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1968 UK local election

1968 Liverpool City Council election

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9 May 1968 (1968-05-09)

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Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party)^[1]

Elections toLiverpool City Council were held on Thursday 9 May 1968.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen
Conservative	79	+12	??
Labour	46	-13	??
Liberal	1	0	??
Protestant	7	+1	??

Election result

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Liverpool local election result 1968
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	31	12	0	+12	77%	62%	76,088
Labour	6	0	13	-13	15%	25%	31,198
Liberal	1	0	0	0	2.5%	10%	11,976
Protestant	2	1	0	+1	5%	1.3%	1,619
Communist	0	0	0	0	0%	1.5%	1,792

Ward results

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* - Councillor seeking re-election

^(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Abercromby

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Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David E. Daniel *	483	45%	+15%
	Labour	Frank Gaier	470	44%	−19%
	Communist	A. M^cClelland	113	11%	−3%
Majority			66
Registered electors			5,938
Turnout			1,066	18%	−5%
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Aigburth

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Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William N. Venmore *	4,142	69%	−11%
	Liberal	Alan G. Wilson	1,679	28%	+16%
	Labour	Vincent P. Hyams	208	3%	−6%
Majority			2,463
Registered electors			13,437
Turnout			6,029	45%	+6%
	Conservativehold		Swing

Allerton

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Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian F. Evans^(PARTY)	2,982	88%	+19%
	Labour	Stanley R. Maddox	412	12%	0%
Majority			2,570
Registered electors			9,878
Turnout			3,394	34%	−5%
	Conservativehold		Swing

Anfield

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Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mass^(PARTY)	3,163	80%	+13%
	Labour	Rodney Ludvigsen	787	20%	−13%
Majority			2,376
Registered electors			13,001
Turnout			3,950	30%	−4%
	Conservativehold		Swing

Arundel

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Arundel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clifford Price *	2,495	72%	+9%
	Labour	Stanley G. Thorne	438	13%	−21%
	Liberal	Edward J. Kennedy	408	12%
	Communist	Jack Kay	122	4%	+1%
Majority			2,057
Registered electors			12,301
Turnout			3,463	28%	−6%
	Conservativehold		Swing

Breckfield

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Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John K. Tanner *	1,689	71%	+17%
	Labour	Andrew Williams	702	29%	−17%
Majority			987
Registered electors			9,742
Turnout			2,391	25%	−2%
	Conservativehold		Swing

Broadgreen

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Broadgreen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Helsall^(PARTY)	2,081	62%	−1%
	Labour	John W. Hubble	496	15%	−11%
Majority			1,326
Registered electors			10,864
Turnout			3,332	31%	−4%
	Conservativehold		Swing

Central

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Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Parry	1,241	51%	−3%
	Conservative	Peter R. S. Williams	1,122	46%	0%
	Liberal	George C. Hewlett	54	2%
	Communist	John Cook	25	1%
Majority			119
Registered electors			7,135
Turnout			2,442	34%	+7%
	Labourhold		Swing

Childwall

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Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles G. Pascoe *	4,360	64%	−7%
	Liberal	Owen Trevor Jones	1,983	29%	+13%
	Labour	Tony Mulhearn	338	5%	−7%
Majority			2,377
Registered electors			17,187
Turnout			6,772	39%	+3%
	Conservativehold		Swing

Church

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Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril E. Carr *	4,458	64%	+14%
	Conservative	Mrs. Myra Fitzsimmons	2,316	33%	−11%
	Labour	John E. Roberts	191	3%	−3%
Majority			2,142
Registered electors			13,429
Turnout			6,965	52%	+4%
	Liberalhold		Swing

Clubmoor

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Clubmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon K. McKelvie *	2,057	63%	+7%
	Labour	Ken Stewart	1,226	37%	−7%
Majority			831
Registered electors			10,400
Turnout			3,283	32%	−7%
	Conservativehold		Swing

County

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County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald B. Flude *	2,753	69%	+13%
	Labour	George G. Maloney	1,014	25%	−19%
	Communist	Kenneth T. Dowd	213	5%
Majority			1,739
Registered electors			12,330
Turnout			3,980	32%	−8%
	Conservativehold		Swing

Croxteth

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Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clarence Dickinson *	3,642	89%	+17%
	Labour	Edward Shields	472	11%	−9%
Majority			3,170
Registered electors			11,805
Turnout			4,114	35%	−9%
	Conservativehold		Swing

Dingle

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Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. Kathleen Prescott	1,706	58%	+13%
	Labour	William G. Curtin^(PARTY)	1,086	37%	−18%
	Communist	Miss Frances Thompson	125	4%
Majority			620
Registered electors			10,521
Turnout			2.917	28%	0%
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Dovecot

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Dovecot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald S. Fairclough	2,413	58%	+12%
	Labour	Wilfred P. Johnson^(PARTY)	1,755	42%	−12%
Majority			658
Registered electors			15,407
Turnout			4,168	27%	−1%
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Everton

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Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Smyth *	520	50%	−13%
	Conservative	Douglas G. Deaves	362	34%	+3%
	Liberal	Michael V. Lilley	132	13%	+13%
	Communist	Robert E. Parry	36	3%	−3%
Majority			158
Registered electors			6,042
Turnout			1,050	17%	−1%
	Labourhold		Swing

Fairfield

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Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John P. Moyses *	2,225	69%	+4%
	Labour	David M. Mitchell	655	21%	−14%
	Liberal	Jarlath F. Chambers	329	10%	+10%
Majority			1,560
Registered electors			12,075
Turnout			3,219	27%	−2%
	Conservativehold		Swing

Fazakerley

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Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander L. Ritchie *	2,607	75%	+16%
	Labour	Kenneth E. Keane	870	25%	−16%
Majority			1,737
Registered electors			11,075
Turnout			3,477	31%	−12%
	Conservativehold		Swing

Gillmoss

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Gillmoss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mervin Kingston	1,690	49%	+14%
	Labour	George E. Delooze*	1,514	44%	−16%
	Communist	John B. Cartwright	256	7%	+3%
Majority			176
Registered electors			16,100
Turnout			3,460	21%	−3%
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Granby

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Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John J. Swainbank	1,063	45%	+2%
	Labour	John D. Hamilton*	797	34%	−18%
	Liberal	Mrs. Rosalind M. Craig	390	16%	+16%
Majority			266
Registered electors			9,830
Turnout			2,373	24%	+1%
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Kensington

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Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John N. M. Entwistle	1,913	61%	+15%
	Labour	Harry Livermore^(PARTY)	1,239	39%	−15%
Majority			674
Registered electors			10,831
Turnout			3,152	29%	+3%
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Low Hill

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Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernest Crierie	841	59%	+15%
	Labour	William R. Snell*	529	37.5%	−15%
Majority			312
Registered electors			6,180
Turnout			1,436	23%	+1%
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Melrose

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Melrose
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Ackers *	839	50%	−15%
	Conservative	Charles E. Ratcliffe	826	50%	+15%
Majority			13
Registered electors			7,982
Turnout			1,665	21%	0%
	Labourhold		Swing

Netherfield

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Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	James Boardnman^(PARTY)	448	52%	−6%
	Labour	John L. Hughes	206	24%	−18%
	Robert D. Jenkins	165	19%
	Communist	Francis J. Cartright	42	5%	+5%
Majority			242
Registered electors			3,982
Turnout			861	22%	+1%
	Protestantgain fromLabour		Swing

Old Swan

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Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew M^cKie Reid *	2,537	75%	−12%
	Labour	Eddie Loyden	837	25%	−12%
Majority			1,700
Registered electors			13.038
Turnout			3,374	26%	−4%
	Conservativehold		Swing

Picton

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Picton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. Ruth Dean *	2,165	61%	+9%
	Labour	Tom Bailey	941	26%	−22%
	Liberal	Edward C. Hesketh	470	13%	+13%
Majority			1,224
Registered electors			12,441
Turnout			3,576	29%	−3%
	Conservativehold		Swing

Pirrie

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Pirrie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James E. Nicoll	2,568	58%	+13%
	Labour	Michael Black*	1,822	42%	−13%
Majority			746
Registered electors			15,579
Turnout			4,390	28%	−5%
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Prince's Park

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Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cheshire	1,564	55%	+18%
	Labour	Terence Roberts	874	31%	−18%
	National Front	David T. Jones	174	6%	+6%
	Communist	John Humes	135	5%	+2%
	Toxteth Nat.	Michael J. Smout	97	3%	+3%
Majority			690
Registered electors			11,421
Turnout			2,844	25%	−3%
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Sandhills

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Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leo P. Hyams *	903	56%	−26%
	Conservative	Frederick Jones	640	40%	+22%
	Communist	Robert Cartwright	70	4%	+4%
Majority			263
Registered electors			6,963
Turnout			1,613	23%	+1%
	Labourhold		Swing

St. Domingo

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St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	Ronald F. Henderson	1,171	48%	−2%
	Liberal	Rev. Robert A. Lally	634	26%	+26%
	Labour	Frank Marsden	533	22%	−28%
	Communist	James P. Hannah	80	3%	+3%
Majority			537
Registered electors			9,787
Turnout			2,418	25%	−1%
	Protestanthold		Swing

St. James

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St. James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Owen J. Doyle *	776	52%	−22%
	Conservative	Reginald Rendell	392	26%	+8%
	Communist	Roger O'Hara	330	22%	+14%
Majority			384
Registered electors			8,679
Turnout			1,498	17%	−2%
	Labourhold		Swing

St. Mary's

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St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Tushingham	2,014	64%	+15%
	Labour	Frank W. Longworth*	1,114	36%	−15%
Majority			900
Registered electors			9,681
Turnout			3,128	32%	+2%
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

St. Michael's

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St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony McVeigh *	2,337	83%	+26%
	Labour	Harold Lee	340	12%	−6%
	Communist	Michael M^cNally	152	5%
Majority			1,997
Registered electors			9,571
Turnout			2,829	30%	−15%
	Conservativehold		Swing

Smithdown

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Smithdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. M^cDermott	683	69%	+30%
	Labour	Thomas C. Greenwood^(PARTY)	387	31%	−30%
Majority			476
Registered electors			8,924
Turnout			1,250	14%	−2%
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Speke

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Speke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher G. Hallows	1,280	50%	+14%
	Labour	Thomas Higgins*	1,258	50%	−14%
Majority			22
Registered electors			13,691
Turnout			2,538	19%	+3%
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Tuebrook

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Tuebrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rodney M. Amyes *	2,415	72%	+13%
	Labour	James Mottram	931	28%	−13%
Majority			1,484
Registered electors			11,298
Turnout			3,346	30%	−8%
	Conservativehold		Swing

Vauxhall

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Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Dunford *	430	64%	−21%
	Liberal	Francis Quinn	157	24%	+24%
	Conservative	Peter S. Jones	50	7%	−3%
	Communist	Thomas E. Cassin	31	5%	0%
Majority			273
Registered electors			6,795
Turnout			668	10%	−2%
	Labourhold		Swing

Warbreck

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Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Davis A. Ritchie *	2,443	68%	+2%
	Labour	Edward Mooney	605	17%	−17%
	Liberal	George Sephton	527	15%	+15%
Majority			1,838
Registered electors			11,799
Turnout			3,575	30%	−6%
	Conservativehold		Swing

Westminster

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Westminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Gilbody *	1,087	58%	+3%
	Labour	Edward Burke	774	42%	−3%
Majority			313
Registered electors			6,117
Turnout			1,861	30%	+1%
	Conservativehold		Swing

Woolton

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Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie B. Williams *	4,802	88%	+14%
	Labour	James M. Burke	658	12%	−14%
Majority			4,144
Registered electors			19,373
Turnout			5,460	28%	−4%
	Conservativehold		Swing

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References

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^Jeffery, David."Merseyside Local Election Results Project".Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved14 April 2021.
^Liverpool Daily Post 10 May 1968
^Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1968-1969

v t e (1967 ←)1968 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1969)
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City corporations	Aberdeen Dundee Edinburgh Glasgow
Elections in the London boroughs were due in May 1967, but were postponed one year by theLondon Government Act 1967.

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