1855_Liverpool_Town_Council_election
Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1855. 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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Nine of the sixteen wards were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
More information Party, Councillors ...
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
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Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
Reformers | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
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More information Party, Seats ...
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Robertson Gladstone * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
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Whig hold | |||||
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Castle Street
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joseph Gibbons Livingston | 298 | 54% | ||
Whig | Thomas Avison * | 252 | 46% | ||
Majority | 40 | 8% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 550 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | ||||
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Everton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Darnley Anderson * | unopposed | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Exchange
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Tyrer * | unopposed | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Great George
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Lawrence | 232 | 59% | ||
Whig | John Rogers | 159 | 41% | ||
Majority | 73 | 18% | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 391 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Lime Street
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | James Allanson Picton * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
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Whig hold | |||||
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North Toxteth
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hilton Halhead * | 313 | 71% | ||
Whig | William Evans | 129 | 29% | ||
Majority | 184 | 42% | |||
Registered electors | 941 | ||||
Turnout | 442 | 47% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Pitt Street
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Mann | unopposed | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Rodney Street
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Barnes Brancker * | unopposed | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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St. Anne Street
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Thomas Llewelyn Hodson * | unopposed | |||
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Whig hold | Swing | ||||
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St. Paul's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Godfrey | 222 | 55% | ||
Whig | J. B. Spence | 179 | 45% | ||
Majority | 43 | 10% | |||
Registered electors | 522 | ||||
Turnout | 401 | 77% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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St. Peter's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Charles Fernihough * | unopposed | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Scotland
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | John Woodruff * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
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South Toxteth
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Farnworth | 267 | 76% | ||
Whig | W. F. McGregor | 83 | 24% | ||
Majority | 184 | 52% | |||
Registered electors | 651 | ||||
Turnout | 350 | 54% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Vauxhall
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Roger Haydock | 145 | 51% | |||
Thomas Chalmer | 138 | 49% | |||
Majority | 7 | ||||
Registered electors | 394 | ||||
Turnout | 283 | 72% | |||
gain from | Swing | ||||
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West Derby
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | John Aikin | 335 | 54% | ||
Conservative | Arthur Henderson * | 284 | 46% | ||
Majority | 51 | 8% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,054 | ||||
Turnout | 619 | 59% | |||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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- 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 1 November 1855 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- "Liverpool Daily Post 1 November 1855 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- "Liverpool Daily Post 1 November 1855 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- "Liverpool Daily Post 1 November 1855 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- "Liverpool Daily Post 1 November 1855 (5) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- "Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1855 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- "Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1855 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- "Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1855 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- "Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1855 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- "Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1855 (5) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- "Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1855 (6) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- "Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1855 (7) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- "Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1855 (8) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- "Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1855 (9) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.