1854 Liverpool Town Council election
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← 1853 | November 1, 1854 (1854-11-01) | 1855 → |
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16 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 16 wards 33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority |
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Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1854. 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:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Reformers | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1854 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | | | | | | | | |
| Whig | | | | | | | | |
Ward results
* – Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
No. 11 Abercromby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Abraham Tinne | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Castle Street
No. 6 Castle Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Hugh Hornby * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Everton
No. 1 Everton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Daniel Crosthwaite | 394 | 54% | |
| Whig | Thomas Chalmer | 333 | 46% | |
Majority | 61 | 8% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 727 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Exchange
No. 5 Exchange Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Littledale * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Great George
No. 9 Great George Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Wagstaff * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Lime Street
No. 12 Lime Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | James Johnson* | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| | Swing | | |
North Toxteth
No. 16 North Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Bernard Hall | 308 | 51% | |
| Whig | W. H. Ogden | 296 | 49% | |
Majority | 12 | 2% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 604 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Gladstone jun. * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold |
Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Flemming * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Anne Street
No. 13 St. Anne Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | Joseph Kitchen | 211 | 74% | |
| Conservative | Raymond William Houghton * | 76 | 26% | |
Majority | 135 | 48% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 287 | | |
| Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
St. Paul's
No. 4 St. Paul's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | John Rowland McGuffie * | 204 | 58% | |
| Whig | Thomas Savage | 147 | 42% | |
Majority | 57 | 16% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 351 | | |
| Whig hold | Swing | | |
St. Peter's
No. 7 St. Peter's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Harmood Banner * | 247 | 52% | |
| Whig | A. H. Wylie | 71 | 15% | |
Majority | 176 | | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 475 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Scotland
No. 2 Scotland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | Archibald Charles Stewart | 350 | 58% | |
| Conservative | James Thomson * | 256 | 42% | |
Majority | 350 | 16% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 606 | | |
| Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
South Toxteth
No. 15 South Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Stewart * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Vauxhall
No. 3 Vauxhall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | Edward Bradley * | 162 | 57% | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Atkinson | 124 | 43% | |
Majority | 162 | 14% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 286 | | |
| Whig hold | Swing | | |
West Derby
No. 14 West Derby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Richard Mitchell Beckwith * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
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By-elections
No. 9, Great George, Wednesday 1 November 1854
Caused by the resignation of Councillor John McNichol (Conservative, elected 1 November 1852)
No. 9 Great George Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Marke Wood | 242 | 53% | |
| Whig | John Rogers | 211 | 47% | |
Majority | 31 | 6% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 453 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
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See also
References
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- ^ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 1 November 1854 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 6 December 2016.
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- ^ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 8 November 1854 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 8 November 1854 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 6 December 2016.
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- ^ "Liverpool Mercury Tuesday 31 October 1854 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Mercury Tuesday 31 October 1854 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Mercury Tuesday 31 October 1854 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Mercury Tuesday 31 October 1854 (5) (scan)". Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Mercury Friday 3 November 1854 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Mercury Friday 3 November 1854 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Mercury Friday 3 November 1854 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Mercury Friday 3 November 1854 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Mercury Friday 3 November 1854 (5) (scan)". Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council – Council Minute Book 1854 p. 226 (scan)". Retrieved 6 December 2016.