1947 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1947. This was the last local election held at the beginning of November.

1947 Liverpool City Council election
November 1, 1947 (1947-11-01)
Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party)[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative ?? ?? ?? ??
Labour ?? ?? ?? ??
Protestant ?? ?? ?? ??
Liberal ?? ?? ?? ??

Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1947
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 28 58% 144,371
  Labour 9 39% 98,200
  Protestant 2 2% 5,782
  Independent 1 0.49% 1,216
  Liberal 0 0% 0.21% 527
  Communist 0 0% 0.20% 499

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Due to the disruption in elections caused by The Second World War no comparisons are made with other elections.

Abercromby
Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis Joseph Bullen 3,160 54%
Labour Harry Livermore 2,689 46%
Majority 471
Registered electors 14,189
Turnout 5,849 41%

Aigburth
Aigburth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Herbert M. Allen 7,871 83%
Labour William Firman Aldis 1,604 17%
Majority 6,267
Registered electors 16,307
Turnout 9,475 58%

Allerton
Allerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mrs Margaret J. Strong 3,817 68%
Labour Mrs. Edith Evans 1,306 23%
Liberal Herbert Griffith Edwards 527 9%
Majority 2,511
Registered electors 9,853
Turnout 5,650 57%

Anfield
Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Albert Joseph White 5,964 64%
Labour Richard Clitherow 3,288 36%
Majority 2,676
Registered electors 17,429
Turnout 9,252 53%

Breckfield
Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Jean Lewis 4,086 60%
Labour John Hamilton 2,681 40%
Majority 1,405
Registered electors 13,209
Turnout 6,767 51%

Brunswick
Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Hampton Cain 2,360 75%
Conservative William Henry Beavan 695 22%
Communist Albert Southern 83 3%
Majority 1,665
Registered electors 13,209
Turnout 3,138 24%

Castle Street
Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Bennett unopposed

Childwall
Childwall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexander Young 5,914 82%
Labour William Hamling 1,341 18%
Majority 4,573
Registered electors 13,198
Turnout 7,255 55%

Croxteth
Croxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sydney Smart 6,478 51%
Labour William Henry Barton 5,874 47%
Communist Miss Winifred May George 244 2%
Majority 604
Registered electors 32,352
Turnout 12,596 39%
Conservative hold Swing

Dingle
Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Thomas White 4,951 54%
Labour Edward Daniel Whittle 4,194 46%
Majority 757
Registered electors 18,941
Turnout 9,145 48%
Conservative hold Swing

Edge Hill
Edge Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Bagot 2,822 54%
Conservative Stanley Alexander Hughes 2,411 46%
Independent Charles Henry Parry 39 1%
Majority 411
Registered electors 13,606
Turnout 5,272 39%
Labour hold Swing

Everton
Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Braddock 3,138 58%
Conservative Charles C. Carter 2,246 42%
Majority 892
Registered electors 13,792
Turnout 5,384 39%
Labour hold Swing

Exchange
Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Walter McGrath 704 79%
Labour Francis Edward Campbell 188 21%
Majority 516
Registered electors 1,620
Turnout 892 55%
Independent hold Swing

Fairfield
Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Nash 5,368 66%
Labour Isidore Levin 2,818 34%
Majority 2,550
Registered electors 15,930
Turnout 8,186 51%
Conservative hold Swing

Fazakerley
Fazakerley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Pugh Thompson 5,571 54%
Labour John F. Hughes 4,779 46%
Majority 792
Registered electors 20,381
Turnout 10,350 51%
Conservative hold Swing

Garston
Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Clarke 5,106 54%
Labour William H. Sefton 4,306 46%
Majority 800
Registered electors 16,631
Turnout 9,412 57%
Conservative hold Swing

Granby
Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Edward Thompson 3,123 55%
Labour Victor Harold E. Baker 2,605 45%
Majority 518
Registered electors 13,351
Turnout 5,728 43%
Conservative hold Swing

Great George
Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Gwilym Hughes 1,016 55%
Labour Clifford Selly 815 45%
Majority 201
Registered electors 3,894
Turnout 1,831 47%
Conservative hold Swing

Kensington
Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold W. Hughes 4,033 56%
Labour Joseph Brogan 3,221 44%
Majority 812
Registered electors 14,481
Turnout 7,254 50%
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkdale
Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Francis Carr 4,680 52%
Conservative Joseph Trevor Booth 4,328 48%
Majority 352
Registered electors 19,759
Turnout 9,008 46%
Labour hold Swing

Little Woolton
Little Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Frederick Catlin 1,134 84%
Labour William Thomas Benn 189 14%
Independent Frederick Bowman 21 2%
Majority 945
Registered electors 1,974
Turnout 1,344 68%
Conservative hold Swing

Low Hill
Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Cecil Saltmarsh 3,319 55%
Labour David Horan 2,716 45%
Majority 603
Registered electors 12,346
Turnout 6,035 49%
Conservative hold Swing

Much Woolton
Much Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Isaac Robinson 2,331 74%
Labour Noel Arthur Pinches 838 26%
Majority 1,493
Registered electors 5,463
Turnout 3,169 58%
Conservative hold Swing

Netherfield
Netherfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protestant George Edward Lewis 2,446 63%
Labour George Carmichael 1,427 37%
Majority 1,019
Registered electors 10,375
Turnout 3,873 37%
Protestant hold Swing

North Scotland
North Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frederick William Tucker 1,781 75%
Conservative John Kenneth Hart 416 18%
Communist John Coward 172 7%
Majority 1,365
Registered electors 7,237
Turnout 2,369 33%
Labour hold Swing

Old Swan
Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Nathaniel Bates 9,000 66%
Labour William Williams 4,669 34%
Majority 4,331
Registered electors 28,181
Turnout 13,669 49%
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park
Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Cowlin 3,456 55%
Labour Henry Evans 2,838 45%
Majority 618
Registered electors 12,488
Turnout 6,294 50%
Conservative hold Swing

Sandhills
Sandhills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stanley Part 2,421 73%
Conservative Frederick Charles Hitches 891 27%
Majority 1,530
Registered electors 8,047
Turnout 3,312 41%
Labour hold Swing

St. Anne's
St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abram Louis Caplan 1,679 62%
Conservative Joseph Edward Gallagher 574 21%
Independent Thomas Patrick Healy 452 17%
Majority 1,105
Registered electors 6,242
Turnout 2,705 43%
Labour hold Swing

St. Domingo
St. Domingo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protestant Mrs. Mary Jane Longbottom 3,336 60%
Labour Walter Richard Maylor 2,222 40%
Majority 1,114
Registered electors 13,378
Turnout 5,558 42%
Protestant hold Swing

St. Peter's
St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James William Brown 411 70%
Labour Peter James O'Hare 178 30%
Majority 233
Registered electors 1,281
Turnout 589 46%
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park East
Sefton Park East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Walter Isaac Throssell 4,555 74%
Labour Norman Bates 1,622 26%
Majority 2,933
Registered electors 14,687
Turnout 6,177 42%
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park West
Sefton Park West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Bidston 4,454 78%
Labour Mrs. Anne Caine 1,292 22%
Majority 3,162
Registered electors 11,243
Turnout 5,746 51%
Conservative hold Swing

South Scotland
South Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Sheehan unopposed
Registered electors 6,302
Labour hold Swing

Vauxhall
Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Cyril Brady 918 69%
Conservative Mrs. Freda James 421 31%
Majority 497
Registered electors 2,705
Turnout 1,339 50%
Labour hold Swing

Walton
Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Jones 7,331 60%
Labour William Richard Gerrard 4,921 40%
Majority 2,410
Registered electors 23,678
Turnout 12,252 52%
Conservative hold Swing

Warbreck
Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Rickard 6,661 71%
Labour Francis David Heron 2,690 29%
Majority 3,971
Registered electors 19,774
Turnout 9,351 47%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree
Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stanley Ronald Williams 8,590 73%
Labour Francis Burke 3,225 27%
Majority 5,365
Registered electors 23,200
Turnout 11,815 51%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree West
Wavertree West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold Lees 3,487 55%
Labour Thomas Warburton Jolley 2,857 45%
Majority 630
Registered electors 11,729
Turnout 6,344 54%
Conservative hold Swing

West Derby
West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hedley Arthur Williams 11,202 69%
Labour Edward William Harby 5,008 31%
Majority 6,194
Registered electors 31,782
Turnout 16,210 51%
Conservative hold Swing

[2] [3]

By-elections

Great George 20 January 1948

Caused by the resignation of Mr. Robert Edward Cottier (Labour, elected November 1945).

Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clifford Skelly 719 50%
Conservative Charlotte Emma Turner 716 50%
Majority 3
Registered electors 3,894
Turnout 1,435
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

[4]

Kensington 15 April 1948

Caused by the death of Councillor Frederick Harold Bailey (Conservative, elected November 1946) on 24 February 1948 [5]

Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Minion 3,199
Labour Joseph Brogan 2,267
Majority
Registered electors 14,481
Turnout 5,466
Conservative hold Swing

[6]

Walton 10 June 1948

Alderman James Graham Reece JP died on 24 March 1948' [7]

Councillor Reginald Richard Bailey was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 5 May 1948. [8]

Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Moore 5,145
Labour William Richard Gerrard 3,056
Majority 2,109
Registered electors 23,678
Turnout 8,205
Conservative hold Swing

[9]

Edge Hill 22 July 1948

Caused by the resignation of Arthur Leadbetter (Labour, elected November 1946)

Edge Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Horan 2,217
Samuel Curtis 1,876
Sidney Foster 85
Independent Charles Henry Parry 18
Majority 341
Registered electors 13,606
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

[10]

Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. died on 24 September 1948. [11]

Councillor James Forster Brakell died on 4 October 1948. [12]

References
  1. Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1947
  3. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948
  4. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 229
  5. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 290
  6. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 430
  7. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 364
  8. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 431
  9. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 588
  10. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 668
  11. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 746
  12. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948 page 746
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