Liverpool City Council election, 1945

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1945. It was the first local election in which all those who qualified for a parliamentary vote could vote.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen
Conservative 66 -6 24
Labour 44+11 8
Liberal 2 -4 4
Protestant 4+1 1
Independent 3 -1 2

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1945
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 21 45% 81,337
  Labour 35 47% 86,200
  Liberal 1 3.6% 6,550
  Protestant 2 2.2% 4,067
  Independent 2 1.4% 2,576
  Communist 0 0% 0.54% 981

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

As this was the first election since the disruption caused by the Second Eorld War no comparisons are made.

Abercromby

Abercromby - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Francis Lavery 2,466 56%
Labour Harry Livermore 2,439 55%
Conservative Joseph James E. Sloan 1,963 44%
Conservative George Bowman 1,961 44%
Majority 503
Registered electors 12,663
Turnout 4,429 35%

Aigburth

Aigburth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Herbert Mylrea Allen 4,468 60%
Labour John Francis Carr 1,505 20%
Liberal Vera Catherine Davie 827 11%
Independent Arthur Jas. Holland 673 9%
Majority 2,963
Registered electors 16,061
Turnout 7,473 47%

Allerton

Allerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Charles Haswell 2,369 52%
Labour William Dean-Jones 1,392 31%
Liberal Herbert Griffith Edwards 761 17%
Majority 977
Registered electors 9,784
Turnout 4,522 46%

Anfield

Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Aled Owen Roberts 3,818 56%
Labour Eric Barnes 3,031 44%
Majority 787
Registered electors 16,905
Turnout 6,849 41%

Breckfield

Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative David John Lewis 2,554 51%
Labour William Tipping 2,499 49%
Majority 55
Registered electors 12,201
Turnout 5,053 41%

Brunswick

Brunswick - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Andrew Basnett unopposed
Labour Frank Hampton Cain unopposed
Majority
Registered electors 6,410
Turnout

Castle Street

Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William S.S. Hannay 525 96%
Labour A. Kay 24 4%
Majority 501
Registered electors 910
Turnout 549 60%

Childwall

Childwall - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William J. Matthew Clark 3,281 53%
Conservative Alexander Young 3,105 50%
Labour Albert Clegg 1,857 30%
Labour Alice Elliott 1,733 28%
Liberal John Richard Jones 1,070 17%
Liberal Lilian Howorth 909 15%
Majority 1,424
Registered electors 12,988
Turnout 6,208 48%

Croxteth

Croxteth - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour James Cullen 5,205 82%
Labour William Henry Barton 5,091 80%
Independent James Charles Pollard 1,164 18%
Majority 4,041
Registered electors 29,224
Turnout 6,369 22%

Dingle

Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Edward Daniel Whittle 3,919 53%
Conservative George Horrace Duckett 3,523 47%
Majority 396
Registered electors 17,363
Turnout 7,442 43%

Edge Hill

Edge Hill - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour James Johnstone 3,113 64%
Labour John Bagot 3,082 64%
Conservative Joseph Parry 1,733 36%
Conservative Charles Stamper 1,676 35%
Majority 1,380
Registered electors 12,736
Turnout 4,846 38%

Everton

Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour John Leslie Hughes unopposed
Registered electors 12,593

Exchange

Exchange - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Leo Henry Wright 728 74%
Independent Walter McGrath 721 73%
Labour Sarah Ann McArd 252 26%
Labour Herbert F. Granby 257 26%
Majority 471
Registered electors 1,619
Turnout 985 61%


Fairfield

Fairfield - 3 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Henry V. Cove 3,159 46%
Labour Isadore Levin 3,088 45%
Conservative Robert Meadows 3,022 44%
Conservative Charles Tillson 2,992 43%
Labour Edward William Harby 2,984 43%
Conservative James C. Cotdon 2,932 42%
Liberal William H. Ledsom 755 11%
Liberal Charles Frederick Elias 553 8%
Liberal Leonard Baines 467 7%
Majority 137
Registered electors 14,457
Turnout 6,936 48%

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Joseph L. Morgan 4,393 63%
Conservative Robert A. Smith 2,576 37%
Majority 1,817
Registered electors 19,248
Turnout 6,969 36%

Garston

Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Alfred Demain 3,950 66%
Conservative William Fletcher 2,008 34%
Majority 1,942
Registered electors 14,994
Turnout 5,958 40%

Granby

Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Elizabeth Trainor 2,344 53%
Conservative Walter Clarke 2,065 47%
Majority 279
Registered electors 12,424
Turnout 4,409 35%

Great George

Great George - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Robert Edward Cottier unopposed
Labour John David Towers unopposed
Registered electors 3,720

Kensington

Kensington - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour John Matthew Taylor 2,827 51%
Labour Joseph Brogan 2,812 51%
Conservative Jack Creswell 2,663 49%
Conservative Stephen Minion 2,616 48%
Majority 162
Registered electors 13,466
Turnout 5,492 41%

Kirkdale

Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Peter McKernan 4,340 60%
Conservative William E. McLachlan 2,863 40%
Majority 1,477
Registered electors 18,333
Turnout 7,203 39%

Little Woolton

Little Woolton - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative James Forster Brakell 715 68%
Conservative Gordon Frederick Catlin 671 64%
Liberal Marshal Fraser McGregor 196 19%
Labour Margaret Ella Doughty 137 13%
Majority 519
Registered electors 1,456
Turnout 1,048 72%

Low Hill

Low Hill - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Fred Robinson 2,963 55%
Labour David Horan 2,880 54%
Conservative Samuel Cecil Saltmarsh 2,420 45%
Conservative George Moore 2,315 43%
Majority 543
Registered electors 11,568
Turnout 5,383 47%


Much Woolton

Much Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Reginald Wm. Stewart 1,541 59%
Labour Lt. Col. Griffith D. Ellis 1,084 41%
Majority 457
Registered electors 5,180
Turnout 2,625 51%

Netherfield

Netherfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Protestant George E. Lewis 1,611 51%
Labour William J. Riddick 1,562 49%
Majority 48
Registered electors 10,653
Turnout 3,174 30%

North Scotland

North Scotland - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Thomas Fay 1,690 63%
Labour Frederick W. Tucker 1,546 58%
Communist Leo McGree 981 37%
Majority 709
Registered electors 6,778
Turnout 2,671 39%

Old Swan

Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Dr. Samuel Cantor 5,497 53%
Conservative Ernest Walker 4,874 47%
Majority 623
Registered electors 26,860
Turnout 10,371 39%

Prince's Park

Prince's Park - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Sarah Ann Demain 2,476 54%
Labour Henry Evans 2,407 54%
Conservative Charles Cowlin 2,082 46%
Conservative Thomas Thompson 2,044 45%
Majority 394
Registered electors 11,593
Turnout 4,558 39%

Sandhills

Sandhills
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Henry Aldritt unopposed
Registered electors 7,277

St. Anne's

St. Anne's - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Elizabeth M. Braddock M.P. unopposed
Labour Abraham Louis Caplan unopposed
Registered electors 5,996

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Protestant Albert Victor Harris 2,456 55%
Labour Charles Gallacher 1,970 45%
Majority 486
Registered electors 12,399
Turnout 4,426 36%

St. Peter's

St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John D.R.T. Tilney 423 72%
Labour Peter James O'Hare 154 26%
Independent and anti war F.Bowman 11 2%
Majority 269
Registered electors 1,108
Turnout 588 53%

Sefton Park East

Sefton Park East - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Frank N. Holland 3,352 66%
Conservative Arthur Maiden 3,268 65%
Labour Margaret Roberts 1,700 34%
Labour Louie Viner 1,517 30%
Majority 1,652
Registered electors 13,664
Turnout 5,052 37%

Sefton Park West

Sefton Park West - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Arthur Brierley Collins 3,104 66%
Conservative Frederick Bidston 3,043 64%
Labour Cecil Ronffignac 1,618 34%
Labour John Eric Yeadon 1,565 33%
Majority 1,486
Registered electors 10,398
Turnout 4,722 45%

South Scotland

South Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Michael John Reppion unopposed
Registered electors 5,971

Vauxhall

Vauxhall - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Joseph Cyril Brady unopposed
Labour Thomas Hogan unopposed
Registered electors 2,526

Walton

Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Richard Edward Searle 4,681 48%
Labour Arthur Jas. Brownlow 4,508 46%
Liberal Evan Llewelln Lloyd 594 6%
Majority 173
Registered electors 22,454
Turnout 9,783 44%

Warbreck

Warbreck - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Herbert W. Metcalfe '3,648 49%
Conservative John Green 3,637 49%
Labour Frederick J. Hughes 2,354 32%
Labour William H. Pugh 2,325 31%
Liberal Walter Howarth 1,450 19%
Liberal Marv. G. Ruddy 1,371 18%
Majority 1,294
Registered electors 19,161
Turnout 7,452 39%

Wavertree

Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Harold Threlfall Wilson 6,100 58%
Labour Joseph Brian Alexander 4,447 42%
Majority 1,653
Registered electors 22,419
Turnout 10,547 47%

Wavertree West

Wavertree West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Charles James Minton 2,517 51%
Conservative Florence Blume Levy 2,011 41%
Liberal Douglas K. Mitchell 372 8%
Majority 506
Registered electors 10,994
Turnout 4,900 45%

West Derby

West Derby - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert C. Beattie 7,478 59%
Conservative Hedley A. Williams 7,477 595
Labour John C. Carroll 5,241 415
Labour Thomas W. Jolley 5,313 425
Majority 2,237
Registered electors 30,484
Turnout 12,719 425

[1] [2]

Aldermanic elections

At the meeting of the City Council on 9th November 1945 the terms of office of twenty of the forty Aldermen expired and the councilors (but not the sitting aldermen) elected twenty Aldermen to fill the vacant positiond for a term of six years.

PartyAlderman
Conservative Thomas Henry Burton *
Conservative John Case *
Labour Joseph Jackson Cleary *
Conservative Alexander Critchley *
Conservative Harold Edward Davies *
Conservative Thomas Dowd *
Labour Patrick Fay *
Conservative Mabel Fletcher *
Conservative Robert Duncan French *
Labour Alexander Griffin *
Labour Bertie Victor Kirby M.P.
Conservative Walter Thomas Lancashire *
Conservative Alfred Levy *
Labour David Gilbert Logan M.P.
Protestant Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom *
Conservative George Miller Platt *
Conservative James Graham Reece *
Labour William Albert Robinson *
Conservative George Alfred Srong *
Conservative Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson *

[3]

By-elections

Netherfield, 29 January 1946

Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Matthew Clark (Labour, netherfield, elected 1st November 1938). [4]

Netherfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Protestant William George Jones 1,302 53%
Labour William James Riddick 1,144 47%
Majority 158
Registered electors 10,653
Turnout 2,446 23%
Protestant hold Swing

Dingle 19th February 1946

Caused by the death of Councillor George William Gillespie (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1st November 1937).

Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Horrace Duckett 3,546 54%
Labour William Basil Cashin 3,004 46%
Majority 542
Registered electors 17,363
Turnout 6,550 38%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

[5]

Breckfield, 9th May 1946

Alderman Thomas Dowd died on 19th March 1946. [6]

Councillor Ada Martha Burton (Conservative, elected for the Breckfield ward 1st November 1938) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 3rd April 1946 to fill this vacancy. [7]

Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Thomas Henry Thompson 2,539 61%
George Henry Dunbar 1,630 39%
Majority 909
Registered electors 12,201
Turnout 4,169 34%

Aigburth, 16th May 1946

Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Edward Stirling Napier (Conservative, Aigburth, elected 1st November 1937).

Aigburth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Richard Martin Bingham 5,036 73%
Victor Harold Edgar Baker 1,255 18%
Edmund Booth 619 9%
Majority 3,781
Registered electors 16,061
Turnout 6,910 43%

South Scotland,

Alderman Parick Fay died on 16th April 1946. [8]

Councilor Joseph Harrington (Labout, South Scotland, elected 1st November 1937) was elected by the councillors as an alderman to fill this vacancy. [9]

Childwall

Councillor Stanley Foster (Conservative, Childwall, elected 1st November 1937) died on 18 May 1946. [10]

References

  1. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1945
  2. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946
  3. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 7
  4. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 208
  5. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 278
  6. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 346
  7. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 347
  8. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 424
  9. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 427
  10. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 492
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