Liverpool Town Council election, 1874
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 | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
Irish Nationalists | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1874 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Conservative | 10 | |||||||||
Liberal | 5 | |||||||||
Home Rule | ||||||||||
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. George Gill * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Castle Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Avison * | unopposed | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing | ||||
Everton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Whitley * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Exchange
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Armstrong * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Great George
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Hays Wilson * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Lime Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Alexander Forrest | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
North Toxteth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Bower Forwood * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Pitt Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Bower Forwood * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Rodney Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Campbell * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
St. Anne Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. William Cross | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. Paul's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Wheeler Preston * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. Peter's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Christie Beloe * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Scotland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Faihurst * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
South Toxteth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Bland Royden | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Vauxhall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Yates * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
West Derby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Francis Anderson Clint * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Aldermanic Election
At the meeting of the Council on 9th 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 9th 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 * | |
By-elections
Aldermanic By Election, 19th March 1875
The death of Alderman Thomas Cary was reported to the Council on 19th March 1875. [5] William Bennett was elected as an alderman by the Council on 19th March 1875.[6]
No. 13, St. Anne Street, 9th July 1875
The death of Alderman James Tyrer was reported to the Council on 29th June 1875. [7] Dr. John Stepford Taylor (Conservative, St. Anne Street, elected unopposed 1st November 1873) was elected as an alderman by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) on 29th June 1875. [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Fowler | 617 | 64% | ||
Henry Ashby | 336 | 35% | |||
Edmund Fowler | 14 | 1.4% | |||
Richard Fowler | 2 | 0.21% | |||
Majority | 281 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 969 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
No. 10, Rodney Street, 24th September 1875
Caused by the death of Councillor James Houghton (Conservative, Rodney Street, elected 1st November 1872).[10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Boyd | 721 | 54% | ||
Liberal | William Oulton | 616 | 46% | ||
Majority | 105 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 1,337 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
No. 11, Abercromby, 14th October 1875
The Death of Councillor Robertson Gladstone (Liberal, Abercromby, elected 1st November 1873) was reported to the Council on 6th October 1875.[12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arthur Hornby Lewis | 790 | 51% | |||
Thomas Brocklebank jnr. | 753 | 49% | |||
Majority | 37 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 1,543 | ||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing | ||||
No. 14, West Derby, 21st October 1875
The Death of Councillor Francis Anderson Clint (Liberal, West Derby, elected 2nd November 1874) was reported to the Council on 6th October 1875.[14]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Samuel Graves | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ Liverpool Daily Post Tuesday 3rdd November 1874
- ↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 3 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 6 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 83 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 85 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 115 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 117 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 134 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 148 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 148 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 149 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 160 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 149 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1874-1875 pg 160 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.