1856 Liverpool Town Council election

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Monday 2 November 1856. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Eleven 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 1856

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	%	±%
	Whig	William Earle	unopposed
Registered electors
	Whig hold		Swing

Castle Street[]

No. 6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Steains	unopposed
Registered electors
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

Everton[]

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Johnson Stitt	573	51%
	Conservative	John Longton	559	49%
Majority			7
Registered electors
Turnout			1,132
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

Exchange[]

No. 5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Turner *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great George[]

No. 9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Shand *	107	93%
	Whig	William Gibson	8	7%
Majority			99
Registered electors
Turnout			115
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lime Street[]

No. 12

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Reddecliffe Jeffrey	430	54%
	Conservative	John Buck Lloyd *	359	46%
Majority			71
Registered electors			957
Turnout			789	82%
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

North Toxteth[]

No. 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Hollis Anthony	unopposed
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

Pitt Street[]

No. 8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Powell Jeffreys *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rodney Street[]

No. 10

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Aspinall Tobin *	236'	81%
	Whig	George Holt	54	19%
Majority			182
Registered electors
Turnout			290
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Anne Street[]

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Mellor	204	83%
	Conservative	Hugh Molyneux	123	38%
Majority			81
Registered electors
Turnout			246
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Paul's[]

No. 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Oliver Holden *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Whig hold		Swing

St. Peter's[]

No. 7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Holme *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Scotland[]

No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Woodruff *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Toxteth[]

No. 15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Robertson	unopposed
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

Vauxhall[]

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Nicholson *	unopposed
Registered electors
			Swing

West Derby[]

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Francis Anderson Clint *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Whig hold		Swing

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Aldermanic Elections[]

On 10 November 1856, the term of office of eight aldermen who were elected on 9 November 1850 expired.

The following were elected as Aldermen by the Council on 10 November 1856 for a term of office of six years.

* - re-elected Alderman.

Party		Alderman
	Conservative	William Bennett *
	Reformer	William Preston *
	Conservative	Thomas Dover *
	Conservative	Thomas Robinson *
	Conservative	John Haywood Turner *
	Conservative	George Henry Horsfall
	Reformer	Thomas Chilton
	Conservative	Raymond William Houghton

See also[]

• Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
• Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
• Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
• History of local government in England

References[]