Liverpool City Council election, 1958

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 8 May 1958.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen
Labour	75	+10	30
Conservative	44	-7	9
Protestant	2	-1	1
Liberal	0	0	0

^[1]

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1958
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	27	7	0	+7		51%	87,421
	Conservative	13	0	6	-6		46%	77,492
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0	2.5%	4,188
	Protestant	0	0	1	-1
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0%	0.33%	560

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

^(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1955 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1955 election results.

Abercromby

Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	P. Maguire *	1,795	52%
	Conservative	A. McVeigh	1,131	33%
	Communist	A. M^cClelland	145	4%	+1%
	Independent (Politician)	L. Murphy	298	9%
	Independent Labour	J. C. Nurse	52	2%
Majority			664
Registered electors			11,108
Turnout			3,421	31%
	Labour hold		Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	*W. A. Kinear '**	4,156	72%
	Liberal	W. R. Dyson	1,208	21%
	Labour	J. H. Sommerville	369	6%
Majority			2,948
Registered electors			13,969
Turnout			5,733	41%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Minion *	2,883	80%
	Labour	Mrs. E. E. Wright	700	20%
Majority			2,183
Registered electors			10,234
Turnout			3,583	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. A. Porter *	3,411	58%
	Labour	J. T. Venables	2,473	42%
Majority			938
Registered electors			14,634
Turnout			5,884	40%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Arundel

Arundel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. Lees *	2,562	57%
	Labour	J. E. McPherson	1,782	40%
	Communist	J. Kay	155	3%
Majority			780
Registered electors			12,615
Turnout			4,499	36%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield

Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Mottram	2,680	59%
	Conservative	H. Pagakis ^(PARTY)	1,855	41%
Majority			825
Registered electors			11,675
Turnout			4,535	39%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Broadgreen

Broadgreen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	L. T. Rogers *	2,700	65%
	Labour	M. Black	1,486	35%
Majority			1,214
Registered electors			11,998
Turnout			4,186	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Miss M. Schofield ^(PARTY)	1,732	59%
	Conservative	C. P. Bramble	1,195	41%
Majority			537
Registered electors			9,271
Turnout			2,927	32%
	Labour hold		Swing

Childwall

Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Young *	3,362	59%
	Liberal	A. Globe	1,908	33%
	Labour	W. M. Cooper	430	8%
Majority			1,454
Registered electors			14,012
Turnout			5,700	41%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Church

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. F. Barnes ^(PARTY)	3,611	68%
	Liberal	Mrs, A. E. Shanks	1,072	20%
	Labour	G. E. Delooze	657	12%
Majority			2,954
Registered electors			14,001
Turnout			5,340	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	N. A. Williams *	2,715	50%
	Labour	R. Buckle	2,674	50%
Majority			41
Registered electors			11,929
Turnout			5,389	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

County

County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Deane	3,859	59%
	Conservative	C. F. Allanson *	2,679	41%
Majority			1,180
Registered electors			14,560
Turnout			6,538	45%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	T. H. Thompson *	3,725	72%
	Labour	J. M. Burke	1,458	28%
Majority			2,267
Registered electors			11,561
Turnout			5,183	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Stodart ^(PARTY)	3,452	66%
	Conservative	J. F. I. Bamber	1,788	34%
Majority			1,664
Registered electors			13,723
Turnout			5,240	38%
	Labour hold		Swing

Dovecot

Dovecot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. H. Maloney *	2,772	68%
	Conservative	Mrs. E. I. McGinn	1,281	32%
Majority			1,491
Registered electors			14,809
Turnout			4,053	27%
	Labour hold		Swing

Everton

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Francis Burke ^(PARTY)	unopposed
Registered electors			12,370
	Labour hold		Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. S. Ross *	2,419	50%
	Labour	V. Burke	2,379	50%
Majority			40
Registered electors			14,487
Turnout			4,798	33%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Grue	3,400	52%
	Labour	H. Wallace	3,173	49%
	Conservative	R. J. McLoughlin	3,136	48%
	Conservative	R. Poole *	3,025	46%
Majority			264
Registered electors			12,279
Turnout			6,536	53%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Gillmoss

Gillmoss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. D. Roderick ^(PARTY)	4,004	72%
	Conservative	H. R. Butler	1,559	28%
Majority			2,445
Registered electors			16,413
Turnout			5,563	34%
	Labour hold		Swing

Granby

Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. T, Brodie *	2,278	64%
	Conservative	Mrs. R. Dean	1,301	36%
Majority			977
Registered electors			11,893
Turnout			3,579	30%
	Labour hold		Swing

Kensington

Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mrs. E. Wormald *	3,022	67%
	Conservative	A. L. Audley	1,457	33%
Majority			1,565
Registered electors			13,018
Turnout			4,479	34%
	Labour hold		Swing

Low Hill

Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mrs. M. J. Powell *	2,321	70%
	Conservative	E. Crierie	990	27%
Majority			1,331
Registered electors			10,301
Turnout			3,311	32%
	Labour hold		Swing

Melrose

Melrose
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. MacDonald *	2,168	73%
	Conservative	J. Smith	814	27%
Majority			1,354
Registered electors			10,090
Turnout			2,982	30%
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherfield

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Clitherow	1,364	54%
	Conservative	E. Shaw	1,168	46%
Majority			196
Registered electors			9,137
Turnout			2,532	28%
	Labour gain from Protestant

Old Swan

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. A. Dunn ^(PARTY)	3,235	53%
	Conservative	R. J. Cleary	2,703	44%
	Communist	E. Cohen	191	3%
Majority			532
Registered electors			15,738
Turnout			6,129	39%
	Labour hold		Swing

Picton

Picton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. R. Sullivan	3,237	56%
	Conservative	J. E. Kendrick *	2,549	44%
Majority			688
Registered electors			14,584
Turnout			5,786	40%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Pirrie

Pirrie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. F. Smith ^(PARTY)	4,230	66%
	Conservative	Mrs. M. Berry	2,195	34%
Majority			2,035
Registered electors
Turnout			6,425
	Labour hold		Swing	6

Prince's Park

Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	T. C. Greenwood *		2,796	64%
	Conservative	Mrs. M. Brown	1,596	36%
Majority			1,200
Registered electors			13,672
Turnout			4,392	32%
	Labour hold		Swing

Sandhills

Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. H. Aldritt ^(PARTY)	2,491	94%
	Conservative	A. E. Dailey	163	6%
Majority			2,328
Registered electors			9,417
Turnout			2,654	28%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	James Gardner *	unopposed
Registered electors
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

St. James

St. James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mrs. E. E. Gough *	2,147	82%
	Conservative	K. W. Davies	483	18%
Majority			1,664
Registered electors			10,998
Turnout			2,630	24%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. E. Maddox *	2,671	62%
	Conservative	Miss O. Adair	1,630	38%
Majority			1,041
Registered electors
Turnout			4,301
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. Cowlin *	2,525	67%
	Labour	F. D. Shemmonds	1,247	33%
Majority			1,278
Registered electors			10,103
Turnout			3,772	37%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Smithdown

Smithdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G, W. Clarke *	2,525	79%
	Conservative	E. Johnson	686	21%
Majority			1,839
Registered electors			13,018
Turnout			3,211	25%
	Labour hold		Swing

Speke

Speke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Crookes *	2,591 *	74%
	Conservative	E. Smith	920	26%
Majority			1,671
Registered electors			13,996
Turnout			3,511	25%
	Labour hold		Swing

Tuebrook

Tuebrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Shaw	3,086	54%
	Conservative	J. Jordan ^(PARTY)	2,612	46%
Majority			474
Registered electors			13,217
Turnout			5,698	43%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. P. Shannon ^(PARTY)	1,917	97%
	Communist	R. Cuerdon	69	3%
Majority			1,917
Registered electors			9,673
Turnout			1,986	21%
	Labour hold		Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. W. Lowe *	3,125	56%
	Labour	Mrs. C. A. George	2,484	44%
Majority			641
Registered electors			13,636
Turnout			5,609	41%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westmister

Westminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Burke	1,921	67%
	Conservative	R. M. Jones	931	33%
Majority			990
Registered electors			8,104
Turnout			2,852	35%
	Labour hold		Swing

Woolton

Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Norton	3,476	69%
	Labour	P. Grannell	1,588	31%
Majority			1,888
Registered electors			14,395
Turnout			5,064	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[2] ^[3]

Aldermanic Elections

At the meeting of the City Council on 19 May 1958 the terms of office of twenty of the forty Aldermen expired and the Councillors elected twenty Aldermen to fill the vacant positions for a term of six years. ^[4] ^[5]

Party		Alderman
	Labour	J. J. Cleary*
	Labour	A. Griffin*
	Labour	D. Cowley*
	Labour	J. Cullen*
	Labour	I. I. Levin*
	Labour	D. G. Logan*
	Labour	P. J. O'Hare*
	Labour	J. Sheehan*
	Labour	M. J. Reppion*
	Labour	J. C. Brady*
	Labour	C. McDonald
	Labour	H. Dalton
	Labour	H. N. Bewley*
	Labour	T. H. Burton*
	Labour	W. Clark*
	Labour	A. Critchely*
	Labour	D. J. Lewis*
	Labour	H. T. Wilson*
	Labour	J. Village*
	Labour	???

Reelected Aldermen

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post 9th May 1958, election supplement
↑ Liverpool Daily Post 9 May 1958
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1958-1959
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1958-1959
↑ Liverpool Daily Post 20 May 1958

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