Liverpool City Council election, 1975

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 May 1975. One third of the council was up for election. The terms of office of the Councillors elected in 1973 with the third highest number of votes in each ward, expired and so these election results were compared with the 1973 results. Bill Smyth of the Liberal party became the Leader of the Council albeit with no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Seats	±
Labour	??	??
Liberal	??	??
Conservative	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1975
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	13	1	3	-2	36%	31%	36,415
	Conservative	8	5	1	+4	22%	34%	39,841
	Liberal	13	1	3	-2	36%	33%	38,480
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0%	0.6%	712
	Old Swan Residents' Association	0	0	0	0	0%	0.3%	338
	Independent Liberal	0	0	0	0	0%	0.09%	105
	National Front	0	0	0	0	0%	0.08%	91
	British Movement	0	0	0	0	0%	0.06%	69

^[2]

Ward results

Abercromby, St. James

Abercromby, St. James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Violet McCoy *	1,469	62%	-3%
	Liberal	J. P. Murphy	233	10%	0%
	Conservative	C. McMichael	416	18%	+12%
	Communist	R. O'Hara	250	11%	-2%
Majority			1,044
Registered electors			12,886
Turnout			2,359	18%
	Labour hold		Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. H. Lea	3,037	50%	+13%
	Liberal	Len Tyrer *	2,567	42%	-13%
	Labour	L. P. Gallagher	492	8%	-1%
Majority			470
Registered electors			14,502
Turnout			6,096	42%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Allerton

Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. S. Ross *	2,217	57%	+10%
	Liberal	T. H. Harte	1,190	30%	-12%
	Labour	T. Bailey	505	13%
Majority			1,027
Registered electors			10,801
Turnout			3,912	36%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Fitzsimmons	1,453	39%	+15%
	Liberal	R. Donnelly *	1,215	32%	-12%
	Labour	L. Caplan	1,102	29%	-3%
Majority			238
Registered electors			12,828
Turnout			3,770	29%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Arundel

Arundel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	K. L. Rainford	'1,700	47%
	Conservative	R. M. Amyes	1,030	28%
	Labour	F. S. Roderick	901	25%
Majority			670
Registered electors			14,119
Turnout			3,631	26%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Breckfield, St. Domingo

Breckfield, St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	F. McNevin *	1,123	42%
	Labour	J. Connolly	954	36%
	Conservative	R. S. Charles	568	21%
Majority			169
Registered electors			11,053
Turnout			2,645	24%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Broadgreen

Broadgreen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rosemary Cooper *	1,969	46%	-16%
	Conservative	J. J. Swainbank	1,609	38%	+14%
	Labour	W. F. Williams	709	17%	+3%
Majority			360
Registered electors			12,187
Turnout			4,287	35%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Central, Everton, Netherfield

Central, Everton, Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Finnegan *	1,379	66%	0%
	Conservative	A. Brown	569	27%	+8%
	Liberal	P. Seddon	135	6%	-9%
Majority			810
Registered electors			12,485
Turnout			2,083	17%
	Labour hold		Swing

Childwall

Childwall 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. A. Fearenside	3,377	49%	+11%
	Conservative	S. Airey	3,268	48%	+10%
	Liberal	Anne Bailey ^(PARTY)	2,429	35%	-15%
	Liberal	P. H. Hodgson	2,416	35%	-15%
	Labour	Kathleen Jones	1,040	15%	+4%
	Labour	P. Rowlands	954	14%	+3%
Majority			948
Registered electors			20,184
Turnout			6,846	34%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Church

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	B. J. Flynn ^(PARTY)	2,808	50%	-12%
	Conservative	W. H. Stabback	2,336	42%	+10%
	Labour	F. Dunne	480	9%	+4%
Majority			472
Registered electors			15,015
Turnout			5,624	37%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	M. J. Storey *	1,627	44%	-1%
	Labour	Margaret Stewart	1,215	33%	0%
	Conservative	S. Hicklin	830	23%	+1%
Majority			412
Registered electors			10,609
Turnout			3,672	35%
	Liberal hold		Swing

County

County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Brown	1,147	36%	+7%
	Labour	F.P. Hughes *	1,068	33%	-11%
	Liberal	M.J. Booth	923	29%	+2%
	National Front	E. Herbert	91	3%
Majority			79
Registered electors			12,207
Turnout			3,229	26%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	I. Clewis ^(PARTY)	2,072	42%	-16%
	Conservative	G. E. Brandwood	2,058	42%	+12%
	Labour	Lulu Caplan	751	15%	+3%
Majority			14
Registered electors			12,486
Turnout			4,881	39%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Dingle

Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. W. Jones *	895	55%	-9%
	Conservative	J. B. King	493	30%	+14%
	Liberal	W. H. Mellor	163	10%	-5%
	Communist	J. Cook	66	4%	0%
Majority			402
Registered electors			7,138
Turnout			1,617	23%
	Labour hold		Swing

Dovecot

Dovecot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. H. Westbury *	2,121	50%
	Liberal	Eileen Barber	1,074	25%
	Conservative	D. P. Dougherty	1,041	25%
Majority			1,047
Registered electors			16,230
Turnout			4,236	26%
	Labour hold		Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Livermore	1,106	40%
	Liberal	H. Christian ^(PARTY)	927	33%
	Conservative	W. McGuirk	765	27%
Majority			179
Registered electors			10,302
Turnout			2,798	27%
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ron Gould	1,398	38%	-5%
	Labour	H. James *	1,142	31%	-26%
	Liberal	H. G. Rogers	1,121	31%
Majority			256
Registered electors			11,785
Turnout			3,661	31%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Gillmoss

Gillmoss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. J. Cruikshank *	1,618	58%	-11%
	Conservative	C. Williams	665	24%	-1%
	Liberal	C. H. Stocker	500	18%
Majority			953
Registered electors			19,586
Turnout			2,783	14%
	Labour hold		Swing

Granby, Prince's Park

Granby, Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Doswell *	1,575	56%	-10%
	Conservative	E. J. D. Williams	867	31%	+4%
	Liberal	G. Scattergood	308	11%
	Communist	A. McClelland	85	3%	-4%
Majority			708
Registered electors			14,105
Turnout			2,835	20%
	Labour hold		Swing

Kensington

Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Frank Doran *	1,160	49%
	Labour	T. F. Money	779	33%
	Conservative	Irene Power	406	17%
Majority			381
Registered electors			8,490
Turnout			2,345	28%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Low Hill, Smithdown

Low Hill, Smithdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E. Stephenson *	1,461	61%	-9%
	Labour	C. H. Winter	725	30%	+6%
	Conservative	J. A. Gunn	194	8%	+2%
Majority			736
Registered electors			9,368
Turnout			2,380	25%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Melrose, Westmister

Melrose, Westmister
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Lafferty *	1,074	64%	+1%
	Liberal	M. J. Lynch	133	8%	-5%
	Conservative	W. Gilbody	463	28%	+5%
Majority			611
Registered electors			9,018
Turnout			1,670	19%
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	W. M. Galbraith *	1,730	40%
	Conservative	N. F. Derrick	1,353	31%
	Labour	T. McManus	844	19%
	Independent Liberal	W. J. McCullough	105	2%
	Old Swan Residents' Association	A. R. Dronfield	338	8%
Majority			377
Registered electors			13,108
Turnout			4,370	33%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Picton

Picton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	H. E. Herrity *	1,990	49%
	Labour	A. Fletcher	1,282	32%
	Conservative	J. McDermott	726	18%
	Communist	J. Volleamere	65	2%
Majority			708
Registered electors			11,505
Turnout			4,063	35%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Pirrie

Pirrie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Owens *	1,884	50%	67%
	Liberal	Carol McNeilly	668	18%
	Conservative	I. Brown	1,235	33%
Majority			649
Registered electors			15,539
Turnout			3,787	24%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. C. Evans *	1,302	47%
	Liberal	C. Litster	542	20%
	Conservative	D. W. Baskett	910	33%
Majority			392
Registered electors			9,820
Turnout			2,754	28%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Richard Kemp ^(PARTY)	1,257	40%
	Conservative	S. T. Moss	1,206	39%
	Labour	J. Hughes	658	21%
Majority			51
Registered electors			9,892
Turnout			3,121	32%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sandhills, Vauxhall

Sandhills, Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Morgan *	1,403	84%
	Liberal	G. Weatherall	90	5%
	Conservative	P. K. Mostyn	177	11%
Majority			1,226
Registered electors			10,052
Turnout			1,670	17%
	Labour hold		Swing

Speke

Speke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Short ^(PARTY)	1,345	48%
	Conservative	C. W. Harpin	710	25%
	Independent Labour	P. Moorhead	498	18%
	Liberal	M. D. Piercy	265	9%
Majority			635
Registered electors			14,497
Turnout			2,818	19%
	Labour hold		Swing

Tuebrook

Tuebrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R. Gore ^(PARTY)	1,412	40%	-3%
	Labour	Christine O'Rourke	1,131	32%	+2%
	Conservative	C. E. Jennings	939	27%	+3%
	Communist	J. Jackson	57	2%	-1%
Majority			281
Registered electors			11,423
Turnout			3,539	31%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Lang	1,592	43%
	Conservative	D. J. Jones	1,223	33%	-20%
	Labour	Ellen Kelly	861	23%	-24%
	British Movement	P. T. Tidy	69	2%
Majority			369
Registered electors			12,023
Turnout			3,745	31%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Woolton, East

Woolton, East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. J. Wright *	1,741	53%
	Conservative	Helen Rigby	698	21%
	Liberal	F. R. Haywood	635	19%
	Communist	A. Lowe	189	6%
Majority			1,043
Registered electors			13,064
Turnout			3,263	25%
	Labour hold		Swing

Woolton, West

Woolton, West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. J. Hallows *	3,779	61%
	Liberal	M. Pistotnik-Howard	1,467	24%
	Labour	J. P. McCormack	916	15%
Majority			2,312
Registered electors			17,834
Turnout			8,162	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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References

[1] Liverpool Daily Post 2 May 1975

[2] Liverpool Daily Post 2 May 1975

[3] Liverpool Daily Post 2 May 1975

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