1862 Liverpool Town Council election
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← 1861 | November 1, 1862 (1862-11-01) | 1863 → |
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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 Wednesday 1 November 1862. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Eleven of the sixteen wards were uncontested.
This was the first year that the 'Proceedings of the Council' were printed.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | ?? | 16 | ?? |
| Liberal | ?? | ?? | 0 | ?? |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1862 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | | | | | | | | |
| Liberal | | | | | | | | |
Because eleven of the sixteen seats were uncontested, these statistics should be taken in that context.
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
No. 11 Abercromby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | William Earle * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| | Swing | | |
Castle Street
No. 6 Castle Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Maxwell | 356 | 63% | |
| Liberal | John Yates the younger | 205 | 37% | |
Majority | 151 | 26% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 561 | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
Everton
No. 1 Everton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | John Johnson Stitt * | 806 | 52% | |
| Conservative | Joseph Hubback | 734 | 48% | |
Majority | 72 | 4% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 1,540 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Exchange
No. 5 Exchange Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Charles Turner * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative 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 | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Rothwell Cooper | 378 | 52% | |
| Liberal | James Reddecliff Jeffrey | 346 | 48% | |
Majority | 32 | 4% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 724 | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
North Toxteth
No. 16 North Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Joseph Gibbons Livingston* | 418 | 55% | |
| Liberal | Hugh Almond | 343 | 45% | |
Majority | 75 | 10% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 761 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Walter Powell Jeffreys * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Aspinall Tobin * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Anne Street
No. 13 St. Anne Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | George Nickson * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Paul's
No. 4 St. Paul's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Oliver Holden * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
St. Peter's
No. 7 St. Peter's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Henry Christie Beloe * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Scotland
No. 2 Scotland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Clarke Aspinall | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| gain from | Swing | | |
South Toxteth
No. 15 South Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Henry Threlfall Wilson | 417 | 57% | |
| Liberal | Maurice Williams | 311 | 43% | |
Majority | 106 | 14% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 728 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Vauxhall
No. 3 Vauxhall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Shimmin * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
West Derby
No. 14 West Derby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Francis Anderson Clint * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
[1] [2] [3]
At the meeting of the Council on 10 November 1862, the terms of office of eight alderman expired. [4]
The following eight were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 10 November 1862 for a term of six years.
* - re-elected aldermen.
Party | Alderman |
| Conservative | William Bennett * |
| Conservative | Thomas Dover * |
| Conservative | John Farnworth |
| Conservative | Raymond William Houghton * |
| Conservative | Joseph Hubback |
| Conservative | John Grant Morris * |
| Conservative | William Preston * |
| Conservative | John Hayward Turner * |
[5]
By-elections
No. 15, South Toxteth, November 1862
Caused by the election of Councillor John Farnworth (Conservative, South Toxteth, elected 1 November 1861) by the Council as an alderman on 10 November 1862.
No. 1, Everton & Kirkdale, November 1862
Caused by the election of Councillor Maurice Hubback (Conservative, Everton & Kirkdale, elected 1 November 1862) by the Council as an alderman on 10 November 1862.
No. ?, November 1862
Caused by the election of Councillor John Grant Morris (Party?, ward?, elected ???) by the Council as an alderman on 10 November 1862.
See also
References
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post Monday 3 November 1862
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1862-1863 pg 1 (scan)". Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1862-1863 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1862-1863 pg 5 (scan)". Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1862-1863 pg 10 (scan)". Retrieved 15 August 2016.