1866 Liverpool Town Council election

November 1, 1866 (1866-11-01)

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 Thursday 1 November 1866. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Twelve of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1866
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	2	3	-1	44%
	Liberal	9	3	2	+1	56%

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

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Pierre Melly	unopposed
Registered electors
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Samuel Greg Rathbone *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Pearson	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Barry *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Rogers	233	50.2%
	Conservative	James Sykes	231	49.8%
Majority			2	0.4%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			464
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Rowlands Minton	357	54%
	Liberal	H. S. Alpass	309	46%
Majority			48	8%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			666
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

North Toxteth

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

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Henry Jennings	202	52%
	Liberal	James Steel	187	48%
Majority			15	4%
Registered electors
Turnout			389
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Gair	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur P. Fletcher	238	60%
	Liberal	Dr. Edward Watts	158	40%
Majority			80	20%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			396
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Barton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Tricks Bowring *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Williams *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Cowley Miller	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Whitty *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Birch Melladew *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections

No. 6, Castle Street, 1 November 1866 - 2 seats

Caused by the retirements of Councillors John Cheshyre Blythe (Conservative, elected for the Castle Street ward on 1 November 1864) and Thomas Chilton (Liberal, elected 1 November 1865).

No. 6 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Woodburn
	Liberal	Thomas Avison
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

No. 10, Rodney Street, 1 November 1866

Caused by the retirement of Councillor C. J. English (Liberal, Rodney Street, elected 1 November 1865)

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Thomas Dawson
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
		Swing

No. 13, St. Anne Street, 1 January 1867

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Joseph Bennion (Conservative, elected 1 November 1865)

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Dawbarn

Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

References

Liverpool Daily Post Friday 2 November 1866
"Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1866-1867 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 13 August 2016.
"Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1866-1867 pg 4 (scan)". Retrieved 13 August 2016.
"Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1866-1867 pg 4 (scan)". Retrieved 13 August 2016.
"Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1867 January 1st (scan)". Retrieved 13 August 2016.

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