1947 UK local election
1947 Liverpool City Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg/50px-Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg.png)
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← 1946 | November 1, 1947 (1947-11-01) | 1949 → |
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/1947_Liverpool_City_Council_election_result_map.jpg/300px-1947_Liverpool_City_Council_election_result_map.jpg) Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party) [1] |
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1947. This was the last local election held at the beginning of November.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Labour | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Protestant | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Liberal | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1947 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 28 | | | | | 58% | 144,371 | |
| Labour | 9 | | | | | 39% | 98,200 | |
| Protestant | 2 | | | | | 2% | 5,782 | |
| Independent | 1 | | | | | 0.49% | 1,216 | |
| Liberal | 0 | | | | 0% | 0.21% | 527 | |
| Communist | 0 | | | | 0% | 0.20% | 499 | |
Ward results
* - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
Due to the disruption in elections caused by The Second World War no comparisons are made with other elections.
Abercromby
Abercromby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Francis Joseph Bullen | 3,160 | 54% | |
| Labour | Harry Livermore | 2,689 | 46% | |
Majority | 471 | | |
Registered electors | 14,189 | | |
Turnout | 5,849 | 41% | |
Aigburth
Aigburth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Herbert M. Allen | 7,871 | 83% | |
| Labour | William Firman Aldis | 1,604 | 17% | |
Majority | 6,267 | | |
Registered electors | 16,307 | | |
Turnout | 9,475 | 58% | |
Allerton
Allerton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Mrs Margaret J. Strong | 3,817 | 68% | |
| Labour | Mrs. Edith Evans | 1,306 | 23% | |
| Liberal | Herbert Griffith Edwards | 527 | 9% | |
Majority | 2,511 | | |
Registered electors | 9,853 | | |
Turnout | 5,650 | 57% | |
Anfield
Anfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Albert Joseph White | 5,964 | 64% | |
| Labour | Richard Clitherow | 3,288 | 36% | |
Majority | 2,676 | | |
Registered electors | 17,429 | | |
Turnout | 9,252 | 53% | |
Breckfield
Breckfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | David Jean Lewis | 4,086 | 60% | |
| Labour | John Hamilton | 2,681 | 40% | |
Majority | 1,405 | | |
Registered electors | 13,209 | | |
Turnout | 6,767 | 51% | |
Brunswick
Brunswick Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Frank Hampton Cain | 2,360 | 75% | |
| Conservative | William Henry Beavan | 695 | 22% | |
| Communist | Albert Southern | 83 | 3% | |
Majority | 1,665 | | |
Registered electors | 13,209 | | |
Turnout | 3,138 | 24% | |
Castle Street
Castle Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Bennett | unopposed | | |
Childwall
Childwall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Alexander Young | 5,914 | 82% | |
| Labour | William Hamling | 1,341 | 18% | |
Majority | 4,573 | | |
Registered electors | 13,198 | | |
Turnout | 7,255 | 55% | |
Croxteth
Croxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Sydney Smart | 6,478 | 51% | |
| Labour | William Henry Barton | 5,874 | 47% | |
| Communist | Miss Winifred May George | 244 | 2% | |
Majority | 604 | | |
Registered electors | 32,352 | | |
Turnout | 12,596 | 39% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Dingle
Dingle Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Edward Thomas White | 4,951 | 54% | |
| Labour | Edward Daniel Whittle | 4,194 | 46% | |
Majority | 757 | | |
Registered electors | 18,941 | | |
Turnout | 9,145 | 48% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Edge Hill
Edge Hill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Bagot | 2,822 | 54% | |
| Conservative | Stanley Alexander Hughes | 2,411 | 46% | |
| Independent | Charles Henry Parry | 39 | 1% | |
Majority | 411 | | |
Registered electors | 13,606 | | |
Turnout | 5,272 | 39% | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Everton
Everton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Braddock | 3,138 | 58% | |
| Conservative | Charles C. Carter | 2,246 | 42% | |
Majority | 892 | | |
Registered electors | 13,792 | | |
Turnout | 5,384 | 39% | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Exchange
Exchange Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Walter McGrath | 704 | 79% | |
| Labour | Francis Edward Campbell | 188 | 21% | |
Majority | 516 | | |
Registered electors | 1,620 | | |
Turnout | 892 | 55% | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Fairfield
Fairfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Robert Nash | 5,368 | 66% | |
| Labour | Isidore Levin | 2,818 | 34% | |
Majority | 2,550 | | |
Registered electors | 15,930 | | |
Turnout | 8,186 | 51% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Fazakerley
Fazakerley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Kenneth Pugh Thompson | 5,571 | 54% | |
| Labour | John F. Hughes | 4,779 | 46% | |
Majority | 792 | | |
Registered electors | 20,381 | | |
Turnout | 10,350 | 51% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Garston
Garston Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Henry Clarke | 5,106 | 54% | |
| Labour | William H. Sefton | 4,306 | 46% | |
Majority | 800 | | |
Registered electors | 16,631 | | |
Turnout | 9,412 | 57% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Granby
Granby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Edward Thompson | 3,123 | 55% | |
| Labour | Victor Harold E. Baker | 2,605 | 45% | |
Majority | 518 | | |
Registered electors | 13,351 | | |
Turnout | 5,728 | 43% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Great George
Great George Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Gwilym Hughes | 1,016 | 55% | |
| Labour | Clifford Selly | 815 | 45% | |
Majority | 201 | | |
Registered electors | 3,894 | | |
Turnout | 1,831 | 47% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Kensington
Kensington Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Harold W. Hughes | 4,033 | 56% | |
| Labour | Joseph Brogan | 3,221 | 44% | |
Majority | 812 | | |
Registered electors | 14,481 | | |
Turnout | 7,254 | 50% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Kirkdale
Kirkdale Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Francis Carr | 4,680 | 52% | |
| Conservative | Joseph Trevor Booth | 4,328 | 48% | |
Majority | 352 | | |
Registered electors | 19,759 | | |
Turnout | 9,008 | 46% | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Little Woolton
Little Woolton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Gordon Frederick Catlin | 1,134 | 84% | |
| Labour | William Thomas Benn | 189 | 14% | |
| Independent | Frederick Bowman | 21 | 2% | |
Majority | 945 | | |
Registered electors | 1,974 | | |
Turnout | 1,344 | 68% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Low Hill
Low Hill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Samuel Cecil Saltmarsh | 3,319 | 55% | |
| Labour | David Horan | 2,716 | 45% | |
Majority | 603 | | |
Registered electors | 12,346 | | |
Turnout | 6,035 | 49% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Much Woolton
Much Woolton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Isaac Robinson | 2,331 | 74% | |
| Labour | Noel Arthur Pinches | 838 | 26% | |
Majority | 1,493 | | |
Registered electors | 5,463 | | |
Turnout | 3,169 | 58% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Netherfield
North Scotland
North Scotland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Frederick William Tucker | 1,781 | 75% | |
| Conservative | John Kenneth Hart | 416 | 18% | |
| Communist | John Coward | 172 | 7% | |
Majority | 1,365 | | |
Registered electors | 7,237 | | |
Turnout | 2,369 | 33% | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Old Swan
Old Swan Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Alfred Nathaniel Bates | 9,000 | 66% | |
| Labour | William Williams | 4,669 | 34% | |
Majority | 4,331 | | |
Registered electors | 28,181 | | |
Turnout | 13,669 | 49% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Prince's Park
Prince's Park Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Charles Cowlin | 3,456 | 55% | |
| Labour | Henry Evans | 2,838 | 45% | |
Majority | 618 | | |
Registered electors | 12,488 | | |
Turnout | 6,294 | 50% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Sandhills
Sandhills Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Stanley Part | 2,421 | 73% | |
| Conservative | Frederick Charles Hitches | 891 | 27% | |
Majority | 1,530 | | |
Registered electors | 8,047 | | |
Turnout | 3,312 | 41% | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
St. Anne's
St. Anne's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Abram Louis Caplan | 1,679 | 62% | |
| Conservative | Joseph Edward Gallagher | 574 | 21% | |
| Independent | Thomas Patrick Healy | 452 | 17% | |
Majority | 1,105 | | |
Registered electors | 6,242 | | |
Turnout | 2,705 | 43% | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
St. Domingo
St. Peter's
St. Peter's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James William Brown | 411 | 70% | |
| Labour | Peter James O'Hare | 178 | 30% | |
Majority | 233 | | |
Registered electors | 1,281 | | |
Turnout | 589 | 46% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Sefton Park East
Sefton Park East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Walter Isaac Throssell | 4,555 | 74% | |
| Labour | Norman Bates | 1,622 | 26% | |
Majority | 2,933 | | |
Registered electors | 14,687 | | |
Turnout | 6,177 | 42% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Sefton Park West
Sefton Park West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Frederick Bidston | 4,454 | 78% | |
| Labour | Mrs. Anne Caine | 1,292 | 22% | |
Majority | 3,162 | | |
Registered electors | 11,243 | | |
Turnout | 5,746 | 51% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
South Scotland
South Scotland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Sheehan | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | 6,302 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Vauxhall
Vauxhall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Joseph Cyril Brady | 918 | 69% | |
| Conservative | Mrs. Freda James | 421 | 31% | |
Majority | 497 | | |
Registered electors | 2,705 | | |
Turnout | 1,339 | 50% | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Walton
Walton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Jones | 7,331 | 60% | |
| Labour | William Richard Gerrard | 4,921 | 40% | |
Majority | 2,410 | | |
Registered electors | 23,678 | | |
Turnout | 12,252 | 52% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Warbreck
Warbreck Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | William Rickard | 6,661 | 71% | |
| Labour | Francis David Heron | 2,690 | 29% | |
Majority | 3,971 | | |
Registered electors | 19,774 | | |
Turnout | 9,351 | 47% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Wavertree
Wavertree Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Stanley Ronald Williams | 8,590 | 73% | |
| Labour | Francis Burke | 3,225 | 27% | |
Majority | 5,365 | | |
Registered electors | 23,200 | | |
Turnout | 11,815 | 51% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Wavertree West
Wavertree West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Harold Lees | 3,487 | 55% | |
| Labour | Thomas Warburton Jolley | 2,857 | 45% | |
Majority | 630 | | |
Registered electors | 11,729 | | |
Turnout | 6,344 | 54% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
West Derby
West Derby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Hedley Arthur Williams | 11,202 | 69% | |
| Labour | Edward William Harby | 5,008 | 31% | |
Majority | 6,194 | | |
Registered electors | 31,782 | | |
Turnout | 16,210 | 51% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
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By-elections
Great George 20 January 1948
Caused by the resignation of Mr. Robert Edward Cottier (Labour, elected November 1945).
Great George Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Clifford Skelly | 719 | 50% | |
| Conservative | Charlotte Emma Turner | 716 | 50% | |
Majority | 3 | | |
Registered electors | 3,894 | | |
Turnout | 1,435 | | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
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Kensington 15 April 1948
Caused by the death of Councillor Frederick Harold Bailey (Conservative, elected November 1946) on 24 February 1948 [5]
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Walton 10 June 1948
Alderman James Graham Reece JP died on 24 March 1948' [7]
Councillor Reginald Richard Bailey was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 5 May 1948. [8]
Walton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | George Moore | 5,145 | | |
| Labour | William Richard Gerrard | 3,056 | | |
Majority | 2,109 | | |
Registered electors | 23,678 | | |
Turnout | 8,205 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
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Edge Hill 22 July 1948
Caused by the resignation of Arthur Leadbetter (Labour, elected November 1946)
Edge Hill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David Horan | 2,217 | | |
| | Samuel Curtis | 1,876 | | |
| | Sidney Foster | 85 | | |
| Independent | Charles Henry Parry | 18 | | |
Majority | 341 | | |
Registered electors | 13,606 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
[10]
Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. died on 24 September 1948. [11]
Councillor James Forster Brakell died on 4 October 1948. [12]
References
(1946 ←) ![United Kingdom](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) 1947 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1948) |
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