# 1947 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1947. This was the last local election held at the beginning of November.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Labour | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Protestant | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Liberal | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1947 :
| Party | Seats | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 28 | | 58% | 144,371 |
| Labour | 9 | | 39% | 98,200 |
| Protestant | 2 | | 2% | 5,782 |
| Independent | 1 | | 0.49% | 1,216 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0% | 0.21% | 527 |
| Communist | 0 | 0% | 0.20% | 499 |

## Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election
$^{(PARTY)}$ - Party of former Councillor
Due to the disruption in elections caused by The Second World War no comparisons are made with other elections.

### Abercromby

Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Francis Joseph Bullen | 3,160 | 54% |
| | Labour | Harry Livermore | 2,689 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 471 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,189 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,849 | 41% |

### Aigburth

Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Herbert M. Allen | 7,871 | 83% |
| | Labour | William Firman Aldis | 1,604 | 17% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,267 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,307 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,475 | 58% |

### Allerton

Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mrs Margaret J. Strong | 3,817 | 68% |
| | Labour | Mrs. Edith Evans | 1,306 | 23% |
| | Liberal | Herbert Griffith Edwards | 527 | 9% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,511 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,853 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,650 | 57% |

### Anfield

Anfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Albert Joseph White | 5,964 | 64% |
| | Labour | Richard Clitherow | 3,288 | 36% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,676 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,429 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,252 | 53% |

### Breckfield

Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Jean Lewis | 4,086 | 60% |
| | Labour | John Hamilton | 2,681 | 40% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,405 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,209 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,767 | 51% |

### Brunswick

Brunswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Frank Hampton Cain | 2,360 | 75% |
| | Conservative | William Henry Beavan | 695 | 22% |
| | Communist | Albert Southern | 83 | 3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,665 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,209 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,138 | 24% |

### Castle Street

Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Bennett | unopposed | | |

### Childwall

Childwall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alexander Young | 5,914 | 82% |
| | Labour | William Hamling | 1,341 | 18% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,573 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,198 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,255 | 55% |

### Croxteth

Croxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sydney Smart | 6,478 | 51% |
| | Labour | William Henry Barton | 5,874 | 47% |
| | Communist | Miss Winifred May George | 244 | 2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 604 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 32,352 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,596 | 39% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Dingle

Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Edward Thomas White | 4,951 | 54% |
| | Labour | Edward Daniel Whittle | 4,194 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 757 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 18,941 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,145 | 48% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Edge Hill

Edge Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Bagot | 2,822 | 54% |
| | Conservative | Stanley Alexander Hughes | 2,411 | 46% |
| | Independent | Charles Henry Parry | 39 | 1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 411 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,606 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,272 | 39% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Everton

Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Braddock | 3,138 | 58% |
| | Conservative | Charles C. Carter | 2,246 | 42% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 892 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,792 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,384 | 39% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Exchange

Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Walter McGrath | 704 | 79% |
| | Labour | Francis Edward Campbell | 188 | 21% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 516 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,620 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 892 | 55% |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |

### Fairfield

Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert Nash | 5,368 | 66% |
| | Labour | Isidore Levin | 2,818 | 34% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,550 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,930 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,186 | 51% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Fazakerley

Fazakerley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Pugh Thompson | 5,571 | 54% |
| | Labour | John F. Hughes | 4,779 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 792 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 20,381 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,350 | 51% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Garston

Garston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Henry Clarke | 5,106 | 54% |
| | Labour | William H. Sefton | 4,306 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 800 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,631 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,412 | 57% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Granby

Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James Edward Thompson | 3,123 | 55% |
| | Labour | Victor Harold E. Baker | 2,605 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 518 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,351 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,728 | 43% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Great George

Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Gwilym Hughes | 1,016 | 55% |
| | Labour | Clifford Selly | 815 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 201 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,894 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,831 | 47% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Kensington

Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Harold W. Hughes | 4,033 | 56% |
| | Labour | Joseph Brogan | 3,221 | 44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 812 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,481 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,254 | 50% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Kirkdale

Kirkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Francis Carr | 4,680 | 52% |
| | Conservative | Joseph Trevor Booth | 4,328 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 352 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,759 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,008 | 46% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Little Woolton

Little Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Gordon Frederick Catlin | 1,134 | 84% |
| | Labour | William Thomas Benn | 189 | 14% |
| | Independent | Frederick Bowman | 21 | 2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 945 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,974 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,344 | 68% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Low Hill

Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Samuel Cecil Saltmarsh | 3,319 | 55% |
| | Labour | David Horan | 2,716 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 603 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,346 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,035 | 49% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Much Woolton

Much Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Isaac Robinson | 2,331 | 74% |
| | Labour | Noel Arthur Pinches | 838 | 26% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,493 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,463 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,169 | 58% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Netherfield

Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Protestant | George Edward Lewis | 2,446 | 63% |
| | Labour | George Carmichael | 1,427 | 37% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,019 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,375 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,873 | 37% |
| | Protestant hold | Protestant hold | Swing | |

### North Scotland

North Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Frederick William Tucker | 1,781 | 75% |
| | Conservative | John Kenneth Hart | 416 | 18% |
| | Communist | John Coward | 172 | 7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,365 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,237 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,369 | 33% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Old Swan

Old Swan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alfred Nathaniel Bates | 9,000 | 66% |
| | Labour | William Williams | 4,669 | 34% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,331 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 28,181 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,669 | 49% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Prince's Park

Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Charles Cowlin | 3,456 | 55% |
| | Labour | Henry Evans | 2,838 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 618 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,488 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,294 | 50% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Sandhills

Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Stanley Part | 2,421 | 73% |
| | Conservative | Frederick Charles Hitches | 891 | 27% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,530 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,047 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,312 | 41% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### St. Anne's

St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Abram Louis Caplan | 1,679 | 62% |
| | Conservative | Joseph Edward Gallagher | 574 | 21% |
| | Independent | Thomas Patrick Healy | 452 | 17% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,105 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,242 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,705 | 43% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### St. Domingo

St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Protestant | Mrs. Mary Jane Longbottom | 3,336 | 60% |
| | Labour | Walter Richard Maylor | 2,222 | 40% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,114 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,378 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,558 | 42% |
| | Protestant hold | Protestant hold | Swing | |

### St. Peter's

St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James William Brown | 411 | 70% |
| | Labour | Peter James O'Hare | 178 | 30% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 233 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,281 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 589 | 46% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Sefton Park East

Sefton Park East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Walter Isaac Throssell | 4,555 | 74% |
| | Labour | Norman Bates | 1,622 | 26% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,933 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,687 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,177 | 42% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Sefton Park West

Sefton Park West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Frederick Bidston | 4,454 | 78% |
| | Labour | Mrs. Anne Caine | 1,292 | 22% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,162 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,243 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,746 | 51% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### South Scotland

South Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | John Sheehan | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,302 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Vauxhall

Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joseph Cyril Brady | 918 | 69% |
| | Conservative | Mrs. Freda James | 421 | 31% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 497 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,705 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,339 | 50% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Walton

Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Jones | 7,331 | 60% |
| | Labour | William Richard Gerrard | 4,921 | 40% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,410 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 23,678 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,252 | 52% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Warbreck

Warbreck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Rickard | 6,661 | 71% |
| | Labour | Francis David Heron | 2,690 | 29% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,971 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,774 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,351 | 47% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wavertree

Wavertree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Stanley Ronald Williams | 8,590 | 73% |
| | Labour | Francis Burke | 3,225 | 27% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,365 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 23,200 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,815 | 51% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wavertree West

Wavertree West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Harold Lees | 3,487 | 55% |
| | Labour | Thomas Warburton Jolley | 2,857 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 630 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,729 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,344 | 54% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### West Derby

West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Hedley Arthur Williams | 11,202 | 69% |
| | Labour | Edward William Harby | 5,008 | 31% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,194 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 31,782 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,210 | 51% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

## By-elections
### Great George 20 January 1948

Caused by the resignation of Mr. Robert Edward Cottier (Labour, elected November 1945).
Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Clifford Skelly | 719 | 50% |
| | Conservative | Charlotte Emma Turner | 716 | 50% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,894 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,435 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Kensington 15 April 1948

Caused by the death of Councillor Frederick Harold Bailey (Conservative, elected November 1946) on 24 February 1948
Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Stephen Minion | 3,199 |
| | Labour | Joseph Brogan | 2,267 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,481 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,466 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Walton 10 June 1948

Alderman James Graham Reece JP died on 24 March 1948'
Councillor Reginald Richard Bailey was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 5 May 1948.
Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | George Moore | 5,145 |
| | Labour | William Richard Gerrard | 3,056 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,109 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 23,678 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,205 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Edge Hill 22 July 1948

Caused by the resignation of Arthur Leadbetter (Labour, elected November 1946)
Edge Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | David Horan | 2,217 |
| | | Samuel Curtis | 1,876 |
| | | Sidney Foster | 85 |
| | Independent | Charles Henry Parry | 18 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 341 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,606 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. died on 24 September 1948.
Councillor James Forster Brakell died on 4 October 1948.