# 1945 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1945. It was the first local election in which all those who qualified for a parliamentary vote could vote.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen |
| Conservative | 66 | -6 | 24 |
| Labour | 44 | +11 | 8 |
| Liberal | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| Protestant | 4 | +1 | 1 |
| Independent | 3 | -1 | 2 |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1945 :
| Party | Seats | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 21 | | 45% | 81,337 |
| Labour | 35 | | 47% | 86,200 |
| Liberal | 1 | | 3.6% | 6,550 |
| Protestant | 2 | | 2.2% | 4,067 |
| Independent | 2 | | 1.4% | 2,576 |
| Communist | 0 | 0% | 0.54% | 981 |

## Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election
$^{(PARTY)}$ - Party of former Councillor
As this was the first election since the disruption caused by the Second World War no comparisons are made.

### Abercromby

Abercromby - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Francis Lavery | 2,466 | 56% |
| | Labour | Harry Livermore | 2,439 | 55% |
| | Conservative | Joseph James E. Sloan | 1,963 | 44% |
| | Conservative | George Bowman | 1,961 | 44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 503 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,663 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,429 | 35% |

### Aigburth

Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Herbert Mylrea Allen | 4,468 | 60% |
| | Labour | John Francis Carr | 1,505 | 20% |
| | Liberal | Vera Catherine Davie | 827 | 11% |
| | Independent | Arthur Jas. Holland | 673 | 9% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,963 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,061 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,473 | 47% |

### Allerton

Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Charles Haswell | 2,369 | 52% |
| | Labour | William Dean-Jones | 1,392 | 31% |
| | Liberal | Herbert Griffith Edwards | 761 | 17% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 977 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,784 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,522 | 46% |

### Anfield

Anfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Aled Owen Roberts | 3,818 | 56% |
| | Labour | Eric Barnes | 3,031 | 44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 787 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,905 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,849 | 41% |

### Breckfield

Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David John Lewis | 2,554 | 51% |
| | Labour | William Tipping | 2,499 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 55 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,201 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,053 | 41% |

### Brunswick

Brunswick - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Andrew Basnett | unopposed |
| | Labour | Frank Hampton Cain | unopposed |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,410 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Castle Street

Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | William S.S. Hannay | 525 | 96% |
| | Labour | A. Kay | 24 | 4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 501 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 910 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 549 | 60% |

### Childwall

Childwall - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William J. Matthew Clark | 3,281 | 53% |
| | Conservative | Alexander Young | 3,105 | 50% |
| | Labour | Albert Clegg | 1,857 | 30% |
| | Labour | Alice Elliott | 1,733 | 28% |
| | Liberal | John Richard Jones | 1,070 | 17% |
| | Liberal | Lilian Howorth | 909 | 15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,424 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,988 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,208 | 48% |

### Croxteth

Croxteth - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James Cullen | 5,205 | 82% |
| | Labour | William Henry Barton | 5,091 | 80% |
| | Independent | James Charles Pollard | 1,164 | 18% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,041 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 29,224 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,369 | 22% |

### Dingle

Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Edward Daniel Whittle | 3,919 | 53% |
| | Conservative | George Horrace Duckett | 3,523 | 47% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 396 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,363 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,442 | 43% |

### Edge Hill

Edge Hill - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James Johnstone | 3,113 | 64% |
| | Labour | John Bagot | 3,082 | 64% |
| | Conservative | Joseph Parry | 1,733 | 36% |
| | Conservative | Charles Stamper | 1,676 | 35% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,380 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,736 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,846 | 38% |

### Everton

Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Leslie Hughes | unopposed | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,593 | | |

### Exchange

Exchange - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Leo Henry Wright | 728 | 74% |
| | Independent | Walter McGrath | 721 | 73% |
| | Labour | Sarah Ann McArd | 252 | 26% |
| | Labour | Herbert F. Granby | 257 | 26% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 471 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,619 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 985 | 61% |

### Fairfield

Fairfield - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Henry V. Cove | 3,159 | 46% |
| | Labour | Isadore Levin | 3,088 | 45% |
| | Conservative | Robert Meadows | 3,022 | 44% |
| | Conservative | Charles Tillson | 2,992 | 43% |
| | Labour | Edward William Harby | 2,984 | 43% |
| | Conservative | James C. Cotdon | 2,932 | 42% |
| | Liberal | William Henry Ledsom | 755 | 11% |
| | Liberal | Charles Frederick Elias | 553 | 8% |
| | Liberal | Leonard Baines | 467 | 7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 137 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,457 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,936 | 48% |

### Fazakerley

Fazakerley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joseph L. Morgan | 4,393 | 63% |
| | Conservative | Robert A. Smith | 2,576 | 37% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,817 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,248 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,969 | 36% |

### Garston

Garston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alfred Demain | 3,950 | 66% |
| | Conservative | William Fletcher | 2,008 | 34% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,942 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,994 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,958 | 40% |

### Granby

Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Trainor | 2,344 | 53% |
| | Conservative | Walter Clarke | 2,065 | 47% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 279 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,424 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,409 | 35% |

### Great George

Great George - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Robert Edward Cottier | unopposed |
| | Labour | John David Towers | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,720 |

### Kensington

Kensington - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Matthew Taylor | 2,827 | 51% |
| | Labour | Joseph Brogan | 2,812 | 51% |
| | Conservative | Jack Creswell | 2,663 | 49% |
| | Conservative | Stephen Minion | 2,616 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 162 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,466 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,492 | 41% |

### Kirkdale

Kirkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter McKernan | 4,340 | 60% |
| | Conservative | William E. McLachlan | 2,863 | 40% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,477 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 18,333 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,203 | 39% |

### Little Woolton

Little Woolton - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James Forster Brakell | 715 | 68% |
| | Conservative | Gordon Frederick Catlin | 671 | 64% |
| | Liberal | Marshal Fraser McGregor | 196 | 19% |
| | Labour | Margaret Ella Doughty | 137 | 13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 519 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,456 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,048 | 72% |

### Low Hill

Low Hill - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Fred Robinson | 2,963 | 55% |
| | Labour | David Horan | 2,880 | 54% |
| | Conservative | Samuel Cecil Saltmarsh | 2,420 | 45% |
| | Conservative | George Moore | 2,315 | 43% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 543 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,568 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,383 | 47% |

### Much Woolton

Much Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Reginald Wm. Stewart | 1,541 | 59% |
| | Labour | Griffith D. Ellis | 1,084 | 41% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 457 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,180 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,625 | 51% |

### Netherfield

Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Protestant | George E. Lewis | 1,611 | 51% |
| | Labour | William J. Riddick | 1,562 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 48 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,653 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,174 | 30% |

### North Scotland

North Scotland - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Thomas Fay | 1,690 | 63% |
| | Labour | Frederick W. Tucker | 1,546 | 58% |
| | Communist | Leo McGree | 981 | 37% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 709 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,778 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,671 | 39% |

### Old Swan

Old Swan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Samuel Cantor | 5,497 | 53% |
| | Conservative | Ernest Walker | 4,874 | 47% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 623 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 26,860 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,371 | 39% |

### Prince's Park

Prince's Park - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sarah Ann Demain | 2,476 | 54% |
| | Labour | Henry Evans | 2,407 | 54% |
| | Conservative | Charles Cowlin | 2,082 | 46% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Thompson | 2,044 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 394 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,593 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,558 | 39% |

### Sandhills

Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Henry Aldritt | unopposed | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,277 | | |

### St. Anne's

St. Anne's - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Elizabeth M. Braddock M.P. | unopposed |
| | Labour | Abraham Louis Caplan | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,996 |

### St. Domingo

St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Protestant | Albert Victor Harris | 2,456 | 55% |
| | Labour | Charles Gallacher | 1,970 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 486 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,399 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,426 | 36% |

### St. Peter's

St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John D.R.T. Tilney | 423 | 72% |
| | Labour | Peter James O'Hare | 154 | 26% |
| | Independent and anti war | F.Bowman | 11 | 2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 269 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,108 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 588 | 53% |

### Sefton Park East

Sefton Park East - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Frank N. Holland | 3,352 | 66% |
| | Conservative | Arthur Maiden | 3,268 | 65% |
| | Labour | Margaret Roberts | 1,700 | 34% |
| | Labour | Louie Viner | 1,517 | 30% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,652 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,664 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,052 | 37% |

### Sefton Park West

Sefton Park West - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Arthur Brierley Collins | 3,104 | 66% |
| | Conservative | Frederick Bidston | 3,043 | 64% |
| | Labour | Cecil Ronffignac | 1,618 | 34% |
| | Labour | John Eric Yeadon | 1,565 | 33% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,486 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,398 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,722 | 45% |

### South Scotland

South Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael John Reppion | unopposed | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,971 | | |

### Vauxhall

Vauxhall - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Joseph Cyril Brady | unopposed |
| | Labour | Thomas Hogan | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,526 |

### Walton

Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Richard Edward Searle | 4,681 | 48% |
| | Labour | Arthur Jas. Brownlow | 4,508 | 46% |
| | Liberal | Evan Llewellyn Lloyd | 594 | 6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 173 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 22,454 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,783 | 44% |

### Warbreck

Warbreck - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Herbert W. Metcalfe | 3,648 | 49% |
| | Conservative | John Green | 3,637 | 49% |
| | Labour | Frederick J. Hughes | 2,354 | 32% |
| | Labour | William H. Pugh | 2,325 | 31% |
| | Liberal | Walter Howarth | 1,450 | 19% |
| | Liberal | Marv. G. Ruddy | 1,371 | 18% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,294 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,161 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,452 | 39% |

### Wavertree

Wavertree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Harold Threlfall Wilson | 6,100 | 58% |
| | Labour | Joseph Brian Alexander | 4,447 | 42% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,653 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 22,419 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,547 | 47% |

### Wavertree West

Wavertree West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Charles James Minton | 2,517 | 51% |
| | Conservative | Florence Blume Levy | 2,011 | 41% |
| | Liberal | Douglas Kilgour Mitchell | 372 | 8% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 506 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,994 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,900 | 45% |

### West Derby

West Derby - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert C. Beattie | 7,478 | 59% |
| | Conservative | Hedley A. Williams | 7,477 | 59.5% |
| | Labour | John C. Carroll | 5,241 | 41.5% |
| | Labour | Thomas W. Jolley | 5,313 | 42.5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,237 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 30,484 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,719 | 425 |

## Aldermanic elections

At the meeting of the City Council on 9 November 1945 the terms of office of twenty of the forty Aldermen expired and the councilors (but not the sitting aldermen) elected twenty Aldermen to fill the vacant positions for a term of six years.
* Alderman re-elected
| Party | Alderman |
| Conservative | Thomas Henry Burton * |
| Conservative | John Case * |
| Labour | Joseph Jackson Cleary * |
| Conservative | Alexander Critchley * |
| Conservative | Harold Edward Davies * |
| Conservative | Thomas Dowd * |
| Labour | Patrick Fay * |
| Conservative | Mabel Fletcher * |
| Conservative | Robert Duncan French * |
| Labour | Alexander Griffin * |
| Labour | Bertie Victor Kirby M.P. |
| Conservative | Walter Thomas Lancashire * |
| Conservative | Alfred Levy * |
| Labour | David Gilbert Logan M.P. |
| Protestant | Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom * |
| Conservative | George Miller Platt * |
| Conservative | James Graham Reece * |
| Labour | William Albert Robinson * |
| Conservative | George Alfred Srong * |
| Conservative | Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson * |

## By-elections
### Netherfield, 29 January 1946

Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Matthew Clark (Labour, Netherfield, elected 1 November 1938).
Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Protestant | William George Jones | 1,302 | 53% |
| | Labour | William James Riddick | 1,144 | 47% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 158 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,653 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,446 | 23% |
| | Protestant hold | Protestant hold | Swing | |

### Dingle 19 February 1946

Caused by the death of Councillor George William Gillespie (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1 November 1937).
Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George Horrace Duckett | 3,546 | 54% |
| | Labour | William Basil Cashin | 3,004 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 542 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,363 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,550 | 38% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Breckfield, 9 May 1946

Alderman Thomas Dowd died on 19 March 1946.
Councillor Ada Martha Burton (Conservative, elected for the Breckfield ward 1 November 1938) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 3 April 1946 to fill this vacancy.
Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | | Thomas Henry Thompson | 2,539 | 61% |
| | | George Henry Dunbar | 1,630 | 39% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 909 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,201 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,169 | 34% |

### Aigburth, 16 May 1946

Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Edward Stirling Napier (Conservative, Aigburth, elected 1 November 1937).
Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | | Richard Martin Bingham | 5,036 | 73% |
| | | Victor Harold Edgar Baker | 1,255 | 18% |
| | | Edmund Booth | 619 | 9% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,781 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,061 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,910 | 43% |

### South Scotland

Alderman Patrick Fay died on 16 April 1946.
Councilor Joseph Harrington (Labour, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1937) was elected by the councillors as an alderman to fill this vacancy.

### Childwall

Councillor Stanley Foster (Conservative, Childwall, elected 1 November 1937) died on 18 May 1946.