1857 Liverpool Town Council election

November 2, 1857 (1857-11-02)

16 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 16 wards
33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Monday 2 November 1857. 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
	Conservative	??	??	??	??
	Whig	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1857
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative
	Whig

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	Robert Hutchinson	361	52%
	Whig	Dr. Joseph Anderson	335	48%
Majority			26	4%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			696
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Ryley	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Daniel Crosthwaite *	564	57%
	Whig	George Melly	417	43%
Majority			147	14%
Registered electors
Turnout			981
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Thomas Littledale *	unopposed
Registered electors
		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Thomas Wagstaff *	unopposed
Registered electors
		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
Party	Candidate	Votes
	James Johnson *	unopposed
Registered electors
		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Vernon	405	64%
	Whig	Thomas Avison	231	36%
Majority			174	28%
Registered electors
Turnout			636
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Samuel Robert Graves	unopposed
Registered electors
		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Charles Mozley *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Whig hold

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Joseph Kitchen *	209	54%
	Conservative	James Clegg	177	46%
Majority			32	8%
Registered electors
Turnout			386
	Whig hold		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Barton	201	51%
	Whig	John Rowland McGuffie *	195	49%
Majority			6	2%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			396
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Charles Tricks Bowring	322	52%
	Conservative	Harmood Banner *	301	48%
Majority			21	4%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			623
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		James Crellin	362	50.3%
		William Liversidge	357	49.7%
Majority			5
Registered electors
Turnout			719
	gain from		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Stewart *	164	92%
	Whig	Mr. Alpass	14	8%
Majority			150	84%
Registered electors
Turnout			178
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Christopher James Corbally	121	64%
	Conservative	Mr. Savage	69	36%
Majority			52	28%
Registered electors
Turnout			190
	Whig hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard Mitchell Beckwith *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

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References

^ "Liverpool Town Council - Council Minute Book 1857 pg 327 (scan)". Retrieved 20 December 2016.
^ "Liverpool Daily Post 3 November 1857 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 20 December 2016.
^ "Liverpool Daily Post 3 November 1857 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 20 December 2016.

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