1869 English local government election
1869 Liverpool Town Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg/50px-Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg.png)
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← 1868 | November 1, 1869 (1869-11-01) | 1870 → |
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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 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:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | +4 | 16 | ?? |
| Liberal | ?? | -4 | 0 | ?? |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1869 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 11 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 69% | 52% | 9,719 | |
| Liberal | 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 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Charles Pierre Melly * | 759 | 52% | |
| Conservative | Robert Vining | 691 | 48% | |
Majority | 68 | 4% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 1,450 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Castle Street
No. 6 Castle Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Samuel Greg Rathbone * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Everton
No. 1 Everton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Pearson * | 2,685 | 54% | |
| Liberal | Robert Owen Evans | 2,317 | 46% | |
Majority | 368 | 8% | |
Registered electors | 10,107 | | |
Turnout | 5,002 | 49% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Exchange
No. 5 Exchange Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Fletcher Rogers | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
Great George
No. 9 Great George Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Hughes | 384 | 53% | |
| Liberal | Francis Gerard Prange | 344 | 47% | |
Majority | 40 | 6% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 728 | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
Lime Street
No. 12 Lime Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Richard Rowland Minton * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
North Toxteth
No. 16 North Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Lieut Col. Richard Fell Steble | 1,237 | 60% | |
| Liberal | Henry Jevons | 815 | 40% | |
Majority | 422 | 20% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 2,052 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Henry Jennings * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Houghton | 683 | 55% | |
| Liberal | Thomas Gair * | 551 | 45% | |
Majority | 132 | 10% | N/A |
Registered electors | 2,030 | | |
Turnout | 1,234 | 61% | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
St. Anne Street
No. 13 St. Anne Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Tarbuck | 560 | 55% | |
| Liberal | John Knight Archer | 459 | 45% | |
Majority | 101 | 10% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 1,019 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Paul's
No. 4 St. Paul's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | William Barton * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Peter's
No. 7 St. Peter's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Charles Tricks Bowring * | 449 | 69% | |
| Conservative | Reginald Young | 202 | 31% | |
Majority | 247 | 38% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 651 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Scotland
No. 2 Scotland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | William Williams * | 1,454 | 65% | |
| Conservative | Walter Pierce | 784 | 35% | |
Majority | 670 | 30% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 2,238 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
South Toxteth
No. 15 South Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Richard Allison Watson | 929 | 59% | |
| Liberal | Dr. Ewing Whittle | 639 | 41% | |
Majority | 290 | 18% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 1,568 | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
Vauxhall
No. 3 Vauxhall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | James Whitty * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
West Derby
No. 14 West Derby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Birch Melladew * | 1,636 | 53% | |
| Liberal | Richard Johnson | 1,429 | 47% | |
Majority | 207 | 6% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 3,065 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
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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.
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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.[5]
No. 7 St. Peter's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Francis Gerard Prange | 451 | 53% | |
| Conservative | Thomas Blissett | 394 | 47% | |
Majority | 57 | 6% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 845 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
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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 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | John McArdle | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
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See also
References
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post Tuesday 2 November 1869
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 1 (scan)". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 4 (scan)". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 54 (scan)". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 65 (scan)". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 66 (scan)". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 81 (scan)". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869-1870 pg 82 (scan)". Retrieved 6 August 2016.