1957 Liverpool City Council election

1957 Liverpool City Council election
← 1956 9 May 1957 1958 →
	Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party)

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 9 May 1957.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

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	Councillors	Aldermen
Conservative	52	??
Labour	65	??
Protestant	2	??
Independent Labour Party	1	??

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	16	1	1	40%	51%	91,963
Labour	25	1	1	62.5%	46%	83,291
Liberal	0	0	0	0%	1%	2,479
Anti-Debt League	0	0	0	0%	0.5%	832
Communist	0	0	0	0%	0.2%	356

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Morris	1,672	45%
	Conservative	A. McVeigh	1,390	37%
	Independent Labour	L. Murphy	520	14%
	Communist	A. M^cClelland	143	4%
Majority			282
Registered electors			11,557
Turnout			3,725	32%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Maxwell Entwistle ^(PARTY)	4,785	89%
	Labour	F. J. McConville	569	11%
Majority			4,216
Registered electors			14,097
Turnout			5,354	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. McMillan *	2,910	82%
	Labour	M. Black	623	18%
Majority			2,287
Registered electors			10,216
Turnout			3,533	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. G. S. Gordon	3,560	59%
	Labour	H. Wallace	2,246	37%
	Anti-Debt League	J. R. Gradwell	245	4%
Majority			1,314
Registered electors			14,930
Turnout			6,051	41%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. W. Rathbone	3,246	64%
	Labour	F. D. Shemmonds	1,765	35%
	Communist	J. Kay	97	2%
Majority			1,481
Registered electors			12,779
Turnout			5,108	40%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. A. Lowe ^(PARTY)	2,344	51%
	Labour	H. James	2,274	49%
Majority			70
Registered electors			11,952
Turnout			4,618	39%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Keenan *	2,993	68%	+6%
	Labour	G. A. McAllister	1,380	32%	−6%
Majority			1,613
Registered electors			12,208
Turnout			4,373	36%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. McKeown *	1,928	61%
	Conservative	S. J. Chaytor	1,174	37%
	Anti-Debt League	A. P. Cooney	70	2%
Majority			754
Registered electors			9,717
Turnout			3,172	33%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. W. Hughes *	3,925	72%
	Liberal	R. Globe	948	17%
	Labour	D. Black	551	10%
Majority			2,977
Registered electors			14,070
Turnout			5,424	39%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. M. Steward *	3,932	75%
	Liberal	Mrs. A. E. Shanks	613	12%
	Labour	J. P. McLean	534	10%
	Anti-Debt League	R. Brennan	130	2%
Majority			3,319
Registered electors			14,242
Turnout			5,209	37%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	F. H. Wilson *	2,821	48%
	Labour	R. Stoddart	2,610	45%
	Liberal	J. Reilly	388	10%
Majority			211
Registered electors			12,115
Turnout			5,819	48%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Dailey *	3,738	53%
	Conservative	R. J. McLaughlin	3,350	47%
Majority			388
Registered electors			14,839
Turnout			7,088	48%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. J. E. Thompson	3,812	69%
	Labour	J. M. Burke	1,207	22%
	Liberal	W. Russell Dyson	530	10%
Majority			2,605
Registered electors			11,608
Turnout			5,549	48%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Cumella	3,235	59%
	Labour	Richard Crawshaw	3,197	58%
	Conservative	R. Grace	2,053	37%
	Conservative	A. B. Reilly	1,834	33%
	Anti-Debt League		206	4%
Majority			1,182
Registered electors			14,130
Turnout			5,494	39%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. I. Davies ^(PARTY)	2,861	60%
	Conservative	P. Tickle	1,940	40%
Majority			921
Registered electors			14,806
Turnout			4,801	32%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. C. McLeod	2,075	81%
	Independent	M. J. McBride	489	19%
Majority			2,075
Registered electors			12,514
Turnout			2,564	20%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. Thomas *	2,631	59%
	Labour	W. J. Wright	1,853	41%
Majority			778
Registered electors			14,830
Turnout			4,483	30%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Rattray *	3,191	51%
	Labour	F. J. Grue	3,067	49%
Majority			124
Registered electors			12,410
Turnout			6,258	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. B. Sharples	3,897	70%
	Conservative	H. R. Butler	1,661	30%
Majority			2,236
Registered electors			16,604
Turnout			5,558	33%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Guinan *	2,280	59%
	Conservative	R. A. Parkes	1,567	41%
Majority			713
Registered electors			12,142
Turnout			3,847	32%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. K. Williams *	2,926	61%
	Conservative	A. L. Audley	1,856	39%
Majority			1,070
Registered electors			13,254
Turnout			4,782	36%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. M. Scott	1,931	61%
	Conservative	E. Criere	1,240	39%
Majority			691
Registered electors			10,898
Turnout			3,171	29%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. H. Browne *	2,204	70%
	Conservative	J. Smith	964	30%
Majority			1,240
Registered electors			10,339
Turnout			3,168	31%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Robinson *	1,397	57%
	Conservative	T. B. Rutter	1,066	43%
Majority			331
Registered electors			9,330
Turnout			2,463	26%
	Labour hold		Swing

Abercromby

Aigburth

Allerton

Anfield

Arundel

Breckfield

Broadgreen

Central

Childwall

Church

Clubmoor

County

Croxteth

Dingle

Dovecot

Everton

Fairfield

Fazakerley

Gillmoss

Granby

Kensington

Low Hill

Melrose

Netherfield

Old Swan

Picton

Pirrie

Prince's Park

Sandhills

St. Domingo

St. James

St. Mary's

St. Michael's

Smithdown

Speke

Tuebrook

Vauxhall

Warbreck

Westminster

Woolton

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. G. Devine *	3,237	51%
	Conservative	R. J. Cleary	3,083	48%
	Communist	Mrs. W. Cohen	66	1%
Majority			154
Registered electors			16,023
Turnout			6,386	40%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. G. Roberts	3,044	51%
	Conservative	John Ernest Lockwood	2,917	49%
Majority			127
Registered electors			14,851
Turnout			5,961	40%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Delgarno *	4,396	61%
	Conservative	R. H. Smith	2,781	39%
Majority			1,615
Registered electors			17,384
Turnout			7,177	41%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Roberts *	2,575	55%
	Conservative	Mrs. M. Browne	2,116	45%
Majority			459
Registered electors			13,825
Turnout			4,691	34%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Scully	2,177	93%
	Conservative	A. E. Dailey	153	7%
Majority			2,024
Registered electors			9,818
Turnout			2,330	24%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. R. Maylor *	2,326	59%
	Conservative	T. Hillock	1,631	41%
Majority			695
Registered electors			12,575
Turnout			3,957	31%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. McManus	2,497	81%
	Conservative	J. Jordan	572	19%
Majority			1,925
Registered electors			11,346
Turnout			3,069	27%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mrs. P. Henley	2,155	56%
	Conservative	Mrs. D. V. McClelland	1,717	44%
Majority			438
Registered electors			11,873
Turnout			3,872	33%
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. Browne *	2,757	71%
	Labour	W. Rice-Jones	957	25%
	Anti-Debt League	A. Anderson	157	4%
Majority			1,800
Registered electors			10,226
Turnout			3,871	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Gibbs *	2,589	71%
	Conservative	E. Johnson	1,049	29%
Majority			1,540
Registered electors			13,495
Turnout			3,638	27%
	Labour hold		Swing