North Toxteth (Liverpool ward)

North Toxteth
North Toxteth
Former electoral ward
	North Toxteth Location within Merseyside
OS grid reference	SJ350888
• London	178 mi (286 km) South-east
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool ;
Metropolitan county	Merseyside ;
Region	North West ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LIVERPOOL
Postcode district	L8
Dialling code	0151
Police	Merseyside
Fire	Merseyside
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Liverpool Riverside ;
	List of places UK England Merseyside 53°23′20″N2°57′00″W / 53.3890°N 2.9500°W

Last updated January 04, 2026

North Toxteth was an electoral ward in Liverpool, established under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. It covered the northern part of the historic Toxteth area, south of the city centre, a district that was rapidly urbanising during the Industrial Revolution in the United Kingdom.

Overview

The ward elected councillors to Liverpool Town Council, playing a role in local governance, infrastructure, and public services. Polling often took place in community hubs like public houses, reflecting the civic life of the era.

By the late 19th century, Liverpool’s growing population and boundary reorganisations led to the ward’s dissolution. Its territory was absorbed into new wards. It used to cover modern areas such as Princes Park and Riverside.

Elections

1835

No. 16 North Toxteth - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	W. W. Currie *	242	65%	N/A
	Whig	Mr. Duncan	223	60%	N/A
	Whig	C. Tayleur	222	59%	N/A
	Conservative	Mr. Troughton	132	35%	N/A
	Conservative	Mr. Gibbons	130	35%	N/A
	Conservative	James Dempsey	90	24%	N/A
Majority			110		N/A
Registered electors			493
Turnout			374	76%	N/A
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

Polling place : At two windows of the Royal Oak Public-house, at the corner of Upper Warwick-street and Park-place.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

1836

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	George Ramsden	195	59%
	Conservative	John Sheppard	133	41%
Majority			62	18%
Registered electors			538
Turnout			328	61%
	Whig hold		Swing

1837

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	William McMurdo Duncan *	232	55%
	Conservative	John Sheppard	191	45%
Majority			41	10%
Registered electors
Turnout			423
	Whig hold		Swing

1838

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	William Wallace Currie *	Unopposed
Registered electors			693
	Whig hold

1839

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Daniel Mather	257	52%
	Conservative	Richard Harbord	233	48%
Majority			24	4%
Registered electors			710
Turnout			490	69%
	Whig hold		Swing

1840

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Harbord	240	51%
	Whig	William McMurdo Duncan *	233	49%
Majority			7	2%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			473
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Time	Richard Harbord		William McMurdo Duncan
Time	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00			33
11:00	74	49%	76	51%
12:00	101
13:00	167	51%	158	49%
14:00	199	51%	189	49%
15:00	219
16:00	240		233	49%

1841

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Smith jun.	374	53%
	Whig	William Lockerby	338	47%
Majority			36	6%	N/A
Registered electors			964
Turnout			712	74%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

1842

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Sheppard	278	65%
	Whig	William Lockerby	149	35%
Majority			129	30%	N/A
Registered electors			946
Turnout			427	45%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Time	John Sheppard		William Lockerby
Time	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	32	52%	30	48%
11:00	61	54%	53	64%
12:00	76	55%	61	45%
13:00	126	61%	80	39%
14:00	175	64%	100	36%
15:00	216	63%	128	37%
16:00	278	65%	149	35%

1843

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Harbord *	222	53%
	Whig	William Lockerby	193	47%
Majority			29	6%
Registered electors			657
Turnout			415	63%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Polling Place : A Booth, on the Land situated on the east side of Park-road, and south side of St. Patrick's Chapel.

1844

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Mann	274	56%
	Whig	George Holt	214	44%
Majority			60	12%
Registered electors			877
Turnout			488	56%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1845

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Timmy Turner	291	56%
	Conservative	John Sheppard *	227	44%
Majority			64	12%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			518
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

1846

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Robert Benn	241	64%
	Conservative	John Sheppard	135	36%
Majority			105	28%	N/A
Registered electors			814
Turnout			376	46%
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

1847

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Mann *	281	55%
	Whig	William Purser Freme	230	45%
Majority			51	10%
Registered electors			907
Turnout			511	56%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1848

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Fisher	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors
	Conservative gain from Whig

Polling Place : The Public-house, sign of "The Royal Oak", corner of Warwick-street, Park-road.

William Fisher was a pro-rater.

1849

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
		Thomas Lloyd	unopposed
Registered electors			735
	gain from		Swing

Thomas Lloyd was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme.

1850

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Gregson	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

1851

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Royden	253	61%
	Whig	William Fisher	161	39%
Majority			92	22%
Registered electors
Turnout			414
	Conservative hold		Swing

1852

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hilton Halhead	329	69%
	Whig	Thomas Lloyd *	151	31%
Majority			178	38%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			480
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

1853

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Gregson *	4	Unopposed	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

1854

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bernard Hall	308	51%
	Whig	W. H. Ogden	296	49%
Majority			12	2%
Registered electors
Turnout			604
	Conservative hold		Swing

1855

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hilton Halhead *	313	71%
	Whig	William Evans	129	29%
Majority			184	42%
Registered electors			941
Turnout			442	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1856

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
		William Hollis Anthony	unopposed
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

1857

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Vernon	405	64%
	Whig	Thomas Avison	231	36%
Majority			174	28%
Registered electors
Turnout			636
	Conservative hold		Swing

1858

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.

1859

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Gibbons Livingston	352	58%
	Liberal	W.H. Anthony	252	42%
Majority			100	16%
Registered electors			865
Turnout			604	70%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Voting throughout the day.

Time	Joseph Gibbons Livingston		W.H. Anthony
Time	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	58	51%	55	49%
11:00	124	55%	102	45%
12:00	176	56%	136	44%
13:00	222	56%	178	45%
14:00	280	57%	210	43%
15:00	317	57%	239	43%
16:00	352	58%	252	42%

1860

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Vernon *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1861

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Harrison	395	68%
	Liberal	William Digby Smith	188	32%
Majority			207	36%
Registered electors
Turnout			583
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Time	Joseph Harrison		William Digby Smith
Time	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	98	68%	46	32%
11:00	152	66%	79	34%
12:00	202	63%	118	37%
13:00	273	66%	141	34%
14:00	336	67%	167	33%
15:00	370	67%	180	33%
16:00	396	67%	195	33%

1862

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Gibbons Livingston*	418	55%
	Liberal	Hugh Almond	343	45%
Majority			75	10%
Registered electors
Turnout			761
	Conservative hold		Swing

1863

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Lawrence	447	58%
	Liberal	Henry Pooley	330	42%
Majority			117	16%
Registered electors
Turnout			777
	Conservative hold		Swing

1864

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
Time	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%

1865

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Gibbons Livingston *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1866

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Lawrence *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1867

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Harrison *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1868

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Gibbons Livingston	417	56%
	Liberal	John Philips	344	45%
Majority			73
Registered electors
Turnout			761
	Conservative gain from		Swing

1869

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

1870

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Harrison *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1871

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Arthur Bower Forwood	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1872

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Fell Steble *	544	93%
	Liberal	William Lyon Warke	40	7%
Majority			504	86%
Registered electors
Turnout			584
	Conservative hold		Swing

1873

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Harrison *	1,709	58%
	Liberal	William Pirrie Sinclair	1,236	42%
Majority			474	16%
Registered electors			6,000
Turnout			2,944	49%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1874

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Arthur Bower Forwood *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1875

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Fell Steble *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

1876

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Leyland	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1877

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur Bower Forwood *	2,253	58%
	Liberal	John Phillips	1,630	42%
Majority			623	16%
Registered electors			6,368
Turnout			3,883	61%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1878

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard Fell Steble *	unopposed
Registered electors			7,444
	Conservative hold		Swing

1879

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Hughes	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1880

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Hughes	2,934	55%
	Liberal	John Thomas Warrington	2,400	45%
Majority			534	10%
Registered electors			7,844
Turnout			5,334	68%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1881

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Dr. Robert Hamilton	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1882

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Hughes *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1883

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Hughes *	unopposed
Registered electors			9,131
	Conservative hold		Swing

1884

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dr. Robert Hamilton *	3,410	59%
	Liberal	Henry Vaughan	2,380	41%
Majority			1,030	18%
Registered electors			9,641
Turnout			5,790	60%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1885

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Hughes *	unopposed
Registered electors			2,709
	Conservative hold		Swing

1886

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Herbert Campbell	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1887

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Hamilton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1888

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Hughes *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1889

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Herbert Campbell *	2,135	71%
	Irish Nationalist	Michael McGrath	893	29%
Majority			1,242	42%
Registered electors			9,549
Turnout			3,028	32%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1890

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Edward Willink	3,246	59%
	Conservative	Thomas Henry William Walker	2,274	41%
Majority			972	18%	N/A
Registered electors			9,618
Turnout			5,520	57%
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

1891

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William James Burgess	3,375	54%
	Liberal	John Lamport Eills	2,819	46%
Majority			556	8%
Registered electors
Turnout			6,194
	Conservative hold		Swing

1892

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Herbert Campbell *	2,953	55%
	Liberal	Egerton Stewart Brown	2,411	45%
Majority			542	10%
Registered electors
Turnout			5,364
	Conservative hold		Swing

1893

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		William Edward Willink *	1,823	83%
	Labour	Patrick Flynn	385	17%
Majority			1,438
Registered electors
Turnout			2,208
			Swing

1894

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William James Burgess *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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North Toxteth
Former electoral ward
North Toxteth Location within Merseyside
OS grid reference	SJ350888
• London	178 mi (286 km) South-east
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool
Metropolitan county	Merseyside
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LIVERPOOL
Postcode district	L8
Dialling code	0151

Police	Merseyside
Fire	Merseyside
Ambulance	North West

UK Parliament	Liverpool Riverside
List of places UK England Merseyside 53°23′20″N2°57′00″W / 53.3890°N 2.9500°W / 53.3890; -2.9500

v t e Districts and Wards of the City of Liverpool
Districts	Aigburth Allerton Anfield Belle Vale Broadgreen Canning Childwall Chinatown City Centre Clubmoor Croxteth Dingle Dovecot Edge Hill Everton Fairfield Fazakerley Garston Gateacre Gillmoss Grassendale Hunt's Cross Kensington Kirkdale Knotty Ash Mossley Hill Netherley Norris Green Oglet Old Swan Orrell Park Sefton Park St Michael's Hamlet Speke Stoneycroft Toxteth Tuebrook Vauxhall Walton Wavertree West Derby Woolton
Wards	Aigburth Allerton Anfield Arundel Belle Vale Broadgreen Brownlow Hill Calderstones Canning Childwall Church City Centre North City Centre South Clubmoor East Clubmoor West County Croxteth Croxteth Country Park Dingle Edge Hill Everton East Everton North Everton West Fazakerley East Fazakerley North Fazakerley West Festival Gardens Garston Gateacre Grassendale & Cressington Greenbank Park Kensington and Fairfield Kirkdale East Kirkdale West Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park Mossley Hill Much Woolton & Hunts Cross Norris Green Old Swan East Old Swan West Orrell Park Penny Lane Princes Park Sandfield Park Sefton Park Smithdown Speke Springwood St Michaels Stoneycroft Toxteth Tuebrook Breckside Park Tuebrook Larkhill Vauxhall Walton Waterfront North Waterfront South Wavertree Garden Suburb Wavertree Village West Derby Deysbrook West Derby Leyfield West Derby Muirhead Woolton Village Yew Tree
Defunct wards	Abercromby Allerton and Hunt's Cross Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton Breckfield Brunswick Castle Street Central Central, Everton, Netherfield Clubmoor Cressington Dovecot Everton Exchange Fairfield Fazakerley Gillmoss Granby Granby, Princes Park Grassendale Great George Greenbank Kensington Kirkdale Knotty Ash Lime Street Little Woolton Low Hill Low Hill, Smithdown Melrose Melrose, Westminster Much Woolton Netherfield Netherley North Scotland North Toxteth North Walton Old Swan Picton Pirrie Pitt Street Riverside Rodney Street St. Anne Street St. Domingo St. James' St. Mary's St. Paul's St. Peter's Sandhills Scotland Sefton Park East Sefton Park West South Scotland South Toxteth South Walton Speke-Garston Tuebrook Tuebrook and Stoneycroft Valley Warbreck Wavertree West Derby Westminster Woolton Woolton East Woolton West