1991 Liverpool City Council election

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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 2 May 1991. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Labour	62	??
	Liberal Democrat	27	-1
	Militant Labour	5	??
	Social Democrats	1	??
	Liberal Party	0	??
	Independent	??	??
	Others	2	??

Election result[]

Liverpool Local Election Result 1991

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	13				39%	38%	54,751
	Labour	13				39%	36%	50,905
	Militant Labour	5			5	15%	8%%	11,097
	SDP	1			1	3%	3%	3,747
	Liberal	0			0	0%	3%	3,869
	Conservative	0			0	0%	11%	15,482
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	0			0	0%	2%	3,267
	Others	0			0	0%	0.03%	49

^[2]

Ward results[]

Abercromby[]

Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Stanley	1,526	77%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Dyer	289	15%
	Conservative	C. Zsigmond	155	8%
Majority			1,237
Turnout			1,970

Aigburth[]

Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Allen	2,553	50%
	Labour	B. Hardy	1,353	27%
	Conservative	N. Liddell	884	17%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	J. Cook	247	5%
	SDP	D. Pollard	44	1%
Majority			1,200
Turnout			5,081

Allerton[]

Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vera Best	2,749	47%
	Conservative	S. North	1,179	20%
	Labour	G. Martin	1,559	27%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	R. Cantwell	179	3%
	SDP	Ron Gould	153	3%
Majority			1,190
Turnout			5,819

Anfield[]

Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Anfield Labour	J. Smith	1,624	30%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Cunningham	1,357	25%
	Labour	M. Tottey	1,232	23%
	Conservative	M. Fitzsimmons	566	11%
	Liberal	T. Newall	608	11%
Majority			267
Turnout			5,387

Arundel[]

Arundel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Johnston	1,812	46%
	Labour	P. Tyrrell	1,294	33%
	Conservative	A. Zsigmond	286	7%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	W. Jenkins	438	11%
	Lurch the Thinking Woman's crumpet	S. Maidment	49	1%
	SDP	V. Gould	40	1%
Majority			518
Turnout			3,919

Breckfield[]

Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Dean	2,081	66%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Cartmel	757	24%
	Conservative	E. Bayley	333	11%
Majority			1,324
Turnout			3,171

Broadgreen[]

Broadgreen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Curry	2,606	49%
	Labour	D. Minahan	2,043	39%
	Conservative	J. Brandwood	500	9%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	S. Nath	109	2%
	SDP	M. Mason	48	1%
Majority			563
Turnout			5,306

Childwall[]

Childwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neville Chin	3,926	61%
	Conservative	M. Kingston	1,116	17%
	Labour	R. Griffiths	1,112	17%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	A. Willan	255	4%
Majority			2,814
Turnout			6,409

Church[]

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	W. Roberts	4,277	64%
	Labour	A. Joel	1,130	17%
	Conservative	I. Bishop	979	15%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	?	290	4%
Majority			3,147
Turnout			6,676

Clubmoor[]

Clubmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Clubmoor Labour	M. Richardson	2,462	51%
	Liberal	B. Jackson	1,581	33%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Owen	322	7%
	Conservative	D. Smith	309	6%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	J. Best	129	3%
Majority			881
Turnout			4,803

County[]

County

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Fielding	3,548	62%
	Labour	P. Banks	2,050	36%
	Conservative	J. Atkinson	137	2%
	SDP	H. Gibson	31	1%
Majority			1,498
Turnout			5,766

Croxteth[]

Croxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Mills	3,471	55%
	Labour	S. Balmer	1,591	25%
	Conservative	G. Brandwood	985	16%
	SDP	M. Killen	117	2%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	I. Graham	172	3%
Majority			1,880
Turnout			6,336

Dingle[]

Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Dingle Labour	F. Hegarty	1,548	33%
	Labour	E. Shields	1,459	31%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Dakin	1,274	27%
	Conservative	D. Patmore	295	6%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	R. Spalding	171	4%
Majority			89
Turnout			4,747

Dovecot[]

Dovecot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Quinn	1,989	63%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Woodward	827	26%
	Conservative	W. Connolly	342	11%
Majority			1,162
Turnout			3,158

Everton[]

Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Everton Labour	M.McCauly	964	50%
	Labour	P. Davies	836	44%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Thomson	119	6%
Majority			128
Turnout			1,919

Fazakerley[]

Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Spriggs	2,459	62%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Johnson	989	25%
	Conservative	G. Breckell	497	13%
Majority			1,470
Turnout			3,945

Gillmoss[]

Gillmoss

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Gillmoss Labour	M. Alderson	2,127	49%
	Labour	E. Roderick	1,207	28%
	Liberal Democrats	George Mann	633	14%
	Conservative	A. Bowness	299	7%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	S. Ellison	116	3%
Majority			920
Turnout			4,382

Granby[]

Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Lashley	1,598	65%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Priddie	435	18%
	Conservative	P. Edwards	199	8%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	R. Morris	211	9%
Majority			1,163
Turnout			2,443

Grassendale[]

Grassendale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	'Gerry Scott	3,915	67%'
	Labour	F. Nelson	763	13%
	Conservative	A. Ogden	1,055	18%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	A. Krisna-Das	149	3%
Majority			3,152
Turnout			5,882

Kensington[]

Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Doran	2,872	64%
	Labour	J. Bowers	1,473	33%
	Conservative	R. Bethell	109	2%
	SDP	J. Reece	23	1%
Majority			1,399
Turnout			4,477

Melrose[]

Melrose

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Booth	2,713	72%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Mayes	781	21%
	Conservative	A. Nugent	275	7%
Majority			1,932
Turnout			3,769

Netherley[]

Netherley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Netherley Labour	M. Bolland	1,199	43%
	Labour	B. Navarro	1,014	36%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Clein	380	14%
	Conservative	W. Dobinson	125	4%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	M. Fowler	75	3%
Majority			185
Turnout			2,793

Old Swan[]

Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Hughes	1,827	36%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Berman	1,553	37%
	Conservative	M. Lind	616	15%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	I. Gilmour	160	4%
Majority			274
Turnout			4,156

Picton[]

Picton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. McGrath	2,973	59%
	Labour	D. Dunphy	1,648	33%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	J. Hulton	192	4%
	Conservative	M. Williams	148	3%
	SDP	L. Devereux	53	1%
Majority			1,325
Turnout			5,014

Pirrie[]

Pirrie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Owen	2,510	68%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Hulme	836	23%
	Conservative	P. Aldcroft	350	9%
Majority			1,674
Turnout			3,696

St. Mary's[]

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. coyne	2,323	51%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Hutchinson	1,842	40%
	Conservative	G. Harden	308	7%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	L. Williams	126	3%
Majority			481
Turnout			4,599

Smithdown[]

Smithdown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Clarke	1,661	60%
	Liberal Democrats	W. Barrow	965	35%
	Conservative	D. O'Leary	134	5%
Majority			696
Turnout			2,760

Speke[]

Speke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Coventry	1,775'	79%
	Conservative	C. Harpin	484	21%
Majority			1,775
Turnout			2,259

Tuebrook[]

Tuebrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Cardwell	1,870	37%
	Liberal	Hazel Williams	1,680	33%
	Labour	T. McManus	1,188	24%
	Conservative	E. Rodick	155	3%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	J. Jones	137	3%
Majority			682
Turnout			5,030

Valley[]

Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Devaney	1,222	35%
	Valley Labour	M. Burke	1,173	34%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Phillips	776	22%
	Conservative	S. Lever	291	8%
Majority			446
Turnout			3,462

Vauxhall[]

Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Livingston	1,701	89%
	Liberal Democrats	B.Grocott	128	7%
	Conservative	P. Edwards	75	4%
Majority			1,573
Turnout			1,904

Warbreck[]

Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Lang	3,483	60%
	Labour	J. Humphries	1,956	34%
	Conservative	D. Gray	318	5%
	SDP	L. Hannacott	45	1%
Majority			1,527
Turnout			5,802

Woolton[]

Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	P. McKibbin	3,193	50%
	Conservative	J. Mass	1,978	31%
	Labour	I. Harvey	612	10%
	Liberal Democrats	E. Jones	433	7%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	J. Cantwell	111	2%
Majority			1,215
Turnout			6,327

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