1992 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 7 May 1992. One third of the council was up for election and although the Labour Party lost overall control of the council, it continued to lead a minority administration with Harry Rimmer as leader of the council. ^[1]

1992 Liverpool City Council election

←  1991 7 May 1992 (1992-05-07) 1994  →
33 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 33 wards 50 seats needed for a majority

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Labour	??	??
	Liberal Democrat	??	??
	Liberal Party	??	??
	Independent	??	??
	Others	??	??

Election results

Liverpool local election result 1992

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	18				55%	38%	42,327
	Labour	12				36%	33%	36,681
	Conservative	1				3%	13%	14,422
	Ward Labour	1				3%	10%	10,676
	Liberal	1				3%	3%	3,341
	Green	0				0%	0.9%	1,054
	Poll Tax Payer Against the surcharge	0				0%	0.2%	192

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Ward results

Abercromby

Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Norman	1,080	71%	10%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Dyer	171	11%	4%
	Conservative	A. Zsigmond	156	10%	3%
	Green	S. Mansfield	117	8%	N/A
Majority			909
Registered electors
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing	10%

Aigburth

Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy Hancox	2,508	56%
	Labour	J. Middleton	1,024	23%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Furman	797	18%
	Green	Janifer Jones	142	3%
Majority			1,484
Turnout

Allerton

Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	W. Bullock	1,887	42%
	Conservative	S. North	1,409	31%
	Labour	Mary Anderson	1,061	24%
	Green	R. Cantwell	79	2%
	Social Democrat	I. Garbett	41	1%
Majority			478
Turnout

Anfield

Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Woodruff	1,513	39%
	Labour	J. Rutledge	1,320	34%
	Conservative	Myra Fitzsimmons	408	11%
	Anfield Labour	Judith Nelson	389	10%
	Liberal	T. Newall	234	6%
Majority			193
Turnout

Arundel

Arundel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Clein	1,167	38%
	Labour	Vicki Roberts	1,069	34%
	Conservative	Carol Zsigmond	326	11%
	Green	J. Hulton	260	8%
	Arundel Labour	J. Stancer	259	8%
	Social Democrat	D. Pollard	18	1%
Majority			98
Turnout

Breckfield

Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary McGiveron	1,382	61%
	Liberal Democrats	F. Crebbin	387	17%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Bayley	285	12%
	Liverpool Independent Labour	H. Chase	230	10%
Majority			995
Turnout

Broadgreen

Broadgreen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rosie Cooper	2,660	61%
	Labour	D. Minahan	1,119	26%
	Conservative	N. hastings	242	6%
	Broadgreen Labour	F. Gillard	305	7%
Majority			1,541
Turnout

Childwall

Childwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Eddie Clein	3,171	61%
	Labour	A. Doherty	898	17%
	Conservative	Helen Rigby	1,121	22%
Majority			2,273
Turnout

Church

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Storey	3,834	68%
	Labour	K. Cocklin	877	16%
	Conservative	A. Knowlson	793	14%
	Green	Deborah Kinn	101	2%
Majority			2,957
Turnout

Clubmoor

Clubmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Ellison	1,680	59%
	Conservative	E. Harper	448	16%
	Liberal	Barbara Jackson	424	15%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Williams	319	11%
Majority			1,361
Turnout

County

County

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Clark	2,762	61%
	Labour	I. Harvey	1,519	34%
	Conservative	J. Atkinson	206	5%
	Social Democrat	R. Gould	12	0.3%
Majority			1,243
Turnout

Croxteth

Croxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Kinahan	2,787	57%
	Labour	F. Nelson	1,072	22%
	Conservative	G. Brandwood	972	20%
	Social Democrat	Virginia Gould	35	1%
	Green	I. Graham	20	0.4%
Majority			1,715
Turnout

Dingle

Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Rossington	1,388	38%
	Labour	R. Lafferty	1,133	31%
	Dingle Labour	Christine Campos	828	23%
	Conservative	D. Patmore	202	6%
	Green	R. Spalding	79	2%
Majority			255
Turnout			3,630

Dovecot

Dovecot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Rimmer	1,085	48%
	Dovecot Labour	T. Fitzsimmons	387	17%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Woodward	310	14%
	Conservative	W. Connolly	267	12%
	Poll tax payers against the surcharge	Christine Young	192	9%
Majority			698
Turnout			2,241

Everton

Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Everton Labour	George Knibb	894	58%
	Labour	Pauline Davies	577	37%
	Conservative	Joan McEachern	45	3%
	Liberal Democrats	Annette Butler	32	2%
Majority			317
Turnout			1,548

Fazakerley

Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Hanratty	1,895	62%
	Conservative	Clare Coffey	442	15%
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Hulme	295	10%
	Fazakerley Labour	Frank Vaudrey	224	7%
	Liberal	D. Curtis	187	6%
Majority			1,600
Turnout			3,043

Gillmoss

Gillmoss

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Black	1,317	45%
	Gillmoss Independent Labour	S. Ledwich	900	31%
	Liberal Democrats	George Mann	406	14%
	Conservative	Audrey Bowness	318	11%
Majority			417
Turnout			2,941

Granby

Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Tyrrell	1,152	54%
	Granby Labour	A. Fogg	493	23%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Priddie	287	14%
	Conservative	P. Edwards	135	6%
	Green	R. Morris	55	3%
Majority			659
Turnout			2,122

Grassendale

Grassendale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Smith	3,144	64%
	Conservative	N. Liddell	995	20%
	Labour	F. Gibbons	781	16%
Majority			2,149
Turnout			4,920

Kensington

Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jimmy Kendrick	1,685	56%
	Labour	K. Radcliffe	636	21%
	Liberal	Millicent Bickley	156	5%
	Conservative	Edna Rodick	137	5%
	Green	M. Walsh	64	2%
Majority			1,049
Turnout			3,027

Melrose

Melrose 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frances Kidd	1,642	63%
	Labour	R. Lancaster	1,565	60%
	Melrose Labour	E. Marnell	647	25%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Parker	362	14%
	Independent Labour	A. Hincks	358	14%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Turner	327	13%
	Conservative	J. Fitzsimmons	231	9%
	Conservative	Ann Nugent	194	7%
Majority			995
Turnout			2,593

Netherley

Netherley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Devaney	1,071	49%
	Netherley Labour	Lesley Mahmood	624	29%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Seddon	313	14%
	Conservative	W. Dobinson	132	6%
	Green	M. Fowler	40	2%
Majority			447
Turnout			2,180

Old Swan

Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Johnston	1,232	39%
	Labour	J. Hamilton	1,008	32%
	Independent Labour	G. Lloyd	560	18%
	Conservative	G. Powell	372	12%
Majority			224
Turnout			3,172

Picton

Picton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Kemp	2,291	58%
	Labour	D. Dunphy	1,397	35%
	Conservative	Maureen Williams	149	4%
	Green	I. Gilmour	97	2%
	SDP	L. Hammacott	16	0.4%
Majority			894
Turnout			3,950

Pirrie

Pirrie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dot Gavin	1,431	51%
	Independent Labour	F. Johnston	784	28%
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Dutton	310	11%
	Conservative	P. Aldcroft	280	10%
Majority			647
Turnout			2,805

St. Mary's

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Millea	1,783	53%
	Labour	D. Hunt	795	24%
	Sitting Labour	Frank O'Donoghue	571	17%
	Conservative	G. Harden	186	6%
	SDP	Margaret Mason	21	1%
Majority			988
Turnout			3,356

Smithdown

Smithdown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	W. Barrow	1,159	48%
	Labour	Cecilia Holleran	994	41%
	Conservative	Denise O'Leary	64	3%
	Smithdown Labour	D. Bermingham	217	9%
Majority			165
Turnout			2,434

Speke

Speke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Anderson	1,046	53%
	Speke Independent Labour	M. Knight	486	25%
	Liberal Democrats	F. Thomas	246	13%
	Conservative	A. Fayer	184	9%
Majority			800
Turnout			1,962

Tuebrook

Tuebrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	S. Radford	2,533	60%
	Labour	E. Burke	565	13%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Brooks	541	13%
	Liverpool Labour	Patricia Mallon	421	10%
	Conservative	R. Bethell	162	4%
Majority			1,968
Turnout			4,222

Valley

Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Phillips	968	34%
	Labour	T. Smith	831	29%
	Conservative	S. Lever	206	7%
	Valley Labour	Sylvia Sharpey-Schafer	843	30%
Majority			137
Turnout			2,848

Vauxhall

Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Orr	1,044	66%
	Vauxhall Independent Labour	J. Hackett	409	26%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Chowings	64	4%
	Conservative	Pauline Edwards	62	4%
Majority			980
Turnout			1,579

Warbreck

Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Roberts	1,995	47%
	Labour	B. Lawless	1,777	42%
	Conservative	Dorothy Gray	473	11%
Majority			218
Turnout			4,245

Woolton

Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Backhouse	2,235	43%
	Labour	j. Lusk	441	8%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Hulme	367	7%
	SDP	H. Gibson	2,157
Majority			78
Turnout			5,200

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References

1. Liverpool Daily Post 8 May 1992
2. Liverpool Daily Post 8 May 1992
3. Liverpool Daily Post 8 May 1992
4. Jeffery, David. "Merseyside local election results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.