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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 1868. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Eight of the sixteen wards were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Following the death of Councillor William Bottomley Bairstow (Liberal, Lime Street, elected 2nd
November 1868) which was reported to the Council on 6 January 1869.
The death of alderman Joseph Cooper J.P. Was reported to the Council on 10 February 1869.
Councillor James Tyrer (Conservative, elected for the Exchange ward on 1 November 1867) was elected as an alderman by the Council on 17 February 1869.
The death of Councillor William Cowley Miller (Liberal, elected for the South Toxteth ward on 1 November 1866) was reported to the Council on 2 June 1869.