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1951 Liverpool City Council election
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1951 UK local election
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1951 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg 1951 05 11 y 1950 1950 Liverpool City Council election 1952 1952 Liverpool City Council election 1951 Liverpool City Council election result map.jpg 300px Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party)Jeffery David Merseyside Local Election Results Project https://david-jeffery.com/project/merseyside-local-election-results-project/ Dr David Jeffery 18 October 2020 14 April 2021
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 11 May 1951.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
PartyCouncillors ± AldermenConservative ?? ?? ??Labour ?? ?? ??Protestant ?? ?? ??Liberal ?? ?? ??
Election result
Liverpool local election result 1951
Conservative Party (UK)
28
68%
58%
120,053
Labour Party (UK)
10
24%
38%
79,531
Liverpool Protestant Party
2
5%
2%
4,230
Independent (politician)
1
2.4%
0.31%
646
Liberal Party (UK)
0
0
0
0
0%
0.47%
964
Communist
0
0
0
0
0%
0.065%
134
Ward results
* - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
The terms of office expired in 1951 for those councillors who were elected in November 1947.
Therefore comparisons are made with the 1947 election results.
Abercromby
Abercromby
Conservative Party (UK)
Francis Joseph Bullen *
2,740
53%
-1%
Labour Party (UK)
William Smyth
2,391
47%
+1%
349
13,488
5,131
38%
-3%
Conservative Party (UK)
Aigburth
Aigburth
Conservative Party (UK)
Herbert Mylrea Allen *
5,842
83%
0%
Liberal Party (UK)
William Edward Oates
600
9%
Labour Party (UK)
Roy Stoddart
565
8%
-9%
5,267
15,607
6,997
45%
-13%
Conservative Party (UK)
Allerton
Allerton
Conservative Party (UK)
Mrs. Margaret Jane Strong *
3,068
76%
+8%
Labour Party (UK)
William Rice-Jones
615
15%
-8%
Liberal Party (UK)
Mrs. Helena France
364
9%
2,453
9,583
4,047
42%
-15%
Conservative Party (UK)
Anfield
Anfield
Conservative Party (UK)
Albert James White *
4,698
68%
-4%
Labour Party (UK)
Walter Richard Maylor
2,181
32%
-4%
2,517
16,560
6,879
42%
53%
Conservative Party (UK)
Breckfield
Breckfield
Conservative Party (UK)
David John Lewis *
3,100
66%
+6%
Labour Party (UK)
Terence Roberts
1,621
34%
-6%
1,479
12,893
4,721
37%
-14%
Conservative Party (UK)
Brunswick
Brunswick
Labour Party (UK)
Frank Hampton Cain *
1,982
77%
-2%
Conservative Party (UK)
Mrs. Marrion Browne
582
23%
-1%
1,400
7,546
2,564
34%
+10%
Labour Party (UK)
Castle Street
Castle Street
Conservative Party (UK)
Reginald Poole (PARTY)
499
98%
Labour Party (UK)
Thomas McNerney
11
2%
488
922
510
55%
Conservative Party (UK)
Childwall
Childwall
Conservative Party (UK)
Alexander Young *
4,748
86%
-4%
Labour Party (UK)
Mrs. Eleanor Elizabeth Wright
766
14%
-4%
3,982
13,476
5,514
41%
-14%
Conservative Party (UK)
Croxteth
Croxteth
Labour Party (UK)
Sydney Smart *
6,595
51%
0%
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles McDonald
6,346
49%
-2%
249
34,017
12,941
38%
-1%
Conservative Party (UK)
Dingle
Dingle
Conservative Party (UK)
Stanley Airey (PARTY)
4,470
51%
+3%
Labour Party (UK)
Lewis Charles Edwards
4,344
49%
-3%
126
17,840
8,814
49%
-1%
Conservative Party (UK)
Edge Hill
Edge Hill
Labour Party (UK)
John Bagot *
2,283
52%
-2%
Conservative Party (UK)
William Thomas
2,129
48%
+2%
154
13,599
4,412
32%
-7%
Labour Party (UK)
Everton
Everton
Labour Party (UK)
John Braddock *
2,670
58%
0%
Conservative Party (UK)
Ernest Johnson
1,970
42%
0%
700
13,213
4,640
35%
-4%
Labour Party (UK)
0%
Exchange
Exchange
Independent (politician)
Walter McGrath *
646
74%
-5%
Labour Party (UK)
John Cullen
226
26%
+5%
420
1,656
872
53%
-2%
Independent (politician)
-5%
Fairfield
Fairfield
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert Nash *
4,071
67%
-1%
Labour Party (UK)
William Indcox Davies
2,028
33%
+1%
2,043
15,494
6,099
39%
-12%
Conservative Party (UK)
-1%
Fazakerley
Fazakerley
Conservative Party (UK)
Kenneth Pugh Thompson M.P. *
5,288
54%
0%
Labour Party (UK)
James Gardner
4,523
46%
0%
765
19,900
9,811
49%
-2%
Conservative Party (UK)
0%
Garston
Garston
Conservative Party (UK)
Henry Clarke *
4,958
55%
+1%
Labour Party (UK)
William Henry Sefton
4,038
45%
-1%
920
19,796
8,996
45%
-12%
Conservative Party (UK)
+1%
Granby
Granby
Conservative Party (UK)
James Edward Thompson *
2,742
55%
0%
Labour Party (UK)
Mrs. Elizabeth Trainor
2,225
45%
0%
517
12,869
4,967
39%
-4%
Conservative Party (UK)
Great George
Great George
Conservative Party (UK)
John James Coupland (PARTY)
920
57%
+2%
Labour Party (UK)
Thomas George Dominic Maguire
686
43%
-2%
234
3,360
1,606
48%
+1%
Conservative Party (UK)
Kensington
Kensington
Conservative Party (UK)
Harold William Hughes *
3,235
57%
+1%
Labour Party (UK)
Frederick Walker
2,476
43%
-1%
759
14,074
5,711
41%
-9%
Conservative Party (UK)
Kirkdale
Kirkdale
Conservative Party (UK)
Edward Shaw
3,666
51%
+3%
Labour Party (UK)
John Francis Carr *
3,564
49%
-3%
102
19,710
7,230
37%
-9%
Conservative Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
+3%
Little Woolton
Little Woolton
Conservative Party (UK)
Gordon Frederick Catlin *
1,257
68%
-16%
Labour Party (UK)
Francis Burke
603
32%
+18%
654
3,047
1,860
61%
-7%
Conservative Party (UK)
-16%
Low Hill
Low Hill
Conservative Party (UK)
Samuel Cecil Saltmarsh *
3,005
55%
0%
Labour Party (UK)
Charles Morris
2,465
45%
0%
540
12,003
5,470
46%
-3%
Conservative Party (UK)
Much Woolton
Much Woolton
Conservative Party (UK)
Joseph Norton (PARTY)
2,399
82%
+8%
Labour Party (UK)
Alan Frank Skinner
523
18%
-8%
1,876
6,367
2,922
46%
-8%
Conservative Party (UK)
+8%
Netherfield
Netherfield
Liverpool Protestant Party
George Edward Lewis *
1,878
67%
+4%
Labour Party (UK)
Thomas Robinson
926
33%
-4%
952
10,134
2,804
28%
+9%
Liverpool Protestant Party
+4%
North Scotland
North Scotland
Labour Party (UK)
Frederick William Tucker *
1,634
63%
-12%
Independent (politician)
John Joseph Fay
930
36%
Communist
John William Coward
18
1%
-6%
1,634
7,185
2,582
36%
+3%
Labour Party (UK)
-12%
Old Swan
Old Swan
Conservative Party (UK)
Alfred Nathaniel Bates *
7,279
71%
+5%
Labour Party (UK)
Joseph Mooney
3,028
29%
-5%
4,251
27,217
10,307
38%
-11%
Conservative Party (UK)
+5%
Prince's Park
Prince's Park
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles Cowlin *
2,690
56%
+1%
Labour Party (UK)
Thomas McManus
2,118
44%
-1%
572
11,977
4,808
40%
-10%
Conservative Party (UK)
+1%
Sandhills
Sandhills
Labour Party (UK)
Stanley Part *
2,332
75%
+2%
Conservative Party (UK)
Leonard James Carr
790
25%
-2%
1,542
8,160
3,122
38%
-3%
Labour Party (UK)
+2%
St. Anne's
St. Anne's
Labour Party (UK)
Abraham Louis Caplan *
1,242
73%
+11%
Conservative Party (UK)
Frank Scott
467
27%
+6%
775
5,537
1,709
31%
-12%
Labour Party (UK)
+11%
St. Domingo
St. Domingo
Liverpool Protestant Party
Mrs. Mary Jane Longbottom *
2,352
65%
+5%
Labour Party (UK)
Frank Keating
1,281
35%
-5%
1,281
13,257
3,633
27%
-15%
Liverpool Protestant Party
+5%
St. Peter's
St. Peter's
Conservative Party (UK)
James William Brown *
457
59%
-11%
Labour Party (UK)
Mrs. Elsie Ellen Gough
323
41%
+11%
134
1,437
780
54%
+8%
Conservative Party (UK)
-11%
Sefton Park East
Sefton Park East
Conservative Party (UK)
Walter Isaac Throssell *
3,877
74%
0%
Labour Party (UK)
Matthew John Grimes
1,337
26%
0%
2,540
14,249
5,214
37%
-5%
Conservative Party (UK)
0%
Sefton Park West
Sefton Park West
Conservative Party (UK)
Frederick Bidston *
3,744
75%
-3%
Labour Party (UK)
Keith Samuel Williams
1,265
25%
+3%
2,479
10,825
5,009
46%
-5%
Conservative Party (UK)
-3%
South Scotland
South Scotland - 2 seats
Labour Party (UK)
John Sheehan *
1,471
92%
Labour Party (UK)
David Cowley
1,465
91%
Communist
Richard Cuerdon
134
8%
1,471
6,670
1,605
24%
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Vauxhall
Vauxhall
Labour Party (UK)
Joseph Cyril Brady *
666
69%
0%
Conservative Party (UK)
William Alfred Manley Crawford
306
31%
0%
360
2,827
972
34%
-16%
Labour Party (UK)
0%
Walton
Walton
Conservative Party (UK)
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Jones *
5,584
65%
+5%
Labour Party (UK)
William Dean-Jones
2,984
35%
-5%
2,600
23,104
8,568
37%
-15%
Conservative Party (UK)
+5%
Warbreck
Warbreck
Conservative Party (UK)
Donald Francis Brady (PARTY)
5,161
70%
-1%
Labour Party (UK)
William Delgarno
2,234
30%
+1%
2,927
18,861
7,395
39%
-8%
Conservative Party (UK)
-1%
Wavertree
Wavertree
Conservative Party (UK)
Edward Jennings (PARTY)
6,321
74%
+1%
Labour Party (UK)
Thomas Henry Maloney
1,507
18%
-9%
Liberal Party (UK)
Albert Edward Jones
729
9%
4,814
21,976
8,557
39%
-12%
Conservative Party (UK)
+1%
Wavertree West
Wavertree West
Conservative Party (UK)
John Keenan (PARTY)
2,993
55%
0%
Labour Party (UK)
Charles James Minton
2,418
45%
0%
575
11,506
5,411
47%
-7%
Conservative Party (UK)
0%
West Derby
West Derby
Conservative Party (UK)
Hedley Arthur Williams *
8,661
72%
+3%
Labour Party (UK)
George Henry Dunbar
3,384
28%
-3%
5,277
31,415
12,045
38%
-13%
Conservative Party (UK)
+3%
Liverpool Daily Post 12 May 1951
Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1951-1952
By-elections
North Scotland 22 November 1951
Following the disqualification of Herbert Francis Granby (elected 12 May 1949) there was a By-election for the North Scotland ward on 22 November 1951.
North Scotland
Labour Party (UK)
Leonard James Carr
1,527
87%
Conservative Party (UK)
Thomas Robinson
234
13%
1,293
7,185
1,761
25%
Labour Party (UK)
Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1951-1952 page 442
References
1951
Category:1951 English local elections
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