1878 Liverpool Town Council election

English local election February 2018 February 2018 1878 Liverpool Town Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1878 11 01 1877 1877 Liverpool Town Council election 1879 1879 Liverpool Town Council election 16 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 16 wards 33 (incl. Aldermen) 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. Seven of the sixteen wards were uncontested. After the election, the composition of the council was: PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen TotalConservative ?? ?? ?? ??Liberal ?? ?? ?? ??Irish Home Rule 5 +1 0 5 Election result Liverpool local election result 1878 Conservative Party (UK) 8 2 2 0 50% 51% 9.956 Liberal Party (UK) 6 2 3 -1 38% 49% 9,575 Home Rule League 2 1 0 +1 12% 0% 0 Given the significant number of uncontested wards, these statistics should be read in that context. Ward results * - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election Abercromby No. 11 Abercromby Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Bower * unopposed 2,612 Conservative Party (UK) Castle Street No. 6 Castle Street Liberal Party (UK) William Crosfield * 656 52% Conservative Party (UK) Lawrence Hodson Parr 609 48% 47 4% 1,802 1,265 70% Liberal Party (UK) Everton No. 1 Everton Conservative Party (UK) James Barkeley Smith unopposed 19,910 Conservative Party (UK) Exchange No. 5 Exchange Liberal Party (UK) Thomas Holder * unopposed 2,067 Liberal Party (UK) Great George No. 9 Great George Liberal Party (UK) John Hampden Jackson 575 54% Conservative Party (UK) John Hughes * 495 46% 80 8% N/A 1,329 1,070 81% Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Lime Street No. 12 Lime Street Conservative Party (UK) Edward Grindley 746 51% Liberal Party (UK) Charles James Crosfield 706 49% 40 2% 1,955 1,452 74% Conservative Party (UK) North Toxteth No. 16 North Toxteth Conservative Party (UK) Richard Fell Steble * unopposed 7,444 Conservative Party (UK) Pitt Street No. 8 Pitt Street Liberal Party (UK) James Steel 378 55% Conservative Party (UK) Horatio Syred 304 45% 74 10% N/A 847 682 81% Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Rodney Street No. 10 Rodney Street Liberal Party (UK) Thomas Brocklebank the younger * 937 51% Conservative Party (UK) Edmund Buckley 905 49% 32 2% 2,572 1,842 72% Liberal Party (UK) St. Anne Street No. 13 St. Anne Street Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Hayes Sheen 1,165 51% Liberal Party (UK) Ronald McDougall * 1,109 49% 56 2% N/A 2,944 2,274 77% Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) St. Paul's No. 4 St. Paul's Conservative Party (UK) Owen Hugh Williams * 739 53% Liberal Party (UK) David Hughes 647 47% 92 6% 1,770 1,386 78% Conservative Party (UK) St. Peter's No. 7 St. Peter's Liberal Party (UK) Charles Tricks Bowring * unopposed 1,494 Liberal Party (UK) Scotland No. 2 Scotland Home Rule League Laurence Connolly * unopposed 9,671 Home Rule League South Toxteth No. 15 South Toxteth Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Ball 1,870 51% Liberal Party (UK) John Evans 1,783 49% 87 2% 5,862 3,653 62% Conservative Party (UK) Vauxhall No. 3 Vauxhall Home Rule League Charles McArdle unopposed 2,146 Home Rule League Liberal Party (UK) West Derby No. 14 West Derby Conservative Party (UK) William John Lunt 3,123 53% Liberal Party (UK) William Durning Holt * 2,784 47% 339 6% N/A 9,008 5,907 66% Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pWnN5M3NfNTFzUlU Liverpool Daily Post - 1878.11.02 (1) (scan) 31 January 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pMDUtZHR3bERnSGs Liverpool Daily Post - 1878.11.02 (2) (scan) 31 January 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pVVJOQWZURUg3LTg Liverpool Daily Post - 1878.11.02 (3) (scan) 16 January 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pZmUtMjdwUVdaTTQ Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-1879 (page 2 scan) 16 July 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pSUk5Nm5rZGZaM2c Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-1879 (page 881 scan) 16 July 2016 By-elections No. 9, Great George Caused by John Hampden Jackson (Liberal, Great George, elected 1 November 1878) ceasing to be a Councillor. No. 9 Great George Liberal Party (UK) Samuel Bennett Jackson 580 54% Conservative Party (UK) John Hughes 493 46% 87 8% 1,329 1,073 81% Liberal Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pMUdGZE5Sdmp5UnM Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-1879 (page 112 scan) 16 July 2016 No. 13, St. Anne Street Caused by Thomas Hayes Sheen (Conservative, St. Anne Street, elected 1 November 1878) ceasing to be a Councillor. No. 13 St. Anne Street Liberal Party (UK) Ronald McDougall 1,087 50.3% Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Patrick Holden 1,072 49.7% 15 0.6% N/A 2,944 2,159 73% Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pMUdGZE5Sdmp5UnM Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-1879 (page 112 scan) 16 July 2016 See also Liverpool City Council Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879 Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present History of local government in England References 1878 Category:1878 English local elections Category:1870s in Liverpool