1979 Liverpool City Council election
Appearance
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 3 May 1979. One third of the council was up for election and the Council remained with no overall control.[1]
The election was held on the same day as the national general election, which is why the turnout was so much greater than normal.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 42 | +5 | |
Liberal | 30 | -5 | |
Conservative | 27 | 0 |
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 19 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 57% | 41% | 112,204 | ||
Conservative | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18% | 31% | 84,241 | ||
Liberal | 8 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 24% | 28% | 76,890 | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1% | 1,855 | ||
Independent Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.1% | 362 |
Ward results
[edit]* - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
Abercromby, St. James'
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Violet McCoy * | 3,250 | 49% | −13% | |
Liberal | Chris Davies | 2,465 | 37% | +27% | |
Conservative | M. E. Cheshire | 532 | 8% | −10% | |
Communist | Roger O'Hara | 449 | 7% | −4 | |
Majority | 785 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,233 | ||||
Turnout | 6,696 | 55% | +37% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aigburth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. H. Lea * | 6,832 | 60% | +10% | |
Liberal | Cathy Hancox | 2,671 | 24% | −18% | |
Labour | T. McManus | 1,806 | 16% | +8% | |
Majority | 4,367 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,762 | ||||
Turnout | 11,309 | 77% | +35% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Allerton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. S. Ross * | 4,839 * | 60% | +3% | |
Liberal | Francis Richard Haywood | 3,218 | 40% | +10% | |
Majority | 1,621 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,894 | ||||
Turnout | 8,057 | 74% | +38% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Anfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | F. J. McGurk | 3,891 | 43% | +14% | |
Conservative | T. P. Pink (PARTY) | 3,022 | 34% | −5% | |
Liberal | J. A. Kaitiff | 2,100 | 23% | −9% | |
Majority | 869 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,667 | ||||
Turnout | 9,-13 | 71% | +42% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Arundel
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. L. Taylor | 2,769 | 36% | +11% | |
Conservative | J. C. Shaw | 2,571 | 33% | +5% | |
Liberal | John George Morgan (PARTY) | 2,450 | 31% | −16% | |
Majority | 198 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,722 | ||||
Turnout | 7,790 | 61% | +35% | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | 8% |
Breckfield, St. Domingo
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank McNevin * | 3,648 | 47% | +5% | |
Labour | P. H. Rowe | 2,865 | 37% | +1% | |
Conservative | B. J. Hawkins | 1,191 | 15% | −6% | |
Majority | 783 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,901 | ||||
Turnout | 7,704 | 65% | +41% | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5% |
Broadgreen
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rosie Cooper * | 3,612 | 42% | −4% | |
Conservative | R. H. Mather | 2,825 | 33% | −5% | |
Labour | D. E. Krumbein | 2,213 | 26% | +9% | |
Majority | 787 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,099 | ||||
Turnout | 8,650 | 71% | +36% | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Central, Everton, Netherfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Finnegan * | 4,547 | 72% | +6% | |
Conservative | P. T. Rankin | 913 | 14% | −13% | |
Liberal | C. Cartmel | 627 | 10% | +4% | |
Communist | R. Cartwright | 211 | 3% | ||
Majority | 3,634 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,519 | ||||
Turnout | 6,298 | 55% | +38% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Childwall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. A. N. Fearenside * | 7,425 | 51% | +2% | |
Labour | H. A. Smith | 3,768 | 26% | +11% | |
Liberal | F. C. Ricketts | 3,132 | 22% | −13% | |
Majority | 3,657 | ||||
Registered electors | 20,190 | ||||
Turnout | 14,510 | 72% | +38% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Church
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. F. Symington | 4,671 | 42% | 0% | |
Liberal | C. E. Gordon (PARTY) | 4,385 | 40% | −10% | |
Labour | D. P. Power | 1,943 | 18% | +9% | |
Majority | |||||
Registered electors | 286 | ||||
Turnout | 14,983 | 73% | +36% | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Clubmoor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mike Storey * | 3,501 | 44% | 0% | |
Labour | W. P. Lafferty | 2,881 | 37% | +4% | |
Conservative | F. M. Kennedy | 1,502 | 19% | −4% | |
Majority | 620 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,850 | ||||
Turnout | 7,884 | 73% | +38% | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
County
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. A. Dunlop | 3,757 | 44% | +11% | |
Conservative | H. Brown * | 2,144 | 25% | −11% | |
Liberal | R. J. Cunningham | 2,638 | 31% | +2% | |
Majority | 1,119 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,866 | ||||
Turnout | 8,539 | 72% | +46% | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Croxteth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. F. Butler | 4,380 | 46% | +4% | |
Labour | F. Burke | 2,635 | 27% | +12% | |
Liberal | Ivan Clews * | 2,569 | 27% | −15% | |
Majority | 1,745 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,866 | ||||
Turnout | 9,584 | 74% | +35% | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Dingle
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S. W. Jones * | 2,960 | 63% | +8% | |
Liberal | J. Lamb | 696 | 15% | +5% | |
Conservative | J. A. Watson | 952 | 20% | −10% | |
Communist | J. Greig | 113 | 2% | ||
Majority | 2,008 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,388 | ||||
Turnout | 4,721 | 64% | +41% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dovecot
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. H. Westbury * | 6,382 | 58% | +8% | |
Conservative | J. F. McMillan | 3,043 | 28% | +3% | |
Liberal | William John Cooper | 1,557 | 14% | −11% | |
Majority | 3,339 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,552 | ||||
Turnout | 10,982 | 66% | +40% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Fairfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Carol Hancox | 3,353 | 53% | +20% | |
Labour | P. F. McAllister (PARTY) | 1,879 | 30% | −10% | |
Conservative | N. Wilkinson | 1,112 | 18% | −9% | |
Majority | 1,474 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,885 | ||||
Turnout | 6,344 | 64% | +37% | ||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
Fazakerley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. J. Lloyd (PARTY) | 3,951 | 47% | +16% | |
Conservative | R. Gould | 3,096 | 37% | −1% | |
Liberal | Thomas Richard Jones | 1,318 | 16% | −15% | |
Majority | 855 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,505 | ||||
Turnout | 8,365 | 73% | +42% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Gillmoss
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. J. Murphy (PARTY) | 7,702 | 66% | +8% | |
Conservative | A. Gore | 2,647 | 23% | −1% | |
Liberal | T. N. Sawney | 1,306 | 11% | −7% | |
Majority | 5,055 | ||||
Registered electors | 18,720 | ||||
Turnout | 11,655 | 62% | +48% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +8% |
Granby, Prince's Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Doswell * | 4,203 | 58% | +2% | |
Liberal | Arthur Eric Damsell | 1,483 | 20% | +9% | |
Conservative | A. Palin | 1,363 | 19% | −12% | |
Communist | E. Caddick | 193 | 3% | ||
Majority | 2,720 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,154 | ||||
Turnout | 7,242 | 60% | +40% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kensington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Doran * | 2,828 | 66% | +17% | |
Labour | A. Quinn | 1,082 | 25% | −8% | |
Conservative | D. Ellis | 406 | 9% | −8% | |
Majority | 1,746 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,426 | ||||
Turnout | 4,316 | 67% | +39% | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Low Hill, Smithdown
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ernest Richard Stephenson * | 3,406 | 62% | +1% | |
Labour | J. A. Devaney | 2,080 | 38% | +8% | |
Majority | 1,326 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,320 | ||||
Turnout | 5,486 | 66% | +41% | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Melrose, Westminster
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Lafferty * | 3,400 | 61% | −3% | |
Liberal | J. Bradley | 1,574 | 28% | +20% | |
Conservative | J. A. Carpenter | 601 | 11% | −17% | |
Majority | 1,826 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,190 | ||||
Turnout | 5,575 | 68% | +49% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Old Swan
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P, Lloyd | 3,202 | 38% | +19% | |
Conservative | I. McFall | 2,464 | 29% | −2% | |
Liberal | W. M. Galbraith (PARTY) | 2,374 | 28% | −12% | |
Independent Liberal | W. J. McCullough | 362 | 4% | +2% | |
Communist | H. Mohin | 109 | 1% | ||
Majority | 738 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,361 | ||||
Turnout | 8,511 | 69% | +36% | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Picton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Herbert Edward Herrity * | 4,428 | 56% | +7% | |
Labour | A. Williams | 2,337 | 30% | −2% | |
Conservative | J. McDermott | 1,023 | 13% | −5% | |
Communist | J. Volleamere | 91 | 1% | −1% | |
Majority | 2,091 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,081 | ||||
Turnout | 7,879 | 71% | +36% | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Pirrie
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. Owens * | 6,654 | 59% | +9% | |
Liberal | Elsie G. Lang | 1,244 | 11% | −7% | |
Conservative | I. Brown | 3,317 | 30% | −3% | |
Majority | 3,337 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,018 | ||||
Turnout | 11,215 | 70% | +46% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Mary's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. C. Evans * | 3,387 | 54% | +7% | |
Liberal | G. B. Bennett | 910 | 15% | −5% | |
Conservative | J. B. King | 1,847 | 30% | −3% | |
Communist | J. M. McQueen | 105 | 2% | ||
Majority | 1,540 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,090 | ||||
Turnout | 6,249 | 69% | +41% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Michael's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Kemp * | 3,258 | 47% | +7% | |
Conservative | O. Y. Hughes | 1,804 | 26% | −13% | |
Labour | G. G. Pratt | 1,801 | 26% | +5% | |
Majority | 1,454 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,954 | ||||
Turnout | 6,863 | 69% | +37% | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Sandhills, Vauxhall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Morgan * | 4,351 | 83% | −1% | |
Liberal | Steve R. Radford | 355 | 7% | +2% | |
Conservative | G. Widdows | 375 | 7% | −4% | |
Communist | W. Albertina | 169 | 3% | ||
Majority | 3,976 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,820 | ||||
Turnout | 5,250 | 60% | +43% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Speke
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. McLean (PARTY) | 6,081 | 65% | +17% | |
Conservative | T. Morrison | 2,293 | 25% | 0% | |
Liberal | G. Mason | 942 | 10% | +1% | |
Majority | 3,788 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,232 | ||||
Turnout | 9,316 | 65% | +46% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Tuebrook
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. E. Roberts | 2,864 | 37% | +5% | |
Liberal | Robert Gore (PARTY) | 2,771 | 36% | −4% | |
Conservative | F. C. Kirkby | 2,157 | 28% | +1% | |
Majority | 75 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,073 | ||||
Turnout | 7,774 | 70% | +39% | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.5 |
Warbreck
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. J. Sommerfield | 2,846 | 37% | +12% | |
Liberal | Joseph Lang * | 2,871 | 35% | −8% | |
Conservative | H. M. Rigby | 2,519 | 30% | −3% | |
Majority | 4 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,591 | ||||
Turnout | 8,265 | 71% | +40% | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Woolton, East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. A. Hatton (PARTY) | 5,644 | 65% | +12% | |
Conservative | S. Fitzsimmons | 2,030 | 23% | +2% | |
Liberal | Catherine Kaufmann | 814 | 9% | −10% | |
Communist | B. O'Keefe | 230 | 3% | −3% | |
Majority | 3,614 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,341 | ||||
Turnout | 8,718 | 65% | +40% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Woolton, West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | C. J. Hallows * | 8,345 | 61% | 0% | |
Labour | P. R. Martin | 3,062 | 22% | +7% | |
Liberal | A. Smallman | 2,386 | 17% | −7% | |
Majority | 5,283 | ||||
Registered electors | 18,066 | ||||
Turnout | 5,283 | 76% | +41% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ Liverpool Daily Post 4 May 1979
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post 4 May 1979
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post 4 May 1979