Liverpool Town Council election, 1868

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:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	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.

Party		Alderman
	Conservative	William Bennett *
	Conservative	Thomas Dover *
	Conservative	Raymond William Houghton *
	Conservative	Joseph Hubback *
	Conservative	Joseph Gibbons Livingston
	Conservative	John Grant Morris *
	Conservative	Thomas Rigby
	Conservative	John 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 9th November 1868. ^[6]

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		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]

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post Tuesday 3rd November 1868
↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868-1869 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868-1869 pg 3 (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868-1869 pg 3 (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868-1869 pg 8 (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868-1869 pg 8 (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868-1869 January 6th (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868-1869 February 3rd (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868-1869 February 10th (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868-1869 pg 81 (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1868-1869 pg 82 (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869 March 3rd (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869 June 2nd (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869 July 7th (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.

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