1975_Liverpool_City_Council_election
1975 Liverpool City Council election
1975 UK local government election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 May 1975. One third of the council was up for election. The terms of office of the Councillors elected in 1973 with the third highest number of votes in each ward, expired and so these election results were compared with the 1973 results. Bill Smyth of the Liberal party became the Leader of the Council albeit with no overall control.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
More information Party, Seats ...
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 13 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 38% | 31% | 36,415 | ||
Conservative | 8 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 24% | 34% | 39,841 | ||
Liberal | 13 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 38% | 33% | 38,480 | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.6% | 712 | ||
Old Swan Residents' Association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.3% | 338 | ||
Independent Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.09% | 105 | ||
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.08% | 91 | ||
British Movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.06% | 69 | ||
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Abercromby, St. James
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Violet McCoy * | 1,469 | 62% | -3% | |
Liberal | J. P. Murphy | 233 | 10% | 0% | |
Conservative | C. McMichael | 416 | 18% | +12% | |
Communist | R. O'Hara | 250 | 11% | -2% | |
Majority | 1,044 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,886 | ||||
Turnout | 2,359 | 18% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Aigburth
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. H. Lea | 3,037 | 50% | +13% | |
Liberal | Len Tyrer * | 2,567 | 42% | -13% | |
Labour | L. P. Gallagher | 492 | 8% | -1% | |
Majority | 470 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,502 | ||||
Turnout | 6,096 | 42% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
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Allerton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. S. Ross * | 2,217 | 57% | +10% | |
Liberal | T. H. Harte | 1,190 | 30% | -12% | |
Labour | T. Bailey | 505 | 13% | ||
Majority | 1,027 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,801 | ||||
Turnout | 3,912 | 36% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Anfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. Fitzsimmons | 1,453 | 39% | +15% | |
Liberal | R. Donnelly * | 1,215 | 32% | -12% | |
Labour | L. Caplan | 1,102 | 29% | -3% | |
Majority | 238 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,828 | ||||
Turnout | 3,770 | 29% | |||
conservative Party (UK) gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
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Arundel
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Kenneth L. Rainford | '1,700 | 47% | ||
Conservative | R. M. Amyes | 1,030 | 28% | ||
Labour | F. S. Roderick | 901 | 25% | ||
Majority | 670 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,119 | ||||
Turnout | 3,631 | 26% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Breckfield, St. Domingo
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Frank McNevin * | 1,123 | 42% | ||
Labour | J. Connolly | 954 | 36% | ||
Conservative | R. S. Charles | 568 | 21% | ||
Majority | 169 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,053 | ||||
Turnout | 2,645 | 24% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Broadgreen
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Rosemary Cooper * | 1,969 | 46% | -16% | |
Conservative | J. J. Swainbank | 1,609 | 38% | +14% | |
Labour | W. F. Williams | 709 | 17% | +3% | |
Majority | 360 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,187 | ||||
Turnout | 4,287 | 35% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Central, Everton, Netherfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Finnegan * | 1,379 | 66% | 0% | |
Conservative | A. Brown | 569 | 27% | +8% | |
Liberal | P. Seddon | 135 | 6% | -9% | |
Majority | 810 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,485 | ||||
Turnout | 2,083 | 17% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Childwall
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. A. Fearenside | 3,377 | 49% | +11% | |
Conservative | S. Airey | 3,268 | 48% | +10% | |
Liberal | Anne Bailey (PARTY) | 2,429 | 35% | -15% | |
Liberal | P. H. Hodgson | 2,416 | 35% | -15% | |
Labour | Kathleen Jones | 1,040 | 15% | +4% | |
Labour | P. Rowlands | 954 | 14% | +3% | |
Majority | 948 | ||||
Registered electors | 20,184 | ||||
Turnout | 6,846 | 34% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Church
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Bernard J. Flynn (PARTY) | 2,808 | 50% | -12% | |
Conservative | W. H. Stabback | 2,336 | 42% | +10% | |
Labour | F. Dunne | 480 | 9% | +4% | |
Majority | 472 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,015 | ||||
Turnout | 5,624 | 37% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Clubmoor
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Michael J. Storey * | 1,627 | 44% | -1% | |
Labour | Margaret Stewart | 1,215 | 33% | 0% | |
Conservative | S. Hicklin | 830 | 23% | +1% | |
Majority | 412 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,609 | ||||
Turnout | 3,672 | 35% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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County
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. Brown | 1,147 | 36% | +7% | |
Labour | F.P. Hughes * | 1,068 | 33% | -11% | |
Liberal | M.J. Booth | 923 | 29% | +2% | |
National Front | E. Herbert | 91 | 3% | ||
Majority | 79 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,207 | ||||
Turnout | 3,229 | 26% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Croxteth
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ivan Clews (PARTY) | 2,072 | 42% | -16% | |
Conservative | G. E. Brandwood | 2,058 | 42% | +12% | |
Labour | Lulu Caplan | 751 | 15% | +3% | |
Majority | 14 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,486 | ||||
Turnout | 4,881 | 39% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Dingle
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S. W. Jones * | 895 | 55% | -9% | |
Conservative | J. B. King | 493 | 30% | +14% | |
Liberal | W. H. Mellor | 163 | 10% | -5% | |
Communist | J. Cook | 66 | 4% | 0% | |
Majority | 402 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,138 | ||||
Turnout | 1,617 | 23% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Dovecot
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. H. Westbury * | 2,121 | 50% | ||
Liberal | Eileen Barber | 1,074 | 25% | ||
Conservative | D. P. Dougherty | 1,041 | 25% | ||
Majority | 1,047 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,230 | ||||
Turnout | 4,236 | 26% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Fairfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | H. Livermore | 1,106 | 40% | ||
Liberal | H. Christian (PARTY) | 927 | 33% | ||
Conservative | W. McGuirk | 765 | 27% | ||
Majority | 179 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,302 | ||||
Turnout | 2,798 | 27% | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
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Fazakerley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ron Gould | 1,398 | 38% | -5% | |
Labour | H. James * | 1,142 | 31% | -26% | |
Liberal | Harold Glyn Rogers | 1,121 | 31% | ||
Majority | 256 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,785 | ||||
Turnout | 3,661 | 31% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Gillmoss
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. J. Cruikshank * | 1,618 | 58% | -11% | |
Conservative | C. Williams | 665 | 24% | -1% | |
Liberal | C. H. Stocker | 500 | 18% | ||
Majority | 953 | ||||
Registered electors | 19,586 | ||||
Turnout | 2,783 | 14% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Granby, Prince's Park
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. Doswell * | 1,575 | 56% | -10% | |
Conservative | E. J. D. Williams | 867 | 31% | +4% | |
Liberal | G. Scattergood | 308 | 11% | ||
Communist | A. McClelland | 85 | 3% | -4% | |
Majority | 708 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,105 | ||||
Turnout | 2,835 | 20% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Kensington
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Frank Doran * | 1,160 | 49% | ||
Labour | T. F. Money | 779 | 33% | ||
Conservative | Irene Power | 406 | 17% | ||
Majority | 381 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,490 | ||||
Turnout | 2,345 | 28% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Low Hill, Smithdown
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ernest Richard Stephenson * | 1,461 | 61% | -9% | |
Labour | C. H. Winter | 725 | 30% | +6% | |
Conservative | J. A. Gunn | 194 | 8% | +2% | |
Majority | 736 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,368 | ||||
Turnout | 2,380 | 25% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Melrose, Westminster
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Lafferty * | 1,074 | 64% | +1% | |
Liberal | M. J. Lynch | 133 | 8% | -5% | |
Conservative | W. Gilbody | 463 | 28% | +5% | |
Majority | 611 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,018 | ||||
Turnout | 1,670 | 19% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Old Swan
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Willian M. Galbraith * | 1,730 | 40% | ||
Conservative | N. F. Derrick | 1,353 | 31% | ||
Labour | T. McManus | 844 | 19% | ||
Independent Liberal | W. J. McCullough | 105 | 2% | ||
Old Swan Residents' Association | A. R. Dronfield | 338 | 8% | ||
Majority | 377 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,108 | ||||
Turnout | 4,370 | 33% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Picton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Herbert Edward Herrity * | 1,990 | 49% | ||
Labour | A. Fletcher | 1,282 | 32% | ||
Conservative | J. McDermott | 726 | 18% | ||
Communist | J. Volleamere | 65 | 2% | ||
Majority | 708 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,505 | ||||
Turnout | 4,063 | 35% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Pirrie
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P. Owens * | 1,884 | 50% | 67% | |
Liberal | Carol McNeilly | 668 | 18% | ||
Conservative | I. Brown | 1,235 | 33% | ||
Majority | 649 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,539 | ||||
Turnout | 3,787 | 24% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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St. Mary's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. C. Evans * | 1,302 | 47% | ||
Liberal | C. Litster | 542 | 20% | ||
Conservative | D. W. Baskett | 910 | 33% | ||
Majority | 392 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,820 | ||||
Turnout | 2,754 | 28% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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St. Michael's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Richard Kemp | 1,257 | 40% | ||
Conservative | S. T. Moss (PARTY) | 1,206 | 39% | ||
Labour | J. Hughes | 658 | 21% | ||
Majority | 51 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,892 | ||||
Turnout | 3,121 | 32% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Sandhills, Vauxhall
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Morgan * | 1,403 | 84% | ||
Liberal | G. Weatherall | 90 | 5% | ||
Conservative | P. K. Mostyn | 177 | 11% | ||
Majority | 1,226 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,052 | ||||
Turnout | 1,670 | 17% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Speke
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Short (PARTY) | 1,345 | 48% | ||
Conservative | C. W. Harpin | 710 | 25% | ||
Independent Labour | P. Moorhead | 498 | 18% | ||
Liberal | M. D. Piercy | 265 | 9% | ||
Majority | 635 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,497 | ||||
Turnout | 2,818 | 19% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Tuebrook
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Robert Gore (PARTY) | 1,412 | 40% | -3% | |
Labour | Christine O'Rourke | 1,131 | 32% | +2% | |
Conservative | C. E. Jennings | 939 | 27% | +3% | |
Communist | J. Jackson | 57 | 2% | -1% | |
Majority | 281 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,423 | ||||
Turnout | 3,539 | 31% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Warbreck
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Joseph Lang | 1,592 | 43% | ||
Conservative | D. J. Jones | 1,223 | 33% | -20% | |
Labour | Ellen Kelly | 861 | 23% | -24% | |
British Movement | P. T. Tidy | 69 | 2% | ||
Majority | 369 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,023 | ||||
Turnout | 3,745 | 31% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Woolton, East
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. J. Wright * | 1,741 | 53% | ||
Conservative | Helen Rigby | 698 | 21% | ||
Liberal | Francis Richard Haywood | 635 | 19% | ||
Communist | A. Lowe | 189 | 6% | ||
Majority | 1,043 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,064 | ||||
Turnout | 3,263 | 25% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Woolton, West
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C. J. Hallows * | 3,779 | 61% | ||
Liberal | M. Pistotnik-Howard | 1,467 | 24% | ||
Labour | J. P. McCormack | 916 | 15% | ||
Majority | 2,312 | ||||
Registered electors | 17,834 | ||||
Turnout | 8,162 | 35% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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- Liverpool Daily Post 2 May 1975
- Liverpool Daily Post 2 May 1975
- Liverpool Daily Post 2 May 1975