1950 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 11 May 1950.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	78	+1	28	106
Labour	34	-1	7	40
Protestant	5	0	1	6
Liberal	0	0	2	2

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1950
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

Comparisons are made with the 1947 election results.

Abercromby

Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Cheshire ^(PARTY)	2,747	51%
	Labour	William Smyth	2,482	46%
	Communist	Colin Cameron	179	3%
Majority			265
Registered electors			13,210
Turnout			5,408	41%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Meredith Alcock	5,881	81%	−2%
	Liberal	William Edward Oates	697	10%
	Labour	Thomas George White	668	9%	−8%
Majority			5,184
Registered electors			15,667
Turnout			7,246	46%	−12%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John McMillan ^(PARTY)	unopposed
Registered electors			9,477
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William John Harrop ^(PARTY)	4,899	69%	+5%
	Labour	Walter Richard Maylor	2,252	31%	−5%
Majority			2,647
Registered electors			16,612
Turnout			7,151	43%	−10%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield

Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George William Prout *	3,329	64%	+4%
	Labour	Terence Roberts	1,907	36%	−4%
Majority			1,422
Registered electors			12,890
Turnout			5,236	41%	−10%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Henry Flyn ^(PARTY)	2,421	82%	+7%
	Independent	Walter McGrath	520	18%
Majority			1,901
Registered electors			7,470
Turnout			2,941	39%	+15%
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle Street

Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Winlack Harley ^(PARTY)	559	98%
	Labour	Harry Livermore	9	2%
Majority			550
Registered electors			860
Turnout			568	66%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Childwall

Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Creswell ^(PARTY)	5,004	84%	+2%
	Labour	William Dean Jones	952	16%	−2%
Majority			4,052
Registered electors			13,286
Turnout			5,956	45%	−10%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Arthur Williams ^(PARTY)	6,178	50%	−1%
	Labour	James Cullen	6,051	49%	+2%
	Communist	John Thomas Whewell	166	-1%
Majority			127
Registered electors			33,509
Turnout			12,395	37%	−2%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Basil Cashin	4,232	50%	+4%
	Conservative	Stanley Airey ^(PARTY)	4,176	50%	−4%
Majority			56
Registered electors			17,793
Turnout			8,408	47%	−1%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Edge Hill

Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Horan ^(PARTY)	2,712	57%	+3%
	Conservative	Hugh Maule Jones	1,937	41%	−5%
	Communist	Thomas McCann	85	2%
Majority			775
Registered electors			13,489
Turnout			4,734	35%	−4%
	Labour hold		Swing

Everton

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Nickson ^(PARTY)	2,941	64%	+6%
	Conservative	William Thomas	1,570	34%	−8%
	Communist	John William Clarke	97	2%
Majority			1,371
Registered electors			13,021
Turnout			4,608	35%	−4%
	Labour hold		Swing

Exchange

Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Gerard Granby	666	85%	+6%
	Labour	Alexander Kay	121	15%	−6%
Majority			545
Registered electors			1,575
Turnout			787	50%	−5%
	Independent hold		Swing	+6%

Fairfield

Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Meadows ^(PARTY)	4,491	65%	−1%
	Labour	Edward William Harby	2,406	35%	+1%
Majority			2,085
Registered electors			15,572
Turnout			6,897	44%	−7%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Morgan	5,100	52%	+6%
	Conservative	Robert Charles Andrews ^(PARTY)	4,793	48%	−6%
Majority			307
Registered electors			19,933
Turnout			9,893	50%	−1%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	6%

Garston

Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Hardman	3,580	49%	+3%
	Conservative	William Leslie McClelland ^(PARTY)	3,566	49%	−5%
	Communist	Isaac Brickwood Pick	93	1%
Majority			14
Registered electors			18,575
Turnout			7,239	39%	−18%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Granby

Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Clarke ^(PARTY)	2,576	52%	−3%
	Labour	Mrs Elizabeth Trainor	2,385	48%	+3%
Majority			191
Registered electors			12,475
Turnout			4,961	40%	−3%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great George

Great George
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	783	51%	+6%
	Conservative	760	49%	−6%
Majority		23
Registered electors
Turnout		1,543
	Labour gain from Conservative	Swing

Kensington

Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Minion ^(PARTY)	3,199	54%	−2%
	Labour	John Hamilton	2,402	41%	−3%
	Liberal	Edward Kelly	295	5%
Majority			797
Registered electors			14,109
Turnout			5,896	42%	−8%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2%

Kirkdale

Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Howell James ^(PARTY)	4,134	53%	+1%
	Conservative	Edward Shaw	3,670	47%	−1%
Majority			464
Registered electors			19,840
Turnout			7,804	39%
	Labour hold		Swing	+1%

Little Woolton

Little Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Cuthbert Arden ^(PARTY)	1,173	62%	−22%
	Labour	Roy Stoddart	704	38%	+24%
Majority			469
Registered electors			3,018
Turnout			1,877	62%	−6%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mathew Taylor	2,685	52%	+7%
	Conservative	John Keenan	2,478	48%	−7%
Majority			207
Registered electors			11,944
Turnout			5,163	43%	−6%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	7%

Much Woolton

Much Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivian Forsyth Crosthwaite	2,054	80%	+6%
	Labour	William H. Sefton	509	20%	−6%
Majority			1,545
Registered electors			5,790
Turnout			2,563	43%	−15%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative & Protestant	Harry Victor Shaw	2,030	62%	−1%
	Labour	Thomas Robinson	1,216	37%
	Communist	Sidney Foster	52	2%
Majority			814
Registered electors			10,012
Turnout			3,298	33%	−4%
	Conservative and Protestant hold		Swing

North Scotland

North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph O'Neil	1,585	98%	+23%
	Communist	John William Coward	30	2%	−5%
Majority			1,585
Registered electors			7,154
Turnout			1,615	23%	−10%
	Labour hold		Swing	+23%

Old Swan

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Thomas Rogers	7,609	65%	−1%
	Labour	Walter Duffy	3,994	34%	0%
	Communist	Miss Winifred May George	164	1%
Majority			3,615
Registered electors			27,201
Turnout			11,767	43%	−6%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Browne ^(PARTY)	2,616	54%	−1%
	Labour	Mrs Ethel May Wormald	2,156	44%	−1%
	Communist	Mrs Evelyn Cohen	111	2%
Majority			460
Registered electors			12,012
Turnout			4,883	41%	−9%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Alldritt	2,408	79%	+6%
	Conservative	Frederick C. Hitches	645	21%	−6%
Majority			1,763
Registered electors			7,961
Turnout			3,053	38%	−3%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd	1,324	65%	+3%
	Conservative	Miss Joan Ailsa Blackie	440	22%	−1%
	Independent	Joseph Francis Fusco	270	13%
Majority			884
Registered electors			5,527
Turnout			2,034	37%	−6%
	Labour hold		Swing	+3%

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	George Phipps ^(PARTY)	2,868	64%	+4%
	Labour	Stanley Michael McGorian	1,608	36%	−4%
Majority			1,260
Registered electors			13,070
Turnout			4,476	34%	−8%
	Protestant hold		Swing

St. Peter's

St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. Evaline Ida Bligh	414	58%	−12%
	Labour	Thomas George Dominic McGuire	306	43%	+13%
Majority			108
Registered electors			1,369
Turnout			720	53%	+7%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Nuttall Maxwell Entwistle ^(PARTY)	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Walter Pickles	4,037	76%	−2%
	Labour	Richard John Alcock	1,310	24%	+2%
Majority			2,727
Registered electors			10,913
Turnout			5,347	49%	−2%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2%

South Scotland

South Scotland - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frederick Ernest Granby ^(PARTY)	2,053	97%
	Labour	Edward Corrigan ^(PARTY)	1,988	94%
	Communist	Dr. Cyril Taylor	66	3%
Majority			1,987
Registered electors			6,355
Turnout			2,119	33%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick O'Brien ^(PARTY)	598	69%
	Conservative	Sydney Charles Freeman	274	31%	0%
Majority			324
Registered electors			2,736
Turnout			872	32%
	Labour hold		Swing

Walton

Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Moore ^(PARTY)	5,767	58%	−2%
	Labour	Walter Gibbs	4,131	42%	+2%
Majority			1,636
Registered electors			23,033
Turnout			9,898	43%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2%

Warbreck

Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Whitaker Lowe ^(PARTY)	5,220	69%	−2%
	Labour	Ian Isidore Levin	2,319	31%	+2%
Majority			2,901
Registered electors			19,085
Turnout			7,539	40%	−7%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

Wavertree - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	??????? Wilson	6,911	75%
	Conservative	Edward Jennings	6,863	75%
	Labour	Francis Burke	2,334	25%
	Labour	Mrs. ????? Wright	2,278	25%
Majority			4,567
Registered electors
Turnout			9,255
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John James Merrigan ^(PARTY)	2,705	51%	−4%
	Labour	Charles James Minton	2,609	49%	+4%
Majority			96
Registered electors			11,539
Turnout			5,314	46%	−8%
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4%

West Derby

West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alec James Garnock-Jones	8,679	69%	0%
	Labour	William Indcox Jones	3,347	27%	−4%
	Liberal	Cameron Melville	493	4%
Majority			5,332
Registered electors			31,444
Turnout			12,519	40%	−11%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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By-elections

North Scotland, Thursday 22 November 1950

Vacancy left by Cllr. Herbert F. Granby.

North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Robinson	1,527	87%	−11%
	Conservative	Leonard James Carr	234	13%
Majority			1,293
Registered electors			7,154
Turnout			1,761	25%	+2%
	Labour hold		Swing	-11%

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References

^ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
^ Liverpool Daily Post 12 May 1950
^ Liverpool Echo 12 May 1950
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1950-1951
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948
^ Liverpool Daily Post 22 November 1950
^ Liverpool Daily Post 23 November 1950
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1950-1951

[1] Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

[2] Liverpool Daily Post 12 May 1950

[3] Liverpool Echo 12 May 1950

[4] Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1950-1951

[5] Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948

[6] Liverpool Daily Post 22 November 1950

[7] Liverpool Daily Post 23 November 1950

[8] Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1950-1951

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