1951 Liverpool City Council election

1951 Liverpool City Council election

← 1950 May 11, 1951 (1951-05-11) 1952 →

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

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 11 May 1951.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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

Election result[]

Liverpool Local Election Result 1951

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	28				68%	58%	120,053
	Labour	10				24%	38%	79,531
	Protestant	2				5%	2%	4,230
	Independent	1				2.4%	0.31%	646
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0%	0.47%	964
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0%	0.065%	134

Ward results[]

* - Councillor seeking re-election

^(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

The terms of office expired in 1951 for those councillors who were elected in November 1947. Therefore comparisons are made with the 1947 election results.

Abercromby[]

Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Joseph Bullen *	2,740	53%	-1%
	Labour	William Smyth	2,391	47%	+1%
Majority			349
Registered electors			13,488
Turnout			5,131	38%	-3%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth[]

Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Mylrea Allen *	5,842	83%	0%
	Liberal	William Edward Oates	600	9%
	Labour	Roy Stoddart	565	8%	-9%
Majority			5,267
Registered electors			15,607
Turnout			6,997	45%	-13%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton[]

Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. Margaret Jane Strong *	3,068	76%	+8%
	Labour	William Rice-Jones	615	15%	-8%
	Liberal	Mrs. Helena France	364	9%
Majority			2,453
Registered electors			9,583
Turnout			4,047	42%	-15%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield[]

Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert James White *	4,698	68%	-4%
	Labour	Walter Richard Maylor	2,181	32%	-4%
Majority			2,517
Registered electors			16,560
Turnout			6,879	42%	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield[]

Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David John Lewis *	3,100	66%	+6%
	Labour	Terence Roberts	1,621	34%	-6%
Majority			1,479
Registered electors			12,893
Turnout			4,721	37%	-14%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick[]

Brunswick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Hampton Cain *	1,982	77%	-2%
	Conservative	Mrs. Marrion Browne	582	23%	-1%
Majority			1,400
Registered electors			7,546
Turnout			2,564	34%	+10%
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle Street[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Poole (PARTY)	499	98%
	Labour	Thomas McNerney	11	2%
Majority			488
Registered electors			922
Turnout			510	55%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Childwall[]

Childwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Young *	4,748	86%	-4%
	Labour	Mrs. Eleanor Elizabeth Wright	766	14%	-4%
Majority			3,982
Registered electors			13,476
Turnout			5,514	41%	-14%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croxteth[]

Croxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sydney Smart *	6,595	51%	0%
	Conservative	Charles McDonald	6,346	49%	-2%
Majority			249
Registered electors			34,017
Turnout			12,941	38%	-1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle[]

Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stanley Airey (PARTY)	4,470	51%	+3%
	Labour	Lewis Charles Edwards	4,344	49%	-3%
Majority			126
Registered electors			17,840
Turnout			8,814	49%	-1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill[]

Edge Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Bagot *	2,283	52%	-2%
	Conservative	William Thomas	2,129	48%	+2%
Majority			154
Registered electors			13,599
Turnout			4,412	32%	-7%
	Labour hold		Swing

Everton[]

Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Braddock *	2,670	58%	0%
	Conservative	Ernest Johnson	1,970	42%	0%
Majority			700
Registered electors			13,213
Turnout			4,640	35%	-4%
	Labour hold		Swing	0%

Exchange[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Walter McGrath *	646	74%	-5%
	Labour	John Cullen	226	26%	+5%
Majority			420
Registered electors			1,656
Turnout			872	53%	-2%
	Independent hold		Swing	-5%

Fairfield[]

Fairfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Nash *	4,071	67%	-1%
	Labour	William Indcox Davies	2,028	33%	+1%
Majority			2,043
Registered electors			15,494
Turnout			6,099	39%	-12%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1%

Fazakerley[]

Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Pugh Thompson M.P. *	5,288	54%	0%
	Labour	James Gardner	4,523	46%	0%
Majority			765
Registered electors			19,900
Turnout			9,811	49%	-2%
	Conservative hold		Swing	0%

Garston[]

Garston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Clarke *	4,958	55%	+1%
	Labour	William Henry Sefton	4,038	45%	-1%
Majority			920
Registered electors			19,796
Turnout			8,996	45%	-12%
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1%

Granby[]

Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Edward Thompson *	2,742	55%	0%
	Labour	Mrs. Elizabeth Trainor	2,225	45%	0%
Majority			517
Registered electors			12,869
Turnout			4,967	39%	-4%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great George[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John James Coupland (PARTY)	920	57%	+2%
	Labour	Thomas George Dominic Maguire	686	43%	-2%
Majority			234
Registered electors			3,360
Turnout			1,606	48%	+1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kensington[]

Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold William Hughes *	3,235	57%	+1%
	Labour	Frederick Walker	2,476	43%	-1%
Majority			759
Registered electors			14,074
Turnout			5,711	41%	-9%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale[]

Kirkdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Shaw	3,666	51%	+3%
	Labour	John Francis Carr *	3,564	49%	-3%
Majority			102
Registered electors			19,710
Turnout			7,230	37%	-9%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+3%

Little Woolton[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Frederick Catlin *	1,257	68%	-16%
	Labour	Francis Burke	603	32%	+18%
Majority			654
Registered electors			3,047
Turnout			1,860	61%	-7%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-16%

Low Hill[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Cecil Saltmarsh *	3,005	55%	0%
	Labour	Charles Morris	2,465	45%	0%
Majority			540
Registered electors			12,003
Turnout			5,470	46%	-3%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Much Woolton[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Norton (PARTY)	2,399	82%	+8%
	Labour	Alan Frank Skinner	523	18%	-8%
Majority			1,876
Registered electors			6,367
Turnout			2,922	46%	-8%
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8%

Netherfield[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	George Edward Lewis *	1,878	67%	+4%
	Labour	Thomas Robinson	926	33%	-4%
Majority			952
Registered electors			10,134
Turnout			2,804	28%	+9%
	Protestant hold		Swing	+4%

North Scotland[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick William Tucker *	1,634	63%	-12%
	Independent	John Joseph Fay	930	36%
	Communist	John William Coward	18	1%	-6%
Majority			1,634
Registered electors			7,185
Turnout			2,582	36%	+3%
	Labour hold		Swing	-12%

Old Swan[]

Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Nathaniel Bates *	7,279	71%	+5%
	Labour	Joseph Mooney	3,028	29%	-5%
Majority			4,251
Registered electors			27,217
Turnout			10,307	38%	-11%
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5%

Prince's Park[]

Prince's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Cowlin *	2,690	56%	+1%
	Labour	Thomas McManus	2,118	44%	-1%
Majority			572
Registered electors			11,977
Turnout			4,808	40%	-10%
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1%

Sandhills[]

Sandhills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Part *	2,332	75%	+2%
	Conservative	Leonard James Carr	790	25%	-2%
Majority			1,542
Registered electors			8,160
Turnout			3,122	38%	-3%
	Labour hold		Swing	+2%

St. Anne's[]

St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abraham Louis Caplan *	1,242	73%	+11%
	Conservative	Frank Scott	467	27%	+6%
Majority			775
Registered electors			5,537
Turnout			1,709	31%	-12%
	Labour hold		Swing	+11%

St. Domingo[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	Mrs. Mary Jane Longbottom *	2,352	65%	+5%
	Labour	Frank Keating	1,281	35%	-5%
Majority			1,281
Registered electors			13,257
Turnout			3,633	27%	-15%
	Protestant hold		Swing	+5%

St. Peter's[]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James William Brown *	457	59%	-11%
	Labour	Mrs. Elsie Ellen Gough	323	41%	+11%
Majority			134
Registered electors			1,437
Turnout			780	54%	+8%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-11%

Sefton Park East[]

Sefton Park East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Isaac Throssell *	3,877	74%	0%
	Labour	Matthew John Grimes	1,337	26%	0%
Majority			2,540
Registered electors			14,249
Turnout			5,214	37%	-5%
	Conservative hold		Swing	0%

Sefton Park West[]

Sefton Park West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Bidston *	3,744	75%	-3%
	Labour	Keith Samuel Williams	1,265	25%	+3%
Majority			2,479
Registered electors			10,825
Turnout			5,009	46%	-5%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3%

South Scotland[]

- 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Sheehan *	1,471	92%
	Labour	David Cowley	1,465	91%
	Communist	Richard Cuerdon	134	8%
Majority			1,471
Registered electors			6,670
Turnout			1,605	24%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Vauxhall[]

Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Cyril Brady *	666	69%	0%
	Conservative	William Alfred Manley Crawford	306	31%	0%
Majority			360
Registered electors			2,827
Turnout			972	34%	-16%
	Labour hold		Swing	0%

Walton[]

Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs Mary Elizabeth Jones *	5,584	65%	+5%
	Labour	William Dean-Jones	2,984	35%	-5%
Majority			2,600
Registered electors			23,104
Turnout			8,568	37%	-15%
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5%

Warbreck[]

Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Francis Brady (PARTY)	5,161	70%	-1%
	Labour	William Delgarno	2,234	30%	+1%
Majority			2,927
Registered electors			18,861
Turnout			7,395	39%	-8%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1%

Wavertree[]

Wavertree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Jennings (PARTY)	6,321	74%	+1%
	Labour	Thomas Henry Maloney	1,507	18%	-9%
	Liberal	Albert Edward Jones	729	9%
Majority			4,814
Registered electors			21,976
Turnout			8,557	39%	-12%
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1%

Wavertree West[]

Wavertree West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Keenan (PARTY)	2,993	55%	0%
	Labour	Charles James Minton	2,418	45%	0%
Majority			575
Registered electors			11,506
Turnout			5,411	47%	-7%
	Conservative hold		Swing	0%

West Derby[]

West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hedley Arthur Williams *	8,661	72%	+3%
	Labour	George Henry Dunbar	3,384	28%	-3%
Majority			5,277
Registered electors			31,415
Turnout			12,045	38%	-13%
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3%

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By-elections[]

North Scotland 22 November 1951[]

Following the disqualification of Herbert Francis Granby (elected 12 May 1949) there was a By-election for the North Scotland ward on 22 November 1951.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard James Carr	1,527	87%
	Conservative	Thomas Robinson	234	13%
Majority			1,293
Registered electors			7,185
Turnout			1,761	25%
	Labour hold		Swing

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