1861 Liverpool Town Council election explained

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Friday 1 November 1861. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years, and nine of the 16 wards were uncontested. After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
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Election result

Because of the large number of uncontested seats, these statistics should be taken in that context.

Ward results

• - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Exchange

Until the Ballot Act 1872 polling at elections was in public and the state of the polls were reported on an hour by hour basis in the newspapers.

Time	James Tyrer		John Ravenscroft
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	91	48%	98	52%
11:00	163	49%	168	51%
12:00	253	54%	218	46%
13:00	289	53%	253	47%
14:00	303	53%	270	47%
15:00	324	53%	287	47%
16:00	343	54%	292	46%

^[1]

North Toxteth

Time	Joseph Harrison		William Digby Smith
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	98	68%	46	32%
11:00	152	66%	79	34%
12:00	202	63%	118	37%
13:00	273	66%	141	34%
14:00	336	67%	167	33%
15:00	370	67%	180	33%
16:00	396	67%	195	33%

^[2]

The discrepancy between the final results given in the Council Minute Book and the 4 o'clock final figures as reported in the Liverpool Mercury should perhaps be attributed to errors in the newspaper report.

St. Anne Street

Time	William Bottomley Bairstow		Arthur Piggot Fletcher
	Votes	%	Votes	%
11:00	178	52%	167	48%
12:00	186	52%	170	48%
13:00	187	52%	176	48%
14:00	193	52%	177	48%
15:00	208	53%	183	47%
16:00	226	53%	200	47%

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St. Paul's

Time	John Buck Spence		Thomas Rigby
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	55	49%	57	51%
11:00	109	60%	73	40%
12:00	137	59%	94	41%
13:00	155	59%	106	41%
14:00	170	59%	118	41%
15:00	180	58%	132	42%
16:00	187	57%	141	43%

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South Toxteth

Time	Horace Seymour Alpass		John Farnworth
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	100	59%	69	41%
11:00	111	58%	79	42%
12:00	164	61%	105	39%
13:00	205	56%	160	44%
14:00	233	56%	185	44%
15:00	259	51%	247	49%
16:00	298	54%	249	46%

^[5]

Vauxhall

Time	Roger Haydock		James Denton
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	29	74%	10	26%
11:00	51	78%	14	22%
12:00	76	79%	20	21%
13:00	85	73%	32	27%
14:00	112	75%	38	25%
16:00	118	75%	39	25%

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West Derby

Time	Peter George Heyworth		Edward Samuelson
	Votes	%	Votes	%
9:30	27	69%	12	31%
10:00	66	53%	58	47%
11:00	147	53%	129	47%
12:00	195	43%	260	57%
13:00	275	50%	277	50%
13:35	334	51%	318	49%
14:30	394	51%	377	49%
15:00	451	52%	419	48%
16:00	507	52%	471	48%

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See also

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (3)(scan). 1 December 2016 .
2. Web site: Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (8) (scan). 19 August 2016 .
3. Web site: Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (5) (scan). 19 August 2016 .
4. Web site: Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (2) (scan). 19 August 2016 .
5. Web site: Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (7) (scan). 19 August 2016 .
6. Web site: Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (4) (scan). 19 August 2016 .
7. Web site: Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (1) (scan). 19 August 2016 .
8. [Liverpool Daily Post]
9. Web site: Liverpool Town Council - Minute Book 1861 pg 54 (scan). 19 August 2016 .
10. Web site: Liverpool Town Council - Minute Book 1861 pg 55 (scan). 19 August 2016 .
11. Web site: Liverpool Town Council - Minute Book 1861 pg 56 (scan). 19 August 2016 .