1862_Liverpool_Town_Council_election
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.
Quick Facts 16 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 16 wards 33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority ...
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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 | ||||
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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:
More information Party, Councillors ...
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
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| Conservative | ?? | ?? | 16 | ?? | |
| Liberal | ?? | ?? | 0 | ?? | |
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More information Party, Seats ...
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Because eleven of the sixteen seats were uncontested, these statistics should be taken in that context.
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| William Earle * | unopposed | ||||
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| Swing | |||||
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Castle Street
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | ||||
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Everton
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | John Johnson Stitt * | 806 | 52% | ||
| Conservative | Joseph Hubback | 734 | 48% | ||
| Majority | 72 | 4% | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 1,540 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Exchange
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Charles Turner * | unopposed | |||
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| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Great George
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | John Hays Wilson * | unopposed | |||
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| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Lime Street
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | ||||
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North Toxteth
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Joseph Gibbons Livingston* | 418 | 55% | ||
| Liberal | Hugh Almond | 343 | 45% | ||
| Majority | 75 | 10% | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 761 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Pitt Street
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Walter Powell Jeffreys * | unopposed | |||
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| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Rodney Street
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | James Aspinall Tobin * | unopposed | |||
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| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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St. Anne Street
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | George Nickson * | unopposed | |||
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| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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St. Paul's
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Oliver Holden * | unopposed | |||
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| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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St. Peter's
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Henry Christie Beloe * | unopposed | |||
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| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Scotland
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Clarke Aspinall | unopposed | ||||
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| gain from | Swing | ||||
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South Toxteth
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Henry Threlfall Wilson | 417 | 57% | ||
| Liberal | Maurice Williams | 311 | 43% | ||
| Majority | 106 | 14% | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 728 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Vauxhall
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | John Shimmin * | unopposed | |||
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| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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West Derby
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Francis Anderson Clint * | unopposed | |||
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| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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At the meeting of the Council on 10 November 1862, the terms of office of eight alderman expired. [4]
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.
More information Party, Alderman ...
| Party | Alderman | |
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| 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 * | |
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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.
More information Party, Candidate ...
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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.
More information Party, Candidate ...
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| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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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.
- Liverpool City Council
- Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
- Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
- Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
- History of local government in England
- 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.