Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 7 May 1970.
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Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party)[1] |
One third of the council was up for election.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | |
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Conservative | 79 | -9 | ?? | |
Labour | 30 | +7 | ?? | |
Liberal | 4 | +2 | ?? | |
Protestant | 7 | 0 | ?? |
Election result edit
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 19 | 47.5% | 48% | 72,584 | |||||
Labour | 17 | 42.5% | 43% | 64,880 | |||||
Liberal | 2 | 5% | 7% | 11,381 | |||||
Protestant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5% | 1.2% | 1,901 | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.1% | 1,604 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.02% | 26 |
Ward results edit
* - Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. E. McPherson * | 883 | 66% | +18% | |
Conservative | A. W. Jones | 298 | 22% | -19% | |
Communist | A. McClelland | 150 | 11% | 0% | |
Majority | 585 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,684 | ||||
Turnout | 1,331 | 23% | +3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aigburth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. E. R. Fischer * | 4,522 | 84% | +5% | |
Labour | G. T. Walsh | 860 | 16% | +9% | |
Majority | 3,662 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,772 | ||||
Turnout | 5,382 | 37% | -10% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Allerton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. B. Caulfield * | 3,195 | 81% | +1% | |
Labour | S. G. Thorne | 756 | 19% | +9% | |
Majority | 2,439 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,972 | ||||
Turnout | 3,951 | 36% | -7% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Anfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs. M. Fitzsimmons | 2,755 | 61% | -11% | |
Labour | D. M. Mitchell | 1,753 | 39% | +11% | |
Majority | 1,002 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,655 | ||||
Turnout | 4,508 | 33% | -3% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Arundel edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. E. Kendrick * | 2,621 | 62% | -7% | |
Labour | M. Evans | 1,501 | 36% | +8% | |
Communist | J. Kay | 103 | 2% | -1% | |
Majority | 1,120 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,815 | ||||
Turnout | 4,225 | 31% | -3% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Breckfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | K.B. Jacques * | 1,392 | 57% | 0% | |
Labour | T. Roberts | 1,044 | 43% | 0% | |
Majority | 348 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,985 | ||||
Turnout | 2,436 | 25% | -9% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Broadgreen edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mrs. D. I. Keenan | 2,002 | 44% | -26% | |
Liberal | H. Davies | 1,598 | 35% | +35% | |
Labour | D. Cowley | 966 | 21% | +2% | |
Majority | 404 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,753 | ||||
Turnout | 4,566 | 39% | +4% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Central edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. E. Walker * | 1,607 | 86% | +33% | |
Conservative | F. Jones | 117 | 6% | -41% | |
Liberal | J. E. Gallagher | 110 | 6% | +6% | |
Communist | R. Woods | 30 | 2% | +2% | |
Majority | 1,490 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,828 | ||||
Turnout | 1,864 | 32% | -2% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Childwall edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. Fearenside | 4,401 | 55% | -16% | |
Liberal | H. Davies | 2,519 | 32% | +12% | |
Labour | S. F. Jacobs | 1,003 | 13% | +3% | |
Majority | 1,882 | ||||
Registered electors | 19,306 | ||||
Turnout | 7,988 | 41% | +1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Church edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Owen Trevor Jones | 4,019 | 54% | +20% | |
Conservative | S. P. Mason | 2,862 | 39% | -20% | |
Labour | C. H. J. Winter | 501 | 7% | 0% | |
Majority | 1,157 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,671 | ||||
Turnout | 7,382 | 50% | +2% | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Clubmoor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. F. Jones * | 2,074 | 49% | -8% | |
Labour | T. McManus | 1,938 | 46% | +3% | |
Liberal | J. G. Morgan | 231 | 5% | +5% | |
Majority | 136 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,328 | ||||
Turnout | 4,243 | 37% | -10% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
County edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | P. Tunna * | 2,445 | 53% | -6% | |
Labour | J. McLean | 2,003 | 44% | +8% | |
Communist | K. T. Dowd | 143 | 3% | -2% | |
Majority | 442 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,315 | ||||
Turnout | 4,591 | 34% | -7% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Croxteth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. G. H. Prince * | 3,596 | 77% | -6% | |
Labour | R. Ludvigsen | 1,084 | 23% | +6% | |
Majority | 2,512 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,940 | ||||
Turnout | 4,680 | 36% | -8% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Dingle edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Stoddart * | 2,481 | 60% | +12% | |
Conservative | D. M. Pannell | 1,520 | 37% | -10% | |
Communist | J. Cook | 134 | 3% | -1% | |
Majority | 961 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,831 | ||||
Turnout | 4,135 | 38% | +3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dovecot edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. P. Johnson | 3,314 | 61% | +14% | |
Conservative | G. E. Brandwood * | 2,103 | 39% | -14% | |
Majority | 1,211 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,539 | ||||
Turnout | 5,417 | 33% | -6% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Everton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | F. Burke * | 588 | 62% | ||
Conservative | J. Irving | 364 | 38% | ||
Majority | 224 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,268 | ||||
Turnout | 952 | 29% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Fairfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Pownall | 1,942 | 56% | ||
Labour | E. Burke | 1,498 | 44% | ||
Majority | 444 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,197 | ||||
Turnout | 3,440 | 28% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fazakerley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. R. Bushell | 2,260 | 54% | ||
Labour | M. Black | 1,955 | 46% | ||
Majority | 305 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,781 | ||||
Turnout | 4,215 | 36% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Gillmoss edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eddie Loyden | 4,270 | 67% | ||
Conservative | Mrs. E. G. Smith | 1,990 | 31% | ||
Communist | K. Dunlop | 130 | 2% | ||
Majority | 2,280 | ||||
Registered electors | 20,237 | ||||
Turnout | 6,390 | 32% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Granby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John D. Hamilton | 1,457 | 58% | +1% | |
Conservative | G. Hughes | 981 | 39% | -4% | |
Communist | J. Powell | 68 | 3% | ||
Majority | 476 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,095 | ||||
Turnout | 2,506 | 28% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kensington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. D. Roderick | 1,559 | 52% | +27% | |
Conservative | F. R. Butler | 1,421 | 48% | -4% | |
Majority | 138 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,836 | ||||
Turnout | 2,980 | 28% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Low Hill edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs. M. J. Powell | 1,066 | 63% | +24% | |
Conservative | S. K. Cross | 610 | 36% | -21% | |
Independent | W. Finnegan | 26 | 2% | ||
Majority | 456 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,075 | ||||
Turnout | 1,702 | 34% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Melrose edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | I. I. Levin | 1,376 | 59% | +2% | |
Conservative | C. E. Rapson | 776 | 33% | -10% | |
Liberal | J. J. Hastings * | 191 | 8% | ||
Majority | 600 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,618 | ||||
Turnout | 2,343 | 31% | +5% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Netherfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Protestant | A. Brown * | 750 | 57% | -5% | |
Labour | S. J. Chegwin | 572 | 43% | +9% | |
Majority | 178 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,359 | ||||
Turnout | 1,322 | 30% | +3% | ||
Protestant hold | Swing |
Old Swan edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mrs. Doreen Jones | 2,713 | 48% | +48% | |
Conservative | A. J. Browne * | 1,887 | 33% | -27% | |
Labour | F. Gaier | 1,098 | 19% | -21% | |
Majority | 826 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,931 | ||||
Turnout | 5,698 | 41% | +4% | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Picton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C. J. Kinrade * | 2,149 | 50% | -9% | |
Labour | T. Bailey | 2,033 | 48% | +7% | |
Communist | Mrs. H. A. Thomas | 87 | 2% | +2% | |
Majority | 116 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,964 | ||||
Turnout | 4,269 | 33% | -3% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Pirrie edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | H. Dalton | 3,703 | 60% | +13% | |
Conservative | J. F. Atkinson | 2,359 | 38% | -15% | |
Communist | Brian Anderson | 113 | 2% | +2% | |
Majority | 113 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,794 | ||||
Turnout | 6,175 | 37% | -5% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Prince's Park edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. F. Stevens | 1,919 | 58% | +12% | |
Conservative | A. Palin | 1,298 | 39% | -12% | |
Communist | J. F. Greig | 93 | 3% | -1% | |
Majority | 621 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,059 | ||||
Turnout | 3,310 | 33% | -2% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Sandhills edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Miss M. Schofield * | 1,545 | 71% | +2% | |
Conservative | J. Barton | 636 | 29% | +2% | |
Majority | 909 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,676 | ||||
Turnout | 2,181 | 33% | +4% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Domingo edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protestant | R. Hughes * | 1,151 | 57% | +3% | |
Labour | A. Williams | 875 | 43% | 0% | |
Majority | 276 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,697 | ||||
Turnout | 2,026 | 23% | -8% | ||
Protestant hold | Swing |
St. James edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Parry * | 2,122 | 72% | +21% | |
Communist | R. O'Hara | 488 | 16% | +5% | |
Conservative | R. Bostock | 356 | 12% | -14% | |
Majority | 971 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,944 | ||||
Turnout | 2,966 | 33% | +10% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Mary's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. L. Harris * | 1,804 | 56% | ||
Labour | P. Grannel | 1,441 | 44% | -4% | |
Majority | 363 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,740 | ||||
Turnout | 3,245 | 30% | -12% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Michael's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs. M. Brown * | 2,413 | 53% | -15% | |
Labour | R. C. Evans | 2,122 | 47% | +25% | |
Majority | 291 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,615 | ||||
Turnout | 4,535 | 43% | +2% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Smithdown edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | H. Lee | 1,147 | 68% | +15% | |
Conservative | Mrs. M. G. Savage | 551 | 32% | -15% | |
Majority | 596 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,808 | ||||
Turnout | 1,698 | 22% | +3% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Speke edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ken Stewart | 3,065 | 62% | +15% | |
Conservative | C. Smith | 1,918 | 38% | -15% | |
Majority | 1,147 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,029 | ||||
Turnout | 4,983 | 31% | +5% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Tuebrook edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. B. Watterson | 2,252 | 56% | -5% | |
Labour | J. Mottram | 1,778 | 44% | +5% | |
Majority | 474 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,995 | ||||
Turnout | 4,030 | 34% | -8% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Vauxhall edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Orr * | 1,348 | 93% | +9% | |
Conservative | J. Howard | 102 | 7% | -5% | |
Majority | 1,246 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,511 | ||||
Turnout | 1,450 | 22% | +5% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Warbreck edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. Greenway | 2,327 | 62% | -8% | |
Labour | J. M. Burke | 1,398 | 38% | +8% | |
Majority | 929 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,344 | ||||
Turnout | 3,725 | 30% | -4% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Westminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Gillin * | 1,240 | 53% | +2% | |
Labour | J. Gardner | 1,118 | 47% | -2% | |
Majority | 122 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,228 | ||||
Turnout | 2,358 | 38% | -1% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Woolton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mrs. T. L. Norton | 5,045 | 70% | -9% | |
Labour | Tony Mulhearn | 2,133 | 30% | -9% | |
Majority | 2,912 | ||||
Registered electors | 24,035 | ||||
Turnout | 7,178 | 30% | -7% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Aldermanic Elections edit
Twenty of the forty Aldermen were elected by the city council on 18 May 1970. Those elected by the council and the wards they were allocated to are shown in the table below:
Party | Alderman | Ward | |
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Labour | Louis Caplan | Allerton | |
Labour | Hugh Carr | Arundel | |
Labour | Sir Joseph Cleary | Picton | |
Labour | David Cowley | Dingle | |
Labour | Brian Crookes | Church | |
Labour | James Cullen | Warbreck | |
Labour | Charles Minton | Netherfield | |
Labour | Joseph Morgan | Smithdown | |
Conservative | James Porter | County | |
Conservative | James Ross | Central | |
Labour | William Sefton | Croxteth | |
Labour | John Sheehan | Granby | |
Conservative | William Thomas | Everton | |
Conservative | Mrs. Ruth Dean | Breckfield | |
Conservative | Clarence Dickinson | Kensington | |
Conservative | John Kendrick | Sandhills | |
Conservative | James McAllister | Gillmoss | |
Conservative | Ralph Morris | Fairfield | |
Conservative | Clifford Price | Childwall | |
Conservative | David Williams | St. Mary's |
References edit
- ^ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post 8 May 1970
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post 12 May 1967
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post 18 May 1970
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1970-1971