1975 Liverpool City Council election

1975 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 1975 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1975 05 01 y 1973 1973 Liverpool City Council election 1976 1976 Liverpool City Council election 34 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 33 wards, plus one by-election in Childwall. 50 Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 May 1975. One third of the council was up for election. The terms of office of the Councillors elected in 1973 with the third highest number of votes in each ward, expired and so these election results were compared with the 1973 results. Bill Smyth of the Liberal Party became the Leader of the Council albeit with no overall control.Liverpool Daily Post 2 May 1975 After the election, the composition of the council was: PartySeats  ±  Labour 42 -1Liberal 44 -3Conservative 13 +4 Election result Liverpool local election result 1975 Labour Party (UK) 13 1 2 -1 38% 31% 36,415 Conservative Party (UK) 8 6 2 +4 24% 34% 39,841 Liberal Party (UK) 13 2 5 -3 38% 33% 38,480 Communist 0 0 0 0 0% 0.6% 712 Old Swan Residents' Association 0 0 0 0 0% 0.3% 338 Independent Liberal 0 0 0 0 0% 0.09% 105 National Front (UK) 0 0 0 0 0% 0.08% 91 British Movement 0 0 0 0 0% 0.06% 69 Liverpool Daily Post 2 May 1975 Ward results Abercromby, St. James Abercromby, St. James Labour Party (UK) Violet McCoy * 469 62% 3% Liberal Party (UK) J. P. Murphy 233 10% Conservative Party (UK) C. McMichael 416 18% 12% Communist R. O'Hara 250 11% 2% 1,044 12,886 2,359 18% Labour Party (UK) Aigburth Aigburth Conservative Party (UK) J. H. Lea 3,037 50% +13% Liberal Party (UK) Len Tyrer * 2,567 42% -13% Labour Party (UK) L. P. Gallagher 492 8% -1% 470 14,502 6,096 42% Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Allerton Allerton Conservative Party (UK) J. S. Ross * 2,217 57% +10% Liberal Party (UK) T. H. Harte 1,190 30% -12% Labour Party (UK) T. Bailey 505 13% 1,027 10,801 3,912 36% Conservative Party (UK) Anfield Anfield Conservative Party (UK) M. Fitzsimmons 1,453 39% 15% Liberal Party (UK) R. Donnelly * 1,215 32% 12% Labour Party (UK) L. Caplan 1,102 29% 3% 238 12,828 3,770 29% Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Arundel Arundel Liberal Party (UK) Kenneth L. Rainford 1,700 47% Conservative Party (UK) R. M. Amyes 1,030 28% Labour Party (UK) F. S. Roderick 901 25% 670 14,119 3,631 26% Liberal Party (UK) Breckfield, St. Domingo Breckfield, St. Domingo Liberal Party (UK) Frank McNevin * 1,123 42% Labour Party (UK) J. Connolly 954 36% Conservative Party (UK) R. S. Charles 568 21% 169 11,053 2,645 24% Liberal Party (UK) Broadgreen Broadgreen Liberal Party (UK) Rosemary Cooper * 1,969 46% -16% Conservative Party (UK) J. J. Swainbank 1,609 38% +14% Labour Party (UK) W. F. Williams 709 17% +3% 360 12,187 4,287 35% Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Central, Everton, Netherfield Central, Everton, Netherfield Labour Party (UK) J. Finnegan * 1,379 66% 0% Conservative Party (UK) A. Brown 569 27% +8% Liberal Party (UK) P. Seddon 135 6% -9% 810 12,485 2,083 17% Labour Party (UK) Childwall Childwall 2 seats Conservative Party (UK) W. A. Fearenside 3,377 49% +11% Conservative Party (UK) S. Airey 3,268 48% +10% Liberal Party (UK) Anne Bailey (PARTY) 2,429 35% -15% Liberal Party (UK) P. H. Hodgson 2,416 35% -15% Labour Party (UK) Kathleen Jones 1,040 15% +4% Labour Party (UK) P. Rowlands 954 14% +3% 948 20,184 6,846 34% Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Church Church Liberal Party (UK) Bernard J. Flynn (PARTY) 2,808 50% -12% Conservative Party (UK) W. H. Stabback 2,336 42% +10% Labour Party (UK) F. Dunne 480 9% +4% 472 15,015 5,624 37% Liberal Party (UK) Clubmoor Clubmoor Liberal Party (UK) Michael J. Storey * 1,627 44% -1% Labour Party (UK) Margaret Stewart 1,215 33% 0% Conservative Party (UK) S. Hicklin 830 23% +1% 412 10,609 3,672 35% Liberal Party (UK) County County Conservative Party (UK) H. Brown 1,147 36% +7% Labour Party (UK) F.P. Hughes * 1,068 33% -11% Liberal Party (UK) M.J. Booth 923 29% +2% National Front (UK) E. Herbert 91 3% 79 12,207 3,229 26% Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Croxteth Croxteth Liberal Party (UK) Ivan Clews (PARTY) 2,072 42% -16% Conservative Party (UK) G. E. Brandwood 2,058 42% +12% Labour Party (UK) Lulu Caplan 751 15% +3% 14 12,486 4,881 39% Liberal Party (UK) Dingle Dingle Labour Party (UK) S. W. Jones * 895 55% -9% Conservative Party (UK) J. B. King 493 30% +14% Liberal Party (UK) W. H. Mellor 163 10% -5% Communist J. Cook 66 4% 0% 402 7,138 1,617 23% Labour Party (UK) Dovecot Dovecot Labour Party (UK) W. H. Westbury * 2,121 50% Liberal Party (UK) Eileen Barber 1,074 25% Conservative Party (UK) D. P. Dougherty 1,041 25% 1,047 16,230 4,236 26% Labour Party (UK) Fairfield Fairfield Labour Party (UK) H. Livermore 1,106 40% Liberal Party (UK) H. Christian (PARTY) 927 33% Conservative Party (UK) W. McGuirk 765 27% 179 10,302 2,798 27% Labour Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Fazakerley Fazakerley Conservative Party (UK) Ron Gould 1,398 38% -5% Labour Party (UK) H. James * 1,142 31% -26% Liberal Party (UK) Harold Glyn Rogers 1,121 31% 256 11,785 3,661 31% Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Gillmoss Gillmoss Labour Party (UK) J. J. Cruikshank * 1,618 58% -11% Conservative Party (UK) C. Williams 665 24% -1% Liberal Party (UK) C. H. Stocker 500 18% 953 19,586 2,783 14% Labour Party (UK) Granby, Prince's Park Granby, Prince's Park Labour Party (UK) A. Doswell * 1,575 56% -10% Conservative Party (UK) E. J. D. Williams 867 31% +4% Liberal Party (UK) G. Scattergood 308 11% Communist A. McClelland 85 3% -4% 708 14,105 2,835 20% Labour Party (UK) Kensington Kensington Liberal Party (UK) Frank Doran * 1,160 49% Labour Party (UK) T. F. Money 779 33% Conservative Party (UK) Irene Power 406 17% 381 8,490 2,345 28% Liberal Party (UK) Low Hill, Smithdown Low Hill, Smithdown Liberal Party (UK) Ernest Richard Stephenson * 1,461 61% -9% Labour Party (UK) C. H. Winter 725 30% +6% Conservative Party (UK) J. A. Gunn 194 8% +2% 736 9,368 2,380 25% Liberal Party (UK) Melrose, Westminster Melrose, Westminster Labour Party (UK) W. Lafferty * 1,074 64% +1% Liberal Party (UK) M. J. Lynch 133 8% -5% Conservative Party (UK) W. Gilbody 463 28% +5% 611 9,018 1,670 19% Labour Party (UK) Old Swan Old Swan Liberal Party (UK) Willian M. Galbraith * 1,730 40% Conservative Party (UK) N. F. Derrick 1,353 31% Labour Party (UK) T. McManus 844 19% Independent Liberal W. J. McCullough 105 2% Old Swan Residents' Association A. R. Dronfield 338 8% 377 13,108 4,370 33% Liberal Party (UK) Picton Picton Liberal Party (UK) Herbert Edward Herrity * 1,990 49% Labour Party (UK) A. Fletcher 1,282 32% Conservative Party (UK) J. McDermott 726 18% Communist J. Volleamere 65 2% 708 11,505 4,063 35% Liberal Party (UK) Pirrie Pirrie Labour Party (UK) P. Owens * 1,884 50% 67% Liberal Party (UK) Carol McNeilly 668 18% Conservative Party (UK) I. Brown 1,235 33% 649 15,539 3,787 24% Labour Party (UK) St. Mary's St. Mary's Labour Party (UK) R. C. Evans * 1,302 47% Liberal Party (UK) C. Litster 542 20% Conservative Party (UK) D. W. Baskett 910 33% 392 9,820 2,754 28% Labour Party (UK) St. Michael's St. Michael's Liberal Party (UK) Richard Kemp 1,257 40% Conservative Party (UK) S. T. Moss (PARTY) 1,206 39% Labour Party (UK) J. Hughes 658 21% 51 9,892 3,121 32% Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Sandhills, Vauxhall Sandhills, Vauxhall Labour Party (UK) J. Morgan * 1,403 84% Liberal Party (UK) G. Weatherall 90 5% Conservative Party (UK) P. K. Mostyn 177 11% 1,226 10,052 1,670 17% Labour Party (UK) Speke Speke Labour Party (UK) R. Short (PARTY) 1,345 48% Conservative Party (UK) C. W. Harpin 710 25% Independent Labour P. Moorhead 498 18% Liberal Party (UK) M. D. Piercy 265 9% 635 14,497 2,818 19% Labour Party (UK) Tuebrook Tuebrook Liberal Party (UK) Robert Gore (PARTY) 1,412 40% -3% Labour Party (UK) Christine O'Rourke 1,131 32% +2% Conservative Party (UK) C. E. Jennings 939 27% +3% Communist J. Jackson 57 2% -1% 281 11,423 3,539 31% Liberal Party (UK) Warbreck Warbreck Liberal Party (UK) Joseph Lang 1,592 43% Conservative Party (UK) D. J. Jones 1,223 33% -20% Labour Party (UK) Ellen Kelly 861 23% -24% British Movement P. T. Tidy 69 2% 369 12,023 3,745 31% Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Woolton, East Woolton, East Labour Party (UK) W. J. Wright * 1,741 53% Conservative Party (UK) Helen Rigby 698 21% Liberal Party (UK) Francis Richard Haywood 635 19% Communist A. Lowe 189 6% 1,043 13,064 3,263 25% Labour Party (UK) Woolton, West Woolton, West Conservative Party (UK) C. J. Hallows * 3,779 61% Liberal Party (UK) M. Pistotnik-Howard 1,467 24% Labour Party (UK) J. P. McCormack 916 15% 2,312 17,834 8,162 35% Conservative Party (UK) Liverpool Daily Post 2 May 1975 References expanded 1975 Liverpool City Council election City Council election, 1975 Liverpool City Council election