Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1854. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
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16 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 16 wards 33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority | ||
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Eight of the sixteen wards were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
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Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
Reformers | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | |||||||||
Whig |
Ward results
* – Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Abraham Tinne | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Castle Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Hornby * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Everton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Daniel Crosthwaite | 394 | 54% | ||
Whig | Thomas Chalmer | 333 | 46% | ||
Majority | 61 | 8% | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 727 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Exchange
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Littledale * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Great George
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Wagstaff * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lime Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Johnson* | unopposed | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Swing |
North Toxteth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bernard Hall | 308 | 51% | ||
Whig | W. H. Ogden | 296 | 49% | ||
Majority | 12 | 2% | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 604 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Pitt Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Gladstone jun. * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold |
Rodney Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Flemming * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Anne Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Joseph Kitchen | 211 | 74% | ||
Conservative | Raymond William Houghton * | 76 | 26% | ||
Majority | 135 | 48% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 287 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing |
St. Paul's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Rowland McGuffie * | 204 | 58% | ||
Whig | Thomas Savage | 147 | 42% | ||
Majority | 57 | 16% | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 351 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing |
St. Peter's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harmood Banner * | 247 | 52% | ||
Whig | A. H. Wylie | 71 | 15% | ||
Majority | 176 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 475 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Scotland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Archibald Charles Stewart | 350 | 58% | ||
Conservative | James Thomson * | 256 | 42% | ||
Majority | 350 | 16% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 606 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing |
South Toxteth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Stewart * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Vauxhall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Bradley * | 162 | 57% | ||
Conservative | Jonathan Atkinson | 124 | 43% | ||
Majority | 162 | 14% | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 286 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing |
West Derby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Mitchell Beckwith * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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By-elections
No. 9, Great George, Wednesday 1 November 1854
Caused by the resignation of Councillor John McNichol (Conservative, elected 1 November 1852)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Marke Wood | 242 | 53% | ||
Whig | John Rogers | 211 | 47% | ||
Majority | 31 | 6% | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 453 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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
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