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.

1873 Liverpool Town Council election

← 1872 November 1, 1873 (1873-11-01) 1874 →

16 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 16 wards
33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

Ten 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 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

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* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

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No. 11 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robertson Gladstone * unopposed
Registered electors 2,689
Liberal hold Swing

Castle Street

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

Everton

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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

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

Great George

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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

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

North Toxteth

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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

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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

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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

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

St. Paul's

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

St. Peter's

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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

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

South Toxteth

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

Vauxhall

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

West Derby

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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

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

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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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See also

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References

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  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.