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41 (including a by-election for St. Domingo ward) of 120 Councillors' seats toLiverpool City Council 81 of 120 Councillors and 40 Aldermen seats needed for a majority | ||||
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 Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party)[1] | ||||
Elections toLiverpool City Council were held on 10 May 1962.
Aldermanic elections took place at the City Council meeting on 24 May 1962, and as some councillors were elected as Aldermen there were by-elections for the vacated seats on Thursday 29 June 1962.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 55 | -8 | 26 | 81 | |
| Labour | 59 | +8 | 14 | 73 | |
| Protestant | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Liberal | 2 | +2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 10 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 27% | 41% | 66,656 | ||
| Labour | 23 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 66% | 48% | 79,288 | ||
| Liberal | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5% | 8% | 12,662 | ||
| Protestant | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2.5% | 3.1% | 5,084 | ||
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.44% | 722 | ||
| Anti-Debt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.25% | 402 | ||
| British Union Movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.22% | 365 | ||
* - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1959 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1959 election results.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Harry Livermore(PARTY) | 1,707 | 66% | +11% | |
| Conservative | L. Huglin | 742 | 29% | −11% | |
| Communist | A. McClelland | 135 | 5% | 0% | |
| Majority | 965 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9.810 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,584 | 26% | +1% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | W. N. Venmore(PARTY) | 3,821 | 87% | +10% | |
| Labour | S. J. Cook | 550 | 13% | +8% | |
| Majority | 3,271 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,792 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,371 | 32% | −11% | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | W. S. D. Weaver(PARTY) | 2,486 | 73% | −8% | |
| Labour | Mrs. M. B. Simey | 912 | 27% | +8% | |
| Majority | 1,574 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,186 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,398 | 33% | −3% | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. F. Craine* | 3,026 | 59% | −9% | |
| Labour | S. W. Jones | 2,097 | 41% | +9% | |
| Majority | 929 | ||||
| Registered electors | 14,090 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,123 | 36% | −4% | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | C. Price* | 2,143 | 41% | −24% | |
| Labour | C. Taylor | 1,769 | 34% | +3% | |
| Liberal | I. Gottlieb | 1,209 | 23% | +23% | |
| Communist | J. Kay | 83 | 4% | 0% | |
| Majority | 374 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,494 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,204 | 42% | +6% | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. E. Burns | 2,021 | 53% | +6% | |
| Conservative | S. Airey* | 1,783 | 47% | −6% | |
| Majority | 238 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,118 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,804 | 34% | −3% | ||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | F. J. Bullen(PARTY) | 1,796 | 45% | −32% | |
| Liberal | W. Galbraith | 1,133 | 27% | +27% | |
| Labour | J. M. Burke | 1,027 | 26% | +12% | |
| Majority | 663 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,511 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,956 | 34% | −6% | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. Cullen* | 1,827 | 66% | ||
| Conservative | A. E. Rossington | 933 | 34% | ||
| Majority | 894 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,629 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,760 | 32% | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | W. J. Sergent* | 3,171 | 51% | −15% | |
| Liberal | A. J. Markey | 2,314 | 37% | +11% | |
| Labour | T. Bailey | 687 | 11% | +4% | |
| Majority | 857 | ||||
| Registered electors | 16,674 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,172 | 37% | −5% | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Cyril E. Carr | 3,540 | 53% | +23% | |
| Conservative | Mrs. T. L. Norton | 2,732 | 41% | −19% | |
| Labour | Mrs. M. E. Cullen | 384 | 6% | −4% | |
| Majority | 808 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,565 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,656 | 49% | +7% | ||
| Liberalhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | F. Grue | 2,326 | 47% | +2% | |
| Conservative | L. J. Carr* | 1,974 | 40% | −15% | |
| Liberal | G. H. Bilson | 651 | 13% | +13% | |
| Majority | 352 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,310 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,951 | 44% | −1% | ||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | C. P. Wall | 3,057 | 54% | +4% | |
| Conservative | B. Ingham(PARTY) | 2,625 | 46% | −4% | |
| Majority | 432 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,588 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,682 | 42% | −3% | ||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | C. Dickinson* | 3,065 | 71% | −4% | |
| Labour | G. C. Carr | 1,256 | 29% | +11% | |
| Majority | 1,809 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,692 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,321 | 37% | −8% | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Richard Crawshaw* | 2,434 | 60% | −2% | |
| Conservative | Mrs. F. Devine | 1,197 | 30% | −8% | |
| Liberal | J. Reilly | 235 | 6% | +6% | |
| Anti-debt | J. R. Gradwell | 176 | 4% | +4% | |
| Majority | 1,237 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,434 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,042 | 33% | −3% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | W. P. Johnson* | 2,908 | 54% | −3% | |
| Conservative | A. M. Wilson | 1,506 | 28% | −15% | |
| Liberal | John Bowen | 928 | 17% | +17% | |
| Anti-Debt | F. G. Connor | 71 | 1% | +1% | |
| Majority | 1,402 | ||||
| Registered electors | 25,329 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,413 | 38% | +6% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | W. Smyth* | 1,811 | 72% | −2% | |
| Conservative | E. Shaw | 562 | 22% | ||
| Communist | J. Edgar | 80 | 3% | +3% | |
| British Union Movement | T. G. Kenny | 67 | 3% | +3% | |
| Majority | 1,239 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,198 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,520 | 25% | +2% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. P. Moyses(PARTY) | 1,908 | 51% | −8% | |
| Labour | J. Guinan | 1,824 | 49% | +8% | |
| Majority | 84 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,695 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,732 | 27% | −6% | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. Morgan | 2,545 | 51% | +7% | |
| Conservative | A. L. Ritchie | 2,421 | 49% | −7% | |
| Majority | 124 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,448 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,966 | 43% | −5% | ||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G. E. Delooze* | 3,883 | 73% | +7% | |
| Conservative | J. Swainbank | 1,191 | 22% | −12% | |
| Communist | D. Wilkinson | 247 | 5% | +5% | |
| Majority | 2,692 | ||||
| Registered electors | 16,007 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,321 | 33% | +3% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. D. Hamilton* | 2,075 | 58% | +3% | |
| Conservative | S. A. Hughes | 1,493 | 42% | −3% | |
| Majority | 582 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,954 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,568 | 33% | +3% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | L. Holden(PARTY) | 2,189 | 64% | +6% | |
| Conservative | A. B. Moore | 1,120 | 33% | −9% | |
| Anti-Debt | A. P. Cooney | 118 | 3% | +3% | |
| Majority | 1,069 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,011 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,427 | 29% | −6% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | W. R. Snell* | 1,676 | 68% | +6% | |
| Conservative | T. Hillcock | 698 | 28% | −10% | |
| British Union Movement | M. J. Ward | 83 | 3% | +3% | |
| Majority | 978 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,493 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,457 | 26% | −1% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G. Ackers(PARTY) | 1,791 | 70% | +6% | |
| Conservative | S. D. Lunt | 762 | 30% | −6% | |
| Majority | 1,029 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,394 | ||||
| Turnout | 3.107 | 27% | −4% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protestant | A Harris(PARTY) | 1,447 | 51% |  3% | |
| Labour | L. Caplan | 1,413 | 49% |  19% | |
| Majority | 34 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,306 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,860 | 34% | 3% | ||
| Protestanthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. McKie Reid(PARTY) | 2,364 | 54% | 3% | |
| Labour | G. R. Sullivan | 2,038 | 46% | 3% | |
| Majority | 326 | ||||
| Registered electors | 14.917 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,402 | 30% | 9% | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | H. Evans* | 2,975 | 57% | +5% | |
| Conservative | E. W. Holland | 2,282 | 43% | −5% | |
| Majority | 693 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,994 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,257 | 38% | 1% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | M. Black* | 4,208 | 68% | 9% | |
| Conservative | G. Parsons | 1,988 | 32% | 7% | |
| Majority | 2,220 | ||||
| Registered electors | 16,590 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,196 | 37% | 2% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. Sidwell* | 2,304 | 54% | 1% | |
| Conservative | W. Savage | 1,317 | 31% | 14% | |
| Liberal | A. Garland | 629 | 15% | 15% | |
| Majority | 987 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,264 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,250 | 32% | 2% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | V. Burke* | 1,878 | 89% | 1% | |
| Conservative | A. C. Bailey | 146 | 7% | 5% | |
| Communist | B. Campbell | 95 | 4% | 4% | |
| Majority | 1,732 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,440 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,119 | 25% | 3% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. Gardner(PARTY) | 2,369 | 56% | 4% | |
| Labour | F. Keating | 2,237 | 53% | 1% | |
| Protestant | W. H. Blower(PARTY) | 1,877 | 44% | 4% | |
| Protestant | G. H. Mason | 1,760 | 41% | 7% | |
| Majority | 492 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,763 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,246 | 36% | 1% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourgain fromProtestant | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | O. J. Doyle* | 2,151 | 80% | 2% | |
| Conservative | K. W. Davies | 536 | 20% | 2% | |
| Majority | 1,615 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,738 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,687 | 25% | 0% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | F. Walker(PARTY) | 2,501 | 58% | 4% | |
| Conservative | J. Tushingham | 1,830 | 42% | 1% | |
| Majority | 671 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,167 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,331 | 39% | 0% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Joseph R. Wilmington | 2,023 | 46% | 46 | |
| Conservative | S. T. Moss(PARTY) | 1,859 | 42 | 33 | |
| Labour | S. G. Thorne | 544 | 12 | 8 | |
| Majority | 164 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,895 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,426 | 45 | 8 | ||
| Liberalgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mrs. E. E. Wright* | 1,909 | 65% | 2% | |
| Conservative | T. Strange | 797 | 27% | 6% | |
| British Union Movement | H. Traynor | 215 | 7% | 7% | |
| Majority | 1,112 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,042 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,921 | 24% | 0% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | T. Higgins* | 2,990 | 77% | 19% | |
| Conservative | B. F. Evans | 885 | 23% | 15% | |
| Majority | 2,105 | ||||
| Registered electors | 14,135 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,875 | 27% | 1% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | B. Shaw | 2,576 | 52% | 9% | |
| Conservative | J. F. Bradley* | 2,348 | 48% | ||
| Majority | 228 | 4% | |||
| Registered electors | 12,641 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,924 | 39% | 2% | ||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | A. Dunford* | 1,661 | 95% | 0% | |
| Communist | T. E. Cassin | 82 | 5% | 0% | |
| Majority | 1,661 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,560 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,743 | 18% | 1% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D. A. Ritchie(PARTY) | 2,672 | 60% | 5% | |
| Labour | J. V. Grue | 1,788 | 40% | 5% | |
| Majority | 884 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,868 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,460 | 35% | 7% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | H. Carr(PARTY) | 1,575 | 56% | 1% | |
| Conservative | W. Gilbody | 1,182 | 42% | 3% | |
| Anti-Debt | T. J. Anderson | 37 | 1% | 1% | |
| Majority | 393 | 14% | 4% | ||
| Registered electors | 7,626 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,794 | 37% | 2% | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | L. B. Williams(PARTY) | 3,294 | 66% | 9% | |
| Labour | R. Buckle | 1,718 | 34% | 9% | |
| Majority | 1,576 | ||||
| Registered electors | 17,108 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,012 | 29% | 8% | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
