1866 Liverpool Town Council election

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1866. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Twelve 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 1866

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	2	3	-1	44%
	Liberal	9	3	2	+1	56%

Because twelve 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	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Pierre Melly	unopposed
Registered electors
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Castle Street[]

No. 6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Greg Rathbone *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Everton[]

No. 1 Everton

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

Exchange[]

No. 5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Barry *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George[]

No. 9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Rogers	233	50.2%
	Conservative	James Sykes	231	49.8%
Majority			2
Registered electors
Turnout			464
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Lime Street[]

No. 12

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Rowlands Minton	357	54%
	Liberal	H. S. Alpass	309	46%
Majority			48
Registered electors
Turnout			666
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

North Toxteth[]

No. 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Lawrence *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street[]

No. 8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Jennings	202	52%
	Liberal	James Steel	187	48%
Majority			15
Registered electors
Turnout			389
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rodney Street[]

No. 10

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Gair	unopposed'
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne Street[]

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur P. Fletcher	238	60%
	Liberal	Dr. Edward Watts	158	40%
Majority			80
Registered electors
Turnout			396
	Conservative gain from Liberal		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	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Tricks Bowring *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Scotland[]

No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Williams *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Toxteth[]

No. 15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Cowley Miller	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Vauxhall[]

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Whitty *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

West Derby[]

No. 14 West Derby

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

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By-elections[]

No. 6, Castle Street, 1 November 1866 - 2 seats[]

Caused by the retirements of Councillors John Cheshyre Blythe (Conservative, elected for the Castle Street ward on 1 November 1864) and Thomas Chilton (Liberal, elected 1 November 1865).

No. 6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Woodburn
	Liberal	Thomas Avison
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

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No. 10, Rodney Street, 1 November 1866[]

Caused by the retirement of Councillor C. J. English (Liberal, Rodney Street, elected 1 November 1865)

No. 10

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Dawson
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
			Swing

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No. 13, St. Anne Street, 1 January 1867[]

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Joseph Bennion (Conservative, elected 1 November 1865)

No. 13 St. Anne Street

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

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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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