1958 UK local election
1958 Liverpool City Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg/50px-Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg.png)
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/1958_Liverpool_City_Council_election_result_map.jpg/300px-1958_Liverpool_City_Council_election_result_map.jpg) Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party)[1] |
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 8 May 1958.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen |
| Labour | 75 | +10 | 30 |
| Conservative | 44 | -7 | 9 |
| Protestant | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[2]
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% | |
| Independent | L. Murphy | 298 | 9% | |
| Communist | A. McClelland | 145 | 4% | +1% |
| 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. Russell 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 | Albert 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 | Swing | | |
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. 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 | | |
Westminster
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 | | |
[3] [4]
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. [5] [6]
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 | John Braddock* |
| Labour | C. McDonald |
| Labour | H. Dalton |
| Conservative | H. N. Bewley* |
| Labour | T. H. Burton* |
| Conservative | W. Clark* |
| Conservative | A. Critchely* |
| Conservative | D. J. Lewis* |
| Conservative | H. T. Wilson* |
| Conservative | J. Village* |
| Conservative | ??? |
References