Liverpool City Council election, 1946
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1946.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
| Labour | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
| Protestant | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
| Liberal | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
Election result
| Liverpool Local Election Result 1946 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
| Conservative | 22 | 51% | 106,206 | |||||||
| Labour | 14 | 45% | 96,623 | |||||||
| Protestant | 2 | 2.3% | 4,890 | |||||||
| Independent | 1 | 0.83% | 1,729 | |||||||
| Liberal | 1 | 0.91% | 1,911 | |||||||
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.64% | 1,342 | |||
Ward results
* - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
Due to the disruptions caused by the Second World War, no comparisons are made.
Abercromby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Reginald Bevins | 2,,435 | 52% | ||
| Labour | Richard Clitherow | 2,279 | 48% | ||
| Majority | 156 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,858 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,714 | 34% | |||
Aigburth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Vere Egerton Cotton | 5,778 | 82% | ||
| Labour | Eric Barnes | 1,249 | 18% | ||
| Majority | 4,529 | ||||
| Registered electors | 16,530 | ||||
| Turnout | 7,027 | 43% | |||
Allerton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John McMillan | 3,211 | 64% | ||
| Labour | Charles Chesworth | 1,325 | 27% | ||
| Liberal | William Henry Ledsom | 459 | 9% | ||
| Majority | 1,886 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,076 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,995 | 50% | |||
Anfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William John Harrop | 4,672 | 60% | ||
| Labour | John Christopher Caroll | 3,151 | 40% | ||
| Majority | 1,521 | ||||
| Registered electors | 17,660 | ||||
| Turnout | 7,823 | 44% | |||
Breckfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George William Prout | 3,308 | 59% | ||
| Labour | Peter Joseph Haines | 2,306 | 41% | ||
| Majority | 1,002 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,166 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,614 | 43% | |||
Brunswick
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joseph Whitehead | 2,377 | 81% | ||
| Conservative | William Henry Bevan | 411 | 14% | ||
| Communist | Albert Southern | 131 | 4.5% | ||
| Majority | 1,966 | ||||
| Registered electors | 7,593 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,919 | 38% | |||
Castle Street
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Hertbert Neville Bewley | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 892 | ||||
Childwall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jack Creswell | 4,860 | 76% | ||
| Labour | Thomas McConnell | 1,535 | 24% | ||
| Majority | 3,325 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,294 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,395 | 43% | |||
Croxteth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alfred Hargreaves | 5,514 | 54% | ||
| Conservative | John G. Morgan | 4,238 | 41% | ||
| Communist | John Coward | 478 | 4.7% | ||
| Majority | 1,276 | ||||
| Registered electors | 30,938 | ||||
| Turnout | 10,230 | 33% | |||
Dingle
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Basil Cashin | 4,035 | 51% | ||
| Conservative | Edward Thomas White | 3,877 | 49% | ||
| Majority | 158 | ||||
| Registered electors | 18,244 | ||||
| Turnout | 7,912 | 43% | |||
Edge Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Arthur Leadbetter | 2,973 | 56% | ||
| Conservative | Bertram Saul Morgan | 2,125 | 40% | ||
| Communist | Sidney Foster | 172 | 3.2% | ||
| Independent | Charles Henry Parry | 23 | 0.43% | ||
| Majority | 848 | ||||
| Registered electors | 18,244 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,293 | 29% | |||
Everton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Nickson | 3,165 | 66% | ||
| Conservative | Joseph George Hatton | 1,620 | 34% | ||
| Majority | 1,545 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,629 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,785 | 35% | |||
Exchange
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Gerard Granby | 648 | 73% | ||
| Labour | Alfred Strange | 228 | 26% | ||
| Independent | Frederick Bowman | 9 | 1% | ||
| Majority | 420 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,589 | ||||
| Turnout | 885 | 56% | |||
Fairfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Meadows | 3,912 | 57% | ||
| Labour | Dorothy C. Keeling | 2,973 | 43% | ||
| Majority | 939 | ||||
| Registered electors | 15,828 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,885 | 43% | |||
Fazakerley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Arthur J. Brownlow | 4,404 | 53% | ||
| Conservative | George Moore | 3,929 | 47% | ||
| Majority | 475 | ||||
| Registered electors | 20,478 | ||||
| Turnout | 8,333 | 41% | |||
Garston
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alex Hardman | 3,584 | 57% | ||
| Conservative | Victor C. Sutton | 2,355 | 38% | ||
| Independent | Arthur J.Holland | 301 | 5% | ||
| Majority | 1,229 | ||||
| Registered electors | 16,027 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,240 | 39% | |||
Granby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Walter Clarke | 2,457 | 50% | ||
| Labour | William Tipping | 2,435 | 50% | ||
| Majority | 22 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,302 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,892 | 37% | |||
Great George
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William George Ingham | 827 | 56% | ||
| Conservative | John Gwilyn Hughes | 805 | 55% | ||
| Labour | Alexander Kay | 644 | 44% | ||
| Labour | John Hamilton | 632 | 43% | ||
| Majority | 183 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,953 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,471 | 37% | |||
Kensington
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Frederick H. Bailey | 3,117 | 52% | ||
| Labour | Walter Gibbs | 2,838 | 48% | ||
| Majority | 279 | ||||
| Registered electors | 14,505 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,955 | 41% | |||
Kirkdale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Isaac Richmond | 3,986 | 56% | ||
| Conservative | Joseph Trevor Booth | 3,182 | 44% | ||
| Majority | 804 | ||||
| Registered electors | 19,580 | ||||
| Turnout | 7,168 | 37% | |||
Little Woolton
No election.
Low Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Nuttall Maxwell Entwistle | 2,502 | 51% | ||
| Labour | William Dean-Jones | 2,364 | 49% | ||
| Majority | 138 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,372 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,866 | 39% | |||
Much Woolton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Vivian Forsyth Crosthwaite | 1,886 | 63% | ||
| Labour | Griffith Daniel Ellis | 1,128 | 37% | ||
| Majority | 758 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,387 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,014 | 56% | |||
Netherfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Protestant | Harry Victor Shaw | 2,161 | 57% | ||
| Labour | George Carmichael | 1,634 | 43% | ||
| Majority | 527 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,300 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,795 | 37% | |||
North Scotland
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joseph O'Neill | 2,140 | 83% | ||
| Communist | Leo Joseph McGree | 424 | 17% | ||
| Majority | 1,716 | ||||
| Registered electors | 7,187 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,564 | 36% | |||
Old Swan
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Leslie Thomas Rogers | 6,834 | 56% | ||
| Labour | Clifford Selly | 5,290 | 44% | ||
| Majority | 1,553 | ||||
| Registered electors | 28,456 | ||||
| Turnout | 12,133 | 43% | |||
Prince's Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Browne | 2,627 | 52% | ||
| Labour | Mrs. Ethel May Wormald | 2,416 | 48% | ||
| Majority | 211 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,421 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,043 | 41% | |||
Sandhills
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Henry Dunford | 2,076 | 74% | ||
| Conservative | John Edward Molloy | 715 | 26% | ||
| Majority | 1,361 | ||||
| Registered electors | 7,904 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,791 | 35% | |||
St. Anne's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd | 1,138 | 59% | ||
| Independent | John Larkin | 780 | 41% | ||
| Majority | 358 | ||||
| Registered electors | 6,420 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,918 | 30% | |||
St. Domingo
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protestant | James Wareing | 2,729 | 58% | ||
| Labour | Walter Louis Cleaver | 2,006 | 42% | ||
| Majority | 723 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,428 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,735 | 35% | |||
St. Peter's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Mrs Evaline Ida Bligh | 370 | 69% | ||
| Labour | Peter James O'Hare | 166 | 31% | ||
| Majority | 204 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,260 | ||||
| Turnout | 536 | 43% | |||
Sefton Park East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Webster Armour | 3,600 | 72% | ||
| Labour | Robert Craig Smart | 1,409 | 28% | ||
| Majority | 2,191 | ||||
| Registered electors | 14,664 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,009 | 34% | |||
Sefton Park West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Walter Pickles | 3,733 | 68% | ||
| Labour | Thomas Scott | 1,732 | 32% | ||
| Majority | 2,001 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,104 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,465 | 49% | |||
South Scotland
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Frederick Ernest Granby | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 6,375 | ||||
Vauxhall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Patrick J. O'Brien | 656 | 72% | ||
| Conservative | Ernest Watkinson | 258 | 28% | ||
| Communist | |||||
| Majority | 398 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,637 | ||||
| Turnout | 914 | 35% | |||
Walton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Reginald Richard Bailey | 5,490 | 54% | ||
| Labour | Charles McDonald | 4,689 | 46% | ||
| Majority | 801 | ||||
| Registered electors | 23,677 | ||||
| Turnout | 10,179 | 43% | |||
Warbreck
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Arthur Whitaker Lowe | 4,535 | 62% | ||
| Labour | John Metcalf | 2,795 | 38% | ||
| Majority | 1,740 | ||||
| Registered electors | 20,101 | ||||
| Turnout | 7,330 | 36% | |||
Wavertree
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Village | 6,267 | 57% | ||
| Labour | John F. Hughes | 3,720 | 34% | ||
| Liberal | Francis F.C. Moulton | 1,082 | 10% | ||
| Majority | 2,547 | ||||
| Registered electors | 23,442 | ||||
| Turnout | 11,069 | 47% | |||
Wavertree West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Wallace | 2,966 | 53% | ||
| Conservative | Maurice Voss | 2,545 | 45% | ||
| Communist | Thomas McCann | 137 | 2% | ||
| Majority | 421 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,779 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,648 | 48% | |||
West Derby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles William Wingrove | 8,086 | 63% | ||
| Labour | Edward William Harby | 4,665 | 37% | ||
| Majority | 3,421 | ||||
| Registered electors | 32,400 | ||||
| Turnout | 12,751 | 39% | |||
By-elections
Aigburth 28 November 1946
On 9th November 1946 the aldermanic vacancy caused by the death of Alderman William Denton (???), Vere Egerton Cotton C.B.E. (Conservative, elected to the Aigburth ward on 1st November 1946) was elected as an Alderman.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Latham Bateson | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 16,530 | ||||
Castle Street 4th February 1947
Alderman John Case died on 1st December 1946. [3]
On 8th January 1947 the Council elected Councillor Herbert Neville Bewley (Conservative ) as an Alderman. [4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Thomas Winlock Harley | 411 | |||
| Herbert Griffith Edwards | 47 | ||||
| Clifford Selly | 15 | ||||
| Majority | 364 | ||||
| Registered electors | 892 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Garston 2nd April 1947
Alderman Sir Sydney Jones died on 16th February 1947.[6]
Councillor Joseph Williams ( ) was elected by the Council as an Alderman on 5th March 1947 to fill the vacant post left by the death of Alderman Sir Sydney Jones.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Clarke | 3,588 | ||||
| William Henry Sefton | 3,279 | ||||
| Majority | 309 | ||||
| Registered electors | 16,027 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
North Scotland 29th May 1947
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Thomas Fay(Labour, elected ??? ).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Francis Granby | 2,167 | ||||
| Richard Haddow Forrest | 507 | ||||
| Majority | 1,660 | ||||
| Registered electors | 7,187 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
References
- ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1946
- ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947
- ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 pg 110
- ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 pg 182
- ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 pg 272
- ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 pg 334
- ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 pg 272
- ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 pg 412
- ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 pg 552