1946 Liverpool City Council election
1946 UK local election
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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1946.
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1 November 1946
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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 59 | -4 | 24 | 83 | |
| Labour | 50 | +4 | 8 | 58 | |
| Protestant | 5 | -- | 1 | 6 | |
| Liberal | 2 | -- | 4 | 6 | |
| Independent | 3 | -- | 2 | 5 | |
Election result
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 22 | 51% | 106,206 | ||||||
| Labour | 14 | 45% | 96,623 | ||||||
| Protestant | 2 | 2.3% | 4,890 | ||||||
| Independent | 1 | 0.83% | 1,729 | ||||||
| Liberal | 1 | 0.91% | 1,911 | ||||||
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.64% | 1,342 | ||
Ward results
* - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
Due to the disruptions caused by the Second World War, no comparisons are made.
Abercromby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Reginald Bevins | 2,435 | 52% | ||
| Labour | Richard Clitherow | 2,279 | 48% | ||
| Majority | 156 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,858 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,714 | 34% | |||
Aigburth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Vere Egerton Cotton | 5,778 | 82% | ||
| Labour | Eric Barnes | 1,249 | 18% | ||
| Majority | 4,529 | ||||
| Registered electors | 16,530 | ||||
| Turnout | 7,027 | 43% | |||
Allerton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John McMillan | 3,211 | 64% | ||
| Labour | Charles Chesworth | 1,325 | 27% | ||
| Liberal | William Henry Ledsom | 459 | 9% | ||
| Majority | 1,886 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,076 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,995 | 50% | |||
Anfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William John Harrop | 4,672 | 60% | ||
| Labour | John Christopher Caroll | 3,151 | 40% | ||
| Majority | 1,521 | ||||
| Registered electors | 17,660 | ||||
| Turnout | 7,823 | 44% | |||
Breckfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George William Prout | 3,308 | 59% | ||
| Labour | Peter Joseph Haines | 2,306 | 41% | ||
| Majority | 1,002 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,166 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,614 | 43% | |||
Brunswick
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joseph Whitehead | 2,377 | 81% | ||
| Conservative | William Henry Bevan | 411 | 14% | ||
| Communist | Albert Southern | 131 | 4.5% | ||
| Majority | 1,966 | ||||
| Registered electors | 7,593 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,919 | 38% | |||
Castle Street
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Herbert Neville Bewley | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 892 | ||||
Childwall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jack Creswell | 4,860 | 76% | ||
| Labour | Thomas McConnell | 1,535 | 24% | ||
| Majority | 3,325 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,294 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,395 | 43% | |||
Croxteth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alfred Hargreaves | 5,514 | 54% | ||
| Conservative | John G. Morgan | 4,238 | 41% | ||
| Communist | John Coward | 478 | 4.7% | ||
| Majority | 1,276 | ||||
| Registered electors | 30,938 | ||||
| Turnout | 10,230 | 33% | |||
Dingle
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Basil Cashin | 4,035 | 51% | ||
| Conservative | Edward Thomas White | 3,877 | 49% | ||
| Majority | 158 | ||||
| Registered electors | 18,244 | ||||
| Turnout | 7,912 | 43% | |||
Edge Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Arthur Leadbetter | 2,973 | 56% | ||
| Conservative | Bertram Saul Morgan | 2,125 | 40% | ||
| Communist | Sidney Foster | 172 | 3.2% | ||
| Independent | Charles Henry Parry | 23 | 0.43% | ||
| Majority | 848 | ||||
| Registered electors | 18,244 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,293 | 29% | |||
Everton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Nickson | 3,165 | 66% | ||
| Conservative | Joseph George Hatton | 1,620 | 34% | ||
| Majority | 1,545 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,629 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,785 | 35% | |||
Exchange
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Gerard Granby | 648 | 73% | ||
| Labour | Alfred Strange | 228 | 26% | ||
| Independent | Frederick Bowman | 9 | 1% | ||
| Majority | 420 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,589 | ||||
| Turnout | 885 | 56% | |||
Fairfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Meadows | 3,912 | 57% | ||
| Labour | Dorothy C. Keeling | 2,973 | 43% | ||
| Majority | 939 | ||||
| Registered electors | 15,828 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,885 | 43% | |||
Fazakerley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Arthur J. Brownlow | 4,404 | 53% | ||
| Conservative | George Moore | 3,929 | 47% | ||
| Majority | 475 | ||||
| Registered electors | 20,478 | ||||
| Turnout | 8,333 | 41% | |||
Garston
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alex Hardman | 3,584 | 57% | ||
| Conservative | Victor C. Sutton | 2,355 | 38% | ||
| Independent | Arthur J.Holland | 301 | 5% | ||
| Majority | 1,229 | ||||
| Registered electors | 16,027 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,240 | 39% | |||
Granby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Walter Clarke | 2,457 | 50% | ||
| Labour | William Tipping | 2,435 | 50% | ||
| Majority | 22 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,302 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,892 | 37% | |||
Great George
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William George Ingham | 827 | 56% | ||
| Conservative | John Gwilyn Hughes | 805 | 55% | ||
| Labour | Alexander Kay | 644 | 44% | ||
| Labour | John Hamilton | 632 | 43% | ||
| Majority | 183 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,953 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,471 | 37% | |||
Kensington
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Frederick H. Bailey | 3,117 | 52% | ||
| Labour | Walter Gibbs | 2,838 | 48% | ||
| Majority | 279 | ||||
| Registered electors | 14,505 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,955 | 41% | |||
Kirkdale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Isaac Richmond | 3,986 | 56% | ||
| Conservative | Joseph Trevor Booth | 3,182 | 44% | ||
| Majority | 804 | ||||
| Registered electors | 19,580 | ||||
| Turnout | 7,168 | 37% | |||
Little Woolton
No election.
Low Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Nuttall Maxwell Entwistle | 2,502 | 51% | ||
| Labour | William Dean-Jones | 2,364 | 49% | ||
| Majority | 138 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,372 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,866 | 39% | |||
Much Woolton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Vivian Forsyth Crosthwaite | 1,886 | 63% | ||
| Labour | Griffith Daniel Ellis | 1,128 | 37% | ||
| Majority | 758 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,387 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,014 | 56% | |||
Netherfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Protestant | Harry Victor Shaw | 2,161 | 57% | ||
| Labour | George Carmichael | 1,634 | 43% | ||
| Majority | 527 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,300 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,795 | 37% | |||
North Scotland
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joseph O'Neill | 2,140 | 83% | ||
| Communist | Leo Joseph McGree | 424 | 17% | ||
| Majority | 1,716 | ||||
| Registered electors | 7,187 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,564 | 36% | |||
Old Swan
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Leslie Thomas Rogers | 6,834 | 56% | ||
| Labour | Clifford Selly | 5,290 | 44% | ||
| Majority | 1,553 | ||||
| Registered electors | 28,456 | ||||
| Turnout | 12,133 | 43% | |||
Prince's Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Browne | 2,627 | 52% | ||
| Labour | Mrs. Ethel May Wormald | 2,416 | 48% | ||
| Majority | 211 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,421 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,043 | 41% | |||
Sandhills
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Henry Dunford | 2,076 | 74% | ||
| Conservative | John Edward Molloy | 715 | 26% | ||
| Majority | 1,361 | ||||
| Registered electors | 7,904 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,791 | 35% | |||
St. Anne's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd | 1,138 | 59% | ||
| Independent | John Larkin | 780 | 41% | ||
| Majority | 358 | ||||
| Registered electors | 6,420 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,918 | 30% | |||
St. Domingo
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protestant | James Wareing | 2,729 | 58% | ||
| Labour | Walter Louis Cleaver | 2,006 | 42% | ||
| Majority | 723 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,428 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,735 | 35% | |||
St. Peter's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Mrs Evaline Ida Bligh | 370 | 69% | ||
| Labour | Peter James O'Hare | 166 | 31% | ||
| Majority | 204 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,260 | ||||
| Turnout | 536 | 43% | |||
Sefton Park East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Webster Armour | 3,600 | 72% | ||
| Labour | Robert Craig Smart | 1,409 | 28% | ||
| Majority | 2,191 | ||||
| Registered electors | 14,664 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,009 | 34% | |||
Sefton Park West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Walter Pickles | 3,733 | 68% | ||
| Labour | Thomas Scott | 1,732 | 32% | ||
| Majority | 2,001 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,104 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,465 | 49% | |||
South Scotland
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Frederick Ernest Granby | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 6,375 | ||||
Vauxhall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Patrick J. O'Brien | 656 | 72% | ||
| Conservative | Ernest Watkinson | 258 | 28% | ||
| Communist | |||||
| Majority | 398 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,637 | ||||
| Turnout | 914 | 35% | |||
Walton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Reginald Richard Bailey | 5,490 | 54% | ||
| Labour | Charles McDonald | 4,689 | 46% | ||
| Majority | 801 | ||||
| Registered electors | 23,677 | ||||
| Turnout | 10,179 | 43% | |||
Warbreck
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Arthur Whitaker Lowe | 4,535 | 62% | ||
| Labour | John Metcalf | 2,795 | 38% | ||
| Majority | 1,740 | ||||
| Registered electors | 20,101 | ||||
| Turnout | 7,330 | 36% | |||
Wavertree
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Village | 6,267 | 57% | ||
| Labour | John F. Hughes | 3,720 | 34% | ||
| Liberal | Francis F.C. Moulton | 1,082 | 10% | ||
| Majority | 2,547 | ||||
| Registered electors | 23,442 | ||||
| Turnout | 11,069 | 47% | |||
Wavertree West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Wallace | 2,966 | 53% | ||
| Conservative | Maurice Voss | 2,545 | 45% | ||
| Communist | Thomas McCann | 137 | 2% | ||
| Majority | 421 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,779 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,648 | 48% | |||
West Derby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles William Wingrove | 8,086 | 63% | ||
| Labour | Edward William Harby | 4,665 | 37% | ||
| Majority | 3,421 | ||||
| Registered electors | 32,400 | ||||
| Turnout | 12,751 | 39% | |||
By-elections
Aigburth 28 November 1946
On 9 November 1946 the aldermanic vacancy caused by the death of Alderman William Denton (???), Vere Egerton Cotton C.B.E. (Conservative, elected to the Aigburth ward on 1 November 1946) was elected as an Alderman.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Latham Bateson | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 16,530 | ||||
Castle Street 4 February 1947
Alderman John Case died on 1 December 1946. [4]
On 8 January 1947 the Council elected Councillor Herbert Neville Bewley (Conservative ) as an Alderman. [5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Thomas Winlock Harley | 411 | |||
| Liberal | Herbert Griffith Edwards | 47 | |||
| Labour | Clifford Selly | 15 | |||
| Majority | 364 | ||||
| Registered electors | 892 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Garston 2 April 1947
Alderman Sir Sydney Jones died on 16 February 1947.[7]
The Councillor for Garston ward Councillor Joseph Williams (Conservative, last elected 1 November 1938) was elected by the Council as an Alderman on 5 March 1947 to fill the vacant post left by the death of Alderman Sir Sydney Jones (Liberal).[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Henry Clarke | 3,588 | 52.2% | ||
| Labour | William Henry Sefton | 3,279 | 47.7% | ||
| Majority | 309 | ||||
| Registered electors | 16,027 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,867 | 42.8% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
North Scotland 29 May 1947
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Thomas Fay (Labour, elected 1 November 1945 ).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Herbert Francis Granby | 2,167 | |||
| Richard Haddow Forrest | 507 | ||||
| Majority | 1,660 | ||||
| Registered electors | 7,187 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,674 | 37.2 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||