1864 Liverpool Town Council election

1864 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 Wednesday 1 November 1864. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Five 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 1864

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	%	±%
	Liberal	Robertson Gladstone *	unopposed
Registered electors
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Chesshyre Blythe	418	51%
	Liberal	Thomas Avison *	409	49%
Majority			9	2%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			827
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Time	John Chesshyre Blythe		Thomas Avison
	Votes	%	Votes	%
11:00	183	50%	180	50%
11:30	220	50%	223	50%
12:00	254	50%	249	50%
12:30	273	50%	274	50%
13:00	294	51%	288	49%
13:30	309	50%	313	50%
14:00	325	50%	328	50%
15:00	353	49%	363	51%
15:30	382	50%	384	50%
16:00	418	51%	409	49%

Everton

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Archibald Charles Stewart	unopposed
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Tyrer *	348	51%
	Liberal	Charles Pierre Melly	330	49%
Majority			18	2%
Registered electors
Turnout			678
	Conservative hold		Swing

Time	James Tyrer		Charles Pierre Melly
	Votes	%	Votes	%
11:00	163	49%	167	51%
11:30	205	50%	204	50%
12:00	231	52%	217	48%
12:30	257	52%	241	48%
13:00	272	52%	249	48%
13:30	281	51%	266	49%
14:00	287	51%	277	49%
15:00	318	51%	304	49%
15:30	328	51%	313	49%
16:00	348	51%	330	49%

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isaac Jackson	235	51%
	Liberal	John Rogers *	222	49%
Majority			13	2%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			457
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Time	Isaac Jackson		John Rogers
	Votes	%	Votes	%
11:00	157	51%	151	49%
11:30	166	51%	157	49%
12:00	174	51%	164	49%
12:30	181	51%	171	49%
13:00	197	52%	182	48%
13:30	205	52%	187	48%
14:00	217	52%	201	48%
15:00	223	52%	209	48%
15:30	231	52%	214	48%
16:00	235	51%	222	49%

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 *	497	58%
	Liberal	Ewing Whittle	365	42%
Majority			132	16%
Registered electors
Turnout			862
	Conservative hold		Swing

Time	Joseph Harrison=		Ewing Whittle
	Votes	%	Votes	%
11:00	158	57%	120	43%
11:30	199	55%	160	45%
12:00	251	56%	196	44%
12:30	285	57%	217	43%
13:00	345	57%	265	43%
13:30	378	57%	283	43%
14:00	419	57%	312	43%
15:00	473	58%	344	42%
15:30	485	58%	349	42%
16:00	497	58%	365	42%

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Rimmer	216	52%
	Liberal	William McMillen	197	48%
Majority			19	4%
Registered electors
Turnout			413
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Time	John Rimmer		William McMillen
	Votes	%	Votes	%
11:00	107	49%	111	51%
11:30	135	52%	123	48%
12:00	154	52%	141	48%
12:30	166	53%	147	47%
13:00	183	53%	165	47%
13:30	183	53%	165	47%
14:00	192	53%	171	47%
15:00	210	52%	192	48%
15:30	214	52%	195	48%
16:00	216	52%	197	48%

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Jack	424	52%
	Liberal	Thomas Bulley Job *	388	48%
Majority			36	4%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			812
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. John Stopford Taylor	244	56%
	Liberal	William Bottomly Bairstow *	191	44%
Majority			53	12%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			435
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurice Williams	252	75%
	Conservative	Lewis Hornblower	85	25%
Majority			167	50%
Registered electors
Turnout			337
	Liberal hold		Swing

Time	Maurice Williams		Lewis Hornblower
	Votes	%	Votes	%
11:00	156	74%	55	26%
11:30	166	75%	55	25%
12:00	191	75%	64	25%
12:30	208	75%	70	25%
13:00	222	74%	76	26%
13:30	227	74%	78	26%
14:00	231	75%	79	25%
15:00	244	74%	84	26%
15:30	245	74%	85	26%
16:00	252	75%	85	25%

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		David Rae *	unopposed
Registered electors
	gain from		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	John Brandreth Hughes	490	55%
	Liberal	Horace Seymour Alpass *	407	45%
Majority			83	10%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			897
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Rigby	159	67%
	Liberal	Robert Bradbury	77	33%
Majority			82	34%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			236
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Time	Thomas Rigby		Robert Bradbury
	Votes	%	Votes	%
11:00	104	65%	55	35%
11:30	114	66%	59	34%
12:00	125	67%	62	33%
12:30	134	67%	66	33%
13:00	147	68%	68	32%
13:30	149	68%	71	32%
14:00	153	68%	73	32%
15:00	157	68%	75	32%
15:30	157	68%	75	32%
16:00	159	67%	77	33%

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Samuelson ^	700	51%
	Liberal	Peter George Heyworth	667	49%
Majority			33	2%
Registered electors
Turnout			1,367
	Conservative hold		Swing

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By-elections

The death of Councillor James Crellin was reported to the Council meeting on 14 December 1864.

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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 1 November 1864
2. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1864-1865 pg 3 (scan)" . Retrieved 13 August 2016.
3. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1864-1865 pg 4 (scan)" . Retrieved 13 August 2016.
4. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1864 December 14 (scan)" . Retrieved 13 August 2016.