1868 Liverpool Town Council election

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Monday 2 November 1868. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Eight of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative????16??
Liberal????0??

Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1868
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative
  Liberal

Because of the large number of uncontested seats, these statistics should be taken in that context.

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby
No. 11 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Philip Henry Holt unopposed
Registered electors
[[|N/A]] hold Swing

Castle Street
No. 6 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Avison unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Everton
No. 1 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Whitley * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange
No. 5 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Johnson Stitt unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Great George
No. 9 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Hays Wilson unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Lime Street
No. 12 Lime Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Bottomley Bairstow * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

North Toxteth
No. 16 North Toxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Gibbons Livingston 417 56%
Liberal John Philips 344 45%
Majority 73
Registered electors
Turnout 761
Conservative gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Bower Forwood 189 59%
Liberal James Steele 134 41%
Majority 56
Registered electors
Turnout 323
Conservative gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Campbell 445 56%
Conservative Dr. Thomas Dawson 347 44%
Majority 98
Registered electors
Turnout 792
Liberal gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

St. Anne Street
No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Denton 229 51%
Liberal William Dawbarn 217 49%
Majority 12
Registered electors
Turnout 446
Conservative hold Swing

St. Paul's
No. 4 St. Paul's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oliver Holden 233 53%
Liberal Peter George Heyworth 205 47%
Majority 28
Registered electors
Turnout 438
Conservative gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

St. Peter's
No. 7 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Christie Beloe unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

Scotland
No. 2 Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Fairhurst 442 58%
Conservative Walter Pierce 322 42%
Majority 120
Registered electors
Turnout 764
Liberal gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

South Toxteth
No. 15 South Toxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Parratt 544 80%
Liberal Horace Seymour Alpass 134 20%
Majority 410
Registered electors
Turnout 678
Conservative gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

Vauxhall
No. 3 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Yates * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

West Derby
No. 14 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francis Anderson Clint 668 57%
Conservative Thomas Page 497 43%
Majority 171
Registered electors
Turnout 1,165
Liberal gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

[1] [2] [3]

Aldermanic Elections

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1868, the terms of office of eight alderman expired. [4]

The following eight were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1868 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected aldermen.

PartyAlderman
ConservativeWilliam Bennett *
ConservativeThomas Dover *
ConservativeRaymond William Houghton *
ConservativeJoseph Hubback *
ConservativeJoseph Gibbons Livingston
ConservativeJohn Grant Morris *
ConservativeThomas Rigby
ConservativeJohn Hayward Turner *

[5]

By-elections

No. 3, Vauxhall,

Caused by the election of Councillor Thomas Rigby (Conservative, Vauxhall, elected 1 November 1867) as an Alderman on 9 November 1868. [6]

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
[[|N/A]] hold Swing

No. 12, Lime Street,

Following the death of Councillor William Bottomley Bairstow (Liberal, Lime Street, elected 2nd November 1868) which was reported to the Council on 6 January 1869. [7]

No. 12 Lime Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Henry Hornby
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

[8]

No. 5, Exchange,

The death of alderman Joseph Cooper J.P. Was reported to the Council on 10 February 1869. [9] Councillor James Tyrer (Conservative, elected for the Exchange ward on 1 November 1867) was elected as an alderman by the Council on 17 February 1869. [10] [11]

No. 5 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Stephen Barker Guion
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

[12]

No. 15, South Toxteth,

The death of Councillor William Cowley Miller (Liberal, elected for the South Toxteth ward on 1 November 1866) was reported to the Council on 2 June 1869.

[13]

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Richard Allison Watson
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

[14]

See also

References
  1. Liverpool Daily Post Tuesday 3 November 1868
  2. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868-1869 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  3. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868-1869 pg 3 (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  4. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868-1869 pg 3 (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  5. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868-1869 pg 8 (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  6. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868-1869 pg 8 (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  7. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868-1869 January 6th (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  8. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868-1869 February 3rd (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  9. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868-1869 February 10th (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  10. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868-1869 pg 81 (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  11. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868-1869 pg 82 (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  12. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869 March 3rd (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  13. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869 June 2nd (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  14. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869 July 7th (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
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