Liverpool Town Council election, 1878
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:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
Liberal | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
Irish Nationalists | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1878 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Conservative | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50% | 51% | 9.956 | |||
Liberal | 6 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 38% | 49% | 9,575 | |||
Home Rule | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Bower * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,612 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Castle Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Crosfield * | 656 | 52% | ||
Conservative | Lawrence Hodson Parr | 609 | 48% | ||
Majority | 47 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,802 | ||||
Turnout | 1,265 | 70% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Everton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Barkeley Smith | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 19,910 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Exchange
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Holder * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,067 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Great George
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Hampden Jackson | 575 | 54% | ||
Conservative | John Hughes * | 495 | 46% | ||
Majority | 80 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,329 | ||||
Turnout | 1,070 | 81% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Lime Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Grindley | 746 | 51% | ||
Liberal | Charles James Crosfield | 706 | 49% | ||
Majority | 40 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,955 | ||||
Turnout | 1,452 | 74% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
North Toxteth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Fell Steble * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,444 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Pitt Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Steel | 378 | 55% | ||
Conservative | Horatio Syred | 304 | 45% | ||
Majority | 74 | ||||
Registered electors | 847 | ||||
Turnout | 682 | 81% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Rodney Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Brocklebank the younger * | 937 | 51% | ||
Conservative | Edmund Buckley | 905 | 49% | ||
Majority | 32 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,572 | ||||
Turnout | 1,842 | 72% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
St. Anne Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Hayes Sheen | 1,165 | 51% | ||
Liberal | Ronald McDougall * | 1,109 | 49% | ||
Majority | 56 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,944 | ||||
Turnout | 2,274 | 77% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
St. Paul's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Owen Hugh Williams * | 739 | 53% | ||
Liberal | David Hughes | 647 | 47% | ||
Majority | 92 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,770 | ||||
Turnout | 1,386 | 78% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. Peter's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Tricks Bowring * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,494 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Scotland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Laurence Connolly * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,671 | ||||
Home Rule hold | Swing | ||||
South Toxteth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Ball | 1,870 | 51% | ||
Liberal | John Evans | 1,783 | 49% | ||
Majority | 87 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,862 | ||||
Turnout | 3,653 | 62% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Vauxhall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Charles McArdle | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,146 | ||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
West Derby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William John Lunt | 3,123 | 53% | ||
Liberal | William Durning Holt * | 2,784 | 47% | ||
Majority | 339 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,008 | ||||
Turnout | 5,907 | 66% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
By-elections
No. 9, Great George
Caused by John Hampden Jackson (Liberal, Great George, elected 1st November 1878) ceasing to be a Councillor.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Samuel Bennett Jackson | 580 | 54% | ||
Conservative | John Hughes | 493 | 46% | ||
Majority | 87 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,329 | ||||
Turnout | 1,073 | 81% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
No. 13, St. Anne Street
Caused by Thomas Hayes Sheen (Conservative, St. Anne Street, elected 1st November 1878) ceasing to be a Councillor.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ronald McDougall | 1,087 | 50.3% | ||
Conservative | Thomas Patrick Holden | 1,072 | 49.7% | ||
Majority | 15 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,944 | ||||
Turnout | 2,159 | 73% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "Liverpool Daily Post - 1878.11.02 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Daily Post - 1878.11.02 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-1879 (page 2 scan)". Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-1879 (page 881 scan)". Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-1879 (page 112 scan)". Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-1879 (page 112 scan)". Retrieved 16 July 2016.
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