1867 Liverpool Town Council election

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Friday 1 November 1867. 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 1867

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	0	1	-1	62%	56%	1,390
	Liberal	6	1	0	+1	38%	44%	1,087

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

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

Everton[]

No. 1 Everton

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

Exchange[]

No. 5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Tyrer *	305	54%
	Liberal	John Johnson Stitt	261	46%
Majority			44
Registered electors
Turnout			566
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great George[]

No. 9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isaac Jackson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lime Street[]

No. 12

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

North Toxteth[]

No. 16

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

Pitt Street[]

No. 8

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

Rodney Street[]

No. 10

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Philip Henry Rathbone	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne Street[]

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. John Stopford Taylor *	225	52%
	Liberal	Henry Pooley	209	48%
Majority			16
Registered electors
Turnout			434
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's[]

No. 4

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

St. Peter's[]

No. 7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jacob Gaitskell Brown	337	51%
	Conservative	Major Richard Fell Steble	327	49%
Majority			10
Registered electors
Turnout			664
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Scotland[]

No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Robinson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Toxteth[]

No. 15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Barclay Walker	533	56%
	Liberal	Horace Seymour Alpass	280	34%
Majority			253
Registered electors
Turnout			813
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall[]

No. 3 Vauxhall

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

West Derby[]

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Samuelson *	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

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By-elections[]

No. 16, North Toxteth, 1 November 1867[]

Caused by the retirement of Councillor Edward Lawrence (Conservative, North Toxteth, elected 2 November 1865).

No. 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Fell Steble
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Aldermanic By Election, 4 April 1867[]

Following the death of Alderman James Parker, reported to the Council on 1 April 1868, John Weightman was elected as an alderman on 4 April 1868. ^[4]

No. 5, Exchange, 22 April 1868[]

Caused by the death of Councillor William Barry (Liberal, Exchange, elected unopposed 1 November 1866) which was reported to the Council on 29 April 1868

No. 5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fletcher Rogers
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

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No. 5, Exchange, June 1868[]

Caused by the resignation of Councillor John Swainson (Exchange, elected 1 November 1865) , reported to the Council on 3 June 1868 ^[6]

No. 5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Johnson Stitt
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		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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