1864 Liverpool Town Council election

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1864. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

1864 Liverpool Town Council election

1 November 1864 (1864-11-01)
16 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 16 wards 33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

Five 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 1864

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

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
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Chesshyre Blythe	418	51%
	Liberal	Thomas Avison *	409	49%
Majority			9	2%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			827
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Time	John Chesshyre Blythe		Thomas Avison
	Votes	%	Votes	%
11:00	183	50%	180	50%
11:30	220	50%	223	50%
12:00	254	50%	249	50%
12:30	273	50%	274	50%
13:00	294	51%	288	49%
13:30	309	50%	313	50%
14:00	325	50%	328	50%
15:00	353	49%	363	51%
15:30	382	50%	384	50%
16:00	418	51%	409	49%

Everton

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Archibald Charles Stewart	unopposed
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Tyrer *	348	51%
	Liberal	Charles Pierre Melly	330	49%
Majority			18	2%
Registered electors
Turnout			678
	Conservative hold		Swing

Time	James Tyrer		Charles Pierre Melly
	Votes	%	Votes	%
11:00	163	49%	167	51%
11:30	205	50%	204	50%
12:00	231	52%	217	48%
12:30	257	52%	241	48%
13:00	272	52%	249	48%
13:30	281	51%	266	49%
14:00	287	51%	277	49%
15:00	318	51%	304	49%
15:30	328	51%	313	49%
16:00	348	51%	330	49%

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isaac Jackson	235	51%
	Liberal	John Rogers *	222	49%
Majority			13	2%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			457
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Time	Isaac Jackson		John Rogers
	Votes	%	Votes	%
11:00	157	51%	151	49%
11:30	166	51%	157	49%
12:00	174	51%	164	49%
12:30	181	51%	171	49%
13:00	197	52%	182	48%
13:30	205	52%	187	48%
14:00	217	52%	201	48%
15:00	223	52%	209	48%
15:30	231	52%	214	48%
16:00	235	51%	222	49%

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street

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

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Harrison *	497	58%
	Liberal	Ewing Whittle	365	42%
Majority			132	16%
Registered electors
Turnout			862
	Conservative hold		Swing

Time	Joseph Harrison=		Ewing Whittle
	Votes	%	Votes	%
11:00	158	57%	120	43%
11:30	199	55%	160	45%
12:00	251	56%	196	44%
12:30	285	57%	217	43%
13:00	345	57%	265	43%
13:30	378	57%	283	43%
14:00	419	57%	312	43%
15:00	473	58%	344	42%
15:30	485	58%	349	42%
16:00	497	58%	365	42%

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Rimmer	216	52%
	Liberal	William McMillen	197	48%
Majority			19	4%
Registered electors
Turnout			413
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Time	John Rimmer		William McMillen
	Votes	%	Votes	%
11:00	107	49%	111	51%
11:30	135	52%	123	48%
12:00	154	52%	141	48%
12:30	166	53%	147	47%
13:00	183	53%	165	47%
13:30	183	53%	165	47%
14:00	192	53%	171	47%
15:00	210	52%	192	48%
15:30	214	52%	195	48%
16:00	216	52%	197	48%

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Jack	424	52%
	Liberal	Thomas Bulley Job *	388	48%
Majority			36	4%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			812
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. John Stopford Taylor	244	56%
	Liberal	William Bottomly Bairstow *	191	44%
Majority			53	12%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			435
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurice Williams	252	75%
	Conservative	Lewis Hornblower	85	25%
Majority			167	50%
Registered electors
Turnout			337
	Liberal hold		Swing

Time	Maurice Williams		Lewis Hornblower
	Votes	%	Votes	%
11:00	156	74%	55	26%
11:30	166	75%	55	25%
12:00	191	75%	64	25%
12:30	208	75%	70	25%
13:00	222	74%	76	26%
13:30	227	74%	78	26%
14:00	231	75%	79	25%
15:00	244	74%	84	26%
15:30	245	74%	85	26%
16:00	252	75%	85	25%

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		David Rae *	unopposed
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland

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

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Brandreth Hughes	490	55%
	Liberal	Horace Seymour Alpass *	407	45%
Majority			83	10%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			897
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Rigby	159	67%
	Liberal	Robert Bradbury	77	33%
Majority			82	34%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			236
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Time	Thomas Rigby		Robert Bradbury
	Votes	%	Votes	%
11:00	104	65%	55	35%
11:30	114	66%	59	34%
12:00	125	67%	62	33%
12:30	134	67%	66	33%
13:00	147	68%	68	32%
13:30	149	68%	71	32%
14:00	153	68%	73	32%
15:00	157	68%	75	32%
15:30	157	68%	75	32%
16:00	159	67%	77	33%

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Samuelson ^	700	51%
	Liberal	Peter George Heyworth	667	49%
Majority			33	2%
Registered electors
Turnout			1,367
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections

The death of Councillor James Crellin was reported to the Council meeting on 14 December 1864.

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