PROFILPELAJAR.COM

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Monday 1 November 1872. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

The Ballot Act 1872 received Royal Assent on 18 July 1872, introducing the Secret Ballot.

Six of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	??	??	??
	Liberal	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1872
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	1	3	-2	56%	48%	6,668
	Liberal	6	2	1	-1	38%	44%

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	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Bower	788	55%
	Liberal	Arthur Earle	653	45%
Majority			135	10%	N/A
Registered electors			2,236
Turnout			1,441	64%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		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 *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Holder	887	58%
	Conservative	Hugh Hathorn Nicholson	644	42%
Majority			243	16%	N/A
Registered electors			2,257
Turnout			1,531
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Hughes *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Rowlands Minton *	612	63%
	Liberal	John Horsfall	361	37%
Majority			251	26%
Registered electors			1,560
Turnout			973	62%
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Fell Steble *	544	93%
	Liberal	William Lyon Warke	40	7%
Majority			504	86%
Registered electors
Turnout			584
	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 *	727	56%
	Liberal	Samuel James Capper	577	44%
Majority			150	12%
Registered electors			2,330
Turnout			1,304	56%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Tarbuck *	708	61%
	Liberal	William Dawbarn	446	39%
Majority			262	22%
Registered electors			2,307
Turnout			1,154	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Owen Hugh Williams	674	58%
	Liberal	George Mayall jnr.	498	42%
Majority			176	16%
Registered electors			1,641
Turnout			1,172	71%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Charles Tricks Bowring *	466	70%
	Conservative	William George Bradley	196	30%
Majority			270	40%
Registered electors			1,595
Turnout			662	42%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Williams *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Richard Allison Watson *	1,018	71%
	Liberal	Henry Jevons	361	25%
	Conservative	John Hughes	53	4%
Majority			657
Registered electors			4,169
Turnout			1,432	34%
	gain from Conservative		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	%	±%
	Liberal	William Durning Holt	1,818	51%
	Conservative	John Birch Melladew *	1,722	49%
Majority			96	2%	N/A
Registered electors			5,885
Turnout			3,540	60%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

By-elections

Aldermanic By Election 6 January 1873

The death of alderman Oliver Holden was reported to the Council on 1 January 1873. ^[5] Former Councillor John Birch Melladew (Conservative, West Derby, last elected 1 November 1869) was elected as an alderman by the Council (Councillors and aldermen) on 6 January 1873. ^[6]

Aldermanic By Election, 9 April 1872

Alderman William Bennett resigned on 12 February 1873. ^[7]

Thomas Carey was elected as an alderman by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) on 9 April 1873. ^[8]

No. 15, South Toxteth, 28 March 1873

The death of Councillor John Parrat (Conservative, South Toxteth, elected 1 November 1871) was reported to the Council on 24 March 1873. ^[9]

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Bland Royden	unopposed
Registered electors			4,169
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[10]

No. 12, Lime Street, 22 July 1873

The death of Councillor Henry Hornby (Conservative, Lime Street, elected 1 November 1871) was reported to the Council on 6 August 1873 ^[11]

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Alexander Forrest	unopposed
Registered electors			1,560
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[12]

References

^ Liverpool Daily Post Tuesday 2 November 1872
^ Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire, Cheshire and General Advertiser Saturday 2 November 1872
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1872-1873 pg 1 (scan)". Retrieved 27 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1872-1873 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 27 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1872-1873 pg 45 (scan)". Retrieved 27 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1872-1873 pg 116 (scan)". Retrieved 26 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1872-1873 pg 98 (scan)". Retrieved 26 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1872-1873 pg 116 (scan)". Retrieved 26 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1872-1873 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 26 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1872-1873 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 26 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1872-1873 pg 158 (scan)". Retrieved 26 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1872-1873 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 26 July 2016.

[1] Liverpool Daily Post Tuesday 2 November 1872

[2] Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire, Cheshire and General Advertiser Saturday 2 November 1872

[3] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1872-1873 pg 1 (scan)". Retrieved 27 July 2016.

[4] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1872-1873 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 27 July 2016.

[5] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1872-1873 pg 45 (scan)". Retrieved 27 July 2016.

[6] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1872-1873 pg 116 (scan)". Retrieved 26 July 2016.

[7] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1872-1873 pg 98 (scan)". Retrieved 26 July 2016.

[8] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1872-1873 pg 116 (scan)". Retrieved 26 July 2016.

[9] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1872-1873 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 26 July 2016.

[10] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1872-1873 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 26 July 2016.

[11] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1872-1873 pg 158 (scan)". Retrieved 26 July 2016.

[12] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1872-1873 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 26 July 2016.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]