Liverpool City Council election, 1976
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 6 May 1976. One third of the council was up for election and John Hamilton of the Labour party became Council Leader albeit with no overall control of the council.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
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Labour | ?? | ?? | |
Liberal | ?? | ?? | |
Conservative | ?? | ?? | |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1976 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Labour | 15 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 44% | 35% | 46,253 | |||
Liberal | 13 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 38% | 30% | 40,231 | |||
Conservative | 6 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 18% | 34% | 45,401 | |||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.6% | 801 | |||
Independent Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.17% | 221 | |||
National Party of UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.11% | 148 | |||
Ward results
* - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
These election results are compared with the 1973 election results which were all up elections, with all three Councillors being elected for each ward. Those Councillors elected with the second highest number of votes for each ward were elected for a three-year term, finishing in 1976.
Abercromby, St. James'
Abercromby, St. James' | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | O. J. Doyle * | 1,780 | 66% | +1%' | |
Conservative | J. D. Jones | 368 | 14% | +8%% | |
Communist | R. O'Hara | 270 | 10% | -3% | |
Liberal | J. Newton | 265 | 10% | 0% | |
Majority | 1,412 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,145 | ||||
Turnout | 2,683 | 20% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Aigburth
Aigburth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | S. T. Moss | 3,465 | 53% | +16% | |
Liberal | W. R. Dyson (PARTY) | 2,463 | 37% | -18% | |
Labour | T. Roberts | 668 | 10% | +1% | |
Majority | 1,002 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,090 | ||||
Turnout | 6,596 | 44% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Allerton
Allerton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | R. F. Craine * | 2,430 | 54% | +7% | |
Liberal | T. H. Harte | 1,445 | 32% | -10% | |
Labour | T. McManus | 596 | 13% | +1% | |
Majority | 985 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,754 | ||||
Turnout | 4,471 | 42% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Anfield
Anfield | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | K. C. Coombes | 1,692 | 37% | +5% | |
Conservative | T. P. Pink | 1,686 | 37% | +13% | |
Liberal | J. Wilde * | 1,189 | 26% | -18% | |
Majority | 6 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,799 | ||||
Turnout | 4,567 | 36% | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Arundel
Arundel | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | W. C. Hutchinson * | 1,781 | 44% | -16% | |
Labour | F. S. Roderick | 1,088 | 27% | +6% | |
Conservative | R. M. Amyes | 1,171 | 29% | -10% | |
Majority | 610 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,780 | ||||
Turnout | 4,040 | 29% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Breckfield, St. Domingo
Breckfield, St. Domingo | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | J. Connolly | 1,474 | 46% | +14% | |
Liberal | R. Clitherow (PARTY) | 743 | 23% | -31% | |
Conservative | J. Butterfield | 989 | 31% | +17% | |
Majority | 485 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,100 | ||||
Turnout | 3,206 | 26% | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Broadgreen
Broadgreen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | J. J. Swainbank | 1,934 | 40% | +16% | |
Liberal | W. Smyth (PARTY) | 1,866 | 38% | -24% | |
Labour | F. Dunne | 1,049 | 22% | +8% | |
Majority | 68 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,264 | ||||
Turnout | 4,849 | 40% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Central, Everton, Netherfield
Central, Everton, Netherfield | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | J. E. Walker * | 1,658 | 71% | +5 | |
Conservative | J. Crowe | 390 | 17% | -2% | |
National Party of UK | A. J. Roberts | 148 | 6% | ||
Liberal | G. Scattergood | 135 | 6% | -9% | |
Majority | 1,268 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,970 | ||||
Turnout | 2,331 | 19% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Childwall
Childwall | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | M. Kingston | 3,753 | 50% | +12% | |
Liberal | P. H. Hodgson (PARTY) | 2,342 | 31% | -19% | |
Labour | J. E. Roberts | 1,443 | 19% | +8% | |
Majority | 1,411 | ||||
Registered electors | 20,587 | ||||
Turnout | 7,538 | 37% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Church
Church | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Len Tyrer (PARTY) | 2,953 | 47% | -15% | |
Conservative | W. H. Stabback | 2,652 | 42% | -10% | |
Labour | J. E. McPherson | 711 | 11% | +5% | |
Majority | 301 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,221 | ||||
Turnout | 6,316 | 41% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Clubmoor
Clubmoor | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | A. M. Warburton (PARTY) | 1,504 | 38% | -7% | |
Labour | M. Stewart (PARTY) | 1,387 | 35% | +2% | |
Conservative | S. Hicklin | 1,042 | 26% | -4% | |
Majority | 117 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,607 | ||||
Turnout | 3,933 | 37% | |||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
County
County | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | P. R. Clark | 1,676 | 40% | +13%' | |
Labour | E. T. Mooney * | 1,363 | 32% | -12% | |
Conservative | W. Thomas | 1,082 | 26% | +3% | |
Communist | B. Anderson | 76 | 2% | ||
Majority | 313 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,171 | ||||
Turnout | 4,197 | 34% | |||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Croxteth
Croxteth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | G. E. Brandwood | 2,391 | 45% | +15% | |
Liberal | T. Blyde (PARTY) | 1,992 | 38% | -20% | |
Labour | H. Rimmer | 905 | 17% | +5% | |
Majority | 399 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,487 | ||||
Turnout | 5,288 | 42% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Dingle
Dingle | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | R. Stoddart (PARTY) | 1,237 | 57% | -1% | |
Conservative | J. M. Shaw | 478 | 22% | +6% | |
Liberal | Graham Hulme | 372 | 17% | +2% | |
Communist | J. Cook | 78 | 4% | -2% | |
Majority | 759 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,228 | ||||
Turnout | 2,165 | 30% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Dovecot
Dovecot | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | W. P. Johnson * | 2,234 | 52% | ||
Conservative | D. P. Dougherty | 1,430 | 33% | ||
Liberal | E. Barber | 606 | 14% | ||
Majority | 804 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,293 | ||||
Turnout | 4,270 | 26% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Fairfield
Fairfield | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Richard Pine (PARTY) | 1,518 | 45% | ||
Labour | S. F. Jacobs | 1,132 | 33% | ||
Conservative | W. McGuirk | 732 | 22% | ||
Majority | 386 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,350 | ||||
Turnout | 3,382 | 33% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Fazakerley
Fazakerley | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | H. G. Rogers | 1,532 | 37% | ||
Labour | F. Gaier (PARTY) | 1,343 | 32% | -25% | |
Conservative | A. Brown | 1,305 | 31% | -12% | |
Majority | 189 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,774 | ||||
Turnout | 4,180 | 36% | |||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Gillmoss
Gillmoss | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | W. R. Snell (PARTY) | 2,309 | 58% | -11% | |
Liberal | J. G. Morgan | 703 | 18% | ||
Conservative | B. Dougherty | 959 | 24% | +1% | |
Majority | 1,350 | ||||
Registered electors | 19,607 | ||||
Turnout | 3,971 | 20% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Granby, Prince's Park
Granby, Prince's Park | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | J. D. Hamilton (PARTY) | '1,811 | 53% | -13% | |
Conservative | G. Hughes | 845 | 25% | -2% | |
Liberal | J. Rossington | 649 | 19% | ||
Communist | A. McClelland | 103 | 3% | -4% | |
Majority | 966 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,831 | ||||
Turnout | 3,408 | 25% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Kensington
Kensington | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | G. B. Smith (PARTY) | 991 | 43% | ||
Labour | J. H. Stamper | 927 | 40% | ||
Conservative | I. Power | 394 | 17% | ||
Majority | 64 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,472 | ||||
Turnout | 2,312 | 31% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Low Hill, Smithdown
Low Hill, Smithdown | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | J. Copsey (PARTY) | 1,474 | 53% | -17% | |
Labour | L. P. Gallagher | 1,109 | 40% | +16% | |
Conservative | K. M. Mountford | 201 | 7% | +1% | |
Majority | 365 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,783 | ||||
Turnout | 2,784 | 32% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Melrose, Westmister
Melrose, Westmister | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | J. Gardner * | 1,390 | 72% | +9% | |
Conservative | W. Gilbody | 436 | 22% | -1% | |
Liberal | B. Mowatt | 114 | 6% | -7% | |
Majority | 954 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,017 | ||||
Turnout | 1,940 | 24% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Old Swan
Old Swan | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | P. Mahon * | 1,834 | 38% | ||
Labour | I. Jervis | 1,294 | 27% | ||
Conservative | N. F. Derrick | 1,511 | 31% | ||
Majority | 323 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,066 | ||||
Turnout | 4,860 | 37% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Picton
Picton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | G. Loughney (PARTY) | 1,899 | 43% | ||
Labour | F. Burke | 1,525 | 34% | ||
Conservative | J. McDermott | 926 | 21% | ||
Majority | 374 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,574 | ||||
Turnout | 4,433 | 38% | |||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Pirrie
Pirrie | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | M. Black * | 2,628 | 55% | -12% | |
Conservative | I. Brown | 1,599 | 33% | 0% | |
Liberal | N. T Cardwell | 570 | 12% | ||
Majority | 1,029 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,572 | ||||
Turnout | 4,797 | 31% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
St. Mary's
St. Mary's | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | G. T. Walsh * | 1,638 | 50% | ||
Conservative | D. W. Baskett | 1,129 | 35% | ||
Liberal | C. Lister | 400 | 12% | ||
Communist | J. M. McQueen | 89 | 3% | ||
Majority | 509 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,801 | ||||
Turnout | 3,256 | 33% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
St. Michael's
St. Michael's | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | M. O'Kane * | 1,511 | 43% | ||
Conservative | R. S. Jones | 1,286 | 37% | ||
Labour | B. Shelley | 686 | 20% | ||
Majority | 225 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,920 | ||||
Turnout | 3,483 | 35% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Sandhills, Vauxhall
Sandhills, Vauxhall | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | A. Dunford * | 1,400 | 81% | ||
Liberal | M. A. Decker | 184 | 11% | ||
Conservative | S. V. Hennessy | 142 | 8% | ||
Majority | 1,216 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,985 | ||||
Turnout | 1,726 | 17% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Speke
Speke | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | K. Stewart * | 2,270 | 65% | ||
Conservative | E. M. Clein | 954 | 27% | ||
Liberal | C. H. Stocker | 291 | 8% | ||
Majority | 1,316 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,320 | ||||
Turnout | 3,515 | 25% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Tuebrook
Tuebrook | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | P. V. Downes (PARTY) | 1,477 | 38% | -5% | |
Labour | C. O'Rourke (PARTY) | 1,161 | 30% | 0% | |
Conservative | O. D. Jennings | 1,099 | 29% | +5% | |
Communist | P. B. Bissette | 102 | 3% | 0% | |
Majority | 316 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,410 | ||||
Turnout | 3,839 | 34% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Warbreck
Warbreck | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | C. McNeilly | 1,797 | 41% | ||
Labour | P. Rowlands | 1,179 | 27% | -20% | |
Conservative | J. H. Brash * | 1,431 | 32% | -21% | |
Majority | 366 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,966 | ||||
Turnout | 4,407 | 37% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Woolton, East
Woolton, East 2 seats | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | M. R. Delaney | 2,158 | 62% | ||
Labour | H. Bryers | 2,022 | 58% | ||
Conservative | J. McKenzie | 820 | 24% | ||
Conservative | J. B. King | 802 | 23% | ||
Liberal | R. F. Heywood | 488 | 14% | ||
Liberal | C. O'Connor | 384 | 11% | ||
Majority | 1,338 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,362 | ||||
Turnout | 3,446 | 26% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Woolton, West
Woolton, West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | A. McVeigh * | 4,380 | 63% | ||
Labour | J. V. Walsh | 1,076 | 15% | ||
Liberal | A. Smallman | 1,519 | 22% | ||
Majority | 2,861 | ||||
Registered electors | 17,845 | ||||
Turnout | 6,975 | 39% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 7 May 1976
- ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 6 May 1976
- ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 7 May 1976
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