1951_Liverpool_City_Council_election

1951 Liverpool City Council election

1951 UK local election

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

Quick Facts

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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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.

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Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

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Liverpool Daily Post 12 May 1951

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Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1951-1952

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Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1951-1952 page 442

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

	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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

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

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

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%

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%

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

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%

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Election result

Ward results

Abercromby

Aigburth

Allerton

Anfield

Breckfield

Brunswick

Castle Street

Childwall

Croxteth

Dingle

Edge Hill

Everton

Exchange

Fairfield

Fazakerley

Garston

Granby

Great George

Kensington

Kirkdale

Little Woolton

Low Hill

Much Woolton

Netherfield

North Scotland

Old Swan

Prince's Park

Sandhills

St. Anne's

St. Domingo

St. Peter's

Sefton Park East

Sefton Park West

South Scotland

Vauxhall

Walton

Warbreck

Wavertree

Wavertree West

West Derby

By-elections

North Scotland 22 November 1951

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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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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

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%