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1978 Liverpool City Council election

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1978 UK local government election

1978 Liverpool City Council election

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4 May 1978 (1978-05-04)

1980 →

35 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 33 wards, plus two by-elections, Gillmoss and Low Hill, Smithdown
50 seats needed for a majority

Elections toLiverpool City Council were held on 4 May 1978. One third of the council was up for election andJohn Hamilton of theLabour Party became Leader of the Council albeit without overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Seats	±
Labour	37	-1
Liberal	35	-7
Conservative	27	+8

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	14	1	2	-1	40%	33%	43,339
Conservative	11	8	0	+8	24%	37%	48,684
Liberal	10	1	8	-7	29%	29%	38,317
Communist	0	0	0	0	0%	0.46%	606
Socialist Unity	0	0	0	0	0%	0.3%	373
Independent Liberal	0	0	0	0	0%	0.1%	112
Socialist Workers	0	0	0	0	0%	0.08%	102
Workers Revolutionary	0	0	0	0	0%	0.03%	39
Immigrant Party	0	0	0	0	0%	0.02%	23

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Shields *	1,571	51%	−14%
	Liberal	Christopher Graham Davies	988	32%	+22%
	Conservative	M. E. Cheshire	291	9%	+3%
	Communist	R. O'Hara	215	7%	−6%
Majority			583
Registered electors			12,585
Turnout			3,065	24%
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Fawcett	3,775	62%	+25%
	Liberal	I. R. Porteous^(PARTY)	1,655	27%	−28%
	Labour	F. Dunee	656	11%	+2%
Majority			2,120
Registered electors			14,821
Turnout			6,086	41%
	Conservativegain fromLiberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. H. Fearenside	2,561	65%	+18%
	Liberal	J. B. Kaitiff^(PARTY)	754	19%	−23%
	Labour	J. R. Brown	637	16%	+7%
Majority			1,807
Registered electors			10,886
Turnout			3,952	36%
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. H. Brash	1,782	43%	+19%
	Labour	T. McManus	1,406	34%	−2%
	Liberal	Joseph Robert Wilmington*	980	24%	−20%
Majority			376
Registered electors			12,747
Turnout			4,168	33%
	Conservativegain fromLiberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. S. Fairclough	1,397	36%	+17%
	Liberal	P. H. Hodgson^(PARTY)	1,269	33%	−27%
	Labour	J. McLean	1,028	27%	+6%
	Communist	J. Kay	145	4%
Majority			128
Registered electors			13,140
Turnout			3,839	29%
	Conservativegain fromLiberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David M.B. Croft^(PARTY)	2,490	64%	+10%
	Labour	S. J. Gorman	912	23%	−9%
	Conservative	H. M. Rigby	491	13%	−1%
Majority			1,578
Registered electors			11,963
Turnout			3,893	33%
	Liberalhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. F. Pine	1,869	42%	+28%
	Liberal	Roger Johnston	1,774	39%	−15%
	Labour	P. Lloyd	859	19%	−13%
Majority			95
Registered electors			12,105
Turnout			4,502	37%
	Conservativegain fromLiberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Parry *	1,414	52%	−14%
	Liberal	Cathy Hancox	976	36%	+21%
	Conservative	J. B. King	319	12%	−7%
Majority			438
Registered electors			11,812
Turnout			2,709	23%
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Airey	4,263	62%	+24%
	Labour	J. E. Roberts	1,365	20%	+9%
	Liberal	A. M. Loughney^(PARTY)	1,253	18%	−32%
Majority			2,898
Registered electors			20,285
Turnout			6,881	34%
	Conservativegain fromLiberal		Swing

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Carr *	2,870	45%	−17%
	Conservative	R. F. Symington	2,837	45%	+13%
	Labour	M. J. Smith	654	10%	+5%
Majority			33
Registered electors			14,954
Turnout			6,361	43%
	Liberalhold		Swing

Low Hill, Smithdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Alton *	2,166	67%	−3%
	Liberal	A. Clitherow^(PARTY)	1,789	55%	−15%
	Labour	L. Gallagher	825	26%	+2%
	Labour	G. G. Pratt	547	17%	−7%
	Conservative	R. Meadows	241	7%	+1%
	Conservative	M. F. Meehan	174	5%	−1%
Majority			1,341
Registered electors			8,425
Turnout			3,232	38%
	Liberalhold		Swing
	Liberalhold		Swing

Melrose, Westminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. J. Molloy^(PARTY)	1,307	47%	−16%
	Liberal	J. Bradley	1,265	45%	+32%
	Conservative	E. M. Clein	222	8%	−5%
Majority			42
Registered electors			7,896
Turnout			2,794	35%
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Gamble	1,333	36%	+3%
	Liberal	John Bowen*	1,177	32%	−13%
	Conservative	W. Scott	1,156	32%	+10%
Majority			156
Registered electors			10,630
Turnout			3,666	34%
	Labourgain fromLiberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil T. Cardwell	1,805	42%	+15%
	Labour	J. McLean*	1,333	31%	−13%
	Conservative	R. J. Keney	1,175	27%	−2%
Majority			472
Registered electors			11,911
Turnout			4,313	36%
	Liberalgain fromLabour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. H. Fitzpatrick	2,720	56%	+26%
	Liberal	E. M. Clews^(PARTY)	1,164	24%	−34%
	Labour	W. F. Burke	942	20%	+8%
Majority			1,556
Registered electors			12,525
Turnout			4,826	39%
	Conservativegain fromLiberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Evans *	1,105	62%	−2%
	Conservative	J. A. Watson	541	31%	+15%
	Liberal	G. Temmee	123	7%	−8%
Majority			564
Registered electors			7,462
Turnout			1,769	24%
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Burke *	2,379	50%
	Conservative	J. F. McMillan	1,411	29%
	Liberal	B. Morris	995	21%
Majority			968
Registered electors			16,539
Turnout			4,785	29%
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Graham Hulme^(PARTY)	1,684	50%
	Conservative	N. Wilkinson	834	25%
	Labour	F. Gaier	735	22%
	Socialist Workers	A. S. Meehan	102	3%
Majority			850
Registered electors			10,951
Turnout			3,355	31%
	Liberalhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Brown	1,655	42%
	Labour	A. Williams	1,634	41%
	Liberal	R. J. Cunningham	664	17%
Majority			21
Registered electors			11,677
Turnout			3,953	34%
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. D. Roderick^(PARTY)	2,554	56%
	Labour	P. J. Murphy	2,372	52%
	Conservative	A. Gore	1,153	25%
	Conservative	F. M. Kennedy	1,107	24%
	Liberal	E. Carroll	839	18%
	Liberal	J. Palfreyman	338	7%
Majority			1,401
Registered electors			19,245
Turnout			4,546	24%
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	DrCyril Taylor *	2,110	60%	−6%
	Liberal	Arthur Eric Damsell	447	13%
	Conservative	O. Y. Hughes	829	24%	−3%
	Communist	E. Caddick	103	3%
	Socialist Unity	E. P. Finnerty	92	3%
	Workers Revolutionary	W. Hunter	39	1%
	Immigrant Party	J. P. Murphy	23	1%
Majority			1,281
Registered electors			12,903
Turnout			3,489	27%
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John R. Watton *	1,582	68%
	Labour	J. H. Stamper	443	19%
	Conservative	R. H. Mather	310	13%
Majority			1,139
Registered electors			6,420
Turnout			2,335	36%
	Liberalhold		Swing

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Election result

Ward results

Abercromby, St. James

Aigburth

Allerton

Anfield

Arundel

Breckfield, St. Domingo

Broadgreen

Central, Everton, Netherfield

Childwall

Church

Clubmoor

County

Croxteth

Dingle

Dovecot

Fairfield

Fazakerley

Gillmoss

Granby, Prince's Park

Kensington

Low Hill, Smithdown

Melrose, Westminster

Old Swan

Picton

Pirrie

St. Mary's

St. Michael's

Sandhills, Vauxhall

Speke

Tuebrook

Warbreck

Woolton, East

Woolton, West

References

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Doreen Jones	1,746	42%
	Conservative	I. McFall	1,410	34%
	Labour	D. E. Krumbein	947	23%
	Communist	H. Mohin	83	2%
	Independent Liberal	W. J. McCullough	112	3%
Majority			336
Registered electors			12,614
Turnout			4,186	33%
	Liberalhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Pam A. Bradley^(PARTY)	2,051	46%
	Labour	J. Hughes	1,345	30%
	Conservative	J. McDermott	955	22%
	Communist	J. G. Volleamere	60	1%
Majority			706
Registered electors			11,280
Turnout			4,411	39%
	Liberalhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Dalton *	2,815	57%	−10%
	Conservative	W. T. Palmer	1,739	35%	+2%
	Liberal	J. Stephenson	359	7%
Majority			1,076
Registered electors			15,937
Turnout			4,913	31%
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. R. Maddox *	1,309	47%
	Conservative	R. A. Parkes	1,094	39%
	Liberal	C. J. Lister	372	13%
Majority			215
Registered electors			9,474
Turnout			2,775	29%
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Trevor Jones *	1,897	54%
	Conservative	J. Cheshire	1,017	29%
	Labour	D. R. Leach	616	17%
Majority			880
Registered electors			9,645
Turnout			3,530	37%
	Liberalhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Orr *	1,783	78%
	Socialist Unity	A. Thompson	281	12%
	Conservative	D. J. Lewis	173	8%
	Liberal	M. Decker	56	2%
Majority			1,502
Registered electors			9,015
Turnout			2,293	25%
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. J. Maudsley *	1,878	61%
	Conservative	C. W. Harpin	983	32%
	Liberal	I. McGuiness	134	4%
	Independent Labour	P. Moorhead	105	3%
Majority			895
Registered electors			14,188
Turnout			3,100	22%
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Irving	1,541	38%	+14%
	Labour	Derek Hatton	1,450	36%	+6%
	Liberal	C. Collins^(PARTY)	1,057	26%	−17%
Majority			91
Registered electors			11,240
Turnout			4,048	36%
	Conservativegain fromLiberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. B. Flude *	1,781	45%	−8%
	Liberal	E. J. Seddon	1,170	30%
	Labour	W. H. Roberts	1,009	25%	−22%
Majority			611
Registered electors			11,722
Turnout			3,960	34%
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Bryers^(PARTY)	2,080	57%
	Conservative	S. Fitzsimmons	1,204	33%
	Liberal	R. F. Heywood	359	10%
Majority			876
Registered electors			13,607
Turnout			3,643	27%
	Labourhold		Swing