1858 Liverpool Town Council election

1858 Liverpool Town Council election

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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

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Monday 1 November 1858. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Eleven of the 16 wards were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	??	??	37
	Whig	??	??	??	27

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1858

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	3	0	5	-5	19%	34%	898
	Whig	10	5	0	+5	63%	61%	1,582

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	%	±%
	Whig	Robertson Gladstone *	445	65%
	Conservative	Hugh Neil	238	35%
Majority			207	30%
Registered electors
Turnout			683
	Whig hold		Swing

Time	Robertson Gladstone		Hugh Neil
	Votes	%	Votes	%
11:00	243	69%	110	31%
12:00	292	68%	139	32%
13:00	363	66%	191	34%
14:00	405	65%	215	35%
15:00	426	65%	226	35%
16:00	445	65%	238	35%

Polling Place : The Phoenix Inn, on the east side of Mount Pleasant, occupied by Edward Robinson. ^[1]

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Avison	432	57%
	Conservative	Joseph Gibbons Livingston	323	43%
Majority			109	14%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			755
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

Time	Thomas Avison		Joseph Gibbons Livingston
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	128	70%	54	30%
11:00	217	62%	132	38%
12:00	292	57%	223	43%
13:00	359	58%	260	42%
14:00	407	58%	289	42%
15:00	409	58%	297	42%
16:00	428	58%	304	42%

Polling Place : The Commercial Hotel, Dale Street, occupied by Mr. Deakin

Everton

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Darnley Anderson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

The polling place was Halliday's Coffee House, south west corner of Rupert Lane.

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Tyrer *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Polling Place : The north end of the Sessions house in Chapel Street.

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Rogers	222	55%
	Conservative	Samuel Abbott	183	45%
Majority			39	10%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			405
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

Time	John Rogers		Samuel Abbott
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	73	50%	74	50%
11:00	116	52%	105	48%
12:00	143	54%	121	46%
13:00	173	55%	140	45%
14:00	205	56%	161	44%
15:00	216	55%	175	45%
16:00	221	55%	182	45%

Polling Place : The Shop, No. 70, on the north side of Nelson Street, occupied by Edwin Thomas.

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Allanson Picton *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Whig hold

Polling Place : The House, No. 88, on the south side of London Road, occupied by Edward Ford.

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Wakefield Cropper	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Whig gain from Conservative

Polling Place : The house, No. 60, Saint Jame's Place, occupied by William Jones.

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Ridley	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Polling Place : The Committee room of the South Corporation School, in Park Lane.

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Bulley Job	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Whig gain from Conservative

Polling Place : The Coffee House, No. 71, near the entrance to the new arcade, on the east side of Renshaw Street, occupied by Mr. Mitchells.

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Llewelyn Hodson *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Whig hold

Polling Place : The House of Mrs. Hindle, No. 55 on the west side of Christian Street.

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Clerk	186	61%
	Conservative	Thomas Rigby	119	39%
Majority			67	22%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			305
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

Time	John Clerk		Thomas Rigby
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	40	63%	23	37%
11:00	80	63%	46	37%
12:00	119	68%	57	32%
13:00	140	66%	71	34%
14:00	160	66%	84	34%
15:00	174	65%	92	35%
16:00	185	63%	110	37%

Polling Place : The House of Mr. John Mather, at the north-west corner of St. Paul's Square.

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	David Rae	266	57%
	Whig	John Charles Fernihough *	198	43%
Majority			68	14%
Registered electors
Turnout			464
	Whig gain from Whig		Swing

Time	David Rae		John Charles Fernihough
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	60	55%	50	45%
11:00	111	55%	91	45%
12:00	166	54%	140	46%
13:00	199	55%	165	45%
14:00	226	56%	176	44%
15:00	252	58%	186	42%
16:00	269	58%	191	42%

Polling Place : The Public House, sign of "The Ring of Bells" in School Lane, occupied by Mr. John Bennion.

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Richard Sheil *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Whig hold

Polling place : The House, No. 237, on the north side of Burlington Street, occupied by Mr. Des?er.

Richard Sheil was the first Catholic elected to Liverpool Town Council. ^[2]

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Farnworth *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Polling Place : The shop on the west side of Park Road, occupied by Eliza Gould, near the church of St. John the Baptist.

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Roger Haydock *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Whig hold

Polling Place : The House occupied by Mr. George Gurden, No. 167, on the west side of Vauxhall Road nearly opposite the end of Paul Street.

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Aikin *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Whig hold

Polling Place : The House on the south side of Edge Hill, in the occupation of John Jackson, and opposite St. Mary's Church. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]}

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

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