1946 Liverpool City Council election

1946 UK local election January 2019 January 2019 1946 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg 1946 11 01 y 1945 1945 Liverpool City Council election 1947 1947 Liverpool City Council election 1946 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 1 November 1946. After the election, the composition of the council was: PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen TotalConservative 59 -4 24 83Labour 50 +4 8 58Protestant 5 -- 1 6Liberal 2 -- 4 6Independent 3 -- 2 5 Election result Liverpool local election result 1946 Conservative Party (UK) 22 51% 106,206 Labour Party (UK) 14 45% 96,623 Liverpool Protestant Party 2 2.3% 4,890 Independent (politician) 1 0.83% 1,729 Liberal Party (UK) 1 0.91% 1,911 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0% 0.64% 1,342 Ward results * - Councillor seeking re-election (PARTY) - Party of former Councillor Due to the disruptions caused by the Second World War, no comparisons are made. Abercromby Abercromby Conservative Party (UK) John Reginald Bevins 2,435 52% Labour Party (UK) Richard Clitherow 2,279 48% 156 13,858 4,714 34% Aigburth Aigburth Conservative Party (UK) Vere Egerton Cotton 5,778 82% Labour Party (UK) Eric Barnes 1,249 18% 4,529 16,530 7,027 43% Allerton Allerton Conservative Party (UK) John McMillan 3,211 64% Labour Party (UK) Charles Chesworth 1,325 27% Liberal Party (UK) William Henry Ledsom 459 9% 1,886 10,076 4,995 50% Anfield Anfield Conservative Party (UK) William John Harrop 4,672 60% Labour Party (UK) John Christopher Caroll 3,151 40% 1,521 17,660 7,823 44% Breckfield Breckfield Conservative Party (UK) George William Prout 3,308 59% Labour Party (UK) Peter Joseph Haines 2,306 41% 1,002 13,166 5,614 43% Brunswick Brunswick Labour Party (UK) Joseph Whitehead 2,377 81% Conservative Party (UK) William Henry Bevan 411 14% Communist Party of Great Britain Albert Southern 131 4.5% 1,966 7,593 2,919 38% Castle Street Castle Street Conservative Party (UK) Herbert Neville Bewley unopposed 892 Childwall Childwall Conservative Party (UK) Jack Creswell 4,860 76% Labour Party (UK) Thomas McConnell 1,535 24% 3,325 13,294 6,395 43% Croxteth Croxteth Labour Party (UK) Alfred Hargreaves 5,514 54% Conservative Party (UK) John G. Morgan 4,238 41% Communist Party of Great Britain John Coward 478 4.7% 1,276 30,938 10,230 33% Dingle Dingle Labour Party (UK) William Basil Cashin 4,035 51% Conservative Party (UK) Edward Thomas White 3,877 49% 158 18,244 7,912 43% Edge Hill Edge Hill Labour Party (UK) Arthur Leadbetter 2,973 56% Conservative Party (UK) Bertram Saul Morgan 2,125 40% Communist Party of Great Britain Sidney Foster 172 3.2% Independent (politician) Charles Henry Parry 23 0.43% 848 18,244 5,293 29% Everton Everton Labour Party (UK) David Nickson 3,165 66% Conservative Party (UK) Joseph George Hatton 1,620 34% 1,545 13,629 4,785 35% Exchange Exchange Independent (politician) John Gerard Granby 648 73% Labour Party (UK) Alfred Strange 228 26% Independent (politician) Frederick Bowman 9 1% 420 1,589 885 56% Fairfield Fairfield Conservative Party (UK) Robert Meadows 3,912 57% Labour Party (UK) Dorothy C. Keeling 2,973 43% 939 15,828 6,885 43% Fazakerley Fazakerley Labour Party (UK) Arthur J. Brownlow 4,404 53% Conservative Party (UK) George Moore 3,929 47% 475 20,478 8,333 41% Garston Garston Labour Party (UK) Alex Hardman 3,584 57% Conservative Party (UK) Victor C. Sutton 2,355 38% Independent (politician) Arthur J.Holland 301 5% 1,229 16,027 6,240 39% Granby Granby Conservative Party (UK) Walter Clarke 2,457 50% Labour Party (UK) William Tipping 2,435 50% 22 13,302 4,892 37% Great George Great George - 2 seats Conservative Party (UK) William George Ingham 827 56% Conservative Party (UK) John Gwilyn Hughes 805 55% Labour Party (UK) Alexander Kay 644 44% Labour Party (UK) John Hamilton 632 43% 183 3,953 1,471 37% Kensington Kensington Conservative Party (UK) Frederick H. Bailey 3,117 52% Labour Party (UK) Walter Gibbs 2,838 48% 279 14,505 5,955 41% Kirkdale Kirkdale Labour Party (UK) Isaac Richmond 3,986 56% Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Trevor Booth 3,182 44% 804 19,580 7,168 37% Little Woolton No election. Low Hill Low Hill Conservative Party (UK) John Nuttall Maxwell Entwistle 2,502 51% Labour Party (UK) William Dean-Jones 2,364 49% 138 12,372 4,866 39% Much Woolton Much Woolton Conservative Party (UK) Vivian Forsyth Crosthwaite 1,886 63% Labour Party (UK) Griffith Daniel Ellis 1,128 37% 758 5,387 3,014 56% Netherfield Netherfield Conservative and Protestant Harry Victor Shaw 2,161 57% Labour Party (UK) George Carmichael 1,634 43% 527 10,300 3,795 37% North Scotland North Scotland Labour Party (UK) Joseph O'Neill 2,140 83% Communist Party of Great Britain Leo Joseph McGree 424 17% 1,716 7,187 2,564 36% Old Swan Old Swan Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Thomas Rogers 6,834 56% Labour Party (UK) Clifford Selly 5,290 44% 1,553 28,456 12,133 43% Prince's Park Prince's Park Conservative Party (UK) William Browne 2,627 52% Labour Party (UK) Mrs. Ethel May Wormald 2,416 48% 211 12,421 5,043 41% Sandhills Sandhills Labour Party (UK) Thomas Henry Dunford 2,076 74% Conservative Party (UK) John Edward Molloy 715 26% 1,361 7,904 2,791 35% St. Anne's St. Anne's Labour Party (UK) Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd 1,138 59% Independent (politician) John Larkin 780 41% 358 6,420 1,918 30% St. Domingo St. Domingo Liverpool Protestant Party James Wareing 2,729 58% Labour Party (UK) Walter Louis Cleaver 2,006 42% 723 13,428 4,735 35% St. Peter's St. Peter's Liberal Party (UK) Mrs Evaline Ida Bligh 370 69% Labour Party (UK) Peter James O'Hare 166 31% 204 1,260 536 43% Sefton Park East Sefton Park East Conservative Party (UK) George Webster Armour 3,600 72% Labour Party (UK) Robert Craig Smart 1,409 28% 2,191 14,664 5,009 34% Sefton Park West Sefton Park West Conservative Party (UK) George Walter Pickles 3,733 68% Labour Party (UK) Thomas Scott 1,732 32% 2,001 11,104 5,465 49% South Scotland South Scotland Labour Party (UK) Frederick Ernest Granby unopposed 6,375 Vauxhall Vauxhall Labour Party (UK) Patrick J. O'Brien 656 72% Conservative Party (UK) Ernest Watkinson 258 28% Communist 398 2,637 914 35% Walton Walton Conservative Party (UK) Reginald Richard Bailey 5,490 54% Labour Party (UK) Charles McDonald 4,689 46% 801 23,677 10,179 43% Warbreck Warbreck Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Whitaker Lowe 4,535 62% Labour Party (UK) John Metcalf 2,795 38% 1,740 20,101 7,330 36% Wavertree Wavertree Conservative Party (UK) John Village 6,267 57% Labour Party (UK) John F. Hughes 3,720 34% Liberal Party (UK) Francis F.C. Moulton 1,082 10% 2,547 23,442 11,069 47% Wavertree West Wavertree West Labour Party (UK) Thomas Wallace 2,966 53% Conservative Party (UK) Maurice Voss 2,545 45% Communist Party of Great Britain Thomas McCann 137 2% 421 11,779 5,648 48% West Derby West Derby Conservative Party (UK) Charles William Wingrove 8,086 63% Labour Party (UK) Edward William Harby 4,665 37% 3,421 32,400 12,751 39% Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1946 Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 By-elections Aigburth 28 November 1946 On 9 November 1946 the aldermanic vacancy caused by the death of Alderman William Denton (???), Vere Egerton Cotton C.B.E. (Conservative, elected to the Aigburth ward on 1 November 1946) was elected as an Alderman. Aigburth Conservative Party (UK) William Latham Bateson unopposed 16,530 Castle Street 4 February 1947 Alderman John Case died on 1 December 1946. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 pg 110 On 8 January 1947 the Council elected Councillor Herbert Neville Bewley (Conservative ) as an Alderman. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 pg 182 Castle Street Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Winlock Harley 411 Liberal Party (UK) Herbert Griffith Edwards 47 Labour Party (UK) Clifford Selly 15 364 892 Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 pg 272 Garston 2 April 1947 Alderman Sir Sydney Jones died on 16 February 1947.Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 pg 334 The Councillor for Garston ward Councillor Joseph Williams (Conservative, last elected 1 November 1938) was elected by the Council as an Alderman on 5 March 1947 to fill the vacant post left by the death of Alderman Sir Sydney Jones (Liberal).Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 pg 272 Garston Conservative Party (UK) Henry Clarke 3,588 52.2% Labour Party (UK) William Henry Sefton 3,279 47.7% 309 16,027 6,867 42.8% Conservative Party (UK) Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 pg 412 North Scotland 29 May 1947 Caused by the resignation of Councillor Thomas Fay (Labour, elected 1 November 1945 ). North Scotland Labour Party (UK) Herbert Francis Granby 2,167 Richard Haddow Forrest 507 1,660 7,187 2,674 37.2 Labour Party (UK) Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 pg 552 References 1946 Liverpool City Council election City Council election, 1946