Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 7 May 1970.
One third of the council was up for election.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
PartyCouncillors ± AldermenConservative 79 -9 ??Labour 30 +7 ??Liberal 4 +2 ??Protestant 7 0 ??
Election result
Ward results
* - Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
Aigburth
Allerton
Anfield
Arundel
Breckfield
Broadgreen
Central
Childwall
Church
Clubmoor
County
Croxteth
Dingle
Dovecot
Everton
Fairfield
Fazakerley
Gillmoss
Granby
Kensington
Low Hill
Melrose
Netherfield
Old Swan
Picton
Pirrie
Prince's Park
Sandhills
St. Domingo
St. James
St. Mary's
St. Michael's
Smithdown
Speke
Tuebrook
Vauxhall
Warbreck
Westminster
Woolton
Liverpool Daily Post 8 May 1970 Liverpool Daily Post 12 May 1967
Aldermanic Elections
Twenty of the forty Aldermen were elected by the city council on 18 May 1970. Those elected by the council and the wards they were allocated to are shown in the table below:
PartyAldermanWardLabour Louis Caplan AllertonLabour Hugh Carr ArundelLabour Sir Joseph Cleary PictonLabour David Cowley DingleLabour Brian Crookes ChurchLabour James Cullen WarbreckLabour Charles Minton NetherfieldLabour Joseph Morgan SmithdownConservative James Porter CountyConservative James Ross CentralLabour William Sefton CroxtethLabour John Sheehan GranbyConservative William Thomas EvertonConservative Mrs. Ruth Dean BreckfieldConservative Clarence Dickinson KensingtonConservative John Kendrick SandhillsConservative James McAllister GillmossConservative Ralph Morris FairfieldConservative Clifford Price ChildwallConservative David Williams St. Mary's
Liverpool Daily Post 18 May 1970 Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1970-1971
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