Council Leadership
Chosen as Leader of the Conservative group on Liverpool City Council in 1964, Steward became Chairman of Liverpool Conservatives in 1966. He planned the Conservatives' election campaigns based on opposing rent and rate rises imposed by the Labour-controlled council. Although failing to make advances in the 1966 general election, the Conservatives did win a majority on Liverpool Council in 1967. Steward became Leader of the Council. From 1969 to 1972 he was Chairman of Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority, responsible for running the Mersey Ferry, and campaigning for a new Mersey tunnel.
In the New Years' Honours list of January 1972, Steward was given a Knighthood. He stood down from the City Council in 1974 when it was reorganised. Conservative support ebbed in the early 1970s, but Steward maintained confidence in public.
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