1967 Liverpool City Council election

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1967 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 11 May 1967.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative 67+171784
Labour 46-162268
Liberal 1012
Protestant 6+106

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1967
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2868%59%91,809
  Labour 1127%36%55,888
  Liberal 00000%4.2%6,493
  Protestant 20025%1.5%2,352
  Communist 00000%1%1,581

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1964 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1964 election results.

Abercromby

Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John E. McPherson *69548%−15%
Conservative Herbert C. Norcott60341%+11%
Communist A. McClelland15911%+3%
Majority92
Registered electors 7,276
Turnout 1,45720%−3%
Labour hold Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John E. R. Fischer *5,03079%+11%
Liberal Alan G. Wilson88414%−7%
Labour Edwin C. Pimlett4597%−4%
Majority4,146
Registered electors 13,430
Turnout 6,37347%+8%
Conservative hold Swing

Allerton

Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stanley B. Caulfield *3,39280%+15%
Labour Rodney Ludvigsen43410%−6%
Liberal Mrs. Margaret S. Springbett40510%−9%
Majority2,958
Registered electors 9,887
Turnout 4,23143%+3%
Conservative hold Swing

Anfield

Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James A. Porter M.B.E. *3,40772%+21%
Labour Sydesy W. Jones1,35228%−14%
Majority2,055
Registered electors 13,033
Turnout 4,75937%−2%
Conservative hold Swing

Arundel

Arundel
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John E. Kendrick2,84069%+21%
Labour Joseph Cloherty1,13728%−7%
Communist Jack Kay1343%+1%
Majority1,703
Registered electors 12,243
Turnout 4,11134%−3%
Conservative hold Swing

Breckfield

Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth B. Jacques1,92957%+18%
Labour Andrew Williams *1,43043%−18%
Majority499
Registered electors 9,897
Turnout 3,35934%+4%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Broadgreen

Broadgreen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs. Lennie Sanders *2,69370%+17%
Labour John W. Hubble74419%−12%
ResidentErnest Bide43611%
Majority1,948
Registered electors 11,003
Turnout 3,87235%0%
Conservative hold Swing

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James E. Walker (PARTY)1,29953%−14%
Conservative John R. P. Dennis1,15147%+14%
Majority148
Registered electors 7,186
Turnout 2,45034%+3%
Labour hold Swing

Childwall

Childwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William E. Dailey *4,89071%+6%
Liberal Owen Trevor Jones 1,36320%−1%
Labour Stanley G. Thorne65910%−4%
Majority3,527
Registered electors 17,174
Turnout 6,91240%+5%
Conservative hold Swing

Church

Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sir Charles C. Martin (PARTY)3,87959%+4%
Liberal John Swinnerton2,23834%−4%
Labour Vincent P. Hyams4277%0%
Majority1,641
Registered electors 13,535
Turnout 6,54448%+2%
Conservative hold Swing

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John F. Jones2,79757%+15%
Labour Kenneth Stewart *2,09943%−9%
Majority698
Registered electors 10,442
Turnout 4,89647%+5%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

County

County
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Percy Tunna3,07359%+10%
Labour George G. Maloney *1,87536%−15%
Communist Kenneth T. Dowd2345%+5%
Majority1,198
Registered electors 12,488
Turnout 5,18241%−1%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dr. George Harrald Prince (PARTY)4,32683%+27%
Labour Joseph H. Evans88117%−7%
Majority3,445
Registered electors 11,796
Turnout 5,20744%−2%
Conservative hold Swing

Dingle

Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Stoddart *1,81848%−16%
Conservative Mrs. Kathlenn Prescott1,78447%+11%
Communist David I. Thompson1544%
Majority34
Registered electors 10,633
Turnout 3,75635%+3%
Labour hold Swing

Dovecot

Dovecot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey E. Brandwood3,07553%+24%
Labour Thomas H. Maloney2,73847%−16%
Majority337
Registered electors 15,094
Turnout 5,81339%+9%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Everton

Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Francis Burke *86246%−27%
Conservative John Mass67336%+13%
Liberal Michael V. Lilley29916%+16%
Majority189
Registered electors 7,465
Turnout 1,88725%+5%
Labour hold Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James S. Ross *2,48468%+20%
Labour John Guinan1,16732%−13%
Majority1,317
Registered electors 12,148
Turnout 1,31730%−3%
Conservative hold Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ingram A. T. Legge2,89563%+14%
Labour Dr. Norman S. Barnett1,72937%−14%
Majority1,166
Registered electors 11,156
Turnout 4,62441%−5%
Conservative hold Swing

Gillmoss

Gillmoss
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter J. Dunne2,08945%+21%
Labour Edward D. Roderick1,94342%−30%
Liberal Joseph R. Wilmington64514%+14%
Majority146
Registered electors 15,525
Turnout 4,67730%+1%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Granby

Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Glyn Hughes1,25948%+13%
Labour James M. Burke *1,21447%−15%
Majority45
Registered electors 9,731
Turnout 2,59627%−4%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Kensington

Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick R. Butler1,97651%+15%
Labour Mrs. Ethel M. Wormald1,88449%−15%
Majority92
Registered electors 11,056
Turnout 3,86035%+3%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Low Hill

Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs. Mary J. Powell *1,36456%−17%
Conservative William F. Everett98441%+17%
Communist Donald P. Holland783%0%
Majority380
Registered electors 7,155
Turnout 2,42634%+6%
Labour hold Swing

Melrose

Melrose 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James J. Hastings *1,23057%−15%
Labour Benjamin Shaw1,17354%−18%
Conservative Thomas Head-Rapson94543%+15%
Conservative Daniel J. Jones94143%+15%
Majority285
Registered electors 8,212
Turnout 2,17526%−1%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Netherfield

Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant Albert Brown *67962%+11%
Labour Frank Keating37234%−15%
Communist Frank Cartwright464%+4%
Majority307
Registered electors 4,021
Turnout 1,09727%−2%
Protestant hold Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur J. Browne2,98760%+18%
Labour Edward Loyden *1,96840%−10%
Majority1,019
Registered electors 13,412
Turnout 4,95537%+3%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Picton

Picton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clifford J. Kinrade2,69459%+21%
Labour Tom Bailey *1,89941%+14%
Majority795
Registered electors 12,839
Turnout 4,59336%+2%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Pirrie

Pirrie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter J. McCann3,48553%+20%
Labour John Dalrymple (PARTY)3,04047%−20%
Majority445
Registered electors 15,645
Turnout 6,52542%+5%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Prince's Park

Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William T. Savage2,01651%+16%
Labour Thomas C. Greenwood1,81946%−12%
Communist John Galloway1524%+4%
Majority197
Registered electors 11,440
Turnout 3,98735%+8%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Sandhills

Sandhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Miss Margaret Schofield (PARTY)1,39469%−17%
Conservative Frederick Jones54427%+16%
Communist Brian Campbell724%0%
Majority850
Registered electors 7,025
Turnout 2,01029%−2%
Labour hold Swing

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant Roy Hughes1,67354%+10%
Labour Frank N. Marsden *1,31343%−11%
Communist Richard McGuire1023%+1%
Majority360
Registered electors 9,844
Turnout 3,08831%0%
Protestant gain from Labour Swing

St. James

St. James
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Parry *1,01551%−23%
Conservative Mrs. Jessie E. Reid52226%+6%
Liberal Gershon Greenberg24812%+12%
Communist Roger O'Hara21511%+5%
Majority493
Registered electors 8,612
Turnout 2,00023%−3%
Labour hold Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William L. Harris2,19452%+18%
Labour Stanley R. Maddox *2,02148%−18%
Majority173
Registered electors 9,925
Turnout 4,21542%+5%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs. Marion Browne M.B.E. *2,65368%+19%
Labour David M. Mitchell85222%−1%
Liberal Miss Margaret J. Baber41110%−18%
Majority1,801
Registered electors 9,648
Turnout 3,91641%−5%
Conservative hold Swing

Smithdown

Smithdown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George W. Clarke *1,03453%−15%
Conservative Stanley Whittaker93047%+21%
Majority104
Registered electors 10,160
Turnout 1,96419%−5%
Labour hold Swing

Speke

Speke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry K. Jones1,91353%+32%
Labour Stephen J. Cook1,70947%−25%
Majority204
Registered electors 13,899
Turnout 3,62226%+2%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Tuebrook

Tuebrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman A. Pannell2,93261%
Labour James Mottram1,90139%−13%
Majority1,031
Registered electors 11,413
Turnout 4,83342%+4%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Orr *1,07384%−10%
Conservative Herbert A. Williams15012%+8%
Communist Thomas E. Cassin595%+3%
Majority923
Registered electors 7,610
Turnout 1,28217%−11%
Labour hold Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Albert H. K. Maynard *2,85970%+13%
Labour Peter Comer2,23230%−13%
Majority1,627
Registered electors 11,868
Turnout 4,09134%−2%
Conservative hold Swing

Westminster

Westminster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Gillin1,21051%+15%
Labour Edward Burke *1,16549%−15%
Majority45
Registered electors 6,047
Turnout 2,37539%+5%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Woolton

Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Norton *5,60679%+17%
Labour George J. Maudsley1,46821%−7%
Majority4,138
Registered electors 19,254
Turnout 7,07437%+1%
Conservative hold Swing

[2] [3]

Aldermanic Elections

Twenty of the forty Aldermen were elected by the city council on 22 May 1967. Those elected by the council and the wards they were allocated to are shown in the table below:

PartyAldermanWard
Conservative Stanley AireySt. James
Conservative Herbert M. AllenSpeke
Conservative Alfred N. BatesDovecot
Conservative William BrowneClubmoor
Conservative Arthur B. Collins M.B.E.Abercromby
Conservative Charles Cowlinold Swan
Conservative Raymond F. Craine M.B.E.Vauxhall
Conservative Harold W. Hughes O.B.E.Tuebrook
Conservative John KeenanWoolton
Conservative Harold LeesWestminster
Conservative Arthur W. Lowe O.B.E.Melrose
Conservative Robert MeadowsPrinces Park
Conservative Stephen Minion O.B.E.Anfield
Conservative Joseph NortonBroadgreen
Conservative Ralph RattrayPirrie
Conservative Leslie H. SandersAigburth
Conservative Harold M. StewardLow Hill
Conservative James E. ThompsonSt. Domingo
Conservative Frank WoolfendenFazakerley
Conservative Alexander YoungSt. Michael's

[4]

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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 1967
  3. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1967-1968
  4. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1967-1968
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