1869_Liverpool_Town_Council_election

1869 Liverpool Town Council election

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Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Monday 1 November 1869. 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 ...

Six of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

More information Party, Councillors ...

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

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Liverpool Daily Post Tuesday 2 November 1869

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Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	+4	16	??
	Liberal	??	-4	0	??

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11	4	0	+4	69%	52%	9,719
	Liberal	5	0	4	-4	31%	48%	9,216

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Charles Pierre Melly *	759	52%
	Conservative	Robert Vining	691	48%
Majority			68	4%
Registered electors
Turnout			1,450
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Samuel Greg Rathbone *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Pearson *	2,685	54%
	Liberal	Robert Owen Evans	2,317	46%
Majority			368	8%
Registered electors			10,107
Turnout			5,002	49%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1869_Liverpool_Town_Council_election

1869 Liverpool Town Council election

Election result

Ward results

Abercromby

Castle Street

Everton

Exchange

Great George

Lime Street

North Toxteth

Pitt Street

Rodney Street

St. Anne Street

St. Paul's

St. Peter's

Scotland

South Toxteth

Vauxhall

West Derby

By-elections

Aldermanic By Election, 9 November 1869

No. 7, St. Peter's, 14 January 1870

No. 2, Scotland, 3 February 1870

See also

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Fletcher Rogers	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hughes	384	53%
	Liberal	Francis Gerard Prange	344	47%
Majority			40	6%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			728
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard Rowland Minton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lieut Col. Richard Fell Steble	1,237	60%
	Liberal	Henry Jevons	815	40%
Majority			422	20%
Registered electors
Turnout			2,052
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Jennings *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Houghton	683	55%
	Liberal	Thomas Gair *	551	45%
Majority			132	10%	N/A
Registered electors			2,030
Turnout			1,234	61%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Tarbuck	560	55%
	Liberal	John Knight Archer	459	45%
Majority			101	10%
Registered electors
Turnout			1,019
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Barton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Charles Tricks Bowring *	449	69%
	Conservative	Reginald Young	202	31%
Majority			247	38%
Registered electors
Turnout			651
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Williams *	1,454	65%
	Conservative	Walter Pierce	784	35%
Majority			670	30%
Registered electors
Turnout			2,238
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Allison Watson	929	59%
	Liberal	Dr. Ewing Whittle	639	41%
Majority			290	18%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			1,568
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Whitty *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Birch Melladew *	1,636	53%
	Liberal	Richard Johnson	1,429	47%
Majority			207	6%
Registered electors
Turnout			3,065
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Francis Gerard Prange	451	53%
	Conservative	Thomas Blissett	394	47%
Majority			57	6%
Registered electors
Turnout			845
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John McArdle	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing