1877 Liverpool Town Council election

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1877. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Six of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	??	16	??
Liberal	??	??	0	??
Irish Home Rule	4	+1	0	4

Election result[edit]

Liverpool Local Election Result 1879
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	9	1	4	-3	56%	49%	9,103
Liberal	6	4	2	+2	44%	51%	9,354
Home Rule	1	1	1	+1

Ward results[edit]

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby[edit]

No. 11 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dr. George Gill *	974	56%
	Liberal	Thomas Shepherd Little	770	44%
Majority			204	12%
Registered electors			2,572
Turnout			1,744	68%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle Street[edit]

No. 6 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alexander Garnett	634	54%
	Liberal	James Thornley	539	46%
Majority			95	8%
Registered electors			1,763
Turnout			1,173	67%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton[edit]

No. 1 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Whitley *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange[edit]

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Durning Holt	912	62%
	Conservative	Joseph Armstrong *	549	38%
Majority			363	24%	N/A
Registered electors			2,224
Turnout			1,461	66%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Great George[edit]

No. 9 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Hays Wilson	547	60%
	Conservative	Dr. Robert Thomas Lodge *	369	40%
Majority			178	20%	N/A
Registered electors			1,299
Turnout			916	71%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Lime Street[edit]

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Alexander Forrest *	685	53%
	Liberal	Charles James Crosfield	607	47%
Majority			78	6%
Registered electors			1,749
Turnout			1,292	74%
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Toxteth[edit]

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur Bower Forwood *	2,253	58%
	Liberal	John Phillips	1,630	42%
Majority			623	16%
Registered electors			6,368
Turnout			3,883	61%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street[edit]

No. 8 Pitt Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Charles Hawley	424	52%
	Conservative	William Bower Forwood *	385	48%
Majority			39	4%	N/A
Registered electors			943
Turnout			809	86%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Rodney Street[edit]

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Radcliffe	1,006	56%
	Liberal	Henry Sylvester Samuel	780	44%
Majority			226	12%
Registered electors			2,543
Turnout			1,786	70%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Anne Street[edit]

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Dr. William Cross	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's[edit]

No. 4 St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Williams	648	52%
	Conservative	Robert Wheeler Preston *	597	48%
Majority			51	4%	N/A
Registered electors			1,749
Turnout			1,245	71%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Peter's[edit]

No. 7 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edmund Knowles Muspratt	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Scotland[edit]

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Irish Home Rule	Patrick de Lacy Garton	2,497	60%
	Conservative	Joseph Thomas	1,651	40%
Majority			846	20%	N/A
Registered electors			9,453
Turnout			4,148	44%
	Liberal Party (UK) and Home Rule League gain from Liberal

South Toxteth[edit]

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Bland Royden *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall[edit]

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Yates *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

West Derby[edit]

No. 14 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Samuel Graves	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

Aldermanic Election[edit]

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1877, the terms of office of eight alderman expired.^[5] The following eight were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1877 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected aldermen.

Party		Alderman
	Conservative	Andrew Boyd *
	Conservative	William Bower Forwood
	Conservative	Richard Cardwell Gardner *
	Conservative	Bernard Hall *
	Conservative	Joseph Harrison *
	Conservative	Edward Samuelson *
	Conservative	John Weightman *
	Conservative	John Woodruff *

^[6]

By-elections[edit]

No. 1, Everton, 2 March 1878[edit]

The death of Alderman Joseph Harrison was reported to the Council on 16 February 1878. ^[7]

His place was taken by Councillor John Pearson (Conservative, Everton, elected 1 November 1875) was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 16 February 1878. ^[8]

No. 1 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Barkeley Smith	7,752	61%
	Liberal	William Oulton	4,913	39%
Majority			2,839	22%
Registered electors
Turnout			12,665
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[9]

No. 16, North Toxteth, 23 May 1878[edit]

Caused by the death of Councillor William Leyland (Conservative, North Toxteth, elected 1 November 1876), which was reported to the Council on 5 June 1878. ^[10]

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Hughes	1,753	55%
	Liberal	Ewing Whittle	1,411	45%
Majority			342	10%
Registered electors			6,368
Turnout			3,164	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[11]

No. 8, Pitt Street, 23 May 1878[edit]

Caused by the election of Charles Courtenay Deane (Conservative, Pitt Street, elected 23 April 1877) being declared void on 27 June 1877 under the Corrupt Practices (Municipal Elections) Act 1872 and reported to the Council on 4 July 1877. ^[12]

No. 8 Pitt Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Steel	359	54%
	Conservative	Charles Courtenay Deane	306	46%
Majority			53	8%	N/A
Registered electors			943
Turnout			665	71%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

^[13]

References[edit]

^ "Liverpool Daily Post Friday 2nd November 1877 (scan 1)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Daily Post Friday 2nd November 1877 (scan 2)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1877-1878 pg 1 (scan)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1877-1878 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1877-1878 pg 4(scan)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1877-1878 pg 9(scan)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1877-1878 pg 99(scan)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1877-1878 pg 101 (scan)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1877-1878 pg 105(scan)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1877-1878 pg 149(scan)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1877-1878 pg 150(scan)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1876-1877 pg 143(scan)". Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1877-1878 pg 146(scan)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[1] "Liverpool Daily Post Friday 2nd November 1877 (scan 1)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[2] "Liverpool Daily Post Friday 2nd November 1877 (scan 2)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[3] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1877-1878 pg 1 (scan)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[4] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1877-1878 pg 2 (scan)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[5] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1877-1878 pg 4(scan)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[6] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1877-1878 pg 9(scan)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[7] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1877-1878 pg 99(scan)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[8] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1877-1878 pg 101 (scan)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[9] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1877-1878 pg 105(scan)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[10] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1877-1878 pg 149(scan)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[11] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1877-1878 pg 150(scan)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[12] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1876-1877 pg 143(scan)". Retrieved 22 July 2016.

[13] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1877-1878 pg 146(scan)". Retrieved 19 July 2016.

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