1972_Liverpool_City_Council_election

1972 Liverpool City Council election
42 of 120 Councillors seats ; to Liverpool City Council; 81 of 120 Councillors and 40 Aldermen seats needed for a majority
	Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party)

1972 Liverpool City Council election

1972 UK local election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 3 May 1972. One seat in each of the forty wards was up for election, plus one by-election seat each in Vauxhall and Woolton wards. This was the last year when the council comprised 120 councillors and 40 Aldermen, totalling 160, which was the largest council membership .

Quick Facts 42 of 120 Councillors seats to Liverpool City Council 81 of 120 Councillors and 40 Aldermen seats needed for a majority ...

After the election, the composition of the council was:

More information Party, Councillors ...

Ward results

This data is compared with the election results for 1969, when the councillors were elected for a three-year term.

* - Councillor seeking re-election

^(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

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Liverpool Daily Post 4 May 1972

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Liverpool Daily Post 9 May 1969

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	Councillors	±	Aldermen
Labour	73	+18	??
Conservative	29	-24	??
Liberal	14	+7	??
Protestant	3	-2	0

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	31	19	1	+18	74%	50%	74,703
Liberal	8	7	0	+7	19%	16%	23,549
Conservative	3	0	24	-24	7%	33%	49,187
Protestant	0	0	2	-2	0%	1%	1,494
Communist	0	0	0	0	0%	0.6%	934

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. F. Burke *	871	79%	+35%
	Conservative	L. W. Mossford	139	13%	-26%
	Communist	A. McClelland	96	9%	-5%
Majority			732
Registered electors			5,218
Turnout			1,106	21%	0%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. T. Moss *	3,639	81%	-11%
	Labour	R. Fogg	875	19%	+11%
Majority			2,764
Registered electors			14,550
Turnout			4,514	31%	-5%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. S. D. Weaver ^(PARTY)	2,509	68%	-2%
	Labour	P. T. Ash	1,178	32%	+25%
Majority			1,331
Registered electors			10,977
Turnout			3,687	34%	-5%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. J. Short	2,733	56%	+32%
	Conservative	J. Mass ^(PARTY)	2,143	44%	-32%
Majority			590
Registered electors			13,430
Turnout			4,876	36%	+6%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C. Hutchinson	2,093	44%	+25%
	Conservative	K. W. Edwards *	1,368	29%	-33%
	Labour	A. L. Jones	1,262	27%	+13%
Majority			725
Registered electors			14,405
Turnout			4,723	33%	+2%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Roberts	1,197	41%	+13%
	Liberal	P. Chivall	1,069	37%	+19%
	Conservative	D. J. Lewis ^(PARTY)	625	22%	-32%
Majority			128
Registered electors			8,243
Turnout			2,891	35%	+5%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	G. J. Palmer	2,066	47%	+17%
	Conservative	D. J. Jones *	1,330	30%	-27%
	Labour	L. Collins	1,031	23%	+10%
Majority			736
Registered electors			12,103
Turnout			4,427	37%	+6%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. G. Maloney *	1,400	98%	+49%
	Conservative	S. V. Hennessy	27	2%	-47%
Majority			1,373
Registered electors			4,898
Turnout			1,427	29%	-7%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Anthony Limont	3,641	45%	+27%
	Conservative	F. H. Andrews *	3,376	42%	-31%
	Labour	R. McConnell	1,068	13%	+6%
Majority			265
Registered electors			18,947
Turnout			8,085	43%	+8%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Robert Wilmington	3,058	52%	-3%
	Conservative	W. H. Stabback	2,363	40%	-2%
	Labour	J. P. Connelly	457	8%	+5%
Majority			695
Registered electors			14,655
Turnout			5,878	40%	-8%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. G. Pratt	2,254	55%	+17%
	Conservative	A. L. Jones ^(PARTY)	1,808	45%	-17%
Majority			446
Registered electors			10,972
Turnout			4,062	37%	+1%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. T. Mooney	2,653	61%	+34%
	Conservative	H. Brown ^(PARTY)	1,730	39%	-28%
Majority			923
Registered electors			12,863
Turnout			4,383	34%	+2%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	K. W. Hart	2,505	45%	+45%
	Conservative	A. L. Audley *	2,051	37%	-50%
	Labour	T. Bouch	1,043	19%	-+6%
Majority			454
Registered electors			12,845
Turnout			5,599	44%	+10%
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cyril Taylor *	2,313	73%	+23%
	Conservative	M. Kingston	748	24%	-20%
	Communist	J. F. Greig	86	3%	-3%
Majority			1,565
Registered electors			8,373
Turnout			3.147	38%	-8%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. M. Evans ^(PARTY)	2,075	75%	+15%
	Conservative	J. McDermott	605	22%	-15%
	Communist	J. Cook	84	3%	0%
Majority			1,470
Registered electors			8,577
Turnout			2,764	32%	-6%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. H. Westbury ^(PARTY)	3,402	70%	+9%
	Conservative	J. L. Walsh	1,473	30%	-9%
Majority			1,929
Registered electors			16,542
Turnout			4,875	30%	-3%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. McManus ^(PARTY)	620	80%	+18%
	Conservative	R. S. Charles	159	20%	-18%
Majority			461
Registered electors			2,898
Turnout			779	27%	-2%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Livermore	1,578	40%	-4%
	Liberal	C. Crawford	1,442	36%	+36%
	Conservative	E. Crierie	960	24%	-32%
Majority			136
Registered electors			11,380
Turnout			3,980	35%	+7%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Williams	2,548	61%	+15%
	Conservative	A. Lloyd ^(PARTY)	1,602	39%	-15%
Majority			946
Registered electors			12,051
Turnout			4,150	34%	-2%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Higgins	4,454	74%	+30%
	Conservative	G. Smith ^(PARTY)	1,057	17%	-33%
	Tenants' Association	C. Boyd	433	7%
	Communist	K. Dunlop	109	2%	-4%
Majority			3,397
Registered electors			20.132
Turnout			6,053	30%	+6%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. M. Simey *	1,640	75%	+25%
	Conservative	L. D. Wollen	484	22%	-24%
	Communist	J. V. Powell	69	3%	-1%
Majority			1,156
Registered electors			8,086
Turnout			2,193	27%	+1%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Perry	1,909	59%	+34%
	Conservative	J. G. Barrett *	896	28%	-26%
	Liberal	Graham Hulme	432	13%	+13%
Majority			1,013
Registered electors			9,953
Turnout			3,237	33%	+4%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Alton	1,061	55%	+55%
	Labour	V. McCoy	666	34%	-5%
	Conservative	T. P. Pink *	208	11%	-46%
Majority			395
Registered electors			4,286
Turnout			1,935	45%	+16%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Shaw *	1,578	79%	+29%
	Conservative	A. J. Browne	421	21%	-29%
Majority			1,157
Registered electors			7,146
Turnout			1,999	28%	+4%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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Election result

Ward results

Abercromby

Aigburth

Allerton

Anfield

Arundel

Breckfield

Broadgreen

Central

Childwall

Church

Clubmoor

County

Croxteth

Dingle

Dovecot

Everton

Fairfield

Fazakerley

Gillmoss

Granby

Kensington

Low Hill

Melrose

Netherfield

Old Swan

Picton

Pirrie

Prince's Park

Sandhills

St. Domingo

St. James

St. Mary's

St. Michael's

Smithdown

Speke

Tuebrook

Vauxhall

Warbreck

Westminster

Woolton

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. P. Hughes	869	55%	+32%
	Protestant	W. Owens *	712	45%	-25%
Majority			157
Registered electors			4,280
Turnout			1,581	37%	+16%
	Labour gain from Protestant		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. M. Galbraith	2,597	49%	+8%
	Labour	F. Keating	1,368	26%	+12%
	Conservative	N. F. Derrick *	1,358	26%	-19%
Majority			1,229
Registered electors			13,581
Turnout			5,323	39%	+5%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Aspin	2,056	52%	+18%
	Conservative	Dr. Thomas Lyrian Hobday *	1,133	29%	-33%
	Liberal	J. A. Gallagher	655	17%	+17%
	Communist	J. G. Volleamere	85	2%	+2%
Majority			923
Registered electors			12,543
Turnout			3,929	31%	+3%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Owens	3,902	68%	+28%
	Conservative	I. Balmer *	1,829	32%	-28%
Majority			2,073
Registered electors			16,374
Turnout			5,731	35%	+7%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V. P. Hyams *	1,479	91%	+31%
	Conservative	R. Walsh	139	9%	-27%
Majority			1,340
Registered electors			5,295
Turnout			1,618	31%	+6%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Jones	783	50%	+14%
	Protestant	H. W. Blower *	782	50%	-11%
Majority			1
Registered electors			4,806
Turnout			1,565	33%	-10%
	Labour gain from Protestant		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Shields *	2.512	82%	+31%
	Communist	R. O'Hara	356	12%	-10%
	Conservative	F. Jones	196	6%	-19%
Majority			2,156
Registered electors			8,642
Turnout			3,064	35%	+2%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. R. Maddox	2,362	65%	+33%
	Conservative	R. E. Lloyd *	1,256	35%	-33%
Majority			1,106
Registered electors			10,310
Turnout			3,618	35%	+3%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C. Graham	2,696	57%	+57%
	Conservative	R. M. Aymes ^(PARTY)	1,277	27%	-54%
	Labour	F. W. Longworth	700	15%	-4%
Majority			1,419
Registered electors			10,712
Turnout			4,722	44%	+16%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. W. Gorman	1,246	75%	+34%
	Conservative	J. W. Butler *	282	17%	-37%
	Liberal	W. A. Bartels	130	8%	+8%
Majority			964
Registered electors			6,718
Turnout			1,658	25%	+7%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing