Liverpool Town Council elections 1842
1878 Liverpool Town Council election
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← 1877 | November 1, 1878 (1878-11-01) | 1879 → |
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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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Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Saturday 1 November 1878. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Seven of the sixteen wards were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Liberal | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Irish Home Rule | 5 | +1 | 0 | 5 |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1878 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50% | 51% | 9.956 | |
| Liberal | 6 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 38% | 49% | 9,575 | |
| Home Rule | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 12% | 0% | 0 | |
Given the significant number of uncontested wards, these statistics should be read in that context.
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
No. 11 Abercromby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Anthony Bower * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | 2,612 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Castle Street
No. 6 Castle Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | William Crosfield * | 656 | 52% | |
| Conservative | Lawrence Hodson Parr | 609 | 48% | |
Majority | 47 | 4% | |
Registered electors | 1,802 | | |
Turnout | 1,265 | 70% | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Everton
No. 1 Everton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Barkeley Smith | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | 19,910 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Exchange
No. 5 Exchange Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Thomas Holder * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | 2,067 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Great George
No. 9 Great George Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | John Hampden Jackson | 575 | 54% | |
| Conservative | John Hughes * | 495 | 46% | |
Majority | 80 | 8% | N/A |
Registered electors | 1,329 | | |
Turnout | 1,070 | 81% | |
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Lime Street
No. 12 Lime Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Edward Grindley | 746 | 51% | |
| Liberal | Charles James Crosfield | 706 | 49% | |
Majority | 40 | 2% | |
Registered electors | 1,955 | | |
Turnout | 1,452 | 74% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
North Toxteth
No. 16 North Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Richard Fell Steble * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | 7,444 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | James Steel | 378 | 55% | |
| Conservative | Horatio Syred | 304 | 45% | |
Majority | 74 | 10% | N/A |
Registered electors | 847 | | |
Turnout | 682 | 81% | |
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Thomas Brocklebank the younger * | 937 | 51% | |
| Conservative | Edmund Buckley | 905 | 49% | |
Majority | 32 | 2% | |
Registered electors | 2,572 | | |
Turnout | 1,842 | 72% | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
St. Anne Street
No. 13 St. Anne Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Hayes Sheen | 1,165 | 51% | |
| Liberal | Ronald McDougall * | 1,109 | 49% | |
Majority | 56 | 2% | N/A |
Registered electors | 2,944 | | |
Turnout | 2,274 | 77% | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
St. Paul's
No. 4 St. Paul's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Owen Hugh Williams * | 739 | 53% | |
| Liberal | David Hughes | 647 | 47% | |
Majority | 92 | 6% | |
Registered electors | 1,770 | | |
Turnout | 1,386 | 78% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Peter's
No. 7 St. Peter's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Charles Tricks Bowring * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | 1,494 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Scotland
South Toxteth
No. 15 South Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Joseph Ball | 1,870 | 51% | |
| Liberal | John Evans | 1,783 | 49% | |
Majority | 87 | 2% | |
Registered electors | 5,862 | | |
Turnout | 3,653 | 62% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Vauxhall
West Derby
No. 14 West Derby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | William John Lunt | 3,123 | 53% | |
| Liberal | William Durning Holt * | 2,784 | 47% | |
Majority | 339 | 6% | N/A |
Registered electors | 9,008 | | |
Turnout | 5,907 | 66% | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
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By-elections
No. 9, Great George
Caused by John Hampden Jackson (Liberal, Great George, elected 1 November 1878) ceasing to be a Councillor.
No. 9 Great George Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Samuel Bennett Jackson | 580 | 54% | |
| Conservative | John Hughes | 493 | 46% | |
Majority | 87 | 8% | |
Registered electors | 1,329 | | |
Turnout | 1,073 | 81% | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
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No. 13, St. Anne Street
Caused by Thomas Hayes Sheen (Conservative, St. Anne Street, elected 1 November 1878) ceasing to be a Councillor.
No. 13 St. Anne Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Ronald McDougall | 1,087 | 50.3% | |
| Conservative | Thomas Patrick Holden | 1,072 | 49.7% | |
Majority | 15 | 0.6% | N/A |
Registered electors | 2,944 | | |
Turnout | 2,159 | 73% | |
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
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See also
References
- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post - 1878.11.02 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post - 1878.11.02 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post - 1878.11.02 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-1879 (page 2 scan)". Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-1879 (page 881 scan)". Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-1879 (page 112 scan)". Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-1879 (page 112 scan)". Retrieved 16 July 2016.