1967 Liverpool City Council election

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May 11, 1967 (1967-05-11)

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

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 11 May 1967.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	67	+17	17	84
Labour	46	-16	22	68
Liberal	1	0	1	2
Protestant	6	+1	0	6

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1967
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	28				68%	59%	91,809
Labour	11				27%	36%	55,888
Liberal	0	0	0	0	0%	4.2%	6,493
Protestant	2	0	0	2	5%	1.5%	2,352
Communist	0	0	0	0	0%	1%	1,581

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

^(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1964 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1964 election results.

Abercromby

Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John E. M^cPherson *	695	48%	-15%
	Conservative	Herbert C. Norcott	603	41%	+11%
	Communist	A. M^cClelland	159	11%	+3%
Majority			92
Registered electors			7,276
Turnout			1,457	20%	-3%
	Labour hold		Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John E. R. Fischer *	5,030	79%	+11%
	Liberal	Alan G. Wilson	884	14%	-7%
	Labour	Edwin C. Pimlett	459	7%	-4%
Majority			4,146
Registered electors			13,430
Turnout			6,373	47%	+8%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stanley B. Caulfield *	3,392	80%	+15%
	Labour	Rodney Ludvigsen	434	10%	-6%
	Liberal	Mrs. Margaret S. Springbett	405	10%	-9%
Majority			2,958
Registered electors			9,887
Turnout			4,231	43%	+3%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James A. Porter M.B.E. *	3,407	72%	+21%
	Labour	Sydesy W. Jones	1,352	28%	-14%
Majority			2,055
Registered electors			13,033
Turnout			4,759	37%	-2%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Arundel

Arundel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John E. Kendrick	2,840	69%	+21%
	Labour	Joseph Cloherty	1,137	28%	-7%
	Communist	Jack Kay	134	3%	+1%
Majority			1,703
Registered electors			12,243
Turnout			4,111	34%	-3%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield

Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth B. Jacques	1,929	57%	+18%
	Labour	Andrew Williams *	1,430	43%	-18%
Majority			499
Registered electors			9,897
Turnout			3,359	34%	+4%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Broadgreen

Broadgreen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. Lennie Sanders *	2,693	70%	+17%
	Labour	John W. Hubble	744	19%	-12%
	Resident	Ernest Bide	436	11%
Majority			1,948
Registered electors			11,003
Turnout			3,872	35%	0%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James E. Walker ^(PARTY)	1,299	53%	-14%
	Conservative	John R. P. Dennis	1,151	47%	+14%
Majority			148
Registered electors			7,186
Turnout			2,450	34%	+3%
	Labour hold		Swing

Childwall

Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William E. Dailey *	4,890	71%	+6%
	Liberal	Owen Trevor Jones	1,363	20%	-1%
	Labour	Stanley G. Thorne	659	10%	-4%
Majority			3,527
Registered electors			17,174
Turnout			6,912	40%	+5%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Church

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Charles C. Martin ^(PARTY)	3,879	59%	+4%
	Liberal	John Swinnerton	2,238	34%	-4%
	Labour	Vincent P. Hyams	427	7%	0%
Majority			1,641
Registered electors			13,535
Turnout			6,544	48%	+2%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John F. Jones	2,797	57%	+15%
	Labour	Kenneth Stewart *	2,099	43%	-9%
Majority			698
Registered electors			10,442
Turnout			4,896	47%	+5%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

County

County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Percy Tunna	3,073	59%	+10%
	Labour	George G. Maloney *	1,875	36%	-15%
	Communist	Kenneth T. Dowd	234	5%	+5%
Majority			1,198
Registered electors			12,488
Turnout			5,182	41%	-1%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. George Harrald Prince ^(PARTY)	4,326	83%	+27%
	Labour	Joseph H. Evans	881	17%	-7%
Majority			3,445
Registered electors			11,796
Turnout			5,207	44%	-2%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Stoddart *	1,818	48%	-16%
	Conservative	Mrs. Kathlenn Prescott	1,784	47%	+11%
	Communist	David I. Thompson	154	4%
Majority			34
Registered electors			10,633
Turnout			3,756	35%	+3%
	Labour hold		Swing

Dovecot

Dovecot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey E. Brandwood	3,075	53%	+24%
	Labour	Thomas H. Maloney	2,738	47%	-16%
Majority			337
Registered electors			15,094
Turnout			5,813	39%	+9%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Everton

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francis Burke *	862	46%	-27%
	Conservative	John Mass	673	36%	+13%
	Liberal	Michael V. Lilley	299	16%	+16%
Majority			189
Registered electors			7,465
Turnout			1,887	25%	+5%
	Labour hold		Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James S. Ross *	2,484	68%	+20%
	Labour	John Guinan	1,167	32%	-13%
Majority			1,317
Registered electors			12,148
Turnout			1,317	30%	-3%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ingram A. T. Legge	2,895	63%	+14%
	Labour	Dr. Norman S. Barnett	1,729	37%	-14%
Majority			1,166
Registered electors			11,156
Turnout			4,624	41%	-5%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gillmoss

Gillmoss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter J. Dunne	2,089	45%	+21%
	Labour	Edward D. Roderick	1,943	42%	-30%
	Liberal	Joseph R. Wilmington	645	14%	+14%
Majority			146
Registered electors			15,525
Turnout			4,677	30%	+1%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Granby

Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glyn Hughes	1,259	48%	+13%
	Labour	James M. Burke *	1,214	47%	-15%
Majority			45
Registered electors			9,731
Turnout			2,596	27%	-4%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Kensington

Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick R. Butler	1,976	51%	+15%
	Labour	Mrs. Ethel M. Wormald	1,884	49%	-15%
Majority			92
Registered electors			11,056
Turnout			3,860	35%	+3%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Low Hill

Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. Mary J. Powell *	1,364	56%	-17%
	Conservative	William F. Everett	984	41%	+17%
	Communist	Donald P. Holland	78	3%	0%
Majority			380
Registered electors			7,155
Turnout			2,426	34%	+6%
	Labour hold		Swing

Melrose

Melrose 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James J. Hastings *	1,230	57%	-15%
	Labour	Benjamin Shaw	1,173	54%	-18%
	Conservative	Thomas Head-Rapson	945	43%	+15%
	Conservative	Daniel J. Jones	941	43%	+15%
Majority			285
Registered electors			8,212
Turnout			2,175	26%	-1%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherfield

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	Albert Brown *	679	62%	+11%
	Labour	Frank Keating	372	34%	-15%
	Communist	Frank Cartwright	46	4%	+4%
Majority			307
Registered electors			4,021
Turnout			1,097	27%	-2%
	Protestant hold		Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur J. Browne	2,987	60%	+18%
	Labour	Edward Loyden *	1,968	40%	-10%
Majority			1,019
Registered electors			13,412
Turnout			4,955	37%	+3%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Picton

Picton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clifford J. Kinrade	2,694	59%	+21%
	Labour	Tom Bailey *	1,899	41%	+14%
Majority			795
Registered electors			12,839
Turnout			4,593	36%	+2%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Pirrie

Pirrie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter J. McCann	3,485	53%	+20%
	Labour	John Dalrymple ^(PARTY)	3,040	47%	-20%
Majority			445
Registered electors			15,645
Turnout			6,525	42%	+5%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Prince's Park

Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William T. Savage	2,016	51%	+16%
	Labour	Thomas C. Greenwood	1,819	46%	-12%
	Communist	John Galloway	152	4%	+4%
Majority			197
Registered electors			11,440
Turnout			3,987	35%	+8%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sandhills

Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miss Margaret Schofield ^(PARTY)	1,394	69%	-17%
	Conservative	Frederick Jones	544	27%	+16%
	Communist	Brian Campbell	72	4%	0%
Majority			850
Registered electors			7,025
Turnout			2,010	29%	-2%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	Roy Hughes	1,673	54%	+10%
	Labour	Frank N. Marsden *	1,313	43%	-11%
	Communist	Richard M^cGuire	102	3%	+1%
Majority			360
Registered electors			9,844
Turnout			3,088	31%	0%
	Protestant gain from Labour		Swing

St. James

St. James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Parry *	1,015	51%	-23%
	Conservative	Mrs. Jessie E. Reid	522	26%	+6%
	Liberal	Gershon Greenberg	248	12%	+12%
	Communist	Roger O'Hara	215	11%	+5%
Majority			493
Registered electors			8,612
Turnout			2,000	23%	-3%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William L. Harris	2,194	52%	+18%
	Labour	Stanley R. Maddox *	2,021	48%	-18%
Majority			173
Registered electors			9,925
Turnout			4,215	42%	+5%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. Marion Browne M.B.E. *	2,653	68%	+19%
	Labour	David M. Mitchell	852	22%	-1%
	Liberal	Miss Margaret J. Baber	411	10%	-18%
Majority			1,801
Registered electors			9,648
Turnout			3,916	41%	-5%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Smithdown

Smithdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George W. Clarke *	1,034	53%	-15%
	Conservative	Stanley Whittaker	930	47%	+21%
Majority			104
Registered electors			10,160
Turnout			1,964	19%	-5%
	Labour hold		Swing

Speke

Speke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry K. Jones	1,913	53%	+32%
	Labour	Stephen J. Cook	1,709	47%	-25%
Majority			204
Registered electors			13,899
Turnout			3,622	26%	+2%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Tuebrook

Tuebrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman A. Pannell	2,932	61%
	Labour	James Mottram	1,901	39%	-13%
Majority			1,031
Registered electors			11,413
Turnout			4,833	42%	+4%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Orr *	1,073	84%	-10%
	Conservative	Herbert A. Williams	150	12%	+8%
	Communist	Thomas E. Cassin	59	5%	+3%
Majority			923
Registered electors			7,610
Turnout			1,282	17%	-11%
	Labour hold		Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert H. K. Maynard *	2,859	70%	+13%
	Labour	Peter Comer	2,232	30%	-13%
Majority			1,627
Registered electors			11,868
Turnout			4,091	34%	-2%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westminster

Westminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Gillin	1,210	51%	+15%
	Labour	Edward Burke *	1,165	49%	-15%
Majority			45
Registered electors			6,047
Turnout			2,375	39%	+5%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Woolton

Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Norton *	5,606	79%	+17%
	Labour	George J. Maudsley	1,468	21%	-7%
Majority			4,138
Registered electors			19,254
Turnout			7,074	37%	+1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[2] ^[3]

Aldermanic Elections

Twenty of the forty Aldermen were elected by the city council on 22 May 1967. Those elected by the council and the wards they were allocated to are shown in the table below:

	Alderman	Ward
Conservative	Stanley Airey	St. James
Conservative	Herbert M. Allen	Speke
Conservative	Alfred N. Bates	Dovecot
Conservative	William Browne	Clubmoor
Conservative	Arthur B. Collins M.B.E.	Abercromby
Conservative	Charles Cowlin	old Swan
Conservative	Raymond F. Craine M.B.E.	Vauxhall
Conservative	Harold W. Hughes O.B.E.	Tuebrook
Conservative	John Keenan	Woolton
Conservative	Harold Lees	Westminster
Conservative	Arthur W. Lowe O.B.E.	Melrose
Conservative	Robert Meadows	Princes Park
Conservative	Stephen Minion O.B.E.	Anfield
Conservative	Joseph Norton	Broadgreen
Conservative	Ralph Rattray	Pirrie
Conservative	Leslie H. Sanders	Aigburth
Conservative	Harold M. Steward	Low Hill
Conservative	James E. Thompson	St. Domingo
Conservative	Frank Woolfenden	Fazakerley
Conservative	Alexander Young	St. Michael's

^[4]

References

^ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
^ Liverpool Daily Post 12 May 1967
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1967-1968
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1967-1968

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