Liverpool City Council - Council Control

Council Control

See also: Liverpool City Council elections

In the 19th and early 20th Century the council was run by the Conservatives, whose policies were responsible for Liverpool leading the way in many areas of social reform, for example the provision of the first council-housing in Europe. Liverpool was one of the last cities in the UK in which the Labour Party gained control, this not occurring until 1955.

The council has switched numerous times between Liberal Democrats control and Labour control since its reconstitution in 1974, with two periods of no overall control.

1890: Archibald Salvidge
1929: Thomas White
1938: Alfred Shennan
1955: Jack Braddock
1961: Maxwell Entwistle
1963: Jack Braddock
1964: Bill Sefton
Controlling party Years Leader
No overall control 1974–1983 1974 – 1975 Cyril Carr (Liberal)
1975 – 1976: Bill Smyth (Liberal)
1976 – 1978: John Hamilton (Labour)
1978 (May – June): Eddie Roderick (Labour)
1978 – 1979: John Hamilton (Labour)
1979 – 1983: Trevor Jones (Liberal)
Labour 1983 – 1987 1983 – 1986: John Hamilton
1986 – 1987: Tony Byrne
Liberal 1987 (March – May) Trevor Jones
Labour 1987 – 1992 1987 (May – October): Harry Rimmer
1987 – 1990: Keva Coombes
1990 – 1992: Harry Rimmer
No overall control 1992 – 1996 Harry Rimmer (Labour)
Labour 1996 – 1998 Frank Prendergast
Liberal Democrat 1998 – 2010 1998 – 2005: Mike Storey
2005 – 2010: Warren Bradley
Labour 2010 – present 2010 – present Joe Anderson

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