Liverpool City Council election, 1964

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 7 May 1964.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen
Labour	81	+13	16
Conservative	35	-7	22
Protestant	2	-1	0
Liberal	2	0	1

Note that there was one Conservative Aldermanic vacancy.

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1964
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	13	0	6	-6	30%	41%	65,667
	Labour	30	7	0	+7	68%	48%	76,830
	Protestant	1	0	1	-1	0.22%	1.6%	2,540
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0%	7.7%	12,178
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0%	0.66%	1,046

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

^(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1961 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1961 election results.

Abercromby

Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J. E. McPherson *	1,318	63%	+9%
	Conservative	G. W. Boult	619	30%	-12%
	Communist	A. M^cClelland	161	8%	+8%
Majority			699
Registered electors			9,118
Turnout			2,098	23%	-2%
	Labour hold		Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. E. R. Fischer ^(PARTY)	3,622	68%	-24%
	Liberal	Mrs. A. Dyson	1,104	21%	+21%
	Labour	S. J. Cook	590	11%	+3%
Majority			2,518
Registered electors			13,805
Turnout			5,316	39%	+4%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	S. B. Caulfield ^(PARTY)	2,636	65%	-19%
	Liberal	A. G. Wilson	775	19%	+19%
	Labour	F. Longworth	657	16%	+16%
Majority			1,861
Registered electors			10,082
Turnout			1,861	40%	+6%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. A Porter *	2,698	51%	-18%
	Labour	S. W. Jones	2,220	42%	+11%
	Liberal	R. Sutherland	367	7%	+7%
Majority			478
Registered electors			13,705
Turnout			5,285	39%	-2%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Arundel

Arundel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. E. Kendrick ^(PARTY)	2,225	48%	-11%
	Labour	T. Roberts	1,619	35%	+14%
	Liberal	P. J. Goddard	560	12%	-4%
	Communist	J. Kay	95	2%	-1%
	Independent	R. H. Richardson	95	2%	+2%
Majority			606
Registered electors			12,373
Turnout			4,594	37%	+2%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield

Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	A. Williams	2,023	61%	+16%
	Conservative	S. D. Lunt	1,268	39%	-16%
Majority			755
Registered electors			10,799
Turnout			3,291	30%	-7%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Broadgreen

Broadgreen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mrs. L. Sanders ^(PARTY)	2,081	53%	-24%
	Labour	L. A. Boner	1,227	31%	+17%
Majority			854
Registered electors			11,223
Turnout			3,923	35%	+4%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Miss M. Schofield *	1,674	67%	+12%
	Conservative	E. G. Hardman	842	33%	-12%
Majority			832
Registered electors			8,198
Turnout			2,516	31%	-1%
	Labour hold		Swing

Childwall

Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	W. E. Dailey ^(PARTY)	3,936	65%	+1%
	Liberal	F. Barton	1,256	21%	-6%
	Labour	L. P. Hyams	826	14%	+5%
Majority			2,680
Registered electors			17,321
Turnout			6,018	35%	-4%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Church

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. L. Caldwell ^(PARTY)	3,435	55%	-1%
	Liberal	G. A. Goddard	2,422	38%	+1%
	Labour	J. F. Cloherty	445	7%	+1%
Majority			1,013
Registered electors			13,694
Turnout			6,302	46%	0%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	K. Stewart	2,398	52%	+9%
	Conservative	N. A. Williams *	1,917	42%	-15%
	Liberal	Edith A. Ousby	296	6%	+6%
Majority			481
Registered electors			10,994
Turnout			4,611	42%	0%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

County

County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	G. G. Maloney ^(PARTY)	2,867	51%	-2%
	Labour	J. Dalrymple ^(PARTY)	2,784	50%	-3%
	Conservative	R. B. Flude *	2,735	49%	+2%
	Conservative	W. Thomas	2,518	45%	+2%
Majority			132
Registered electors			13,224
Turnout			5,602	42%	-4%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A. Morrow *	2,967	56%	-22%
	Labour	W. F. Burke	1,251	24%	+2%
	Liberal	J. Aspinall	1,100	21%	+21%
Majority			1,716
Registered electors			11,559
Turnout			5,318	46%	+2%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	R. Stoddart *	2,401	64%	+12%
	Conservative	G. H. Prince	1,364	36%	-2%
Majority			1,037
Registered electors			11,618
Turnout			3,765	32%	-3%
	Labour hold		Swing

Dovecot

Dovecot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	T. H. Maloney *	2,690	63%	+12%
	Conservative	T. Hillock	1,249	29%	-20%
	Liberal	G. Ryder	315	7%	+7%
Majority			1,441
Registered electors			14,263
Turnout			4,254	30%	-2%
	Labour hold		Swing

Everton

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	F. Burke *	1,342	73%	+9%
	Conservative	E. Shaw	417	23%	-9%
	Communist	Ellen Rivers	77	4%	0%
Majority			925
Registered electors			9,175
Turnout			1,836	20%	-3%
	Labour hold		Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. S. Ross *	2,043	48%	-13%
	Labour	A. Fowler	1,954	45%	+20%
	Liberal	J. Bowen	300	7%	-8%
Majority			89
Registered electors			13,172
Turnout			4,297	33%	+5%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mrs. M. A. Cumella	2,626	51%	+9%
	Labour	W. H. Waldron	2,550	50%
	Conservative	R. Bessell *	2,552	49%	-9%
	Conservative	A. L. Ritchie	2,409	47%	-11%
Majority			104
Registered electors			11,190
Turnout			5,148	46%	-2%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Gillmoss

Gillmoss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	E. D. Rodderick *	3,323	72%	+6%
	Conservative	J. J. Swainbank	1,119	24%	-10%
	Communist	F. W. Speakman	197	4%	+4%
Majority			2,204
Registered electors			15,868
Turnout			4,639	29%	-3%
	Labour hold		Swing

Granby

Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J. M. Burke	2,040	62%	+15%
	Conservative	Mrs. R. Dean *	1,156	35%	-18%
	Communist	J. Melia	118	4%	+4%
Majority			884
Registered electors			10,663
Turnout			3,314	31%	-2%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Kensington

Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mrs. E. M. Wormold *	2,391	64%	+14%
	Conservative	A. W. Hardy	1,361	36%	-11%
Majority			1,030
Registered electors			11,622
Turnout			3,752	32%	-7%
	Labour hold		Swing

Low Hill

Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mrs. M. J. Powell *	1,832	73%	+15%
	Conservative	T. G. H. Cutts	607	24%	-18%
	Communist	W. H. Black	77	3%	+3%
Majority			1,225
Registered electors			8,954
Turnout			2,516	28%	-4%
	Labour hold		Swing

Melrose

Melrose
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J. J. Hastings ^(PARTY)	1,757	72%	+9%
	Conservative	T. J. Strange	689	28%	-9%
Majority			1,068
Registered electors			9,068
Turnout			2,446	27%	0%
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherfield

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Protestant	A. Brown *	1,043	51%	-7%
	Labour	G. Carmichael	988	49%	+7%
Majority			55
Registered electors			6,893
Turnout			2,031	29%	+1%
	Protestant hold		Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Eddie Loyden	2,402	50%	+6%
	Conservative	W. F. Everett	2,032	42%	-14%
	Liberal	M. A. Globe	368	8%	+8%
Majority			370
Registered electors			14,307
Turnout			4,802	34%	-3%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Picton

Picton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	T. Bailey	2,574	55%	+9%
	Liberal	B. Caplan	297	6%	+6%
	Conservative	J. Polack *	1,772	38%	-16%
Majority			802
Registered electors			13,517
Turnout			4,643	34%	-7%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Pirrie

Pirrie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	W. H. Hart *	3,958	67%	+12%
	Conservative	I. M. T. Legge	1,966	33%	-12%
Majority			1,992
Registered electors			16,185
Turnout			5,924	37%	-5%
	Labour hold		Swing

Prince's Park

Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	T. C. Greenwood *	1,946	58%	+13%
	Liberal	A. Garland	221	7%	-6%
	Conservative	W. T. Savage	1,186	35%	-7%
Majority			760
Registered electors			12,606
Turnout			3,353	27%	-8%
	Labour hold		Swing

Sandhills

Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	W. H. Aldritt *	1,954	85%	-1%
	Conservative	P. H. Williams	245	11%	+1%
	Communist	B. Campbell	102	4%	-1%
Majority			1,709
Registered electors			7,494
Turnout			2,301	31%	+6%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	F. N. Marsden	1,859	54%	+4%
	Protestant	R. F. Henderson	1,497	44%	-6%
	Communist	A. B. Williams	84	2%	+2%
Majority			362
Registered electors			11,260
Turnout			3,440	31%	-6%
	Labour gain from Liverpool Protestant Party		Swing

St. James

St. James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	R. Parry ^(PARTY)	1,873	74%	+7%
	Conservative	G. Hughes	513	20%	-13%
	Communist	R. O'Hara	150	6%	+6%
Majority			1,360
Registered electors			9,673
Turnout			2,536	26%	+5%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	S. R. Maddox *	2,640	66%	+15%
	Conservative	T. W. Wilkinson	1,338	34%	-13%
Majority			1,302
Registered electors			10,685
Turnout			3,978	37%	-5%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mrs. M. Browne ^(PARTY)	2,228	49%	-18%
	Liberal	A. Globe	1,281	28%	+10%
	Labour	A. P. Lee	1,067	23%	+13%
Majority			947
Registered electors			9,898
Turnout			4,576	46%	+8%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Smithdown

Smithdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	G. W. Clarke *	1,892	68%	+4%
	Conservative	S. Whittaker	739	26%	-10%
	British Nat.	R. J. Williams	159	6%	+6%
Majority			1,153
Registered electors			11,447
Turnout			2,790	24%	0%
	Labour hold		Swing

Speke

Speke 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	B. Crookes *	2,400	72%	+4%
	Labour	F. J. McConville ^(PARTY)	2,289	69%	+1%
	Conservative	A. J. Browne	708	21%	-11%
	Conservative	D. R. Bushnell	681	20%	-12%
	Liberal	M. J. Mumford	222	7%	+7%
Majority			1,692
Registered electors			13,978
Turnout			3,330	24%	+1%
	Labour hold		Swing

Tuebrook

Tuebrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J. Mottram	2,368	52%	+8%
	Conservative	R. M. Aymes *	2,230	48%	-8%
Majority			138
Registered electors			12,137
Turnout			4,598	38%	-2%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Paul Orr ^(PARTY)	2,437	94%	+13%
	Conservative	P. S. Jones	97	4%	+4%
	Communist	T. E. Cassin	62	2%	-9%
Majority			2,340
Registered electors			9,285
Turnout			2,596	28%	+12%
	Labour hold		Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A. H. Maynard ^(PARTY)	2,535	57%	-10%
	Conservative	R. H. Morris	2,383	54%	-13%
	Labour	H. E. Ankers	1,901	43%	+10%
	Labour	J. McKeown	1,857	42%	+9%
Majority			634
Registered electors			12,457
Turnout			4,436	36%	+1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westmister

Westminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	E. Burke *	1,435	64%	+14%
	Conservative	W. Gilbody	824	36%	-14%
Majority			611
Registered electors			6,682
Turnout			2,259	34%	-3%
	Labour hold		Swing

Woolton

Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Norton *	4,000	62%	-14%
	Labour	G. R. Sullivan	1,822	28%	+4%
	Liberal	J. Deaves	679	10%	+10%
Majority			2,178
Registered electors			17,959
Turnout			6,501	36%	+2%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[1] ^[2]

Aldermanic Elections

Twenty of the forty Aldermen were elected by the city council on 20 May 1964. There were 20 vacancies, 7 Conservative and 13 Labour, with 20 Labour candidates returned. Those elected by the council and the wards they were allocated to are shown in the table below:

Party		Alderman	Ward
	Labour	Louis Caplan (Lord Mayor)
	Labour	Hugh Carr
	Labour	Brian Crooks
	Labour	Len Holden
	Labour	C. J. Milton
	Labour	J. M. Taylor
	Labour	Fred Walker
	Labour	Frank Cain*
	Labour	J. J. Cleary*
	Labour	David Cowley*
	Labour	James Cullen*
	Labour	Hugh Dalton*
	Labour	Alex Griffin*
	Labour	I. I. Levin*
	Labour	Charles McDonald*
	Labour	Joseph Morgan*
	Labour	P. J. O'Hare*
	Labour	M. J. Reppion
	Labour	W. H. Sefton*
	Labour	John Sheehan*

Re-elected

^[3]

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post 8 May 1964
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1964-1965
↑ Liverpool Daily Post 21 May 1964

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