Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Monday 2 November 1863. 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	??	??	16	??
	Liberal	??	??	0	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1863
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	6	0	8	-8	37%	49%	2,403
	Liberal	10	8	0	+8	63%	51%	2,493

Because seven of the sixteen seats were 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 Hutchison *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Samuel Greg Rathbone	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Reddecliff Jeffery	205
	Conservative	Daniel Crosthwaite *	0
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Barry	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Wagstaff *	240	56%
	Liberal	Joseph Robinson	190	44%
Majority			50
Registered electors
Turnout			430
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Tate	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Lawrence	447	58%
	Liberal	Henry Pooley	330	42%
Majority			117
Registered electors
Turnout			777
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Samuel Robert Graves *	20	100%
	Liberal	James Levington	0	0%
Majority			20
Registered electors
Turnout			20
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Mozley *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph Kitchen	233	55%
	Conservative	Samuel Goodacre	190	45%
Majority			43
Registered electors
Turnout			423
	Liberal gain from Conservative		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 *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Williams	497	55%
	Conservative	James Crellin *	405	45%
Majority			92
Registered electors
Turnout			902
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Cowley Miller	488	60%
	Conservative	Joseph Steel *	324	40%
Majority			164
Registered electors
Turnout			812
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Whilty,,,	139	54%
	Conservative	Thomas Rigby	120	46%
Majority			246
Registered electors
Turnout			1,068
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Birch Melladew	657	62%
	Liberal	Arnold Baruchson	411	38%
Majority			246
Registered electors
Turnout			1,068
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[1] ^[2]

By-elections

No. 2, Scotland,

Following the resignation of Alderman Sanuel Holme, Councillor Richard Sheil (Merchant, of Bankfield Road, West Derby, elected to Scotland ward on 1 November 1861) was elected as an alderman on Wednesday 11 May 1864.

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Votes


Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

^[3]

References

^ Liverpool Daily Post Tuesday 3 November 1863
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1863-1864 pg 4 (scan)". Retrieved 14 August 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1864 May 11 (scan)". Retrieved 14 August 2016.

v t e Local elections in Merseyside
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022
Liverpool City Council	1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021
Mayor of Liverpool	2012 2016 2021
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022
Liverpool School Board	1870 1873 1876 1879 1882 1885 1888 1891 1894 1897 1900 Abolished
Merseyside County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished
Liverpool City Region Mayor	2017 2021
See also: Wards Boundary changes