12,615
Turnout 4,49936%
Conservative hold Swing

Breckfield

Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Mottram2,68059%
Conservative H. Pagakis (PARTY)1,85541%
Majority825
Registered electors 11,675
Turnout 4,53539%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Broadgreen

Broadgreen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative L. T. Rogers *2,70065%
Labour M. Black1,48635%
Majority1,214
Registered electors 11,998
Turnout 4,18635%
Conservative hold Swing

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Miss M. Schofield (PARTY)1,73259%
Conservative C. P. Bramble1,19541%
Majority537
Registered electors 9,271
Turnout 2,92732%
Labour hold Swing

Childwall

Childwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Young *3,36259
Liberal Albert Globe1,90833
Labour W. M. Cooper4308
Majority1,454
Registered electors 14,012
Turnout 5,70041
Conservative hold Swing

Church

Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. F. Barnes (PARTY)3,61168%
Liberal Mrs, A. E. Shanks1,07220%
Labour G. E. Delooze65712%
Majority2,954
Registered electors 14,001
Turnout 5,34038%
Conservative hold Swing

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative N. A. Williams *2,71550%
Labour R. Buckle2,67450%
Majority41
Registered electors 11,929
Turnout 5,38945%
Conservative hold Swing

County

County
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour B. Deane3,85959%
Conservative C. F. Allanson *2,67941%
Majority1,180
Registered electors 14,560
Turnout 6,53845%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T. H. Thompson *3,72572%
Labour J. M. Burke1,45828%
Majority2,267
Registered electors 11,561
Turnout 5,18345%
Conservative hold Swing

Dingle

Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Stodart (PARTY)3,45266%
Conservative J. F. I. Bamber1,78834%
Majority1,664
Registered electors 13,723
Turnout 5,24038%
Labour hold Swing

Dovecot

Dovecot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. H. Maloney *2,77268%
Conservative Mrs. E. I. McGinn1,28132%
Majority1,491
Registered electors 14,809
Turnout 4,05327%
Labour hold Swing

Everton

Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Francis Burke (PARTY)unopposed
Registered electors 12,370
Labour hold Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. S. Ross *2,41950%
Labour V. Burke2,37950%
Majority40
Registered electors 14,487
Turnout 4,79833%
Conservative hold Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour F. Grue3,40052%
Labour H. Wallace3,17349%
Conservative R. J. McLoughlin3,13648%
Conservative R. Poole *3,02546%
Majority264
Registered electors 12,279
Turnout 6,53653%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Gillmoss

Gillmoss
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. D. Roderick (PARTY)4,00472%
Conservative H. R. Butler1,55928%
Majority2,445
Registered electors 16,413
Turnout 5,56334%
Labour hold Swing

Granby

Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. T, Brodie *2,27864%
Conservative Mrs. R. Dean1,30136%
Majority977
Registered electors 11,893
Turnout 3,57930%
Labour hold Swing

Kensington

Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs. E. Wormald *3,02267%
Conservative A. L. Audley1,45733%
Majority1,565
Registered electors 13,018
Turnout 4,47934%
Labour hold Swing

Low Hill

Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs. M. J. Powell *2,32170%
Conservative E. Crierie99027%
Majority1,331
Registered electors 10,301
Turnout 3,31132%
Labour hold Swing

Melrose

Melrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. MacDonald *2,16873%
Conservative J. Smith81427%
Majority1,354
Registered electors 10,090
Turnout 2,98230%
Labour hold Swing

Netherfield

Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Clitherow1,36454%
Conservative E. Shaw1,16846%
Majority196
Registered electors 9,137
Turnout 2,53228%
Labour gain from Protestant Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. A. Dunn (PARTY)3,23553%
Conservative R. J. Cleary2,70344%
Communist E. Cohen1913%
Majority532
Registered electors 15,738
Turnout 6,12939%
Labour hold Swing

Picton

Picton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. R. Sullivan3,23756%
Conservative J. E. Kendrick *2,54944%
Majority688
Registered electors 14,584
Turnout 5,78640%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Pirrie

Pirrie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. F. Smith (PARTY)4,23066%
Conservative Mrs. M. Berry2,19534%
Majority2,035
Registered electors
Turnout 6,425
Labour hold Swing 6

Prince's Park

Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. C. Greenwood *2,79664%
Conservative Mrs. M. Brown1,59636%
Majority1,200
Registered electors 13,672
Turnout 4,39232%
Labour hold Swing

Sandhills

Sandhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. H. Aldritt (PARTY)2,49194%
Conservative A. E. Dailey1636%
Majority2,328
Registered electors 9,417
Turnout 2,65428%
Labour hold Swing

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Gardner *unopposed
Registered electors
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

St. James

St. James
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs. E. E. Gough *2,14782%
Conservative K. W. Davies48318%
Majority1,664
Registered electors 10,998
Turnout 2,63024%
Labour hold Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour S. E. Maddox *2,67162%
Conservative Miss O. Adair1,63038%
Majority1,041
Registered electors
Turnout 4,301
Labour hold Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative C. Cowlin *2,52567%
Labour F. D. Shemmonds1,24733%
Majority1,278
Registered electors 10,103
Turnout 3,77237%
Conservative hold Swing

Smithdown

Smithdown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G, W. Clarke *2,52579%
Conservative E. Johnson68621%
Majority1,839
Registered electors 13,018
Turnout 3,21125%
Labour hold Swing

Speke

Speke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour B. Crookes *2,59174%
Conservative E. Smith92026%
Majority1,671
Registered electors 13,996
Turnout 3,51125%
Labour hold Swing

Tuebrook

Tuebrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour B. Shaw3,08654%
Conservative J. Jordan (PARTY)2,61246%
Majority474
Registered electors 13,217
Turnout 5,69843%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. P. Shannon (PARTY)1,91797%
Communist R. Cuerdon693%
Majority1,917
Registered electors 9,673
Turnout 1,98621%
Labour hold Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. W. Lowe *3,12556%
Labour Mrs. C. A. George2,48444%
Majority641
Registered electors 13,636
Turnout 5,60941%
Conservative hold Swing

Westminster

Westminster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. Burke1,92167%
Conservative R. M. Jones93133%
Majority990
Registered electors 8,104
Turnout 2,85235%
Labour hold Swing

Woolton

Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Norton3,47669%
Labour P. Grannell1,58831%
Majority1,888
Registered electors 14,395
Turnout 5,06435%
Conservative hold Swing

[3] [4]

Aldermanic Elections

At the meeting of the City Council on 19 May 1958 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. [5] [6]

PartyAlderman
Labour J. J. Cleary*
Labour A. Griffin*
Labour D. Cowley*
Labour J. Cullen*
Labour I. I. Levin*
Labour D. G. Logan*
Labour P. J. O'Hare*
Labour J. Sheehan*
Labour M. J. Reppion*
Labour John Braddock*
Labour C. McDonald
Labour H. Dalton
Conservative H. N. Bewley*
Labour T. H. Burton*
Conservative W. Clark*
Conservative A. Critchely*
Conservative D. J. Lewis*
Conservative H. T. Wilson*
Conservative J. Village*
Conservative  ???

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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 1958, election supplement
  3. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 9 May 1958
  4. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1958-1959
  5. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1958-1959
  6. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 20 May 1958
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