1869 Liverpool Town Council election

1869 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 1869. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Six of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	+4	16	??
	Liberal	??	-4	0	??

Election result

Liverpool local election result 1869

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11	4	0	+4	69%	52%	9,719
	Liberal	5	0	4	-4	31%	48%	9,216

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	Charles Pierre Melly *	759	52%
	Conservative	Robert Vining	691	48%
Majority			68	4%
Registered electors
Turnout			1,450
	Liberal hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Greg Rathbone *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Pearson *	2,685	54%
	Liberal	Robert Owen Evans	2,317	46%
Majority			368	8%
Registered electors			10,107
Turnout			5,002	49%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fletcher Rogers	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hughes	384	53%
	Liberal	Francis Gerard Prange	344	47%
Majority			40	6%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			728
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Rowland Minton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lieut Col. Richard Fell Steble	1,237	60%
	Liberal	Henry Jevons	815	40%
Majority			422	20%
Registered electors
Turnout			2,052
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Jennings *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Houghton	683	55%
	Liberal	Thomas Gair *	551	45%
Majority			132	10%	N/A
Registered electors			2,030
Turnout			1,234	61%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Tarbuck	560	55%
	Liberal	John Knight Archer	459	45%
Majority			101	10%
Registered electors
Turnout			1,019
	Conservative hold		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 *	449	69%
	Conservative	Reginald Young	202	31%
Majority			247	38%
Registered electors
Turnout			651
	Liberal hold		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Williams *	1,454	65%
	Conservative	Walter Pierce	784	35%
Majority			670	30%
Registered electors
Turnout			2,238
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Allison Watson	929	59%
	Liberal	Dr. Ewing Whittle	639	41%
Majority			290	18%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			1,568
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Whitty *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Birch Melladew *	1,636	53%
	Liberal	Richard Johnson	1,429	47%
Majority			207	6%
Registered electors
Turnout			3,065
	Conservative hold		Swing

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By-elections

Aldermanic By Election, 9 November 1869

Following the retirement of Alderman Thomas Bold, Bernard Hall was elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1869.

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No. 7, St. Peter's, 14 January 1870

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Jacob Gaitskell Brown (Liberal, St. Peter's, elected 1 November 1867) on 30 December 1869. ^[5]

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Gerard Prange	451	53%
	Conservative	Thomas Blissett	394	47%
Majority			57	6%
Registered electors
Turnout			845
	Liberal hold		Swing

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No. 2, Scotland, 3 February 1870

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Joseph Robinson (Liberal, Scotland, elected unopposed on 1 November 1867)

No. 2 Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McArdle	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		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 2 November 1869
2. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 1 (scan)" . Retrieved 6 August 2016.
3. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 2 (scan)" . Retrieved 6 August 2016.
4. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 4 (scan)" . Retrieved 6 August 2016.
5. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 54 (scan)" . Retrieved 6 August 2016.
6. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 65 (scan)" . Retrieved 6 August 2016.
7. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 66 (scan)" . Retrieved 6 August 2016.
8. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 81 (scan)" . Retrieved 6 August 2016.
9. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 82 (scan)" . Retrieved 6 August 2016.