en 1876 Liverpool Town Council election

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1876. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Ten of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	28	0	16	44
Liberal	15	-3	0	15
Irish Home Rule	3	+2	0	3

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1879
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	9 ?					19%	1,755
Liberal	4 ?	0	2	-2	25%	47%	4,265
Home Rule	2	2	0	+2	12%	33%	2,986

Because of the large number of contested seats, these statistics should be read in that context.

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Arthur Hornby Lewis	unopposed
Registered electors
		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David MacIver MP *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

Everton

No. 1 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Vining *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Stephen Barker Guion *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Peet *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

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	William Leyland	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Col. Charles Edward Hamilton *	332	54%
	Liberal	Garrett Michael Byrne	287	46%
Majority			45	8%
Registered electors			764
Turnout			619	81%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Philip Henry Rathbone *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Fowler	955	55%
	Home Rule	Dr. Daniel Walter Parsons	792	45%
Majority			163	10%
Registered electors			2,305
Turnout			1,747	76%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Huntington *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alexander Balfour *	603	56%
	Conservative	Edward Lewis Wigan	468	44%
Majority			135	12%
Registered electors			1,467
Turnout			1,071	73%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Dr. Alexander Murray Bligh	2,228	52%
	Liberal	John McArdle *	2,016	48%
Majority			212	4%	N/A
Registered electors			9,876
Turnout			4,244	43%
	Home Rule gain from Liberal		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Radcliffe	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Dr. Andrew Commins	758	57%
	Liberal	Lt. Col. Peter Silvester Bidwell *	567	43%
Majority			191	14%	N/A
Registered electors			2,337
Turnout			1,325	57%
	Home Rule gain from Liberal		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Nichol	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

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By-elections

No. 8, Pitt Street, 23 April 1877

The death of Alderman William Barton was reported to the Council on 4 April 1877. ^[3]

Councillor Henry Jennings (Conservative, Pitt Street, elected 1 November 1875) was elected by the Council as an Alderman on 9 April 1877. ^[4]

No. 8 Pitt Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Courtenay Deane	311	50.1%
	Liberal	James Steel	310	49.9%
Majority			1	0.2%
Registered electors			764
Turnout			621	81%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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This election was declared void on 27 June 1877 under the Corrupt Practices (Municipal Elections) Act 1872 and reported to the Council on 4 July 1877.^[6] The election was re-run on 23rd Mar 1878

References

^ Liverpool Daily Post Thursday 2 November 1876
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1876-1877 pg 2(scan)". Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1876-1877 pg 92(scan)". Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1876-1877 pg 105(scan)". Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1876-1877 pg 112(scan)". Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1876-1877 pg 143(scan)". Retrieved 22 July 2016.

[1] Liverpool Daily Post Thursday 2 November 1876

[2] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1876-1877 pg 2(scan)". Retrieved 22 July 2016.

[3] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1876-1877 pg 92(scan)". Retrieved 22 July 2016.

[4] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1876-1877 pg 105(scan)". Retrieved 22 July 2016.

[5] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1876-1877 pg 112(scan)". Retrieved 22 July 2016.

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

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1876 Liverpool Town Council election