1862 Liverpool Town Council election

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1862. 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.

This was the first year that the 'Proceedings of the Council' were printed.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	??	16	??
	Liberal	??	??	0	??

Election result[]

Liverpool Local Election Result 1862

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative
	Liberal

Because eleven of the sixteen seats were uncontested, these statistics should be taken in that context.

Ward results[]

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby[]

No. 11 Abercromby

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

Castle Street[]

No. 6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Maxwell	356	63%
	Liberal	John Yates the younger	205	37%
Majority			151
Registered electors
Turnout			561
	gain from		Swing

Everton[]

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Johnson Stitt *	806	52%
	Conservative	Joseph Hubback	734	48%
Majority			72
Registered electors
Turnout			1,540
	Liberal hold		Swing

Exchange[]

No. 5

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

Great George[]

No. 9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Hays Wilson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Lime Street[]

No. 12

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Rothwell Cooper	378	52%
	Liberal	James Reddecliff Jeffrey	346	48%
Majority			32
Registered electors
Turnout			724
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

North Toxteth[]

No. 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Gibbons Livingston*	418	55%
	Liberal	Hugh Almond	343	45%
Majority			75
Registered electors
Turnout			761
	Conservative hold		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 *	unopposed
Registered electors
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Anne Street[]

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Nickson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's[]

No. 4

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

St. Peter's[]

No. 7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Christie Beloe *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Scotland[]

No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Clarke Aspinall	unopposed
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

South Toxteth[]

No. 15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Threlfall Wilson	417	57%
	Liberal	Maurice Williams	311	43%
Majority			106
Registered electors
Turnout			728
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall[]

No. 3 Vauxhall

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

West Derby[]

No. 14 West Derby

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

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Aldermanic Elections[]

At the meeting of the Council on 10 November 1862, the terms of office of eight alderman expired. ^[4]

The following eight were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 10 November 1862 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected aldermen.

Party		Alderman
	Conservative	William Bennett *
	Conservative	Thomas Dover *
	Conservative	John Farnworth
	Conservative	Raymond William Houghton *
	Conservative	Joseph Hubback
	Conservative	John Grant Morris *
	Conservative	William Preston *
	Conservative	John Hayward Turner *

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By-elections[]

No. 15, South Toxteth, November 1862[]

Caused by the election of Councillor John Farnworth (Conservative, South Toxteth, elected 1 November 1861) by the Council as an alderman on 10 November 1862.

No. 15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
			Swing

No. 1, Everton & Kirkdale, November 1862[]

Caused by the election of Councillor Maurice Hubback (Conservative, Everton & Kirkdale, elected 1 November 1862) by the Council as an alderman on 10 November 1862.

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

No. ?, November 1862[]

Caused by the election of Councillor John Grant Morris (Party?, ward?, elected ???) by the Council as an alderman on 10 November 1862.

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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