Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Monday 1 November 1873. 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:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
Liberal | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 9 | 56% | 56% | 11,297 | |||||
Liberal | 7 | 44% | 44% | 8,745 |
Because of the large number of uncontested seats, these statistics should be taken in that context.
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robertson Gladstone * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,689 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David MacIver | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,897 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Vining * | 4,929 | 59% | ||
Liberal | David Hughes | 3,436 | 41% | ||
Majority | 1,493 | 18% | |||
Registered electors | 17,742 | ||||
Turnout | 8,365 | 47% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stephen Barker Guion * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,445 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Peet | 486 | 50.4% | ||
Liberal | Edward Lewis | 479 | 49.6% | ||
Majority | 7 | 0.8% | |||
Registered electors | 1,511 | ||||
Turnout | 965 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Allanson Picton * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,068 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Harrison * | 1,709 | 58% | ||
Liberal | William Pirrie Sinclair | 1,236 | 42% | ||
Majority | 474 | 16% | |||
Registered electors | 6,000 | ||||
Turnout | 2,944 | 49% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Edward Hamilton * | 305 | 50% | ||
Liberal | James Steel | 303 | 50% | ||
Majority | 2 | ||||
Registered electors | 774 | ||||
Turnout | 608 | 79% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Philip Henry Rathbone * | 736 | 58% | ||
Conservative | Dr. Arthur Brown Steele | 533 | 42% | ||
Majority | 203 | 16% | |||
Registered electors | 2,689 | ||||
Turnout | 1,269 | 47% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. John Stopford Taylor * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,647 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Huntington * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,029 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Balfour | 576 | 52% | ||
Conservative | Edward Lewis Wigan | 537 | 48% | ||
Majority | 39 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,753 | ||||
Turnout | 1,113 | 63% | |||
gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John McArdle * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,851 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Isaac Jackson | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,084 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter Silvester Bidwell * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,087 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Samuelson * | 2,798 | 59% | ||
Liberal | Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff | 1,980 | 41% | ||
Majority | 818 | 18% | |||
Registered electors | 7,601 | ||||
Turnout | 4,778 | 63% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Caused by the death of Councillor James Denton (Conservative, St. Anne Street, elected 1 November 1871)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. William Cross | 514 | 54% | ||
Henry Ashby | 323 | 34% | |||
W. N. S. Cope | 106 | 11% | |||
John Morrell | 16 | 1.7% | |||
Majority | 191 | 20% | |||
Registered electors | 2,647 | ||||
Turnout | 959 | 36% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |