# 1946 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1946.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Labour | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Protestant | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Liberal | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1946 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 22 | | | | | 51% | 106,206 |
| Labour | 14 | | | | | 45% | 96,623 |
| Protestant | 2 | | | | | 2.3% | 4,890 |
| Independent | 1 | | | | | 0.83% | 1,729 |
| Liberal | 1 | | | | | 0.91% | 1,911 |
| Communist | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Reginald Bevins | 2,435 | 52% |
| | Labour | Richard Clitherow | 2,279 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 156 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,858 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,714 | 34% |

### Aigburth

Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Vere Egerton Cotton | 5,778 | 82% |
| | Labour | Eric Barnes | 1,249 | 18% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,529 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,530 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,027 | 43% |

### Allerton

Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John McMillan | 3,211 | 64% |
| | Labour | Charles Chesworth | 1,325 | 27% |
| | Liberal | William Henry Ledsom | 459 | 9% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,886 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,076 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,995 | 50% |

### Anfield

Anfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William John Harrop | 4,672 | 60% |
| | Labour | John Christopher Caroll | 3,151 | 40% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,521 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,660 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,823 | 44% |

### Breckfield

Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George William Prout | 3,308 | 59% |
| | Labour | Peter Joseph Haines | 2,306 | 41% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,002 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,166 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,614 | 43% |

### Brunswick

Brunswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joseph Whitehead | 2,377 | 81% |
| | Conservative | William Henry Bevan | 411 | 14% |
| | Communist | Albert Southern | 131 | 4.5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,966 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,593 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,919 | 38% |

### Castle Street

Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Herbert Neville Bewley | unopposed | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 892 | | |

### Childwall

Childwall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jack Creswell | 4,860 | 76% |
| | Labour | Thomas McConnell | 1,535 | 24% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,325 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,294 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,395 | 43% |

### Croxteth

Croxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alfred Hargreaves | 5,514 | 54% |
| | Conservative | John G. Morgan | 4,238 | 41% |
| | Communist | John Coward | 478 | 4.7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,276 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 30,938 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,230 | 33% |

### Dingle

Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | William Basil Cashin | 4,035 | 51% |
| | Conservative | Edward Thomas White | 3,877 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 158 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 18,244 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,912 | 43% |

### Edge Hill

Edge Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Arthur Leadbetter | 2,973 | 56% |
| | Conservative | Bertram Saul Morgan | 2,125 | 40% |
| | Communist | Sidney Foster | 172 | 3.2% |
| | Independent | Charles Henry Parry | 23 | 0.43% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 848 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 18,244 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,293 | 29% |

### Everton

Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Nickson | 3,165 | 66% |
| | Conservative | Joseph George Hatton | 1,620 | 34% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,545 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,629 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,785 | 35% |

### Exchange

Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | John Gerard Granby | 648 | 73% |
| | Labour | Alfred Strange | 228 | 26% |
| | Independent | Frederick Bowman | 9 | 1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 420 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,589 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 885 | 56% |

### Fairfield

Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert Meadows | 3,912 | 57% |
| | Labour | Dorothy C. Keeling | 2,973 | 43% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 939 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,828 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,885 | 43% |

### Fazakerley

Fazakerley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Arthur J. Brownlow | 4,404 | 53% |
| | Conservative | George Moore | 3,929 | 47% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 475 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 20,478 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,333 | 41% |

### Garston

Garston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alex Hardman | 3,584 | 57% |
| | Conservative | Victor C. Sutton | 2,355 | 38% |
| | Independent | Arthur J.Holland | 301 | 5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,229 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,027 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,240 | 39% |

### Granby

Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Walter Clarke | 2,457 | 50% |
| | Labour | William Tipping | 2,435 | 50% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,302 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,892 | 37% |

### Great George

Great George - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William George Ingham | 827 | 56% |
| | Conservative | John Gwilyn Hughes | 805 | 55% |
| | Labour | Alexander Kay | 644 | 44% |
| | Labour | John Hamilton | 632 | 43% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 183 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,953 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,471 | 37% |

### Kensington

Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Frederick H. Bailey | 3,117 | 52% |
| | Labour | Walter Gibbs | 2,838 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 279 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,505 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,955 | 41% |

### Kirkdale

Kirkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Isaac Richmond | 3,986 | 56% |
| | Conservative | Joseph Trevor Booth | 3,182 | 44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 804 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,580 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,168 | 37% |

### Little Woolton

No election.

### Low Hill

Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Nuttall Maxwell Entwistle | 2,502 | 51% |
| | Labour | William Dean-Jones | 2,364 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 138 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,372 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,866 | 39% |

### Much Woolton

Much Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Vivian Forsyth Crosthwaite | 1,886 | 63% |
| | Labour | Griffith Daniel Ellis | 1,128 | 37% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 758 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,387 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,014 | 56% |

### Netherfield

Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative and Protestant | Harry Victor Shaw | 2,161 | 57% |
| | Labour | George Carmichael | 1,634 | 43% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 527 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,300 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,795 | 37% |

### North Scotland

North Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joseph O'Neill | 2,140 | 83% |
| | Communist | Leo Joseph McGree | 424 | 17% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,716 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,187 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,564 | 36% |

### Old Swan

Old Swan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Leslie Thomas Rogers | 6,834 | 56% |
| | Labour | Clifford Selly | 5,290 | 44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,553 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 28,456 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,133 | 43% |

### Prince's Park

Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Browne | 2,627 | 52% |
| | Labour | Mrs. Ethel May Wormald | 2,416 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 211 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,421 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,043 | 41% |

### Sandhills

Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Thomas Henry Dunford | 2,076 | 74% |
| | Conservative | John Edward Molloy | 715 | 26% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,361 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,904 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,791 | 35% |

### St. Anne's

St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd | 1,138 | 59% |
| | Independent | John Larkin | 780 | 41% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 358 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,420 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,918 | 30% |

### St. Domingo

St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Protestant | James Wareing | 2,729 | 58% |
| | Labour | Walter Louis Cleaver | 2,006 | 42% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 723 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,428 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,735 | 35% |

### St. Peter's

St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Mrs Evaline Ida Bligh | 370 | 69% |
| | Labour | Peter James O'Hare | 166 | 31% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 204 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,260 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 536 | 43% |

### Sefton Park East

Sefton Park East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George Webster Armour | 3,600 | 72% |
| | Labour | Robert Craig Smart | 1,409 | 28% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,191 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,664 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,009 | 34% |

### Sefton Park West

Sefton Park West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George Walter Pickles | 3,733 | 68% |
| | Labour | Thomas Scott | 1,732 | 32% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,001 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,104 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,465 | 49% |

### South Scotland

South Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frederick Ernest Granby | unopposed | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,375 | | |

### Vauxhall

Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Patrick J. O'Brien | 656 | 72% |
| | Conservative | Ernest Watkinson | 258 | 28% |
| | Communist | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 398 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,637 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 914 | 35% |

### Walton

Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Reginald Richard Bailey | 5,490 | 54% |
| | Labour | Charles McDonald | 4,689 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 801 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 23,677 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,179 | 43% |

### Warbreck

Warbreck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Arthur Whitaker Lowe | 4,535 | 62% |
| | Labour | John Metcalf | 2,795 | 38% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,740 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 20,101 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,330 | 36% |

### Wavertree

Wavertree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Village | 6,267 | 57% |
| | Labour | John F. Hughes | 3,720 | 34% |
| | Liberal | Francis F.C. Moulton | 1,082 | 10% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,547 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 23,442 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,069 | 47% |

### Wavertree West

Wavertree West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Thomas Wallace | 2,966 | 53% |
| | Conservative | Maurice Voss | 2,545 | 45% |
| | Communist | Thomas McCann | 137 | 2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 421 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,779 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,648 | 48% |

### West Derby

West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Charles William Wingrove | 8,086 | 63% |
| | Labour | Edward William Harby | 4,665 | 37% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,421 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 32,400 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,751 | 39% |

## 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Latham Bateson | unopposed | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,530 | | |

### Castle Street 4 February 1947

Alderman John Case died on 1 December 1946.
On 8 January 1947 the Council elected Councillor Herbert Neville Bewley (Conservative ) as an Alderman.
Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Thomas Winlock Harley | 411 |
| | Liberal | Herbert Griffith Edwards | 47 |
| | Labour | Clifford Selly | 15 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 364 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 892 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Garston 2 April 1947

Alderman Sir Sydney Jones died on 16 February 1947.
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).
Garston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Henry Clarke | 3,588 | 52.2% |
| | Labour | William Henry Sefton | 3,279 | 47.7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 309 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,027 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,867 | 42.8% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### North Scotland 29 May 1947

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Thomas Fay (Labour, elected 1 November 1945 ).
North Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Herbert Francis Granby | 2,167 | |
| | | Richard Haddow Forrest | 507 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,660 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,187 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,674 | 37.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |