Liverpool Town Council elections 1873
1873 Liverpool Town Council election
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← 1872 | November 1, 1873 (1873-11-01) | 1874 → |
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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 Monday 1 November 1873. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Ten of the sixteen wards were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Liberal | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1873 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 9 | | | | 56% | 56% | 11,297 | |
| Liberal | 7 | | | | 44% | 44% | 8,745 | |
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 | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Robertson Gladstone * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | 2,689 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Castle Street
No. 6 Castle Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | David MacIver | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | 1,897 | | |
| Conservative hold |
Everton
No. 1 Everton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Robert Vining * | 4,929 | 59% | |
| Liberal | David Hughes | 3,436 | 41% | |
Majority | 1,493 | 18% | |
Registered electors | 17,742 | | |
Turnout | 8,365 | 47% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Exchange
No. 5 Exchange Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Stephen Barker Guion * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | 2,445 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Great George
No. 9 Great George Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | George Peet | 486 | 50.4% | |
| Liberal | Edward Lewis | 479 | 49.6% | |
Majority | 7 | 0.8% | |
Registered electors | 1,511 | | |
Turnout | 965 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Lime Street
No. 12 Lime Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | James Allanson Picton * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | 2,068 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
North Toxteth
No. 16 North Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Joseph Harrison * | 1,709 | 58% | |
| Liberal | William Pirrie Sinclair | 1,236 | 42% | |
Majority | 474 | 16% | |
Registered electors | 6,000 | | |
Turnout | 2,944 | 49% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Charles Edward Hamilton * | 305 | 50% | |
| Liberal | James Steel | 303 | 50% | |
Majority | 2 | | |
Registered electors | 774 | | |
Turnout | 608 | 79% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Philip Henry Rathbone * | 736 | 58% | |
| Conservative | Dr. Arthur Brown Steele | 533 | 42% | |
Majority | 203 | 16% | |
Registered electors | 2,689 | | |
Turnout | 1,269 | 47% | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
St. Anne Street
No. 13 St. Anne Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Dr. John Stopford Taylor * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | 2,647 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Paul's
No. 4 St. Paul's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Huntington * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | 2,029 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Peter's
No. 7 St. Peter's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Alexander Balfour | 576 | 52% | |
| Conservative | Edward Lewis Wigan | 537 | 48% | |
Majority | 39 | | |
Registered electors | 1,753 | | |
Turnout | 1,113 | 63% | |
| gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
Scotland
No. 2 Scotland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | John McArdle * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | 9,851 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
South Toxteth
No. 15 South Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Isaac Jackson | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | 5,084 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Vauxhall
No. 3 Vauxhall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Peter Silvester Bidwell * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | 2,087 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
West Derby
No. 14 West Derby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Edward Samuelson * | 2,798 | 59% | |
| Liberal | Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff | 1,980 | 41% | |
Majority | 818 | 18% | |
Registered electors | 7,601 | | |
Turnout | 4,778 | 63% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
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By-elections
No. 13, St. Anne Street, 27 March 1874
Caused by the death of Councillor James Denton (Conservative, St. Anne Street, elected 1 November 1871)
No. 13 St. Anne Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Dr. William Cross | 514 | 54% | |
| | Henry Ashby | 323 | 34% | |
| | W. N. S. Cope | 106 | 11% | |
| | John Morrell | 16 | 1.7% | |
Majority | 191 | 20% | |
Registered electors | 2,647 | | |
Turnout | 959 | 36% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
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See also
References
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post Monday 3 November 1873
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1873 - 1874 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1873-1874 pg 100 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.