1869 Liverpool Town Council election

1869 English local government election February 2018 February 2018 1869 Liverpool Town Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1869 11 01 1868 1868 Liverpool Town Council election 1870 1870 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 Monday 1 November 1869. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years. Six of the sixteen wards were uncontested. After the election, the composition of the council was: PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen TotalConservative ?? +4 16 ??Liberal ?? -4 0 ?? Election result Liverpool local election result 1869 Conservative Party (UK) 11 4 0 +4 69% 52% 9,719 Liberal Party (UK) 5 0 4 -4 31% 48% 9,216 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 Liberal Party (UK) Charles Pierre Melly * 759 52% Conservative Party (UK) Robert Vining 691 48% 68 4% 1,450 Liberal Party (UK) Castle Street No. 6 Castle Street Liberal Party (UK) Samuel Greg Rathbone * unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Everton No. 1 Everton Conservative Party (UK) John Pearson * 2,685 54% Liberal Party (UK) Robert Owen Evans 2,317 46% 368 8% 10,107 5,002 49% Conservative Party (UK) Exchange No. 5 Exchange Conservative Party (UK) Fletcher Rogers unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Great George No. 9 Great George Conservative Party (UK) John Hughes 384 53% Liberal Party (UK) Francis Gerard Prange 344 47% 40 6% N/A 728 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Lime Street No. 12 Lime Street Conservative Party (UK) Richard Rowland Minton * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) North Toxteth No. 16 North Toxteth Conservative Party (UK) Lieut Col. Richard Fell Steble 1,237 60% Liberal Party (UK) Henry Jevons 815 40% 422 20% 2,052 Conservative Party (UK) Pitt Street No. 8 Pitt Street Conservative Party (UK) Henry Jennings * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Rodney Street No. 10 Rodney Street Conservative Party (UK) James Houghton 683 55% Liberal Party (UK) Thomas Gair * 551 45% 132 10% N/A 2,030 1,234 61% Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) St. Anne Street No. 13 St. Anne Street Conservative Party (UK) James Tarbuck 560 55% Liberal Party (UK) John Knight Archer 459 45% 101 10% 1,019 Conservative Party (UK) St. Paul's No. 4 St. Paul's Conservative Party (UK) William Barton * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) St. Peter's No. 7 St. Peter's Liberal Party (UK) Charles Tricks Bowring * 449 69% Conservative Party (UK) Reginald Young 202 31% 247 38% 651 Liberal Party (UK) Scotland No. 2 Scotland Liberal Party (UK) William Williams * 1,454 65% Conservative Party (UK) Walter Pierce 784 35% 670 30% 2,238 Liberal Party (UK) South Toxteth No. 15 South Toxteth Conservative Party (UK) Richard Allison Watson 929 59% Liberal Party (UK) Dr. Ewing Whittle 639 41% 290 18% N/A 1,568 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Vauxhall No. 3 Vauxhall Liberal Party (UK) James Whitty * unopposed Liberal Party (UK) West Derby No. 14 West Derby Conservative Party (UK) John Birch Melladew * 1,636 53% Liberal Party (UK) Richard Johnson 1,429 47% 207 6% 3,065 Conservative Party (UK) Liverpool Daily Post Tuesday 2 November 1869 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pMGVpWmJ6cVJiWDg Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 1 (scan) 6 August 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pUkdHWFlWVU5zZEE Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 2 (scan) 6 August 2016 By-elections Aldermanic By Election, 9 November 1869 Following the retirement of Alderman Thomas Bold, Bernard Hall was elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1869. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pTklwZ2d0VUg0T0E Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 4 (scan) 6 August 2016 No. 7, St. Peter's, 14 January 1870 Caused by the resignation of Councillor Jacob Gaitskell Brown (Liberal, St. Peter's, elected 1 November 1867) on 30 December 1869. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pQ3RMRzRXbGtuWU0 Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 54 (scan) 6 August 2016 No. 7 St. Peter's Liberal Party (UK) Francis Gerard Prange 451 53% Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Blissett 394 47% 57 6% 845 Liberal Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pS290LXJwVUs1a0U Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 65 (scan) 6 August 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pM3ZjZlhZSUw4OXM Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 66 (scan) 6 August 2016 No. 2, Scotland, 3 February 1870 Caused by the resignation of Councillor Joseph Robinson (Liberal, Scotland, elected unopposed on 1 November 1867) No. 2 Scotland Liberal Party (UK) John McArdle unopposed Liberal Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pX1djdTRPRklfOWM Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 81 (scan) 6 August 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1peXhsV2V6ek9SYVE Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 82 (scan) 6 August 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 1869 Category:1869 English local elections Category:November 1869 in the United Kingdom Category:1860s in Liverpool