1961 Liverpool City Council election
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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 11 May 1961.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 52 | -8 | 32 | 84 | |
Conservative | 63 | +8 | 7* | 70 | |
Protestant | 5 | +2 | 0 | 5 |
- One Conservative Aldermanic vacancy following the death of C. G. S. Gordon.
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 21 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 50% | 57% | 95,863 | ||
Labour | 19 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 45% | 42% | 71,299 | ||
Protestant | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4.8% | 2.1% | 3,572 | ||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 4.2% | 7,073 | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.21% | 350 | ||
Public Safety | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.44% | 738 | ||
Union Movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.07% | 112 |
Ward results
[edit]* - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1958 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1958 election results.
Abercromby
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. E. McPherson (PARTY) | 1,356 | 54% | +2% | |
Conservative | G. W. Boult | 1,052 | 42% | +9% | |
Union Movement | H. Taylor | 112 | 4% | +4% | |
Majority | 304 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,052 | ||||
Turnout | 2,520 | 25% | −6% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aigburth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. A. Kinear * | 4,494 | 92% | +20% | |
Conservative | S. A. Cotton (PARTY) | 4,368 | 90% | +18% | |
Labour | G. Ackers | 371 | 8% | +2% | |
Labour | J. G. Morgan | 354 | 7% | +1% | |
Majority | 4,123 | ||||
Registered electors | 13.783 | ||||
Turnout | 4,865 | 35% | −6% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Allerton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S. Minion * | 2,919 | 84% | +4% | |
Labour | J. Woolwich | 565 | 16% | −4% | |
Majority | 2,354 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,174 | ||||
Turnout | 3,484 | 34% | −1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Anfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. A. Porter * | 3,918 | 69% | +11% | |
Conservative | R. G. Semple (PARTY) | 3,795 | 67% | +9% | |
Labour | S. W. Jones | 1,771 | 31% | −11% | |
Labour | F. Shemmonds | 1,712 | 30% | −12% | |
Majority | 2,147 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,013 | ||||
Turnout | 5,689 | 41% | +1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Arundel
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | H. Lees * | 2,546 | 59% | +2% | |
Labour | P. Grannell | 918 | 21% | −19% | |
Liberal | R. M. Bale | 703 | 16% | +16% | |
Communist | J. Kay | 142 | 3% | 0% | |
Majority | 1,628 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,358 | ||||
Turnout | 4,309 | 35% | −1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Breckfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | F. Parry | 2,263 | 55% | +14% | |
Labour | A. Williams (PARTY) | 1,861 | 45% | −14% | |
Majority | 402 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,074 | ||||
Turnout | 4,124 | 37% | −2% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Broadgreen
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | L. T. Rogers * | 2,774 | 77% | +12% | |
Labour | W. M. Cooper | 504 | 14% | −21% | |
Public Safety | A. Anderson | 298 | 8% | ||
Majority | 2,240 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,623 | ||||
Turnout | 3,546 | 31% | −4% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Miss M. Schofield * | 1,555 | 55% | −4% | |
Conservative | A. McKie Reid | 1,286 | 45% | +4% | |
Majority | 269 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,788 | ||||
Turnout | 2,841 | 32% | 0% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Childwall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Young * | 3,927 | 64% | +5% | |
Liberal | Albert Globe | 1,645 | 27% | −6% | |
Labour | W. Lungley | 578 | 9% | +1% | |
Majority | 3,349 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,727 | ||||
Turnout | 6,150 | 39% | −2% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Church
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. H. Elderton (PARTY) | 3,539 | 56% | −12% | |
Liberal | Cyril E. Carr | 2,331 | 37% | +17% | |
Labour | J. Disley | 397 | 6% | −6% | |
Majority | 1,208 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,595 | ||||
Turnout | 6,287 | 46% | +8% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Clubmoor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | N. A. Williams * | 2,718 | 57% | +7% | |
Labour | G. A. McAllister | 2,091 | 43% | ||
Majority | 627 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,423 | ||||
Turnout | 4,809 | 42% | −3% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
County
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. B. Flude (PARTY) | 3,384 | 53% | −6% | |
Conservative | B. Deane | 2,936 | 47% | +6% | |
Majority | 438 | ||||
Registered electors | 13.712 | ||||
Turnout | 6,330 | 46% | −1% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Croxteth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Morrow (PARTY) | 4,022 | 78% | +6% | |
Labour | H. W. Dolman | 1,144 | 22% | −6% | |
Majority | 2,878 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,610 | ||||
Turnout | 5,166 | 44% | −1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Dingle
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Stoddart * | 2,288 | 52% | −14% | |
Conservative | C. N. Peplow | 1,695 | 38% | +4% | |
Liberal | Jack F. Ross | 443 | 10% | +10% | |
Majority | 593 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,707 | ||||
Turnout | 4,426 | 35% | −3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dovecot
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. H. Maloney * | 2,386 | 51% | −17% | |
Conservative | E. Johnson | 2,307 | 49% | +17% | |
Majority | 79 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,463 | ||||
Turnout | 4,693 | 32% | +5% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Everton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Francis Burke * | 1,607 | 64% | ||
Conservative | E. Shaw | 813 | 32% | ||
Communist | A. E. Rivers | 105 | 4% | ||
Majority | 794 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,768 | ||||
Turnout | 2,525 | 23% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Fairfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. S. Ross * | 2,373 | 61% | +11% | |
Labour | T. Roberts | 967 | 25% | −25% | |
Liberal | S. R. Jolly | 569 | 15% | +15% | |
Majority | 1,406 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,019 | ||||
Turnout | 3,909 | 28% | −5% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fazakerley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Bessell | 3,251 | 58% | +10% | |
Labour | F. Grue * | 2,371 | 42% | −10% | |
Majority | 880 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,569 | ||||
Turnout | 5.622 | 48% | −5% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Gillmoss
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. D. Roderick * | 3,428 | 66% | −6% | |
Conservative | G. K. McKelvie | 1,743 | 34% | +6% | |
Majority | 1,685 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,917 | ||||
Turnout | 5,171 | 32% | −2% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Granby
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs. R. Dean | 1,943 | 53% | +17% | |
Conservative | J. Guinan | 1,746 | 47% | −17% | |
Majority | 197 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,288 | ||||
Turnout | 3,689 | 33% | +3% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Kensington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs. E. M. Wormald * | 2,401 | 50% | −17% | |
Conservative | A. L. Audley | 2,252 | 47% | +14% | |
Public Safety | J. R. Gradwell | 145 | 3% | +3% | |
Majority | 149 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,293 | ||||
Turnout | 39% | +5% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Low Hill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs. M. M. Powell * | 1,758 | 58% | −12% | |
Conservative | E, Crierie | 1,285 | 42% | +12% | |
Majority | 473 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,564 | ||||
Turnout | 3,043 | 32% | 0% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Melrose
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. MacDonald * | 1,616 | 63% | −10% | |
Conservative | S. D. Lunt | 951 | 37% | +10% | |
Majority | 665 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,466 | ||||
Turnout | 2,567 | 27% | −3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Netherfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protestant | A. Brown | 1,409 | 58% | +58% | |
Labour | R. Clitherow * | 1,020 | 42% | −12% | |
Majority | 389 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,626 | ||||
Turnout | 2,429 | 28% | 0% | ||
Protestant gain from Labour | Swing |
Old Swan
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. F. Everett | 3,103 | 56% | +12% | |
Labour | J. A. Dunn * | 2,416 | 44% | −9% | |
Majority | 687 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,965 | ||||
Turnout | 5,519 | 37% | −2% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Picton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Polack | 3,124 | 54% | +10% | |
Labour | G. R. Sullivan * | 2,623 | 46% | −10% | |
Majority | 501 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,096 | ||||
Turnout | 5,747 | 41% | +1% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Pirrie
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. H. Hart (PARTY) | 3,920 | 55% | −11% | |
Conservative | J. P. Bailey | 3,147 | 45% | +11% | |
Majority | 773 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,656 | ||||
Turnout | 7,067 | 42% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Prince's Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. C. Greenwood * | 2,078 | 45% | −19% | |
Conservative | W. T. Savage | 1,954 | 42% | +6% | |
Liberal | D. B. McClaren | 597 | 13% | +13% | |
Majority | 124 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,182 | ||||
Turnout | 4,629 | 35% | +3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Sandhills
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. H. Aldritt * | 1,842 | 86% | −8% | |
Conservative | A. C. Bailey | 207 | 10% | +4% | |
Communist | B.Campbell | 103 | 5% | +5% | |
Majority | 1,635 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,758 | ||||
Turnout | 2,152 | 25% | −3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Domingo
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protestant | R. F. Henderson | 2,163 | 50% | ||
Labour | J. Gardner * | 2,147 | 50% | ||
Majority | 16 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,770 | ||||
Turnout | 4,310 | 37% | |||
Protestant gain from Labour | Swing |
St. James
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs. E. E. Gough * | 1,544 | 67% | −15% | |
Conservative | B. Ingham | 747 | 33% | +15% | |
Majority | 797 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,783 | ||||
Turnout | 797 | 21% | −3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Mary's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S. R. Maddox * | 2,394 | 51% | −11% | |
Conservative | S. B. Caulfield | 2,206 | 47% | +9% | |
Public Safety | T. J. Anderson | 108 | 2% | +2% | |
Majority | 188 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,220 | ||||
Turnout | 4,708 | 42% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Michael's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | C. Cowlin * | 2,555 | 67% | 0% | |
Liberal | J. R. Wilmington | 674 | 18% | +18% | |
Labour | Mrs. M. Wills | 370 | 10% | −23% | |
Public Safety | A. P. Cooney | 187 | 5% | +5% | |
Majority | 1,881 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,034 | ||||
Turnout | 3,786 | 38% | +1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Smithdown
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. W. Clarke * | 1,905 | 64% | −15% | |
Conservative | H. Hawkins | 1,050 | 36% | +15% | |
Majority | 855 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,238 | ||||
Turnout | 2,955 | 24% | −1% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Speke
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Crookes * | 2,235 | 68% | −6% | |
Conservative | P. S. Jones | 1,049 | 32% | +6% | |
Majority | 1,186 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,032 | ||||
Turnout | 3,284 | 23% | −2% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Tuebrook
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. H. Aymes | 2,879 | 56% | +10% | |
Labour | B. Shaw * | 2,222 | 44% | −10% | |
Majority | 657 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,770 | ||||
Turnout | 5,101 | 40% | −3% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Vauxhall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. P. Shannon * | 1,216 | 81% | −16% | |
Communist | T. E. Cassin | 171 | 11% | +8% | |
Liberal | C. K. Rowland | 111 | 7% | +7% | |
Majority | 1,045 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,353 | ||||
Turnout | 1,498 | 16% | −5% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Warbreck
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. W. Lowe * | 3,060 | 67% | +11% | |
Labour | R. Buckle | 1,517 | 33% | −11% | |
Majority | 1,543 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,923 | ||||
Turnout | 4,577 | 35% | −6% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Westminster
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Burke * | 1,420 | 50% | −17% | |
Conservative | W. Gilbody | 1,402 | 50% | +17% | |
Majority | 18 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,630 | ||||
Turnout | 2,822 | 37% | +2% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Woolton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Norton * | 4,230 | 76% | +7% | |
Labour | J. F. Cloherty | 1,301 | 24% | −7% | |
Majority | 2,929 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,490 | ||||
Turnout | 5,531 | 34% | −1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Aldermanic elections
[edit]At the meeting of the City Council on 24 May 1961 the terms of office of twenty of the forty Aldermen expired and the Councillors elected twenty Aldermen to fill the vacant positions for a term of six years. Eighteen of the twenty retiring Labour Aldermen were replaced with Conservatives.
Party | Alderman | |
---|---|---|
Labour | John Leslie Hughes* | |
Labour | Peter McKernan* (Lord Mayor) | |
Conservative | Herbert Mylrea Allen | |
Conservative | Alfred Nathaniel Bates | |
Conservative | Gordon Frederick Catlin | |
Conservative | Arthur Brierley Collins | |
Conservative | Charles Cowlin | |
Conservative | Charles Haswell | |
Conservative | Harold William Hughes | |
Conservative | Harold Lees | |
Conservative | Arthur Whitaker Lowe | |
Conservative | Robert Meadows | |
Conservative | Stephen Minion | |
Conservative | Ralph Rattray | |
Conservative | Leslie Thomas Rogers | |
Conservative | Leslie Hebron Sanders | |
Conservative | Harold Macdonald Steward | |
Conservative | James Edward Thompson | |
Conservative | Frank Woolfenden | |
Conservative | Alexander Young |
- Returned Alderman
References
[edit]- ^ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post 12 May 1961
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1961-1962
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1961-1962 pages 13 - 14
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post 25 May 1961