1949 Liverpool City Council election

1949 UK local election March 2017 March 2017 1949 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg 1949 05 12 y 1947 1947 Liverpool City Council election 1950 1950 Liverpool City Council election 1949 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 14 April 2021 Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 12 May 1949. After the election, the composition of the council was: PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotalConservative 77 +14 26 103Labour 34 -10 8 42Protestant 5 0 1 6Liberal 1 0 2 3Independent 3 -1 2 5 Election result Liverpool local election result 1949 Conservative Party (UK) 28 54% 131,161 Labour Party (UK) 12 46% 111,233 Liverpool Protestant Party 2 2.3% 5,549 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0% 0.68% 1,654 Independent (politician) 1 0 0 1 0.33% 795 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0% 0.31% 748 Ward results * - Councillor seeking re-election This was the first May local election following the move from November. Councillors standing for re-election at this election were previously elected in 1945. Therefore, comparisons are made with the 1945 election results. Abercromby Abercromby Conservative Party (UK) John Kenneth Hart 2,954 54% +10% Labour Party (UK) Francis Lavery * 2,299 42% -14% Communist Party of Great Britain Mrs. Olwyn White 210 4% 655 14,366 5,463 38% +3% Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +10% https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DT_WbHgX1_e2d2ejt4KI77AVyLTEo3D6 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 3 5 January 2019 Aigburth Aigburth Conservative Party (UK) William Alexander Kinnear (PARTY) 6,867 76% +16% Liberal Party (UK) William Edward Oates 1,117 12% +1% Labour Party (UK) Terence Roberts 1,013 11% -9% 5,750 16,154 8,997 56% +9% Conservative Party (UK) +16% https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mib7c6HpF6lRc3ckZndNSstOxmXc9A3_ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 4 5 January 2019 Allerton Allerton Conservative Party (UK) Charles Haswell * 3,454 70% +18% Labour Party (UK) Mrs. Edith Evans 916 19% -11% Liberal Party (UK) Herbert Griffith Edwards 537 11% -6% 2,538 9,784 4,907 50% +4% Conservative Party (UK) +18% https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Gwbc-dUf8fxu1jIcfUPaS6Fc2CCXl8Rc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 6 5 January 2019 Anfield Anfield Conservative Party (UK) Aled Owen Roberts * 5,543 65% +9% Labour Party (UK) Mrs. Ethel May Wormald 3,011 35% -9% 2,532 17,169 8,554 50% +9% Conservative Party (UK) +9% https://drive.google.com/open?id=1RkDN6AlTjTeofsR3P7h8710QkwMYQEnD Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 5 5 January 2019 Breckfield Breckfield Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Henry Thompson (PARTY) 3,433 58% +7% Labour Party (UK) John Hamilton 2,454 42% -7% 979 13,164 5,887 45% +4% Conservative Party (UK) -7% Brunswick Brunswick Labour Party (UK) Hugh Carr (PARTY) 2,938 80% Conservative Party (UK) Mrs. Marion Browne 717 19% Communist Party of Great Britain John James Downey 39 1.1% 2,221 7,468 3,694 49% Labour Party (UK) Castle Street Castle Street Conservative Party (UK) William Sinclair Scott (PARTY) unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Bqa3c57cbrkKO8_xI0KEJRvA3pYFcrTi Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 1 5 January 2019 Childwall Childwall Conservative Party (UK) William John Matthew Clark * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=1m-gwbZy2zLmUaNYLZ0aYMq9PhLTLNhBR Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 2 5 January 2019 Croxteth Croxteth Conservative Party (UK) Francis Henry Wilson 6,993 49% Labour Party (UK) James Cullen * 6,945 49% -33% Communist Party of Great Britain Dennis Ellwand 183 1.3% Independent Conservative James Charles Pollard 112 0.79% -17% 48 33,908 14,233 42% +20% Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Dingle Dingle Labour Party (UK) William Firman Aldis (PARTY) 4,931 50% -3% Conservative Party (UK) George Horace Duckett 4,844 50% +3% 87 18,076 9,775 54% +11% Labour Party (UK) -1% Edge Hill Edge Hill Labour Party (UK) James Johnstone * 3,261 56% -8% Conservative Party (UK) Hugh Maule Jones 2,574 44% +8% 687 13,537 5,835 43% +5% Labour Party (UK) -8% Everton Everton Labour Party (UK) John Leslie Hughes * 3,453 62% Conservative Party (UK) William Richard Doherty 2,088 38% 1,365 13,678 5,541 41% Labour Party (UK) Exchange Exchange Independent (politician) Leo Henry Wright * 795 81% +7% Labour Party (UK) Joseph Mooney 190 19% -7% 605 1,625 985 61% 0% Independent (politician) +7% Fairfield Fairfield Conservative Party (UK) Aubrey Brendon Moore (PARTY) 4,784 58% +14% Labour Party (UK) Victor Henry Cove 3,435 42% -4% 1,349 15,860 8,219 52% +4% Conservative Party (UK) +14% Fazakerley Fazakerley Conservative Party (UK) Ralph Rattray 5,213 50% +3% Labour Party (UK) Joseph Morgan * 5,206 50% -13% 7 20,099 10,419 52% +16% Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +3% Garston Garston Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Alexander McCulloch 4,222 51% +18% Labour Party (UK) Alfred Demain * 3,900 47% -19% Communist Party of Great Britain Isaac Brickwood Pick 144 1.7% 322 17,317 8,266 48% +8% Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +18% Granby Granby Conservative Party (UK) William Granville Heald 2,893 52% +5% Labour Party (UK) Mrs. Elizabeth Trainor * 2,657 48% -5% 236 13,347 5,550 42% -7% Conservative Party (UK) +5% Great George Great George Conservative Party (UK) Walter John Smith (PARTY) 823 52% Labour Party (UK) William Tipping 761 48% 62 3,717 1,584 43% Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Kensington Kensington Conservative Party (UK) Leslie John Henry Rumsey 3,898 54% +5% Labour Party (UK) John Matthew Taylor * 3,352 46% -5% 546 14,425 7,250 50% +9% Conservative Party (UK) +5% Kirkdale Kirkdale Labour Party (UK) Peter James O'Hare (PARTY) 4,883 53% -7% Conservative Party (UK) John Shaw Brown 4,334 47% +7% 549 19,470 9,217 47% +8% Labour Party (UK) -7% Little Woolton Little Woolton - 2 seats Conservative Party (UK) Eric Cuthbert Arden (PARTY) 1,268 63% -5% Conservative Party (UK) Mrs. Phyllis Josephine Cundy 1,267 63% -5% Labour Party (UK) Roy Stoddart 730 37% +24% Labour Party (UK) Howell James 691 35% +22% 538 2,983 1,998 67% -5% Conservative Party (UK) -5% Conservative Party (UK) -5% Low Hill Low Hill Labour Party (UK) Fred Robinson * 2,733 51% -4% Conservative Party (UK) William Henry Brook 2,636 49% +4% 97 12,289 5,369 44% -3% Labour Party (UK) -4% Much Woolton Much Woolton Conservative Party (UK) Reginald William Stewart * 2,261 78% +19% Labour Party (UK) Noel Arthur Pinches 646 22% -19% 1,615 5,547 2,907 52% -1% Conservative Party (UK) +19% Netherfield Netherfield Liverpool Protestant Party William George Jones (PARTY) 2,394 59% +8% Labour Party (UK) Thomas Robinson 1,627 40% -9% Communist Sidney Foster 49 1% +1% 767 10,341 4,070 39% +9% Liverpool Protestant Party +8% North Scotland North Scotland Labour Party (UK) Herbert Francis Granby * 2,714 98% +35% Communist John William Coward 43 2% -35% 2,671 7,276 2,757 38% -1% Labour Party (UK) +35% Old Swan Old Swan Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Hebron Sanders 8,459 65% +18% Labour Party (UK) Frederick Walker (PARTY) 4,369 34% -19% Communist Party of Great Britain Miss Winifred May George 187 1.4% 4,090 27,970 13,015 47% +8% Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +18% Prince's Park Prince's Park Conservative Party (UK) James Burrows Noble 2,962 55% +9% Labour Party (UK) Mrs. Sarah Ann Demain * 2,429 45% -9% 533 12,276 5,391 44% +5% Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +9% Sandhills Sandhills - 2 seats Labour Party (UK) Peter McKernan 3,110 75% Labour Party (UK) Henry Alldritt * 2,873 70% Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Norton 1,011 25% Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Charles Hitches 949 23% 2,099 8,024 4,121 51% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) St. Anne's St. Anne's Labour Party (UK) Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Braddock * 1,652 57% Conservative Party (UK) Mrs. Catherine Frances Wright 1,238 43% 414 6,205 2,890 47% Labour Party (UK) St. Domingo St. Domingo Liverpool Protestant Party Albert Victor Harris * 3,155 58% +3% Labour Party (UK) Walter Richard Maylor 2,256 42% -3% 899 13,401 5,411 40% +4% Liverpool Protestant Party +3% St. Peter's St. Peter's Conservative Party (UK) Leo Joseph Gerard Wilkinson (PARTY) 398 60% -12% Labour Party (UK) Harry Livermore 265 40% +14% 133 1,306 663 51% -2% Conservative Party (UK) -12% Sefton Park East Sefton Park East Conservative Party (UK) Charles Enfield Booth (PARTY) 4,536 73% +7% Labour Party (UK) Thomas Nicholas Moran 1,636 27% -7% 2,900 14,672 6,172 42% +5% Conservative Party (UK) +7% Sefton Park West Sefton Park West Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Brierley Collins * 4,364 73% +7% Labour Party (UK) Richard John Alcock 1,611 27% -7% 2,753 11,138 5,975 54% +9% Conservative Party (UK) +7% South Scotland South Scotland Labour Party (UK) Michael John Reppion * 2,940 97% Communist Party of Great Britain Dr. Cyril Taylor 103 3.4% 2,940 6,183 3,043 49% Labour Party (UK) Vauxhall Vauxhall Labour Party (UK) Thomas Hogan * 823 67% Conservative Party (UK) Mrs. Edna Frances Mary Felton 399 33% 424 1,222 Labour Party (UK) Walton Walton Conservative Party (UK) Richard Edward Searle * 6,157 55% +7% Labour Party (UK) William Smith Wright 5,946 45% -1% 1,111 11,203 Conservative Party (UK) +7% Warbreck Warbreck Conservative Party (UK) Frank Woolfenden (PARTY) 5,982 67% +18% Labour Party (UK) Isidore Levin 2,919 33% +1% 3,063 8,901 Conservative Party (UK) Wavertree Wavertree - 2 seats Conservative Party (UK) Miss Eleanor Bingham Harrison 8,068 71% +13% Conservative Party (UK) Harold Threlfall Wilson 7,559 66% +8% Labour Party (UK) Francis Burke 3,346 29% -13% Labour Party (UK) John Stuart Keys 3,137 27% -15% 4,722 11,414 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Wavertree West Wavertree West Conservative Party (UK) Samuel Curtis 3,420 53% Labour Party (UK) Charles James Minton * 3,045 47% 375 6,465 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) West Derby West Derby Conservative Party (UK) Robert Cyril Beattie * 10,152 67% +8% Labour Party (UK) Edward William Harby 5,030 33% -9% 5,122 15,182 Conservative Party (UK) Liverpool Daily Post 13 May 1949 Aldermanic elections Aldermanic elections 23 May 1949 At the meeting of the City Council on 23 May 1949 the terms of office of twenty of the forty Aldermen expired and the Council elected twenty Aldermen to fill the vacant positions for a term of six years. PartyAldermanConservative William John Matthew ClarkConservative Ernest Ash Cookson*Conservative Vere Egerton Cotton*Conservative James Conrad Cross*Conservative Michael Cory Dixon*Liberal Mary Mabel Eills*Independent James Farrell*Conservative Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon*Conservative Moss Greenberg*Conservative William Greenough Gregson*Conservative Robert John Hall*Labour Luke Hogan*Independent Peter Kavanagh*Labour Lawrence King*Conservative Albert Morrow*Conservative William Thomas Roberts*Conservative Alfred Ernest Shennan*Conservative Edwin Thompson*Liberal William John Tristram*Conservative Joseph Williams* * Reelected Aldermen https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hu0rqenFhRlgOyecPwY-G5lYTM3FDsS0 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 7 5 January 2019 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DIEyKbI48xtHwapm4ukKMmIH6cB_iLxU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 8 5 January 2019 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1yf3iaEvSRP5dsQxUTra4p0NMPi-OKLAD Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 9 5 January 2019 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1I04rwY5vJ3he5TrnJYZdlAQHOWuhrt8x Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 10 5 January 2019 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OouQn_v7p4W3YquPX0LAbhW4xhJ6uKCn Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 11 5 January 2019 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JJ6QlDrHktfzH1EccbPqC9u75P4VCO3m Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 12 5 January 2019 https://drive.google.com/open?id=12cU8LGUbZqfnlfl5r1WtT0hvcGZsmGnO Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 13 5 January 2019 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bkH7o5fYYg3h2Uj_lUXLogh4Dz7oqKCz Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 14 5 January 2019 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LoVRKYiAQeyNz-V9ZvfatAwdxvMjO0hJ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 page 15 5 January 2019 Liverpool Daily Post Tuesday 24 May 1949 p.3 By-elections Childwall, 15 September 1949 Caused by the election of Cllr. William John Matthew Clark as an Alderman on 23 May 1949 Anfield John Shaw Brown 4,204 Roy Stoddart 1,046 Herbert Ashley Ruddlesden 809 Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 pg 302 Anfield 10 November 1949 Caused by the death of Cllr. Aled Owen Roberts Anfield Peter Marcus Edis 4,542 John Richard Jones Walter Richard Maylor Conservative Party (UK) Liverpool Daily Post 11 November 1949 Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 pg 464 Alderman William Albert Robinson died on 31 December 1949Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 pg 540 His position was filled by Cllr. Michael John Reppion (Labour, elected for the South Scotland ward in May 1949), who was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 1 February 1950 and was assigned as the Returning Officer for the Everton ward. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 pg 610 Alderman Peter Kavanagh died on 19 February 1950Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 pg 750 His position was filled by Cllr. Stanley Robert Williams (Conservative, elected for the Wavertree ward on 1 November 1947Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-1948), who was elected as an Alderman by the City Council on 5 April 1950 and assigned as Returning Officer for the Vauxhall ward. Alderman Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson died on 23 February 1950.Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 pg 684 Her position was filled by Cllr. George Webster Green Armour (Conservative, elected for the Sefton Park East ward in November 1946Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947) was elected as an Alderman by the City Council on 5 April 1950 and assigned as Returning Officer for the Dingle ward.Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1949-1950 pg 753 References 1949 Category:1949 English local elections Category:1940s in Liverpool Category:May 1949 in the United Kingdom