1867 Liverpool Town Council election

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Friday 1 November 1867. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Twelve of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	??	16	??
	Liberal	??	??	0	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1867
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	0	1	-1	62%	56%	1,390
	Liberal	6	1	0	+1	38%	44%	1,087

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
	Liberal hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Woodburn	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Bland	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Tyrer *	305	54%
	Liberal	John Johnson Stitt	261	46%
Majority			44
Registered electors
Turnout			566
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Isaac Jackson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Allanson Picton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Harrison *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Rimmer *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Philip Henry Rathbone	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dr. John Stopford Taylor *	225	52%
	Liberal	Henry Pooley	209	48%
Majority			16	4%
Registered electors
Turnout			434
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Williams *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jacob Gaitskell Brown	337	51%
	Conservative	Major Richard Fell Steble	327	49%
Majority			10	2%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			664
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Robinson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Barclay Walker	533	56%
	Liberal	Horace Seymour Alpass	280	34%
Majority			253	22%
Registered electors
Turnout			813
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Rigby*	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Samuelson *	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

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By-elections

No. 16, North Toxteth, 1 November 1867

Caused by the retirement of Councillor Edward Lawrence (Conservative, North Toxteth, elected 2 November 1865).

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard Fell Steble

Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[3]

Aldermanic By Election, 4 April 1868

Following the death of Alderman James Parker, reported to the Council on 1 April 1868, John Weightman was elected as an alderman on 4 April 1868. ^[4]

No. 5, Exchange, 22 April 1868

Caused by the death of Councillor William Barry (Liberal, Exchange, elected unopposed 1 November 1866) which was reported to the Council on 29 April 1868

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Fletcher Rogers

Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

^[5]

No. 5, Exchange, June 1868

Caused by the resignation of Councillor John Swainson (Exchange, elected 1 November 1865), reported to the Council on 3 June 1868 ^[6]

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Johnson Stitt

Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

^[7]

References

^ Liverpool Daily Post Saturday 2 November 1867
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1867-1868 pg 3 (scan)". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1867-1868 pg 4 (scan)". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1867-1868 pg 119 (scan)". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1867-1868 pg 130 (scan)". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1867-1868 pg 149 (scan)". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868 June 17th (scan)". Retrieved 9 August 2016.

[1] Liverpool Daily Post Saturday 2 November 1867

[2] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1867-1868 pg 3 (scan)". Retrieved 9 August 2016.

[3] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1867-1868 pg 4 (scan)". Retrieved 9 August 2016.

[4] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1867-1868 pg 119 (scan)". Retrieved 9 August 2016.

[5] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1867-1868 pg 130 (scan)". Retrieved 9 August 2016.

[6] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1867-1868 pg 149 (scan)". Retrieved 9 August 2016.

[7] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868 June 17th (scan)". Retrieved 9 August 2016.

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