1957 Liverpool City Council election

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May 9, 1957 (1957-05-09)

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

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 9 May 1957.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	Aldermen
Conservative	52	??
Labour	65	??
Protestant	2	??
Independent Labour Party	1	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1957
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	16	1	1	40%	51%	91,963
Labour	25	1	1	62.5%	46%	83,291
Liberal	0	0	0	0%	1%	2,479
Anti-Debt League	0	0	0	0%	0.5%	832
Communist	0	0	0	0%	0.2%	356

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1954 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1954 election results.

Abercromby

Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Morris	1,672	45%
	Conservative	A. McVeigh	1,390	37%
	Communist	A. M^cClelland	143	4%
	Independent Labour	L. Murphy	520	14%
Majority			282
Registered electors			11,557
Turnout			3,725	32%
	Labour hold		Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Maxwell Entwistle ^(PARTY)	4,785	89%
	Labour	F. J. McConville	569	11%
Majority			4,216
Registered electors			14,097
Turnout			5,354	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. McMillan *	2,910	82%
	Labour	M. Black	623	18%
Majority			2,287
Registered electors			10,216
Turnout			3,533	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. G. S. Gordon	3,560	59%
	Labour	H. Wallace	2,246	37%
	Anti-Debt League	J. R. Gradwell	245	4%
Majority			1,314
Registered electors			14,930
Turnout			6,051	41%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Arundel

Arundel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. W. Rathbone	3,246	64%
	Labour	F. D. Shemmonds	1,765	35%
	Communist	J. Kay	97	2%
Majority			1,481
Registered electors			12,779
Turnout			5,108	40%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield

Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. A. Lowe ^(PARTY)	2,344	51%
	Labour	H. James	2,274	49%
Majority			70
Registered electors			11,952
Turnout			4,618	39%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadgreen

Broadgreen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Keenan *	2,993	68%	+6%
	Labour	G. A. McAllister	1,380	32%	-6%
Majority			1,613
Registered electors			12,208
Turnout			4,373	36%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. McKeown *	1,928	61%
	Conservative	S. J. Chaytor	1,174	37%
	Anti-Debt League	A. P. Cooney	70	2%
Majority			754
Registered electors			9,717
Turnout			3,172	33%
	Labour hold		Swing

Childwall

Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. W. Hughes *	3,925	72%
	Liberal	R. Globe	948	17%
	Labour	D. Black	551	10%
Majority			2,977
Registered electors			14,070
Turnout			5,424	39%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Church

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. M. Steward *	3,932	75%
	Liberal	Mrs. A. E. Shanks	613	12%
	Labour	J. P. McLean	534	10%
	Anti-Debt League	R. Brennan	130	2%
Majority			3,319
Registered electors			14,242
Turnout			5,209	37%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	F. H. Wilson *	2,821	48%
	Labour	R. Stoddart	2,610	45%
	Liberal	J. Reilly	388	10%
Majority			211
Registered electors			12,115
Turnout			5,819	48%
	Conservative hold		Swing

County

County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Dailey *	3,738	53%
	Conservative	R. J. McLaughlin	3,350	47%
Majority			388
Registered electors			14,839
Turnout			7,088	48%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. J. E. Thompson	3,812	69%
	Labour	J. M. Burke	1,207	22%
	Liberal	W. Russell Dyson	530	10%
Majority			2,605
Registered electors			11,608
Turnout			5,549	48%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

Dingle 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Cumella	3,235	59%
	Labour	Richard Crawshaw	3,197	58%
	Conservative	R. Grace	2,053	37%
	Conservative	A. B. Reilly	1,834	33%
	Anti-Debt League		206	4%
Majority			1,182
Registered electors			14,130
Turnout			5,494	39%
	Labour hold		Swing

Dovecot

Dovecot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. I. Davies ^(PARTY)	2,861	60%
	Conservative	P. Tickle	1,940	40%
Majority			921
Registered electors			14,806
Turnout			4,801	32%
	Labour hold		Swing

Everton

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. C. McLeod	2,075	81%
	Independent	M. J. McBride	489	19%
Majority			2,075
Registered electors			12,514
Turnout			2,564	20%
	Labour hold		Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. Thomas *	2,631	59%
	Labour	W. J. Wright	1,853	41%
Majority			778
Registered electors			14,830
Turnout			4,483	30%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Rattray *	3,191	51%
	Labour	F. J. Grue	3,067	49%
Majority			124
Registered electors			12,410
Turnout			6,258	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gillmoss

Gillmoss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. B. Sharples	3,897	70%
	Conservative	H. R. Butler	1,661	30%
Majority			2,236
Registered electors			16,604
Turnout			5,558	33%
	Labour hold		Swing

Granby

Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Guinan *	2,280	59%
	Conservative	R. A. Parkes	1,567	41%
Majority			713
Registered electors			12,142
Turnout			3,847	32%
	Labour hold		Swing

Kensington

Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. K. Williams *	2,926	61%
	Conservative	A. L. Audley	1,856	39%
Majority			1,070
Registered electors			13,254
Turnout			4,782	36%
	Labour hold		Swing

Low Hill

Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. M. Scott	1,931	61%
	Conservative	E. Criere	1,240	39%
Majority			691
Registered electors			10,898
Turnout			3,171	29%
	Labour hold		Swing

Melrose

Melrose
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. H. Browne *	2,204	70%
	Conservative	J. Smith	964	30%
Majority			1,240
Registered electors			10,339
Turnout			3,168	31%
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherfield

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Robinson *	1,397	57%
	Conservative	T. B. Rutter	1,066	43%
Majority			331
Registered electors			9,330
Turnout			2,463	26%
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. G. Devine *	3,237	51%
	Conservative	R. J. Cleary	3,083	48%
	Communist	Mrs. W. Cohen	66	1%
Majority			154
Registered electors			16,023
Turnout			6,386	40%
	Labour hold		Swing

Picton

Picton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. G. Roberts	3,044	51%
	Conservative	John Ernest Lockwood	2,917	49%
Majority			127
Registered electors			14,851
Turnout			5,961	40%
	Labour hold		Swing

Pirrie

Pirrie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Delgarno *	4,396	61%
	Conservative	R. H. Smith	2,781	39%
Majority			1,615
Registered electors			17,384
Turnout			7,177	41%
	Labour hold		Swing

Prince's Park

Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Roberts *	2,575	55%
	Conservative	Mrs. M. Browne	2,116	45%
Majority			459
Registered electors			13,825
Turnout			4,691	34%
	Labour hold		Swing

Sandhills

Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Scully	2,177	93%
	Conservative	A. E. Dailey	153	7%
Majority			2,024
Registered electors			9,818
Turnout			2,330	24%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. R. Maylor *	2,326	59%
	Conservative	T. Hillock	1,631	41%
Majority			695
Registered electors			12,575
Turnout			3,957	31%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. James

St. James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. McManus	2,497	81%
	Conservative	J. Jordan	572	19%
Majority			1,925
Registered electors			11,346
Turnout			3,069	27%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mrs. P. Henley	2,155	56%
	Conservative	Mrs. D. V. McClelland	1,717	44%
Majority			438
Registered electors			11,873
Turnout			3,872	33%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. Browne *	2,757	71%
	Labour	W. Rice-Jones	957	25%
	Anti-Debt League	A. Anderson	157	4%
Majority			1,800
Registered electors			10,226
Turnout			3,871	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Smithdown

Smithdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Gibbs *	2,589	71%
	Conservative	E. Johnson	1,049	29%
Majority			1,540
Registered electors			13,495
Turnout			3,638	27%
	Labour hold		Swing

Speke

Speke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. H. Sefton *	2,552	69%
	Conservative	C. Dickinson	1,167	31%
Majority			1,385
Registered electors			14,020
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Tuebrook

Tuebrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. F. Pine *	3,257	55%
	Labour	E. D, Roderick	2,628	45%
Majority			629
Registered electors			13,477
Turnout			5,885	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Deab-Jones	1,497	84%
	Anti-Debt League	C. McBride	230	13%
	Communist	R. Cuerdon	50	3%
Majority			1,497
Registered electors			10,233
Turnout			1,777	17%
	Labour hold		Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D.F. Brady *	3,798	61%
	Labour	B. Deane	2,431	39%
Majority			1,367
Registered electors			13,856
Turnout			6,229	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westminster

Westminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. J. Alcock *	1,840	60%
	Conservative	R. M. Jones	1,213	40%
Majority			627
Registered electors			8,363
Turnout			3,053	37%
	Labour hold		Swing

Woolton

Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. McAllister	3,507	73%
	Labour	J. Mottram	1,277	27%
Majority			2,230
Registered electors			12,729
Turnout			4,784	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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References

^ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
^ Liverpool Daily Post 10 May 1957
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1957-1958

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