1855 Liverpool Town Council election
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16 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 16 wards 33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority | ||
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Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1855. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Nine of the sixteen wards were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
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Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
Reformers | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | |||||||||
Whig |
Ward results
[edit]* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Robertson Gladstone * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | |||||
Whig hold |
Castle Street
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joseph Gibbons Livingston | 298 | 54% | ||
Whig | Thomas Avison * | 252 | 46% | ||
Majority | 40 | 8% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 550 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing |
Everton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Darnley Anderson * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Exchange
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Tyrer * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Great George
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Lawrence | 232 | 59% | ||
Whig | John Rogers | 159 | 41% | ||
Majority | 73 | 18% | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 391 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lime Street
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | James Allanson Picton * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | |||||
Whig hold |
North Toxteth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hilton Halhead * | 313 | 71% | ||
Whig | William Evans | 129 | 29% | ||
Majority | 184 | 42% | |||
Registered electors | 941 | ||||
Turnout | 442 | 47% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Pitt Street
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Mann | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Rodney Street
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Barnes Brancker * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Anne Street
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Thomas Llewelyn Hodson * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Whig hold | Swing |
St. Paul's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Godfrey | 222 | 55% | ||
Whig | J. B. Spence | 179 | 45% | ||
Majority | 43 | 10% | |||
Registered electors | 522 | ||||
Turnout | 401 | 77% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Peter's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Charles Fernihough * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Scotland
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | John Woodruff * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | |||||
Whig hold |
South Toxteth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Farnworth | 267 | 76% | ||
Whig | W. F. McGregor | 83 | 24% | ||
Majority | 184 | 52% | |||
Registered electors | 651 | ||||
Turnout | 350 | 54% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Vauxhall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Roger Haydock | 145 | 51% | |||
Thomas Chalmer | 138 | 49% | |||
Majority | 7 | ||||
Registered electors | 394 | ||||
Turnout | 283 | 72% | |||
gain from | Swing |
West Derby
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | John Aikin | 335 | 54% | ||
Conservative | Arthur Henderson * | 284 | 46% | ||
Majority | 51 | 8% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,054 | ||||
Turnout | 619 | 59% | |||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing |
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See also
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1 November 1855 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1 November 1855 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1 November 1855 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1 November 1855 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1 November 1855 (5) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1855 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1855 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1855 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1855 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1855 (5) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1855 (6) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1855 (7) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1855 (8) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1855 (9) (scan)". Retrieved 24 December 2016.