# 1961 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 11 May 1961.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Labour | 52 | -8 | 32 | 84 |
| Conservative | 63 | +8 | 7* | 70 |
| Protestant | 5 | +2 | 0 | 5 |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1961 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 21 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 50% | 57% | 95,863 |
| Labour | 19 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 45% | 42% | 71,299 |
| Protestant | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4.8% | 2.1% | 3,572 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 4.2% | 7,073 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.21% | 350 |
| Public Safety | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.44% | 738 |
| Union Movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.07% | 112 |

## Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election
$^{(PARTY)}$ - Party of former Councillor
The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1958 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1958 election results.

### Abercromby

Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. E. McPherson $^{(PARTY)}$ | 1,356 | 54% | +2% |
| | Conservative | G. W. Boult | 1,052 | 42% | +9% |
| | Union Movement | H. Taylor | 112 | 4% | +4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 304 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,052 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,520 | 25% | −6% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Aigburth

Aigburth 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. A. Kinear * | 4,494 | 92% | +20% |
| | Conservative | S. A. Cotton $^{(PARTY)}$ | 4,368 | 90% | +18% |
| | Labour | G. Ackers | 371 | 8% | +2% |
| | Labour | J. G. Morgan | 354 | 7% | +1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,123 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13.783 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,865 | 35% | −6% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Allerton

Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | S. Minion * | 2,919 | 84% | +4% |
| | Labour | J. Woolwich | 565 | 16% | −4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,354 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,174 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,484 | 34% | −1% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Anfield

Anfield 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. A. Porter * | 3,918 | 69% | +11% |
| | Conservative | R. G. Semple $^{(PARTY)}$ | 3,795 | 67% | +9% |
| | Labour | S. W. Jones | 1,771 | 31% | −11% |
| | Labour | F. Shemmonds | 1,712 | 30% | −12% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,147 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,013 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,689 | 41% | +1% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Arundel

Arundel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. Lees * | 2,546 | 59% | +2% |
| | Labour | P. Grannell | 918 | 21% | −19% |
| | Liberal | R. M. Bale | 703 | 16% | +16% |
| | Communist | J. Kay | 142 | 3% | 0% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,628 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,358 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,309 | 35% | −1% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Breckfield

Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. Parry | 2,263 | 55% | +14% |
| | Labour | A. Williams $^{(PARTY)}$ | 1,861 | 45% | −14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 402 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,074 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,124 | 37% | −2% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Broadgreen

Broadgreen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | L. T. Rogers * | 2,774 | 77% | +12% |
| | Labour | W. M. Cooper | 504 | 14% | −21% |
| | Public Safety | A. Anderson | 298 | 8% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,240 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,623 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,546 | 31% | −4% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Central

Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Miss M. Schofield * | 1,555 | 55% | −4% |
| | Conservative | A. McKie Reid | 1,286 | 45% | +4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 269 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,788 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,841 | 32% | 0% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Childwall

Childwall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. Young * | 3,927 | 64% | +5% |
| | Liberal | Albert Globe | 1,645 | 27% | −6% |
| | Labour | W. Lungley | 578 | 9% | +1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,349 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,727 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,150 | 39% | −2% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Church

Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. H. Elderton $^{(PARTY)}$ | 3,539 | 56% | −12% |
| | Liberal | Cyril E. Carr | 2,331 | 37% | +17% |
| | Labour | J. Disley | 397 | 6% | −6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,208 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,595 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,287 | 46% | +8% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Clubmoor

Clubmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | N. A. Williams * | 2,718 | 57% | +7% |
| | Labour | G. A. McAllister | 2,091 | 43% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 627 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,423 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,809 | 42% | −3% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### County

County :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R. B. Flude $^{(PARTY)}$ | 3,384 | 53% | −6% |
| | Conservative | B. Deane | 2,936 | 47% | +6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 438 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13.712 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,330 | 46% | −1% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Croxteth

Croxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. Morrow $^{(PARTY)}$ | 4,022 | 78% | +6% |
| | Labour | H. W. Dolman | 1,144 | 22% | −6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,878 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,610 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,166 | 44% | −1% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Dingle

Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R. Stoddart * | 2,288 | 52% | −14% |
| | Conservative | C. N. Peplow | 1,695 | 38% | +4% |
| | Liberal | Jack F. Ross | 443 | 10% | +10% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 593 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,707 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,426 | 35% | −3% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Dovecot

Dovecot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | T. H. Maloney * | 2,386 | 51% | −17% |
| | Conservative | E. Johnson | 2,307 | 49% | +17% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 79 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,463 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,693 | 32% | +5% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Everton

Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Francis Burke * | 1,607 | 64% |
| | Conservative | E. Shaw | 813 | 32% |
| | Communist | A. E. Rivers | 105 | 4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 794 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,768 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,525 | 23% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Fairfield

Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. S. Ross * | 2,373 | 61% | +11% |
| | Labour | T. Roberts | 967 | 25% | −25% |
| | Liberal | S. R. Jolly | 569 | 15% | +15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,406 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,019 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,909 | 28% | −5% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Fazakerley

Fazakerley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. Bessell | 3,251 | 58% | +10% |
| | Labour | F. Grue * | 2,371 | 42% | −10% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 880 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,569 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5.622 | 48% | −5% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Gillmoss

Gillmoss :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. D. Roderick * | 3,428 | 66% | −6% |
| | Conservative | G. K. McKelvie | 1,743 | 34% | +6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,685 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,917 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,171 | 32% | −2% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Granby

Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mrs. R. Dean | 1,943 | 53% | +17% |
| | Conservative | J. Guinan | 1,746 | 47% | −17% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 197 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,288 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,689 | 33% | +3% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Kensington

Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mrs. E. M. Wormald * | 2,401 | 50% | −17% |
| | Conservative | A. L. Audley | 2,252 | 47% | +14% |
| | Public Safety | J. R. Gradwell | 145 | 3% | +3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 149 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,293 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39% | +5% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Low Hill

Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mrs. M. M. Powell * | 1,758 | 58% | −12% |
| | Conservative | E, Crierie | 1,285 | 42% | +12% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 473 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,564 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,043 | 32% | 0% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Melrose

Melrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | A. MacDonald * | 1,616 | 63% | −10% |
| | Conservative | S. D. Lunt | 951 | 37% | +10% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 665 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,466 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,567 | 27% | −3% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Netherfield

Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Protestant | A. Brown | 1,409 | 58% | +58% |
| | Labour | R. Clitherow * | 1,020 | 42% | −12% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 389 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,626 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,429 | 28% | 0% |
| | Protestant gain from Labour | Protestant gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Old Swan

Old Swan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. F. Everett | 3,103 | 56% | +12% |
| | Labour | J. A. Dunn * | 2,416 | 44% | −9% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 687 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,965 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,519 | 37% | −2% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Picton

Picton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Polack | 3,124 | 54% | +10% |
| | Labour | G. R. Sullivan * | 2,623 | 46% | −10% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 501 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,096 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,747 | 41% | +1% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Pirrie

Pirrie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. H. Hart $^{(PARTY)}$ | 3,920 | 55% | −11% |
| | Conservative | J. P. Bailey | 3,147 | 45% | +11% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 773 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,656 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,067 | 42% | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Prince's Park

Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | T. C. Greenwood * | 2,078 | 45% | −19% |
| | Conservative | W. T. Savage | 1,954 | 42% | +6% |
| | Liberal | D. B. McClaren | 597 | 13% | +13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 124 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,182 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,629 | 35% | +3% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Sandhills

Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. H. Aldritt * | 1,842 | 86% | −8% |
| | Conservative | A. C. Bailey | 207 | 10% | +4% |
| | Communist | B.Campbell | 103 | 5% | +5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,635 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,758 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,152 | 25% | −3% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Domingo

St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Protestant | R. F. Henderson | 2,163 | 50% |
| | Labour | J. Gardner * | 2,147 | 50% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,770 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,310 | 37% |
| | Protestant gain from Labour | Protestant gain from Labour | Swing | |

### St. James

St. James :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mrs. E. E. Gough * | 1,544 | 67% | −15% |
| | Conservative | B. Ingham | 747 | 33% | +15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 797 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,783 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 797 | 21% | −3% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | S. R. Maddox * | 2,394 | 51% | −11% |
| | Conservative | S. B. Caulfield | 2,206 | 47% | +9% |
| | Public Safety | T. J. Anderson | 108 | 2% | +2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 188 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,220 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,708 | 42% | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Michael's

St. Michael's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | C. Cowlin * | 2,555 | 67% | 0% |
| | Liberal | J. R. Wilmington | 674 | 18% | +18% |
| | Labour | Mrs. M. Wills | 370 | 10% | −23% |
| | Public Safety | A. P. Cooney | 187 | 5% | +5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,881 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,034 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,786 | 38% | +1% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Smithdown

Smithdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. W. Clarke * | 1,905 | 64% | −15% |
| | Conservative | H. Hawkins | 1,050 | 36% | +15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 855 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,238 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,955 | 24% | −1% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Speke

Speke :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | B. Crookes * | 2,235 | 68% | −6% |
| | Conservative | P. S. Jones | 1,049 | 32% | +6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,186 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,032 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,284 | 23% | −2% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Tuebrook

Tuebrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. H. Aymes | 2,879 | 56% | +10% |
| | Labour | B. Shaw * | 2,222 | 44% | −10% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 657 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,770 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,101 | 40% | −3% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Vauxhall

Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. P. Shannon * | 1,216 | 81% | −16% |
| | Communist | T. E. Cassin | 171 | 11% | +8% |
| | Liberal | C. K. Rowland | 111 | 7% | +7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,045 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,353 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,498 | 16% | −5% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Warbreck

Warbreck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. W. Lowe * | 3,060 | 67% | +11% |
| | Labour | R. Buckle | 1,517 | 33% | −11% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,543 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,923 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,577 | 35% | −6% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Westminster

Westminster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. Burke * | 1,420 | 50% | −17% |
| | Conservative | W. Gilbody | 1,402 | 50% | +17% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,630 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,822 | 37% | +2% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Woolton

Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Norton * | 4,230 | 76% | +7% |
| | Labour | J. F. Cloherty | 1,301 | 24% | −7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,929 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,490 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,531 | 34% | −1% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## Aldermanic elections

At the meeting of the City Council on 24 May 1961 the terms of office of twenty of the forty Aldermen expired and the Councillors elected twenty Aldermen to fill the vacant positions for a term of six years. Eighteen of the twenty retiring Labour Aldermen were replaced with Conservatives.
| Party | Alderman |
| Labour | John Leslie Hughes* |
| Labour | Peter McKernan* (Lord Mayor) |
| Conservative | Herbert Mylrea Allen |
| Conservative | Alfred Nathaniel Bates |
| Conservative | Gordon Frederick Catlin |
| Conservative | Arthur Brierley Collins |
| Conservative | Charles Cowlin |
| Conservative | Charles Haswell |
| Conservative | Harold William Hughes |
| Conservative | Harold Lees |
| Conservative | Arthur Whitaker Lowe |
| Conservative | Robert Meadows |
| Conservative | Stephen Minion |
| Conservative | Ralph Rattray |
| Conservative | Leslie Thomas Rogers |
| Conservative | Leslie Hebron Sanders |
| Conservative | Harold Macdonald Steward |
| Conservative | James Edward Thompson |
| Conservative | Frank Woolfenden |
| Conservative | Alexander Young |
* Returned Alderman