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1874 Liverpool Town Council election

1874 Liverpool Town Council election
← 1874 November 1, 1874 (1874-11-01) 1875 →
16 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 16 wards
33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Monday 2 November 1874. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

All of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party Councillors   ±   Aldermen Total
Conservative ?? ?? ?? ??
Liberal ?? ?? ?? ??

Election result

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Liverpool Local Election Result 1874
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 10
  Liberal 5

Ward results

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* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

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No. 11 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dr. George Gill * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Castle Street

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No. 6 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Thomas Avison * unopposed
Registered electors
Swing

Everton

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

Exchange

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No. 5 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Armstrong * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Great George

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

Lime Street

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No. 12 Lime Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Alexander Forrest unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

North Toxteth

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

Pitt Street

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

Rodney Street

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No. 10 Rodney Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Campbell * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

St. Anne Street

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No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dr. William Cross unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

St. Paul's

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No. 4 St. Paul's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Wheeler Preston * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

St. Peter's

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

Scotland

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No. 2 Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Faihurst * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

South Toxteth

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No. 15 South Toxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Bland Royden unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Vauxhall

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

West Derby

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

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Aldermanic Election

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At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1874, 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 1874 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected aldermen.

Party Alderman
Conservative William Barton *
Conservative Thomas Carey *
Conservative William Chambres
Conservative Joseph Hubback *
Conservative James Jack *
Conservative Joseph Gibbons Livingston *
Conservative Thomas Rigby *
Conservative Andrew Barclay Walker *

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By-elections

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Aldermanic By Election, 19 March 1875

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The death of Alderman Thomas Cary (Conservative) was reported to the Council on 19 March 1875. [5] William Bennett was elected as an alderman by the Council on 19 March 1875.[6]

No. 13, St. Anne Street, 9 July 1875

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The death of Alderman James Tyrer (Conservative) was reported to the Council on 29 June 1875. [7] Dr. John Stepford Taylor (Conservative, St. Anne Street, elected unopposed 1 November 1873) was elected as an alderman by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) on 29 June 1875. [8]

No. 1 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Fowler 617 64%
Henry Ashby 336 35%
Edmund Fowler 14 1.4%
Richard Fowler 2 0.21%
Majority 281 29%
Registered electors
Turnout 969
Conservative hold Swing

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No. 10, Rodney Street, 24 September 1875

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Caused by the death of Councillor James Houghton (Conservative, Rodney Street, elected 1 November 1872).[10]

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Boyd 721 54%
Liberal William Oulton 616 46%
Majority 105 8%
Registered electors
Turnout 1,337
Conservative hold Swing

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No. 11, Abercromby, 14 October 1875

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The Death of Councillor Robertson Gladstone (Liberal, Abercromby, elected 1 November 1873) was reported to the Council on 6 October 1875.[12]

No. 11 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Arthur Hornby Lewis 790 51%
Thomas Brocklebank jnr. 753 49%
Majority 37
Registered electors
Turnout 1,543
Swing

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No. 14, West Derby, 21 October 1875

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The Death of Councillor Francis Anderson Clint (Liberal, West Derby, elected 2 November 1874) was reported to the Council on 6 October 1875.[14]

No. 14 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Samuel Graves unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Liverpool Daily Post Tuesday 3rdd November 1874
  2. ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 3 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 6 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 83 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 85 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 115 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 117 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 134 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 148 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  11. ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 148 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  12. ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 149 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  13. ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 160 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  14. ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 149 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  15. ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 160 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.