Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 11 May 1961.
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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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Labour | 52 | -8 | 32 | 84 | |
Conservative | 63 | +8 | 7* | 70 | |
Protestant | 5 | +2 | 0 | 5 |
- One Conservative Aldermanic vacancy following the death of C. G. S. Gordon.
Election result edit
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 21 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 50% | 57% | 95,863 | ||
Labour | 19 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 45% | 42% | 71,299 | ||
Protestant | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4.8% | 2.1% | 3,572 | ||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 4.2% | 7,073 | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.21% | 350 | ||
Public Safety | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.44% | 738 | ||
Union Movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.07% | 112 |
Ward results edit
* - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1958 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1958 election results.
Abercromby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. E. McPherson (PARTY) | 1,356 | 54% | +2% | |
Conservative | G. W. Boult | 1,052 | 42% | +9% | |
Union Movement | H. Taylor | 112 | 4% | +4% | |
Majority | 304 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,052 | ||||
Turnout | 2,520 | 25% | -6% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aigburth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. A. Kinear * | 4,494 | 92% | +20% | |
Conservative | S. A. Cotton (PARTY) | 4,368 | 90% | +18% | |
Labour | G. Ackers | 371 | 8% | +2% | |
Labour | J. G. Morgan | 354 | 7% | +1% | |
Majority | 4,123 | ||||
Registered electors | 13.783 | ||||
Turnout | 4,865 | 35% | -6% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Allerton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. Minion * | 2,919 | 84% | +4% | |
Labour | J. Woolwich | 565 | 16% | -4% | |
Majority | 2,354 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,174 | ||||
Turnout | 3,484 | 34% | -1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Anfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. A. Porter * | 3,918 | 69% | +11% | |
Conservative | R. G. Semple (PARTY) | 3,795 | 67% | +9% | |
Labour | S. W. Jones | 1,771 | 31% | -11% | |
Labour | F. Shemmonds | 1,712 | 30% | -12% | |
Majority | 2,147 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,013 | ||||
Turnout | 5,689 | 41% | +1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Arundel edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. Lees * | 2,546 | 59% | +2% | |
Labour | P. Grannell | 918 | 21% | -19% | |
Liberal | R. M. Bale | 703 | 16% | +16% | |
Communist | J. Kay | 142 | 3% | 0% | |
Majority | 1,628 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,358 | ||||
Turnout | 4,309 | 35% | -1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Breckfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | F. Parry | 2,263 | 55% | +14% | |
Labour | A. Williams (PARTY) | 1,861 | 45% | -14% | |
Majority | 402 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,074 | ||||
Turnout | 4,124 | 37% | -2% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Broadgreen edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | L. T. Rogers * | 2,774 | 77% | +12% | |
Labour | W. M. Cooper | 504 | 14% | -21% | |
Public Safety | A. Anderson | 298 | 8% | ||
Majority | 2,240 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,623 | ||||
Turnout | 3,546 | 31% | -4% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Central edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Miss M. Schofield * | 1,555 | 55% | -4% | |
Conservative | A. McKie Reid | 1,286 | 45% | +4% | |
Majority | 269 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,788 | ||||
Turnout | 2,841 | 32% | 0% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Childwall edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. Young * | 3,927 | 64% | +5% | |
Liberal | Albert Globe | 1,645 | 27% | -6% | |
Labour | W. Lungley | 578 | 9% | +1% | |
Majority | 3,349 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,727 | ||||
Turnout | 6,150 | 39% | -2% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Church edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. H. Elderton (PARTY) | 3,539 | 56% | -12% | |
Liberal | Cyril E. Carr | 2,331 | 37% | +17% | |
Labour | J. Disley | 397 | 6% | -6% | |
Majority | 1,208 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,595 | ||||
Turnout | 6,287 | 46% | +8% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Clubmoor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | N. A. Williams * | 2,718 | 57% | +7% | |
Labour | G. A. McAllister | 2,091 | 43% | ||
Majority | 627 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,423 | ||||
Turnout | 4,809 | 42% | -3% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
County edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. B. Flude (PARTY) | 3,384 | 53% | -6% | |
Conservative | B. Deane | 2,936 | 47% | +6% | |
Majority | 438 | ||||
Registered electors | 13.712 | ||||
Turnout | 6,330 | 46% | -1% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Croxteth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. Morrow (PARTY) | 4,022 | 78% | +6% | |
Labour | H. W. Dolman | 1,144 | 22% | -6% | |
Majority | 2,878 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,610 | ||||
Turnout | 5,166 | 44% | -1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Dingle edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Stoddart * | 2,288 | 52% | -14% | |
Conservative | C. N. Peplow | 1,695 | 38% | +4% | |
Liberal | Jack F. Ross | 443 | 10% | +10% | |
Majority | 593 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,707 | ||||
Turnout | 4,426 | 35% | -3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dovecot edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. H. Maloney * | 2,386 | 51% | -17% | |
Conservative | E. Johnson | 2,307 | 49% | +17% | |
Majority | 79 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,463 | ||||
Turnout | 4,693 | 32% | +5% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Everton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Francis Burke * | 1,607 | 64% | ||
Conservative | E. Shaw | 813 | 32% | ||
Communist | A. E. Rivers | 105 | 4% | ||
Majority | 794 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,768 | ||||
Turnout | 2,525 | 23% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Fairfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. S. Ross * | 2,373 | 61% | +11% | |
Labour | T. Roberts | 967 | 25% | -25% | |
Liberal | S. R. Jolly | 569 | 15% | +15% | |
Majority | 1,406 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,019 | ||||
Turnout | 3,909 | 28% | -5% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fazakerley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Bessell | 3,251 | 58% | +10% | |
Labour | F. Grue * | 2,371 | 42% | -10% | |
Majority | 880 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,569 | ||||
Turnout | 5.622 | 48% | -5% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Gillmoss edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. D. Roderick * | 3,428 | 66% | -6% | |
Conservative | G. K. McKelvie | 1,743 | 34% | +6% | |
Majority | 1,685 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,917 | ||||
Turnout | 5,171 | 32% | -2% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Granby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mrs. R. Dean | 1,943 | 53% | +17% | |
Conservative | J. Guinan | 1,746 | 47% | -17% | |
Majority | 197 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,288 | ||||
Turnout | 3,689 | 33% | +3% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Kensington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mrs. E. M. Wormald * | 2,401 | 50% | -17% | |
Conservative | A. L. Audley | 2,252 | 47% | +14% | |
Public Safety | J. R. Gradwell | 145 | 3% | +3% | |
Majority | 149 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,293 | ||||
Turnout | 39% | +5% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Low Hill edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mrs. M. M. Powell * | 1,758 | 58% | -12% | |
Conservative | E, Crierie | 1,285 | 42% | +12% | |
Majority | 473 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,564 | ||||
Turnout | 3,043 | 32% | 0% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Melrose edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. MacDonald * | 1,616 | 63% | -10% | |
Conservative | S. D. Lunt | 951 | 37% | +10% | |
Majority | 665 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,466 | ||||
Turnout | 2,567 | 27% | -3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Netherfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Protestant | A. Brown | 1,409 | 58% | +58% | |
Labour | R. Clitherow * | 1,020 | 42% | -12% | |
Majority | 389 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,626 | ||||
Turnout | 2,429 | 28% | 0% | ||
Protestant gain from Labour | Swing |
Old Swan edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. F. Everett | 3,103 | 56% | +12% | |
Labour | J. A. Dunn * | 2,416 | 44% | -9% | |
Majority | 687 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,965 | ||||
Turnout | 5,519 | 37% | -2% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Picton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Polack | 3,124 | 54% | +10% | |
Labour | G. R. Sullivan * | 2,623 | 46% | -10% | |
Majority | 501 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,096 | ||||
Turnout | 5,747 | 41% | +1% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Pirrie edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. H. Hart (PARTY) | 3,920 | 55% | -11% | |
Conservative | J. P. Bailey | 3,147 | 45% | +11% | |
Majority | 773 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,656 | ||||
Turnout | 7,067 | 42% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Prince's Park edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. C. Greenwood * | 2,078 | 45% | -19% | |
Conservative | W. T. Savage | 1,954 | 42% | +6% | |
Liberal | D. B. McClaren | 597 | 13% | +13% | |
Majority | 124 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,182 | ||||
Turnout | 4,629 | 35% | +3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Sandhills edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. H. Aldritt * | 1,842 | 86% | -8% | |
Conservative | A. C. Bailey | 207 | 10% | +4% | |
Communist | B.Campbell | 103 | 5% | +5% | |
Majority | 1,635 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,758 | ||||
Turnout | 2,152 | 25% | -3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Domingo edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protestant | R. F. Henderson | 2,163 | 50% | ||
Labour | J. Gardner * | 2,147 | 50% | ||
Majority | 16 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,770 | ||||
Turnout | 4,310 | 37% | |||
Protestant gain from Labour | Swing |
St. James edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs. E. E. Gough * | 1,544 | 67% | -15% | |
Conservative | B. Ingham | 747 | 33% | +15% | |
Majority | 797 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,783 | ||||
Turnout | 797 | 21% | -3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Mary's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. R. Maddox * | 2,394 | 51% | -11% | |
Conservative | S. B. Caulfield | 2,206 | 47% | +9% | |
Public Safety | T. J. Anderson | 108 | 2% | +2% | |
Majority | 188 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,220 | ||||
Turnout | 4,708 | 42% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Michael's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C. Cowlin * | 2,555 | 67% | 0% | |
Liberal | J. R. Wilmington | 674 | 18% | +18% | |
Labour | Mrs. M. Wills | 370 | 10% | -23% | |
Public Safety | A. P. Cooney | 187 | 5% | +5% | |
Majority | 1,881 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,034 | ||||
Turnout | 3,786 | 38% | +1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Smithdown edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. W. Clarke * | 1,905 | 64% | -15% | |
Conservative | H. Hawkins | 1,050 | 36% | +15% | |
Majority | 855 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,238 | ||||
Turnout | 2,955 | 24% | -1% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Speke edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Crookes * | 2,235 | 68% | -6% | |
Conservative | P. S. Jones | 1,049 | 32% | +6% | |
Majority | 1,186 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,032 | ||||
Turnout | 3,284 | 23% | -2% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Tuebrook edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. H. Aymes | 2,879 | 56% | +10% | |
Labour | B. Shaw * | 2,222 | 44% | -10% | |
Majority | 657 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,770 | ||||
Turnout | 5,101 | 40% | -3% | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Vauxhall edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. P. Shannon * | 1,216 | 81% | -16% | |
Communist | T. E. Cassin | 171 | 11% | +8% | |
Liberal | C. K. Rowland | 111 | 7% | +7% | |
Majority | 1,045 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,353 | ||||
Turnout | 1,498 | 16% | -5% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Warbreck edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. W. Lowe * | 3,060 | 67% | +11% | |
Labour | R. Buckle | 1,517 | 33% | -11% | |
Majority | 1,543 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,923 | ||||
Turnout | 4,577 | 35% | -6% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Westminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | E. Burke * | 1,420 | 50% | -17% | |
Conservative | W. Gilbody | 1,402 | 50% | +17% | |
Majority | 18 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,630 | ||||
Turnout | 2,822 | 37% | +2% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Woolton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Norton * | 4,230 | 76% | +7% | |
Labour | J. F. Cloherty | 1,301 | 24% | -7% | |
Majority | 2,929 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,490 | ||||
Turnout | 5,531 | 34% | -1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Aldermanic elections edit
At the meeting of the City Council on 24 May 1961 the terms of office of twenty of the forty Aldermen expired and the Councillors elected twenty Aldermen to fill the vacant positions for a term of six years. Eighteen of the twenty retiring Labour Aldermen were replaced with Conservatives.
Party | Alderman | |
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Labour | John Leslie Hughes* | |
Labour | Peter McKernan* (Lord Mayor) | |
Conservative | Herbert Mylrea Allen | |
Conservative | Alfred Nathaniel Bates | |
Conservative | Gordon Frederick Catlin | |
Conservative | Arthur Brierley Collins | |
Conservative | Charles Cowlin | |
Conservative | Charles Haswell | |
Conservative | Harold William Hughes | |
Conservative | Harold Lees | |
Conservative | Arthur Whitaker Lowe | |
Conservative | Robert Meadows | |
Conservative | Stephen Minion | |
Conservative | Ralph Rattray | |
Conservative | Leslie Thomas Rogers | |
Conservative | Leslie Hebron Sanders | |
Conservative | Harold Macdonald Steward | |
Conservative | James Edward Thompson | |
Conservative | Frank Woolfenden | |
Conservative | Alexander Young |
- Returned Alderman
References edit
- ^ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post 12 May 1961
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1961-1962
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1961-1962 pages 13 - 14
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post 25 May 1961