1952 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 8 May 1952.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative67-122895
Labour46+13753
Protestant4-115
Independent3025
Liberal0022

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1952
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 26 62% 55% 124,368
  Conservative 14 33% 45% 102,558
  Protestant 1 2.4% 1.7% 3,954
  Liberal 0 0 0 0 0% 0.67% 1,523
  Communist 0 0 0 0 0% 0.032% 72

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Comparisons are made with the 1949 election results.

Abercromby

Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Livermore 3,564 62% +20%
Conservative John Kenneth Hart * 2,159 38% -16%
Majority 1,405
Registered electors 13,256
Turnout 5,723 43% +5%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Alexander Kinnear * 5,268 76% 0%
Labour Thomas George White 935 14% +3%
Liberal John Bowen 713 10% -2%
Majority 4,333
Registered electors 15,523
Turnout 6,916 45% -11%
Conservative hold Swing

Allerton

Allerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Haswell * 2,855 74% +4%
Labour Harold Lee 995 26% +7%
Majority 1,860
Registered electors 9,739
Turnout 3,850 40% -10%
Conservative hold Swing

Anfield

Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norman Alfred Pannell (PARTY) 4,019 53% -12%
Labour James Augustus Bargrave Deane 3,546 47% +12%
Majority 473
Registered electors 16,287
Turnout 7,565 46% -4%
Conservative hold Swing

Breckfield

Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Ralph Snell 3,094 55% +13%
Conservative Miss Joan Ailsa Blackie (PARTY) 2,489 45% -13%
Majority 605
Registered electors 12,826
Turnout 5,583 44% -1%
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hugh Carr 3,084 88% +8%
Conservative Mrs. Marrion Browne 405 12% -7%
Majority 2,679
Registered electors 7,334
Turnout 3,489 48% -1%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Castle Street

Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Henry Thompson 440 97%
Independent James Elias 13 3%
Majority 427
Registered electors 956
Turnout 453 47%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Childwall

Childwall - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William James Sergent 4,639 79%
Conservative John Shaw Brown 4,419 75%
Labour William Delgarno 1,246 21%
Labour Mrs. Elsie Ellen Gough 1,232 21%
Majority 3,393
Registered electors 13,885
Turnout 5,885 42%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles McDonald 9,692 63% +13%
Conservative Francis Henry Wilson * 5,756 37% =13%
Majority 3,933
Registered electors 34,388
Turnout 15,451 45% +3%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Dingle

Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Firman Aldis * 6,138 65%
Conservative Ernest Johnson 3,238 35%
Majority 2,900
Registered electors 17,708
Turnout 9,376 53% -1%
Labour hold Swing

Edge Hill

Edge Hill - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Johnstone * 3,699 67% +11%
Labour Leonard Holden 3,587 65%
Conservative Edgar William Holland 1,786 33% -11%
Conservative James Stanislaus Ross 1,588 29% -15%
Majority 1,913
Registered electors 13,620
Turnout 5,485 40% -3%
Labour hold Swing

Everton

Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Leslie Hughes * 3,907 77% +15%
Conservative William Martin 1,138 23% -15%
Majority 2,769
Registered electors 13,271
Turnout 5,045 38% -3%
Labour hold Swing

Exchange

Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Larkin 598 62% -19%
Labour William McKeown 368 38% +19%
Majority 230
Registered electors 15,505
Turnout 966 6%
Independent hold Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Thomas 3,387 55% -3%
Labour Norman Bates 2,799 45% +3%
Majority 588
Registered electors 15,505
Turnout 6,186 40% -2%
Conservative hold Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hugh Dalton 6,319 59% +9%
Conservative Ralph Rattray * 4,432 41% -9%
Majority 1,887
Registered electors 19,797
Turnout 10,751 54% +2%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Garston

Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Crookes 7,650 66% +19%
Conservative William Leslie McClelland (PARTY) 3,857 34% -17%
Majority 3,793
Registered electors 22,384
Turnout 11,507 51% +8%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Granby

Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Thomas Brodie 3,432 61% +13%
Conservative William Granville Heald * 2,210 39% -13%
Majority 1,222
Registered electors 12,804
Turnout 5,642 44% +2%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Great George

Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mrs. Elizabeth Trainor 796 52% +4%
Conservative Walter John Smith 747 48% -4%
Majority 49
Registered electors 3,376
Turnout 1,543 46% +3%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Kensington

Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frederick Walker 3,683 59% +13%
Conservative Leslie John Henry Rumsey 2,533 41% -13%
Majority 1,150
Registered electors 13,976
Turnout 6,216 44% -6%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Kirkdale

Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter James O'Hare * 5,699 71% +18%
Conservative George Parkinson Tyson 2,381 29% -18%
Majority 3,318
Registered electors 19,721
Turnout 8,080 41% -6%
Labour hold Swing

Little Woolton

Little Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Basil Smart (PARTY) 1,153 57% -6%
Labour James Gardner 866 43% +6%
Majority 287
Registered electors 3,048
Turnout 2,019 66% -1%
Conservative hold Swing

Low Hill

Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Robinson * 3,381 65% +14%
Conservative Abram Maxwell Caplin 1,842 35% -14%
Majority 1,539
Registered electors 11,840
Turnout 5,223 44% 0%
Labour hold Swing

Much Woolton

Much Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald William Stewart 2,224 72% -6%
Labour Thomas Keith Williams 846 28% +6%
Majority 1,378
Registered electors 6,525
Turnout 3,070 47% -5%
Labour hold Swing

Netherfield

Netherfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Clitherow 1,925 55% +15%
Protestant William George Jones * 1,555 45% -14%
Majority 370
Registered electors 10,107
Turnout 3,480 34% -5%
Labour gain from Protestant

North Scotland

North Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Robinson (PARTY)
Majority
Registered electors 7,160
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leslie Hebron Sanders * 5,926 54% -11%
Labour Terence Roberts 4,989 46% +12%
Majority 937
Registered electors 27,025
Turnout 10,915 40% -7%
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park

Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henry Rimmer 3,299 59% +14%
Conservative Charles Alfred Lever (PARTY) 2,293 41% -14%
Majority 1,006
Registered electors 12,152
Turnout 5,592 46% +2%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Sandhills

Sandhills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter McKernan * - unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mrs. Elizabeth Margaret Braddock * 1,756 80% +23%
Conservative John Oswald Tiernan 436 20% -23%
Majority 1,320
Registered electors 5,406
Turnout 2,192 41% -6%
Labour hold Swing

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protestant Albert Victor Harris * 2,399 51% -7%
Labour Frank Keating 2,347 49% +7%
Majority 52
Registered electors 13,283
Turnout 4,746 36% -4%
Protestant hold Swing

St. Peter's

St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Smyth 387 52% +10%
Conservative Leo Joseph G. Wilkinson * 355 48% -12%
Majority 32
Registered electors 1,458
Turnout 742 51% 0%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Sefton Park East

Sefton Park East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold Lees (PARTY) 3,521 58% -15%
Labour Richard John Alcock 2,596 42% +15%
Majority 925
Registered electors 14,049
Turnout 6,117 44% +2%
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park West

Sefton Park West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Brierley Collins * 3,668 64% -9%
Labour William Jones 2,029 36% +9%
Majority 1,639
Registered electors 10,880
Turnout 5,697 52% -2%
Conservative hold Swing

South Scotland

South Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Corrigan (PARTY) 2,295 97% 0%
Communist Richard Cuerdon 72 3% 0%
Majority 2,295
Registered electors 6,781
Turnout 2,367 35% -14%
Labour hold Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Hogan 785 72%
Conservative Alan Arthur Horsford 303 28%
Majority 482
Registered electors 2,785
Turnout 1,088 39%
Labour hold Swing

Walton

Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Francis Carr 5,832 55%
Conservative Robert Charles Andrews 4,820 45%
Majority 1,012
Registered electors 22,918
Turnout 10,652 46%
Labour hold Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frank Woolfenden 4,793 55%
Labour Harold Dailey 3,924 45%
Majority 869
Registered electors 18,812
Turnout 8,717 46%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree

Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mrs. Eleanor Bingham Glazebrook 5,983 61%
Labour Emmanuel Milton Mannheim 2,986 31%
Liberal Albert Edward Jones 810 8%
Majority 2,997
Registered electors 21,744
Turnout 9,779 45%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree West

Wavertree West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Minton 3,545 58%
Conservative Samuel Curtis 2,619 42%
Majority 926
Registered electors 11,342
Turnout 6,164 54%
Labour hold Swing

West Derby

West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Gwilym Hughes 7,762 57%
Labour Alexander Coveney McLeod 5,907 43%
Majority 1,855
Registered electors 31,320
Turnout 13,669 44%
Conservative hold Swing

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Aldermanic Elections

Twenty of the forty Aldermen were elected by the city council on 19 May 1952.

* - re-elected aldermen.

PartyAlderman
ConservativeGeorge Webster Green Armour *
ConservativeReginald Richard Bailey *
ConservativeHerbert Neville Bewley *
ConservativeMrs. Ada Martha Burton *
ConservativeThomas Henry Burton *
LabourJoseph Jackson Cleary *
ConservativeAlexander Critchley *
ConservativeMabel Fletcher *
ConservativeRobert Duncan French *
LabourAlexander Griffin *
LiberalWilliam Sinclair Scott Hannay *
LabourJoseph Harrington *
LabourBertie Victor Kirby C.B.E. *
ConservativeWalter Thomas Lancashire *
ConservativeAlfred Levy *
LabourDavid Gilbert Logan C.B,E. M.P. *
ProtestantRev. Harry Dixon Longbottom *
ConservativeGeorge Miller Platt *
LabourMichael John Reppion *
ConservativeJohn Village *

All Aldermen and the wards they were allocated to as Returning Officer are shown in the table below:

PartyAldermanWard
Edwin ThompsonAbercromby
Ernest Ash CooksonAigburth
ConservativeAlexander CritchleyAllerton
James Conrad CrossAnfield
ProtestantRev. Harry Dixon LongbottomBreckfield
William John Mathew ClarkBrunswick
William John TristramCastle Street
LabourAlexander GriffinChildwall
LabourDavid Gilbert Logan C.B.E. M.P.Croxteth
ConservativeGeorge Webster Green ArmourDingle
ConservativeAlfred LevyEdge Hill
LabourMichael John ReppionEverton
William Greenough GregsonExchange
ConservativeGeorge Miller PlattFairfield
Lawrence KingFazakerley
ConservativeThomas Henry BurtonGarston
LabourBertie Victor Kirby C.B.E.Granby
Sir Alfred ShennanGreat George
LiberalWilliam Sinclair Scott HannayKensington
LabourJoseph HarringtonKirkdale
Isaac RobinsonLittle Woolton
William Thomas RobertsLow Hill
Joseph WilliamsMuch Woolton
ConservativeWalter Thomas LancashireNetherfield
James FarrellNorth Scotland
Charles Gordon Snowden GordonOld Swan
Albert MorrowPrince's Park
Robert John HallSt. Anne's
Luke Hogan M.B.E.St. Domingo
ConservativeRobert Duncan FrenchSt. Peter's
Miss Mary Mabel EillsSandhills
ConservativeReginald Richard BaileySefton Park East
Michael Corey DixonSefton Park West
Mr. Vere Egerton Cotton C.B.E. T.D.South Scotland
Stanley Ronald WilliamsVauxhall
ConservativeMiss Mabel FletcherWalton
ConservativeMrs. Ada Martha BurtonWarbreck
ConservativeJohn VillageWavertree
LabourJoseph Jackson ClearyWavertree West
ConservativeHerbert Neville BewleyWeat Derby

By-elections

Breckfield by-election 13 November 1952

Following the death of Alderman Walter Thomas Lancashire on 18 August 1952, Cllr. David John Lewis was elected as Alderman by the City Council on 3 September 1952 and assigned as returning officer for the Netherfield ward. [3]

Following the death of Alderman James Conrad Cross on 18 August 1952, Cllr. George William Prout was elected as Alderman by the City Council on 3 September 1952 and assigned as returning officer to the Anfield ward. [4]

Following the election of Cllr. David John Lewis and Cllr. George William Prout as Aldermen, there was a by-election for 2 seats for the Breckfield ward on 13 November 1952.


Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Curtis 2,511 52%
Conservative William Bell Pickett 2,474 52%
Labour Ian Isidore Levin 2,275 48%
Labour Andrew Thomas Francis Williams 2,272 47%
Majority 236
Registered electors 12,826
Turnout 4,786 37%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. Liverpool Daily Post 9 May 1952
  2. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1952-1953
  3. Proceedings of the Council 1952-53 page 302
  4. Proceedings of the Council 1952-53 page 303
  5. Proceedings of the Council 1952-53 page 507
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