Liverpool City Council election, 1964
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 7 May 1964.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 81 | +13 | 16 | |
| Conservative | 35 | -7 | 22 | |
| Protestant | 2 | -1 | 0 | |
| Liberal | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
Note that there was one Conservative Aldermanic vacancy.
Election result
| Liverpool Local Election Result 1964 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
| Conservative | 13 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 30% | 41% | 65,667 | |||
| Labour | 30 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 68% | 48% | 76,830 | |||
| Protestant | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.22% | 1.6% | 2,540 | |||
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 7.7% | 12,178 | |||
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.66% | 1,046 | |||
Ward results
* - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1961 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1961 election results.
Abercromby
| Abercromby | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | J. E. McPherson * | 1,318 | 63% | +9% | |
| Conservative | G. W. Boult | 619 | 30% | -12% | |
| Communist | A. McClelland | 161 | 8% | +8% | |
| Majority | 699 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,118 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,098 | 23% | -2% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Aigburth
| Aigburth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | J. E. R. Fischer (PARTY) | 3,622 | 68% | -24% | |
| Liberal | Mrs. A. Dyson | 1,104 | 21% | +21% | |
| Labour | S. J. Cook | 590 | 11% | +3% | |
| Majority | 2,518 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,805 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,316 | 39% | +4% | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Allerton
| Allerton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | S. B. Caulfield (PARTY) | 2,636 | 65% | -19% | |
| Liberal | A. G. Wilson | 775 | 19% | +19% | |
| Labour | F. Longworth | 657 | 16% | +16% | |
| Majority | 1,861 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,082 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,861 | 40% | +6% | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Anfield
| Anfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | J. A Porter * | 2,698 | 51% | -18% | |
| Labour | S. W. Jones | 2,220 | 42% | +11% | |
| Liberal | R. Sutherland | 367 | 7% | +7% | |
| Majority | 478 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,705 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,285 | 39% | -2% | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Arundel
| Arundel | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | J. E. Kendrick (PARTY) | 2,225 | 48% | -11% | |
| Labour | T. Roberts | 1,619 | 35% | +14% | |
| Liberal | P. J. Goddard | 560 | 12% | -4% | |
| Communist | J. Kay | 95 | 2% | -1% | |
| Independent | R. H. Richardson | 95 | 2% | +2% | |
| Majority | 606 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,373 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,594 | 37% | +2% | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Breckfield
| Breckfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | A. Williams | 2,023 | 61% | +16% | |
| Conservative | S. D. Lunt | 1,268 | 39% | -16% | |
| Majority | 755 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,799 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,291 | 30% | -7% | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Broadgreen
| Broadgreen | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Mrs. L. Sanders (PARTY) | 2,081 | 53% | -24% | |
| Labour | L. A. Boner | 1,227 | 31% | +17% | |
| Majority | 854 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,223 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,923 | 35% | +4% | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Central
| Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Miss M. Schofield * | 1,674 | 67% | +12% | |
| Conservative | E. G. Hardman | 842 | 33% | -12% | |
| Majority | 832 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,198 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,516 | 31% | -1% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Childwall
| Childwall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | W. E. Dailey (PARTY) | 3,936 | 65% | +1% | |
| Liberal | F. Barton | 1,256 | 21% | -6% | |
| Labour | L. P. Hyams | 826 | 14% | +5% | |
| Majority | 2,680 | ||||
| Registered electors | 17,321 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,018 | 35% | -4% | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Church
| Church | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | J. L. Caldwell (PARTY) | 3,435 | 55% | -1% | |
| Liberal | G. A. Goddard | 2,422 | 38% | +1% | |
| Labour | J. F. Cloherty | 445 | 7% | +1% | |
| Majority | 1,013 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,694 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,302 | 46% | 0% | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Clubmoor
| Clubmoor | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | K. Stewart | 2,398 | 52% | +9% | |
| Conservative | N. A. Williams * | 1,917 | 42% | -15% | |
| Liberal | Edith A. Ousby | 296 | 6% | +6% | |
| Majority | 481 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,994 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,611 | 42% | 0% | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
County
| County | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | G. G. Maloney (PARTY) | 2,867 | 51% | -2% | |
| Labour | J. Dalrymple (PARTY) | 2,784 | 50% | -3% | |
| Conservative | R. B. Flude * | 2,735 | 49% | +2% | |
| Conservative | W. Thomas | 2,518 | 45% | +2% | |
| Majority | 132 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,224 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,602 | 42% | -4% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Croxteth
| Croxteth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | A. Morrow * | 2,967 | 56% | -22% | |
| Labour | W. F. Burke | 1,251 | 24% | +2% | |
| Liberal | J. Aspinall | 1,100 | 21% | +21% | |
| Majority | 1,716 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,559 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,318 | 46% | +2% | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Dingle
| Dingle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | R. Stoddart * | 2,401 | 64% | +12% | |
| Conservative | G. H. Prince | 1,364 | 36% | -2% | |
| Majority | 1,037 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,618 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,765 | 32% | -3% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Dovecot
| Dovecot | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | T. H. Maloney * | 2,690 | 63% | +12% | |
| Conservative | T. Hillock | 1,249 | 29% | -20% | |
| Liberal | G. Ryder | 315 | 7% | +7% | |
| Majority | 1,441 | ||||
| Registered electors | 14,263 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,254 | 30% | -2% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Everton
| Everton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | F. Burke * | 1,342 | 73% | +9% | |
| Conservative | E. Shaw | 417 | 23% | -9% | |
| Communist | Ellen Rivers | 77 | 4% | 0% | |
| Majority | 925 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,175 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,836 | 20% | -3% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Fairfield
| Fairfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | J. S. Ross * | 2,043 | 48% | -13% | |
| Labour | A. Fowler | 1,954 | 45% | +20% | |
| Liberal | J. Bowen | 300 | 7% | -8% | |
| Majority | 89 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,172 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,297 | 33% | +5% | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Fazakerley
| Fazakerley 2 seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mrs. M. A. Cumella | 2,626 | 51% | +9% | |
| Labour | W. H. Waldron | 2,550 | 50% | ||
| Conservative | R. Bessell * | 2,552 | 49% | -9% | |
| Conservative | A. L. Ritchie | 2,409 | 47% | -11% | |
| Majority | 104 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,190 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,148 | 46% | -2% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Gillmoss
| Gillmoss | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | E. D. Rodderick * | 3,323 | 72% | +6% | |
| Conservative | J. J. Swainbank | 1,119 | 24% | -10% | |
| Communist | F. W. Speakman | 197 | 4% | +4% | |
| Majority | 2,204 | ||||
| Registered electors | 15,868 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,639 | 29% | -3% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Granby
| Granby | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | J. M. Burke | 2,040 | 62% | +15% | |
| Conservative | Mrs. R. Dean * | 1,156 | 35% | -18% | |
| Communist | J. Melia | 118 | 4% | +4% | |
| Majority | 884 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,663 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,314 | 31% | -2% | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Kensington
| Kensington | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mrs. E. M. Wormold * | 2,391 | 64% | +14% | |
| Conservative | A. W. Hardy | 1,361 | 36% | -11% | |
| Majority | 1,030 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,622 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,752 | 32% | -7% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Low Hill
| Low Hill | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mrs. M. J. Powell * | 1,832 | 73% | +15% | |
| Conservative | T. G. H. Cutts | 607 | 24% | -18% | |
| Communist | W. H. Black | 77 | 3% | +3% | |
| Majority | 1,225 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,954 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,516 | 28% | -4% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Melrose
| Melrose | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | J. J. Hastings (PARTY) | 1,757 | 72% | +9% | |
| Conservative | T. J. Strange | 689 | 28% | -9% | |
| Majority | 1,068 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,068 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,446 | 27% | 0% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Netherfield
| Netherfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Protestant | A. Brown * | 1,043 | 51% | -7% | |
| Labour | G. Carmichael | 988 | 49% | +7% | |
| Majority | 55 | ||||
| Registered electors | 6,893 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,031 | 29% | +1% | ||
| Protestant hold | Swing | ||||
Old Swan
| Old Swan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Eddie Loyden | 2,402 | 50% | +6% | |
| Conservative | W. F. Everett | 2,032 | 42% | -14% | |
| Liberal | M. A. Globe | 368 | 8% | +8% | |
| Majority | 370 | ||||
| Registered electors | 14,307 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,802 | 34% | -3% | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Picton
| Picton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | T. Bailey | 2,574 | 55% | +9% | |
| Liberal | B. Caplan | 297 | 6% | +6% | |
| Conservative | J. Polack * | 1,772 | 38% | -16% | |
| Majority | 802 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,517 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,643 | 34% | -7% | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Pirrie
| Pirrie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | W. H. Hart * | 3,958 | 67% | +12% | |
| Conservative | I. M. T. Legge | 1,966 | 33% | -12% | |
| Majority | 1,992 | ||||
| Registered electors | 16,185 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,924 | 37% | -5% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Prince's Park
| Prince's Park | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | T. C. Greenwood * | 1,946 | 58% | +13% | |
| Liberal | A. Garland | 221 | 7% | -6% | |
| Conservative | W. T. Savage | 1,186 | 35% | -7% | |
| Majority | 760 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,606 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,353 | 27% | -8% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Sandhills
| Sandhills | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | W. H. Aldritt * | 1,954 | 85% | -1% | |
| Conservative | P. H. Williams | 245 | 11% | +1% | |
| Communist | B. Campbell | 102 | 4% | -1% | |
| Majority | 1,709 | ||||
| Registered electors | 7,494 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,301 | 31% | +6% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
St. Domingo
| St. Domingo | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | F. N. Marsden | 1,859 | 54% | +4% | |
| Protestant | R. F. Henderson | 1,497 | 44% | -6% | |
| Communist | A. B. Williams | 84 | 2% | +2% | |
| Majority | 362 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,260 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,440 | 31% | -6% | ||
| Labour gain from Liverpool Protestant Party | Swing | ||||
St. James
| St. James | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | R. Parry (PARTY) | 1,873 | 74% | +7% | |
| Conservative | G. Hughes | 513 | 20% | -13% | |
| Communist | R. O'Hara | 150 | 6% | +6% | |
| Majority | 1,360 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,673 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,536 | 26% | +5% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
St. Mary's
| St. Mary's | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | S. R. Maddox * | 2,640 | 66% | +15% | |
| Conservative | T. W. Wilkinson | 1,338 | 34% | -13% | |
| Majority | 1,302 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,685 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,978 | 37% | -5% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
St. Michael's
| St. Michael's | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Mrs. M. Browne (PARTY) | 2,228 | 49% | -18% | |
| Liberal | A. Globe | 1,281 | 28% | +10% | |
| Labour | A. P. Lee | 1,067 | 23% | +13% | |
| Majority | 947 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,898 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,576 | 46% | +8% | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Smithdown
| Smithdown | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | G. W. Clarke * | 1,892 | 68% | +4% | |
| Conservative | S. Whittaker | 739 | 26% | -10% | |
| British Nat. | R. J. Williams | 159 | 6% | +6% | |
| Majority | 1,153 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,447 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,790 | 24% | 0% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Speke
| Speke 2 seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | B. Crookes * | 2,400 | 72% | +4% | |
| Labour | F. J. McConville (PARTY) | 2,289 | 69% | +1% | |
| Conservative | A. J. Browne | 708 | 21% | -11% | |
| Conservative | D. R. Bushnell | 681 | 20% | -12% | |
| Liberal | M. J. Mumford | 222 | 7% | +7% | |
| Majority | 1,692 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,978 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,330 | 24% | +1% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Tuebrook
| Tuebrook | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | J. Mottram | 2,368 | 52% | +8% | |
| Conservative | R. M. Aymes * | 2,230 | 48% | -8% | |
| Majority | 138 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,137 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,598 | 38% | -2% | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Vauxhall
| Vauxhall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Paul Orr (PARTY) | 2,437 | 94% | +13% | |
| Conservative | P. S. Jones | 97 | 4% | +4% | |
| Communist | T. E. Cassin | 62 | 2% | -9% | |
| Majority | 2,340 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,285 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,596 | 28% | +12% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Warbreck
| Warbreck 2 seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | A. H. Maynard (PARTY) | 2,535 | 57% | -10% | |
| Conservative | R. H. Morris | 2,383 | 54% | -13% | |
| Labour | H. E. Ankers | 1,901 | 43% | +10% | |
| Labour | J. McKeown | 1,857 | 42% | +9% | |
| Majority | 634 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,457 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,436 | 36% | +1% | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Westmister
| Westminster | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | E. Burke * | 1,435 | 64% | +14% | |
| Conservative | W. Gilbody | 824 | 36% | -14% | |
| Majority | 611 | ||||
| Registered electors | 6,682 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,259 | 34% | -3% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Woolton
| Woolton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | J. Norton * | 4,000 | 62% | -14% | |
| Labour | G. R. Sullivan | 1,822 | 28% | +4% | |
| Liberal | J. Deaves | 679 | 10% | +10% | |
| Majority | 2,178 | ||||
| Registered electors | 17,959 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,501 | 36% | +2% | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Aldermanic Elections
Twenty of the forty Aldermen were elected by the city council on ?? May 1964. Those elected by the council and the wards they were allocated to are shown in the table below:
| Party | Alderman | Ward | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | |||
| Labour | |||
References
- ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 8 May 1964
- ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1964-1965
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