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Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party) [1] |
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 8 May 1969.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 87 | +9 | ?? | |
Labour | 23 | -10 | ?? | |
Liberal | 3 | +1 | ?? | |
Protestant | 7 | 0 | ?? | |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 29 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 72% | 60% | 76,255 | ||
Labour | 8 | 1 | 11 | -10 | 20% | 28% | 35,402 | ||
Liberal | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.5% | 8% | 9,974 | ||
Protestant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5% | 1.5% | 1,889 | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.8% | 2,275 | ||
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.43% | 551 |
* - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1966 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1966 election results.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William F. Burke * | 515 | 44% | −15% | |
Conservative | Stanley V. Hennessy | 449 | 39% | +7% | |
Communist | Anthony McClelland | 158 | 14% | +5% | |
National Front | Elvyn Thompson | 39 | 3% | ||
Majority | 66 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,557 | ||||
Turnout | 1,161 | 21% | +4% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sydney T. Moss (PARTY) | 4,429 | 92% | +20% | |
Labour | Andrew Williams | 394 | 8% | 0% | |
Majority | 4,035 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,462 | ||||
Turnout | 4,823 | 36% | 0% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David E. Williams * | 2,723 | 70% | +2% | |
Liberal | Miss Jean E. Freeman | 880 | 23% | +1% | |
Labour | Frank W. Longworth | 292 | 7% | −3% | |
Majority | 1,843 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,950 | ||||
Turnout | 3,895 | 39% | +5% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert G. Semple * | 2,897 | 76% | +13% | |
Labour | John D. Hamilton | 913 | 24% | −13% | |
Majority | 2,431 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,894 | ||||
Turnout | 3,810 | 30% | −1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kevin W. Edwards * | 2,331 | 62% | −2% | |
Liberal | Leonard Tyrer | 731 | 19% | +19% | |
Labour | Mrs. Mabel Evans | 519 | 14% | −20% | |
Communist | Jack Kay | 127 | 3% | +1% | |
National Front | Eric Tomlinson | 127 | 3% | +1% | |
Majority | 1,600 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,245 | ||||
Turnout | 3,766 | 31% | +2% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael W. Maxwell | 1,552 | 54% | +6% | |
Labour | Len Williams * | 801 | 28% | −24% | |
Liberal | Michael V. Lilley | 508 | 18% | +18% | |
Majority | 751 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,617 | ||||
Turnout | 2,861 | 30% | +6% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Daniel J. Jones | 1,913 | 57% | −9% | |
Liberal | Thomas R. W. Johnston | 1,016 | 30% | +19% | |
Labour | Michael Black (PARTY) | 429 | 13% | −10% | |
Majority | 897 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,893 | ||||
Turnout | 3,358 | 31% | +1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George G. Maloney | 1,226 | 49% | 0% | |
Conservative | Barry V. Groombridge | 1,216 | 49% | −2% | |
Communist | Thomas R. Woods | 57 | 2% | +2% | |
Majority | 10 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,946 | ||||
Turnout | 2,499 | 36% | −10% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank H. Andrews (PARTY) | 4,405 | 73% | +22% | |
Liberal | Harry Davies | 1,108 | 18% | −21% | |
Labour | Anthony Mulhearn | 407 | 7% | −1% | |
Majority | 3,297 | ||||
Registered electors | 17,336 | ||||
Turnout | 6,044 | 35% | +9% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Reginald F. Atkins | 3,573 | 55% | +13% | |
Conservative | Herbert R. Balmer | 2,761 | 42% | −10% | |
Labour | Charles H. Winter | 179 | 3% | −2% | |
Majority | 812 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,463 | ||||
Turnout | 6,513 | 48% | +7% | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ernest Johnson * | 2,273 | 62% | +4% | |
Labour | Kenneth Stewart | 1,383 | 38% | −4% | |
Majority | 890 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,285 | ||||
Turnout | 3,656 | 36% | +2% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Thomas * | 2,760 | 67% | +15% | |
Labour | Terence Roberts | 1,093 | 27% | −21% | |
Communist | Kenneth T. Dowd | 251 | 6% | +6% | |
Majority | 1,667 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,643 | ||||
Turnout | 4,104 | 32% | 0% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander L. Audley * | 3,457 | 87% | +8% | |
Labour | Rodney Ludvigsen | 500 | 13% | −8% | |
Majority | 2,957 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,765 | ||||
Turnout | 3,957 | 34% | −2% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John H. Lea | 1,655 | 49% | +10% | |
Labour | Daniel Cumella * | 1,485 | 44% | −17% | |
Communist | John Cook | 134 | 4% | +4% | |
National Front | Douglas H. Kewley | 76 | 2% | +2% | |
Majority | 170 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,291 | ||||
Turnout | 3,350 | 33% | +5% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John L. Walsh * | 2,307 | 57% | +7% | |
Labour | Wilfred P. Johnson | 1,725 | 43% | −7% | |
Majority | 582 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,266 | ||||
Turnout | 4,032 | 26% | +1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph S. Charles | 388 | 49% | +21% | |
Labour | Sydney F. Jacobs | 378 | 47% | −21% | |
Majority | 10 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,142 | ||||
Turnout | 795 | 19% | +7% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George H. Hesketh (PARTY) | 2,101 | 74% | +15% | |
Labour | Harold Lee | 744 | 26% | −15% | |
Majority | 1,357 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,002 | ||||
Turnout | 2,845 | 24% | −11% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Lloyd * | 2,498 | 76% | +19% | |
Labour | James M. Burke | 802 | 24% | −19% | |
Majority | 1,696 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,968 | ||||
Turnout | 3,300 | 30% | −5% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Smith | 2,090 | 50% | +16% | |
Labour | John F. Stevens * | 1,850 | 44% | −22% | |
Communist | John B. Cartwright | 239 | 6% | +6% | |
Majority | 240 | ||||
Registered electors | 17,751 | ||||
Turnout | 4,179 | 24% | +6% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs. Margaret B. Simey * | 1,204 | 50% | −14% | |
Conservative | David Greenaway | 1,098 | 46% | +14% | |
Communist | Frederick Gleeson | 102 | 4% | 0% | |
Majority | 106 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,371 | ||||
Turnout | 2,404 | 26% | +4% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James G. Barrett | 1,627 | 54% | +17% | |
Labour | Edward Burke | 735 | 25% | −38% | |
Ind. Labour Party | T. K. Williams * | 578 | 19% | ||
National Front | William G. Clarkson | 49 | 2% | +2% | |
Majority | 892 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,465 | ||||
Turnout | 2,989 | 29% | +5% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas P. Pink | 844 | 57% | +20% | |
Labour | George M. Scott | 577 | 39% | −20% | |
National Front | Richard J. Williams | 49 | 3% | ||
Majority | 267 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,146 | ||||
Turnout | 1,470 | 29% | +7% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Benjamin Shaw (PARTY) | 904 | 50% | −13% | |
Conservative | Charles E. Ratcliffe | 901 | 50% | +13% | |
Majority | 3 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,389 | ||||
Turnout | 1,805 | 24% | +8% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protestant | William Owen * | 579 | 70% | +3% | |
Labour | Edward Loyden | 194 | 23% | −6% | |
Communist | Frank Cartwright | 54 | 7% | +3% | |
Majority | 385 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,984 | ||||
Turnout | 827 | 21% | +3% | ||
Protestant hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman F. Derrick * | 2,036 | 45% | −5% | |
Liberal | Doreen Jones | 1,853 | 41% | +32% | |
Labour | Stanley G. Thorne | 626 | 14% | −28% | |
Majority | 1,410 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,091 | ||||
Turnout | 4,515 | 34% | +5% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Lyrian Hobday * | 2,095 | 62% | +11% | |
Labour | William R. Snell | 1,145 | 34% | −15% | |
National Front | Douglas Richardson | 155 | 5% | ||
Majority | 950 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,183 | ||||
Turnout | 3,395 | 28% | 0% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ivor P. Balmer | 2,600 | 60% | +11% | |
Labour | John McLean * | 1,768 | 40% | −11% | |
Majority | 832 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,445 | ||||
Turnout | 4,368 | 28% | +1% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dr. Cyril Taylor * | 1,655 | 50% | −7% | |
Conservative | Robert S. Jones | 1,459 | 44% | +4% | |
Communist | John Humes | 188 | 6% | +3% | |
Majority | 196 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,863 | ||||
Turnout | 3,302 | 30% | +4% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Vincent P. Hyams (PARTY) | 1,001 | 60% | −20% | |
Conservative | Alfred W. Jones | 605 | 36% | +19% | |
Communist | Robert Cartwright | 73 | 4% | +1% | |
Majority | 396 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,649 | ||||
Turnout | 1,679 | 25% | +4% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protestant | Harold W. Blower * | 1,310 | 61% | +7% | |
Labour | Thomas McManus | 763 | 36% | −10% | |
Communist | Kenneth Dunlop | 74 | 3% | ||
Majority | 547 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,181 | ||||
Turnout | 2,147 | 23% | +1% | ||
Protestant hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Shields (PARTY) | 1,442 | 51% | −12% | |
Conservative | Cyril Smith | 711 | 25% | −1% | |
Communist | Roger O'Hara | 622 | 22% | +11% | |
National Front | Kevin Keatley | 58 | 2% | ||
Majority | 731 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,533 | ||||
Turnout | 2,833 | 33% | +17% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert E. Lloyd | 2,150 | 68% | +18% | |
Labour | Patrick Grannell * | 1,031 | 32% | −18% | |
Majority | 1,119 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,842 | ||||
Turnout | 3,181 | 32% | +2% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eric S. Nixon * | 2,568 | 81% | +24% | |
Labour | Alfonso Samosa | 617 | 19% | −2% | |
Majority | 1,951 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,265 | ||||
Turnout | 3,185 | 28% | −10% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James W. Butler | 740 | 54% | +15% | |
Labour | W. Gibbs * | 555 | 41% | −20% | |
National Front | Thomas Everall | 67 | 5% | ||
Majority | 185 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,777 | ||||
Turnout | 1,362 | 18% | +3% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edwin M. Clein | 1,677 | 56% | +13% | |
Labour | Francis J. McConville * | 1,317 | 44% | −13% | |
Majority | 360 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,603 | ||||
Turnout | 2,994 | 22% | +9% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael P. Tinne * | 2,468 | 70% | +14% | |
Labour | David M. Mitchell | 1,037 | 30% | −14% | |
Majority | 1,431 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,265 | ||||
Turnout | 3,505 | 31% | −1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Marsden (PARTY) | 823 | 68% | −21% | |
Liberal | James A. Gallagher | 305 | 25% | ||
Conservative | Peter S. Jones | 45 | 4% | −2% | |
Communist | Thomas E. Cassin | 43 | 4% | −1% | |
Majority | 518 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,265 | ||||
Turnout | 1,216 | 19% | +9% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph H. Morris * | 2,593 | 79% | +15% | |
Labour | Edward T. Mooney | 683 | 21% | −15% | |
Majority | 1,910 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,676 | ||||
Turnout | 3,276 | 28% | 0% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Wareing | 1,081 | 58% | −15% | |
Labour | James Gardner * | 792 | 42% | −15% | |
Majority | 289 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,864 | ||||
Turnout | 1,873 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James McAllister * | 4,752 | 84% | +9% | |
Labour | Robert C. Evans | 898 | 16% | ||
Majority | 3,854 | ||||
Registered electors | 20,849 | ||||
Turnout | 5,650 | 27% | −1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 3 May 1972. One seat in each of the forty wards was up for election, plus one by-election seat each in Vauxhall and Woolton wards. This was the last year when the council comprised 120 councillors and 40 Aldermen, totalling 160, which was the largest council membership .
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 13 May 1971.
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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 12 May 1966.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 13 May 1965.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 7 May 1964.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 9 May 1963.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 10 May 1962.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 11 May 1961.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 12 May 1960.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 7 May 1959.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 8 May 1958.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1956.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 12 May 1955. After the election, the composition of the council was:
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 13 May 1954. After the election, the composition of the council was:
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 8 May 1952.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 11 May 1951.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 11 May 1950.
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