1949 Liverpool City Council election

1949 Liverpool City Council election

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

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 12 May 1949.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	77	+14	26	103
	Labour	34	-10	8	42
	Protestant	5	0	1	6
	Liberal	1	0	2	3
	Independent	3	-1	2	5

Liverpool Local Election Result 1949

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	28					54%	131,161
	Labour	12					46%	111,233
	Protestant	2					2.3%	5,549
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0%	0.68%	1,654
	Independent	1	0	0	1		0.33%	795
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0%	0.31%	748

* - Councillor seeking re-election

This was the first May local election following the move from November. Councillors standing for re-election at this election were previously elected in 1945. Therefore, comparisons are made with the 1945 election results.

Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Kenneth Hart	2,954	54%	+10%
	Labour	Francis Lavery *	2,299	42%	−14%
	Communist	Mrs. Olwyn White	210	4%
Majority			655
Registered electors			14,366
Turnout			5,463	38%	+3%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+10%

^[2]

Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Alexander Kinnear (PARTY)	6,867	76%	+16%
	Liberal	William Edward Oates	1,117	12%	+1%
	Labour	Terence Roberts	1,013	11%	−9%
Majority			5,750
Registered electors			16,154
Turnout			8,997	56%	+9%
	Conservative hold		Swing	+16%

^[3]

Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Haswell *	3,454	70%	+18%
	Labour	Mrs. Edith Evans	916	19%	−11%
	Liberal	Herbert Griffith Edwards	537	11%	−6%
Majority			2,538
Registered electors			9,784
Turnout			4,907	50%	+4%
	Conservative hold		Swing	+18%

^[4]

Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aled Owen Roberts *	5,543	65%	+9%
	Labour	Mrs. Ethel May Wormald	3,011	35%	−9%
Majority			2,532
Registered electors			17,169
Turnout			8,554	50%	+9%
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9%

^[5]

Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Henry Thompson (PARTY)	3,433	58%	+7%
	Labour	John Hamilton	2,454	42%	−7%
Majority			979
Registered electors			13,164
Turnout			5,887	45%	+4%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7%

^[5]

Brunswick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Carr (PARTY)	2,938	80%
	Conservative	Mrs. Marion Browne	717	19%
	Communist	John James Downey	39	1.1%
Majority			2,221
Registered electors			7,468
Turnout			3,694	49%
	Labour hold		Swing

^[2]

Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Sinclair Scott (PARTY)	unopposed
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

^[6]

Childwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William John Matthew Clark *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[7]

Croxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Henry Wilson	6,993	49%
	Labour	James Cullen *	6,945	49%	−33%
	Communist	Dennis Ellwand	183	1.3%
	Ind. Conservative	James Charles Pollard	112	0.79%	−17%
Majority			48
Registered electors			33,908
Turnout			14,233	42%	+20%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

^[4]

Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Firman Aldis (PARTY)	4,931	50%	−3%
	Conservative	George Horace Duckett	4,844	50%	+3%
Majority			87
Registered electors			18,076
Turnout			9,775	54%	+11%
	Labour hold		Swing	-1%

^[2]

Edge Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Johnstone *	3,261	56%	−8%
	Conservative	Hugh Maule Jones	2,574	44%	+8%
Majority			687
Registered electors			13,537
Turnout			5,835	43%	+5%
	Labour hold		Swing	-8%

^[3]

Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Leslie Hughes *	3,453	62%
	Conservative	William Richard Doherty	2,088	38%
Majority			1,365
Registered electors			13,678
Turnout			5,541	41%
	Labour hold		Swing

^[3]

Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Leo Henry Wright *	795	81%	+7%
	Labour	Joseph Mooney	190	19%	−7%
Majority			605
Registered electors			1,625
Turnout			985	61%	0%
	Independent hold		Swing	+7%

^[3]

Fairfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aubrey Brendon Moore (PARTY)	4,784	58%	+14%
	Labour	Victor Henry Cove	3,435	42%	−4%
Majority			1,349
Registered electors			15,860
Turnout			8,219	52%	+4%
	Conservative hold		Swing	+14%

^[5]

Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ralph Rattray	5,213	50%	+3%
	Labour	Joseph Morgan *	5,206	50%	−13%
Majority			7
Registered electors			20,099
Turnout			10,419	52%	+16%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+3%

^[5]

Garston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Alexander McCulloch	4,222	51%	+18%
	Labour	Alfred Demain *	3,900	47%	−19%
	Communist	Isaac Brickwood Pick	144	1.7%
Majority			322
Registered electors			17,317
Turnout			8,266	48%	+8%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+18%

^[4]

Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Granville Heald	2,893	52%	+5%
	Labour	Mrs. Elizabeth Trainor *	2,657	48%	−5%
Majority			236
Registered electors			13,347
Turnout			5,550	42%	−7%
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5%

^[2]

Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter John Smith (PARTY)	823	52%
	Labour	William Tipping	761	48%
Majority			62
Registered electors			3,717
Turnout			1,584	43%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

^[2]

Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie John Henry Rumsey	3,898	54%	+5%
	Labour	John Matthew Taylor *	3,352	46%	−5%
Majority			546
Registered electors			14,425
Turnout			7,250	50%	+9%
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5%

^[3]

Kirkdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter James O'Hare (PARTY)	4,883	53%	−7%
	Conservative	John Shaw Brown	4,334	47%	+7%
Majority			549
Registered electors			19,470
Turnout			9,217	47%	+8%
	Labour hold		Swing	-7%

^[3]

Little Woolton - 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Cuthbert Arden (PARTY)	1,268	63%	−5%
	Conservative	Mrs. Phyllis Josephine Cundy	1,267	63%	−5%
	Labour	Roy Stoddart	730	37%	+24%
	Labour	Howell James	691	35%	+22%
Majority			538
Registered electors			2,983
Turnout			1,998	67%	−5%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5%

^[4]

Low Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Robinson *	2,733	51%	−4%
	Conservative	William Henry Brook	2,636	49%	+4%
Majority			97
Registered electors			12,289
Turnout			5,369	44%	−3%
	Labour hold		Swing	-4%

^[3]

Much Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald William Stewart *	2,261	78%	+19%
	Labour	Noel Arthur Pinches	646	22%	−19%
Majority			1,615
Registered electors			5,547
Turnout			2,907	52%	−1%
	Conservative hold		Swing	+19%

^[4]

Netherfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	William George Jones (PARTY)	2,394	59%	+8%
	Labour	Thomas Robinson	1,627	40%	−9%
	Communist	Sidney Foster	49	1%	+1%
Majority			767
Registered electors			10,341
Turnout			4,070	39%	+9%
	Protestant hold		Swing	+8%

^[3]

North Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert Francis Granby *	2,714	98%	+35%
	Communist	John William Coward	43	2%	−35%
Majority			2,671
Registered electors			7,276
Turnout			2,757	38%	−1%
	Labour hold		Swing	+35%

^[7]

Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Hebron Sanders	8,459	65%	+18%
	Labour	Frederick Walker (PARTY)	4,369	34%	−19%
	Communist	Miss Winifred May George	187	1.4%
Majority			4,090
Registered electors			27,970
Turnout			13,015	47%	+8%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+18%

^[5]

Prince's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Burrows Noble	2,962	55%	+9%
	Labour	Mrs. Sarah Ann Demain *	2,429	45%	−9%
Majority			533
Registered electors			12,276
Turnout			5,391	44%	+5%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+9%

^[2]

Sandhills - 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter McKernan	3,110	75%
	Labour	Henry Alldritt *	2,873	70%
	Conservative	Joseph Norton	1,011	25%
	Conservative	Frederick Charles Hitches	949	23%
Majority			2,099
Registered electors			8,024
Turnout			4,121	51%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

^[7]

St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Braddock *	1,652	57%
	Conservative	Mrs. Catherine Frances Wright	1,238	43%
Majority			414
Registered electors			6,205
Turnout			2,890	47%
	Labour hold		Swing

^[7]

St. Domingo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	Albert Victor Harris *	3,155	58%	+3%
	Labour	Walter Richard Maylor	2,256	42%	−3%
Majority			899
Registered electors			13,401
Turnout			5,411	40%	+4%
	Protestant hold		Swing	+3%

^[3]

St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leo Joseph Gerard Wilkinson (PARTY)	398	60%	−12%
	Labour	Harry Livermore	265	40%	+14%
Majority			133
Registered electors			1,306
Turnout			663	51%	−2%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-12%

^[7]

Sefton Park East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Enfield Booth (PARTY)	4,536	73%	+7%
	Labour	Thomas Nicholas Moran	1,636	27%	−7%
Majority			2,900
Registered electors			14,672
Turnout			6,172	42%	+5%
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7%

^[2]

Sefton Park West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Brierley Collins *	4,364	73%	+7%
	Labour	Richard John Alcock	1,611	27%	−7%
Majority			2,753
Registered electors			11,138
Turnout			5,975	54%	+9%
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7%

^[2]

South Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael John Reppion *	2,940	97%
	Communist	Dr. Cyril Taylor	103	3.4%
Majority			2,940
Registered electors			6,183
Turnout			3,043	49%
	Labour hold		Swing

^[7]

Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Hogan *	823	67%
	Conservative	Mrs. Edna Frances Mary Felton	399	33%
Majority			424
Registered electors
Turnout			1,222
	Labour hold		Swing

^[7]

Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Edward Searle *	6,157	55%	+7%
	Labour	William Smith Wright	5,946	45%	−1%
Majority			1,111
Registered electors
Turnout			11,203
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7%

^[7]

Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Woolfenden (PARTY)	5,982	67%	+18%
	Labour	Isidore Levin	2,919	33%	+1%
Majority			3,063
Registered electors
Turnout			8,901
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[5]

Wavertree - 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Miss Eleanor Bingham Harrison	8,068	71%	+13%
	Conservative	Harold Threlfall Wilson	7,559	66%	+8%
	Labour	Francis Burke	3,346	29%	−13%
	Labour	John Stuart Keys	3,137	27%	−15%
Majority			4,722
Registered electors
Turnout			11,414
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[5]

Wavertree West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Curtis	3,420	53%
	Labour	Charles James Minton *	3,045	47%
Majority			375
Registered electors
Turnout			6,465
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

^[5]

West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Cyril Beattie *	10,152	67%	+8%
	Labour	Edward William Harby	5,030	33%	−9%
Majority			5,122
Registered electors
Turnout			15,182
	Conservative hold		Swing

^{[5] [8]}

At the meeting of the City Council on 23 May 1949 the terms of office of twenty of the forty Aldermen expired and the Council elected twenty Aldermen to fill the vacant positions for a term of six years.

Party		Alderman
	Conservative	William John Matthew Clark
	Conservative	Ernest Ash Cookson*
	Conservative	Vere Egerton Cotton*
	Conservative	James Conrad Cross*
	Conservative	Michael Cory Dixon*
	Liberal	Mary Mabel Eills*
	Independent	James Farrell*
	Conservative	Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon*
	Conservative	Moss Greenberg*
	Conservative	William Greenough Gregson*
	Conservative	Robert John Hall*
	Labour	Luke Hogan*
	Independent	Peter Kavanagh*
	Labour	Lawrence King*
	Conservative	Albert Morrow*
	Conservative	William Thomas Roberts*
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Shennan*
	Conservative	Edwin Thompson*
	Liberal	William John Tristram*
	Conservative	Joseph Williams*

• * Reelected Aldermen

^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]}

Caused by the election of Cllr. William John Matthew Clark as an Alderman on 23 May 1949

Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Shaw Brown	4,204
		Roy Stoddart	1,046
		Herbert Ashley Ruddlesden	809
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
			Swing

^[19]

Caused by the death of Cllr. Aled Owen Roberts

Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Peter Marcus Edis	4,542
		John Richard Jones
		Walter Richard Maylor
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

^{[20] [21]}

Alderman William Albert Robinson died on 31 December 1949^[22] His position was filled by Cllr. Michael John Reppion (Labour, elected for the South Scotland ward in May 1949), who was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 1 February 1950 and was assigned as the Returning Officer for the Everton ward. ^[23]

Alderman Peter Kavanagh died on 19 February 1950^[24] His position was filled by Cllr. Stanley Robert Williams (Conservative, elected for the Wavertree ward on 1 November 1947^[25]), who was elected as an Alderman by the City Council on 5 April 1950 and assigned as Returning Officer for the Vauxhall ward. ^[24]

Alderman Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson died on 23 February 1950.^[26]

Her position was filled by Cllr. George Webster Green Armour (Conservative, elected for the Sefton Park East ward in November 1946^[27]) was elected as an Alderman by the City Council on 5 April 1950 and assigned as Returning Officer for the Dingle ward.^[28]