1968 Liverpool City Council election

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1968 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 9 May 1968.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen
Conservative 79+12 ??
Labour 46-13 ??
Liberal 10 ??
Protestant 7+1 ??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1968
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 31120+1277%62%76,088
  Labour 6013-1315%25%31,198
  Liberal 10002.5%10%11,976
  Protestant 210+15%1.3%1,619
  Communist 00000%1.5%1,792

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Abercromby

Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David E. Daniel *48345%+15%
Labour Frank Gaier47044%−19%
Communist A. McClelland11311%−3%
Majority66
Registered electors 5,938
Turnout 1,06618%−5%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William N. Venmore *4,14269%−11%
Liberal Alan G. Wilson1,67928%+16%
Labour Vincent P. Hyams2083%−6%
Majority2,463
Registered electors 13,437
Turnout 6,02945%+6%
Conservative hold Swing

Allerton

Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian F. Evans (PARTY)2,98288%+19%
Labour Stanley R. Maddox41212%0%
Majority2,570
Registered electors 9,878
Turnout 3,39434%−5%
Conservative hold Swing

Anfield

Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Mass (PARTY)3,16380%+13%
Labour Rodney Ludvigsen78720%−13%
Majority2,376
Registered electors 13,001
Turnout 3,95030%−4%
Conservative hold Swing

Arundel

Arundel
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clifford Price *2,49572%+9%
Labour Stanley G. Thorne43813%−21%
Liberal Edward J. Kennedy40812%
Communist Jack Kay1224%+1%
Majority2,057
Registered electors 12,301
Turnout 3,46328%−6%
Conservative hold Swing

Breckfield

Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John K. Tanner *1,68971%+17%
Labour Andrew Williams70229%−17%
Majority987
Registered electors 9,742
Turnout 2,39125%−2%
Conservative hold Swing

Broadgreen

Broadgreen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Helsall (PARTY)2,08162%−1%
Labour John W. Hubble49615%−11%
Majority1,326
Registered electors 10,864
Turnout 3,33231%−4%
Conservative hold Swing

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Parry1,24151%−3%
Conservative Peter R. S. Williams1,12246%0%
Liberal George C. Hewlett542%
Communist John Cook251%
Majority119
Registered electors 7,135
Turnout 2,44234%+7%
Labour hold Swing

Childwall

Childwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles G. Pascoe *4,36064%−7%
Liberal Owen Trevor Jones 1,98329%+13%
Labour Tony Mulhearn 3385%−7%
Majority2,377
Registered electors 17,187
Turnout 6,77239%+3%
Conservative hold Swing

Church

Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Cyril E. Carr *4,45864%+14%
Conservative Mrs. Myra Fitzsimmons2,31633%−11%
Labour John E. Roberts1913%−3%
Majority2,142
Registered electors 13,429
Turnout 6,96552%+4%
Liberal hold Swing

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon K. McKelvie *2,05763%+7%
Labour Ken Stewart1,22637%−7%
Majority831
Registered electors 10,400
Turnout 3,28332%−7%
Conservative hold Swing

County

County
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald B. Flude *2,75369%+13%
Labour George G. Maloney1,01425%−19%
Communist Kenneth T. Dowd2135%
Majority1,739
Registered electors 12,330
Turnout 3,98032%−8%
Conservative hold Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clarence Dickinson *3,64289%+17%
Labour Edward Shields47211%−9%
Majority3,170
Registered electors 11,805
Turnout 4,11435%−9%
Conservative hold Swing

Dingle

Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs. Kathleen Prescott1,70658%+13%
Labour William G. Curtin (PARTY)1,08637%−18%
Communist Miss Frances Thompson1254%
Majority620
Registered electors 10,521
Turnout 2.91728%0%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Dovecot

Dovecot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald S. Fairclough2,41358%+12%
Labour Wilfred P. Johnson (PARTY)1,75542%−12%
Majority658
Registered electors 15,407
Turnout 4,16827%−1%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Everton

Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Smyth *52050%−13%
Conservative Douglas G. Deaves36234%+3%
Liberal Michael V. Lilley13213%+13%
Communist Robert E. Parry363%−3%
Majority158
Registered electors 6,042
Turnout 1,05017%−1%
Labour hold Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John P. Moyses *2,22569%+4%
Labour David M. Mitchell65521%−14%
Liberal Jarlath F. Chambers32910%+10%
Majority1,560
Registered electors 12,075
Turnout 3,21927%−2%
Conservative hold Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alexander L. Ritchie *2,60775%+16%
Labour Kenneth E. Keane87025%−16%
Majority1,737
Registered electors 11,075
Turnout 3,47731%−12%
Conservative hold Swing

Gillmoss

Gillmoss
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mervin Kingston1,69049%+14%
Labour George E. Delooze *1,51444%−16%
Communist John B. Cartwright2567%+3%
Majority176
Registered electors 16,100
Turnout 3,46021%−3%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Granby

Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John J. Swainbank1,06345%+2%
Labour John D. Hamilton *79734%−18%
Liberal Mrs. Rosalind M. Craig39016%+16%
Majority266
Registered electors 9,830
Turnout 2,37324%+1%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Kensington

Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John N. M. Entwistle1,91361%+15%
Labour Harry Livermore (PARTY)1,23939%−15%
Majority674
Registered electors 10,831
Turnout 3,15229%+3%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Low Hill

Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernest Crierie84159%+15%
Labour William R. Snell *52937.5%−15%
Majority312
Registered electors 6,180
Turnout 1,43623%+1%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Melrose

Melrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Ackers *83950%−15%
Conservative Charles E. Ratcliffe82650%+15%
Majority13
Registered electors 7,982
Turnout 1,66521%0%
Labour hold Swing

Netherfield

Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant James Boardnman (PARTY)44852%−6%
Labour John L. Hughes20624%−18%
Robert D. Jenkins16519%
Communist Francis J. Cartright425%+5%
Majority242
Registered electors 3,982
Turnout 86122%+1%
Protestant gain from Labour Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew McKie Reid *2,53775%−12%
Labour Eddie Loyden 83725%−12%
Majority1,700
Registered electors 13.038
Turnout 3,37426%−4%
Conservative hold Swing

Picton

Picton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs. Ruth Dean *2,16561%+9%
Labour Tom Bailey94126%−22%
Liberal Edward C. Hesketh47013%+13%
Majority1,224
Registered electors 12,441
Turnout 3,57629%−3%
Conservative hold Swing

Pirrie

Pirrie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James E. Nicoll2,56858%+13%
Labour Michael Black *1,82242%−13%
Majority746
Registered electors 15,579
Turnout 4,39028%−5%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Prince's Park

Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Cheshire1,56455%+18%
Labour Terence Roberts87431%−18%
National Front David T. Jones1746%+6%
Communist John Humes1355%+2%
Toxteth Nat.Michael J. Smout973%+3%
Majority690
Registered electors 11,421
Turnout 2,84425%−3%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Sandhills

Sandhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leo P. Hyams *90356%−26%
Conservative Frederick Jones64040%+22%
Communist Robert Cartwright704%+4%
Majority263
Registered electors 6,963
Turnout 1,61323%+1%
Labour hold Swing

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant Ronald F. Henderson1,17148%−2%
Liberal Rev. Robert A. Lally63426%+26%
Labour Frank Marsden53322%−28%
Communist James P. Hannah803%+3%
Majority537
Registered electors 9,787
Turnout 2,41825%−1%
Protestant hold Swing

St. James

St. James
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Owen J. Doyle *77652%−22%
Conservative Reginald Rendell39226%+8%
Communist Roger O'Hara33022%+14%
Majority384
Registered electors 8,679
Turnout 1,49817%−2%
Labour hold Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Tushingham2,01464%+15%
Labour Frank W. Longworth *1,11436%−15%
Majority900
Registered electors 9,681
Turnout 3,12832%+2%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony McVeigh *2,33783%+26%
Labour Harold Lee34012%−6%
Communist Michael McNally1525%
Majority1,997
Registered electors 9,571
Turnout 2,82930%−15%
Conservative hold Swing

Smithdown

Smithdown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. McDermott68369%+30%
Labour Thomas C. Greenwood (PARTY)38731%−30%
Majority476
Registered electors 8,924
Turnout 1,25014%−2%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Speke

Speke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher G. Hallows1,28050%+14%
Labour Thomas Higgins *1,25850%−14%
Majority22
Registered electors 13,691
Turnout 2,53819%+3%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Tuebrook

Tuebrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rodney M. Amyes *2,41572%+13%
Labour James Mottram93128%−13%
Majority1,484
Registered electors 11,298
Turnout 3,34630%−8%
Conservative hold Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Dunford *43064%−21%
Liberal Francis Quinn15724%+24%
Conservative Peter S. Jones507%−3%
Communist Thomas E. Cassin315%0%
Majority273
Registered electors 6,795
Turnout 66810%−2%
Labour hold Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Davis A. Ritchie *2,44368%+2%
Labour Edward Mooney60517%−17%
Liberal George Sephton52715%+15%
Majority1,838
Registered electors 11,799
Turnout 3,57530%−6%
Conservative hold Swing

Westminster

Westminster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Gilbody *1,08758%+3%
Labour Edward Burke77442%−3%
Majority313
Registered electors 6,117
Turnout 1,86130%+1%
Conservative hold Swing

Woolton

Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie B. Williams *4,80288%+14%
Labour James M. Burke65812%−14%
Majority4,144
Registered electors 19,373
Turnout 5,46028%−4%
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 10 May 1968
  3. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1968-1969
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