Liverpool Town Council election, 1861

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Friday 1 November 1861. 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	??	??	??	??
	Liberal	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1861
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	4
	Liberal	12

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	Robertson Gladstone *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Avison *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Darnley Anderson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Tyrer *	343	54%
	Liberal	John Ravenscroft	292	46%
Majority			51
Registered electors
Turnout			635
	Conservative hold		Swing

Until the Ballot Act 1872 polling at elections was in public and the state of the polls were reported on an hour by hour basis in the newspapers.

Time	James Tyrer		John Ravenscroft
Time	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	91	48%	98	52%
11:00	163	49%	168	51%
12:00	253	54%	218	46%
13:00	289	53%	253	47%
14:00	303	53%	270	47%
15:00	324	53%	287	47%
16:00	343	54%	292	46%

^[1]

Great George

No. 9 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes
		John Rogers *	unopposed
Registered electors
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Allanson Picton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Harrison	395	68%
	Liberal	William Digby Smith	188	32%
Majority			207
Registered electors
Turnout			583
	[[\|N/A]] gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

Time	Joseph Harrison		William Digby Smith
Time	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	98	68%	46	32%
11:00	152	66%	79	34%
12:00	202	63%	118	37%
13:00	273	66%	141	34%
14:00	336	67%	167	33%
15:00	370	67%	180	33%
16:00	396	67%	195	33%

^[2]

The discrepancy between the final results given in the Council Minute Book and the 4 o'clock final figures as reported in the Liverpool Mercury should perhaps be attributed to errors in the newspaper report.

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
		Thomas Ridley *	unopposed
Registered electors
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Bulley Job *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Bottomley Bairstow	226	53%
	Conservative	Arthur Piggot Fletcher	200	47%
Majority			26
Registered electors
Turnout			426
	Liberal hold		Swing

Time	William Bottomley Bairstow		Arthur Piggot Fletcher
Time	Votes	%	Votes	%
11:00	178	52%	167	48%
12:00	186	52%	170	48%
13:00	187	52%	176	48%
14:00	193	52%	177	48%
15:00	208	53%	183	47%
16:00	226	53%	200	47%

^[3]

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Buck Spence	192	54%
	Conservative	Thomas Rigby	162	46%
Majority			30
Registered electors
Turnout			354
	Liberal hold		Swing

Time	John Buck Spence		Thomas Rigby
Time	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	55	49%	57	51%
11:00	109	60%	73	40%
12:00	137	59%	94	41%
13:00	155	59%	106	41%
14:00	170	59%	118	41%
15:00	180	58%	132	42%
16:00	187	57%	141	43%

^[4]

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Rae *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
		Richard Sheil *	unopposed
Registered electors
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Horace Seymour Alpass	298	54%
	Conservative	John Farnworth	249	46%
Majority			49
Registered electors
Turnout			547
	Liberal hold		Swing

Time	Horace Seymour Alpass		John Farnworth
Time	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	100	59%	69	41%
11:00	111	58%	79	42%
12:00	164	61%	105	39%
13:00	205	56%	160	44%
14:00	233	56%	185	44%
15:00	259	51%	247	49%
16:00	298	54%	249	46%

^[5]

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Roger Haydock *	118	75%
	Conservative	James Denton	39	25%
Majority			79
Registered electors
Turnout			157
	Liberal hold		Swing

Time	Roger Haydock		James Denton
Time	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	29	74%	10	26%
11:00	51	78%	14	22%
12:00	76	79%	20	21%
13:00	85	73%	32	27%
14:00	112	75%	38	25%
16:00	118	75%	39	25%

^[6]

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Peter George Heyworth	507	52%
	Conservative	Edward Samuelson	471	48%
Majority			36
Registered electors
Turnout			978
	Liberal hold		Swing

Time	Peter George Heyworth		Edward Samuelson
Time	Votes	%	Votes	%
9:30	27	69%	12	31%
10:00	66	53%	58	47%
11:00	147	53%	129	47%
12:00	195	43%	260	57%
13:00	275	50%	277	50%
13:35	334	51%	318	49%
14:30	394	51%	377	49%
15:00	451	52%	419	48%
16:00	507	52%	471	48%

^[7] ^[8] ^[9] ^[10] ^[11]

References

↑ "Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (3)(scan)". Retrieved 1 December 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (8) (scan)". Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (5) (scan)". Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (7) (scan)". Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ Liverpool Daily Post Saturday 2 November 1861
↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Minute Book 1861 pg 54 (scan)". Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Minute Book 1861 pg 55 (scan)". Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Minute Book 1861 pg 56 (scan)". Retrieved 19 August 2016.

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[1] "Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (3)(scan)". Retrieved 1 December 2016.

[2] "Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (8) (scan)". Retrieved 19 August 2016.

[3] "Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (5) (scan)". Retrieved 19 August 2016.

[4] "Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 19 August 2016.

[5] "Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (7) (scan)". Retrieved 19 August 2016.

[6] "Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 19 August 2016.

[7] "Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 19 August 2016.

[8] Liverpool Daily Post Saturday 2 November 1861

[9] "Liverpool Town Council - Minute Book 1861 pg 54 (scan)". Retrieved 19 August 2016.

[10] "Liverpool Town Council - Minute Book 1861 pg 55 (scan)". Retrieved 19 August 2016.

[11] "Liverpool Town Council - Minute Book 1861 pg 56 (scan)". Retrieved 19 August 2016.

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