1955 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 12 May 1955. After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative53+12780
Labour65-1974
Protestant2013
Independent1012
Liberal0011

Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1955
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative
  Labour
  Liberal
  Protestant
  Communist

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in the 'all-up' election in 1953 for a two-year term (as they were the candidates receiving the second highest number of votes). Therefore, comparisons are made with the 1953 election results.

Abercromby
Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. McGuire (PARTY) 2,330 51%
Conservative J. H. W. Stewart 1,979 43%
Communist A. McClelland 264 6%
Majority 351
Registered electors 12,241
Turnout 4,573 37%
Labour hold Swing

Aigburth
Aigburth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. A. Kinnear * 3,615 88%
Labour T. Higgins 509 12%
Majority 3,106
Registered electors 14,033
Turnout 4,124 29&
Conservative hold Swing

Allerton
Allerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S. Minion (PARTY) 3,477 81%
Labour H. Knowles 810 19%
Majority 2,667
Registered electors 10,208
Turnout 4,287
Conservative hold Swing

Anfield
Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. A. Porter (PARTY) 4,566 66%
Labour W. K. Fox 2,373 34%
Majority 2,193
Registered electors 15,362
Turnout 6,939 45%
Conservative hold Swing

Arundel
Arundel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Lees * 3,660 72%
Labour J. Palliser 1,436 28%
Majority 2,224
Registered electors 13,376
Turnout 5,096 38%
Conservative hold Swing

Breckfield
Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S. E. Goldsmith (PARTY) 3,052 55%
Labour W. R. Snell 2,454 45%
Majority 598
Registered electors 12,375
Turnout 5,506 44%
Conservative hold Swing

Broadgreen
Broadgreen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative L. T. Rogers * 3,669 68%
Labour Mrs. L. Wooding 1,695 32%
Majority 1,974
Registered electors 12,515
Turnout 5,364 43%
Conservative hold Swing

Central
Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. M. Mannheim (PARTY) 2,310 53%
Independent J. G, Granby 2,060 47%
Majority 250
Registered electors 10,443
Turnout 4,370 42%
Labour hold Swing

Childwall
Childwall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Young (PARTY) 4,094 89%
Labour T. McNerney 517 11%
Majority 3,577
Registered electors 14,046
Turnout 4,611 33%
Conservative hold Swing

Church
Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative E. Jennings * 5,434 83%
Labour Mrs. P. B. Henley 1,136 17%
Majority 4,299
Registered electors 14,552
Turnout 6,569 45%
Conservative hold Swing

Clubmoor
Clubmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative N. A. Williams * 3,248 59%
Labour J. Murphy 2,299 41%
Majority 949
Registered electors 12,489
Turnout 5,547 44%
Conservative hold Swing

County
County
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. F, Allanson (PARTY) 4,285 52%
Labour R. Stoddart 3,889 48%
Majority 396
Registered electors 15,249
Turnout 8,174 54%
Conservative hold Swing

Croxteth
Croxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative T. H. Thompson * 4,478 85%
Labour R. J. Luke 781 15%
Majority 3,697
Registered electors 10,666
Turnout 5,259 49%
Conservative hold Swing

Dingle
Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. H. Cain * 3,632 52%
Conservative J. F. Bamber 3,119 45%
Communist W. H. Hart 205 3%
Majority 513
Registered electors 14,627
Turnout 6,956 48%
Conservative hold Swing

Dovecot
Dovecot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. H. Maloney * 3,221 53%
Conservative L. F. Hogan 2,894 47%
Majority 327
Registered electors 15,024
Turnout 6,115 41%
Labour hold Swing

Everton
Everton - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. L. Hughes * 2,996 68%
Labour W. Smyth (PARTY) 2,708 61%
Conservative W. Martin 1,424 32%
Conservative E. D. Minshull 1,356 31%
Majority 1,572
Registered electors 12,925
Turnout 4,420 34%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Fairfield
Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. S. Ross (PARTY) 3,636 64%
Labour Mrs. M. G. Wheeler 2,029 36%
Majority 1,607
Registered electors 15,181
Turnout 5,665 37%
Conservative hold Swing

Fazakerley
Fazakerley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Poole * 3,912 59%
Labour Andrew Young 2,767 41%
Majority 1,145
Registered electors 12,790
Turnout 6,679 52%
Conservative hold Swing

Gillmoss
Gillmoss
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Troy * 3,826 62%
Conservative C. P. Conway 2,320 38%
Majority 1,506
Registered electors 15,958
Turnout 6,146 39%
Labour hold Swing

Granby
Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. T. Brodie * 2,580 52%
Conservative A. S. Snowden 2,386
Majority 194
Registered electors 12,343
Turnout 4,966 40%
Labour hold Swing

Kensington
Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mrs. E. M. Wormald * 3,064 53%
Conservative G. D. Brewer 2,713 47%
Majority 351
Registered electors 13,448
Turnout 5,777 43%
Labour hold Swing

Low Hill
Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mrs. M. J. Powell * 2,998 58%
Conservative J. P. Moyses 2,153 42%
Majority 845
Registered electors 11,360
Turnout 5,151 45%
Labour hold Swing

Melrose
Melrose
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. MacDonald (PARTY) 2,631 64%
Conservative J. Smith 1,478 36%
Majority 1,153
Registered electors 10,707
Turnout 4,109 38%
Labour hold Swing

Netherfield
Netherfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protestant G. E. Lewis * 1,879 50.1%
Labour H. G. Trainor 1,874 49.9%
Majority 5
Registered electors 9,811
Turnout 3,753 38%
Protestant hold Swing

Old Swan
Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative B. M. Frazer * 4,093 54%
Labour V. Burke 3,450 46%
Majority 643
Registered electors 16,438
Turnout 7,543 46%
Conservative hold Swing

Picton
Picton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. E. Kendrick 3,454 51%
Labour F. Burke * 3,310 49%
Majority 144
Registered electors 15,139
Turnout 6,764 45%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Pirrie
Pirrie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Morgan * 4,300 53%
Conservative B. A. Ryan 3,873 47%
Majority 427
Registered electors 17,632
Turnout 8,173 46%
Labour hold Swing

Prince's Park
Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. C. Greenwood * 3,442 55%
Conservative Ald. C. G. S. Gordon 2,768 45%
Majority 674
Registered electors 14,279
Turnout 6,210 43%
Labour hold Swing

Sandhills
Sandhills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Parr * 2,918 88%
Conservative W. H. Beavan 387 12%
Majority 2,531
Registered electors 9,888
Turnout 3,305 33%
Labour hold Swing

St. Domingo
St. Domingo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Gardner * 2,963 52%
Protestant Ald. Rev. H. D. Longbottom 2,730 48%
Majority 233
Registered electors 12,877
Turnout 5,693 44%
Labour hold Swing

St. James
St. James
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mrs. E. E. Gough * 2,716 69%
Conservative C. McKeon 1,195 31%
Majority 1,521
Registered electors 11,684
Turnout 3,911 33%
Labour hold Swing

St. Mary's
St. Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. R. Maddox * 3,199 52%
Conservative C. P. Clingan 2,915 48%
Majority 284
Registered electors 12,155
Turnout 6,114 50%
Labour hold Swing

St. Michael's
St. Michael's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative C. Cowlin (PARTY) 3,630 77%
Labour Mrs. E. E. Wright 1,101 23%
Majority 2,529
Registered electors 10,550
Turnout 4,731 45%
Conservative hold Swing

Smithdown
Smithdown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. W. Clarke (PARTY) 2,888 62%
Conservative J. Moore 1,747 38%
Majority 1,141
Registered electors 13,713
Turnout 4,635 34%
Labour hold Swing

Speke
Speke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Crookes * 3,294 63%
Conservative C. Dickinson 1,907 37%
Majority 1,387
Registered electors 13,851
Turnout 5,201 38%
Labour hold Swing

Tuebrook
Tuebrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. E. Molyneux * 3,927 60%
Labour H. Lee 2,564 40%
Majority 1,363
Registered electors 13,838
Turnout 6,491 47%
Conservative hold Swing

Vauxhall
Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Cowley * 3,112 88%
Communist R. Cuerdon 76 2%
Independent C. McBride 366 10%
Majority 2,746
Registered electors 10,960
Turnout 3,554 32%
Labour hold Swing

Warbreck
Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. W, Lowe * 4,456 67%
Labour A. T. Williams 2,170 33%
Majority 2,286
Registered electors 14,095
Turnout 6,626 47%
Conservative hold Swing

Westminster
Westminster
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. Burke 2,281 53%
Conservative F. Shaw 1,986 47%
Majority 295
Registered electors 8,661
Turnout 4,267 49%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Woolton
Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Norton 4,250 77%
Labour Charles Patrick Wall 1,234 23%
Majority 3,016
Registered electors 12,160
Turnout 5,484 45%
Conservative hold Swing

[1] [2]

Aldermanic elections

At the meeting of the City Council on 23 May 1955 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. Fifteen Conservative, one Independent, and two Liberal Aldermen were replaced by eighteen Labour Aldermen, allowing Labour to take control of the council for the first time.

PartyAlderman
LabourHenry Aldritt
LabourE. M. Braddock
LabourJoseph Cyril Brady
LabourFrank Hampton Cain
LabourAbraham Louis Caplan
LabourHugh Carr
LabourJohn Hamilton
LabourAlexander Hardman
LabourJohn Leslie Hughes
LabourWilliam George Ingham
LabourLawrence King
LabourHarry Livermore
LabourPeter McKernan
LabourCharles James Minton
LabourJoseph Morgan
LabourDavid Nickson
LabourStanley Part
LabourFred Robinson
LabourJohn Mathew Taylor
LabourElizabeth Trainor

[3] [4]

By-elections

Low Hill

By-election caused by the election of John Mathew Taylor (elected Cllr. for Low Hill in 1954) as Alderman.

Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Matthew Scott '1,976 56%
Conservative John Peter Moyses 1,571 44%
Majority 405
Registered electors 11,360
Turnout 3,547 31%
Labour hold Swing

Abercromby

By-election caused by the election of Harry Livermore (elected Cllr. for Abercromby in 1953) as Alderman.

Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Herbert Wray Stewart 1,593 49%
Labour Miss Mary Seddon 1,537 47%
Communist A. McClelland 125 3.8%
Majority 56
Registered electors 12,241
Turnout 3,255 27%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Central

By-election caused by the election of Bessie Braddock as Alderman.

Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cullen 1,899 54%
Conservative Vivian Forsyth Crosthwaite 1,633 46%
Majority 266
Registered electors 10,443
Turnout 3,532 34%
Labour hold Swing

Granby

By-election caused by the election of Elizabeth Trainor (elected as Cllr. for Granby in 1953) as Alderman.

Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Sydney Sowden 1,797 48%
Labour William Tipping 1,675 45%
Edward Kelly 252 6.8%
Majority 122
Registered electors 12,343
Turnout 3,724 30%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

St. James

By-election caused by the election of Hugh Carr (elected as Cllr. for St. James in 1953) and William George Ingham (elected as Cllr. for St. James in 1954) as Aldermen.

St. James - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas McManus 2,000 69%
Labour Alan Frank Skinner 1,746 60%
John Fortune Jones 904 31%
Majority 1,096
Registered electors 11,684
Turnout 2,904 25%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Speke

By-election caused by the election of Alexander Hardman (elected as Cllr. for Speke in 1953) as Alderman.

Speke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Higgins 1,797 57%
Conservative Clarence Dickinson 1,094 35%
Miss June Stananought Pritchard 252 8%
Majority 703
Registered electors 13,851
Turnout 3,143 23%
Labour hold Swing

Westminster

By-election caused by the election of John Hamilton (elected as Cllr. for Westminster in 1953) as Alderman.

Westminster
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald John McLaughlin 1,601 52%
Labour Harold Lee 1,501 48%
Majority 100
Registered electors 8,661
Turnout 3,102 36%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Everton

By-election caused by the election of John Leslie Hughes (elected as Cllr. for Everton in 1953) and David Nickson (elected as Cllr. for Everton in 1954) as Aldermen.

Everton - 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Francis Burke 1,914 69%
Labour Alexander Coveney McLeod 1,853 67%
Conservative William Martin 869 31%
Majority 1,045
Registered electors 12,925
Turnout 2,783 22%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Sandhills

By-election caused by the election of Peter McKernan (elected as Cllr. for Sandhills in 1953), Henry Aldritt (elected as Cllr. for Sandhills in 1954) and Stanley Part (elected as Cllr. for Sandhills in 1955) as Aldermen.

Sandhills - 3 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Harold Alldritt 1,428 88%
Labour John Scully 1,336 83%
Labour Hugh Rowlands 1,333 82%
Alfred Midwood Proffit 189
Majority 1,239
Registered electors 9,888
Turnout 1,617 16%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Vauxhall

By-election caused by the election of Joseph Cyril Brady (elected as Cllr. for Vauxhall in 1954) as Alderman.

Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Dean-Jones 1,543 73%
Independent Charles McBride 522 25%
Communist Richard Cuerdon 62 2.9%
Majority 1,021
Registered electors 10,960
Turnout 2,127 19%
Labour hold Swing

Dingle

By-election caused by the election of Frank Hampton Cain (elected as Cllr. for Dingle in 1955) as Alderman.

Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Frederick Inman Bamber 3,015 52%
Labour Frank Chadwick 2,614 45%
Communist William Henry Hart 143 2.5%
Majority 401
Registered electors 14,627
Turnout 5,772 39%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Pirrie

By-election caused by the election of Joseph Morgan (elected as Cllr. for Pirrie in 1955) as Alderman.

Pirrie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Edward Smith 3,619 53%
Conservative Bernard Alexander Ryan 3,230 47%
Majority 389
Registered electors 17,632
Turnout 6,849 39%
Labour hold Swing

Picton

By-election caused by the election of Charles James Minton (elected as Cllr. for Picton in 1953) as Alderman.

Picton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Alfred Ernest Shennan 3,636 63%
Labour Henry Evans 3,196 47%
Majority 440
Registered electors 15,139
Turnout 6,832 45%
Conservative hold Swing

Dovecot

By-election caused by the election of Abraham Louis Caplan (elected as Cllr. for Dovecot in 1954) as Alderman.

Dovecot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Indcox Davies 2,566 52%
Conservative Luke Francis Hogan 2,383 48%
Majority 183
Registered electors 15,024
Turnout 4,949 33%
Labour hold Swing

[5]

Church by-election 27 October 1955
Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George William Prout unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

[6]

Alderman Mabel Fletcher M.A. Died on 2 December 1955.[7]

Cllr. Peter James O'Hare was elected by the Councillors as an Alderman on 4 January 1956 and assigned as the Returning Officer for the County ward.[8]

References
  1. Liverpool Daily Post 13 May 1955
  2. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1955-1956
  3. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1955-1956 pages 8 - 16
  4. Liverpool Daily Post Tuesday 24 May 1955
  5. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1955-1956 pages 109 - 110
  6. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1955-1956 page 497
  7. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1955-1956 page 610
  8. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1955-1956 page 716
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