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1878 Liverpool Town Council election

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.

1878 Liverpool Town Council election
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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

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 edit

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 edit

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby edit

No. 11 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Bower * unopposed
Registered electors 2,612
Conservative hold Swing

Castle Street edit

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 edit

No. 1 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Barkeley Smith unopposed
Registered electors 19,910
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange edit

No. 5 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Holder * unopposed
Registered electors 2,067
Liberal hold Swing

Great George edit

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 edit

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 edit

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Fell Steble * unopposed
Registered electors 7,444
Conservative hold Swing

Pitt Street edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

No. 7 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Tricks Bowring * unopposed
Registered electors 1,494
Liberal hold Swing

Scotland edit

No. 2 Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule Laurence Connolly * unopposed
Registered electors 9,671
Home Rule hold Swing

South Toxteth edit

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 edit

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule Charles McArdle unopposed
Registered electors 2,146
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing

West Derby edit

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 edit

No. 9, Great George edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Liverpool Daily Post - 1878.11.02 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Liverpool Daily Post - 1878.11.02 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Liverpool Daily Post - 1878.11.02 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-1879 (page 2 scan)". Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-1879 (page 881 scan)". Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-1879 (page 112 scan)". Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-1879 (page 112 scan)". Retrieved 16 July 2016.
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