1945 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1945. It was the first local election in which all those who qualified for a parliamentary vote could vote.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen
Conservative	66	-6	24
Labour	44	11	8
Liberal	2	-4	4
Protestant	4	1	1
Independent	3	-1	2

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1945
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	21		45%	81,337
Labour	35		47%	86,200
Liberal	1		3.6%	6,550
Protestant	2		2.2%	4,067
Independent	2		1.4%	2,576
Communist	0	0%	0.54%	981

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

^(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

As this was the first election since the disruption caused by the Second World War no comparisons are made.

Abercromby

Abercromby - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Francis Lavery	2,466	56%
	Labour	Harry Livermore	2,439	55%
	Conservative	Joseph James E. Sloan	1,963	44%
	Conservative	George Bowman	1,961	44%
Majority			503
Registered electors			12,663
Turnout			4,429	35%

Aigburth

Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Herbert Mylrea Allen	4,468	60%
	Labour	John Francis Carr	1,505	20%
	Liberal	Vera Catherine Davie	827	11%
	Independent	Arthur Jas. Holland	673	9%
Majority			2,963
Registered electors			16,061
Turnout			7,473	47%

Allerton

Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Haswell	2,369	52%
	Labour	William Dean-Jones	1,392	31%
	Liberal	Herbert Griffith Edwards	761	17%
Majority			977
Registered electors			9,784
Turnout			4,522	46%

Anfield

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Aled Owen Roberts	3,818	56%
	Labour	Eric Barnes	3,031	44%
Majority			787
Registered electors			16,905
Turnout			6,849	41%

Breckfield

Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David John Lewis	2,554	51%
	Labour	William Tipping	2,499	49%
Majority			55
Registered electors			12,201
Turnout			5,053	41%

Brunswick

Brunswick - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Andrew Basnett	unopposed
	Labour	Frank Hampton Cain	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors			6,410
Turnout

Castle Street

Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William S.S. Hannay	525	96%
	Labour	A. Kay	24	4%
Majority			501
Registered electors			910
Turnout			549	60%

Childwall

Childwall - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William J. Matthew Clark	3,281	53%
	Conservative	Alexander Young	3,105	50%
	Labour	Albert Clegg	1,857	30%
	Labour	Alice Elliott	1,733	28%
	Liberal	John Richard Jones	1,070	17%
	Liberal	Lilian Howorth	909	15%
Majority			1,424
Registered electors			12,988
Turnout			6,208	48%

Croxteth

Croxteth - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Cullen	5,205	82%
	Labour	William Henry Barton	5,091	80%
	Independent	James Charles Pollard	1,164	18%
Majority			4,041
Registered electors			29,224
Turnout			6,369	22%

Dingle

Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Edward Daniel Whittle	3,919	53%
	Conservative	George Horrace Duckett	3,523	47%
Majority			396
Registered electors			17,363
Turnout			7,442	43%

Edge Hill

Edge Hill - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Johnstone	3,113	64%
	Labour	John Bagot	3,082	64%
	Conservative	Joseph Parry	1,733	36%
	Conservative	Charles Stamper	1,676	35%
Majority			1,380
Registered electors			12,736
Turnout			4,846	38%

Everton

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Leslie Hughes	unopposed
Registered electors			12,593

Exchange

Exchange - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Leo Henry Wright	728	74%
	Independent	Walter McGrath	721	73%
	Labour	Sarah Ann McArd	252	26%
	Labour	Herbert F. Granby	257	26%
Majority			471
Registered electors			1,619
Turnout			985	61%

Fairfield

Fairfield - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Henry V. Cove	3,159	46%
	Labour	Isadore Levin	3,088	45%
	Conservative	Robert Meadows	3,022	44%
	Conservative	Charles Tillson	2,992	43%
	Labour	Edward William Harby	2,984	43%
	Conservative	James C. Cotdon	2,932	42%
	Liberal	William Henry Ledsom	755	11%
	Liberal	Charles Frederick Elias	553	8%
	Liberal	Leonard Baines	467	7%
Majority			137
Registered electors			14,457
Turnout			6,936	48%

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joseph L. Morgan	4,393	63%
	Conservative	Robert A. Smith	2,576	37%
Majority			1,817
Registered electors			19,248
Turnout			6,969	36%

Garston

Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alfred Demain	3,950	66%
	Conservative	William Fletcher	2,008	34%
Majority			1,942
Registered electors			14,994
Turnout			5,958	40%

Granby

Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Elizabeth Trainor	2,344	53%
	Conservative	Walter Clarke	2,065	47%
Majority			279
Registered electors			12,424
Turnout			4,409	35%

Great George

Great George - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Robert Edward Cottier	unopposed
	Labour	John David Towers	unopposed
Registered electors			3,720

Kensington

Kensington - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Matthew Taylor	2,827	51%
	Labour	Joseph Brogan	2,812	51%
	Conservative	Jack Creswell	2,663	49%
	Conservative	Stephen Minion	2,616	48%
Majority			162
Registered electors			13,466
Turnout			5,492	41%

Kirkdale

Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter McKernan	4,340	60%
	Conservative	William E. McLachlan	2,863	40%
Majority			1,477
Registered electors			18,333
Turnout			7,203	39%

Little Woolton

Little Woolton - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Forster Brakell	715	68%
	Conservative	Gordon Frederick Catlin	671	64%
	Liberal	Marshal Fraser McGregor	196	19%
	Labour	Margaret Ella Doughty	137	13%
Majority			519
Registered electors			1,456
Turnout			1,048	72%

Low Hill

Low Hill - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Fred Robinson	2,963	55%
	Labour	David Horan	2,880	54%
	Conservative	Samuel Cecil Saltmarsh	2,420	45%
	Conservative	George Moore	2,315	43%
Majority			543
Registered electors			11,568
Turnout			5,383	47%

Much Woolton

Much Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Reginald Wm. Stewart	1,541	59%
	Labour	Griffith D. Ellis	1,084	41%
Majority			457
Registered electors			5,180
Turnout			2,625	51%

Netherfield

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protestant	George E. Lewis	1,611	51%
	Labour	William J. Riddick	1,562	49%
Majority			48
Registered electors			10,653
Turnout			3,174	30%

North Scotland

North Scotland - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Fay	1,690	63%
	Labour	Frederick W. Tucker	1,546	58%
	Communist	Leo McGree	981	37%
Majority			709
Registered electors			6,778
Turnout			2,671	39%

Old Swan

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Samuel Cantor	5,497	53%
	Conservative	Ernest Walker	4,874	47%
Majority			623
Registered electors			26,860
Turnout			10,371	39%

Prince's Park

Prince's Park - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sarah Ann Demain	2,476	54%
	Labour	Henry Evans	2,407	54%
	Conservative	Charles Cowlin	2,082	46%
	Conservative	Thomas Thompson	2,044	45%
Majority			394
Registered electors			11,593
Turnout			4,558	39%

Sandhills

Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Aldritt	unopposed
Registered electors			7,277

St. Anne's

St. Anne's - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Elizabeth M. Braddock M.P.	unopposed
	Labour	Abraham Louis Caplan	unopposed
Registered electors			5,996

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protestant	Albert Victor Harris	2,456	55%
	Labour	Charles Gallacher	1,970	45%
Majority			486
Registered electors			12,399
Turnout			4,426	36%

St. Peter's

St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John D.R.T. Tilney	423	72%
	Labour	Peter James O'Hare	154	26%
	Independent and anti war	F.Bowman	11	2%
Majority			269
Registered electors			1,108
Turnout			588	53%

Sefton Park East

Sefton Park East - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Frank N. Holland	3,352	66%
	Conservative	Arthur Maiden	3,268	65%
	Labour	Margaret Roberts	1,700	34%
	Labour	Louie Viner	1,517	30%
Majority			1,652
Registered electors			13,664
Turnout			5,052	37%

Sefton Park West

Sefton Park West - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur Brierley Collins	3,104	66%
	Conservative	Frederick Bidston	3,043	64%
	Labour	Cecil Ronffignac	1,618	34%
	Labour	John Eric Yeadon	1,565	33%
Majority			1,486
Registered electors			10,398
Turnout			4,722	45%

South Scotland

South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael John Reppion	unopposed
Registered electors			5,971

Vauxhall

Vauxhall - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Joseph Cyril Brady	unopposed
	Labour	Thomas Hogan	unopposed
Registered electors			2,526

Walton

Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Edward Searle	4,681	48%
	Labour	Arthur Jas. Brownlow	4,508	46%
	Liberal	Evan Llewellyn Lloyd	863	6%
Majority			173
Registered electors			22,454
Turnout			9,783	44%

Warbreck

Warbreck - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Herbert W. Metcalfe	3,648	49%
	Conservative	John Green	3,637	49%
	Labour	Frederick J. Hughes	2,354	32%
	Labour	William H. Pugh	2,325	31%
	Liberal	Walter Howarth	1,450	19%
	Liberal	Marv. G. Ruddy	1,371	18%
Majority			1,294
Registered electors			19,161
Turnout			7,452	39%

Wavertree

Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Harold Threlfall Wilson	6,100	58%
	Labour	Joseph Brian Alexander	4,447	42%
Majority			1,653
Registered electors			22,419
Turnout			10,547	47%

Wavertree West

Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Charles James Minton	2,517	51%
	Conservative	Florence Blume Levy	2,011	41%
	Liberal	Douglas Kilgour Mitchell	372	8%
Majority			506
Registered electors			10,994
Turnout			4,900	45%

West Derby

West Derby - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert C. Beattie	7,478	59%
	Conservative	Hedley A. Williams	7,477	59.5%
	Labour	John C. Carroll	5,241	41.5%
	Labour	Thomas W. Jolley	5,313	42.5%
Majority			2,237
Registered electors			30,484
Turnout			12,719	425

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Aldermanic elections

At the meeting of the City Council on 9 November 1945 the terms of office of twenty of the forty Aldermen expired and the councilors (but not the sitting aldermen) elected twenty Aldermen to fill the vacant positions for a term of six years.

Alderman re-elected

Party		Alderman
	Conservative	Thomas Henry Burton *
	Conservative	John Case *
	Labour	Joseph Jackson Cleary *
	Conservative	Alexander Critchley *
	Conservative	Harold Edward Davies *
	Conservative	Thomas Dowd *
	Labour	Patrick Fay *
	Conservative	Mabel Fletcher *
	Conservative	Robert Duncan French *
	Labour	Alexander Griffin *
	Labour	Bertie Victor Kirby M.P.
	Conservative	Walter Thomas Lancashire *
	Conservative	Alfred Levy *
	Labour	David Gilbert Logan M.P.
	Protestant	Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom *
	Conservative	George Miller Platt *
	Conservative	James Graham Reece *
	Labour	William Albert Robinson *
	Conservative	George Alfred Srong *
	Conservative	Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson *

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By-elections

Netherfield, 29 January 1946

Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Matthew Clark (Labour, Netherfield, elected 1 November 1938). ^[5]

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protestant	William George Jones	1,302	53%
	Labour	William James Riddick	1,144	47%
Majority			158
Registered electors			10,653
Turnout			2,446	23%
	Protestant hold		Swing

Dingle 19 February 1946

Caused by the death of Councillor George William Gillespie (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1 November 1937).

Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Horrace Duckett	3,546	54%
	Labour	William Basil Cashin	3,004	46%
Majority			542
Registered electors			17,363
Turnout			6,550	38%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

^[6]

Breckfield, 9 May 1946

Alderman Thomas Dowd died on 19 March 1946. ^[7]

Councillor Ada Martha Burton (Conservative, elected for the Breckfield ward 1 November 1938) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 3 April 1946 to fill this vacancy. ^[8]

Breckfield
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Thomas Henry Thompson	2,539	61%
	George Henry Dunbar	1,630	39%
Majority		909
Registered electors		12,201
Turnout		4,169	34%

Aigburth, 16 May 1946

Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Edward Stirling Napier (Conservative, Aigburth, elected 1 November 1937).

Aigburth
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Richard Martin Bingham	5,036	73%
	Victor Harold Edgar Baker	1,255	18%
	Edmund Booth	619	9%
Majority		3,781
Registered electors		16,061
Turnout		6,910	43%

South Scotland

Alderman Patrick Fay died on 16 April 1946. ^[9]

Councilor Joseph Harrington (Labour, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1937) was elected by the councillors as an alderman to fill this vacancy. ^[10]

Childwall

Councillor Stanley Foster (Conservative, Childwall, elected 1 November 1937) died on 18 May 1946. ^[11]

References

^ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
^ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1945
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 7
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 208
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 278
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 346
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 347
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 424
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 427
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 492

[1] Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

[2] Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1945

[3] Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946

[4] Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 7

[5] Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 208

[6] Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 278

[7] Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 346

[8] Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 347

[9] Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 424

[10] Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 427

[11] Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 492

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