# 1969 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 8 May 1969.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen |
| Conservative | 87 | +9 | ?? |
| Labour | 23 | -10 | ?? |
| Liberal | 3 | +1 | ?? |
| Protestant | 7 | 0 | ?? |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1969 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 29 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 72% | 60% | 76,255 |
| Labour | 8 | 1 | 11 | -10 | 20% | 28% | 35,402 |
| Liberal | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.5% | 8% | 9,974 |
| Protestant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5% | 1.5% | 1,889 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.8% | 2,275 |
| National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.43% | 551 |

## Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election
$^{(PARTY)}$ - Party of former Councillor
The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1966 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1966 election results.

### Abercromby

Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William F. Burke * | 515 | 44% | −15% |
| | Conservative | Stanley V. Hennessy | 449 | 39% | +7% |
| | Communist | Anthony McClelland | 158 | 14% | +5% |
| | National Front | Elvyn Thompson | 39 | 3% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 66 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,557 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,161 | 21% | +4% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Aigburth

Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sydney T. Moss $^{(PARTY)}$ | 4,429 | 92% | +20% |
| | Labour | Andrew Williams | 394 | 8% | 0% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,035 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,462 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,823 | 36% | 0% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Allerton

Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David E. Williams * | 2,723 | 70% | +2% |
| | Liberal | Miss Jean E. Freeman | 880 | 23% | +1% |
| | Labour | Frank W. Longworth | 292 | 7% | −3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,843 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,950 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,895 | 39% | +5% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Anfield

Anfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert G. Semple * | 2,897 | 76% | +13% |
| | Labour | John D. Hamilton | 913 | 24% | −13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,431 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,894 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,810 | 30% | −1% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Arundel

Arundel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kevin W. Edwards * | 2,331 | 62% | −2% |
| | Liberal | Leonard Tyrer | 731 | 19% | +19% |
| | Labour | Mrs. Mabel Evans | 519 | 14% | −20% |
| | Communist | Jack Kay | 127 | 3% | +1% |
| | National Front | Eric Tomlinson | 127 | 3% | +1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,600 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,245 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,766 | 31% | +2% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Breckfield

Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael W. Maxwell | 1,552 | 54% | +6% |
| | Labour | Len Williams * | 801 | 28% | −24% |
| | Liberal | Michael V. Lilley | 508 | 18% | +18% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 751 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,617 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,861 | 30% | +6% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Broadgreen

Broadgreen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Daniel J. Jones | 1,913 | 57% | −9% |
| | Liberal | Thomas R. W. Johnston | 1,016 | 30% | +19% |
| | Labour | Michael Black $^{(PARTY)}$ | 429 | 13% | −10% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 897 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,893 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,358 | 31% | +1% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Central

Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George G. Maloney | 1,226 | 49% | 0% |
| | Conservative | Barry V. Groombridge | 1,216 | 49% | −2% |
| | Communist | Thomas R. Woods | 57 | 2% | +2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,946 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,499 | 36% | −10% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Childwall

Childwall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Frank H. Andrews $^{(PARTY)}$ | 4,405 | 73% | +22% |
| | Liberal | Harry Davies | 1,108 | 18% | −21% |
| | Labour | Anthony Mulhearn | 407 | 7% | −1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,297 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,336 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,044 | 35% | +9% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Church

Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Reginald F. Atkins | 3,573 | 55% | +13% |
| | Conservative | Herbert R. Balmer | 2,761 | 42% | −10% |
| | Labour | Charles H. Winter | 179 | 3% | −2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 812 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,463 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,513 | 48% | +7% |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Clubmoor

Clubmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ernest Johnson * | 2,273 | 62% | +4% |
| | Labour | Kenneth Stewart | 1,383 | 38% | −4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 890 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,285 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,656 | 36% | +2% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### County

County :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Thomas * | 2,760 | 67% | +15% |
| | Labour | Terence Roberts | 1,093 | 27% | −21% |
| | Communist | Kenneth T. Dowd | 251 | 6% | +6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,667 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,643 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,104 | 32% | 0% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Croxteth

Croxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alexander L. Audley * | 3,457 | 87% | +8% |
| | Labour | Rodney Ludvigsen | 500 | 13% | −8% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,957 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,765 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,957 | 34% | −2% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Dingle

Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John H. Lea | 1,655 | 49% | +10% |
| | Labour | Daniel Cumella * | 1,485 | 44% | −17% |
| | Communist | John Cook | 134 | 4% | +4% |
| | National Front | Douglas H. Kewley | 76 | 2% | +2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 170 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,291 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,350 | 33% | +5% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Dovecot

Dovecot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John L. Walsh * | 2,307 | 57% | +7% |
| | Labour | Wilfred P. Johnson | 1,725 | 43% | −7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 582 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,266 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,032 | 26% | +1% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Everton

Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ralph S. Charles | 388 | 49% | +21% |
| | Labour | Sydney F. Jacobs | 378 | 47% | −21% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,142 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 795 | 19% | +7% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Fairfield

Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George H. Hesketh $^{(PARTY)}$ | 2,101 | 74% | +15% |
| | Labour | Harold Lee | 744 | 26% | −15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,357 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,002 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,845 | 24% | −11% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Fazakerley

Fazakerley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alan Lloyd * | 2,498 | 76% | +19% |
| | Labour | James M. Burke | 802 | 24% | −19% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,696 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,968 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,300 | 30% | −5% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Gillmoss

Gillmoss :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Smith | 2,090 | 50% | +16% |
| | Labour | John F. Stevens * | 1,850 | 44% | −22% |
| | Communist | John B. Cartwright | 239 | 6% | +6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 240 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,751 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,179 | 24% | +6% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Granby

Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mrs. Margaret B. Simey * | 1,204 | 50% | −14% |
| | Conservative | David Greenaway | 1,098 | 46% | +14% |
| | Communist | Frederick Gleeson | 102 | 4% | 0% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 106 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,371 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,404 | 26% | +4% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Kensington

Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James G. Barrett | 1,627 | 54% | +17% |
| | Labour | Edward Burke | 735 | 25% | −38% |
| | Ind. Labour Party | T. K. Williams * | 578 | 19% | |
| | National Front | William G. Clarkson | 49 | 2% | +2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 892 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,465 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,989 | 29% | +5% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Low Hill

Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas P. Pink | 844 | 57% | +20% |
| | Labour | George M. Scott | 577 | 39% | −20% |
| | National Front | Richard J. Williams | 49 | 3% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 267 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,146 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,470 | 29% | +7% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Melrose

Melrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Benjamin Shaw $^{(PARTY)}$ | 904 | 50% | −13% |
| | Conservative | Charles E. Ratcliffe | 901 | 50% | +13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,389 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,805 | 24% | +8% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Netherfield

Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Protestant | William Owen * | 579 | 70% | +3% |
| | Labour | Edward Loyden | 194 | 23% | −6% |
| | Communist | Frank Cartwright | 54 | 7% | +3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 385 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,984 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 827 | 21% | +3% |
| | Protestant hold | Protestant hold | Swing | | |

### Old Swan

Old Swan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Norman F. Derrick * | 2,036 | 45% | −5% |
| | Liberal | Doreen Jones | 1,853 | 41% | +32% |
| | Labour | Stanley G. Thorne | 626 | 14% | −28% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,410 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,091 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,515 | 34% | +5% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Picton

Picton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Lyrian Hobday * | 2,095 | 62% | +11% |
| | Labour | William R. Snell | 1,145 | 34% | −15% |
| | National Front | Douglas Richardson | 155 | 5% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 950 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,183 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,395 | 28% | 0% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Pirrie

Pirrie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ivor P. Balmer | 2,600 | 60% | +11% |
| | Labour | John McLean * | 1,768 | 40% | −11% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 832 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,445 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,368 | 28% | +1% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Prince's Park

Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dr. Cyril Taylor * | 1,655 | 50% | −7% |
| | Conservative | Robert S. Jones | 1,459 | 44% | +4% |
| | Communist | John Humes | 188 | 6% | +3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 196 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,863 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,302 | 30% | +4% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Sandhills

Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Vincent P. Hyams $^{(PARTY)}$ | 1,001 | 60% | −20% |
| | Conservative | Alfred W. Jones | 605 | 36% | +19% |
| | Communist | Robert Cartwright | 73 | 4% | +1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 396 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,649 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,679 | 25% | +4% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Domingo

St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Protestant | Harold W. Blower * | 1,310 | 61% | +7% |
| | Labour | Thomas McManus | 763 | 36% | −10% |
| | Communist | Kenneth Dunlop | 74 | 3% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 547 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,181 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,147 | 23% | +1% |
| | Protestant hold | Protestant hold | Swing | | |

### St. James

St. James :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Edward Shields $^{(PARTY)}$ | 1,442 | 51% | −12% |
| | Conservative | Cyril Smith | 711 | 25% | −1% |
| | Communist | Roger O'Hara | 622 | 22% | +11% |
| | National Front | Kevin Keatley | 58 | 2% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 731 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,533 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,833 | 33% | +17% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert E. Lloyd | 2,150 | 68% | +18% |
| | Labour | Patrick Grannell * | 1,031 | 32% | −18% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,119 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,842 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,181 | 32% | +2% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### St. Michael's

St. Michael's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Eric S. Nixon * | 2,568 | 81% | +24% |
| | Labour | Alfonso Samosa | 617 | 19% | −2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,951 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,265 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,185 | 28% | −10% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Smithdown

Smithdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James W. Butler | 740 | 54% | +15% |
| | Labour | W. Gibbs * | 555 | 41% | −20% |
| | National Front | Thomas Everall | 67 | 5% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 185 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,777 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,362 | 18% | +3% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Speke

Speke :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Edwin M. Clein | 1,677 | 56% | +13% |
| | Labour | Francis J. McConville * | 1,317 | 44% | −13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 360 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,603 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,994 | 22% | +9% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Tuebrook

Tuebrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael P. Tinne * | 2,468 | 70% | +14% |
| | Labour | David M. Mitchell | 1,037 | 30% | −14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,431 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,265 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,505 | 31% | −1% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Vauxhall

Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Marsden $^{(PARTY)}$ | 823 | 68% | −21% |
| | Liberal | James A. Gallagher | 305 | 25% | |
| | Conservative | Peter S. Jones | 45 | 4% | −2% |
| | Communist | Thomas E. Cassin | 43 | 4% | −1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 518 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,265 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,216 | 19% | +9% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Warbreck

Warbreck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ralph H. Morris * | 2,593 | 79% | +15% |
| | Labour | Edward T. Mooney | 683 | 21% | −15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,910 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,676 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,276 | 28% | 0% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Westminster

Westminster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Wareing | 1,081 | 58% | −15% |
| | Labour | James Gardner * | 792 | 42% | −15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 289 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,864 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,873 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Woolton

Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James McAllister * | 4,752 | 84% | +9% |
| | Labour | Robert C. Evans | 898 | 16% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,854 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 20,849 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,650 | 27% | −1% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |