1949 Liverpool City Council election
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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 12 May 1949.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 77 | +14 | 26 | 103 | |
Labour | 34 | -10 | 8 | 42 | |
Protestant | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Liberal | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
Independent | 3 | -1 | 2 | 5 |
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 28 | 54% | 131,161 | ||||||
Labour | 12 | 46% | 111,233 | ||||||
Protestant | 2 | 2.3% | 5,549 | ||||||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.68% | 1,654 | ||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.33% | 795 | |||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.31% | 748 |
Ward results
[edit]* - Councillor seeking re-election
This was the first May local election following the move from November. Councillors standing for re-election at this election were previously elected in 1945. Therefore, comparisons are made with the 1945 election results.
Abercromby
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Kenneth Hart | 2,954 | 54% | +10% | |
Labour | Francis Lavery * | 2,299 | 42% | −14% | |
Communist | Mrs. Olwyn White | 210 | 4% | ||
Majority | 655 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,366 | ||||
Turnout | 5,463 | 38% | +3% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +10% |
Aigburth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Alexander Kinnear (PARTY) | 6,867 | 76% | +16% | |
Liberal | William Edward Oates | 1,117 | 12% | +1% | |
Labour | Terence Roberts | 1,013 | 11% | −9% | |
Majority | 5,750 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,154 | ||||
Turnout | 8,997 | 56% | +9% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +16% |
Allerton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Haswell * | 3,454 | 70% | +18% | |
Labour | Mrs. Edith Evans | 916 | 19% | −11% | |
Liberal | Herbert Griffith Edwards | 537 | 11% | −6% | |
Majority | 2,538 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,784 | ||||
Turnout | 4,907 | 50% | +4% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +18% |
Anfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Aled Owen Roberts * | 5,543 | 65% | +9% | |
Labour | Mrs. Ethel May Wormald | 3,011 | 35% | −9% | |
Majority | 2,532 | ||||
Registered electors | 17,169 | ||||
Turnout | 8,554 | 50% | +9% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9% |
Breckfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Henry Thompson (PARTY) | 3,433 | 58% | +7% | |
Labour | John Hamilton | 2,454 | 42% | −7% | |
Majority | 979 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,164 | ||||
Turnout | 5,887 | 45% | +4% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7% |
Brunswick
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hugh Carr (PARTY) | 2,938 | 80% | ||
Conservative | Mrs. Marion Browne | 717 | 19% | ||
Communist | John James Downey | 39 | 1.1% | ||
Majority | 2,221 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,468 | ||||
Turnout | 3,694 | 49% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Castle Street
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Sinclair Scott (PARTY) | unopposed | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Childwall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William John Matthew Clark * | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Croxteth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Henry Wilson | 6,993 | 49% | ||
Labour | James Cullen * | 6,945 | 49% | −33% | |
Communist | Dennis Ellwand | 183 | 1.3% | ||
Ind. Conservative | James Charles Pollard | 112 | 0.79% | −17% | |
Majority | 48 | ||||
Registered electors | 33,908 | ||||
Turnout | 14,233 | 42% | +20% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Dingle
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Firman Aldis (PARTY) | 4,931 | 50% | −3% | |
Conservative | George Horace Duckett | 4,844 | 50% | +3% | |
Majority | 87 | ||||
Registered electors | 18,076 | ||||
Turnout | 9,775 | 54% | +11% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1% |
Edge Hill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Johnstone * | 3,261 | 56% | −8% | |
Conservative | Hugh Maule Jones | 2,574 | 44% | +8% | |
Majority | 687 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,537 | ||||
Turnout | 5,835 | 43% | +5% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -8% |
Everton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Leslie Hughes * | 3,453 | 62% | ||
Conservative | William Richard Doherty | 2,088 | 38% | ||
Majority | 1,365 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,678 | ||||
Turnout | 5,541 | 41% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Exchange
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Leo Henry Wright * | 795 | 81% | +7% | |
Labour | Joseph Mooney | 190 | 19% | −7% | |
Majority | 605 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,625 | ||||
Turnout | 985 | 61% | 0% | ||
Independent hold | Swing | +7% |
Fairfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Aubrey Brendon Moore (PARTY) | 4,784 | 58% | +14% | |
Labour | Victor Henry Cove | 3,435 | 42% | −4% | |
Majority | 1,349 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,860 | ||||
Turnout | 8,219 | 52% | +4% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +14% |
Fazakerley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Rattray | 5,213 | 50% | +3% | |
Labour | Joseph Morgan * | 5,206 | 50% | −13% | |
Majority | 7 | ||||
Registered electors | 20,099 | ||||
Turnout | 10,419 | 52% | +16% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3% |
Garston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Alexander McCulloch | 4,222 | 51% | +18% | |
Labour | Alfred Demain * | 3,900 | 47% | −19% | |
Communist | Isaac Brickwood Pick | 144 | 1.7% | ||
Majority | 322 | ||||
Registered electors | 17,317 | ||||
Turnout | 8,266 | 48% | +8% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +18% |
Granby
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Granville Heald | 2,893 | 52% | +5% | |
Labour | Mrs. Elizabeth Trainor * | 2,657 | 48% | −5% | |
Majority | 236 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,347 | ||||
Turnout | 5,550 | 42% | −7% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5% |
Great George
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter John Smith (PARTY) | 823 | 52% | ||
Labour | William Tipping | 761 | 48% | ||
Majority | 62 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,717 | ||||
Turnout | 1,584 | 43% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Kensington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leslie John Henry Rumsey | 3,898 | 54% | +5% | |
Labour | John Matthew Taylor * | 3,352 | 46% | −5% | |
Majority | 546 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,425 | ||||
Turnout | 7,250 | 50% | +9% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5% |
Kirkdale
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter James O'Hare (PARTY) | 4,883 | 53% | −7% | |
Conservative | John Shaw Brown | 4,334 | 47% | +7% | |
Majority | 549 | ||||
Registered electors | 19,470 | ||||
Turnout | 9,217 | 47% | +8% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7% |
Little Woolton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eric Cuthbert Arden (PARTY) | 1,268 | 63% | −5% | |
Conservative | Mrs. Phyllis Josephine Cundy | 1,267 | 63% | −5% | |
Labour | Roy Stoddart | 730 | 37% | +24% | |
Labour | Howell James | 691 | 35% | +22% | |
Majority | 538 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,983 | ||||
Turnout | 1,998 | 67% | −5% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5% |
Low Hill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Robinson * | 2,733 | 51% | −4% | |
Conservative | William Henry Brook | 2,636 | 49% | +4% | |
Majority | 97 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,289 | ||||
Turnout | 5,369 | 44% | −3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4% |
Much Woolton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Reginald William Stewart * | 2,261 | 78% | +19% | |
Labour | Noel Arthur Pinches | 646 | 22% | −19% | |
Majority | 1,615 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,547 | ||||
Turnout | 2,907 | 52% | −1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +19% |
Netherfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protestant | William George Jones (PARTY) | 2,394 | 59% | +8% | |
Labour | Thomas Robinson | 1,627 | 40% | −9% | |
Communist | Sidney Foster | 49 | 1% | +1% | |
Majority | 767 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,341 | ||||
Turnout | 4,070 | 39% | +9% | ||
Protestant hold | Swing | +8% |
North Scotland
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert Francis Granby * | 2,714 | 98% | +35% | |
Communist | John William Coward | 43 | 2% | −35% | |
Majority | 2,671 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,276 | ||||
Turnout | 2,757 | 38% | −1% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +35% |
Old Swan
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leslie Hebron Sanders | 8,459 | 65% | +18% | |
Labour | Frederick Walker (PARTY) | 4,369 | 34% | −19% | |
Communist | Miss Winifred May George | 187 | 1.4% | ||
Majority | 4,090 | ||||
Registered electors | 27,970 | ||||
Turnout | 13,015 | 47% | +8% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +18% |
Prince's Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Burrows Noble | 2,962 | 55% | +9% | |
Labour | Mrs. Sarah Ann Demain * | 2,429 | 45% | −9% | |
Majority | 533 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,276 | ||||
Turnout | 5,391 | 44% | +5% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +9% |
Sandhills
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter McKernan | 3,110 | 75% | ||
Labour | Henry Alldritt * | 2,873 | 70% | ||
Conservative | Joseph Norton | 1,011 | 25% | ||
Conservative | Frederick Charles Hitches | 949 | 23% | ||
Majority | 2,099 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,024 | ||||
Turnout | 4,121 | 51% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Anne's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Braddock * | 1,652 | 57% | ||
Conservative | Mrs. Catherine Frances Wright | 1,238 | 43% | ||
Majority | 414 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,205 | ||||
Turnout | 2,890 | 47% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Domingo
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protestant | Albert Victor Harris * | 3,155 | 58% | +3% | |
Labour | Walter Richard Maylor | 2,256 | 42% | −3% | |
Majority | 899 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,401 | ||||
Turnout | 5,411 | 40% | +4% | ||
Protestant hold | Swing | +3% |
St. Peter's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leo Joseph Gerard Wilkinson (PARTY) | 398 | 60% | −12% | |
Labour | Harry Livermore | 265 | 40% | +14% | |
Majority | 133 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,306 | ||||
Turnout | 663 | 51% | −2% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -12% |
Sefton Park East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Enfield Booth (PARTY) | 4,536 | 73% | +7% | |
Labour | Thomas Nicholas Moran | 1,636 | 27% | −7% | |
Majority | 2,900 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,672 | ||||
Turnout | 6,172 | 42% | +5% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7% |
Sefton Park West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Brierley Collins * | 4,364 | 73% | +7% | |
Labour | Richard John Alcock | 1,611 | 27% | −7% | |
Majority | 2,753 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,138 | ||||
Turnout | 5,975 | 54% | +9% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7% |
South Scotland
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael John Reppion * | 2,940 | 97% | ||
Communist | Dr. Cyril Taylor | 103 | 3.4% | ||
Majority | 2,940 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,183 | ||||
Turnout | 3,043 | 49% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Vauxhall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Hogan * | 823 | 67% | ||
Conservative | Mrs. Edna Frances Mary Felton | 399 | 33% | ||
Majority | 424 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 1,222 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Walton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Edward Searle * | 6,157 | 55% | +7% | |
Labour | William Smith Wright | 5,946 | 45% | −1% | |
Majority | 1,111 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 11,203 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7% |
Warbreck
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank Woolfenden (PARTY) | 5,982 | 67% | +18% | |
Labour | Isidore Levin | 2,919 | 33% | +1% | |
Majority | 3,063 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 8,901 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wavertree
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Miss Eleanor Bingham Harrison | 8,068 | 71% | +13% | |
Conservative | Harold Threlfall Wilson | 7,559 | 66% | +8% | |
Labour | Francis Burke | 3,346 | 29% | −13% | |
Labour | John Stuart Keys | 3,137 | 27% | −15% | |
Majority | 4,722 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 11,414 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wavertree West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Curtis | 3,420 | 53% | ||
Labour | Charles James Minton * | 3,045 | 47% | ||
Majority | 375 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 6,465 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
West Derby
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Cyril Beattie * | 10,152 | 67% | +8% | |
Labour | Edward William Harby | 5,030 | 33% | −9% | |
Majority | 5,122 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 15,182 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Aldermanic elections
[edit]Aldermanic elections 23 May 1949
[edit]At the meeting of the City Council on 23 May 1949 the terms of office of twenty of the forty Aldermen expired and the Council elected twenty Aldermen to fill the vacant positions for a term of six years.
Party | Alderman | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | William John Matthew Clark | |
Conservative | Ernest Ash Cookson* | |
Conservative | Vere Egerton Cotton* | |
Conservative | James Conrad Cross* | |
Conservative | Michael Cory Dixon* | |
Liberal | Mary Mabel Eills* | |
Independent | James Farrell* | |
Conservative | Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon* | |
Conservative | Moss Greenberg* | |
Conservative | William Greenough Gregson* | |
Conservative | Robert John Hall* | |
Labour | Luke Hogan* | |
Independent | Peter Kavanagh* | |
Labour | Lawrence King* | |
Conservative | Albert Morrow* | |
Conservative | William Thomas Roberts* | |
Conservative | Alfred Ernest Shennan* | |
Conservative | Edwin Thompson* | |
Liberal | William John Tristram* | |
Conservative | Joseph Williams* |
- * Reelected Aldermen
[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
By-elections
[edit]Childwall, 15 September 1949
[edit]Caused by the election of Cllr. William John Matthew Clark as an Alderman on 23 May 1949
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Shaw Brown | 4,204 | ||||
Roy Stoddart | 1,046 | ||||
Herbert Ashley Ruddlesden | 809 | ||||
Majority | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing |
Anfield 10 November 1949
[edit]Caused by the death of Cllr. Aled Owen Roberts
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peter Marcus Edis | 4,542 | ||||
John Richard Jones | |||||
Walter Richard Maylor | |||||
Majority | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Alderman William Albert Robinson died on 31 December 1949[22] His position was filled by Cllr. Michael John Reppion (Labour, elected for the South Scotland ward in May 1949), who was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 1 February 1950 and was assigned as the Returning Officer for the Everton ward. [23]
Alderman Peter Kavanagh died on 19 February 1950[24] His position was filled by Cllr. Stanley Robert Williams (Conservative, elected for the Wavertree ward on 1 November 1947[25]), who was elected as an Alderman by the City Council on 5 April 1950 and assigned as Returning Officer for the Vauxhall ward. [24]
Alderman Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson died on 23 February 1950.[26]
Her position was filled by Cllr. George Webster Green Armour (Conservative, elected for the Sefton Park East ward in November 1946[27]) was elected as an Alderman by the City Council on 5 April 1950 and assigned as Returning Officer for the Dingle ward.[28]
References
[edit]- ^ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 3". Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 4". Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 6". Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 5". Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 1". Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 2". Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post 13 May 1949
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 7". Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 8". Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 9". Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 10". Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 11". Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 12". Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 13". Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 14". Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 15". Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post Tuesday 24 May 1949 p.3
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 pg 302
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post 11 November 1949
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 pg 464
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 pg 540
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 pg 610
- ^ a b Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 pg 750
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 pg 684
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 pg 753