1863 Liverpool Town Council election

1863 Liverpool Town Council election

November 1, 1863 (1863-11-01)
16 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 16 wards 33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Monday 2 November 1863. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Seven 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 1863

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	6	0	8	-8	37%	49%	2,403
	Liberal	10	8	0	+8	63%	51%	2,493

Because seven of the sixteen seats were uncontested seats, these statistics should be taken in that context.

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Hutchison *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Greg Rathbone	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Reddecliff Jeffery	205
	Conservative	Daniel Crosthwaite *	0
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Barry	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Wagstaff *	240	56%
	Liberal	Joseph Robinson	190	44%
Majority			50	12%
Registered electors
Turnout			430
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Tate	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Liberal gain from Conservative

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Lawrence	447	58%
	Liberal	Henry Pooley	330	42%
Majority			117	16%
Registered electors
Turnout			777
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Robert Graves *	20	100%
	Liberal	James Levington	0	0%
Majority			20	100%
Registered electors
Turnout			20
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Mozley *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Kitchen	233	55%
	Conservative	Samuel Goodacre	190	45%
Majority			43	10%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			423
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Barton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Tricks Bowring *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Williams	497	55%
	Conservative	James Crellin *	405	45%
Majority			92	10%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			902
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Cowley Miller	488	60%
	Conservative	Joseph Steel *	324	40%
Majority			164	20%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			812
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Whilty	139	54%
	Conservative	Thomas Rigby	120	46%
Majority			246	8%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			1,068
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Birch Melladew	657	62%
	Liberal	Arnold Baruchson	411	38%
Majority			246	24%
Registered electors
Turnout			1,068
	Conservative hold		Swing

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By-elections

No. 2, Scotland,

Following the resignation of Alderman Sanuel Holme, Councillor Richard Sheil (Merchant, of Bankfield Road, West Derby, elected to Scotland ward on 1 November 1861) was elected as an alderman on Wednesday 11 May 1864.

No. 2 Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

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See also

• Liverpool City Council
• Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
• Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
• Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
• History of local government in England

References

1. Liverpool Daily Post Tuesday 3 November 1863
2. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1863-1864 pg 4 (scan)". Retrieved 14 August 2016.
3. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1864 May 11 (scan)". Retrieved 14 August 2016.