1878 Liverpool Town Council election

1878 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 Saturday 1 November 1878. 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	??	??	??	??
	Liberal	??	??	??	??
	Irish Home Rule	5	+1	0	5

Election result

Liverpool local election result 1878

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	2	2	0	50%	51%	9.956
	Liberal	6	2	3	-1	38%	49%	9,575
	Home Rule	2	1	0	+1	12%	0%	0

Given the significant number of uncontested wards, these statistics should be read in that context.

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Bower *	unopposed
Registered electors			2,612
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Crosfield *	656	52%
	Conservative	Lawrence Hodson Parr	609	48%
Majority			47	4%
Registered electors			1,802
Turnout			1,265	70%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Barkeley Smith	unopposed
Registered electors			19,910
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Holder *	unopposed
Registered electors			2,067
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Hampden Jackson	575	54%
	Conservative	John Hughes *	495	46%
Majority			80	8%	N/A
Registered electors			1,329
Turnout			1,070	81%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Grindley	746	51%
	Liberal	Charles James Crosfield	706	49%
Majority			40	2%
Registered electors			1,955
Turnout			1,452	74%
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Fell Steble *	unopposed
Registered electors			7,444
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Steel	378	55%
	Conservative	Horatio Syred	304	45%
Majority			74	10%	N/A
Registered electors			847
Turnout			682	81%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Brocklebank the younger *	937	51%
	Conservative	Edmund Buckley	905	49%
Majority			32	2%
Registered electors			2,572
Turnout			1,842	72%
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Hayes Sheen	1,165	51%
	Liberal	Ronald McDougall *	1,109	49%
Majority			56	2%	N/A
Registered electors			2,944
Turnout			2,274	77%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Owen Hugh Williams *	739	53%
	Liberal	David Hughes	647	47%
Majority			92	6%
Registered electors			1,770
Turnout			1,386	78%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Tricks Bowring *	unopposed
Registered electors			1,494
	Liberal hold		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Laurence Connolly *	unopposed
Registered electors			9,671
	Home Rule hold		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Ball	1,870	51%
	Liberal	John Evans	1,783	49%
Majority			87	2%
Registered electors			5,862
Turnout			3,653	62%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Charles McArdle	unopposed
Registered electors			2,146
	Home Rule gain from Liberal		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William John Lunt	3,123	53%
	Liberal	William Durning Holt *	2,784	47%
Majority			339	6%	N/A
Registered electors			9,008
Turnout			5,907	66%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

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By-elections

No. 9, Great George

Caused by John Hampden Jackson (Liberal, Great George, elected 1 November 1878) ceasing to be a Councillor.

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Bennett Jackson	580	54%
	Conservative	John Hughes	493	46%
Majority			87	8%
Registered electors			1,329
Turnout			1,073	81%
	Liberal hold		Swing

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No. 13, St. Anne Street

Caused by Thomas Hayes Sheen (Conservative, St. Anne Street, elected 1 November 1878) ceasing to be a Councillor.

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald McDougall	1,087	50.3%
	Conservative	Thomas Patrick Holden	1,072	49.7%
Majority			15	0.6%	N/A
Registered electors			2,944
Turnout			2,159	73%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		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 - 1878.11.02 (1) (scan)" . Retrieved 31 January 2017.
2. "Liverpool Daily Post - 1878.11.02 (2) (scan)" . Retrieved 31 January 2017.
3. "Liverpool Daily Post - 1878.11.02 (3) (scan)" . Retrieved 16 January 2017.
4. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-1879 (page 2 scan)" . Retrieved 16 July 2016.
5. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-1879 (page 881 scan)" . Retrieved 16 July 2016.
6. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-1879 (page 112 scan)" . Retrieved 16 July 2016.
7. "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-1879 (page 112 scan)" . Retrieved 16 July 2016.