1952 Liverpool City Council election

1952 UK local election

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8 May 1952 (1952-05-08)

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Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party)

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 8 May 1952.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	67	-12	28	95
Labour	46	+13	7	53
Protestant	4	-1	1	5
Independent	3	0	2	5
Liberal	0	0	2	2

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1952
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	26				62%	55%	124,368
Conservative	14				33%	45%	102,558
Protestant	1				2.4%	1.7%	3,954
Liberal	0	0	0	0	0%	0.67%	1,523
Communist	0	0	0	0	0%	0.032%	72

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

- Party of former Councillor

Comparisons are made with the 1949 election results.

Abercromby

Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Livermore	3,564	62%	+20%
	Conservative	John Kenneth Hart *	2,159	38%	−16%
Majority			1,405
Registered electors			13,256
Turnout			5,723	43%	+5%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Alexander Kinnear *	5,268	76%	0%
	Labour	Thomas George White	935	14%	+3%
	Liberal	John Bowen	713	10%	−2%
Majority			4,333
Registered electors			15,523
Turnout			6,916	45%	−11%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Haswell *	2,855	74%	+4%
	Labour	Harold Lee	995	26%	+7%
Majority			1,860
Registered electors			9,739
Turnout			3,850	40%	−10%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Alfred Pannell	4,019	53%	−12%
	Labour	James Augustus Bargrave Deane	3,546	47%	+12%
Majority			473
Registered electors			16,287
Turnout			7,565	46%	−4%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield

Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Ralph Snell	3,094	55%	+13%
	Conservative	Miss Joan Ailsa Blackie	2,489	45%	−13%
Majority			605
Registered electors			12,826
Turnout			5,583	44%	−1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Carr	3,084	88%	+8%
	Conservative	Mrs. Marrion Browne	405	12%	−7%
Majority			2,679
Registered electors			7,334
Turnout			3,489	48%	−1%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Castle Street

Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Henry Thompson	440	97%
	Independent	James Elias	13	3%
Majority			427
Registered electors			956
Turnout			453	47%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Childwall

Childwall - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William James Sergent	4,639	79%
	Conservative	John Shaw Brown	4,419	75%
	Labour	William Delgarno	1,246	21%
	Labour	Mrs. Elsie Ellen Gough	1,232	21%
Majority			3,393
Registered electors			13,885
Turnout			5,885	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles McDonald	9,692	63%	+13%
	Conservative	Francis Henry Wilson *	5,756	37%	−13%
Majority			3,933
Registered electors			34,388
Turnout			15,451	45%	+3%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Dingle

Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Firman Aldis *	6,138	65%
	Conservative	Ernest Johnson	3,238	35%
Majority			2,900
Registered electors			17,708
Turnout			9,376	53%	−1%
	Labour hold		Swing

Edge Hill

Edge Hill - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Johnstone *	3,699	67%	+11%
	Labour	Leonard Holden	3,587	65%
	Conservative	Edgar William Holland	1,786	33%	−11%
	Conservative	James Stanislaus Ross	1,588	29%	−15%
Majority			1,913
Registered electors			13,620
Turnout			5,485	40%	−3%
	Labour hold		Swing

Everton

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Leslie Hughes *	3,907	77%	+15%
	Conservative	William Martin	1,138	23%	−15%
Majority			2,769
Registered electors			13,271
Turnout			5,045	38%	−3%
	Labour hold		Swing

Exchange

Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Larkin	598	62%	−19%
	Labour	William McKeown	368	38%	+19%
Majority			230
Registered electors			15,505
Turnout			966	6%
	Independent hold		Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Thomas	3,387	55%	−3%
	Labour	Norman Bates	2,799	45%	+3%
Majority			588
Registered electors			15,505
Turnout			6,186	40%	−2%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Dalton	6,319	59%	+9%
	Conservative	Ralph Rattray *	4,432	41%	−9%
Majority			1,887
Registered electors			19,797
Turnout			10,751	54%	+2%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Garston

Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Crookes	7,650	66%	+19%
	Conservative	William Leslie McClelland	3,857	34%	−17%
Majority			3,793
Registered electors			22,384
Turnout			11,507	51%	+8%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Granby

Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Thomas Brodie	3,432	61%	+13%
	Conservative	William Granville Heald *	2,210	39%	−13%
Majority			1,222
Registered electors			12,804
Turnout			5,642	44%	+2%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Great George

Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. Elizabeth Trainor	796	52%	+4%
	Conservative	Walter John Smith	747	48%	−4%
Majority			49
Registered electors			3,376
Turnout			1,543	46%	+3%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Kensington

Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Walker	3,683	59%	+13%
	Conservative	Leslie John Henry Rumsey	2,533	41%	−13%
Majority			1,150
Registered electors			13,976
Turnout			6,216	44%	−6%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Kirkdale

Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter James O'Hare *	5,699	71%	+18%
	Conservative	George Parkinson Tyson	2,381	29%	−18%
Majority			3,318
Registered electors			19,721
Turnout			8,080	41%	−6%
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Woolton

Little Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Basil Smart	1,153	57%	−6%
	Labour	James Gardner	866	43%	+6%
Majority			287
Registered electors			3,048
Turnout			2,019	66%	−1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Robinson *	3,381	65%	+14%
	Conservative	Abram Maxwell Caplin	1,842	35%	−14%
Majority			1,539
Registered electors			11,840
Turnout			5,223	44%	0%
	Labour hold		Swing

Much Woolton

Much Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald William Stewart	2,224	72%	−6%
	Labour	Thomas Keith Williams	846	28%	+6%
Majority			1,378
Registered electors			6,525
Turnout			3,070	47%	−5%
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherfield

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Clitherow	1,925	55%	+15%
	Protestant	William George Jones *	1,555	45%	−14%
Majority			370
Registered electors			10,107
Turnout			3,480	34%	−5%
	Labour gain from Protestant		Swing

North Scotland

North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Thomas Robinson
Majority
Registered electors			7,160
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Hebron Sanders *	5,926	54%	−11%
	Labour	Terence Roberts	4,989	46%	+12%
Majority			937
Registered electors			27,025
Turnout			10,915	40%	−7%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Rimmer	3,299	59%	+14%
	Conservative	Charles Alfred Lever	2,293	41%	−14%
Majority			1,006
Registered electors			12,152
Turnout			5,592	46%	+2%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sandhills

Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	*Peter McKernan - unopposed**
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. Elizabeth Margaret Braddock *	1,756	80%	+23%
	Conservative	John Oswald Tiernan	436	20%	−23%
Majority			1,320
Registered electors			5,406
Turnout			2,192	41%	−6%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	Albert Victor Harris *	2,399	51%	−7%
	Labour	Frank Keating	2,347	49%	+7%
Majority			52
Registered electors			13,283
Turnout			4,746	36%	−4%
	Protestant hold		Swing

St. Peter's

St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Smyth	387	52%	+10%
	Conservative	Leo Joseph G. Wilkinson *	355	48%	−12%
Majority			32
Registered electors			1,458
Turnout			742	51%	0%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sefton Park East

Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Lees	3,521	58%	−15%
	Labour	Richard John Alcock	2,596	42%	+15%
Majority			925
Registered electors			14,049
Turnout			6,117	44%	+2%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Brierley Collins *	3,668	64%	−9%
	Labour	William Jones	2,029	36%	+9%
Majority			1,639
Registered electors			10,880
Turnout			5,697	52%	−2%
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Corrigan	2,295	97%	0%
	Communist	Richard Cuerdon	72	3%	0%
Majority			2,295
Registered electors			6,781
Turnout			2,367	35%	−14%
	Labour hold		Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Hogan	785	72%
	Conservative	Alan Arthur Horsford	303	28%
Majority			482
Registered electors			2,785
Turnout			1,088	39%
	Labour hold		Swing

Walton

Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Francis Carr	5,832	55%
	Conservative	Robert Charles Andrews	4,820	45%
Majority			1,012
Registered electors			22,918
Turnout			10,652	46%
	Labour hold		Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frank Woolfenden	4,793	55%
	Labour	Harold Dailey	3,924	45%
Majority			869
Registered electors			18,812
Turnout			8,717	46%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mrs. Eleanor Bingham Glazebrook	5,983	61%
	Labour	Emmanuel Milton Mannheim	2,986	31%
	Liberal	Albert Edward Jones	810	8%
Majority			2,997
Registered electors			21,744
Turnout			9,779	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Charles Minton	3,545	58%
	Conservative	Samuel Curtis	2,619	42%
Majority			926
Registered electors			11,342
Turnout			6,164	54%
	Labour hold		Swing

West Derby

West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Gwilym Hughes	7,762	57%
	Labour	Alexander Coveney McLeod	5,907	43%
Majority			1,855
Registered electors			31,320
Turnout			13,669	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aldermanic Elections

Twenty of the forty Aldermen were elected by the city council on 19 May 1952.

* - re-elected aldermen.

Party		Alderman
	Conservative	George Webster Green Armour *
	Conservative	Reginald Richard Bailey *
	Conservative	Herbert Neville Bewley *
	Conservative	Mrs. Ada Martha Burton *
	Conservative	Thomas Henry Burton *
	Labour	Joseph Jackson Cleary *
	Conservative	Alexander Critchley *
	Conservative	Mabel Fletcher *
	Conservative	Robert Duncan French *
	Labour	Alexander Griffin *
	Liberal	William Sinclair Scott Hannay *
	Labour	Joseph Harrington *
	Labour	Bertie Victor Kirby C.B.E. *
	Conservative	Walter Thomas Lancashire *
	Conservative	Alfred Levy *
	Labour	David Gilbert Logan C.B,E. M.P. *
	Protestant	Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom *
	Conservative	George Miller Platt *
	Labour	Michael John Reppion *
	Conservative	John Village *

All Aldermen and the wards they were allocated to as Returning Officer are shown in the table below:

	Alderman	Ward
	Edwin Thompson	Abercromby
	Ernest Ash Cookson	Aigburth
Conservative	Alexander Critchley	Allerton
	James Conrad Cross	Anfield
Protestant	Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom	Breckfield
	William John Mathew Clark	Brunswick
	William John Tristram	Castle Street
Labour	Alexander Griffin	Childwall
Labour	David Gilbert Logan C.B.E. M.P.	Croxteth
Conservative	George Webster Green Armour	Dingle
Conservative	Alfred Levy	Edge Hill
Labour	Michael John Reppion	Everton
	William Greenough Gregson	Exchange
Conservative	George Miller Platt	Fairfield
	Lawrence King	Fazakerley
Conservative	Thomas Henry Burton	Garston
Labour	Bertie Victor Kirby C.B.E.	Granby
	Sir Alfred Shennan	Great George
Liberal	William Sinclair Scott Hannay	Kensington
Labour	Joseph Harrington	Kirkdale
	Isaac Robinson	Little Woolton
	William Thomas Roberts	Low Hill
	Joseph Williams	Much Woolton
Conservative	Walter Thomas Lancashire	Netherfield
	James Farrell	North Scotland
	Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon	Old Swan
	Albert Morrow	Prince's Park
	Robert John Hall	St. Anne's
	Luke Hogan M.B.E.	St. Domingo
Conservative	Robert Duncan French	St. Peter's
	Miss Mary Mabel Eills	Sandhills
Conservative	Reginald Richard Bailey	Sefton Park East
	Michael Corey Dixon	Sefton Park West
	Mr. Vere Egerton Cotton C.B.E. T.D.	South Scotland
	Stanley Ronald Williams	Vauxhall
Conservative	Miss Mabel Fletcher	Walton
Conservative	Mrs. Ada Martha Burton	Warbreck
Conservative	John Village	Wavertree
Labour	Joseph Jackson Cleary	Wavertree West
Conservative	Herbert Neville Bewley	Weat Derby

By-elections

Breckfield by-election 13 November 1952

Following the death of Alderman Walter Thomas Lancashire on 18 August 1952, Cllr. David John Lewis was elected as Alderman by the City Council on 3 September 1952 and assigned as returning officer for the Netherfield ward.

Following the death of Alderman James Conrad Cross on 18 August 1952, Cllr. George William Prout was elected as Alderman by the City Council on 3 September 1952 and assigned as returning officer to the Anfield ward.

Following the election of Cllr. David John Lewis and Cllr. George William Prout as Aldermen, there was a by-election for 2 seats for the Breckfield ward on 13 November 1952.

Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Samuel Curtis	2,511	52%
	Conservative	William Bell Pickett	2,474	52%
	Labour	Ian Isidore Levin	2,275	48%
	Labour	Andrew Thomas Francis Williams	2,272	47%
Majority			236
Registered electors			12,826
Turnout			4,786	37%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
Liverpool Daily Post 9 May 1952
Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1952-1953
Proceedings of the Council 1952-53 page 302
Proceedings of the Council 1952-53 page 303
Proceedings of the Council 1952-53 page 507

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