1967_Liverpool_City_Council_election
1967 Liverpool City Council election
1967 UK local election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 11 May 1967.
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Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party)[1] |
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After the election, the composition of the council was:
More information Party, Councillors ...
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
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Conservative | 67 | +17 | 17 | 84 | |
Labour | 46 | -16 | 22 | 68 | |
Liberal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Protestant | 6 | +1 | 0 | 6 | |
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More information Party, Seats ...
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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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 | ||
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* - 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
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John E. McPherson * | 695 | 48% | -15% | |
Conservative | Herbert C. Norcott | 603 | 41% | +11% | |
Communist | A. McClelland | 159 | 11% | +3% | |
Majority | 92 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,276 | ||||
Turnout | 1,457 | 20% | -3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Aigburth
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Allerton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Anfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Arundel
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Breckfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Broadgreen
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Central
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Childwall
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Church
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Clubmoor
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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County
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Croxteth
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Dingle
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Dovecot
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Everton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Fairfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Fazakerley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Gillmoss
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Granby
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Kensington
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Low Hill
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Melrose
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Netherfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Old Swan
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Picton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Pirrie
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Prince's Park
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Sandhills
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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St. Domingo
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Protestant | Roy Hughes | 1,673 | 54% | +10% | |
Labour | Frank N. Marsden * | 1,313 | 43% | -11% | |
Communist | Richard McGuire | 102 | 3% | +1% | |
Majority | 360 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,844 | ||||
Turnout | 3,088 | 31% | 0% | ||
Protestant gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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St. James
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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St. Mary's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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St. Michael's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Smithdown
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Speke
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Tuebrook
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Vauxhall
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Warbreck
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Westminster
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Woolton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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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:
More information Party, Alderman ...
Party | Alderman | Ward | |
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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 | |
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- 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