1971 Liverpool City Council election

1971 Liverpool City Council election
40 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 40 wards; 81 of 120 Councillors and 40 Aldermen seats needed for a majority
	Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party)

Last updated October 14, 2025

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 13 May 1971.

Election result

Liverpool local election result 1971
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	31	25	0	+25	77.5%	54%	80,725
Conservative	5	0	26	-26	12.5%	31%	46,215
Liberal	4	3	0	+3	10%	13%	18,792
Communist	0	0	0	0	0%	1%	1,508
Protestant	0	0	2	-2	0%	0.8%	1,198

Ward results

This data is compared with the election results for 1968, when the councillors were elected for a three-year term.

* - Councillor seeking re-election

^(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Abercromby

Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. F. Jacobs	1,038	74%	+30%
	Conservative	D. E. Daniel *	287	20%	−25%
	Communist	A. McClelland	85	6%	−5%
Majority			751
Registered electors			5,483
Turnout			1,410	26%	+8%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. H. Francis ^(PARTY)	3,633	77%	+8%
	Labour	G. Walsh	1,058	23%	+20%
Majority			2,575
Registered electors			14,684
Turnout			6,029	32%	−13%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Evans *	2,300	70%	−18%
	Labour	N. J. Dawson	989	30%	+18%
Majority			1,311
Registered electors			11,000
Turnout			3,289	30%	−4%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. J. McGurk	2,826	56%	+36%
	Conservative	J. Mass *	3,163	38%	−42%
	Liberal	F. D. Whaley	338	7%	+7%
Majority			903
Registered electors			13,519
Turnout			5,087	38%	+8%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Arundel

Arundel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	N. Wood	2,236	47%	+35%
	Conservative	A. J. Browne	1,283	27%	−48%
	Labour	C. O'Rourke	1,153	24%	+11%
Majority			953
Registered electors			`14,116
Turnout			4,748	34%	+7%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Breckfield

Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Williams	1,531	60%	+31%
	Conservative	D. J. Lewis ^(PARTY)	748	27%	−44%
	Liberal	P. Chivall	368	13%	+13%
Majority			893
Registered electors			8,890
Turnout			2,757	31%	+6%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Broadgreen

Broadgreen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roger Johnston	1,905	43%	+20%
	Conservative	H. Kelsall *	1,407	32%	−30%
	Labour	T. McManus	1,114	25%	+10%
Majority			498
Registered electors			11,854
Turnout			4,426	37%	+6%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Parry *	1,474	95%	+44%
	Conservative	S. V. Hennessy	56	4%	−42%
	Communist	R. Cartwright	24	2%	+1%
Majority			1,418
Registered electors			5,421
Turnout			1,554	29%	−5%
	Labour hold		Swing

Childwall

Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. G. Pascoe *	3,221	42%	−22%
	Liberal	H. Davies	3,186	42%	+13%
	Labour	V. Seddon	1,248	16%	+11%
Majority			35
Registered electors			19,228
Turnout			7,655	40%	+1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Church

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril E. Carr *	3,877	67%	+3%
	Conservative	S. P. Mason	1,959	31%	−2%
	Labour	K. Jones	468	7%	+4%
Majority			1,918
Registered electors			14,766
Turnout			6,304	43%	−9%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. M. Burke	2,392	57%	+20%
	Conservative	A. L. Jones ^(PARTY)	1,553	37%	−26%
	Liberal	J. Crawford	272	6%	−6%
Majority			839
Registered electors			11,147
Turnout			4,217	38%	+6%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

County

County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. McLean	2,955	59.08
	Conservative	R. B. Flude *	1,857	37.13
	Communist	K. T. Dowd	190	3.80
Majority			1,098	21.95
Registered electors			13,098
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Larty ^(PARTY)	2,671	60%	−29%
	Labour	W. H. Westbury	1,768	40%	+29%
Majority			903
Registered electors			12,902
Turnout			4,439	34%	−1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. W. Jones	2,466	75%	+38%
	Conservative	E. W. Mossford ^(PARTY)	697	21%	−37%
	Communist	J. Cook	111	3%	−1%
Majority			1,769
Registered electors			9,839
Turnout			3,274	33%	+5%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Dovecot

Dovecot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Burke	4,285	78%	+36%
	Conservative	R. S. Fairclough *	1,194	22%	−36%
Majority			3,091
Registered electors			16,448
Turnout			5,479	33%	+6%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Everton

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Smythe *	659	83%	+33%
	Conservative	E. Bowness	134	17%	−17%
Majority			525
Registered electors			2,840
Turnout			793	29%	+12%
	Labour hold		Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Hughes	1,811	49%	+28%
	Conservative	J. P. Moyses *	1,270	34%	−35%
	Liberal	C. Crawford	613	17%	+10%
Majority			541
Registered electors			11,783
Turnout			3,694	31%	+4%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Gaier	2,544	60%	+35%
	Conservative	A. Ritchie *	1,717	40%	−35%
Majority			827
Registered electors			11,683
Turnout			4,261	36%	+5%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Gillmoss

Gillmoss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Jones	5,163	80%	+36%
	Conservative	M. Kingston *	1,122	17%	−32%
	Communist	K. Dunlop	137	2%	−5%
Majority			4,041
Registered electors			20,095
Turnout			6,422	32%	+11%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Granby

Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Doswell	2,012	75%	+41%
	Conservative	J. J. Swainbank *	580	22%	−23%
	Communist	J. V. Powell	103	4%	−1%
Majority			1,432
Registered electors			8,520
Turnout			2,695	32%	+8%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Kensington

Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. G. Thorne	2,040	59%	+20%
	Conservative	J. Entwhistle *	865	25%	−36%
	Liberal	I. Parker	529	15%	+15%
Majority			1,175
Registered electors			10,671
Turnout			3,434	32%	+3%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Low Hill

Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. R. Snell	980	64%	+27%
	Conservative	E. Crierie *	393	26%	−33%
	Liberal	K. Firth	150	10%	+10%
Majority			587
Registered electors			4,655
Turnout			1,523	33%	+10%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Melrose

Melrose
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Ackers *	1,837	80%	+30%
	Conservative	I. MacFall	460	20%	−30%
Majority			1,377
Registered electors			7,517
Turnout			2,297	31%	+10%
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherfield

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Mottram	775	57%	+27%
	Protestant	J. Boardman *	514	38%	−26%
	Liberal	J. J. Hastings	60	4%	+4%
Majority			261
Registered electors			4,327
Turnout			1,349	31%	+13%
	Labour gain from Protestant		Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C. Lyons	2,910	50%	+50%
	Labour	T. Roberts	1,547	27%	+2%
	Conservative	A. McKie Reid *	1,316	23%	−52%
Majority			1,363
Registered electors			13,896
Turnout			5,773	42%	+16%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Picton

Picton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Bailey	2,021	43%	+17%
	Liberal	J. A. Gallagher	1,652	35%	+22%
	Conservative	F. R. Butler ^(PARTY)	929	20%	−41%
	Communist	J. G. Volleamere	57	1%
Majority			369
Registered electors			12,793
Turnout			4,659	36%	+7%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Pirrie

Pirrie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Black	4,551	75%	+33%
	Conservative	J. F. Atkinson ^(PARTY)	1,417	23%	−35%
	Communist	B. Anderson	125	2%
Majority			3,134
Registered electors			16,587
Turnout			6,093	37%	+9%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Prince's Park

Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. T. Walsh	2,294	72%	+41%
	Conservative	J. Cheshire *	789	25%	−30%
	Communist	J. F. Greig	114	4%	−1%
Majority			1,505
Registered electors			8,798
Turnout			3,197	36%	+11%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sandhills

Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. P. Hyams *	1,446	91%	+35%
	Conservative	R. Walsh	138	9%	−31%
Majority			1,308
Registered electors			6,157
Turnout			1,584	26%	+3%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. McDonald	827	55%	+33%
	Protestant	R. F. Henderson *	684	45%	−3%
Majority			143
Registered electors			6,083
Turnout			1,511	25%	0%
	Labour gain from Protestant		Swing

St. James

St. James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	O. J. Doyle	2,244	78%	+26%
	Communist	R' O'Hara	426	15%	−7%
	Conservative	J. Howard	194	7%	−19%
Majority			1,818
Registered electors			8,946
Turnout			2,864	32%	+15%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. C. Evans	2,850	69%	+33%
	Conservative	J. Tushingham *	1,308	31%	−33%
Majority			1,542
Registered electors			10,467
Turnout			4,158	40%	+8%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. McVeigh *	1,744	50%	−33%
	Labour	B. J. Johnson	1,436	42%	+30%
	Liberal	D. H. Reece	214	6%	+6%
Majority			308
Registered electors			10,568
Turnout			3,454	33%	+3%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Smithdown

Smithdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. H. Winter	1,372	62%	+31%
	Liberal	R. Madeley jnr.	482	22%	+22%
	Conservative	J. McDermott *	349	16%	−53%
Majority			890
Registered electors			7,566
Turnout			2,203	29%	+15%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Speke

Speke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Maudsley	4,100	80%	+30%
	Conservative	C. Hallows *	1,024	20%	−30%
Majority			3,076
Registered electors			15,678
Turnout			5,124	33%	+14%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Tuebrook

Tuebrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Mitchell	2,621	63%	+35%
	Conservative	R. M. Aymes *	1,536	37%	−35%
Majority			1,085
Registered electors			11,826
Turnout			4,157	35%	+5%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Dunford *	916	96%	+32%
	Conservative	A. M. Bowner	43	4%	−46%
Majority			873
Registered electors			6,132
Turnout			959	16%	+6%
	Labour hold		Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Finnegan	2,094	57%	+40%
	Conservative	D. A. Ritchie	1,594	43%	−25%
Majority			500
Registered electors			12,265
Turnout			3,688	30%	0%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Westminster

Westminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Lafferty	1,506	65%	+23%
	Conservative	W. Gilbody *	805	35%	−23%
Majority			701
Registered electors			6,159
Turnout			2,311	38%	+8%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Woolton

Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Fletcher	4,204	54%	+42%
	Conservative	L. B. Williams	3,556	46%	−42%
Majority			648
Registered electors			27,610
Turnout			7,760	28%	0%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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References

↑ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
↑ Liverpool Daily Post 14 May 1971

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[1] Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

[2] Liverpool Daily Post 14 May 1971

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