1962 Liverpool City Council election

1962 Liverpool City Council election

10 May 1962 (1962-05-10)
41 (including a by-election for St. Domingo ward) of 120 Councillors' seats to Liverpool City Council 81 of 120 Councillors and 40 Aldermen seats needed for a majority
Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party)[1]

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 10 May 1962.

Aldermanic elections took place at the City Council meeting on 24 May 1962, and as some councillors were elected as Aldermen there were by-elections for the vacated seats on Thursday 29 June 1962.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	55	-8	26	81
	Labour	59	+8	14	73
	Protestant	4	0	0	4
	Liberal	2	+2	0	2

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1962

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	0	6	-6	27%	41%	66,656
	Labour	23	6	0	+6	66%	48%	79,288
	Liberal	2	1	0	+1	5%	8%	12,662
	Protestant	1	0	1	-1	2.5%	3.1%	5,084
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0%	0.44%	722
	Anti-Debt	0	0	0	0	0%	0.25%	402
	British Union Movement	0	0	0	0	0%	0.22%	365

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

^(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1959 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1959 election results.

Abercromby

Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Livermore ^(PARTY)	1,707	66%	+11%
	Conservative	L. Huglin	742	29%	−11%
	Communist	A. M^cClelland	135	5%	0%
Majority			965
Registered electors			9.810
Turnout			2,584	26%	+1%
	Labour hold		Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. N. Venmore ^(PARTY)	3,821	87%	+10%
	Labour	S. J. Cook	550	13%	+8%
Majority			3,271
Registered electors			13,792
Turnout			4,371	32%	−11%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. S. D. Weaver ^(PARTY)	2,486	73%	−8%
	Labour	Mrs. M. B. Simey	912	27%	+8%
Majority			1,574
Registered electors			10,186
Turnout			3,398	33%	−3%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. F. Craine *	3,026	59%	−9%
	Labour	S. W. Jones	2,097	41%	+9%
Majority			929
Registered electors			14,090
Turnout			5,123	36%	−4%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Arundel

Arundel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Price *	2,143	41%	−24%
	Labour	C. Taylor	1,769	34%	+3%
	Liberal	I. Gottlieb	1,209	23%	+23%
	Communist	J. Kay	83	4%	0%
Majority			374
Registered electors			12,494
Turnout			5,204	42%	+6%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield

Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. E. Burns	2,021	53%	+6%
	Conservative	S. Airey *	1,783	47%	−6%
Majority			238
Registered electors			11,118
Turnout			3,804	34%	−3%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Broadgreen

Broadgreen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. J. Bullen ^(PARTY)	1,796	45%	−32%
	Liberal	W. Galbraith	1,133	27%	+27%
	Labour	J. M. Burke	1,027	26%	+12%
Majority			663
Registered electors			11,511
Turnout			3,956	34%	−6%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Cullen *	1,827	66%
	Conservative	A. E. Rossington	933	34%
Majority			894
Registered electors			8,629
Turnout			2,760	32%
	Labour hold		Swing

Childwall

Childwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. J. Sergent *	3,171	51%	−15%
	Liberal	A. J. Markey	2,314	37%	+11%
	Labour	T. Bailey	687	11%	+4%
Majority			857
Registered electors			16,674
Turnout			6,172	37%	−5%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Church

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril E. Carr	3,540	53%	+23%
	Conservative	Mrs. T. L. Norton	2,732	41%	−19%
	Labour	Mrs. M. E. Cullen	384	6%	−4%
Majority			808
Registered electors			13,565
Turnout			6,656	49%	+7%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Clubmoor

Clubmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Grue	2,326	47%	+2%
	Conservative	L. J. Carr *	1,974	40%	−15%
	Liberal	G. H. Bilson	651	13%	+13%
Majority			352
Registered electors			11,310
Turnout			4,951	44%	−1%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

County

County

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. P. Wall	3,057	54%	+4%
	Conservative	B. Ingham ^(PARTY)	2,625	46%	−4%
Majority			432
Registered electors			13,588
Turnout			5,682	42%	−3%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Dickinson *	3,065	71%	−4%
	Labour	G. C. Carr	1,256	29%	+11%
Majority			1,809
Registered electors			11,692
Turnout			4,321	37%	−8%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Crawshaw *	2,434	60%	−2%
	Conservative	Mrs. F. Devine	1,197	30%	−8%
	Liberal	J. Reilly	235	6%	+6%
	Anti-debt	J. R. Gradwell	176	4%	+4%
Majority			1,237
Registered electors			12,434
Turnout			4,042	33%	−3%
	Labour hold		Swing

Dovecot

Dovecot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. P. Johnson *	2,908	54%	−3%
	Conservative	A. M. Wilson	1,506	28%	−15%
	Liberal	John Bowen	928	17%	+17%
	Anti-Debt	F. G. Connor	71	1%	+1%
Majority			1,402
Registered electors			25,329
Turnout			5,413	38%	+6%
	Labour hold		Swing

Everton

Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Smyth *	1,811	72%	−2%
	Conservative	E. Shaw	562	22%
	Communist	J. Edgar	80	3%	+3%
	British Union Movement	T. G. Kenny	67	3%	+3%
Majority			1,239
Registered electors			10,198
Turnout			2,520	25%	+2%
	Labour hold		Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. P. Moyses ^(PARTY)	1,908	51%	−8%
	Labour	J. Guinan	1,824	49%	+8%
Majority			84
Registered electors			13,695
Turnout			3,732	27%	−6%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Morgan	2,545	51%	+7%
	Conservative	A. L. Ritchie	2,421	49%	−7%
Majority			124
Registered electors			11,448
Turnout			4,966	43%	−5%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Gillmoss

Gillmoss

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. E. Delooze *	3,883	73%	+7%
	Conservative	J. Swainbank	1,191	22%	−12%
	Communist	D. Wilkinson	247	5%	+5%
Majority			2,692
Registered electors			16,007
Turnout			5,321	33%	+3%
	Labour hold		Swing

Granby

Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. D. Hamilton *	2,075	58%	+3%
	Conservative	S. A. Hughes	1,493	42%	−3%
Majority			582
Registered electors			10,954
Turnout			3,568	33%	+3%
	Labour hold		Swing

Kensington

Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Holden ^(PARTY)	2,189	64%	+6%
	Conservative	A. B. Moore	1,120	33%	−9%
	Anti-Debt	A. P. Cooney	118	3%	+3%
Majority			1,069
Registered electors			12,011
Turnout			3,427	29%	−6%
	Labour hold		Swing

Low Hill

Low Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. R. Snell *	1,676	68%	+6%
	Conservative	T. Hillcock	698	28%	−10%
	British Union Movement	M. J. Ward	83	3%	+3%
Majority			978
Registered electors			9,493
Turnout			2,457	26%	−1%
	Labour hold		Swing

Melrose

Melrose

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Ackers ^(PARTY)	1,791	70%	+6%
	Conservative	S. D. Lunt	762	30%	−6%
Majority			1,029
Registered electors			9,394
Turnout			3.107	27%	−4%
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherfield

Netherfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	A Harris ^(PARTY)	1,447	51%	3%
	Labour	L. Caplan	1,413	49%	19%
Majority			34
Registered electors			8,306
Turnout			2,860	34%	3%
	Protestant hold		Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. McKie Reid ^(PARTY)	2,364	54%	3%
	Labour	G. R. Sullivan	2,038	46%	3%
Majority			326
Registered electors			14.917
Turnout			4,402	30%	9%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Picton

Picton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Evans *	2,975	57%	+5%
	Conservative	E. W. Holland	2,282	43%	−5%
Majority			693
Registered electors			13,994
Turnout			5,257	38%	1%
	Labour hold		Swing

Pirrie

Pirrie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Black *	4,208	68%	9%
	Conservative	G. Parsons	1,988	32%	7%
Majority			2,220
Registered electors			16,590
Turnout			6,196	37%	2%
	Labour hold		Swing

Prince's Park

Prince's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Sidwell *	2,304	54%	1%
	Conservative	W. Savage	1,317	31%	14%
	Liberal	A. Garland	629	15%	15%
Majority			987
Registered electors			13,264
Turnout			4,250	32%	2%
	Labour hold		Swing

Sandhills

Sandhills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V. Burke *	1,878	89%	1%
	Conservative	A. C. Bailey	146	7%	5%
	Communist	B. Campbell	95	4%	4%
Majority			1,732
Registered electors			8,440
Turnout			2,119	25%	3%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

St. Domingo 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Gardner ^(PARTY)	2,369	56%	4%
	Labour	F. Keating	2,237	53%	1%
	Protestant	W. H. Blower ^(PARTY)	1,877	44%	4%
	Protestant	G. H. Mason	1,760	41%	7%
Majority			492
Registered electors			11,763
Turnout			4,246	36%	1%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Protestant		Swing

St. James

St. James

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	O. J. Doyle *	2,151	80%	2%
	Conservative	K. W. Davies	536	20%	2%
Majority			1,615
Registered electors			10,738
Turnout			2,687	25%	0%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Walker ^(PARTY)	2,501	58%	4%
	Conservative	J. Tushingham	1,830	42%	1%
Majority			671
Registered electors			11,167
Turnout			4,331	39%	0%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph R. Wilmington	2,023	46%	46
	Conservative	S. T. Moss ^(PARTY)	1,859	42	33
	Labour	S. G. Thorne	544	12	8
Majority			164
Registered electors			9,895
Turnout			4,426	45	8
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Smithdown

Smithdown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. E. E. Wright *	1,909	65%	2%
	Conservative	T. Strange	797	27%	6%
	British Union Movement	H. Traynor	215	7%	7%
Majority			1,112
Registered electors			12,042
Turnout			2,921	24%	0%
	Labour hold		Swing

Speke

Speke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Higgins *	2,990	77%	19%
	Conservative	B. F. Evans	885	23%	15%
Majority			2,105
Registered electors			14,135
Turnout			3,875	27%	1%
	Labour hold		Swing

Tuebrook

Tuebrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Shaw	2,576	52%	9%
	Conservative	J. F. Bradley *	2,348	48%
Majority			228	4%
Registered electors			12,641
Turnout			4,924	39%	2%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Dunford *	1,661	95%	0%
	Communist	T. E. Cassin	82	5%	0%
Majority			1,661
Registered electors			9,560
Turnout			1,743	18%	1%
	Labour hold		Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. A. Ritchie ^(PARTY)	2,672	60%	5%
	Labour	J. V. Grue	1,788	40%	5%
Majority			884
Registered electors			12,868
Turnout			4,460	35%	7%
	Labour hold		Swing

Westminster

Westminster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Carr ^(PARTY)	1,575	56%	1%
	Conservative	W. Gilbody	1,182	42%	3%
	Anti-Debt	T. J. Anderson	37	1%	1%
Majority			393	14%	4%
Registered electors			7,626
Turnout			2,794	37%	2%
	Labour hold		Swing

Woolton

Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. B. Williams ^(PARTY)	3,294	66%	9%
	Labour	R. Buckle	1,718	34%	9%
Majority			1,576
Registered electors			17,108
Turnout			5,012	29%	8%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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References

1. Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
2. Liverpool Daily Post 11 May 1962
3. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1962-1963