1968 Liverpool City Council election

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May 9, 1968 (1968-05-09)

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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 1968.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen
Conservative	79	+12	??
Labour	46	-13	??
Liberal	1	0	??
Protestant	7	+1	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1968
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	31	12	0	+12	77%	62%	76,088
Labour	6	0	13	-13	15%	25%	31,198
Liberal	1	0	0	0	2.5%	10%	11,976
Protestant	2	1	0	+1	5%	1.3%	1,619
Communist	0	0	0	0	0%	1.5%	1,792

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

^(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Abercromby

Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David E. Daniel *	483	45%	+15%
	Labour	Frank Gaier	470	44%	-19%
	Communist	A. M^cClelland	113	11%	-3%
Majority			66
Registered electors			5,938
Turnout			1,066	18%	-5%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William N. Venmore *	4,142	69%	-11%
	Liberal	Alan G. Wilson	1,679	28%	+16%
	Labour	Vincent P. Hyams	208	3%	-6%
Majority			2,463
Registered electors			13,437
Turnout			6,029	45%	+6%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian F. Evans ^(PARTY)	2,982	88%	+19%
	Labour	Stanley R. Maddox	412	12%	0%
Majority			2,570
Registered electors			9,878
Turnout			3,394	34%	-5%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mass ^(PARTY)	3,163	80%	+13%
	Labour	Rodney Ludvigsen	787	20%	-13%
Majority			2,376
Registered electors			13,001
Turnout			3,950	30%	-4%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Arundel

Arundel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clifford Price *	2,495	72%	+9%
	Labour	Stanley G. Thorne	438	13%	-21%
	Liberal	Edward J. Kennedy	408	12%
	Communist	Jack Kay	122	4%	+1%
Majority			2,057
Registered electors			12,301
Turnout			3,463	28%	-6%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield

Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John K. Tanner *	1,689	71%	+17%
	Labour	Andrew Williams	702	29%	-17%
Majority			987
Registered electors			9,742
Turnout			2,391	25%	-2%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadgreen

Broadgreen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Helsall ^(PARTY)	2,081	62%	-1%
	Labour	John W. Hubble	496	15%	-11%
Majority			1,326
Registered electors			10,864
Turnout			3,332	31%	-4%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Parry	1,241	51%	-3%
	Conservative	Peter R. S. Williams	1,122	46%	0%
	Liberal	George C. Hewlett	54	2%
	Communist	John Cook	25	1%
Majority			119
Registered electors			7,135
Turnout			2,442	34%	+7%
	Labour hold		Swing

Childwall

Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles G. Pascoe *	4,360	64%	-7%
	Liberal	Owen Trevor Jones	1,983	29%	+13%
	Labour	Tony Mulhearn	338	5%	-7%
Majority			2,377
Registered electors			17,187
Turnout			6,772	39%	+3%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Church

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril E. Carr *	4,458	64%	+14%
	Conservative	Mrs. Myra Fitzsimmons	2,316	33%	-11%
	Labour	John E. Roberts	191	3%	-3%
Majority			2,142
Registered electors			13,429
Turnout			6,965	52%	+4%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon K. McKelvie *	2,057	63%	+7%
	Labour	Ken Stewart	1,226	37%	-7%
Majority			831
Registered electors			10,400
Turnout			3,283	32%	-7%
	Conservative hold		Swing

County

County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald B. Flude *	2,753	69%	+13%
	Labour	George G. Maloney	1,014	25%	-19%
	Communist	Kenneth T. Dowd	213	5%
Majority			1,739
Registered electors			12,330
Turnout			3,980	32%	-8%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clarence Dickinson *	3,642	89%	+17%
	Labour	Edward Shields	472	11%	-9%
Majority			3,170
Registered electors			11,805
Turnout			4,114	35%	-9%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. Kathleen Prescott	1,706	58%	+13%
	Labour	William G. Curtin ^(PARTY)	1,086	37%	-18%
	Communist	Miss Frances Thompson	125	4%
Majority			620
Registered electors			10,521
Turnout			2.917	28%	0%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Dovecot

Dovecot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald S. Fairclough	2,413	58%	+12%
	Labour	Wilfred P. Johnson ^(PARTY)	1,755	42%	-12%
Majority			658
Registered electors			15,407
Turnout			4,168	27%	-1%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Everton

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Smyth *	520	50%	-13%
	Conservative	Douglas G. Deaves	362	34%	+3%
	Liberal	Michael V. Lilley	132	13%	+13%
	Communist	Robert E. Parry	36	3%	-3%
Majority			158
Registered electors			6,042
Turnout			1,050	17%	-1%
	Labour hold		Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John P. Moyses *	2,225	69%	+4%
	Labour	David M. Mitchell	655	21%	-14%
	Liberal	Jarlath F. Chambers	329	10%	+10%
Majority			1,560
Registered electors			12,075
Turnout			3,219	27%	-2%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander L. Ritchie *	2,607	75%	+16%
	Labour	Kenneth E. Keane	870	25%	-16%
Majority			1,737
Registered electors			11,075
Turnout			3,477	31%	-12%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gillmoss

Gillmoss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mervin Kingston	1,690	49%	+14%
	Labour	George E. Delooze *	1,514	44%	-16%
	Communist	John B. Cartwright	256	7%	+3%
Majority			176
Registered electors			16,100
Turnout			3,460	21%	-3%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Granby

Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John J. Swainbank	1,063	45%	+2%
	Labour	John D. Hamilton *	797	34%	-18%
	Liberal	Mrs. Rosalind M. Craig	390	16%	+16%
Majority			266
Registered electors			9,830
Turnout			2,373	24%	+1%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Kensington

Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John N. M. Entwistle	1,913	61%	+15%
	Labour	Harry Livermore ^(PARTY)	1,239	39%	-15%
Majority			674
Registered electors			10,831
Turnout			3,152	29%	+3%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Low Hill

Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernest Crierie	841	59%	+15%
	Labour	William R. Snell *	529	37.5%	-15%
Majority			312
Registered electors			6,180
Turnout			1,436	23%	+1%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Melrose

Melrose
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Ackers *	839	50%	-15%
	Conservative	Charles E. Ratcliffe	826	50%	+15%
Majority			13
Registered electors			7,982
Turnout			1,665	21%	0%
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherfield

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	James Boardnman ^(PARTY)	448	52%	-6%
	Labour	John L. Hughes	206	24%	-18%
		Robert D. Jenkins	165	19%
	Communist	Francis J. Cartright	42	5%	+5%
Majority			242
Registered electors			3,982
Turnout			861	22%	+1%
	Protestant gain from Labour		Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew M^cKie Reid *	2,537	75%	-12%
	Labour	Eddie Loyden	837	25%	-12%
Majority			1,700
Registered electors			13.038
Turnout			3,374	26%	-4%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Picton

Picton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. Ruth Dean *	2,165	61%	+9%
	Labour	Tom Bailey	941	26%	-22%
	Liberal	Edward C. Hesketh	470	13%	+13%
Majority			1,224
Registered electors			12,441
Turnout			3,576	29%	-3%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pirrie

Pirrie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James E. Nicoll	2,568	58%	+13%
	Labour	Michael Black *	1,822	42%	-13%
Majority			746
Registered electors			15,579
Turnout			4,390	28%	-5%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Prince's Park

Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cheshire	1,564	55%	+18%
	Labour	Terence Roberts	874	31%	-18%
	National Front	David T. Jones	174	6%	+6%
	Communist	John Humes	135	5%	+2%
	Toxteth Nat.	Michael J. Smout	97	3%	+3%
Majority			690
Registered electors			11,421
Turnout			2,844	25%	-3%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sandhills

Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leo P. Hyams *	903	56%	-26%
	Conservative	Frederick Jones	640	40%	+22%
	Communist	Robert Cartwright	70	4%	+4%
Majority			263
Registered electors			6,963
Turnout			1,613	23%	+1%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	Ronald F. Henderson	1,171	48%	-2%
	Liberal	Rev. Robert A. Lally	634	26%	+26%
	Labour	Frank Marsden	533	22%	-28%
	Communist	James P. Hannah	80	3%	+3%
Majority			537
Registered electors			9,787
Turnout			2,418	25%	-1%
	Protestant hold		Swing

St. James

St. James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Owen J. Doyle *	776	52%	-22%
	Conservative	Reginald Rendell	392	26%	+8%
	Communist	Roger O'Hara	330	22%	+14%
Majority			384
Registered electors			8,679
Turnout			1,498	17%	-2%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Tushingham	2,014	64%	+15%
	Labour	Frank W. Longworth *	1,114	36%	-15%
Majority			900
Registered electors			9,681
Turnout			3,128	32%	+2%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony McVeigh *	2,337	83%	+26%
	Labour	Harold Lee	340	12%	-6%
	Communist	Michael M^cNally	152	5%
Majority			1,997
Registered electors			9,571
Turnout			2,829	30%	-15%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Smithdown

Smithdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. M^cDermott	683	69%	+30%
	Labour	Thomas C. Greenwood ^(PARTY)	387	31%	-30%
Majority			476
Registered electors			8,924
Turnout			1,250	14%	-2%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Speke

Speke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher G. Hallows	1,280	50%	+14%
	Labour	Thomas Higgins *	1,258	50%	-14%
Majority			22
Registered electors			13,691
Turnout			2,538	19%	+3%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Tuebrook

Tuebrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rodney M. Amyes *	2,415	72%	+13%
	Labour	James Mottram	931	28%	-13%
Majority			1,484
Registered electors			11,298
Turnout			3,346	30%	-8%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Dunford *	430	64%	-21%
	Liberal	Francis Quinn	157	24%	+24%
	Conservative	Peter S. Jones	50	7%	-3%
	Communist	Thomas E. Cassin	31	5%	0%
Majority			273
Registered electors			6,795
Turnout			668	10%	-2%
	Labour hold		Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Davis A. Ritchie *	2,443	68%	+2%
	Labour	Edward Mooney	605	17%	-17%
	Liberal	George Sephton	527	15%	+15%
Majority			1,838
Registered electors			11,799
Turnout			3,575	30%	-6%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westminster

Westminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Gilbody *	1,087	58%	+3%
	Labour	Edward Burke	774	42%	-3%
Majority			313
Registered electors			6,117
Turnout			1,861	30%	+1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woolton

Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie B. Williams *	4,802	88%	+14%
	Labour	James M. Burke	658	12%	-14%
Majority			4,144
Registered electors			19,373
Turnout			5,460	28%	-4%
	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 1968
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1968-1969

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