1952 Liverpool City Council election

1952 UK local election February 2016 February 2016 1952 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg 1952 05 08 y 1951 1951 Liverpool City Council election 1953 1953 Liverpool City Council election 1952 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 8 May 1952. After the election, the composition of the council was: PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotalConservative 67 -12 28 95Labour 46 +13 7 53Protestant 4 -1 1 5Independent 3 0 2 5Liberal 0 0 2 2 Election result Liverpool local election result 1952 Labour Party (UK) 26 62% 55% 124,368 Conservative Party (UK) 14 33% 45% 102,558 Liverpool Protestant Party 1 2.4% 1.7% 3,954 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0% 0.67% 1,523 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0% 0.032% 72 Ward results * - Councillor seeking re-election (PARTY) - Party of former Councillor Comparisons are made with the 1949 election results. Abercromby Abercromby Labour Party (UK) Harry Livermore 3,564 62% +20% Conservative Party (UK) John Kenneth Hart * 2,159 38% -16% 1,405 13,256 5,723 43% +5% Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Aigburth Aigburth Conservative Party (UK) William Alexander Kinnear * 5,268 76% 0% Labour Party (UK) Thomas George White 935 14% +3% Liberal Party (UK) John Bowen 713 10% -2% 4,333 15,523 6,916 45% -11% Conservative Party (UK) Allerton Allerton Conservative Party (UK) Charles Haswell * 2,855 74% +4% Labour Party (UK) Harold Lee 995 26% +7% 1,860 9,739 3,850 40% -10% Conservative Party (UK) Anfield Anfield Conservative Party (UK) Norman Alfred Pannell (PARTY) 4,019 53% -12% Labour Party (UK) James Augustus Bargrave Deane 3,546 47% +12% 473 16,287 7,565 46% -4% Conservative Party (UK) Breckfield Breckfield Labour Party (UK) William Ralph Snell 3,094 55% +13% Conservative Party (UK) Miss Joan Ailsa Blackie (PARTY) 2,489 45% -13% 605 12,826 5,583 44% -1% Conservative Party (UK) Brunswick Brunswick Labour Party (UK) Hugh Carr 3,084 88% +8% Conservative Party (UK) Mrs. Marrion Browne 405 12% -7% 2,679 7,334 3,489 48% -1% Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Castle Street Castle Street Labour Party (UK) Thomas Henry Thompson 440 97% Independent (politician) James Elias 13 3% 427 956 453 47% Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Childwall Childwall - 2 seats Conservative Party (UK) William James Sergent 4,639 79% Conservative Party (UK) John Shaw Brown 4,419 75% Labour Party (UK) William Delgarno 1,246 21% Labour Party (UK) Mrs. Elsie Ellen Gough 1,232 21% 3,393 13,885 5,885 42% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Croxteth Croxteth Labour Party (UK) Charles McDonald 9,692 63% +13% Conservative Party (UK) Francis Henry Wilson * 5,756 37% -13% 3,933 34,388 15,451 45% +3% Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Dingle Dingle Labour Party (UK) William Firman Aldis * 6,138 65% Conservative Party (UK) Ernest Johnson 3,238 35% 2,900 17,708 9,376 53% -1% Labour Party (UK) Edge Hill Edge Hill - 2 seats Labour Party (UK) James Johnstone * 3,699 67% +11% Labour Party (UK) Leonard Holden 3,587 65% Conservative Party (UK) Edgar William Holland 1,786 33% -11% Conservative Party (UK) James Stanislaus Ross 1,588 29% -15% 1,913 13,620 5,485 40% -3% Labour Party (UK) Everton Everton Labour Party (UK) John Leslie Hughes * 3,907 77% +15% Conservative Party (UK) William Martin 1,138 23% -15% 2,769 13,271 5,045 38% -3% Labour Party (UK) Exchange Exchange Independent (politician) John Larkin 598 62% -19% Labour Party (UK) William McKeown 368 38% +19% 230 15,505 966 6% Independent (politician) Fairfield Fairfield Conservative Party (UK) William Thomas 3,387 55% -3% Labour Party (UK) Norman Bates 2,799 45% +3% 588 15,505 6,186 40% -2% Conservative Party (UK) Fazakerley Fazakerley Labour Party (UK) Hugh Dalton 6,319 59% +9% Conservative Party (UK) Ralph Rattray * 4,432 41% -9% 1,887 19,797 10,751 54% +2% Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Garston Garston Labour Party (UK) Brian Crookes 7,650 66% +19% Conservative Party (UK) William Leslie McClelland (PARTY) 3,857 34% -17% 3,793 22,384 11,507 51% +8% Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Granby Granby Labour Party (UK) William Thomas Brodie 3,432 61% +13% Conservative Party (UK) William Granville Heald * 2,210 39% -13% 1,222 12,804 5,642 44% +2% Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Great George Great George Labour Party (UK) Mrs. Elizabeth Trainor 796 52% +4% Conservative Party (UK) Walter John Smith 747 48% -4% 49 3,376 1,543 46% +3% Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Kensington Kensington Labour Party (UK) Frederick Walker 3,683 59% +13% Conservative Party (UK) Leslie John Henry Rumsey 2,533 41% -13% 1,150 13,976 6,216 44% -6% Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Kirkdale Kirkdale Labour Party (UK) Peter James O'Hare * 5,699 71% +18% Conservative Party (UK) George Parkinson Tyson 2,381 29% -18% 3,318 19,721 8,080 41% -6% Labour Party (UK) Little Woolton Little Woolton Conservative Party (UK) John Basil Smart (PARTY) 1,153 57% -6% Labour Party (UK) James Gardner 866 43% +6% 287 3,048 2,019 66% -1% Conservative Party (UK) Low Hill Low Hill Labour Party (UK) Fred Robinson * 3,381 65% +14% Conservative Party (UK) Abram Maxwell Caplin 1,842 35% -14% 1,539 11,840 5,223 44% 0% Labour Party (UK) Much Woolton Much Woolton Conservative Party (UK) Reginald William Stewart 2,224 72% -6% Labour Party (UK) Thomas Keith Williams 846 28% +6% 1,378 6,525 3,070 47% -5% Labour Party (UK) Netherfield Netherfield Labour Party (UK) Richard Clitherow 1,925 55% +15% Liverpool Protestant Party William George Jones * 1,555 45% -14% 370 10,107 3,480 34% -5% Labour Party (UK) Liverpool Protestant Party North Scotland North Scotland Labour Party (UK) Thomas Robinson (PARTY) 7,160 Labour Party (UK) Old Swan Old Swan Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Hebron Sanders * 5,926 54% -11% Labour Party (UK) Terence Roberts 4,989 46% +12% 937 27,025 10,915 40% -7% Conservative Party (UK) Prince's Park Prince's Park Labour Party (UK) Henry Rimmer 3,299 59% +14% Conservative Party (UK) Charles Alfred Lever (PARTY) 2,293 41% -14% 1,006 12,152 5,592 46% +2% Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Sandhills Sandhills Labour Party (UK) Peter McKernan * - unopposed Labour Party (UK) St. Anne's St. Anne's Labour Party (UK) Mrs. Elizabeth Margaret Braddock * 1,756 80% +23% Conservative Party (UK) John Oswald Tiernan 436 20% -23% 1,320 5,406 2,192 41% -6% Labour Party (UK) St. Domingo St. Domingo Liverpool Protestant Party Albert Victor Harris * 2,399 51% -7% Labour Party (UK) Frank Keating 2,347 49% +7% 52 13,283 4,746 36% -4% Liverpool Protestant Party St. Peter's St. Peter's Labour Party (UK) William Smyth 387 52% +10% Conservative Party (UK) Leo Joseph G. Wilkinson * 355 48% -12% 32 1,458 742 51% 0% Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Sefton Park East Sefton Park East Conservative Party (UK) Harold Lees (PARTY) 3,521 58% -15% Labour Party (UK) Richard John Alcock 2,596 42% +15% 925 14,049 6,117 44% +2% Conservative Party (UK) Sefton Park West Sefton Park West Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Brierley Collins * 3,668 64% -9% Labour Party (UK) William Jones 2,029 36% +9% 1,639 10,880 5,697 52% -2% Conservative Party (UK) South Scotland South Scotland Labour Party (UK) Richard Corrigan (PARTY) 2,295 97% 0% Communist Party of Great Britain Richard Cuerdon 72 3% 0% 2,295 6,781 2,367 35% -14% Labour Party (UK) Vauxhall Vauxhall Labour Party (UK) Thomas Hogan 785 72% Conservative Party (UK) Alan Arthur Horsford 303 28% 482 2,785 1,088 39% Labour Party (UK) Walton Walton Labour Party (UK) John Francis Carr 5,832 55% Conservative Party (UK) Robert Charles Andrews 4,820 45% 1,012 22,918 10,652 46% Labour Party (UK) Warbreck Warbreck Conservative Party (UK) Frank Woolfenden 4,793 55% Labour Party (UK) Harold Dailey 3,924 45% 869 18,812 8,717 46% Conservative Party (UK) Wavertree Wavertree Conservative Party (UK) Mrs. Eleanor Bingham Glazebrook 5,983 61% Labour Party (UK) Emmanuel Milton Mannheim 2,986 31% Liberal Party (UK) Albert Edward Jones 810 8% 2,997 21,744 9,779 45% Conservative Party (UK) Wavertree West Wavertree West Labour Party (UK) Charles Minton 3,545 58% Conservative Party (UK) Samuel Curtis 2,619 42% 926 11,342 6,164 54% Labour Party (UK) West Derby West Derby Conservative Party (UK) John Gwilym Hughes 7,762 57% Labour Party (UK) Alexander Coveney McLeod 5,907 43% 1,855 31,320 13,669 44% Conservative Party (UK) Liverpool Daily Post 9 May 1952 Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1952-1953 Aldermanic Elections Twenty of the forty Aldermen were elected by the city council on 19 May 1952. * - re-elected aldermen. PartyAldermanConservative 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: PartyAldermanWard Edwin Thompson Abercromby Ernest Ash Cookson AigburthConservative Alexander Critchley Allerton James Conrad Cross AnfieldProtestant Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom Breckfield William John Mathew Clark Brunswick William John Tristram Castle StreetLabour Alexander Griffin ChildwallLabour David Gilbert Logan C.B.E. M.P. CroxtethConservative George Webster Green Armour DingleConservative Alfred Levy Edge HillLabour Michael John Reppion Everton William Greenough Gregson ExchangeConservative George Miller Platt Fairfield Lawrence King FazakerleyConservative Thomas Henry Burton GarstonLabour Bertie Victor Kirby C.B.E. Granby Sir Alfred Shennan Great GeorgeLiberal William Sinclair Scott Hannay KensingtonLabour Joseph Harrington Kirkdale Isaac Robinson Little Woolton William Thomas Roberts Low Hill Joseph Williams Much WooltonConservative 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. DomingoConservative Robert Duncan French St. Peter's Miss Mary Mabel Eills SandhillsConservative 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 VauxhallConservative Miss Mabel Fletcher WaltonConservative Mrs. Ada Martha Burton WarbreckConservative John Village WavertreeLabour Joseph Jackson Cleary Wavertree WestConservative 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. Proceedings of the Council 1952-53 page 302 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. Proceedings of the Council 1952-53 page 303 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 Conservative Party (UK) Samuel Curtis 2,511 52% Conservative Party (UK) William Bell Pickett 2,474 52% Labour Party (UK) Ian Isidore Levin 2,275 48% Labour Party (UK) Andrew Thomas Francis Williams 2,272 47% 236 12,826 4,786 37% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Proceedings of the Council 1952-53 page 507 References 1952 Category:1952 English local elections Category:May 1952 in the United Kingdom Category:1950s in Liverpool