1945 Liverpool City Council election

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1945 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 1 November 1945. It was the first local election in which all those who qualified for a parliamentary vote could vote.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen
Conservative 66-624
Labour 44+118
Liberal 2-44
Protestant 4+11
Independent 3-12

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1945
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2145%81,337
  Labour 3547%86,200
  Liberal 13.6%6,550
  Protestant 22.2%4,067
  Independent 21.4%2,576
  Communist 00%0.54%981

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

As this was the first election since the disruption caused by the Second World War no comparisons are made.

Abercromby

Abercromby - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Francis Lavery2,46656%
Labour Harry Livermore2,43955%
Conservative Joseph James E. Sloan1,96344%
Conservative George Bowman1,96144%
Majority503
Registered electors 12,663
Turnout 4,42935%

Aigburth

Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Herbert Mylrea Allen4,46860%
Labour John Francis Carr1,50520%
Liberal Vera Catherine Davie82711%
Independent Arthur Jas. Holland6739%
Majority2,963
Registered electors 16,061
Turnout 7,47347%

Allerton

Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Haswell2,36952%
Labour William Dean-Jones1,39231%
Liberal Herbert Griffith Edwards76117%
Majority977
Registered electors 9,784
Turnout 4,52246%

Anfield

Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Aled Owen Roberts3,81856%
Labour Eric Barnes3,03144%
Majority787
Registered electors 16,905
Turnout 6,84941%

Breckfield

Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David John Lewis2,55451%
Labour William Tipping2,49949%
Majority55
Registered electors 12,201
Turnout 5,05341%

Brunswick

Brunswick - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Basnettunopposed
Labour Frank Hampton Cainunopposed
Majority
Registered electors 6,410
Turnout

Castle Street

Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William S.S. Hannay52596%
Labour A. Kay244%
Majority501
Registered electors 910
Turnout 54960%

Childwall

Childwall - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William J. Matthew Clark3,28153%
Conservative Alexander Young3,10550%
Labour Albert Clegg1,85730%
Labour Alice Elliott1,73328%
Liberal John Richard Jones1,07017%
Liberal Lilian Howorth90915%
Majority1,424
Registered electors 12,988
Turnout 6,20848%

Croxteth

Croxteth - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Cullen5,20582%
Labour William Henry Barton5,09180%
Independent James Charles Pollard1,16418%
Majority4,041
Registered electors 29,224
Turnout 6,36922%

Dingle

Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Daniel Whittle3,91953%
Conservative George Horrace Duckett3,52347%
Majority396
Registered electors 17,363
Turnout 7,44243%

Edge Hill

Edge Hill - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Johnstone3,11364%
Labour John Bagot3,08264%
Conservative Joseph Parry1,73336%
Conservative Charles Stamper1,67635%
Majority1,380
Registered electors 12,736
Turnout 4,84638%

Everton

Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Leslie Hughesunopposed
Registered electors 12,593

Exchange

Exchange - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Leo Henry Wright72874%
Independent Walter McGrath72173%
Labour Sarah Ann McArd25226%
Labour Herbert F. Granby25726%
Majority471
Registered electors 1,619
Turnout 98561%

Fairfield

Fairfield - 3 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry V. Cove3,15946%
Labour Isadore Levin3,08845%
Conservative Robert Meadows3,02244%
Conservative Charles Tillson2,99243%
Labour Edward William Harby2,98443%
Conservative James C. Cotdon2,93242%
Liberal William Henry Ledsom75511%
Liberal Charles Frederick Elias5538%
Liberal Leonard Baines4677%
Majority137
Registered electors 14,457
Turnout 6,93648%

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph L. Morgan4,39363%
Conservative Robert A. Smith2,57637%
Majority1,817
Registered electors 19,248
Turnout 6,96936%

Garston

Garston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Demain3,95066%
Conservative William Fletcher2,00834%
Majority1,942
Registered electors 14,994
Turnout 5,95840%

Granby

Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Trainor2,34453%
Conservative Walter Clarke2,06547%
Majority279
Registered electors 12,424
Turnout 4,40935%

Great George

Great George - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Edward Cottierunopposed
Labour John David Towersunopposed
Registered electors 3,720

Kensington

Kensington - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Matthew Taylor2,82751%
Labour Joseph Brogan2,81251%
Conservative Jack Creswell2,66349%
Conservative Stephen Minion2,61648%
Majority162
Registered electors 13,466
Turnout 5,49241%

Kirkdale

Kirkdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter McKernan4,34060%
Conservative William E. McLachlan2,86340%
Majority1,477
Registered electors 18,333
Turnout 7,20339%

Little Woolton

Little Woolton - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Forster Brakell71568%
Conservative Gordon Frederick Catlin67164%
Liberal Marshal Fraser McGregor19619%
Labour Margaret Ella Doughty13713%
Majority519
Registered electors 1,456
Turnout 1,04872%

Low Hill

Low Hill - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Robinson2,96355%
Labour David Horan2,88054%
Conservative Samuel Cecil Saltmarsh2,42045%
Conservative George Moore2,31543%
Majority543
Registered electors 11,568
Turnout 5,38347%

Much Woolton

Much Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Wm. Stewart1,54159%
Labour Griffith D. Ellis1,08441%
Majority457
Registered electors 5,180
Turnout 2,62551%

Netherfield

Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant George E. Lewis1,61151%
Labour William J. Riddick1,56249%
Majority48
Registered electors 10,653
Turnout 3,17430%

North Scotland

North Scotland - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Fay1,69063%
Labour Frederick W. Tucker1,54658%
Communist Leo McGree98137%
Majority709
Registered electors 6,778
Turnout 2,67139%

Old Swan

Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Samuel Cantor5,49753%
Conservative Ernest Walker4,87447%
Majority623
Registered electors 26,860
Turnout 10,37139%

Prince's Park

Prince's Park - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Ann Demain2,47654%
Labour Henry Evans2,40754%
Conservative Charles Cowlin2,08246%
Conservative Thomas Thompson2,04445%
Majority394
Registered electors 11,593
Turnout 4,55839%

Sandhills

Sandhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Aldrittunopposed
Registered electors 7,277

St. Anne's

St. Anne's - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth M. Braddock M.P. unopposed
Labour Abraham Louis Caplanunopposed
Registered electors 5,996

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant Albert Victor Harris2,45655%
Labour Charles Gallacher1,97045%
Majority486
Registered electors 12,399
Turnout 4,42636%

St. Peter's

St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John D.R.T. Tilney42372%
Labour Peter James O'Hare15426%
Independent and anti warF.Bowman112%
Majority269
Registered electors 1,108
Turnout 58853%

Sefton Park East

Sefton Park East - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Frank N. Holland3,35266%
Conservative Arthur Maiden3,26865%
Labour Margaret Roberts1,70034%
Labour Louie Viner1,51730%
Majority1,652
Registered electors 13,664
Turnout 5,05237%

Sefton Park West

Sefton Park West - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Brierley Collins3,10466%
Conservative Frederick Bidston3,04364%
Labour Cecil Ronffignac1,61834%
Labour John Eric Yeadon1,56533%
Majority1,486
Registered electors 10,398
Turnout 4,72245%

South Scotland

South Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael John Reppionunopposed
Registered electors 5,971

Vauxhall

Vauxhall - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Cyril Bradyunopposed
Labour Thomas Hoganunopposed
Registered electors 2,526

Walton

Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Edward Searle4,68148%
Labour Arthur Jas. Brownlow4,50846%
Liberal Evan Llewellyn Lloyd5946%
Majority173
Registered electors 22,454
Turnout 9,78344%

Warbreck

Warbreck - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Herbert W. Metcalfe3,64849%
Conservative John Green3,63749%
Labour Frederick J. Hughes2,35432%
Labour William H. Pugh2,32531%
Liberal Walter Howarth1,45019%
Liberal Marv. G. Ruddy1,37118%
Majority1,294
Registered electors 19,161
Turnout 7,45239%

Wavertree

Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harold Threlfall Wilson6,10058%
Labour Joseph Brian Alexander4,44742%
Majority1,653
Registered electors 22,419
Turnout 10,54747%

Wavertree West

Wavertree West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles James Minton2,51751%
Conservative Florence Blume Levy2,01141%
Liberal Douglas Kilgour Mitchell3728%
Majority506
Registered electors 10,994
Turnout 4,90045%

West Derby

West Derby - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert C. Beattie7,47859%
Conservative Hedley A. Williams7,47759.5%
Labour John C. Carroll5,24141.5%
Labour Thomas W. Jolley5,31342.5%
Majority2,237
Registered electors 30,484
Turnout 12,719425

[2] [3]

Aldermanic elections

At the meeting of the City Council on 9 November 1945 the terms of office of twenty of the forty Aldermen expired and the councilors (but not the sitting aldermen) elected twenty Aldermen to fill the vacant positions for a term of six years.

PartyAlderman
Conservative Thomas Henry Burton *
Conservative John Case *
Labour Joseph Jackson Cleary *
Conservative Alexander Critchley *
Conservative Harold Edward Davies *
Conservative Thomas Dowd *
Labour Patrick Fay *
Conservative Mabel Fletcher *
Conservative Robert Duncan French *
Labour Alexander Griffin *
Labour Bertie Victor Kirby M.P.
Conservative Walter Thomas Lancashire *
Conservative Alfred Levy *
Labour David Gilbert Logan M.P.
Protestant Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom *
Conservative George Miller Platt *
Conservative James Graham Reece *
Labour William Albert Robinson *
Conservative George Alfred Srong *
Conservative Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson *

[4]

By-elections

Netherfield, 29 January 1946

Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Matthew Clark (Labour, Netherfield, elected 1 November 1938). [5]

Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant William George Jones1,30253%
Labour William James Riddick1,14447%
Majority158
Registered electors 10,653
Turnout 2,44623%
Protestant hold Swing

Dingle 19 February 1946

Caused by the death of Councillor George William Gillespie (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1 November 1937).

Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Horrace Duckett3,54654%
Labour William Basil Cashin3,00446%
Majority542
Registered electors 17,363
Turnout 6,55038%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

[6]

Breckfield, 9 May 1946

Alderman Thomas Dowd died on 19 March 1946. [7]

Councillor Ada Martha Burton (Conservative, elected for the Breckfield ward 1 November 1938) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 3 April 1946 to fill this vacancy. [8]

Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Thomas Henry Thompson2,53961%
George Henry Dunbar1,63039%
Majority909
Registered electors 12,201
Turnout 4,16934%

Aigburth, 16 May 1946

Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Edward Stirling Napier (Conservative, Aigburth, elected 1 November 1937).

Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Richard Martin Bingham5,03673%
Victor Harold Edgar Baker1,25518%
Edmund Booth6199%
Majority3,781
Registered electors 16,061
Turnout 6,91043%

South Scotland

Alderman Patrick Fay died on 16 April 1946. [9]

Councilor Joseph Harrington (Labour, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1937) was elected by the councillors as an alderman to fill this vacancy. [10]

Childwall

Councillor Stanley Foster (Conservative, Childwall, elected 1 November 1937) died on 18 May 1946. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1945
  3. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946
  4. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 7
  5. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 208
  6. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 278
  7. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 346
  8. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 347
  9. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 424
  10. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 427
  11. ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 492
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