1969 Liverpool City Council election

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1969 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 1969.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen
Conservative 87+9 ??
Labour 23-10 ??
Liberal 3+1 ??
Protestant 70 ??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1969
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 29112+972%60%76,255
  Labour 8111-1020%28%35,402
  Liberal 110+12.5%8%9,974
  Protestant 20005%1.5%1,889
  Communist 00000%1.8%2,275
  National Front 00000%0.43%551

Ward results

* - 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.

Abercromby

Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William F. Burke *51544%−15%
Conservative Stanley V. Hennessy44939%+7%
Communist Anthony McClelland15814%+5%
National Front Elvyn Thompson393%
Majority 66
Registered electors 5,557
Turnout 1,16121%+4%
Labour hold Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sydney T. Moss (PARTY)4,42992%+20%
Labour Andrew Williams3948%0%
Majority 4,035
Registered electors 13,462
Turnout 4,82336%0%
Conservative hold Swing

Allerton

Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David E. Williams *2,72370%+2%
Liberal Miss Jean E. Freeman88023%+1%
Labour Frank W. Longworth2927%−3%
Majority 1,843
Registered electors 9,950
Turnout 3,89539%+5%
Conservative hold Swing

Anfield

Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert G. Semple *2,89776%+13%
Labour John D. Hamilton 91324%−13%
Majority 2,431
Registered electors 12,894
Turnout 3,81030%−1%
Conservative hold Swing

Arundel

Arundel
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kevin W. Edwards *2,33162%−2%
Liberal Leonard Tyrer73119%+19%
Labour Mrs. Mabel Evans51914%−20%
Communist Jack Kay1273%+1%
National Front Eric Tomlinson1273%+1%
Majority 1,600
Registered electors 12,245
Turnout 3,76631%+2%
Conservative hold Swing

Breckfield

Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael W. Maxwell1,55254%+6%
Labour Len Williams *80128%−24%
Liberal Michael V. Lilley50818%+18%
Majority 751
Registered electors 9,617
Turnout 2,86130%+6%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Broadgreen

Broadgreen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daniel J. Jones1,91357%−9%
Liberal Thomas R. W. Johnston1,01630%+19%
Labour Michael Black (PARTY)42913%−10%
Majority 897
Registered electors 10,893
Turnout 3,35831%+1%
Conservative hold Swing

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George G. Maloney1,22649%0%
Conservative Barry V. Groombridge1,21649%−2%
Communist Thomas R. Woods572%+2%
Majority 10
Registered electors 6,946
Turnout 2,49936%−10%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Childwall

Childwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank H. Andrews (PARTY)4,40573%+22%
Liberal Harry Davies1,10818%−21%
Labour Anthony Mulhearn 4077%−1%
Majority 3,297
Registered electors 17,336
Turnout 6,04435%+9%
Conservative hold Swing

Church

Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reginald F. Atkins3,57355%+13%
Conservative Herbert R. Balmer2,76142%−10%
Labour Charles H. Winter1793%−2%
Majority 812
Registered electors 13,463
Turnout 6,51348%+7%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernest Johnson *2,27362%+4%
Labour Kenneth Stewart1,38338%−4%
Majority 890
Registered electors 10,285
Turnout 3,65636%+2%
Conservative hold Swing

County

County
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Thomas *2,76067%+15%
Labour Terence Roberts1,09327%−21%
Communist Kenneth T. Dowd2516%+6%
Majority 1,667
Registered electors 12,643
Turnout 4,10432%0%
Conservative hold Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alexander L. Audley *3,45787%+8%
Labour Rodney Ludvigsen50013%−8%
Majority 2,957
Registered electors 11,765
Turnout 3,95734%−2%
Conservative hold Swing

Dingle

Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John H. Lea1,65549%+10%
Labour Daniel Cumella *1,48544%−17%
Communist John Cook1344%+4%
National Front Douglas H. Kewley762%+2%
Majority 170
Registered electors 10,291
Turnout 3,35033%+5%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Dovecot

Dovecot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John L. Walsh *2,30757%+7%
Labour Wilfred P. Johnson1,72543%−7%
Majority 582
Registered electors 15,266
Turnout 4,03226%+1%
Conservative hold Swing

Everton

Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ralph S. Charles38849%+21%
Labour Sydney F. Jacobs37847%−21%
Majority 10
Registered electors 4,142
Turnout 79519%+7%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George H. Hesketh (PARTY)2,10174%+15%
Labour Harold Lee74426%−15%
Majority 1,357
Registered electors 12,002
Turnout 2,84524%−11%
Conservative hold Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Lloyd *2,49876%+19%
Labour James M. Burke80224%−19%
Majority 1,696
Registered electors 10,968
Turnout 3,30030%−5%
Conservative hold Swing

Gillmoss

Gillmoss
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Smith2,09050%+16%
Labour John F. Stevens *1,85044%−22%
Communist John B. Cartwright2396%+6%
Majority 240
Registered electors 17,751
Turnout 4,17924%+6%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Granby

Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs. Margaret B. Simey *1,20450%−14%
Conservative David Greenaway1,09846%+14%
Communist Frederick Gleeson1024%0%
Majority 106
Registered electors 9,371
Turnout 2,40426%+4%
Labour hold Swing

Kensington

Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James G. Barrett1,62754%+17%
Labour Edward Burke73525%−38%
Ind. Labour Party T. K. Williams *57819%
National Front William G. Clarkson492%+2%
Majority 892
Registered electors 10,465
Turnout 2,98929%+5%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Low Hill

Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas P. Pink84457%+20%
Labour George M. Scott57739%−20%
National Front Richard J. Williams493%
Majority 267
Registered electors 5,146
Turnout 1,47029%+7%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Melrose

Melrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Benjamin Shaw (PARTY)90450%−13%
Conservative Charles E. Ratcliffe90150%+13%
Majority 3
Registered electors 7,389
Turnout 1,80524%+8%
Labour hold Swing

Netherfield

Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant William Owen *57970%+3%
Labour Edward Loyden 19423%−6%
Communist Frank Cartwright547%+3%
Majority 385
Registered electors 3,984
Turnout 82721%+3%
Protestant hold Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman F. Derrick *2,03645%−5%
Liberal Doreen Jones1,85341%+32%
Labour Stanley G. Thorne62614%−28%
Majority 1,410
Registered electors 13,091
Turnout 4,51534%+5%
Conservative hold Swing

Picton

Picton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Lyrian Hobday *2,09562%+11%
Labour William R. Snell1,14534%−15%
National Front Douglas Richardson1555%
Majority 950
Registered electors 12,183
Turnout 3,39528%0%
Conservative hold Swing

Pirrie

Pirrie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ivor P. Balmer2,60060%+11%
Labour John McLean *1,76840%−11%
Majority 832
Registered electors 15,445
Turnout 4,36828%+1%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Prince's Park

Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dr. Cyril Taylor *1,65550%−7%
Conservative Robert S. Jones1,45944%+4%
Communist John Humes1886%+3%
Majority 196
Registered electors 10,863
Turnout 3,30230%+4%
Labour hold Swing

Sandhills

Sandhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vincent P. Hyams (PARTY)1,00160%−20%
Conservative Alfred W. Jones60536%+19%
Communist Robert Cartwright734%+1%
Majority 396
Registered electors 6,649
Turnout 1,67925%+4%
Labour hold Swing

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant Harold W. Blower *1,31061%+7%
Labour Thomas McManus76336%−10%
Communist Kenneth Dunlop743%
Majority 547
Registered electors 9,181
Turnout 2,14723%+1%
Protestant hold Swing

St. James

St. James
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Shields (PARTY)1,44251%−12%
Conservative Cyril Smith71125%−1%
Communist Roger O'Hara62222%+11%
National Front Kevin Keatley582%
Majority 731
Registered electors 8,533
Turnout 2,83333%+17%
Labour hold Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert E. Lloyd2,15068%+18%
Labour Patrick Grannell *1,03132%−18%
Majority 1,119
Registered electors 9,842
Turnout 3,18132%+2%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric S. Nixon *2,56881%+24%
Labour Alfonso Samosa61719%−2%
Majority 1,951
Registered electors 11,265
Turnout 3,18528%−10%
Conservative hold Swing

Smithdown

Smithdown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James W. Butler74054%+15%
Labour W. Gibbs *55541%−20%
National Front Thomas Everall675%
Majority 185
Registered electors 7,777
Turnout 1,36218%+3%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Speke

Speke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edwin M. Clein1,67756%+13%
Labour Francis J. McConville *1,31744%−13%
Majority 360
Registered electors 13,603
Turnout 2,99422%+9%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Tuebrook

Tuebrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael P. Tinne *2,46870%+14%
Labour David M. Mitchell1,03730%−14%
Majority 1,431
Registered electors 11,265
Turnout 3,50531%−1%
Conservative hold Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Marsden (PARTY)82368%−21%
Liberal James A. Gallagher30525%
Conservative Peter S. Jones454%−2%
Communist Thomas E. Cassin434%−1%
Majority 518
Registered electors 6,265
Turnout 1,21619%+9%
Labour hold Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ralph H. Morris *2,59379%+15%
Labour Edward T. Mooney68321%−15%
Majority 1,910
Registered electors 11,676
Turnout 3,27628%0%
Conservative hold Swing

Westminster

Westminster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Wareing1,08158%−15%
Labour James Gardner *79242%−15%
Majority 289
Registered electors 5,864
Turnout 1,873
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Woolton

Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James McAllister *4,75284%+9%
Labour Robert C. Evans89816%
Majority 3,854
Registered electors 20,849
Turnout 5,65027%−1%
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 9 May 1969
  3. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1969-1970
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