# 1962 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 10 May 1962.
Aldermanic elections took place at the City Council meeting on 24 May 1962, and as some councillors were elected as Aldermen there were by-elections for the vacated seats on Thursday 29 June 1962.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | 55 | -8 | 26 | 81 |
| Labour | 59 | +8 | 14 | 73 |
| Protestant | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Liberal | 2 | +2 | 0 | 2 |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1962 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 10 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 27% | 41% | 66,656 |
| Labour | 23 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 66% | 48% | 79,288 |
| Liberal | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5% | 8% | 12,662 |
| Protestant | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2.5% | 3.1% | 5,084 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.44% | 722 |
| Anti-Debt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.25% | 402 |
| British Union Movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.22% | 365 |

## Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election
$^{(PARTY)}$ - Party of former Councillor
The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1959 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1959 election results.

### Abercromby

Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harry Livermore $^{(PARTY)}$ | 1,707 | 66% | +11% |
| | Conservative | L. Huglin | 742 | 29% | −11% |
| | Communist | A. M$^c$Clelland | 135 | 5% | 0% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 965 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9.810 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,584 | 26% | +1% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Aigburth

Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. N. Venmore $^{(PARTY)}$ | 3,821 | 87% | +10% |
| | Labour | S. J. Cook | 550 | 13% | +8% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,271 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,792 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,371 | 32% | −11% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Allerton

Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. S. D. Weaver $^{(PARTY)}$ | 2,486 | 73% | −8% |
| | Labour | Mrs. M. B. Simey | 912 | 27% | +8% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,574 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,186 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,398 | 33% | −3% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Anfield

Anfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. F. Craine * | 3,026 | 59% | −9% |
| | Labour | S. W. Jones | 2,097 | 41% | +9% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 929 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,090 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,123 | 36% | −4% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Arundel

Arundel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | C. Price * | 2,143 | 41% | −24% |
| | Labour | C. Taylor | 1,769 | 34% | +3% |
| | Liberal | I. Gottlieb | 1,209 | 23% | +23% |
| | Communist | J. Kay | 83 | 4% | 0% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 374 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,494 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,204 | 42% | +6% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Breckfield

Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. E. Burns | 2,021 | 53% | +6% |
| | Conservative | S. Airey * | 1,783 | 47% | −6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 238 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,118 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,804 | 34% | −3% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Broadgreen

Broadgreen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. J. Bullen $^{(PARTY)}$ | 1,796 | 45% | −32% |
| | Liberal | W. Galbraith | 1,133 | 27% | +27% |
| | Labour | J. M. Burke | 1,027 | 26% | +12% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 663 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,511 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,956 | 34% | −6% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Central

Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | J. Cullen * | 1,827 | 66% |
| | Conservative | A. E. Rossington | 933 | 34% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 894 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,629 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,760 | 32% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Childwall

Childwall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. J. Sergent * | 3,171 | 51% | −15% |
| | Liberal | A. J. Markey | 2,314 | 37% | +11% |
| | Labour | T. Bailey | 687 | 11% | +4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 857 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,674 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,172 | 37% | −5% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Church

Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Cyril E. Carr | 3,540 | 53% | +23% |
| | Conservative | Mrs. T. L. Norton | 2,732 | 41% | −19% |
| | Labour | Mrs. M. E. Cullen | 384 | 6% | −4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 808 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,565 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,656 | 49% | +7% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Clubmoor

Clubmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | F. Grue | 2,326 | 47% | +2% |
| | Conservative | L. J. Carr * | 1,974 | 40% | −15% |
| | Liberal | G. H. Bilson | 651 | 13% | +13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 352 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,310 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,951 | 44% | −1% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### County

County :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | C. P. Wall | 3,057 | 54% | +4% |
| | Conservative | B. Ingham $^{(PARTY)}$ | 2,625 | 46% | −4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 432 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,588 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,682 | 42% | −3% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Croxteth

Croxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | C. Dickinson * | 3,065 | 71% | −4% |
| | Labour | G. C. Carr | 1,256 | 29% | +11% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,809 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,692 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,321 | 37% | −8% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Dingle

Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Richard Crawshaw * | 2,434 | 60% | −2% |
| | Conservative | Mrs. F. Devine | 1,197 | 30% | −8% |
| | Liberal | J. Reilly | 235 | 6% | +6% |
| | Anti-debt | J. R. Gradwell | 176 | 4% | +4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,237 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,434 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,042 | 33% | −3% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Dovecot

Dovecot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. P. Johnson * | 2,908 | 54% | −3% |
| | Conservative | A. M. Wilson | 1,506 | 28% | −15% |
| | Liberal | John Bowen | 928 | 17% | +17% |
| | Anti-Debt | F. G. Connor | 71 | 1% | +1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,402 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 25,329 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,413 | 38% | +6% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Everton

Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Smyth * | 1,811 | 72% | −2% |
| | Conservative | E. Shaw | 562 | 22% | |
| | Communist | J. Edgar | 80 | 3% | +3% |
| | British Union Movement | T. G. Kenny | 67 | 3% | +3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,239 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,198 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,520 | 25% | +2% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Fairfield

Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. P. Moyses $^{(PARTY)}$ | 1,908 | 51% | −8% |
| | Labour | J. Guinan | 1,824 | 49% | +8% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 84 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,695 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,732 | 27% | −6% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Fazakerley

Fazakerley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Morgan | 2,545 | 51% | +7% |
| | Conservative | A. L. Ritchie | 2,421 | 49% | −7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 124 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,448 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,966 | 43% | −5% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Gillmoss

Gillmoss :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. E. Delooze * | 3,883 | 73% | +7% |
| | Conservative | J. Swainbank | 1,191 | 22% | −12% |
| | Communist | D. Wilkinson | 247 | 5% | +5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,692 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,007 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,321 | 33% | +3% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Granby

Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. D. Hamilton * | 2,075 | 58% | +3% |
| | Conservative | S. A. Hughes | 1,493 | 42% | −3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 582 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,954 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,568 | 33% | +3% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Kensington

Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | L. Holden $^{(PARTY)}$ | 2,189 | 64% | +6% |
| | Conservative | A. B. Moore | 1,120 | 33% | −9% |
| | Anti-Debt | A. P. Cooney | 118 | 3% | +3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,069 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,011 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,427 | 29% | −6% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Low Hill

Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. R. Snell * | 1,676 | 68% | +6% |
| | Conservative | T. Hillcock | 698 | 28% | −10% |
| | British Union Movement | M. J. Ward | 83 | 3% | +3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 978 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,493 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,457 | 26% | −1% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Melrose

Melrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. Ackers $^{(PARTY)}$ | 1,791 | 70% | +6% |
| | Conservative | S. D. Lunt | 762 | 30% | −6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,029 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,394 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3.107 | 27% | −4% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Netherfield

Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Protestant | A Harris $^{(PARTY)}$ | 1,447 | 51% | 3% |
| | Labour | L. Caplan | 1,413 | 49% | 19% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,306 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,860 | 34% | 3% |
| | Protestant hold | Protestant hold | Swing | | |

### Old Swan

Old Swan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. McKie Reid $^{(PARTY)}$ | 2,364 | 54% | 3% |
| | Labour | G. R. Sullivan | 2,038 | 46% | 3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 326 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14.917 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,402 | 30% | 9% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Picton

Picton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Evans * | 2,975 | 57% | +5% |
| | Conservative | E. W. Holland | 2,282 | 43% | −5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 693 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,994 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,257 | 38% | 1% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Pirrie

Pirrie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | M. Black * | 4,208 | 68% | 9% |
| | Conservative | G. Parsons | 1,988 | 32% | 7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,220 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,590 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,196 | 37% | 2% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Prince's Park

Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Sidwell * | 2,304 | 54% | 1% |
| | Conservative | W. Savage | 1,317 | 31% | 14% |
| | Liberal | A. Garland | 629 | 15% | 15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 987 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,264 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,250 | 32% | 2% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Sandhills

Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | V. Burke * | 1,878 | 89% | 1% |
| | Conservative | A. C. Bailey | 146 | 7% | 5% |
| | Communist | B. Campbell | 95 | 4% | 4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,732 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,440 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,119 | 25% | 3% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Domingo

St. Domingo 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Gardner $^{(PARTY)}$ | 2,369 | 56% | 4% |
| | Labour | F. Keating | 2,237 | 53% | 1% |
| | Protestant | W. H. Blower $^{(PARTY)}$ | 1,877 | 44% | 4% |
| | Protestant | G. H. Mason | 1,760 | 41% | 7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 492 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,763 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,246 | 36% | 1% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Protestant | Labour gain from Protestant | Swing | | |

### St. James

St. James :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | O. J. Doyle * | 2,151 | 80% | 2% |
| | Conservative | K. W. Davies | 536 | 20% | 2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,615 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,738 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,687 | 25% | 0% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | F. Walker $^{(PARTY)}$ | 2,501 | 58% | 4% |
| | Conservative | J. Tushingham | 1,830 | 42% | 1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 671 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,167 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,331 | 39% | 0% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Michael's

St. Michael's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Joseph R. Wilmington | 2,023 | 46% | 46 |
| | Conservative | S. T. Moss $^{(PARTY)}$ | 1,859 | 42 | 33 |
| | Labour | S. G. Thorne | 544 | 12 | 8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 164 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,895 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,426 | 45 | 8 |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Smithdown

Smithdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mrs. E. E. Wright * | 1,909 | 65% | 2% |
| | Conservative | T. Strange | 797 | 27% | 6% |
| | British Union Movement | H. Traynor | 215 | 7% | 7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,112 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,042 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,921 | 24% | 0% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Speke

Speke :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | T. Higgins * | 2,990 | 77% | 19% |
| | Conservative | B. F. Evans | 885 | 23% | 15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,105 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,135 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,875 | 27% | 1% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Tuebrook

Tuebrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | B. Shaw | 2,576 | 52% | 9% |
| | Conservative | J. F. Bradley * | 2,348 | 48% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 228 | 4% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,641 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,924 | 39% | 2% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Vauxhall

Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | A. Dunford * | 1,661 | 95% | 0% |
| | Communist | T. E. Cassin | 82 | 5% | 0% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,661 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,560 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,743 | 18% | 1% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Warbreck

Warbreck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D. A. Ritchie $^{(PARTY)}$ | 2,672 | 60% | 5% |
| | Labour | J. V. Grue | 1,788 | 40% | 5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 884 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,868 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,460 | 35% | 7% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Westminster

Westminster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Carr $^{(PARTY)}$ | 1,575 | 56% | 1% |
| | Conservative | W. Gilbody | 1,182 | 42% | 3% |
| | Anti-Debt | T. J. Anderson | 37 | 1% | 1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 393 | 14% | 4% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,626 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,794 | 37% | 2% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Woolton

Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | L. B. Williams $^{(PARTY)}$ | 3,294 | 66% | 9% |
| | Labour | R. Buckle | 1,718 | 34% | 9% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,576 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,108 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,012 | 29% | 8% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |