1946 Liverpool City Council election
{{Short description|1946 UK local election}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1946 Liverpool City Council election
| flag_image = Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg
| election_date = {{Start date|1946|11|01|df=y}}
| previous_year = 1945
| previous_election = 1945 Liverpool City Council election
| next_year = 1947
| next_election = 1947 Liverpool City Council election
| map_image = 1946 Liverpool City Council election result map.jpg
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party){{cite web |last1=Jeffery |first1=David |title=Merseyside Local Election Results Project |url=https://david-jeffery.com/project/merseyside-local-election-results-project/ |website=Dr David Jeffery |date=18 October 2020 |access-date=14 April 2021}}
}}
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1946.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| class="wikitable" | ||||
| colspan="2"|Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK, 1989)}}" | | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
Election result
{{Election summary begin|title = Liverpool Local Election Result 1946}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 22
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % =
|votes % = 51%
|votes = 106,206
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 14
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % =
|votes % = 45%
|votes = 96,623
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Liverpool Protestant Party
|seats = 2
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % =
|votes % = 2.3%
|votes = 4,890
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Independent (politician)
|seats = 1
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % =
|votes % = 0.83%
|votes = 1,729
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|seats = 1
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % =
|votes % = 0.91%
|votes = 1,911
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 0%
|votes % = 0.64%
|votes = 1,342
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Ward results
* - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
Due to the disruptions caused by the Second World War, no comparisons are made.
=Abercromby=
{{Election box begin | title=Abercromby}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Reginald Bevins
|votes = 2,435
|percentage = 52%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Clitherow
|votes = 2,279
|percentage = 48%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 156
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 13,858
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,714
|percentage = 34%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Aigburth=
{{Election box begin | title=Aigburth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Vere Egerton Cotton
|votes = 5,778
|percentage = 82%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Eric Barnes
|votes = 1,249
|percentage = 18%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,529
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 16,530
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,027
|percentage = 43%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Allerton=
{{Election box begin | title=Allerton}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John McMillan
|votes = 3,211
|percentage = 64%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Chesworth
|votes = 1,325
|percentage = 27%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William Henry Ledsom
|votes = 459
|percentage = 9%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,886
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 10,076
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,995
|percentage = 50%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Anfield=
{{Election box begin | title=Anfield}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William John Harrop
|votes = 4,672
|percentage = 60%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Christopher Caroll
|votes = 3,151
|percentage = 40%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,521
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 17,660
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,823
|percentage = 44%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Breckfield=
{{Election box begin | title=Breckfield}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = George William Prout
|votes = 3,308
|percentage = 59%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Joseph Haines
|votes = 2,306
|percentage = 41%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,002
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 13,166
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,614
|percentage = 43%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Brunswick=
{{Election box begin | title=Brunswick}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Whitehead
|votes = 2,377
|percentage = 81%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Henry Bevan
|votes = 411
|percentage = 14%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Albert Southern
|votes = 131
|percentage = 4.5%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,966
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 7,593
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,919
|percentage = 38%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Castle Street=
{{Election box begin | title=Castle Street}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Herbert Neville Bewley
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 892
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Childwall=
{{Election box begin | title=Childwall}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jack Creswell
|votes = 4,860
|percentage = 76%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas McConnell
|votes = 1,535
|percentage = 24%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,325
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 13,294
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,395
|percentage = 43%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Croxteth=
{{Election box begin | title=Croxteth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alfred Hargreaves
|votes = 5,514
|percentage = 54%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John G. Morgan
|votes = 4,238
|percentage = 41%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = John Coward
|votes = 478
|percentage = 4.7%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,276
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 30,938
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 10,230
|percentage = 33%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Dingle=
{{Election box begin | title=Dingle}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Basil Cashin
|votes = 4,035
|percentage = 51%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Thomas White
|votes = 3,877
|percentage = 49%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 158
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 18,244
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,912
|percentage = 43%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Edge Hill=
{{Election box begin | title=Edge Hill}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Leadbetter
|votes = 2,973
|percentage = 56%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Bertram Saul Morgan
|votes = 2,125
|percentage = 40%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Sidney Foster
|votes = 172
|percentage = 3.2%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Charles Henry Parry
|votes = 23
|percentage = 0.43%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 848
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 18,244
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,293
|percentage = 29%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Everton=
{{Election box begin | title=Everton}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Nickson
|votes = 3,165
|percentage = 66%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph George Hatton
|votes = 1,620
|percentage = 34%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,545
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 13,629
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,785
|percentage = 35%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Exchange=
{{Election box begin | title=Exchange}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = John Gerard Granby
|votes = 648
|percentage = 73%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alfred Strange
|votes = 228
|percentage = 26%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Frederick Bowman
|votes = 9
|percentage = 1%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 420
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,589
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 885
|percentage = 56%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Fairfield=
{{Election box begin | title=Fairfield}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Meadows
|votes = 3,912
|percentage = 57%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Dorothy C. Keeling
|votes = 2,973
|percentage = 43%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 939
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 15,828
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,885
|percentage = 43%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Fazakerley=
{{Election box begin | title=Fazakerley}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur J. Brownlow
|votes = 4,404
|percentage = 53%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = George Moore
|votes = 3,929
|percentage = 47%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 475
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 20,478
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,333
|percentage = 41%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Garston=
{{Election box begin | title=Garston}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alex Hardman
|votes = 3,584
|percentage = 57%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Victor C. Sutton
|votes = 2,355
|percentage = 38%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Arthur J.Holland
|votes = 301
|percentage = 5%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,229
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 16,027
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,240
|percentage = 39%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Granby=
{{Election box begin | title=Granby}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Walter Clarke
|votes = 2,457
|percentage = 50%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Tipping
|votes = 2,435
|percentage = 50%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 22
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 13,302
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,892
|percentage = 37%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Great George=
{{Election box begin | title=Great George - 2 seats}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William George Ingham
|votes = 827
|percentage = 56%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Gwilyn Hughes
|votes = 805
|percentage = 55%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alexander Kay
|votes = 644
|percentage = 44%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Hamilton
|votes = 632
|percentage = 43%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 183
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 3,953
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,471
|percentage = 37%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Kensington=
{{Election box begin | title=Kensington}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Frederick H. Bailey
|votes = 3,117
|percentage = 52%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Walter Gibbs
|votes = 2,838
|percentage = 48%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 279
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 14,505
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,955
|percentage = 41%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Kirkdale=
{{Election box begin | title=Kirkdale}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Isaac Richmond
|votes = 3,986
|percentage = 56%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Trevor Booth
|votes = 3,182
|percentage = 44%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 804
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 19,580
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,168
|percentage = 37%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Little Woolton=
No election.
=Low Hill=
{{Election box begin | title=Low Hill}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Nuttall Maxwell Entwistle
|votes = 2,502
|percentage = 51%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Dean-Jones
|votes = 2,364
|percentage = 49%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 138
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 12,372
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,866
|percentage = 39%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Much Woolton=
{{Election box begin | title=Much Woolton}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Vivian Forsyth Crosthwaite
|votes = 1,886
|percentage = 63%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Griffith Daniel Ellis
|votes = 1,128
|percentage = 37%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 758
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 5,387
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,014
|percentage = 56%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Netherfield=
{{Election box begin | title=Netherfield}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = Conservative and Protestant
|candidate = Harry Victor Shaw
|votes = 2,161
|percentage = 57%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Carmichael
|votes = 1,634
|percentage = 43%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 527
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 10,300
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,795
|percentage = 37%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=North Scotland=
{{Election box begin | title=North Scotland}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph O'Neill
|votes = 2,140
|percentage = 83%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Leo Joseph McGree
|votes = 424
|percentage = 17%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,716
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 7,187
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,564
|percentage = 36%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Old Swan=
{{Election box begin | title=Old Swan}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Leslie Thomas Rogers
|votes = 6,834
|percentage = 56%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Clifford Selly
|votes = 5,290
|percentage = 44%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,553
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 28,456
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 12,133
|percentage = 43%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Prince's Park=
{{Election box begin | title=Prince's Park}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Browne
|votes = 2,627
|percentage = 52%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mrs. Ethel May Wormald
|votes = 2,416
|percentage = 48%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 211
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 12,421
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,043
|percentage = 41%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Sandhills=
{{Election box begin | title=Sandhills}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Henry Dunford
|votes = 2,076
|percentage = 74%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Edward Molloy
|votes = 715
|percentage = 26%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,361
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 7,904
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,791
|percentage = 35%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=St. Anne's=
{{Election box begin | title=St. Anne's}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd
|votes = 1,138
|percentage = 59%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = John Larkin
|votes = 780
|percentage = 41%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 358
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 6,420
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,918
|percentage = 30%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=St. Domingo=
{{Election box begin | title=St. Domingo}}
{{Election box candidate with party link |
|party = Liverpool Protestant Party
|candidate = James Wareing
|votes = 2,729
|percentage = 58%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Walter Louis Cleaver
|votes = 2,006
|percentage = 42%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 723
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 13,428
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,735
|percentage = 35%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=St. Peter's=
{{Election box begin | title=St. Peter's}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Mrs Evaline Ida Bligh
|votes = 370
|percentage = 69%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter James O'Hare
|votes = 166
|percentage = 31%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 204
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,260
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 536
|percentage = 43%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Sefton Park East=
{{Election box begin | title=Sefton Park East}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = George Webster Armour
|votes = 3,600
|percentage = 72%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Craig Smart
|votes = 1,409
|percentage = 28%
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,191
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 14,664
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,009
|percentage = 34%
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
=Sefton Park West=
{{Election box begin | title=Sefton Park West}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = George Walter Pickles
|votes = 3,733
|percentage = 68%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Scott
|votes = 1,732
|percentage = 32%
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,001
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 11,104
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,465
|percentage = 49%
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
=South Scotland=
{{Election box begin | title=South Scotland}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Frederick Ernest Granby
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 6,375
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{{Election box end}}
=Vauxhall=
{{Election box begin | title=Vauxhall}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Patrick J. O'Brien
|votes = 656
|percentage = 72%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ernest Watkinson
|votes = 258
|percentage = 28%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist
|candidate =
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 398
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,637
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 914
|percentage = 35%
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
=Walton=
{{Election box begin | title=Walton}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Reginald Richard Bailey
|votes = 5,490
|percentage = 54%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles McDonald
|votes = 4,689
|percentage = 46%
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 801
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 23,677
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 10,179
|percentage = 43%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Warbreck=
{{Election box begin | title=Warbreck}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Whitaker Lowe
|votes = 4,535
|percentage = 62%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Metcalf
|votes = 2,795
|percentage = 38%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,740
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 20,101
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,330
|percentage = 36%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Wavertree=
{{Election box begin | title=Wavertree}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Village
|votes = 6,267
|percentage = 57%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John F. Hughes
|votes = 3,720
|percentage = 34%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Francis F.C. Moulton
|votes = 1,082
|percentage = 10%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,547
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 23,442
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 11,069
|percentage = 47%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Wavertree West=
{{Election box begin | title=Wavertree West}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Wallace
|votes = 2,966
|percentage = 53%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Maurice Voss
|votes = 2,545
|percentage = 45%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Thomas McCann
|votes = 137
|percentage = 2%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 421
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 11,779
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,648
|percentage = 48%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=West Derby=
{{Election box begin | title=West Derby}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles William Wingrove
|votes = 8,086
|percentage = 63%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward William Harby
|votes = 4,665
|percentage = 37%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,421
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 32,400
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 12,751
|percentage = 39%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
By-elections
=Aigburth 28 November 1946=
On 9 November 1946 the aldermanic vacancy caused by the death of Alderman William Denton (???),
Vere Egerton Cotton C.B.E. (Conservative, elected to the Aigburth ward on 1 November 1946) was elected as an Alderman.
{{Election box begin | title=Aigburth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Latham Bateson
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 16,530
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Castle Street 4 February 1947=
Alderman John Case died on 1 December 1946.
Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 pg 110
On 8 January 1947 the Council elected Councillor Herbert Neville Bewley (Conservative )
as an Alderman.
Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 pg 182
{{Election box begin | title=Castle Street}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Winlock Harley
|votes = 411
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Herbert Griffith Edwards
|votes = 47
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Clifford Selly
|votes = 15
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 364
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 892
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 pg 272
=Garston 2 April 1947 =
Alderman Sir Sydney Jones died on 16 February 1947.Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 pg 334
The Councillor for Garston ward Councillor Joseph Williams (Conservative, last elected 1 November 1938) was elected by the Council as an Alderman on 5 March 1947 to fill the vacant post left by the death of Alderman Sir Sydney Jones (Liberal).Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 pg 272
{{Election box begin | title=Garston}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Clarke
|votes = 3,588
|percentage = 52.2%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Henry Sefton
|votes = 3,279
|percentage = 47.7%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 309
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 16,027
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,867
|percentage = 42.8%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 pg 412
=North Scotland 29 May 1947=
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Thomas Fay (Labour, elected 1 November 1945 ).
{{Election box begin | title=North Scotland}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Herbert Francis Granby
|votes = 2,167
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Richard Haddow Forrest
|votes = 507
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,660
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 7,187
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,674
|percentage = 37.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
| winner = Labour Party (UK)
| swing =
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{{Election box end}}
Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1946-1947 pg 552