1978 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 4 May 1978. One third of the council was up for election and John Hamilton of the Labour Party became Leader of the Council albeit without overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Labour	37	-1
	Liberal	35	-7
	Conservative	27	+8

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1978

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	14	1	2	-1	40%	33%	43,339
	Conservative	11	8	0	+8	24%	37%	48,684
	Liberal	10	1	8	-7	29%	29%	38,317
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0%	0.46%	606
	Socialist Unity	0	0	0	0	0%	0.3%	373
	Independent Liberal	0	0	0	0	0%	0.1%	112
	Socialist Workers	0	0	0	0	0%	0.08%	102
	Workers Revolutionary	0	0	0	0	0%	0.03%	39
	Immigrant Party	0	0	0	0	0%	0.02%	23

^[2]

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

^(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Abercromby, St. James

Abercromby, St. James

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Shields *	'1,571	51%	-14%
	Liberal	Christopher Graham Davies	988	32%	+22%
	Conservative	M. E. Cheshire	291	9%	+3%
	Communist	R. O'Hara	215	7%	-6%
Majority			583
Registered electors			12,585
Turnout			3,065	24%
	Labour hold		Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Fawcett	3,775	62%	+25%
	Liberal	I. R. Porteous (PARTY)	1,655	27%	-28%
	Labour	F. Dunee	656	11%	+2%
Majority			2,120
Registered electors			14,821
Turnout			6,086	41%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Allerton

Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. H. Fearenside	2,561	65%	+18%
	Liberal	J. B. Kaitiff (PARTY)	754	19%	-23%
	Labour	J. R. Brown	637	16%	+7%
Majority			1,807
Registered electors			10,886
Turnout			3,952	36%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. H. Brash	1,782	43%	+19%
	Labour	T. McManus	1,406	34%	-2%
	Liberal	Joseph Robert Wilmington *	980	24%	-20%
Majority			376
Registered electors			12,747
Turnout			4,168	33%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Arundel

Arundel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. S. Fairclough	1,397	36%	+17%
	Liberal	P. H. Hodgson (PARTY)	1,269	33%	-27%
	Labour	J. McLean	1,028	27%	+6%
	Communist	J. Kay	145	4%
Majority			128
Registered electors			13,140
Turnout			3,839	29%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Breckfield, St. Domingo

Breckfield, St. Domingo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David M.B. Croft (PARTY)	2,490	64%	+10%
	Labour	S. J. Gorman	912	23%	-9%
	Conservative	H. M. Rigby	491	13%	-1%
Majority			1,578
Registered electors			11,963
Turnout			3,893	33%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Broadgreen

Broadgreen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. F. Pine	1,869	42%	+28%
	Liberal	Roger Johnston	1,774	39%	-15%
	Labour	P. Lloyd	859	19%	-13%
Majority			95
Registered electors			12,105
Turnout			4,502	37%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Central, Everton, Netherfield

Central, Everton, Netherfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Parry *	1,414	52%	-14%
	Liberal	Cathy Hancox	976	36%	+21%
	Conservative	J. B. King	319	12%	-7%
Majority			438
Registered electors			11,812
Turnout			2,709	23%
	Labour hold		Swing

Childwall

Childwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Airey	4,263	62%	+24%
	Labour	J. E. Roberts	1,365	20%	+9%
	Liberal	A. M. Loughney (PARTY)	1,253	18%	-32%
Majority			2,898
Registered electors			20,285
Turnout			6,881	34%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Church

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Carr *	2,870	45%	-17%
	Conservative	R. F. Symington	2,837	45%	+13%
	Labour	M. J. Smith	654	10%	+5%
Majority			33
Registered electors			14,954
Turnout			6,361	43%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Clubmoor

Clubmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Gamble	1,333	36%	+3%
	Liberal	John Bowen *	1,177	32%	-13%
	Conservative	W. Scott	1,156	32%	+10%
Majority			156
Registered electors			10,630
Turnout			3,666	34%
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

County

County

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil T. Cardwell	1,805	42%	+15%
	Labour	J. McLean *	1,333	31%	-13%
	Conservative	R. J. Keney	1,175	27%	-2%
Majority			472
Registered electors			11,911
Turnout			4,313	36%
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. H. Fitzpatrick	2,720	56%	+26%
	Liberal	E. M. Clews (PARTY)	1,164	24%	-34%
	Labour	W. F. Burke	942	20%	+8%
Majority			1,556
Registered electors			12,525
Turnout			4,826	39%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Dingle

Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Evans *	1,105	62%	-2%
	Conservative	J. A. Watson	541	31%	+15%
	Liberal	G. Temmee	123	7%	-8%
Majority			564
Registered electors			7,462
Turnout			1,769	24%
	Labour hold		Swing

Dovecot

Dovecot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Burke *	2,379	50%
	Conservative	J. F. McMillan	1,411	29%
	Liberal	B. Morris	995	21%
Majority			968
Registered electors			16,539
Turnout			4,785	29%
	Labour hold		Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Graham Hulme (PARTY)	1,684	50%
	Conservative	N. Wilkinson	834	25%
	Labour	F. Gaier	735	22%
	Socialist Workers	A. S. Meehan	102	3%
Majority			850
Registered electors			10,951
Turnout			3,355	31%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Brown	1,655	42%
	Labour	A. Williams	1,634	41%
	Liberal	R. J. Cunningham	664	17%
Majority			21
Registered electors			11,677
Turnout			3,953	34%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Gillmoss

Gillmoss 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. D. Roderick (PARTY)	2,554	56%
	Labour	P. J. Murphy	2,372	52%
	Conservative	A. Gore	1,153	25%
	Conservative	F. M. Kennedy	1,107	24%
	Liberal	E. Carroll	839	18%
	Liberal	J. Palfreyman	338	7%
Majority			1,401
Registered electors			19,245
Turnout			4,546	24%
	Labour hold		Swing

Granby, Prince's Park

Granby, Prince's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dr Cyril Taylor *	2,110	60%	-6%
	Liberal	Arthur Eric Damsell	447	13%
	Conservative	O. Y. Hughes	829	24%	-3%
	Communist	E. Caddick	103	3%
	Socialist Unity	E. P. Finnerty	92	3%
	Workers Revolutionary	W. Hunter	39	1%
	Immigrant Party	J. P. Murphy	23	1%
Majority			1,281
Registered electors			12,903
Turnout			3,489	27%
	Labour hold		Swing

Kensington

Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John R. Watton *	1,582	68%
	Labour	J. H. Stamper	443	19%
	Conservative	R. H. Mather	310	13%
Majority			1,139
Registered electors			6,420
Turnout			2,335	36%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Low Hill, Smithdown

Low Hill, Smithdown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Alton *	2,166	67%	-3%
	Liberal	A. Clitherow (PARTY)	1,789	55%	-15%
	Labour	L. Gallagher	825	26%	+2%
	Labour	G. G. Pratt	547	17%	-7%
	Conservative	R. Meadows	241	7%	+1%
	Conservative	M. F. Meehan	174	5%	-1%
Majority			1,341
Registered electors			8,425
Turnout			3,232	38%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Melrose, Westminster

Melrose, Westminster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. J. Molloy (PARTY)	1,307	47%	-16%
	Liberal	J. Bradley	1,265	45%	+32%
	Conservative	E. M. Clein	222	8%	-5%
Majority			42
Registered electors			7,896
Turnout			2,794	35%
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Doreen Jones	1,746	42%
	Conservative	I. McFall	1,410	34%
	Labour	D. E. Krumbein	947	23%
	Communist	H. Mohin	83	2%
	Independent Liberal	W. J. McCullough	112	3%
Majority			336
Registered electors			12,614
Turnout			4,186	33%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Picton

Picton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pam A. Bradley (PARTY)	2,051	46%
	Labour	J. Hughes	1,345	30%
	Conservative	J. McDermott	955	22%
	Communist	J. G. Volleamere	60	1%
Majority			706
Registered electors			11,280
Turnout			4,411	39%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Pirrie

Pirrie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Dalton *	2,815	57%	-10%
	Conservative	W. T. Palmer	1,739	35%	+2%
	Liberal	J. Stephenson	359	7%
Majority			1,076
Registered electors			15,937
Turnout			4,913	31%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. R. Maddox *	1,309	47%
	Conservative	R. A. Parkes	1,094	39%
	Liberal	C. J. Lister	372	13%
Majority			215
Registered electors			9,474
Turnout			2,775	29%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Trevor Jones *	1,897	54%
	Labour	D. R. Leach	616	17%
	Conservative	J. Cheshire	1,017	29%
Majority			880
Registered electors			9,645
Turnout			3,530	37%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sandhills, Vauxhall

Sandhills, Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Orr *	1,783	78%
	Socialist Unity	A. Thompson	281	12%
	Conservative	D. J. Lewis	173	8%
	Liberal	M. Decker	56	2%
Majority			1,502
Registered electors			9,015
Turnout			2,293	25%
	Labour hold		Swing

Speke

Speke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. J. Maudsley *	1,878	61%
	Conservative	C. W. Harpin	983	32%
	Liberal	I. McGuiness	134	4%
	Independent Labour	P. Moorhead	105	3%
Majority			895
Registered electors			14,188
Turnout			3,100	22%
	Labour hold		Swing

Tuebrook

Tuebrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Irving	1,541	38%	+14%
	Labour	Derek Hatton	1,450	36%	+6%
	Liberal	C. Collins (PARTY)	1,057	26%	-17%
Majority			91
Registered electors			11,240
Turnout			4,048	36%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. B. Flude *	1,781	45%	-8%
	Liberal	E. J. Seddon	1,170	30%
	Labour	W. H. Roberts	1,009	25%	-22%
Majority			611
Registered electors			11,722
Turnout			3,960	34%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woolton, East

Woolton, East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Bryers (PARTY)	2,080	57%
	Conservative	S. Fitzsimmons	1,204	33%
	Liberal	R. F. Heywood	359	10%
Majority			876
Registered electors			13,607
Turnout			3,643	27%
	Labour hold		Swing

Woolton, West

Woolton, West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ruth Dean	5,011	74%
	Labour	J. M. Lyon	1,135	17%
	Liberal	J. E. Parry	635	9%
Majority			3,876
Registered electors			17,820
Turnout			6,781	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[3]

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