1860 Liverpool Town Council election

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1860. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Thirteen 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 1860

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	1			75%	56%	1,088
	Liberal	1		1			44%	856

Because only three of the sixteen seats were contested, 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 *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle Street[]

No. 6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edward Estell	unopposed
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

Everton[]

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Crosthwaite *	598	62%
	Liberal	William Williams	372	38%
Majority			226
Registered electors
Turnout			970
	Conservative hold		Swing

Time	Daniel Crossthwaite		William Williams
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	130	61%	83	39%
11:00	230	59%	163	41%
12:00	322	60%	219	40%
13:00	395	60%	219	40%
14:00	480	59%	327	41%
15:00	545	61%	353	39%
16:00	598	62%	372	38%

Exchange[]

No. 5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Littledale *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great George[]

No. 9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Wagstaff *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lime Street[]

No. 12

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

North Toxteth[]

No. 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Vernon *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street[]

No. 8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Robert Graves *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rodney Street[]

No. 10

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Mozley *	unopposed
Registered electors
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne Street[]

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Kitchen *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's[]

No. 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William. Barton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's[]

No. 7

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

Scotland[]

No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Crellin *	unopposed
Registered electors
			Swing

South Toxteth[]

No. 15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph Steel	unopposed
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

Vauxhall[]

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Johnson	'132	50.4%
	Liberal	Christopher James Corbally JP *	130	49.6%
Majority			2
Registered electors			386
Turnout			262	68%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

West Derby[]

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Mitchell Beckwith *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

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By-elections[]

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See also[]

Liverpool City Council

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

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