# 1952 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 8 May 1952.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | 67 | -12 | 28 | 95 |
| Labour | 46 | +13 | 7 | 53 |
| Protestant | 4 | -1 | 1 | 5 |
| Independent | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1952 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 26 | | | | 62% | 55% | 124,368 |
| Conservative | 14 | | | | 33% | 45% | 102,558 |
| Protestant | 1 | | | | 2.4% | 1.7% | 3,954 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.67% | 1,523 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.032% | 72 |

## Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election
$^{(PARTY)}$ - Party of former Councillor
Comparisons are made with the 1949 election results.

### Abercromby

Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harry Livermore | 3,564 | 62% | +20% |
| | Conservative | John Kenneth Hart * | 2,159 | 38% | −16% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,405 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,256 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,723 | 43% | +5% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Aigburth

Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Alexander Kinnear * | 5,268 | 76% | 0% |
| | Labour | Thomas George White | 935 | 14% | +3% |
| | Liberal | John Bowen | 713 | 10% | −2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,333 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,523 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,916 | 45% | −11% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Allerton

Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Charles Haswell * | 2,855 | 74% | +4% |
| | Labour | Harold Lee | 995 | 26% | +7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,860 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,739 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,850 | 40% | −10% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Anfield

Anfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Norman Alfred Pannell $^{(PARTY)}$ | 4,019 | 53% | −12% |
| | Labour | James Augustus Bargrave Deane | 3,546 | 47% | +12% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 473 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,287 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,565 | 46% | −4% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Breckfield

Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Ralph Snell | 3,094 | 55% | +13% |
| | Conservative | Miss Joan Ailsa Blackie $^{(PARTY)}$ | 2,489 | 45% | −13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 605 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,826 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,583 | 44% | −1% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Brunswick

Brunswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hugh Carr | 3,084 | 88% | +8% |
| | Conservative | Mrs. Marrion Browne | 405 | 12% | −7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,679 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,334 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,489 | 48% | −1% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Castle Street

Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Thomas Henry Thompson | 440 | 97% |
| | Independent | James Elias | 13 | 3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 427 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 956 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 453 | 47% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Childwall

Childwall - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William James Sergent | 4,639 | 79% |
| | Conservative | John Shaw Brown | 4,419 | 75% |
| | Labour | William Delgarno | 1,246 | 21% |
| | Labour | Mrs. Elsie Ellen Gough | 1,232 | 21% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,393 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,885 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,885 | 42% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Croxteth

Croxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charles McDonald | 9,692 | 63% | +13% |
| | Conservative | Francis Henry Wilson * | 5,756 | 37% | −13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,933 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 34,388 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,451 | 45% | +3% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Dingle

Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Firman Aldis * | 6,138 | 65% | |
| | Conservative | Ernest Johnson | 3,238 | 35% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,900 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,708 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,376 | 53% | −1% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Edge Hill

Edge Hill - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Johnstone * | 3,699 | 67% | +11% |
| | Labour | Leonard Holden | 3,587 | 65% | |
| | Conservative | Edgar William Holland | 1,786 | 33% | −11% |
| | Conservative | James Stanislaus Ross | 1,588 | 29% | −15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,913 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,620 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,485 | 40% | −3% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Everton

Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Leslie Hughes * | 3,907 | 77% | +15% |
| | Conservative | William Martin | 1,138 | 23% | −15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,769 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,271 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,045 | 38% | −3% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Exchange

Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Larkin | 598 | 62% | −19% |
| | Labour | William McKeown | 368 | 38% | +19% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 230 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,505 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 966 | 6% | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Fairfield

Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Thomas | 3,387 | 55% | −3% |
| | Labour | Norman Bates | 2,799 | 45% | +3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 588 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,505 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,186 | 40% | −2% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Fazakerley

Fazakerley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hugh Dalton | 6,319 | 59% | +9% |
| | Conservative | Ralph Rattray * | 4,432 | 41% | −9% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,887 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,797 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,751 | 54% | +2% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Garston

Garston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Brian Crookes | 7,650 | 66% | +19% |
| | Conservative | William Leslie McClelland $^{(PARTY)}$ | 3,857 | 34% | −17% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,793 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 22,384 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,507 | 51% | +8% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Granby

Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Thomas Brodie | 3,432 | 61% | +13% |
| | Conservative | William Granville Heald * | 2,210 | 39% | −13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,222 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,804 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,642 | 44% | +2% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Great George

Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mrs. Elizabeth Trainor | 796 | 52% | +4% |
| | Conservative | Walter John Smith | 747 | 48% | −4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,376 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,543 | 46% | +3% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Kensington

Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frederick Walker | 3,683 | 59% | +13% |
| | Conservative | Leslie John Henry Rumsey | 2,533 | 41% | −13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,150 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,976 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,216 | 44% | −6% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Kirkdale

Kirkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter James O'Hare * | 5,699 | 71% | +18% |
| | Conservative | George Parkinson Tyson | 2,381 | 29% | −18% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,318 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,721 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,080 | 41% | −6% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Little Woolton

Little Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Basil Smart $^{(PARTY)}$ | 1,153 | 57% | −6% |
| | Labour | James Gardner | 866 | 43% | +6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 287 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,048 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,019 | 66% | −1% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Low Hill

Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Fred Robinson * | 3,381 | 65% | +14% |
| | Conservative | Abram Maxwell Caplin | 1,842 | 35% | −14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,539 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,840 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,223 | 44% | 0% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Much Woolton

Much Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Reginald William Stewart | 2,224 | 72% | −6% |
| | Labour | Thomas Keith Williams | 846 | 28% | +6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,378 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,525 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,070 | 47% | −5% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Netherfield

Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Richard Clitherow | 1,925 | 55% | +15% |
| | Protestant | William George Jones * | 1,555 | 45% | −14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 370 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,107 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,480 | 34% | −5% |
| | Labour gain from Protestant | Labour gain from Protestant | Swing | | |

### North Scotland

North Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Thomas Robinson $^{(PARTY)}$ | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,160 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Old Swan

Old Swan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Leslie Hebron Sanders * | 5,926 | 54% | −11% |
| | Labour | Terence Roberts | 4,989 | 46% | +12% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 937 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 27,025 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,915 | 40% | −7% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Prince's Park

Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Henry Rimmer | 3,299 | 59% | +14% |
| | Conservative | Charles Alfred Lever $^{(PARTY)}$ | 2,293 | 41% | −14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,006 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,152 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,592 | 46% | +2% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Sandhills

Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Peter McKernan * - unopposed | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### St. Anne's

St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mrs. Elizabeth Margaret Braddock * | 1,756 | 80% | +23% |
| | Conservative | John Oswald Tiernan | 436 | 20% | −23% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,320 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,406 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,192 | 41% | −6% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Domingo

St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Protestant | Albert Victor Harris * | 2,399 | 51% | −7% |
| | Labour | Frank Keating | 2,347 | 49% | +7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 52 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,283 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,746 | 36% | −4% |
| | Protestant hold | Protestant hold | Swing | | |

### St. Peter's

St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Smyth | 387 | 52% | +10% |
| | Conservative | Leo Joseph G. Wilkinson * | 355 | 48% | −12% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 32 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,458 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 742 | 51% | 0% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Sefton Park East

Sefton Park East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Harold Lees $^{(PARTY)}$ | 3,521 | 58% | −15% |
| | Labour | Richard John Alcock | 2,596 | 42% | +15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 925 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,049 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,117 | 44% | +2% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Sefton Park West

Sefton Park West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Arthur Brierley Collins * | 3,668 | 64% | −9% |
| | Labour | William Jones | 2,029 | 36% | +9% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,639 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,880 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,697 | 52% | −2% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### South Scotland

South Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Richard Corrigan $^{(PARTY)}$ | 2,295 | 97% | 0% |
| | Communist | Richard Cuerdon | 72 | 3% | 0% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,295 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,781 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,367 | 35% | −14% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Vauxhall

Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Thomas Hogan | 785 | 72% |
| | Conservative | Alan Arthur Horsford | 303 | 28% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 482 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,785 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,088 | 39% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Walton

Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Francis Carr | 5,832 | 55% |
| | Conservative | Robert Charles Andrews | 4,820 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,012 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 22,918 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,652 | 46% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Warbreck

Warbreck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Frank Woolfenden | 4,793 | 55% |
| | Labour | Harold Dailey | 3,924 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 869 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 18,812 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,717 | 46% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wavertree

Wavertree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mrs. Eleanor Bingham Glazebrook | 5,983 | 61% |
| | Labour | Emmanuel Milton Mannheim | 2,986 | 31% |
| | Liberal | Albert Edward Jones | 810 | 8% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,997 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 21,744 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,779 | 45% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wavertree West

Wavertree West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Charles Minton | 3,545 | 58% |
| | Conservative | Samuel Curtis | 2,619 | 42% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 926 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,342 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,164 | 54% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### West Derby

West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Gwilym Hughes | 7,762 | 57% |
| | Labour | Alexander Coveney McLeod | 5,907 | 43% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,855 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 31,320 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,669 | 44% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

## Aldermanic Elections

Twenty of the forty Aldermen were elected by the city council on 19 May 1952.
* - re-elected aldermen.
| Party | Alderman |
| Conservative | George Webster Green Armour * |
| Conservative | Reginald Richard Bailey * |
| Conservative | Herbert Neville Bewley * |
| Conservative | Mrs. Ada Martha Burton * |
| Conservative | Thomas Henry Burton * |
| Labour | Joseph Jackson Cleary * |
| Conservative | Alexander Critchley * |
| Conservative | Mabel Fletcher * |
| Conservative | Robert Duncan French * |
| Labour | Alexander Griffin * |
| Liberal | William Sinclair Scott Hannay * |
| Labour | Joseph Harrington * |
| Labour | Bertie Victor Kirby C.B.E. * |
| Conservative | Walter Thomas Lancashire * |
| Conservative | Alfred Levy * |
| Labour | David Gilbert Logan C.B,E. M.P. * |
| Protestant | Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom * |
| Conservative | George Miller Platt * |
| Labour | Michael John Reppion * |
| Conservative | John Village * |
All Aldermen and the wards they were allocated to as Returning Officer are shown in the table below:
| Party | Alderman | Ward |
| | Edwin Thompson | Abercromby |
| | Ernest Ash Cookson | Aigburth |
| Conservative | Alexander Critchley | Allerton |
| | James Conrad Cross | Anfield |
| Protestant | Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom | Breckfield |
| | William John Mathew Clark | Brunswick |
| | William John Tristram | Castle Street |
| Labour | Alexander Griffin | Childwall |
| Labour | David Gilbert Logan C.B.E. M.P. | Croxteth |
| Conservative | George Webster Green Armour | Dingle |
| Conservative | Alfred Levy | Edge Hill |
| Labour | Michael John Reppion | Everton |
| | William Greenough Gregson | Exchange |
| Conservative | George Miller Platt | Fairfield |
| | Lawrence King | Fazakerley |
| Conservative | Thomas Henry Burton | Garston |
| Labour | Bertie Victor Kirby C.B.E. | Granby |
| | Sir Alfred Shennan | Great George |
| Liberal | William Sinclair Scott Hannay | Kensington |
| Labour | Joseph Harrington | Kirkdale |
| | Isaac Robinson | Little Woolton |
| | William Thomas Roberts | Low Hill |
| | Joseph Williams | Much Woolton |
| Conservative | Walter Thomas Lancashire | Netherfield |
| | James Farrell | North Scotland |
| | Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon | Old Swan |
| | Albert Morrow | Prince's Park |
| | Robert John Hall | St. Anne's |
| | Luke Hogan M.B.E. | St. Domingo |
| Conservative | Robert Duncan French | St. Peter's |
| | Miss Mary Mabel Eills | Sandhills |
| Conservative | Reginald Richard Bailey | Sefton Park East |
| | Michael Corey Dixon | Sefton Park West |
| | Mr. Vere Egerton Cotton C.B.E. T.D. | South Scotland |
| | Stanley Ronald Williams | Vauxhall |
| Conservative | Miss Mabel Fletcher | Walton |
| Conservative | Mrs. Ada Martha Burton | Warbreck |
| Conservative | John Village | Wavertree |
| Labour | Joseph Jackson Cleary | Wavertree West |
| Conservative | Herbert Neville Bewley | Weat Derby |

## By-elections
### Breckfield by-election 13 November 1952

Following the death of Alderman Walter Thomas Lancashire on 18 August 1952, Cllr. David John Lewis was elected as Alderman by the City Council on 3 September 1952 and assigned as returning officer for the Netherfield ward.
Following the death of Alderman James Conrad Cross on 18 August 1952, Cllr. George William Prout was elected as Alderman by the City Council on 3 September 1952 and assigned as returning officer to the Anfield ward.
Following the election of Cllr. David John Lewis and Cllr. George William Prout as Aldermen, there was a by-election for 2 seats for the Breckfield ward on 13 November 1952.
Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Samuel Curtis | 2,511 | 52% |
| | Conservative | William Bell Pickett | 2,474 | 52% |
| | Labour | Ian Isidore Levin | 2,275 | 48% |
| | Labour | Andrew Thomas Francis Williams | 2,272 | 47% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 236 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,826 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,786 | 37% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |