1952 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 8 May 1952.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | 67 | -12 | 28 | 95 |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | 46 | +13 | 7 | 53 |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK, 1989)/meta/color" | | Protestant | 4 | -1 | 1 | 5 |
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | | Independent | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Liberal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 26 | 62% | 55% | 124,368 | |||||
Conservative | 14 | 33% | 45% | 102,558 | |||||
Protestant | 1 | 2.4% | 1.7% | 3,954 | |||||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.67% | 1,523 | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.032% | 72 |
Ward results
* - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
Comparisons are made with the 1949 election results.
Abercromby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Livermore | 3,564 | 62% | +20% | |
Conservative | John Kenneth Hart * | 2,159 | 38% | −16% | |
Majority | 1,405 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,256 | ||||
Turnout | 5,723 | 43% | +5% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Aigburth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Alexander Kinnear * | 5,268 | 76% | 0% | |
Labour | Thomas George White | 935 | 14% | +3% | |
Liberal | John Bowen | 713 | 10% | −2% | |
Majority | 4,333 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,523 | ||||
Turnout | 6,916 | 45% | −11% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Allerton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Haswell * | 2,855 | 74% | +4% | |
Labour | Harold Lee | 995 | 26% | +7% | |
Majority | 1,860 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,739 | ||||
Turnout | 3,850 | 40% | −10% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Anfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Alfred Pannell (PARTY) | 4,019 | 53% | −12% | |
Labour | James Augustus Bargrave Deane | 3,546 | 47% | +12% | |
Majority | 473 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,287 | ||||
Turnout | 7,565 | 46% | −4% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Breckfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Ralph Snell | 3,094 | 55% | +13% | |
Conservative | Miss Joan Ailsa Blackie (PARTY) | 2,489 | 45% | −13% | |
Majority | 605 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,826 | ||||
Turnout | 5,583 | 44% | −1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Brunswick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hugh Carr | 3,084 | 88% | +8% | |
Conservative | Mrs. Marrion Browne | 405 | 12% | −7% | |
Majority | 2,679 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,334 | ||||
Turnout | 3,489 | 48% | −1% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Castle Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Henry Thompson | 440 | 97% | ||
Independent | James Elias | 13 | 3% | ||
Majority | 427 | ||||
Registered electors | 956 | ||||
Turnout | 453 | 47% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Childwall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William James Sergent | 4,639 | 79% | ||
Conservative | John Shaw Brown | 4,419 | 75% | ||
Labour | William Delgarno | 1,246 | 21% | ||
Labour | Mrs. Elsie Ellen Gough | 1,232 | 21% | ||
Majority | 3,393 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,885 | ||||
Turnout | 5,885 | 42% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Croxteth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles McDonald | 9,692 | 63% | +13% | |
Conservative | Francis Henry Wilson * | 5,756 | 37% | =13% | |
Majority | 3,933 | ||||
Registered electors | 34,388 | ||||
Turnout | 15,451 | 45% | +3% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Dingle
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Firman Aldis * | 6,138 | 65% | ||
Conservative | Ernest Johnson | 3,238 | 35% | ||
Majority | 2,900 | ||||
Registered electors | 17,708 | ||||
Turnout | 9,376 | 53% | −1% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Edge Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Johnstone * | 3,699 | 67% | +11% | |
Labour | Leonard Holden | 3,587 | 65% | ||
Conservative | Edgar William Holland | 1,786 | 33% | −11% | |
Conservative | James Stanislaus Ross | 1,588 | 29% | −15% | |
Majority | 1,913 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,620 | ||||
Turnout | 5,485 | 40% | −3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Everton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Leslie Hughes * | 3,907 | 77% | +15% | |
Conservative | William Martin | 1,138 | 23% | −15% | |
Majority | 2,769 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,271 | ||||
Turnout | 5,045 | 38% | −3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Exchange
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Larkin | 598 | 62% | −19% | |
Labour | William McKeown | 368 | 38% | +19% | |
Majority | 230 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,505 | ||||
Turnout | 966 | 6% | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Fairfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Thomas | 3,387 | 55% | −3% | |
Labour | Norman Bates | 2,799 | 45% | +3% | |
Majority | 588 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,505 | ||||
Turnout | 6,186 | 40% | −2% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fazakerley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hugh Dalton | 6,319 | 59% | +9% | |
Conservative | Ralph Rattray * | 4,432 | 41% | −9% | |
Majority | 1,887 | ||||
Registered electors | 19,797 | ||||
Turnout | 10,751 | 54% | +2% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Garston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Crookes | 7,650 | 66% | +19% | |
Conservative | William Leslie McClelland (PARTY) | 3,857 | 34% | −17% | |
Majority | 3,793 | ||||
Registered electors | 22,384 | ||||
Turnout | 11,507 | 51% | +8% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Granby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Thomas Brodie | 3,432 | 61% | +13% | |
Conservative | William Granville Heald * | 2,210 | 39% | −13% | |
Majority | 1,222 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,804 | ||||
Turnout | 5,642 | 44% | +2% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Great George
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs. Elizabeth Trainor | 796 | 52% | +4% | |
Conservative | Walter John Smith | 747 | 48% | −4% | |
Majority | 49 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,376 | ||||
Turnout | 1,543 | 46% | +3% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Kensington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Walker | 3,683 | 59% | +13% | |
Conservative | Leslie John Henry Rumsey | 2,533 | 41% | −13% | |
Majority | 1,150 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,976 | ||||
Turnout | 6,216 | 44% | −6% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Kirkdale
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter James O'Hare * | 5,699 | 71% | +18% | |
Conservative | George Parkinson Tyson | 2,381 | 29% | −18% | |
Majority | 3,318 | ||||
Registered electors | 19,721 | ||||
Turnout | 8,080 | 41% | −6% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Little Woolton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Basil Smart (PARTY) | 1,153 | 57% | −6% | |
Labour | James Gardner | 866 | 43% | +6% | |
Majority | 287 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,048 | ||||
Turnout | 2,019 | 66% | −1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Low Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Robinson * | 3,381 | 65% | +14% | |
Conservative | Abram Maxwell Caplin | 1,842 | 35% | −14% | |
Majority | 1,539 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,840 | ||||
Turnout | 5,223 | 44% | 0% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Much Woolton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Reginald William Stewart | 2,224 | 72% | −6% | |
Labour | Thomas Keith Williams | 846 | 28% | +6% | |
Majority | 1,378 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,525 | ||||
Turnout | 3,070 | 47% | −5% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Netherfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Clitherow | 1,925 | 55% | +15% | |
Protestant | William George Jones * | 1,555 | 45% | −14% | |
Majority | 370 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,107 | ||||
Turnout | 3,480 | 34% | −5% | ||
Labour gain from Protestant |
North Scotland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Robinson (PARTY) | ||||
Majority | |||||
Registered electors | 7,160 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Old Swan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leslie Hebron Sanders * | 5,926 | 54% | −11% | |
Labour | Terence Roberts | 4,989 | 46% | +12% | |
Majority | 937 | ||||
Registered electors | 27,025 | ||||
Turnout | 10,915 | 40% | −7% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Prince's Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry Rimmer | 3,299 | 59% | +14% | |
Conservative | Charles Alfred Lever (PARTY) | 2,293 | 41% | −14% | |
Majority | 1,006 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,152 | ||||
Turnout | 5,592 | 46% | +2% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Sandhills
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter McKernan * - unopposed | ||||
Majority | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Anne's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs. Elizabeth Margaret Braddock * | 1,756 | 80% | +23% | |
Conservative | John Oswald Tiernan | 436 | 20% | −23% | |
Majority | 1,320 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,406 | ||||
Turnout | 2,192 | 41% | −6% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Domingo
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protestant | Albert Victor Harris * | 2,399 | 51% | −7% | |
Labour | Frank Keating | 2,347 | 49% | +7% | |
Majority | 52 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,283 | ||||
Turnout | 4,746 | 36% | −4% | ||
Protestant hold | Swing |
St. Peter's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Smyth | 387 | 52% | +10% | |
Conservative | Leo Joseph G. Wilkinson * | 355 | 48% | −12% | |
Majority | 32 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,458 | ||||
Turnout | 742 | 51% | 0% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Sefton Park East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Lees (PARTY) | 3,521 | 58% | −15% | |
Labour | Richard John Alcock | 2,596 | 42% | +15% | |
Majority | 925 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,049 | ||||
Turnout | 6,117 | 44% | +2% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sefton Park West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Brierley Collins * | 3,668 | 64% | −9% | |
Labour | William Jones | 2,029 | 36% | +9% | |
Majority | 1,639 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,880 | ||||
Turnout | 5,697 | 52% | −2% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
South Scotland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Corrigan (PARTY) | 2,295 | 97% | 0% | |
Communist | Richard Cuerdon | 72 | 3% | 0% | |
Majority | 2,295 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,781 | ||||
Turnout | 2,367 | 35% | −14% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Vauxhall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Hogan | 785 | 72% | ||
Conservative | Alan Arthur Horsford | 303 | 28% | ||
Majority | 482 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,785 | ||||
Turnout | 1,088 | 39% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Walton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Francis Carr | 5,832 | 55% | ||
Conservative | Robert Charles Andrews | 4,820 | 45% | ||
Majority | 1,012 | ||||
Registered electors | 22,918 | ||||
Turnout | 10,652 | 46% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Warbreck
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank Woolfenden | 4,793 | 55% | ||
Labour | Harold Dailey | 3,924 | 45% | ||
Majority | 869 | ||||
Registered electors | 18,812 | ||||
Turnout | 8,717 | 46% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wavertree
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs. Eleanor Bingham Glazebrook | 5,983 | 61% | ||
Labour | Emmanuel Milton Mannheim | 2,986 | 31% | ||
Liberal | Albert Edward Jones | 810 | 8% | ||
Majority | 2,997 | ||||
Registered electors | 21,744 | ||||
Turnout | 9,779 | 45% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wavertree West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Minton | 3,545 | 58% | ||
Conservative | Samuel Curtis | 2,619 | 42% | ||
Majority | 926 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,342 | ||||
Turnout | 6,164 | 54% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
West Derby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Gwilym Hughes | 7,762 | 57% | ||
Labour | Alexander Coveney McLeod | 5,907 | 43% | ||
Majority | 1,855 | ||||
Registered electors | 31,320 | ||||
Turnout | 13,669 | 44% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Aldermanic Elections
Twenty of the forty Aldermen were elected by the city council on 19 May 1952.
* - re-elected aldermen.
Party | Alderman | |
---|---|---|
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | George Webster Green Armour * |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | Reginald Richard Bailey * |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | Herbert Neville Bewley * |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | Mrs. Ada Martha Burton * |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | Thomas Henry Burton * |
style="background-color:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | Joseph Jackson Cleary * |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | Alexander Critchley * |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | Mabel Fletcher * |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | Robert Duncan French * |
style="background-color:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | Alexander Griffin * |
style="background-color:Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Liberal | William Sinclair Scott Hannay * |
style="background-color:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | Joseph Harrington * |
style="background-color:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | Bertie Victor Kirby C.B.E. * |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | Walter Thomas Lancashire * |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | Alfred Levy * |
style="background-color:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | David Gilbert Logan C.B,E. M.P. * |
style="background-color:Template:Liberal Party (UK, 1989)/meta/color " | | Protestant | Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom * |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | George Miller Platt * |
style="background-color:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | Michael John Reppion * |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | John Village * |
All Aldermen and the wards they were allocated to as Returning Officer are shown in the table below:
Party | Alderman | Ward | |
---|---|---|---|
Edwin Thompson | Abercromby | ||
Ernest Ash Cookson | Aigburth | ||
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | Alexander Critchley | Allerton |
James Conrad Cross | Anfield | ||
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK, 1989)/meta/color" | | Protestant | Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom | Breckfield |
William John Mathew Clark | Brunswick | ||
William John Tristram | Castle Street | ||
style="background-color:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Labour | Alexander Griffin | Childwall |
style="background-color:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Labour | David Gilbert Logan C.B.E. M.P. | Croxteth |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | George Webster Green Armour | Dingle |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | Alfred Levy | Edge Hill |
style="background-color:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Labour | Michael John Reppion | Everton |
William Greenough Gregson | Exchange | ||
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | George Miller Platt | Fairfield |
Lawrence King | Fazakerley | ||
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | Thomas Henry Burton | Garston |
style="background-color:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Labour | Bertie Victor Kirby C.B.E. | Granby |
Sir Alfred Shennan | Great George | ||
style="background-color:Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Liberal | William Sinclair Scott Hannay | Kensington |
style="background-color:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Labour | Joseph Harrington | Kirkdale |
Isaac Robinson | Little Woolton | ||
William Thomas Roberts | Low Hill | ||
Joseph Williams | Much Woolton | ||
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | Walter Thomas Lancashire | Netherfield |
James Farrell | North Scotland | ||
Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon | Old Swan | ||
Albert Morrow | Prince's Park | ||
Robert John Hall | St. Anne's | ||
Luke Hogan M.B.E. | St. Domingo | ||
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | Robert Duncan French | St. Peter's |
Miss Mary Mabel Eills | Sandhills | ||
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | Reginald Richard Bailey | Sefton Park East |
Michael Corey Dixon | Sefton Park West | ||
Mr. Vere Egerton Cotton C.B.E. T.D. | South Scotland | ||
Stanley Ronald Williams | Vauxhall | ||
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | Miss Mabel Fletcher | Walton |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | Mrs. Ada Martha Burton | Warbreck |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | John Village | Wavertree |
style="background-color:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Labour | Joseph Jackson Cleary | Wavertree West |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Conservative | Herbert Neville Bewley | Weat Derby |
By-elections
Breckfield by-election 13 November 1952
Following the death of Alderman Walter Thomas Lancashire on 18 August 1952, Cllr. David John Lewis was elected as Alderman by the City Council on 3 September 1952 and assigned as returning officer for the Netherfield ward. [3]
Following the death of Alderman James Conrad Cross on 18 August 1952, Cllr. George William Prout was elected as Alderman by the City Council on 3 September 1952 and assigned as returning officer to the Anfield ward. [4]
Following the election of Cllr. David John Lewis and Cllr. George William Prout as Aldermen, there was a by-election for 2 seats for the Breckfield ward on 13 November 1952.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Curtis | 2,511 | 52% | ||
Conservative | William Bell Pickett | 2,474 | 52% | ||
Labour | Ian Isidore Levin | 2,275 | 48% | ||
Labour | Andrew Thomas Francis Williams | 2,272 | 47% | ||
Majority | 236 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,826 | ||||
Turnout | 4,786 | 37% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post 9 May 1952
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1952-1953
- ^ Proceedings of the Council 1952-53 page 302
- ^ Proceedings of the Council 1952-53 page 303
- ^ Proceedings of the Council 1952-53 page 507