# 1968 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 9 May 1968.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen |
| Conservative | 79 | +12 | ?? |
| Labour | 46 | -13 | ?? |
| Liberal | 1 | 0 | ?? |
| Protestant | 7 | +1 | ?? |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1968 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 31 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 77% | 62% | 76,088 |
| Labour | 6 | 0 | 13 | -13 | 15% | 25% | 31,198 |
| Liberal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5% | 10% | 11,976 |
| Protestant | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5% | 1.3% | 1,619 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.5% | 1,792 |

## Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election
$^{(PARTY)}$ - Party of former Councillor

### Abercromby

Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David E. Daniel * | 483 | 45% | +15% |
| | Labour | Frank Gaier | 470 | 44% | −19% |
| | Communist | A. M$^c$Clelland | 113 | 11% | −3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 66 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,938 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,066 | 18% | −5% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Aigburth

Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William N. Venmore * | 4,142 | 69% | −11% |
| | Liberal | Alan G. Wilson | 1,679 | 28% | +16% |
| | Labour | Vincent P. Hyams | 208 | 3% | −6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,463 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,437 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,029 | 45% | +6% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Allerton

Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian F. Evans $^{(PARTY)}$ | 2,982 | 88% | +19% |
| | Labour | Stanley R. Maddox | 412 | 12% | 0% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,570 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,878 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,394 | 34% | −5% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Anfield

Anfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Mass $^{(PARTY)}$ | 3,163 | 80% | +13% |
| | Labour | Rodney Ludvigsen | 787 | 20% | −13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,376 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,001 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,950 | 30% | −4% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Arundel

Arundel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Clifford Price * | 2,495 | 72% | +9% |
| | Labour | Stanley G. Thorne | 438 | 13% | −21% |
| | Liberal | Edward J. Kennedy | 408 | 12% | |
| | Communist | Jack Kay | 122 | 4% | +1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,057 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,301 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,463 | 28% | −6% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Breckfield

Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John K. Tanner * | 1,689 | 71% | +17% |
| | Labour | Andrew Williams | 702 | 29% | −17% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 987 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,742 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,391 | 25% | −2% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Broadgreen

Broadgreen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Henry Helsall $^{(PARTY)}$ | 2,081 | 62% | −1% |
| | Labour | John W. Hubble | 496 | 15% | −11% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,326 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,864 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,332 | 31% | −4% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Central

Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Parry | 1,241 | 51% | −3% |
| | Conservative | Peter R. S. Williams | 1,122 | 46% | 0% |
| | Liberal | George C. Hewlett | 54 | 2% | |
| | Communist | John Cook | 25 | 1% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 119 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,135 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,442 | 34% | +7% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Childwall

Childwall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Charles G. Pascoe * | 4,360 | 64% | −7% |
| | Liberal | Owen Trevor Jones | 1,983 | 29% | +13% |
| | Labour | Tony Mulhearn | 338 | 5% | −7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,377 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,187 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,772 | 39% | +3% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Church

Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Cyril E. Carr * | 4,458 | 64% | +14% |
| | Conservative | Mrs. Myra Fitzsimmons | 2,316 | 33% | −11% |
| | Labour | John E. Roberts | 191 | 3% | −3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,142 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,429 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,965 | 52% | +4% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Clubmoor

Clubmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gordon K. McKelvie * | 2,057 | 63% | +7% |
| | Labour | Ken Stewart | 1,226 | 37% | −7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 831 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,400 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,283 | 32% | −7% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### County

County :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Reginald B. Flude * | 2,753 | 69% | +13% |
| | Labour | George G. Maloney | 1,014 | 25% | −19% |
| | Communist | Kenneth T. Dowd | 213 | 5% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,739 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,330 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,980 | 32% | −8% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Croxteth

Croxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Clarence Dickinson * | 3,642 | 89% | +17% |
| | Labour | Edward Shields | 472 | 11% | −9% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,170 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,805 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,114 | 35% | −9% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Dingle

Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mrs. Kathleen Prescott | 1,706 | 58% | +13% |
| | Labour | William G. Curtin $^{(PARTY)}$ | 1,086 | 37% | −18% |
| | Communist | Miss Frances Thompson | 125 | 4% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 620 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,521 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2.917 | 28% | 0% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Dovecot

Dovecot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ronald S. Fairclough | 2,413 | 58% | +12% |
| | Labour | Wilfred P. Johnson $^{(PARTY)}$ | 1,755 | 42% | −12% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 658 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,407 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,168 | 27% | −1% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Everton

Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Smyth * | 520 | 50% | −13% |
| | Conservative | Douglas G. Deaves | 362 | 34% | +3% |
| | Liberal | Michael V. Lilley | 132 | 13% | +13% |
| | Communist | Robert E. Parry | 36 | 3% | −3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 158 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,042 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,050 | 17% | −1% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Fairfield

Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John P. Moyses * | 2,225 | 69% | +4% |
| | Labour | David M. Mitchell | 655 | 21% | −14% |
| | Liberal | Jarlath F. Chambers | 329 | 10% | +10% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,560 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,075 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,219 | 27% | −2% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Fazakerley

Fazakerley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alexander L. Ritchie * | 2,607 | 75% | +16% |
| | Labour | Kenneth E. Keane | 870 | 25% | −16% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,737 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,075 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,477 | 31% | −12% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Gillmoss

Gillmoss :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mervin Kingston | 1,690 | 49% | +14% |
| | Labour | George E. Delooze * | 1,514 | 44% | −16% |
| | Communist | John B. Cartwright | 256 | 7% | +3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 176 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,100 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,460 | 21% | −3% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Granby

Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John J. Swainbank | 1,063 | 45% | +2% |
| | Labour | John D. Hamilton * | 797 | 34% | −18% |
| | Liberal | Mrs. Rosalind M. Craig | 390 | 16% | +16% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 266 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,830 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,373 | 24% | +1% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Kensington

Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John N. M. Entwistle | 1,913 | 61% | +15% |
| | Labour | Harry Livermore $^{(PARTY)}$ | 1,239 | 39% | −15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 674 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,831 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,152 | 29% | +3% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Low Hill

Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ernest Crierie | 841 | 59% | +15% |
| | Labour | William R. Snell * | 529 | 37.5% | −15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 312 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,180 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,436 | 23% | +1% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Melrose

Melrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Ackers * | 839 | 50% | −15% |
| | Conservative | Charles E. Ratcliffe | 826 | 50% | +15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,982 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,665 | 21% | 0% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Netherfield

Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Protestant | James Boardnman $^{(PARTY)}$ | 448 | 52% | −6% |
| | Labour | John L. Hughes | 206 | 24% | −18% |
| | | Robert D. Jenkins | 165 | 19% | |
| | Communist | Francis J. Cartright | 42 | 5% | +5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 242 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,982 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 861 | 22% | +1% |
| | Protestant gain from Labour | Protestant gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Old Swan

Old Swan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew M$^c$Kie Reid * | 2,537 | 75% | −12% |
| | Labour | Eddie Loyden | 837 | 25% | −12% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,700 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13.038 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,374 | 26% | −4% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Picton

Picton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mrs. Ruth Dean * | 2,165 | 61% | +9% |
| | Labour | Tom Bailey | 941 | 26% | −22% |
| | Liberal | Edward C. Hesketh | 470 | 13% | +13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,224 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,441 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,576 | 29% | −3% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Pirrie

Pirrie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James E. Nicoll | 2,568 | 58% | +13% |
| | Labour | Michael Black * | 1,822 | 42% | −13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 746 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,579 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,390 | 28% | −5% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Prince's Park

Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Cheshire | 1,564 | 55% | +18% |
| | Labour | Terence Roberts | 874 | 31% | −18% |
| | National Front | David T. Jones | 174 | 6% | +6% |
| | Communist | John Humes | 135 | 5% | +2% |
| | Toxteth Nat. | Michael J. Smout | 97 | 3% | +3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 690 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,421 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,844 | 25% | −3% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Sandhills

Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Leo P. Hyams * | 903 | 56% | −26% |
| | Conservative | Frederick Jones | 640 | 40% | +22% |
| | Communist | Robert Cartwright | 70 | 4% | +4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 263 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,963 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,613 | 23% | +1% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Domingo

St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Protestant | Ronald F. Henderson | 1,171 | 48% | −2% |
| | Liberal | Rev. Robert A. Lally | 634 | 26% | +26% |
| | Labour | Frank Marsden | 533 | 22% | −28% |
| | Communist | James P. Hannah | 80 | 3% | +3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 537 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,787 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,418 | 25% | −1% |
| | Protestant hold | Protestant hold | Swing | | |

### St. James

St. James :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Owen J. Doyle * | 776 | 52% | −22% |
| | Conservative | Reginald Rendell | 392 | 26% | +8% |
| | Communist | Roger O'Hara | 330 | 22% | +14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 384 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,679 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,498 | 17% | −2% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Tushingham | 2,014 | 64% | +15% |
| | Labour | Frank W. Longworth * | 1,114 | 36% | −15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 900 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,681 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,128 | 32% | +2% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### St. Michael's

St. Michael's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony McVeigh * | 2,337 | 83% | +26% |
| | Labour | Harold Lee | 340 | 12% | −6% |
| | Communist | Michael M$^c$Nally | 152 | 5% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,997 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,571 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,829 | 30% | −15% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Smithdown

Smithdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. M$^c$Dermott | 683 | 69% | +30% |
| | Labour | Thomas C. Greenwood $^{(PARTY)}$ | 387 | 31% | −30% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 476 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,924 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,250 | 14% | −2% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Speke

Speke :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher G. Hallows | 1,280 | 50% | +14% |
| | Labour | Thomas Higgins * | 1,258 | 50% | −14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,691 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,538 | 19% | +3% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Tuebrook

Tuebrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Rodney M. Amyes * | 2,415 | 72% | +13% |
| | Labour | James Mottram | 931 | 28% | −13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,484 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,298 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,346 | 30% | −8% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Vauxhall

Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anthony Dunford * | 430 | 64% | −21% |
| | Liberal | Francis Quinn | 157 | 24% | +24% |
| | Conservative | Peter S. Jones | 50 | 7% | −3% |
| | Communist | Thomas E. Cassin | 31 | 5% | 0% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 273 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,795 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 668 | 10% | −2% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Warbreck

Warbreck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Davis A. Ritchie * | 2,443 | 68% | +2% |
| | Labour | Edward Mooney | 605 | 17% | −17% |
| | Liberal | George Sephton | 527 | 15% | +15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,838 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,799 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,575 | 30% | −6% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Westminster

Westminster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Gilbody * | 1,087 | 58% | +3% |
| | Labour | Edward Burke | 774 | 42% | −3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 313 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,117 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,861 | 30% | +1% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Woolton

Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Leslie B. Williams * | 4,802 | 88% | +14% |
| | Labour | James M. Burke | 658 | 12% | −14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,144 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,373 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,460 | 28% | −4% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |