Abercromby (Liverpool ward)

Abercromby ward was an electoral division of Liverpool City Council. It was originally created in 1835, was merged with St James ward in 1974 and was resurrected in 1980. Finally it was divided into the new Riverside and Princes Park wards in 2004.

Councillors

1980 to 2004

Term		Councillor [1]	Party
	1999–2004	Paul Brant	Labour
	1998–2004	Steve Munby	Labour
	1998–2004	Joe Anderson	Labour
	1990-1999	Sarah Norman	Labour
	1995-1998	A. Cleary	Labour
	1995-1998	S. Watson	Labour
	1991-1995	N. Stanley	Labour
	1987-1995	Keith Hackett	Labour
	1987-1991	K. Feintuck	Labour
	1987-1990	Alan Dean	Labour
	1984-1987	Joe Devaney	Labour
	1993-1987	J. Rutledge	Labour
	1982-1987	Tony Hood	Labour
	1980-1984	Chris Davies	Liberal
	1980-1983	Alan Troy	Liberal
	1980-1982	David Vasmer	Liberal

1953 to 1972

Term		Councillor	Party
	1971-1973	S.F. Jacobs	Labour
	1968-1971	David E Daniel	Conservative
	1966-1973	William F. Burke	Labour
	1965-1968	Frank Gaier	Labour
	1963-1966	L. Caplan	Labour
	1962-1965	Harry Livermore	Labour
	1952-1956
	1945-1947
	1961-1973	William F. Burke	Labour
	1960-1963	R.W. Rollins	Conservative
	1957-1960	C. Morris	Labour
	1956-1962	Paul Orr	Labour
	1955-1961	P Maguire	Labour
	1953-1953	Kenneth Counsell	Labour
	1953-1953	Thomas Maguire	Labour
	1953-1957	L Murphy	Labour
	1950-1953	John Cheshire	Conservative
	1949-1953	John Kenneth Hart	Conservative
	1947-1953	Francis Joseph Bullen	Conservative
	1945-1959	John Reginald Bevins	Conservative
	1945-1949	Francis Lavery	Labour

Election results

Elections of the 2000s

2003

1st May 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Paul Brant	953	61.29%	4.53
	Liberal Democrats	Linda-Jane Buckle	288	18.52%	3.27
	Green	Peter Cranie	230	14.79%	3.94
	Conservative	John Creagh	55	3.54%	1.26
	Liberal	Arthur Carroll	29	1.86%	1.42
Majority			665	42.77%	7.79
Turnout			1,555	14.11%	0.13
Registered electors			11,020
	Labour hold		Swing	3.90

2002

2nd May 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Joe Anderson	1,001	65.81%	0.45
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Clein	232	15.25%	2.05
	Green	Peter Cranie	165	10.85%	4.47
	Conservative	Diane Watson	73	4.80%	0.87
	Liberal	Arthur Carroll	50	3.29%	2.83%
Majority			769	50.56%	1.61
Turnout			1,521	13.98%	2.84
Registered electors			10,876
	Labour hold		Swing	0.80

2000

4th May 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Steve Munby	758	66.26%	8.77
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Wright	198	17.31%	15.46
	Green	R. Barratt	73	6.38%	0.49
	Liberal	J. Richardson	70	6.12%	N/A
	Conservative	G.A. Watson	45	3.93%	1.06
Majority			560	48.95%	24.23
Turnout			1,074	11.15%	4.67
Registered electors			10,263
	Labour hold		Swing	12.11

Elections of the 1990s

1999

6th May 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Paul Brant	879	57.49%	1.85
	Liberal Democrats	Josie Mullen	501	32.77%	3.50
	Green	Jennifer Mary. Brown	105	6.87%	N/A
	Conservative	Diane Isabel Watson	44	2.88%	1.36
Majority			378	24.72%	5.35
Turnout			1,529	15.81%	5.29
Registered electors			9,669
	Labour hold		Swing	2.67

1998

7th May 1998 (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Joe Anderson	588	59.33%	13.50
	Labour	Steve Munby	547	55.20%	-
	Liberal Democrats	C. Barnett	290	29.26%	21.60
	Liberal Democrats	J.Cowan	244	24.62%	-
	Liberal	M. Wingfield	71	7.16%	0.44
	Conservative	C.P.S. Biller	42	4.24%	1.81
	Conservative	C.S. Harley	41	4.14%	-
Majority			298	30.07%	35.09
Turnout			991	10.52%	7.43
Registered electors			9,419
	Labour hold		Swing	17.55
	Labour hold		Swing

1996

2nd May 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Sarah Norman	1,083	72.83%	1.93
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Firth	114	7.67%	0.37
	Liberal	A. Carroll	100	6.72%	2.41
	Green	R. Spalding	100	6.72%	1.00
	Conservative	C. Zsigmond	90	6.05%	0.89
Majority			969	65.16%	1.56
Turnout			1,487	17.95%	5.03
Registered electors			8,285
	Labour hold		Swing	0.78

1995

4th May 1995 (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	A. Cleary	1,404	74.76%	1.17
	Labour	S. Watson	1,265	67.36%	-
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Dyer	151	8.04%	3.90
	Green	R. Spalding	145	7.72%	1.72
	Liberal Democrats	John Clucas	141	7.54%	-
	Conservative	P. Edwards	97	5.17%	0.40
	Liberal	J. Mayes	81	4.31%	0.62
Majority			1,253	66.72%	5.07
Turnout			1,878	22.98%	0.91
Registered electors			8,172
	Labour hold		Swing	2.54
	Labour hold		Swing

1994

5th May 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J. Hackett	1,374	73.59%	2.73
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Dyer	223	11.94%	0.72
	Green	Jennifer Brown	112	6.00%	1.68
	Conservative	P. Edwards	89	4.77%	5.47
	Liberal	J. Highcock	69	4.77%	N/A
Majority			1,151	61.65%	2.00
Turnout			1,867	23.89%	3.25
Registered electors			7,815
	Labour hold		Swing	1.00

1992

7th May 1992

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Sarah Norman	1,080	70.87%	6.60
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Dyer	171	11.22%	3.45
	Conservative	A. Zsigmond	156	10.24%	2.37
	Green	S. Mansfield	117	7.68%	N/A
Majority			909	59.65%	3.15
Turnout			1,524	20.64%	7.43
Registered electors			7,385
	Labour hold		Swing	1.57

1991

2nd May 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	N. Stanley	1,526	77.46%	4.15
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Dyer	289	14.67%	8.77
	Conservative	C. Zsigmond	155	7.87%	2.70
Majority			1,237	62.79%	0.75
Turnout			1,970	28.07%	15.10
Registered electors			7,018
	Labour hold		Swing	2.31

1990

3rd May 1990 (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Keith Hackett	1,802	73.31%	7.39
	Labour	Sarah Norman	1,745	70.99%	-
	Green	Laura Davenport	277	11.27%	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Chowings	145	5.90%	1.35
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Dyer	134	5.45%	-
	Conservative	Pauline Edwards	127	5.90%	1.85
	Conservative	D. Radcliffe	114	4.64%	-
	Communist	F. Carroll	107	4.35%	0.68
Majority			1,525	62.04%	11.41
Turnout			2,458	43.17%	5.34
Registered electors			5,694
	Labour hold		Swing	-

Elections of the 1980s

1988

5th May 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	K. Feintuck	2,070	80.70%	11.57
	SLD	Carole Matthews	186	7.25%	11.38
	Conservative	P. Lee	180	7.02%	1.73
	Communist	P. Carroll	129	5.03%	1.91
Majority			1,884	73.45%	22.95
Turnout			1,884	73.45%	4.92
Registered electors			6,780
	Labour hold		Swing	11.47

1987

7th May 1987 (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan W. Dean	2,260	79.13%	0.93
	Labour	Keith Hackett	2,225	68.06%	-
	Labour	K. Feintuck	2,221	67.94%	-
	Liberal	Annette Butler	609	18.63%	1.47
	Liberal	W. M. Bullock	545	16.67%	-
	Liberal	K. D. Kelbrick	545	17%	-
	Communist	F. Carroll	227	6.94%	3.09
	Conservative	G. A. Earle	173	5.29%	0.14
	Conservative	E. B. Steadman	138	4.22%	-
	Conservative	G. A. H. Tann	130	3.98%	-
Majority			1,651	50.50%	2.39
Turnout			3,269	42.75%	9.02
Registered electors			7,646
	Labour hold		Swing	1.20

1986

1st May 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Antony Hood	1,947	70.06%	9.72
	Alliance	B. Aston	477	17.16%	6.97
	Conservative	H. V. Tracey Forster	151	5.43%	1.91
	Communist	F. Carroll	107	3.85%	1.17
	Green	N. Everard	97	3.49%	N/A
Majority			1,470	52.90%	16.69
Turnout			2,779	33.73%	4.58
Registered electors			8,239
	Labour hold		Swing	8.35

1984

1st May 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Joe Devaney	2,739	89.78%	6.13
	Liberal	C. J. Leahy	350	10.20%	3.40
	Conservative	H. V. Tracy-Forster	252	7.34%	1.34
	Communist	F. Carroll	92	2.68%	1.39
Majority			2,389	69.59%	9.53
Turnout			3,433	38.31%	9.19
Registered electors			8,960
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	4.77

1983

5th May 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J. Rutledge	2,010	73.65%	19.59
	Liberal	C. J. Leahy	371	13.59%	24.00
	Conservative	H. V. Tracy-Forster	237	8.68%	5.40
	Communist	F. Carroll	111	4.07%	0.99
Majority			1,639	60.06%	43.59
Turnout			2,729	29.12%	2.11
Registered electors			9,370
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	21.79

1982

6th May 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Antony Hood	1,648	54.07%	19.57
	Liberal	David Vasmer	1,146	37.60%	16.21
	Communist	Roger O'Hara	154	5.05%	3.15
	Conservative	G. A. Powell	100	3.28%	0.20
Majority			502	16.47%	2.84
Turnout			3,048	31.24%	3.62
Registered electors			9,757
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	17.89

1980

6th May 1980 (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Chris Davies	2,040	53.8%
	Liberal	Alan Troy	1,696
	Liberal	David Vasmer	1,692
	Labour	Owen Joseph Doyle	1,308	34.5%
	Labour	Edward Shields	1,301
	Labour	Violet McCoy	1,292
	Communist	Roger O'Hara	311	8.2%
	Conservative	Ian McFall	132	3.5%
	Conservative	Eric Wardle Mossford	116
	Conservative	Ernest Peat	107
Majority			732
Turnout				36.3%
Registered electors			10,455
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

For elections between 1973 and 1979 see Abercromby St James

Elections of the 1970s

1972

3rd May 1972

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William F Burke	871	78.75%	11.44
	Conservative	LW Mossford	139	12.57%	6.04
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	96	8.68%	3.17
Majority			732	66.18%	17.48
Turnout			1,106	21.20%	6.93
Registered electors			5,218
	Labour hold		Swing	8.74

1971

13th May 1971

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	SF Jacobs	1,038	67.32%	0.97
	Conservative	David E. Daniels	287	18.61%	3.78
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	85	5.51%	5.76
Majority			751	48.70%	4.75
Turnout			1,542	28.12%	4.71
Registered electors			5,483
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	2.38

1970

7th May 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John E McPherson	883	66.34%	21.98
	Conservative	A.W. Jones	298	22.39%	16.28
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	150	11.27%	2.34
Majority			585	43.95%	38.27
Turnout			1,331	23.42%	2.52
Registered electors			5,684
	Labour hold		Swing	19.13

Elections of the 1960s

1969

8th May 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William F Burke	515	44.36%	0.27
	Conservative	Stanley V Hennessy	449	38.67%	6.64
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	158	13.61%	3.01
	National Front	Elvyn Thompson	39	3.36%	N/A
Majority			66	5.68%	4.47
Turnout			1,161	20.89%	2.94
Registered electors			5,557
	Labour hold		Swing	3.45

1968

9th May 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David E Daniel	483	45.31%	3.92
	Labour	Frank Gaier	470	44.09%	3.61
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	113	10.60%	0.31
Majority			13	1.22%	5.09
Turnout			1,066	27.95%	2.07
Registered electors			5,938
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	3.77

1967

11th May 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John E McPherson	695	47.70%	10.51
	Conservative	Herbert C Norcott	603	41.39%	8.05
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	159	10.91%	2.46
Majority			92	6.31%	18.56
Turnout			1,457	20.02%	2.38
Registered electors			7,276
	Labour hold		Swing	9.28

1966

12th May 1966

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William F Burke	833	85.21%	0.17
	Conservative	Herbert C Norcott	477	33.33%	3.23
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	121	8.46%	3.40
Majority			356	24.88%	3.06
Turnout			1,431	17.65%	2.62
Registered electors			8,108
	Labour hold		Swing	1.53

1965

13th May 1965

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frank Gaier	1,017	58.38%	4.44
	Conservative	C Hughes	637	36.57%	7.06
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	88	5.05%	2.62
Majority			380	21.81%	11.50
Turnout			1,742	20.27%	2.74
Registered electors			8,596
	Labour hold		Swing	5.75

1964

7th May 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John E McPherson	1,318	62.82%	1.09
	Conservative	G.W. Boult	619	29.50%	1.63
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	161	7.67%	2.72
Majority			699	33.32%	0.54
Turnout			2,098	23.01%	6.97
Registered electors			9,118
	Labour hold		Swing	0.27

1963

9th May 1963

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	L Caplan	1,792	63.91%	2.15
	Conservative	R.W. Rollins	873	31.13%	2.42
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	139	4.96%	0.27
Majority			919	32.77%	4.57
Turnout			2,804	29.98%	3.64
Registered electors			9,353
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	2.29

1962

10th May 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harry Livermore	1,707	66.06%	12.25
	Conservative	L Huglin	742	28.72%	13.03
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	135	5.22%	N/A
Majority			965	37.35%	25.28
Turnout			2,584	26.34%	1.27
Registered electors			9,810
	Labour hold		Swing	12.64

1961

11th May 1961

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John E McPherson	1,356	53.81%	11.32
	Conservative	G.W. Boult	1,052	41.75%	7.22
	Union Movement	H Taylor	112	4.44%	0.28
Majority			304	12.07%	5.59
Turnout			2,520	25.07%	4.07
Registered electors			10,052
	Labour hold		Swing	9.27

1960

12th May 1960

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	R.W. Rollins	1,089	48.97%	9.14
	Labour	A Williams	945	42.49%	12.20
	Union Movement	H Taylor	105	4.72%	N/A
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	85	3.82%	1.66
Majority			144	6.47%	8.38
Turnout			2,224	21.00%	6.00
Registered electors			10,592
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	10.67

Elections of the 1950s

1959

7th May 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Paul Orr	1,616	54.69%	2.22
	Conservative	A Lloyd	1,177	39.83%	6.77
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	162	5.48%	1.24
Majority			439	14.86%	4.55
Turnout			2,955	27.00%	3.80
Registered electors			10,944
	Labour hold		Swing	2.28

1958

8th May 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	P Maguire	1,795	52.47%	7.58
	Conservative	A McVeigh	1,131	33.06%	4.25
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	145	4.24%	0.40
Majority			664	19.41%	11.84
Turnout			3,421	30.80%	1.43
Registered electors			11,108
	Labour hold		Swing	5.92

1957

9th May 1957

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	C Morris	1,672	44.89%	9.35
	Conservative	A McVeigh	1,390	37.32%	2.93
	Independent Labour	L Murphy	520	13.96%	N/A
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	143	3.84%	1.68
Majority			282	7.57%	6.42
Turnout			3,725	32.23%	0.79
Registered electors			11,557
	Labour hold		Swing	3.21

1956

10th May 1956

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Paul Orr	2,023	54.24%	3.28
	Conservative	J.H.W. Stewart	1,501	40.24%	3.03
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	206	5.52%	0.25
Majority			522	13.99%	6.32
Turnout			3,730	31.44%	5.92
Registered electors			11,864
	Labour hold		Swing	3.16

1955

12th May 1955

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	P Maguire	2,330	50.95%	14.83
	Conservative	J.H.W. Stewart	1,979	42.28%	9.06
	Communist	Anthony McLelland	264	5.77%	N/A
Majority			351	7.68%	23.89
Turnout			4,573	37.36%	0.73
Registered electors			12,241
	Labour hold		Swing	11.95

1954

13th May 1954

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	L Murphy	3,057	65.78%	7.72
	Conservative	H.M. Dobbie	1,590	34.22%	7.22
Majority			1,467	31.57%	26.99
Turnout			4,647	36.63%	7.24
Registered electors			12,687
	Labour hold		Swing	7.22

1953

Cllr Thomas George Dominic Maguire died on 24 August 1953.

Abercromby By-election, 24th August 1953

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kenneth Walter Consell	2,493	57.38%
	Conservative	Reginald John McLaughlin	1,852	42.62%
Majority			641	14.76%
Turnout			4,345	33.83%
Registered electors			12,845
	Labour hold		Swing

The 1953 Municipal elections followed boundary changes resulting in all seats being contested.

7th May 1953 (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harry Livermore	3,300	58.56%
	Labour	Thomas George Dominic Maguire	3,130	55.55%
	Labour	L. Murphy	3,115	55.28%
	Conservative	John Cheshire	2,335	44.44%
	Conservative	A.M. Caplin	12,256	40.04%
	Conservative	Francis Joseph Bullen	2,231	39.59%
Majority			965	17.13%
Turnout			5,635	43.87%
Registered electors			12,845
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1952

8th May 1952

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harry Livermore	3,564	62.28%	15.68
	Conservative	John Kenneth Hart	2,159	37.72%	15.68
Majority			1,405	24.55%	17.75
Turnout			5,723	43.17%	5.13
Registered electors			13,256
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	15.68

1951

11th May 1951

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Francis Joseph Bullen	2,740	53.40%	0.87
	Labour	William Smyth	2,391	46.60%	0.87
Majority			349	6.80%	1.73
Turnout			5,131	38.04%	1.54
Registered electors			13,488
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.87

1950

11th May 1950

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Cheshire	2,747	52.53%	1.54
	Labour	William Smyth	2,482	47.47%	5.38
Majority			265	5.07%	6.92
Turnout			5,229	39.58%	1.56
Registered electors			13,210
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.46

Elections of the 1940s

1949

12th May 1949

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Kenneth Hart	2,954	54.07%	0.05
	Labour	Francis Lavery	2,299	42.08%	3.89
	Communist	Mrs Olwyn White	210	3.84%	N/A
Majority			655	11.99%	3.94
Turnout			5,463	38.03%	3.19
Registered electors			14,366
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	2.28

1947

1st November 1947

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Francis Joseph Bullen	3,160	54.03%	2.37
	Labour	Harry Livermore	2,689	45.97%	2.37
Majority			471	8.05%	4.74
Turnout			5,849	41.22%	7.21
Registered electors			14,189
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1946

1st November 1946

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Reginald Bevins	2,435	51.65%	7.33
	Labour	Richard Clitherow	2,279	48.35%	7.33
Majority			156	3.31%	8.05
Turnout			4,714	34.02%	0.96
Registered electors			13,858

1945

1st November 1945

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Francis Lavery	2,466	55.68%
	Labour	Harry Livermore	2,439	55.07%
	Conservative	Joseph James E Sloan	1,963	44.32%
	Conservative	George Bowman	1,961	44.28%
Majority			503	11.36%
Turnout			4,429	34.98%
Registered electors			12,663

References

1. "Liverpool City Council elections 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre, University of Plymouth. 16 May 2018.