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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 2
November 1857. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office
of each councillor being three years.
Nine of the sixteen wards were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was: