1862 Liverpool Town Council election

November 1, 1862 (1862-11-01)

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 Wednesday 1 November 1862. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Eleven of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

This was the first year that the 'Proceedings of the Council' were printed.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	??	16	??
	Liberal	??	??	0	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1862
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative
	Liberal

Because eleven of the sixteen seats were uncontested, these statistics should be taken in that context.

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby
Party	Candidate	Votes
	William Earle *	unopposed
Registered electors
		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Maxwell	356	63%
	Liberal	John Yates the younger	205	37%
Majority			151	26%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			561
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Johnson Stitt *	806	52%
	Conservative	Joseph Hubback	734	48%
Majority			72	4%
Registered electors
Turnout			1,540
	Liberal hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Turner *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Hays Wilson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Rothwell Cooper	378	52%
	Liberal	James Reddecliff Jeffrey	346	48%
Majority			32	4%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			724
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

North Toxteth

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

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Walter Powell Jeffreys *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Aspinall Tobin *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Nickson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Oliver Holden *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Christie Beloe *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
		Clarke Aspinall	unopposed
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Henry Threlfall Wilson	417	57%
	Liberal	Maurice Williams	311	43%
Majority			106	14%
Registered electors
Turnout			728
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Shimmin *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Francis Anderson Clint *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Aldermanic Elections

At the meeting of the Council on 10 November 1862, the terms of office of eight alderman expired.

The following eight were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 10 November 1862 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected aldermen.

Party		Alderman
	Conservative	William Bennett *
	Conservative	Thomas Dover *
	Conservative	John Farnworth
	Conservative	Raymond William Houghton *
	Conservative	Joseph Hubback
	Conservative	John Grant Morris *
	Conservative	William Preston *
	Conservative	John Hayward Turner *

By-elections

No. 15, South Toxteth, November 1862

Caused by the election of Councillor John Farnworth (Conservative, South Toxteth, elected 1 November 1861) by the Council as an alderman on 10 November 1862.

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%


Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
			Swing

No. 1, Everton & Kirkdale, November 1862

Caused by the election of Councillor Maurice Hubback (Conservative, Everton & Kirkdale, elected 1 November 1862) by the Council as an alderman on 10 November 1862.

No. 1 Everton
Party		Votes


Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Liberal hold	Swing

No. ?, November 1862

Caused by the election of Councillor John Grant Morris (Party?, ward?, elected ???) by the Council as an alderman on 10 November 1862.

References

Liverpool Daily Post Monday 3 November 1862
"Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1862-1863 pg 1 (scan)". Retrieved 15 August 2016.
"Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1862-1863 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 15 August 2016.
"Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1862-1863 pg 5 (scan)". Retrieved 15 August 2016.
"Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1862-1863 pg 10 (scan)". Retrieved 15 August 2016.

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