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1951 Liverpool City Council election

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1951 Liverpool City Council election

← 1950 11 May 1951 (1951-05-11) 1952 →

Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party)[1]

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 11 May 1951.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party Councillors   ±   Aldermen
Conservative ?? ?? ??
Labour ?? ?? ??
Protestant ?? ?? ??
Liberal ?? ?? ??

Election result

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Liverpool Local Election Result 1951
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 28 68% 58% 120,053
  Labour 10 24% 38% 79,531
  Protestant 2 5% 2% 4,230
  Independent 1 2.4% 0.31% 646
  Liberal 0 0 0 0 0% 0.47% 964
  Communist 0 0 0 0 0% 0.065% 134

Ward results

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* - Councillor seeking re-election

(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

The terms of office expired in 1951 for those councillors who were elected in November 1947. Therefore comparisons are made with the 1947 election results.

Abercromby

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Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis Joseph Bullen * 2,740 53% −1%
Labour William Smyth 2,391 47% +1%
Majority 349
Registered electors 13,488
Turnout 5,131 38% −3%
Conservative hold Swing

Aigburth

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Aigburth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Herbert Mylrea Allen * 5,842 83% 0%
Liberal William Edward Oates 600 9%
Labour Roy Stoddart 565 8% −9%
Majority 5,267
Registered electors 15,607
Turnout 6,997 45% −13%
Conservative hold Swing

Allerton

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Allerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mrs. Margaret Jane Strong * 3,068 76% +8%
Labour William Rice-Jones 615 15% −8%
Liberal Mrs. Helena France 364 9%
Majority 2,453
Registered electors 9,583
Turnout 4,047 42% −15%
Conservative hold Swing

Anfield

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Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Albert James White * 4,698 68% −4%
Labour Walter Richard Maylor 2,181 32% −4%
Majority 2,517
Registered electors 16,560
Turnout 6,879 42% 53%
Conservative hold Swing

Breckfield

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Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David John Lewis * 3,100 66% +6%
Labour Terence Roberts 1,621 34% −6%
Majority 1,479
Registered electors 12,893
Turnout 4,721 37% −14%
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

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Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Hampton Cain * 1,982 77% −2%
Conservative Mrs. Marrion Browne 582 23% −1%
Majority 1,400
Registered electors 7,546
Turnout 2,564 34% +10%
Labour hold Swing

Castle Street

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Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Poole (PARTY) 499 98%
Labour Thomas McNerney 11 2%
Majority 488
Registered electors 922
Turnout 510 55%
Conservative hold Swing

Childwall

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Childwall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexander Young * 4,748 86% −4%
Labour Mrs. Eleanor Elizabeth Wright 766 14% −4%
Majority 3,982
Registered electors 13,476
Turnout 5,514 41% −14%
Conservative hold Swing

Croxteth

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Croxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sydney Smart * 6,595 51% 0%
Conservative Charles McDonald 6,346 49% −2%
Majority 249
Registered electors 34,017
Turnout 12,941 38% −1%
Conservative hold Swing

Dingle

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Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stanley Airey (PARTY) 4,470 51% +3%
Labour Lewis Charles Edwards 4,344 49% −3%
Majority 126
Registered electors 17,840
Turnout 8,814 49% −1%
Conservative hold Swing

Edge Hill

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Edge Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Bagot * 2,283 52% −2%
Conservative William Thomas 2,129 48% +2%
Majority 154
Registered electors 13,599
Turnout 4,412 32% −7%
Labour hold Swing

Everton

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Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Braddock * 2,670 58% 0%
Conservative Ernest Johnson 1,970 42% 0%
Majority 700
Registered electors 13,213
Turnout 4,640 35% −4%
Labour hold Swing 0%

Exchange

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Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Walter McGrath * 646 74% −5%
Labour John Cullen 226 26% +5%
Majority 420
Registered electors 1,656
Turnout 872 53% −2%
Independent hold Swing -5%

Fairfield

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Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Nash * 4,071 67% −1%
Labour William Indcox Davies 2,028 33% +1%
Majority 2,043
Registered electors 15,494
Turnout 6,099 39% −12%
Conservative hold Swing -1%

Fazakerley

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Fazakerley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Pugh Thompson M.P. * 5,288 54% 0%
Labour James Gardner 4,523 46% 0%
Majority 765
Registered electors 19,900
Turnout 9,811 49% −2%
Conservative hold Swing 0%

Garston

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Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Clarke * 4,958 55% +1%
Labour William Henry Sefton 4,038 45% −1%
Majority 920
Registered electors 19,796
Turnout 8,996 45% −12%
Conservative hold Swing +1%

Granby

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Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Edward Thompson * 2,742 55% 0%
Labour Mrs. Elizabeth Trainor 2,225 45% 0%
Majority 517
Registered electors 12,869
Turnout 4,967 39% −4%
Conservative hold Swing

Great George

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Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John James Coupland (PARTY) 920 57% +2%
Labour Thomas George Dominic Maguire 686 43% −2%
Majority 234
Registered electors 3,360
Turnout 1,606 48% +1%
Conservative hold Swing

Kensington

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Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold William Hughes * 3,235 57% +1%
Labour Frederick Walker 2,476 43% −1%
Majority 759
Registered electors 14,074
Turnout 5,711 41% −9%
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkdale

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Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Shaw 3,666 51% +3%
Labour John Francis Carr * 3,564 49% −3%
Majority 102
Registered electors 19,710
Turnout 7,230 37% −9%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +3%

Little Woolton

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Little Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Frederick Catlin * 1,257 68% −16%
Labour Francis Burke 603 32% +18%
Majority 654
Registered electors 3,047
Turnout 1,860 61% −7%
Conservative hold Swing -16%

Low Hill

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Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Cecil Saltmarsh * 3,005 55% 0%
Labour Charles Morris 2,465 45% 0%
Majority 540
Registered electors 12,003
Turnout 5,470 46% −3%
Conservative hold Swing

Much Woolton

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Much Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Norton (PARTY) 2,399 82% +8%
Labour Alan Frank Skinner 523 18% −8%
Majority 1,876
Registered electors 6,367
Turnout 2,922 46% −8%
Conservative hold Swing +8%

Netherfield

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Netherfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protestant George Edward Lewis * 1,878 67% +4%
Labour Thomas Robinson 926 33% −4%
Majority 952
Registered electors 10,134
Turnout 2,804 28% +9%
Protestant hold Swing +4%

North Scotland

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North Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frederick William Tucker * 1,634 63% −12%
Independent John Joseph Fay 930 36%
Communist John William Coward 18 1% −6%
Majority 1,634
Registered electors 7,185
Turnout 2,582 36% +3%
Labour hold Swing -12%

Old Swan

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Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Nathaniel Bates * 7,279 71% +5%
Labour Joseph Mooney 3,028 29% −5%
Majority 4,251
Registered electors 27,217
Turnout 10,307 38% −11%
Conservative hold Swing +5%

Prince's Park

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Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Cowlin * 2,690 56% +1%
Labour Thomas McManus 2,118 44% −1%
Majority 572
Registered electors 11,977
Turnout 4,808 40% −10%
Conservative hold Swing +1%

Sandhills

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Sandhills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stanley Part * 2,332 75% +2%
Conservative Leonard James Carr 790 25% −2%
Majority 1,542
Registered electors 8,160
Turnout 3,122 38% −3%
Labour hold Swing +2%

St. Anne's

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St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abraham Louis Caplan * 1,242 73% +11%
Conservative Frank Scott 467 27% +6%
Majority 775
Registered electors 5,537
Turnout 1,709 31% −12%
Labour hold Swing +11%

St. Domingo

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St. Domingo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protestant Mrs. Mary Jane Longbottom * 2,352 65% +5%
Labour Frank Keating 1,281 35% −5%
Majority 1,281
Registered electors 13,257
Turnout 3,633 27% −15%
Protestant hold Swing +5%

St. Peter's

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St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James William Brown * 457 59% −11%
Labour Mrs. Elsie Ellen Gough 323 41% +11%
Majority 134
Registered electors 1,437
Turnout 780 54% +8%
Conservative hold Swing -11%

Sefton Park East

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Sefton Park East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Walter Isaac Throssell * 3,877 74% 0%
Labour Matthew John Grimes 1,337 26% 0%
Majority 2,540
Registered electors 14,249
Turnout 5,214 37% −5%
Conservative hold Swing 0%

Sefton Park West

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Sefton Park West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Bidston * 3,744 75% −3%
Labour Keith Samuel Williams 1,265 25% +3%
Majority 2,479
Registered electors 10,825
Turnout 5,009 46% −5%
Conservative hold Swing -3%

South Scotland

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South Scotland - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Sheehan * 1,471 92%
Labour David Cowley 1,465 91%
Communist Richard Cuerdon 134 8%
Majority 1,471
Registered electors 6,670
Turnout 1,605 24%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Vauxhall

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Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Cyril Brady * 666 69% 0%
Conservative William Alfred Manley Crawford 306 31% 0%
Majority 360
Registered electors 2,827
Turnout 972 34% −16%
Labour hold Swing 0%

Walton

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Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mrs Mary Elizabeth Jones * 5,584 65% +5%
Labour William Dean-Jones 2,984 35% −5%
Majority 2,600
Registered electors 23,104
Turnout 8,568 37% −15%
Conservative hold Swing +5%

Warbreck

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Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Francis Brady (PARTY) 5,161 70% −1%
Labour William Delgarno 2,234 30% +1%
Majority 2,927
Registered electors 18,861
Turnout 7,395 39% −8%
Conservative hold Swing -1%

Wavertree

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Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Jennings (PARTY) 6,321 74% +1%
Labour Thomas Henry Maloney 1,507 18% −9%
Liberal Albert Edward Jones 729 9%
Majority 4,814
Registered electors 21,976
Turnout 8,557 39% −12%
Conservative hold Swing +1%

Wavertree West

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Wavertree West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Keenan (PARTY) 2,993 55% 0%
Labour Charles James Minton 2,418 45% 0%
Majority 575
Registered electors 11,506
Turnout 5,411 47% −7%
Conservative hold Swing 0%

West Derby

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West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hedley Arthur Williams * 8,661 72% +3%
Labour George Henry Dunbar 3,384 28% −3%
Majority 5,277
Registered electors 31,415
Turnout 12,045 38% −13%
Conservative hold Swing +3%

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By-elections

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North Scotland 22 November 1951

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Following the disqualification of Herbert Francis Granby (elected 12 May 1949) there was a By-election for the North Scotland ward on 22 November 1951.

North Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leonard James Carr 1,527 87%
Conservative Thomas Robinson 234 13%
Majority 1,293
Registered electors 7,185
Turnout 1,761 25%
Labour hold Swing

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References

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  1. ^ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. ^ Liverpool Daily Post 12 May 1951
  3. ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1951-1952
  4. ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1951-1952 page 442