# 1967 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 11 May 1967.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | 67 | +17 | 17 | 84 |
| Labour | 46 | -16 | 22 | 68 |
| Liberal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Protestant | 6 | +1 | 0 | 6 |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1967 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 28 | | | | 68% | 59% | 91,809 |
| Labour | 11 | | | | 27% | 36% | 55,888 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 4.2% | 6,493 |
| Protestant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5% | 1.5% | 2,352 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1% | 1,581 |

## Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election
$^{(PARTY)}$ - Party of former Councillor
The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1964 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1964 election results.

### Abercromby

Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John E. M$^c$Pherson * | 695 | 48% | −15% |
| | Conservative | Herbert C. Norcott | 603 | 41% | +11% |
| | Communist | A. M$^c$Clelland | 159 | 11% | +3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 92 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,276 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,457 | 20% | −3% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Aigburth

Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John E. R. Fischer * | 5,030 | 79% | +11% |
| | Liberal | Alan G. Wilson | 884 | 14% | −7% |
| | Labour | Edwin C. Pimlett | 459 | 7% | −4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,146 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,430 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,373 | 47% | +8% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Allerton

Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stanley B. Caulfield * | 3,392 | 80% | +15% |
| | Labour | Rodney Ludvigsen | 434 | 10% | −6% |
| | Liberal | Mrs. Margaret S. Springbett | 405 | 10% | −9% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,958 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,887 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,231 | 43% | +3% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Anfield

Anfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James A. Porter M.B.E. * | 3,407 | 72% | +21% |
| | Labour | Sydesy W. Jones | 1,352 | 28% | −14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,055 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,033 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,759 | 37% | −2% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Arundel

Arundel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John E. Kendrick | 2,840 | 69% | +21% |
| | Labour | Joseph Cloherty | 1,137 | 28% | −7% |
| | Communist | Jack Kay | 134 | 3% | +1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,703 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,243 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,111 | 34% | −3% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Breckfield

Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth B. Jacques | 1,929 | 57% | +18% |
| | Labour | Andrew Williams * | 1,430 | 43% | −18% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 499 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,897 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,359 | 34% | +4% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Broadgreen

Broadgreen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mrs. Lennie Sanders * | 2,693 | 70% | +17% |
| | Labour | John W. Hubble | 744 | 19% | −12% |
| | Resident | Ernest Bide | 436 | 11% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,948 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,003 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,872 | 35% | 0% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Central

Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James E. Walker $^{(PARTY)}$ | 1,299 | 53% | −14% |
| | Conservative | John R. P. Dennis | 1,151 | 47% | +14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 148 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,186 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,450 | 34% | +3% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Childwall

Childwall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William E. Dailey * | 4,890 | 71% | +6% |
| | Liberal | Owen Trevor Jones | 1,363 | 20% | −1% |
| | Labour | Stanley G. Thorne | 659 | 10% | −4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,527 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,174 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,912 | 40% | +5% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Church

Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sir Charles C. Martin $^{(PARTY)}$ | 3,879 | 59% | +4% |
| | Liberal | John Swinnerton | 2,238 | 34% | −4% |
| | Labour | Vincent P. Hyams | 427 | 7% | 0% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,641 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,535 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,544 | 48% | +2% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Clubmoor

Clubmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John F. Jones | 2,797 | 57% | +15% |
| | Labour | Kenneth Stewart * | 2,099 | 43% | −9% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 698 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,442 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,896 | 47% | +5% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### County

County :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Percy Tunna | 3,073 | 59% | +10% |
| | Labour | George G. Maloney * | 1,875 | 36% | −15% |
| | Communist | Kenneth T. Dowd | 234 | 5% | +5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,198 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,488 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,182 | 41% | −1% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Croxteth

Croxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dr. George Harrald Prince $^{(PARTY)}$ | 4,326 | 83% | +27% |
| | Labour | Joseph H. Evans | 881 | 17% | −7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,445 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,796 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,207 | 44% | −2% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Dingle

Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roy Stoddart * | 1,818 | 48% | −16% |
| | Conservative | Mrs. Kathlenn Prescott | 1,784 | 47% | +11% |
| | Communist | David I. Thompson | 154 | 4% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,633 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,756 | 35% | +3% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Dovecot

Dovecot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey E. Brandwood | 3,075 | 53% | +24% |
| | Labour | Thomas H. Maloney | 2,738 | 47% | −16% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 337 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,094 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,813 | 39% | +9% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Everton

Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Francis Burke * | 862 | 46% | −27% |
| | Conservative | John Mass | 673 | 36% | +13% |
| | Liberal | Michael V. Lilley | 299 | 16% | +16% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 189 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,465 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,887 | 25% | +5% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Fairfield

Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James S. Ross * | 2,484 | 68% | +20% |
| | Labour | John Guinan | 1,167 | 32% | −13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,317 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,148 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,317 | 30% | −3% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Fazakerley

Fazakerley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ingram A. T. Legge | 2,895 | 63% | +14% |
| | Labour | Dr. Norman S. Barnett | 1,729 | 37% | −14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,166 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,156 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,624 | 41% | −5% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Gillmoss

Gillmoss :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter J. Dunne | 2,089 | 45% | +21% |
| | Labour | Edward D. Roderick | 1,943 | 42% | −30% |
| | Liberal | Joseph R. Wilmington | 645 | 14% | +14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 146 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,525 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,677 | 30% | +1% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Granby

Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Glyn Hughes | 1,259 | 48% | +13% |
| | Labour | James M. Burke * | 1,214 | 47% | −15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 45 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,731 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,596 | 27% | −4% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Kensington

Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Frederick R. Butler | 1,976 | 51% | +15% |
| | Labour | Mrs. Ethel M. Wormald | 1,884 | 49% | −15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 92 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,056 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,860 | 35% | +3% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Low Hill

Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mrs. Mary J. Powell * | 1,364 | 56% | −17% |
| | Conservative | William F. Everett | 984 | 41% | +17% |
| | Communist | Donald P. Holland | 78 | 3% | 0% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 380 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,155 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,426 | 34% | +6% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Melrose

Melrose 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James J. Hastings * | 1,230 | 57% | −15% |
| | Labour | Benjamin Shaw | 1,173 | 54% | −18% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Head-Rapson | 945 | 43% | +15% |
| | Conservative | Daniel J. Jones | 941 | 43% | +15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 285 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,212 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,175 | 26% | −1% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Netherfield

Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Protestant | Albert Brown * | 679 | 62% | +11% |
| | Labour | Frank Keating | 372 | 34% | −15% |
| | Communist | Frank Cartwright | 46 | 4% | +4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 307 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,021 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,097 | 27% | −2% |
| | Protestant hold | Protestant hold | Swing | | |

### Old Swan

Old Swan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Arthur J. Browne | 2,987 | 60% | +18% |
| | Labour | Edward Loyden * | 1,968 | 40% | −10% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,019 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,412 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,955 | 37% | +3% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Picton

Picton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Clifford J. Kinrade | 2,694 | 59% | +21% |
| | Labour | Tom Bailey * | 1,899 | 41% | +14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 795 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,839 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,593 | 36% | +2% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Pirrie

Pirrie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter J. McCann | 3,485 | 53% | +20% |
| | Labour | John Dalrymple $^{(PARTY)}$ | 3,040 | 47% | −20% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 445 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,645 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,525 | 42% | +5% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Prince's Park

Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William T. Savage | 2,016 | 51% | +16% |
| | Labour | Thomas C. Greenwood | 1,819 | 46% | −12% |
| | Communist | John Galloway | 152 | 4% | +4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 197 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,440 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,987 | 35% | +8% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Sandhills

Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Miss Margaret Schofield $^{(PARTY)}$ | 1,394 | 69% | −17% |
| | Conservative | Frederick Jones | 544 | 27% | +16% |
| | Communist | Brian Campbell | 72 | 4% | 0% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 850 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,025 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,010 | 29% | −2% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Domingo

St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Protestant | Roy Hughes | 1,673 | 54% | +10% |
| | Labour | Frank N. Marsden * | 1,313 | 43% | −11% |
| | Communist | Richard M$^c$Guire | 102 | 3% | +1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 360 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,844 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,088 | 31% | 0% |
| | Protestant gain from Labour | Protestant gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### St. James

St. James :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Parry * | 1,015 | 51% | −23% |
| | Conservative | Mrs. Jessie E. Reid | 522 | 26% | +6% |
| | Liberal | Gershon Greenberg | 248 | 12% | +12% |
| | Communist | Roger O'Hara | 215 | 11% | +5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 493 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,612 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,000 | 23% | −3% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William L. Harris | 2,194 | 52% | +18% |
| | Labour | Stanley R. Maddox * | 2,021 | 48% | −18% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 173 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,925 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,215 | 42% | +5% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### St. Michael's

St. Michael's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mrs. Marion Browne M.B.E. * | 2,653 | 68% | +19% |
| | Labour | David M. Mitchell | 852 | 22% | −1% |
| | Liberal | Miss Margaret J. Baber | 411 | 10% | −18% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,801 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,648 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,916 | 41% | −5% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Smithdown

Smithdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George W. Clarke * | 1,034 | 53% | −15% |
| | Conservative | Stanley Whittaker | 930 | 47% | +21% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 104 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,160 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,964 | 19% | −5% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Speke

Speke :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Harry K. Jones | 1,913 | 53% | +32% |
| | Labour | Stephen J. Cook | 1,709 | 47% | −25% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 204 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,899 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,622 | 26% | +2% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Tuebrook

Tuebrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Norman A. Pannell | 2,932 | 61% | |
| | Labour | James Mottram | 1,901 | 39% | −13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,031 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,413 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,833 | 42% | +4% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Vauxhall

Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Orr * | 1,073 | 84% | −10% |
| | Conservative | Herbert A. Williams | 150 | 12% | +8% |
| | Communist | Thomas E. Cassin | 59 | 5% | +3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 923 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,610 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,282 | 17% | −11% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Warbreck

Warbreck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Albert H. K. Maynard * | 2,859 | 70% | +13% |
| | Labour | Peter Comer | 2,232 | 30% | −13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,627 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,868 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,091 | 34% | −2% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Westminster

Westminster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Gillin | 1,210 | 51% | +15% |
| | Labour | Edward Burke * | 1,165 | 49% | −15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 45 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,047 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,375 | 39% | +5% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Woolton

Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Joseph Norton * | 5,606 | 79% | +17% |
| | Labour | George J. Maudsley | 1,468 | 21% | −7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,138 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,254 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,074 | 37% | +1% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## Aldermanic Elections

Twenty of the forty Aldermen were elected by the city council on 22 May 1967. Those elected by the council and the wards they were allocated to are shown in the table below:
| Party | Alderman | Ward |
| Conservative | Stanley Airey | St. James |
| Conservative | Herbert M. Allen | Speke |
| Conservative | Alfred N. Bates | Dovecot |
| Conservative | William Browne | Clubmoor |
| Conservative | Arthur B. Collins M.B.E. | Abercromby |
| Conservative | Charles Cowlin | old Swan |
| Conservative | Raymond F. Craine M.B.E. | Vauxhall |
| Conservative | Harold W. Hughes O.B.E. | Tuebrook |
| Conservative | John Keenan | Woolton |
| Conservative | Harold Lees | Westminster |
| Conservative | Arthur W. Lowe O.B.E. | Melrose |
| Conservative | Robert Meadows | Princes Park |
| Conservative | Stephen Minion O.B.E. | Anfield |
| Conservative | Joseph Norton | Broadgreen |
| Conservative | Ralph Rattray | Pirrie |
| Conservative | Leslie H. Sanders | Aigburth |
| Conservative | Harold M. Steward | Low Hill |
| Conservative | James E. Thompson | St. Domingo |
| Conservative | Frank Woolfenden | Fazakerley |
| Conservative | Alexander Young | St. Michael's |