Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 11 May 1961.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
PartyCouncillors ± AldermenTotalLabour 52 -8 32 84Conservative 63 +8 7* 70Protestant 5 +2 0 5
One Conservative Aldermanic vacancy following the death of C. G. S. Gordon.
Election result
Ward results
* - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1958 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1958 election results.
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 12 May 1961 Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1961-1962
Aldermanic elections At the meeting of the City Council on 24 May 1961 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. Eighteen of the twenty retiring Labour Aldermen were replaced with Conservatives.
PartyAldermanLabour John Leslie Hughes*Labour Peter McKernan* (Lord Mayor)Conservative Herbert Mylrea AllenConservative Alfred Nathaniel BatesConservative Gordon Frederick CatlinConservative Arthur Brierley CollinsConservative Charles CowlinConservative Charles HaswellConservative Harold William HughesConservative Harold LeesConservative Arthur Whitaker LoweConservative Robert MeadowsConservative Stephen MinionConservative Ralph RattrayConservative Leslie Thomas RogersConservative Leslie Hebron SandersConservative Harold Macdonald StewardConservative James Edward ThompsonConservative Frank WoolfendenConservative Alexander Young
Returned Alderman Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1961-1962 pages 13 - 14 Liverpool Daily Post 25 May 1961
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