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Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party) [1] |
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 7 May 1970.
One third of the council was up for election.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 79 | -9 | ?? | |
Labour | 30 | +7 | ?? | |
Liberal | 4 | +2 | ?? | |
Protestant | 7 | 0 | ?? | |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 19 | 47.5% | 48% | 72,584 | |||||
Labour | 17 | 42.5% | 43% | 64,880 | |||||
Liberal | 2 | 5% | 7% | 11,381 | |||||
Protestant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5% | 1.2% | 1,901 | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.1% | 1,604 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.02% | 26 |
* - Councillor seeking re-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. E. McPherson * | 883 | 66% | +18% | |
Conservative | A. W. Jones | 298 | 22% | −19% | |
Communist | A. McClelland | 150 | 11% | 0% | |
Majority | 585 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,684 | ||||
Turnout | 1,331 | 23% | +3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. E. R. Fischer * | 4,522 | 84% | +5% | |
Labour | G. T. Walsh | 860 | 16% | +9% | |
Majority | 3,662 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,772 | ||||
Turnout | 5,382 | 37% | −10% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S. B. Caulfield * | 3,195 | 81% | +1% | |
Labour | S. G. Thorne | 756 | 19% | +9% | |
Majority | 2,439 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,972 | ||||
Turnout | 3,951 | 36% | −7% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs. M. Fitzsimmons | 2,755 | 61% | −11% | |
Labour | D. M. Mitchell | 1,753 | 39% | +11% | |
Majority | 1,002 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,655 | ||||
Turnout | 4,508 | 33% | −3% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. E. Kendrick * | 2,621 | 62% | −7% | |
Labour | M. Evans | 1,501 | 36% | +8% | |
Communist | J. Kay | 103 | 2% | −1% | |
Majority | 1,120 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,815 | ||||
Turnout | 4,225 | 31% | −3% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | K.B. Jacques * | 1,392 | 57% | 0% | |
Labour | T. Roberts | 1,044 | 43% | 0% | |
Majority | 348 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,985 | ||||
Turnout | 2,436 | 25% | −9% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs. D. I. Keenan | 2,002 | 44% | −26% | |
Liberal | H. Davies | 1,598 | 35% | +35% | |
Labour | D. Cowley | 966 | 21% | +2% | |
Majority | 404 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,753 | ||||
Turnout | 4,566 | 39% | +4% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. E. Walker * | 1,607 | 86% | +33% | |
Conservative | F. Jones | 117 | 6% | −41% | |
Liberal | J. E. Gallagher | 110 | 6% | +6% | |
Communist | R. Woods | 30 | 2% | +2% | |
Majority | 1,490 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,828 | ||||
Turnout | 1,864 | 32% | −2% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Fearenside | 4,401 | 55% | −16% | |
Liberal | H. Davies | 2,519 | 32% | +12% | |
Labour | S. F. Jacobs | 1,003 | 13% | +3% | |
Majority | 1,882 | ||||
Registered electors | 19,306 | ||||
Turnout | 7,988 | 41% | +1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Owen Trevor Jones | 4,019 | 54% | +20% | |
Conservative | S. P. Mason | 2,862 | 39% | −20% | |
Labour | C. H. J. Winter | 501 | 7% | 0% | |
Majority | 1,157 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,671 | ||||
Turnout | 7,382 | 50% | +2% | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. F. Jones * | 2,074 | 49% | −8% | |
Labour | T. McManus | 1,938 | 46% | +3% | |
Liberal | J. G. Morgan | 231 | 5% | +5% | |
Majority | 136 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,328 | ||||
Turnout | 4,243 | 37% | −10% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Tunna * | 2,445 | 53% | −6% | |
Labour | J. McLean | 2,003 | 44% | +8% | |
Communist | K. T. Dowd | 143 | 3% | −2% | |
Majority | 442 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,315 | ||||
Turnout | 4,591 | 34% | −7% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. G. H. Prince * | 3,596 | 77% | −6% | |
Labour | R. Ludvigsen | 1,084 | 23% | +6% | |
Majority | 2,512 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,940 | ||||
Turnout | 4,680 | 36% | −8% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Stoddart * | 2,481 | 60% | +12% | |
Conservative | D. M. Pannell | 1,520 | 37% | −10% | |
Communist | J. Cook | 134 | 3% | −1% | |
Majority | 961 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,831 | ||||
Turnout | 4,135 | 38% | +3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. P. Johnson | 3,314 | 61% | +14% | |
Conservative | G. E. Brandwood * | 2,103 | 39% | −14% | |
Majority | 1,211 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,539 | ||||
Turnout | 5,417 | 33% | −6% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | F. Burke * | 588 | 62% | ||
Conservative | J. Irving | 364 | 38% | ||
Majority | 224 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,268 | ||||
Turnout | 952 | 29% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Pownall | 1,942 | 56% | ||
Labour | E. Burke | 1,498 | 44% | ||
Majority | 444 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,197 | ||||
Turnout | 3,440 | 28% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. R. Bushell | 2,260 | 54% | ||
Labour | M. Black | 1,955 | 46% | ||
Majority | 305 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,781 | ||||
Turnout | 4,215 | 36% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eddie Loyden | 4,270 | 67% | ||
Conservative | Mrs. E. G. Smith | 1,990 | 31% | ||
Communist | K. Dunlop | 130 | 2% | ||
Majority | 2,280 | ||||
Registered electors | 20,237 | ||||
Turnout | 6,390 | 32% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John D. Hamilton | 1,457 | 58% | +1% | |
Conservative | G. Hughes | 981 | 39% | −4% | |
Communist | J. Powell | 68 | 3% | ||
Majority | 476 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,095 | ||||
Turnout | 2,506 | 28% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. D. Roderick | 1,559 | 52% | +27% | |
Conservative | F. R. Butler | 1,421 | 48% | −4% | |
Majority | 138 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,836 | ||||
Turnout | 2,980 | 28% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs. M. J. Powell | 1,066 | 63% | +24% | |
Conservative | S. K. Cross | 610 | 36% | −21% | |
Independent | W. Finnegan | 26 | 2% | ||
Majority | 456 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,075 | ||||
Turnout | 1,702 | 34% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | I. I. Levin | 1,376 | 59% | +2% | |
Conservative | C. E. Rapson | 776 | 33% | −10% | |
Liberal | J. J. Hastings * | 191 | 8% | ||
Majority | 600 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,618 | ||||
Turnout | 2,343 | 31% | +5% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protestant | A. Brown * | 750 | 57% | −5% | |
Labour | S. J. Chegwin | 572 | 43% | +9% | |
Majority | 178 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,359 | ||||
Turnout | 1,322 | 30% | +3% | ||
Protestant hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mrs. Doreen Jones | 2,713 | 48% | +48% | |
Conservative | A. J. Browne * | 1,887 | 33% | −27% | |
Labour | F. Gaier | 1,098 | 19% | −21% | |
Majority | 826 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,931 | ||||
Turnout | 5,698 | 41% | +4% | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | C. J. Kinrade * | 2,149 | 50% | −9% | |
Labour | T. Bailey | 2,033 | 48% | +7% | |
Communist | Mrs. H. A. Thomas | 87 | 2% | +2% | |
Majority | 116 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,964 | ||||
Turnout | 4,269 | 33% | −3% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Dalton | 3,703 | 60% | +13% | |
Conservative | J. F. Atkinson | 2,359 | 38% | −15% | |
Communist | Brian Anderson | 113 | 2% | +2% | |
Majority | 113 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,794 | ||||
Turnout | 6,175 | 37% | −5% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. F. Stevens | 1,919 | 58% | +12% | |
Conservative | A. Palin | 1,298 | 39% | −12% | |
Communist | J. F. Greig | 93 | 3% | −1% | |
Majority | 621 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,059 | ||||
Turnout | 3,310 | 33% | −2% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Miss M. Schofield * | 1,545 | 71% | +2% | |
Conservative | J. Barton | 636 | 29% | +2% | |
Majority | 909 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,676 | ||||
Turnout | 2,181 | 33% | +4% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protestant | R. Hughes * | 1,151 | 57% | +3% | |
Labour | A. Williams | 875 | 43% | 0% | |
Majority | 276 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,697 | ||||
Turnout | 2,026 | 23% | −8% | ||
Protestant hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Parry * | 2,122 | 72% | +21% | |
Communist | R. O'Hara | 488 | 16% | +5% | |
Conservative | R. Bostock | 356 | 12% | −14% | |
Majority | 971 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,944 | ||||
Turnout | 2,966 | 33% | +10% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. L. Harris * | 1,804 | 56% | ||
Labour | P. Grannel | 1,441 | 44% | −4% | |
Majority | 363 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,740 | ||||
Turnout | 3,245 | 30% | −12% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs. M. Brown * | 2,413 | 53% | −15% | |
Labour | R. C. Evans | 2,122 | 47% | +25% | |
Majority | 291 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,615 | ||||
Turnout | 4,535 | 43% | +2% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Lee | 1,147 | 68% | +15% | |
Conservative | Mrs. M. G. Savage | 551 | 32% | −15% | |
Majority | 596 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,808 | ||||
Turnout | 1,698 | 22% | +3% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ken Stewart | 3,065 | 62% | +15% | |
Conservative | C. Smith | 1,918 | 38% | −15% | |
Majority | 1,147 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,029 | ||||
Turnout | 4,983 | 31% | +5% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. B. Watterson | 2,252 | 56% | −5% | |
Labour | J. Mottram | 1,778 | 44% | +5% | |
Majority | 474 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,995 | ||||
Turnout | 4,030 | 34% | −8% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Orr * | 1,348 | 93% | +9% | |
Conservative | J. Howard | 102 | 7% | −5% | |
Majority | 1,246 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,511 | ||||
Turnout | 1,450 | 22% | +5% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. Greenway | 2,327 | 62% | −8% | |
Labour | J. M. Burke | 1,398 | 38% | +8% | |
Majority | 929 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,344 | ||||
Turnout | 3,725 | 30% | −4% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Gillin * | 1,240 | 53% | +2% | |
Labour | J. Gardner | 1,118 | 47% | −2% | |
Majority | 122 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,228 | ||||
Turnout | 2,358 | 38% | −1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs. T. L. Norton | 5,045 | 70% | −9% | |
Labour | Tony Mulhearn | 2,133 | 30% | −9% | |
Majority | 2,912 | ||||
Registered electors | 24,035 | ||||
Turnout | 7,178 | 30% | −7% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Twenty of the forty Aldermen were elected by the city council on 18 May 1970. Those elected by the council and the wards they were allocated to are shown in the table below:
Party | Alderman | Ward | |
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Labour | Louis Caplan | Allerton | |
Labour | Hugh Carr | Arundel | |
Labour | Sir Joseph Cleary | Picton | |
Labour | David Cowley | Dingle | |
Labour | Brian Crookes | Church | |
Labour | James Cullen | Warbreck | |
Labour | Charles Minton | Netherfield | |
Labour | Joseph Morgan | Smithdown | |
Conservative | James Porter | County | |
Conservative | James Ross | Central | |
Labour | William Sefton | Croxteth | |
Labour | John Sheehan | Granby | |
Conservative | William Thomas | Everton | |
Conservative | Mrs. Ruth Dean | Breckfield | |
Conservative | Clarence Dickinson | Kensington | |
Conservative | John Kendrick | Sandhills | |
Conservative | James McAllister | Gillmoss | |
Conservative | Ralph Morris | Fairfield | |
Conservative | Clifford Price | Childwall | |
Conservative | David Williams | St. Mary's | |
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 8 May 1969.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 11 May 1967.
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 9 May 1957.
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 Thursday 1 November 1945. It was the first local election in which all those who qualified for a parliamentary vote could vote.
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 1 November 1946.