1871 Liverpool Town Council election

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Monday 1 November 1871. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Ten 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 1871
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	2	0	+2	56%	53%	4,243
	Liberal	7	0	2	-2	44%	47%	3,796

Because of the large number of uncontested seats, these statistics should be taken in that context.

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. George Gill	886	53%
	Liberal	Edgar Musgrove	797	47%
Majority			89	6%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			1,683
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Avison *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Whitley *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Armstrong	749	58%
	Liberal	John Johnson Stitt *	549	42%
Majority			200	16%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			1,298
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Hays Wilson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Hornby	650	54%
	Liberal	Samuel Pack	547	46%
Majority			103	8%	N/A
Registered electors			1,717
Turnout			1,197	70%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Arthur Bower Forwood	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Bower Forwood *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	David Campbell *	767	54%
	Conservative	John Atkinson	662	46%
Majority			105	8%
Registered electors			2,401
Turnout			1,429	60%
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Denton *	653	54%
	Liberal	Edwin Hughes	567	46%
Majority			86	8%
Registered electors
Turnout			1,220
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Wheeler Preston	643	53%
	Liberal	George Mayall jun.	569	47%
Majority			74	6%
Registered electors			1,613
Turnout			1,212	75%
	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	James Faihurst *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Parratt *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Yates *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

West Derby

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

^[1] ^[2]

Aldermanic Election

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1877, the terms of office of eight alderman expired. ^[3] The following eight were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1871 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected aldermen.

Party		Alderman
	Conservative	Richard Cardwell Gardner *
	Conservative	Bernard Hall *
	Conservative	Oliver Holden *
	Conservative	Peter Thomson *
	Conservative	Charles Turner MP *
	Conservative	James Tyrer *
	Conservative	John Weightman *
	Conservative	John Woodruff *

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By-elections

No. 15, South Toxteth, 30 December 1871

The death of Alderman Raymond William Houghton JP was reported to the Council on 20 December 1871. ^[5]

Councillor Andrew Barclay Walker (Conservative, South Toxteth, elected 1 November 1870) was elected as an alderman by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 20 December 1871. ^[6]

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Isaac Jackson	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

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No. 4, St. Paul's, 20 March 1872

The death of Alderman John Hayward Turner JP was reported to the Council on 6 March 1872. ^[8]

William Barton (Conservative, St. Paul's, elected 1 November 1869) was elected as an Alderman by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) on 11 March 1872. ^[9]

No. 4 St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Mayall the younger	unopposed
Registered electors			1,613
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

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References

^ "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire, Cheshire and General Advertiser Thursday 2nd November 1871". Retrieved 28 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1871 - 1875 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 28 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1871 - 1875 pg 8 (scan)". Retrieved 28 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1871 - 1875 pg 8 (scan)". Retrieved 28 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1871-1872 pg 44 (scan)". Retrieved 28 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1871-1872 pg 46 (scan)". Retrieved 28 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1871-1872 pg 56 (scan)". Retrieved 28 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1871-1872 pg 102 (scan)". Retrieved 28 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1871-1872 pg 115 (scan)". Retrieved 28 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1871-1872 pg 118 (scan)". Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[1] "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire, Cheshire and General Advertiser Thursday 2nd November 1871". Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[2] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1871 - 1875 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[3] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1871 - 1875 pg 8 (scan)". Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[4] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1871 - 1875 pg 8 (scan)". Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[5] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1871-1872 pg 44 (scan)". Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[6] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1871-1872 pg 46 (scan)". Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[7] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1871-1872 pg 56 (scan)". Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[8] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1871-1872 pg 102 (scan)". Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[9] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1871-1872 pg 115 (scan)". Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[10] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1871-1872 pg 118 (scan)". Retrieved 28 July 2016.

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