1873 Liverpool Town Council election

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Monday 1 November 1873. 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 1873
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9				56%	56%	11,297
	Liberal	7				44%	44%	8,745

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
	Liberal	Robertson Gladstone *	unopposed
Registered electors			2,689
	Liberal hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David MacIver	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			1,897
	Conservative hold

Everton

No. 1 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Vining *	4,929	59%
	Liberal	David Hughes	3,436	41%
Majority			1,493	18%
Registered electors			17,742
Turnout			8,365	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Stephen Barker Guion *	unopposed
Registered electors			2,445
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Peet	486	50.4%
	Liberal	Edward Lewis	479	49.6%
Majority			7	0.8%
Registered electors			1,511
Turnout			965
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Allanson Picton *	unopposed
Registered electors			2,068
	Liberal hold		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Harrison *	1,709	58%
	Liberal	William Pirrie Sinclair	1,236	42%
Majority			474	16%
Registered electors			6,000
Turnout			2,944	49%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Edward Hamilton *	305	50%
	Liberal	James Steel	303	50%
Majority			2
Registered electors			774
Turnout			608	79%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Philip Henry Rathbone *	736	58%
	Conservative	Dr. Arthur Brown Steele	533	42%
Majority			203	16%
Registered electors			2,689
Turnout			1,269	47%
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Dr. John Stopford Taylor *	unopposed
Registered electors			2,647
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Huntington *	unopposed
Registered electors			2,029
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alexander Balfour	576	52%
	Conservative	Edward Lewis Wigan	537	48%
Majority			39
Registered electors			1,753
Turnout			1,113	63%
	gain from Liberal		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John McArdle *	unopposed
Registered electors			9,851
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Isaac Jackson	unopposed
Registered electors			5,084
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Peter Silvester Bidwell *	unopposed
Registered electors			2,087
	Liberal hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Samuelson *	2,798	59%
	Liberal	Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff	1,980	41%
Majority			818	18%
Registered electors			7,601
Turnout			4,778	63%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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By-elections

No. 13, St. Anne Street, 27 March 1874

Caused by the death of Councillor James Denton (Conservative, St. Anne Street, elected 1 November 1871)

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dr. William Cross	514	54%
		Henry Ashby	323	34%
		W. N. S. Cope	106	11%
		John Morrell	16	1.7%
Majority			191	20%
Registered electors			2,647
Turnout			959	36%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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References

^ Liverpool Daily Post Monday 3 November 1873
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1873 - 1874 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1873-1874 pg 100 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[1] Liverpool Daily Post Monday 3 November 1873

[2] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1873 - 1874 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[3] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1873-1874 pg 100 (scan)". Retrieved 24 July 2016.

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