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:
PartyCouncillors ± Aldermen TotalConservative ?? ?? ?? ??Liberal ?? ?? ?? ??
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
Everton
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%
Great George
Lime Street
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%
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.
Pitt Street
Rodney Street
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%
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%
St. Peter's
Scotland
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%
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%
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%
Liverpool Daily Post Saturday 2 November 1861
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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