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Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party)[1] |
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 11 May 1961.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 52 | -8 | 32 | 84 | |
Conservative | 63 | +8 | 7* | 70 | |
Protestant | 5 | +2 | 0 | 5 |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
* - 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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 |
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 |