1865 Liverpool Town Council election

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1865. 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	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1865
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	1	4	-3	44%	47%	2,376
	Liberal	9	4	1	+3	56%	53%	2,680

Because nine of the sixteen wards were uncontested, these statistics should be taken in that context.

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Philip Henry Holt	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Chilton	398	55%
	Conservative	Peter Bancroft	323	45%
Majority			75	10%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			721
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Time	Thomas Chilton		Peter Bancroft
Time	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	59	54%	50	46%
11:00	152	59%	107	41%
12:00	218	55%	179	45%
13:00	260	55%	216	45%
14:00	311	56%	248	44%
15:00	365	55%	301	45%
16:00	398	55%	323	45%

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Everton

No. 1 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Whitley	1,002	53%
	Liberal	John Johnson Stitt *	894	47%
Majority			108	6%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			1,896
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Time	Edward Whitley		John Johnson Stitt
Time	Votes ! % ! Votes ! %
9:00	138	58%	102	42%
10:00	174	58%	125	42%
10:45	389	60%	262	40%
12:00	566	58%	407	42%
13:00	698	57%	531	43%
14:00	826	55%	685	45%
15:00	932	53%	685	45%
16:00	1,002	53%	894	47%

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Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Swainson	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Haye Wilson *	235	53%
	Conservative	James Sykes	208	47%
Majority			27	6%
Registered electors
Turnout			443
	Liberal hold		Swing

Time	John Haye Wilson		James Sykes
Time	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	76	48%	83	52%
11:00	143	56%	113	44%
13:00	185	53%	163	47%
14:00	196	52%	183	48%
15:00	223	53%	196	47%
16:00	233	51%	223	49%

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Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Bottomley Bairstow	317	58%
	Conservative	J. Lunt	227	42%
Majority			90	16%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			544
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Time	William Bottomley Bairstow		J. Lunt
Time	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	75	62%	46	38%
11:00	143	66%	75	34%
12:00	181	60%	120	40%
13:00	238	59%	163	41%
14:00	259	59%	178	41%
15:00	291	59%	204	41%
16:00	317	58%	227	42%

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North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Gibbons Livingston *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	R. C. Janion	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles J. English	496	62%
	Conservative	R. Galloway	299	38%
Majority			197	24%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			795
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Time	Charles J. English		R. Galloway
Time	Votes ! % ! Votes ! %
10:00	100	72%	39	28%
11:00	189	73%	70	27%
12:00	338	68%	146	32%
13:00	417	65%	215	35%
14:00	450	63%	270	38%
15:00	487	62%	293	38%
16:00	496	62%	299	38%

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St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Bennion	226	52%
	Liberal	James Fairhurst	211	48%
Majority			15	4%
Registered electors
Turnout			437
	Conservative hold		Swing

Time	Joseph Bennion		James Fairhurst
Time	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	60	56%	48	44%
11:00	88	53%	79	47%
12:00	125	54%	107	46%
13:00	151	52%	138	48%
14:00	181	53%	159	47%
15:00	206	53%	185	47%
16:00	224	51%	212	49%

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St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Oliver Holden	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Christie Beloe *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Clarke Aspinall *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Threlfall Wilson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Yates	129	59%
	Conservative	R. R. Minton	91	41%
Majority			38	18%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			220
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Time	John Yates		R. R. Minton
Time	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	34	58%	25	42%
11:00	58	58%	42	42%
12:00	75	59%	52	41%
13:00	91	59%	64	41%
14:00	107	59%	75	41%
15:00	115	59%	81	41%
16:00	129	59%	91	41%

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West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Francis Anderson Clint *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

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Aldermanic Elections

At the meeting of the council on 9 November 1865, the terms of office of eight alderman expired.

The following eight were elected as Aldermen by the council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1865 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected aldermen.

Party		Alderman
	Conservative	Thomas Bold *
	Conservative	James Parker *
	Conservative	Joseph Cooper *
	Conservative	Richard Cardwell Gardner *
	Conservative	John Woodruff *
	Conservative	John Stewart *
	Conservative	Richard Sheil
	Conservative	Charles Turner

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By-elections

References

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^ "(Liverpool) Daily Post 2 November 1865 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 30 August 2016.
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[1] "(Liverpool) Daily Post 2 November 1865 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[2] "(Liverpool) Daily Post 2 November 1865 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[3] "(Liverpool) Daily Courier 2 November 1865 (?) (scan)". Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[4] "(Liverpool) Daily Post 2 November 1865 (6) (scan)". Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[5] "(Liverpool) Daily Post 2 November 1865 (5) (scan)". Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[6] "(Liverpool) Daily Courier 2 November 1865 (6) (scan)". Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[7] "(Liverpool) Daily Post 2 November 1865 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[8] "(Liverpool) Daily Courier 2nd November 1865 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 30 July 2016.

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