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:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 28 | 0 | 16 | 44 | |
Liberal | 15 | -3 | 0 | 15 | |
Irish Home Rule | 3 | +2 | 0 | 3 |
Party | 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.
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arthur Hornby Lewis | unopposed | ||||
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Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David MacIver MP * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
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Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Vining * | unopposed | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stephen Barker Guion * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Peet * | unopposed | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Allanson Picton * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Leyland | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Henry Rathbone * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Huntington * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Radcliffe | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Nichol | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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]
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 |
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