# 1951 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 11 May 1951.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen |
| Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Labour | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Protestant | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Liberal | ?? | ?? | ?? |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1951 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 28 | | | | 68% | 58% | 120,053 |
| Labour | 10 | | | | 24% | 38% | 79,531 |
| Protestant | 2 | | | | 5% | 2% | 4,230 |
| Independent | 1 | | | | 2.4% | 0.31% | 646 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.47% | 964 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.065% | 134 |

## Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election
$^{(PARTY)}$ - Party of former Councillor
The terms of office expired in 1951 for those councillors who were elected in November 1947. Therefore comparisons are made with the 1947 election results.

### Abercromby

Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Francis Joseph Bullen * | 2,740 | 53% | −1% |
| | Labour | William Smyth | 2,391 | 47% | +1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 349 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,488 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,131 | 38% | −3% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Aigburth

Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Herbert Mylrea Allen * | 5,842 | 83% | 0% |
| | Liberal | William Edward Oates | 600 | 9% | |
| | Labour | Roy Stoddart | 565 | 8% | −9% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,267 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,607 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,997 | 45% | −13% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Allerton

Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mrs. Margaret Jane Strong * | 3,068 | 76% | +8% |
| | Labour | William Rice-Jones | 615 | 15% | −8% |
| | Liberal | Mrs. Helena France | 364 | 9% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,453 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,583 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,047 | 42% | −15% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Anfield

Anfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Albert James White * | 4,698 | 68% | −4% |
| | Labour | Walter Richard Maylor | 2,181 | 32% | −4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,517 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,560 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,879 | 42% | 53% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Breckfield

Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David John Lewis * | 3,100 | 66% | +6% |
| | Labour | Terence Roberts | 1,621 | 34% | −6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,479 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,893 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,721 | 37% | −14% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Brunswick

Brunswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Hampton Cain * | 1,982 | 77% | −2% |
| | Conservative | Mrs. Marrion Browne | 582 | 23% | −1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,400 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,546 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,564 | 34% | +10% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Castle Street

Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Reginald Poole $^{(PARTY)}$ | 499 | 98% |
| | Labour | Thomas McNerney | 11 | 2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 488 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 922 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 510 | 55% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Childwall

Childwall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alexander Young * | 4,748 | 86% | −4% |
| | Labour | Mrs. Eleanor Elizabeth Wright | 766 | 14% | −4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,982 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,476 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,514 | 41% | −14% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Croxteth

Croxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sydney Smart * | 6,595 | 51% | 0% |
| | Conservative | Charles McDonald | 6,346 | 49% | −2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 249 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 34,017 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,941 | 38% | −1% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Dingle

Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stanley Airey $^{(PARTY)}$ | 4,470 | 51% | +3% |
| | Labour | Lewis Charles Edwards | 4,344 | 49% | −3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 126 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,840 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,814 | 49% | −1% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Edge Hill

Edge Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Bagot * | 2,283 | 52% | −2% |
| | Conservative | William Thomas | 2,129 | 48% | +2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 154 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,599 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,412 | 32% | −7% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Everton

Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Braddock * | 2,670 | 58% | 0% |
| | Conservative | Ernest Johnson | 1,970 | 42% | 0% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 700 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,213 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,640 | 35% | −4% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0% | |

### Exchange

Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Walter McGrath * | 646 | 74% | −5% |
| | Labour | John Cullen | 226 | 26% | +5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 420 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,656 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 872 | 53% | −2% |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | -5% | |

### Fairfield

Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Nash * | 4,071 | 67% | −1% |
| | Labour | William Indcox Davies | 2,028 | 33% | +1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,043 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,494 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,099 | 39% | −12% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -1% | |

### Fazakerley

Fazakerley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Pugh Thompson M.P. * | 5,288 | 54% | 0% |
| | Labour | James Gardner | 4,523 | 46% | 0% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 765 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,900 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,811 | 49% | −2% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 0% | |

### Garston

Garston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Henry Clarke * | 4,958 | 55% | +1% |
| | Labour | William Henry Sefton | 4,038 | 45% | −1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 920 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,796 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,996 | 45% | −12% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +1% | |

### Granby

Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Edward Thompson * | 2,742 | 55% | 0% |
| | Labour | Mrs. Elizabeth Trainor | 2,225 | 45% | 0% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 517 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,869 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,967 | 39% | −4% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Great George

Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John James Coupland $^{(PARTY)}$ | 920 | 57% | +2% |
| | Labour | Thomas George Dominic Maguire | 686 | 43% | −2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 234 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,360 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,606 | 48% | +1% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Kensington

Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Harold William Hughes * | 3,235 | 57% | +1% |
| | Labour | Frederick Walker | 2,476 | 43% | −1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 759 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,074 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,711 | 41% | −9% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Kirkdale

Kirkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Edward Shaw | 3,666 | 51% | +3% |
| | Labour | John Francis Carr * | 3,564 | 49% | −3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 102 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,710 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,230 | 37% | −9% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3% | |

### Little Woolton

Little Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gordon Frederick Catlin * | 1,257 | 68% | −16% |
| | Labour | Francis Burke | 603 | 32% | +18% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 654 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,047 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,860 | 61% | −7% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -16% | |

### Low Hill

Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Samuel Cecil Saltmarsh * | 3,005 | 55% | 0% |
| | Labour | Charles Morris | 2,465 | 45% | 0% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 540 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,003 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,470 | 46% | −3% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Much Woolton

Much Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Joseph Norton $^{(PARTY)}$ | 2,399 | 82% | +8% |
| | Labour | Alan Frank Skinner | 523 | 18% | −8% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,876 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,367 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,922 | 46% | −8% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +8% | |

### Netherfield

Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Protestant | George Edward Lewis * | 1,878 | 67% | +4% |
| | Labour | Thomas Robinson | 926 | 33% | −4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 952 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,134 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,804 | 28% | +9% |
| | Protestant hold | Protestant hold | Swing | +4% | |

### North Scotland

North Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frederick William Tucker * | 1,634 | 63% | −12% |
| | Independent | John Joseph Fay | 930 | 36% | |
| | Communist | John William Coward | 18 | 1% | −6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,634 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,185 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,582 | 36% | +3% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -12% | |

### Old Swan

Old Swan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alfred Nathaniel Bates * | 7,279 | 71% | +5% |
| | Labour | Joseph Mooney | 3,028 | 29% | −5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,251 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 27,217 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,307 | 38% | −11% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +5% | |

### Prince's Park

Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Charles Cowlin * | 2,690 | 56% | +1% |
| | Labour | Thomas McManus | 2,118 | 44% | −1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 572 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,977 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,808 | 40% | −10% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +1% | |

### Sandhills

Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stanley Part * | 2,332 | 75% | +2% |
| | Conservative | Leonard James Carr | 790 | 25% | −2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,542 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,160 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,122 | 38% | −3% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2% | |

### St. Anne's

St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Abraham Louis Caplan * | 1,242 | 73% | +11% |
| | Conservative | Frank Scott | 467 | 27% | +6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 775 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,537 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,709 | 31% | −12% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +11% | |

### St. Domingo

St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Protestant | Mrs. Mary Jane Longbottom * | 2,352 | 65% | +5% |
| | Labour | Frank Keating | 1,281 | 35% | −5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,281 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,257 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,633 | 27% | −15% |
| | Protestant hold | Protestant hold | Swing | +5% | |

### St. Peter's

St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James William Brown * | 457 | 59% | −11% |
| | Labour | Mrs. Elsie Ellen Gough | 323 | 41% | +11% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 134 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,437 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 780 | 54% | +8% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -11% | |

### Sefton Park East

Sefton Park East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Walter Isaac Throssell * | 3,877 | 74% | 0% |
| | Labour | Matthew John Grimes | 1,337 | 26% | 0% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,540 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,249 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,214 | 37% | −5% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 0% | |

### Sefton Park West

Sefton Park West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Frederick Bidston * | 3,744 | 75% | −3% |
| | Labour | Keith Samuel Williams | 1,265 | 25% | +3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,479 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,825 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,009 | 46% | −5% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -3% | |

### South Scotland

South Scotland - 2 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Sheehan * | 1,471 | 92% |
| | Labour | David Cowley | 1,465 | 91% |
| | Communist | Richard Cuerdon | 134 | 8% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,471 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,670 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,605 | 24% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Vauxhall

Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joseph Cyril Brady * | 666 | 69% | 0% |
| | Conservative | William Alfred Manley Crawford | 306 | 31% | 0% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 360 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,827 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 972 | 34% | −16% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0% | |

### Walton

Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mrs Mary Elizabeth Jones * | 5,584 | 65% | +5% |
| | Labour | William Dean-Jones | 2,984 | 35% | −5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,600 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 23,104 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,568 | 37% | −15% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +5% | |

### Warbreck

Warbreck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Donald Francis Brady $^{(PARTY)}$ | 5,161 | 70% | −1% |
| | Labour | William Delgarno | 2,234 | 30% | +1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,927 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 18,861 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,395 | 39% | −8% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -1% | |

### Wavertree

Wavertree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Edward Jennings $^{(PARTY)}$ | 6,321 | 74% | +1% |
| | Labour | Thomas Henry Maloney | 1,507 | 18% | −9% |
| | Liberal | Albert Edward Jones | 729 | 9% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,814 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 21,976 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,557 | 39% | −12% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +1% | |

### Wavertree West

Wavertree West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Keenan $^{(PARTY)}$ | 2,993 | 55% | 0% |
| | Labour | Charles James Minton | 2,418 | 45% | 0% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 575 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,506 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,411 | 47% | −7% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 0% | |

### West Derby

West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Hedley Arthur Williams * | 8,661 | 72% | +3% |
| | Labour | George Henry Dunbar | 3,384 | 28% | −3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,277 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 31,415 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,045 | 38% | −13% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +3% | |

## By-elections
### North Scotland 22 November 1951

Following the disqualification of Herbert Francis Granby (elected 12 May 1949) there was a By-election for the North Scotland ward on 22 November 1951.
North Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Leonard James Carr | 1,527 | 87% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Robinson | 234 | 13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,293 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,185 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,761 | 25% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |