Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 11 May 1967.
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Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party)[1] |
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
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Conservative | 67 | +17 | 17 | 84 | |
Labour | 46 | -16 | 22 | 68 | |
Liberal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Protestant | 6 | +1 | 0 | 6 |
Election result edit
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 28 | 68% | 59% | 91,809 | |||||
Labour | 11 | 27% | 36% | 55,888 | |||||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 4.2% | 6,493 | ||
Protestant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5% | 1.5% | 2,352 | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1% | 1,581 |
Ward results edit
* - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1964 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1964 election results.
Abercromby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John E. McPherson * | 695 | 48% | -15% | |
Conservative | Herbert C. Norcott | 603 | 41% | +11% | |
Communist | A. McClelland | 159 | 11% | +3% | |
Majority | 92 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,276 | ||||
Turnout | 1,457 | 20% | -3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aigburth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John E. R. Fischer * | 5,030 | 79% | +11% | |
Liberal | Alan G. Wilson | 884 | 14% | -7% | |
Labour | Edwin C. Pimlett | 459 | 7% | -4% | |
Majority | 4,146 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,430 | ||||
Turnout | 6,373 | 47% | +8% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Allerton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stanley B. Caulfield * | 3,392 | 80% | +15% | |
Labour | Rodney Ludvigsen | 434 | 10% | -6% | |
Liberal | Mrs. Margaret S. Springbett | 405 | 10% | -9% | |
Majority | 2,958 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,887 | ||||
Turnout | 4,231 | 43% | +3% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Anfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James A. Porter M.B.E. * | 3,407 | 72% | +21% | |
Labour | Sydesy W. Jones | 1,352 | 28% | -14% | |
Majority | 2,055 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,033 | ||||
Turnout | 4,759 | 37% | -2% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Arundel edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John E. Kendrick | 2,840 | 69% | +21% | |
Labour | Joseph Cloherty | 1,137 | 28% | -7% | |
Communist | Jack Kay | 134 | 3% | +1% | |
Majority | 1,703 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,243 | ||||
Turnout | 4,111 | 34% | -3% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Breckfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth B. Jacques | 1,929 | 57% | +18% | |
Labour | Andrew Williams * | 1,430 | 43% | -18% | |
Majority | 499 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,897 | ||||
Turnout | 3,359 | 34% | +4% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Broadgreen edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs. Lennie Sanders * | 2,693 | 70% | +17% | |
Labour | John W. Hubble | 744 | 19% | -12% | |
Resident | Ernest Bide | 436 | 11% | ||
Majority | 1,948 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,003 | ||||
Turnout | 3,872 | 35% | 0% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Central edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James E. Walker (PARTY) | 1,299 | 53% | -14% | |
Conservative | John R. P. Dennis | 1,151 | 47% | +14% | |
Majority | 148 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,186 | ||||
Turnout | 2,450 | 34% | +3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Childwall edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William E. Dailey * | 4,890 | 71% | +6% | |
Liberal | Owen Trevor Jones | 1,363 | 20% | -1% | |
Labour | Stanley G. Thorne | 659 | 10% | -4% | |
Majority | 3,527 | ||||
Registered electors | 17,174 | ||||
Turnout | 6,912 | 40% | +5% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Church edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Charles C. Martin (PARTY) | 3,879 | 59% | +4% | |
Liberal | John Swinnerton | 2,238 | 34% | -4% | |
Labour | Vincent P. Hyams | 427 | 7% | 0% | |
Majority | 1,641 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,535 | ||||
Turnout | 6,544 | 48% | +2% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Clubmoor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John F. Jones | 2,797 | 57% | +15% | |
Labour | Kenneth Stewart * | 2,099 | 43% | -9% | |
Majority | 698 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,442 | ||||
Turnout | 4,896 | 47% | +5% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
County edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Percy Tunna | 3,073 | 59% | +10% | |
Labour | George G. Maloney * | 1,875 | 36% | -15% | |
Communist | Kenneth T. Dowd | 234 | 5% | +5% | |
Majority | 1,198 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,488 | ||||
Turnout | 5,182 | 41% | -1% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Croxteth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. George Harrald Prince (PARTY) | 4,326 | 83% | +27% | |
Labour | Joseph H. Evans | 881 | 17% | -7% | |
Majority | 3,445 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,796 | ||||
Turnout | 5,207 | 44% | -2% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Dingle edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Stoddart * | 1,818 | 48% | -16% | |
Conservative | Mrs. Kathlenn Prescott | 1,784 | 47% | +11% | |
Communist | David I. Thompson | 154 | 4% | ||
Majority | 34 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,633 | ||||
Turnout | 3,756 | 35% | +3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dovecot edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey E. Brandwood | 3,075 | 53% | +24% | |
Labour | Thomas H. Maloney | 2,738 | 47% | -16% | |
Majority | 337 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,094 | ||||
Turnout | 5,813 | 39% | +9% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Everton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Francis Burke * | 862 | 46% | -27% | |
Conservative | John Mass | 673 | 36% | +13% | |
Liberal | Michael V. Lilley | 299 | 16% | +16% | |
Majority | 189 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,465 | ||||
Turnout | 1,887 | 25% | +5% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Fairfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James S. Ross * | 2,484 | 68% | +20% | |
Labour | John Guinan | 1,167 | 32% | -13% | |
Majority | 1,317 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,148 | ||||
Turnout | 1,317 | 30% | -3% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fazakerley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ingram A. T. Legge | 2,895 | 63% | +14% | |
Labour | Dr. Norman S. Barnett | 1,729 | 37% | -14% | |
Majority | 1,166 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,156 | ||||
Turnout | 4,624 | 41% | -5% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Gillmoss edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter J. Dunne | 2,089 | 45% | +21% | |
Labour | Edward D. Roderick | 1,943 | 42% | -30% | |
Liberal | Joseph R. Wilmington | 645 | 14% | +14% | |
Majority | 146 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,525 | ||||
Turnout | 4,677 | 30% | +1% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Granby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Glyn Hughes | 1,259 | 48% | +13% | |
Labour | James M. Burke * | 1,214 | 47% | -15% | |
Majority | 45 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,731 | ||||
Turnout | 2,596 | 27% | -4% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Kensington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick R. Butler | 1,976 | 51% | +15% | |
Labour | Mrs. Ethel M. Wormald | 1,884 | 49% | -15% | |
Majority | 92 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,056 | ||||
Turnout | 3,860 | 35% | +3% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Low Hill edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs. Mary J. Powell * | 1,364 | 56% | -17% | |
Conservative | William F. Everett | 984 | 41% | +17% | |
Communist | Donald P. Holland | 78 | 3% | 0% | |
Majority | 380 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,155 | ||||
Turnout | 2,426 | 34% | +6% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Melrose edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James J. Hastings * | 1,230 | 57% | -15% | |
Labour | Benjamin Shaw | 1,173 | 54% | -18% | |
Conservative | Thomas Head-Rapson | 945 | 43% | +15% | |
Conservative | Daniel J. Jones | 941 | 43% | +15% | |
Majority | 285 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,212 | ||||
Turnout | 2,175 | 26% | -1% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Netherfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protestant | Albert Brown * | 679 | 62% | +11% | |
Labour | Frank Keating | 372 | 34% | -15% | |
Communist | Frank Cartwright | 46 | 4% | +4% | |
Majority | 307 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,021 | ||||
Turnout | 1,097 | 27% | -2% | ||
Protestant hold | Swing |
Old Swan edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur J. Browne | 2,987 | 60% | +18% | |
Labour | Edward Loyden * | 1,968 | 40% | -10% | |
Majority | 1,019 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,412 | ||||
Turnout | 4,955 | 37% | +3% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Picton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Clifford J. Kinrade | 2,694 | 59% | +21% | |
Labour | Tom Bailey * | 1,899 | 41% | +14% | |
Majority | 795 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,839 | ||||
Turnout | 4,593 | 36% | +2% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Pirrie edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter J. McCann | 3,485 | 53% | +20% | |
Labour | John Dalrymple (PARTY) | 3,040 | 47% | -20% | |
Majority | 445 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,645 | ||||
Turnout | 6,525 | 42% | +5% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Prince's Park edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William T. Savage | 2,016 | 51% | +16% | |
Labour | Thomas C. Greenwood | 1,819 | 46% | -12% | |
Communist | John Galloway | 152 | 4% | +4% | |
Majority | 197 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,440 | ||||
Turnout | 3,987 | 35% | +8% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Sandhills edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Miss Margaret Schofield (PARTY) | 1,394 | 69% | -17% | |
Conservative | Frederick Jones | 544 | 27% | +16% | |
Communist | Brian Campbell | 72 | 4% | 0% | |
Majority | 850 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,025 | ||||
Turnout | 2,010 | 29% | -2% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Domingo edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protestant | Roy Hughes | 1,673 | 54% | +10% | |
Labour | Frank N. Marsden * | 1,313 | 43% | -11% | |
Communist | Richard McGuire | 102 | 3% | +1% | |
Majority | 360 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,844 | ||||
Turnout | 3,088 | 31% | 0% | ||
Protestant gain from Labour | Swing |
St. James edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Parry * | 1,015 | 51% | -23% | |
Conservative | Mrs. Jessie E. Reid | 522 | 26% | +6% | |
Liberal | Gershon Greenberg | 248 | 12% | +12% | |
Communist | Roger O'Hara | 215 | 11% | +5% | |
Majority | 493 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,612 | ||||
Turnout | 2,000 | 23% | -3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Mary's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William L. Harris | 2,194 | 52% | +18% | |
Labour | Stanley R. Maddox * | 2,021 | 48% | -18% | |
Majority | 173 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,925 | ||||
Turnout | 4,215 | 42% | +5% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
St. Michael's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs. Marion Browne M.B.E. * | 2,653 | 68% | +19% | |
Labour | David M. Mitchell | 852 | 22% | -1% | |
Liberal | Miss Margaret J. Baber | 411 | 10% | -18% | |
Majority | 1,801 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,648 | ||||
Turnout | 3,916 | 41% | -5% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Smithdown edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George W. Clarke * | 1,034 | 53% | -15% | |
Conservative | Stanley Whittaker | 930 | 47% | +21% | |
Majority | 104 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,160 | ||||
Turnout | 1,964 | 19% | -5% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Speke edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry K. Jones | 1,913 | 53% | +32% | |
Labour | Stephen J. Cook | 1,709 | 47% | -25% | |
Majority | 204 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,899 | ||||
Turnout | 3,622 | 26% | +2% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Tuebrook edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman A. Pannell | 2,932 | 61% | ||
Labour | James Mottram | 1,901 | 39% | -13% | |
Majority | 1,031 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,413 | ||||
Turnout | 4,833 | 42% | +4% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Vauxhall edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Orr * | 1,073 | 84% | -10% | |
Conservative | Herbert A. Williams | 150 | 12% | +8% | |
Communist | Thomas E. Cassin | 59 | 5% | +3% | |
Majority | 923 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,610 | ||||
Turnout | 1,282 | 17% | -11% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Warbreck edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert H. K. Maynard * | 2,859 | 70% | +13% | |
Labour | Peter Comer | 2,232 | 30% | -13% | |
Majority | 1,627 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,868 | ||||
Turnout | 4,091 | 34% | -2% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Westminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Gillin | 1,210 | 51% | +15% | |
Labour | Edward Burke * | 1,165 | 49% | -15% | |
Majority | 45 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,047 | ||||
Turnout | 2,375 | 39% | +5% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Woolton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Norton * | 5,606 | 79% | +17% | |
Labour | George J. Maudsley | 1,468 | 21% | -7% | |
Majority | 4,138 | ||||
Registered electors | 19,254 | ||||
Turnout | 7,074 | 37% | +1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Aldermanic Elections edit
Twenty of the forty Aldermen were elected by the city council on 22 May 1967. Those elected by the council and the wards they were allocated to are shown in the table below:
Party | Alderman | Ward | |
---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stanley Airey | St. James | |
Conservative | Herbert M. Allen | Speke | |
Conservative | Alfred N. Bates | Dovecot | |
Conservative | William Browne | Clubmoor | |
Conservative | Arthur B. Collins M.B.E. | Abercromby | |
Conservative | Charles Cowlin | old Swan | |
Conservative | Raymond F. Craine M.B.E. | Vauxhall | |
Conservative | Harold W. Hughes O.B.E. | Tuebrook | |
Conservative | John Keenan | Woolton | |
Conservative | Harold Lees | Westminster | |
Conservative | Arthur W. Lowe O.B.E. | Melrose | |
Conservative | Robert Meadows | Princes Park | |
Conservative | Stephen Minion O.B.E. | Anfield | |
Conservative | Joseph Norton | Broadgreen | |
Conservative | Ralph Rattray | Pirrie | |
Conservative | Leslie H. Sanders | Aigburth | |
Conservative | Harold M. Steward | Low Hill | |
Conservative | James E. Thompson | St. Domingo | |
Conservative | Frank Woolfenden | Fazakerley | |
Conservative | Alexander Young | St. Michael's |
References edit
- ^ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post 12 May 1967
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1967-1968
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1967-1968