1947 Liverpool City Council election

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November 1, 1947 (1947-11-01)

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Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party)^[1]

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1947. This was the last local election held at the beginning of November.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	??	??	??
Labour	??	??	??	??
Protestant	??	??	??	??
Liberal	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1947
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	28		58%	144,371
Labour	9		39%	98,200
Protestant	2		2%	5,782
Independent	1		0.49%	1,216
Liberal	0	0%	0.21%	527
Communist	0	0%	0.20%	499

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

^(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Due to the disruption in elections caused by The Second World War no comparisons are made with other elections.

Abercromby

Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Francis Joseph Bullen	3,160	54%
	Labour	Harry Livermore	2,689	46%
Majority			471
Registered electors			14,189
Turnout			5,849	41%

Aigburth

Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Herbert M. Allen	7,871	83%
	Labour	William Firman Aldis	1,604	17%
Majority			6,267
Registered electors			16,307
Turnout			9,475	58%

Allerton

Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mrs Margaret J. Strong	3,817	68%
	Labour	Mrs. Edith Evans	1,306	23%
	Liberal	Herbert Griffith Edwards	527	9%
Majority			2,511
Registered electors			9,853
Turnout			5,650	57%

Anfield

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Albert Joseph White	5,964	64%
	Labour	Richard Clitherow	3,288	36%
Majority			2,676
Registered electors			17,429
Turnout			9,252	53%

Breckfield

Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Jean Lewis	4,086	60%
	Labour	John Hamilton	2,681	40%
Majority			1,405
Registered electors			13,209
Turnout			6,767	51%

Brunswick

Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Hampton Cain	2,360	75%
	Conservative	William Henry Beavan	695	22%
	Communist	Albert Southern	83	3%
Majority			1,665
Registered electors			13,209
Turnout			3,138	24%

Castle Street

Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Bennett	unopposed

Childwall

Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alexander Young	5,914	82%
	Labour	William Hamling	1,341	18%
Majority			4,573
Registered electors			13,198
Turnout			7,255	55%

Croxteth

Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sydney Smart	6,478	51%
	Labour	William Henry Barton	5,874	47%
	Communist	Miss Winifred May George	244	2%
Majority			604
Registered electors			32,352
Turnout			12,596	39%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Thomas White	4,951	54%
	Labour	Edward Daniel Whittle	4,194	46%
Majority			757
Registered electors			18,941
Turnout			9,145	48%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Bagot	2,822	54%
	Conservative	Stanley Alexander Hughes	2,411	46%
	Independent	Charles Henry Parry	39	1%
Majority			411
Registered electors			13,606
Turnout			5,272	39%
	Labour hold		Swing

Everton

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Braddock	3,138	58%
	Conservative	Charles C. Carter	2,246	42%
Majority			892
Registered electors			13,792
Turnout			5,384	39%
	Labour hold		Swing

Exchange

Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Walter McGrath	704	79%
	Labour	Francis Edward Campbell	188	21%
Majority			516
Registered electors			1,620
Turnout			892	55%
	Independent hold		Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Nash	5,368	66%
	Labour	Isidore Levin	2,818	34%
Majority			2,550
Registered electors			15,930
Turnout			8,186	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kenneth Pugh Thompson	5,571	54%
	Labour	John F. Hughes	4,779	46%
Majority			792
Registered electors			20,381
Turnout			10,350	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garston

Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Henry Clarke	5,106	54%
	Labour	William H. Sefton	4,306	46%
Majority			800
Registered electors			16,631
Turnout			9,412	57%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Edward Thompson	3,123	55%
	Labour	Victor Harold E. Baker	2,605	45%
Majority			518
Registered electors			13,351
Turnout			5,728	43%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great George

Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Gwilym Hughes	1,016	55%
	Labour	Clifford Selly	815	45%
Majority			201
Registered electors			3,894
Turnout			1,831	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kensington

Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Harold W. Hughes	4,033	56%
	Labour	Joseph Brogan	3,221	44%
Majority			812
Registered electors			14,481
Turnout			7,254	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Francis Carr	4,680	52%
	Conservative	Joseph Trevor Booth	4,328	48%
Majority			352
Registered electors			19,759
Turnout			9,008	46%
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Woolton

Little Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gordon Frederick Catlin	1,134	84%
	Labour	William Thomas Benn	189	14%
	Independent	Frederick Bowman	21	2%
Majority			945
Registered electors			1,974
Turnout			1,344	68%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Samuel Cecil Saltmarsh	3,319	55%
	Labour	David Horan	2,716	45%
Majority			603
Registered electors			12,346
Turnout			6,035	49%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Much Woolton

Much Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Isaac Robinson	2,331	74%
	Labour	Noel Arthur Pinches	838	26%
Majority			1,493
Registered electors			5,463
Turnout			3,169	58%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protestant	George Edward Lewis	2,446	63%
	Labour	George Carmichael	1,427	37%
Majority			1,019
Registered electors			10,375
Turnout			3,873	37%
	Protestant hold		Swing

North Scotland

North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frederick William Tucker	1,781	75%
	Conservative	John Kenneth Hart	416	18%
	Communist	John Coward	172	7%
Majority			1,365
Registered electors			7,237
Turnout			2,369	33%
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alfred Nathaniel Bates	9,000	66%
	Labour	William Williams	4,669	34%
Majority			4,331
Registered electors			28,181
Turnout			13,669	49%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Cowlin	3,456	55%
	Labour	Henry Evans	2,838	45%
Majority			618
Registered electors			12,488
Turnout			6,294	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stanley Part	2,421	73%
	Conservative	Frederick Charles Hitches	891	27%
Majority			1,530
Registered electors			8,047
Turnout			3,312	41%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Abram Louis Caplan	1,679	62%
	Conservative	Joseph Edward Gallagher	574	21%
	Independent	Thomas Patrick Healy	452	17%
Majority			1,105
Registered electors			6,242
Turnout			2,705	43%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protestant	Mrs. Mary Jane Longbottom	3,336	60%
	Labour	Walter Richard Maylor	2,222	40%
Majority			1,114
Registered electors			13,378
Turnout			5,558	42%
	Protestant hold		Swing

St. Peter's

St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James William Brown	411	70%
	Labour	Peter James O'Hare	178	30%
Majority			233
Registered electors			1,281
Turnout			589	46%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Walter Isaac Throssell	4,555	74%
	Labour	Norman Bates	1,622	26%
Majority			2,933
Registered electors			14,687
Turnout			6,177	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederick Bidston	4,454	78%
	Labour	Mrs. Anne Caine	1,292	22%
Majority			3,162
Registered electors			11,243
Turnout			5,746	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Sheehan	unopposed
Registered electors			6,302
	Labour hold		Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joseph Cyril Brady	918	69%
	Conservative	Mrs. Freda James	421	31%
Majority			497
Registered electors			2,705
Turnout			1,339	50%
	Labour hold		Swing

Walton

Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Jones	7,331	60%
	Labour	William Richard Gerrard	4,921	40%
Majority			2,410
Registered electors			23,678
Turnout			12,252	52%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Rickard	6,661	71%
	Labour	Francis David Heron	2,690	29%
Majority			3,971
Registered electors			19,774
Turnout			9,351	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stanley Ronald Williams	8,590	73%
	Labour	Francis Burke	3,225	27%
Majority			5,365
Registered electors			23,200
Turnout			11,815	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Harold Lees	3,487	55%
	Labour	Thomas Warburton Jolley	2,857	45%
Majority			630
Registered electors			11,729
Turnout			6,344	54%
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Derby

West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hedley Arthur Williams	11,202	69%
	Labour	Edward William Harby	5,008	31%
Majority			6,194
Registered electors			31,782
Turnout			16,210	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[2] ^[3]

By-elections

Great George 20 January 1948

Caused by the resignation of Mr. Robert Edward Cottier (Labour, elected November 1945).

Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Clifford Skelly	719	50%
	Conservative	Charlotte Emma Turner	716	50%
Majority			3
Registered electors			3,894
Turnout			1,435
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

^[4]

Kensington 15 April 1948

Caused by the death of Councillor Frederick Harold Bailey (Conservative, elected November 1946) on 24 February 1948 ^[5]

Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Stephen Minion	3,199
	Labour	Joseph Brogan	2,267
Majority
Registered electors			14,481
Turnout			5,466
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[6]

Walton 10 June 1948

Alderman James Graham Reece JP died on 24 March 1948' ^[7]

Councillor Reginald Richard Bailey was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 5 May 1948. ^[8]

Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Moore	5,145
	Labour	William Richard Gerrard	3,056
Majority			2,109
Registered electors			23,678
Turnout			8,205
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[9]

Edge Hill 22 July 1948

Caused by the resignation of Arthur Leadbetter (Labour, elected November 1946)

Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	David Horan	2,217
		Samuel Curtis	1,876
		Sidney Foster	85
	Independent	Charles Henry Parry	18
Majority			341
Registered electors			13,606
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

^[10]

Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. died on 24 September 1948. ^[11]

Councillor James Forster Brakell died on 4 October 1948. ^[12]

References

^ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
^ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1947
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 229
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 290
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 430
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 364
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 431
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 588
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 668
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 746
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 746

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