Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 3 May 1972. One seat in each of the forty wards was up for election, plus one by-election seat each in Vauxhall and Woolton wards. This was the last year when the council comprised 120 councillors and 40 Aldermen, totalling 160, which was the largest council membership .
After the election, the composition of the council was:
PartyCouncillors ± AldermenLabour 73 +18 ??Conservative 29 -24 ??Liberal 14 +7 ??Protestant 3 -2 0
Election result
Ward results This data is compared with the election results for 1969, when the councillors were elected for a three-year term.
* - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
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 4 May 1972 Liverpool Daily Post 9 May 1969
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