Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 8 May 1952.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
PartyCouncillors ± AldermenTotalConservative 67 -12 28 95Labour 46 +13 7 53Protestant 4 -1 1 5Independent 3 0 2 5Liberal 0 0 2 2
Election result
Ward results
* - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
Comparisons are made with the 1949 election results.
Abercromby
Aigburth
Allerton
Anfield
Breckfield
Brunswick
Castle Street
Childwall
Croxteth
Dingle
Edge Hill
Everton
Exchange
Fairfield
Fazakerley
Garston
Granby
Great George
Kensington
Kirkdale
Little Woolton
Low Hill
Much Woolton
Netherfield
North Scotland
Old Swan
Prince's Park
Sandhills
St. Anne's
St. Domingo
St. Peter's
Sefton Park East
Sefton Park West
South Scotland
Vauxhall
Walton
Warbreck
Wavertree
Wavertree West
West Derby
Liverpool Daily Post 9 May 1952 Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1952-1953
Aldermanic Elections Twenty of the forty Aldermen were elected by the city council on 19 May 1952.
* - re-elected aldermen.
PartyAldermanConservative George Webster Green Armour *Conservative Reginald Richard Bailey *Conservative Herbert Neville Bewley *Conservative Mrs. Ada Martha Burton *Conservative Thomas Henry Burton *Labour Joseph Jackson Cleary *Conservative Alexander Critchley *Conservative Mabel Fletcher *Conservative Robert Duncan French *Labour Alexander Griffin *Liberal William Sinclair Scott Hannay *Labour Joseph Harrington *Labour Bertie Victor Kirby C.B.E. *Conservative Walter Thomas Lancashire *Conservative Alfred Levy *Labour David Gilbert Logan C.B, E. M.P. *Protestant Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom *Conservative George Miller Platt *Labour Michael John Reppion *Conservative John Village *
All Aldermen and the wards they were allocated to as Returning Officer are shown in the table below:
PartyAldermanWard Edwin Thompson Abercromby Ernest Ash Cookson AigburthConservative Alexander Critchley Allerton James Conrad Cross AnfieldProtestant Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom Breckfield William John Mathew Clark Brunswick William John Tristram Castle StreetLabour Alexander Griffin ChildwallLabour David Gilbert Logan C.B.E. M.P. CroxtethConservative George Webster Green Armour DingleConservative Alfred Levy Edge HillLabour Michael John Reppion Everton William Greenough Gregson ExchangeConservative George Miller Platt Fairfield Lawrence King FazakerleyConservative Thomas Henry Burton GarstonLabour Bertie Victor Kirby C.B.E. Granby Sir Alfred Shennan Great GeorgeLiberal William Sinclair Scott Hannay KensingtonLabour Joseph Harrington Kirkdale Isaac Robinson Little Woolton William Thomas Roberts Low Hill Joseph Williams Much WooltonConservative Walter Thomas Lancashire Netherfield James Farrell North Scotland Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon Old Swan Albert Morrow Prince's Park Robert John Hall St. Anne's Luke Hogan M.B.E. St. DomingoConservative Robert Duncan French St. Peter's Miss Mary Mabel Eills SandhillsConservative Reginald Richard Bailey Sefton Park East Michael Corey Dixon Sefton Park West Mr. Vere Egerton Cotton C.B.E. T.D. South Scotland Stanley Ronald Williams VauxhallConservative Miss Mabel Fletcher WaltonConservative Mrs. Ada Martha Burton WarbreckConservative John Village WavertreeLabour Joseph Jackson Cleary Wavertree WestConservative Herbert Neville Bewley Weat Derby
By-elections
Breckfield by-election 13 November 1952
Following the death of Alderman Walter Thomas Lancashire on 18 August 1952, Cllr. David John Lewis was elected as Alderman by the City Council on 3 September 1952 and assigned as returning officer for the Netherfield ward. Proceedings of the Council 1952-53 page 302
Following the death of Alderman James Conrad Cross on 18 August 1952, Cllr. George William Prout was elected as Alderman by the City Council on 3 September 1952 and assigned as returning officer to the Anfield ward. Proceedings of the Council 1952-53 page 303
Following the election of Cllr. David John Lewis and Cllr. George William Prout as Aldermen, there was a by-election for 2 seats for the Breckfield ward on 13 November 1952.
Proceedings of the Council 1952-53 page 507
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