1873 Liverpool Town Council election

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1873 Liverpool Town Council election
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←  1872 November 1, 1873 (1873-11-01) 1874  →
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 1873. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Contents

Ten of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative  ?? ?? ?? ??
Liberal  ?? ?? ?? ??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1873
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 956%56%11,297
  Liberal 744%44%8,745

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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robertson Gladstone *unopposed
Registered electors 2,689
Liberal hold Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David MacIver UnopposedN/AN/A
Registered electors 1,897
Conservative hold

Everton

No. 1 Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Vining *4,92959%
Liberal David Hughes3,43641%
Majority1,49318%
Registered electors 17,742
Turnout 8,36547%
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Stephen Barker Guion *unopposed
Registered electors 2,445
Liberal hold Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Peet48650.4%
Liberal Edward Lewis47949.6%
Majority70.8%
Registered electors 1,511
Turnout 965
Conservative hold Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Allanson Picton *unopposed
Registered electors 2,068
Liberal hold Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Harrison *1,70958%
Liberal William Pirrie Sinclair1,23642%
Majority47416%
Registered electors 6,000
Turnout 2,94449%
Conservative hold Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Edward Hamilton *30550%
Liberal James Steel30350%
Majority2
Registered electors 774
Turnout 60879%
Conservative hold Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Philip Henry Rathbone *73658%
Conservative Dr. Arthur Brown Steele53342%
Majority20316%
Registered electors 2,689
Turnout 1,26947%
Liberal hold Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dr. John Stopford Taylor *unopposed
Registered electors 2,647
Conservative hold Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Huntington *unopposed
Registered electors 2,029
Conservative hold Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alexander Balfour57652%
Conservative Edward Lewis Wigan53748%
Majority39
Registered electors 1,753
Turnout 1,11363%
gain from Liberal Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John McArdle *unopposed
Registered electors 9,851
Liberal hold Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Isaac Jacksonunopposed
Registered electors 5,084
Conservative hold Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Peter Silvester Bidwell *unopposed
Registered electors 2,087
Liberal hold Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Samuelson *2,79859%
Liberal Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff1,98041%
Majority81818%
Registered electors 7,601
Turnout 4,77863%
Conservative hold Swing

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By-elections

No. 13, St. Anne Street, 27 March 1874

Caused by the death of Councillor James Denton (Conservative, St. Anne Street, elected 1 November 1871)

No. 13 St. Anne Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dr. William Cross51454%
Henry Ashby32334%
W. N. S. Cope10611%
John Morrell161.7%
Majority19120%
Registered electors 2,647
Turnout 95936%
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post Monday 3 November 1873
  2. ↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1873 - 1874 pg 2 (scan)" . Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1873-1874 pg 100 (scan)" . Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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