Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1864. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Five of the sixteen wards were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
PartyCouncillors ± Aldermen TotalConservative ?? ?? 16 ??Liberal ?? ?? 0 ??
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
Abercromby
Castle Street
Time John Chesshyre Blythe Thomas Avison Votes % Votes % 11:00 183 50% 180 50% 11:30 220 50% 223 50% 12:00 254 50% 249 50% 12:30 273 50% 274 50% 13:00 294 51% 288 49% 13:30 309 50% 313 50% 14:00 325 50% 328 50% 15:00 353 49% 363 51% 15:30 382 50% 384 50% 16:00 418 51% 409 49%
Everton
Exchange
Time James Tyrer Charles Pierre Melly Votes % Votes % 11:00 163 49% 167 51% 11:30 205 50% 204 50% 12:00 231 52% 217 48% 12:30 257 52% 241 48% 13:00 272 52% 249 48% 13:30 281 51% 266 49% 14:00 287 51% 277 49% 15:00 318 51% 304 49% 15:30 328 51% 313 49% 16:00 348 51% 330 49%
Great George
Time Isaac Jackson John Rogers Votes % Votes % 11:00 157 51% 151 49% 11:30 166 51% 157 49% 12:00 174 51% 164 49% 12:30 181 51% 171 49% 13:00 197 52% 182 48% 13:30 205 52% 187 48% 14:00 217 52% 201 48% 15:00 223 52% 209 48% 15:30 231 52% 214 48% 16:00 235 51% 222 49%
Lime Street
North Toxteth
Time Joseph Harrison= Ewing Whittle Votes % Votes % 11:00 158 57% 120 43% 11:30 199 55% 160 45% 12:00 251 56% 196 44% 12:30 285 57% 217 43% 13:00 345 57% 265 43% 13:30 378 57% 283 43% 14:00 419 57% 312 43% 15:00 473 58% 344 42% 15:30 485 58% 349 42% 16:00 497 58% 365 42%
Pitt Street
Time John Rimmer William McMillen Votes % Votes % 11:00 107 49% 111 51% 11:30 135 52% 123 48% 12:00 154 52% 141 48% 12:30 166 53% 147 47% 13:00 183 53% 165 47% 13:30 183 53% 165 47% 14:00 192 53% 171 47% 15:00 210 52% 192 48% 15:30 214 52% 195 48% 16:00 216 52% 197 48%
Rodney Street
St. Anne Street
St. Paul's
Time Maurice Williams Lewis Hornblower Votes % Votes % 11:00 156 74% 55 26% 11:30 166 75% 55 25% 12:00 191 75% 64 25% 12:30 208 75% 70 25% 13:00 222 74% 76 26% 13:30 227 74% 78 26% 14:00 231 75% 79 25% 15:00 244 74% 84 26% 15:30 245 74% 85 26% 16:00 252 75% 85 25%
St. Peter's
Scotland
South Toxteth
Vauxhall
Time Thomas Rigby Robert Bradbury Votes % Votes % 11:00 104 65% 55 35% 11:30 114 66% 59 34% 12:00 125 67% 62 33% 12:30 134 67% 66 33% 13:00 147 68% 68 32% 13:30 149 68% 71 32% 14:00 153 68% 73 32% 15:00 157 68% 75 32% 15:30 157 68% 75 32% 16:00 159 67% 77 33%
West Derby
Liverpool Daily Post Tuesday 1 November 1864
By-elections
The death of Councillor James Crellin was reported to the Council meeting on 14 December 1864.
See also
Liverpool City Council 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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