South Toxteth (Liverpool ward)

South Toxteth
South Toxteth
Former electoral ward
	South Toxteth Location within Merseyside
OS grid reference	SJ355879
• London	178 mi (286 km) South-east
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool;
Metropolitan county	Merseyside;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LIVERPOOL
Postcode district	L8
Dialling code	0151
Police	Merseyside
Fire	Merseyside
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Liverpool Riverside;

South Toxteth ward was an electoral ward of Liverpool City Council covering the southern part of the historic township of Toxteth Park (later Toxteth), in the city of Liverpool, England. It is now defunct, as the remainder of the township was incorporated in 1895, when a complete reorganization of the wards took place.

History

The area of Toxteth Park was originally a large deer hunting royal park which by the early 17th century had begun to be dis-parked and farmed.^[1] As Liverpool expanded during the 19th century the township became increasingly urbanised.^[2] Within the municipal borough of Liverpool, the ward structure in the 19th century included wards designated as “North Toxteth” and “South Toxteth”.^[3] The former divisions within the borough of Liverpool, up until 1895, were known as North Toxteth and South Toxteth. When the remainder of the township was incorporated in 1895, a complete reorganization of the wards was carried out.^[4]

Geography

South Toxteth comprised the southern portion of the township of Toxteth Park, lying south of areas later defined as “North Toxteth”. Historical maps of 1890 show the south sheet of Liverpool including Toxteth, Dingle and the area around Princes Park. South Toxteth covered the southern portion of the Toxteth Park area, which is now generally associated with parts of modern Toxteth, Princes Park and surrounding streets. Historical plans and 19th-century maps show dense Victorian terraces laid out across the area by the late 1800s, which the same urban expansion that prompted changes to Liverpool’s ward structure. Because the ward was an historical municipal unit, its exact boundaries moved as the borough boundary and internal warding arrangements were changed.^[5]

Governance

The ward elected local councillors / aldermen to Liverpool’s municipal government under the borough arrangements in force at the time. Late-Victorian municipal reform and the inclusion of additional township areas within Liverpool led to an 1890s reorganisation of wards: the former North and South Toxteth arrangement was abandoned in favour of a larger number of more finely divided wards and the borough moved from a small number of large wards to several smaller wards with standardised representation.^[6] Following subsequent 20th- and 21st-century boundary reviews the names and borders of Liverpool wards changed many times. The neighbourhood that was once covered by South Toxteth now lies within modern wards such as Toxteth/Princes Park and adjacent divisions established by later reviews.^[7]

Elections

1835

No. 15 South Toxteth - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Cropper	114	59%	N/A
	Whig	W. Sharples	99	51%	N/A
	Whig	Francis Jordan	92	47%	N/A
	Conservative	Mr. Fletcher	80	41%	N/A
	Conservative	Mr. Smith	75	39%	N/A
	Conservative	N. Robinson	65	34%
Majority			34		N/A
Registered electors			230
Turnout			194	84%	N/A
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

Polling place : At the southernmost of the Shops recently built by Dr. Hughes, on the west side of Park-road.

1836

No. 15 South Toxteth - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	John Platt	112	53%
	Whig	Francis Jordan *	109	53%
	Conservative	Alexander Smith	100	47%
	Conservative	Thomas M. Gladstone	98	47%
Majority			12	6%
Registered electors			279
Turnout			212	76%
	Whig hold		Swing
	Whig hold		Swing

1837

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	John Platt	134	51%
	Conservative	Alexander Smith jnr	129	49%
Majority			5	2%
Registered electors
Turnout			263
	Whig hold		Swing

1838

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	John Cropper *	145	57%
	Conservative	Thomas Murray Gladstone	108	43%
Majority			37	14%
Registered electors			355
Turnout			253	71%
	Whig hold		Swing

Time	John Cropper		Thomas Murray Gladstone
Time	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	64	70%	28	30%
11:00	71	61%	45	39%
12:00	86	65%	47	35%
13:00	101	60%	68	40%
14:00	121	61%	79	40%
15:00	129	60%	85	40%
16:00	145	57%	108	43%

1839

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Francis Jordan	148	51%
	Conservative	William McKee	142	49%
Majority			6	2%
Registered electors			363
Turnout			290	80%
	Whig hold		Swing

1840

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	John Platt *	144	51%
	Conservative	J. Shepperd	138	49%
Majority			6	2%
Registered electors
Turnout			282
	Whig hold		Swing

Time	John Platt		John Shepperd
Time	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	30	45%	36	55%
11:00	76	58%	56	42%
12:00
13:00	107	54%	91	46%
14:00	122	54%	106	46%
15:00	129	51%	122	49%
16:00	144	51%	138	49%

1841

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Lee Trotman	241	55%
	Whig	William H. Taylour	197	45%
Majority			44	10%	N/A
Registered electors			531
Turnout			438	82%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

1842

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ambrose Lace	142	69%
	Whig	Francis Jordan *	64	31%
Majority			78	38%	N/A
Registered electors			385
Turnout			206	54%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Time	Ambrose Lace		Francis Jordan
Time	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00
11:00	53	72%	21	28%
12:00	63	73%	23	27%
13:00	80	74%	28	26%
14:00	103	74%	36	26%
15:00	106	71%	43	29%
16:00	142	69%	64	31%

1843

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. T. Glazebrook	118	50.2%
	Whig	John Platt *	117	49.8%
Majority			1	0.4%	N/A
Registered electors			687
Turnout			235	34%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Polling Place : The Shop on the west side of Park-road, occupied by William McCartney, near the Church of John the Baptist.

1844

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Lyon Jones	175	56%
	Whig	Richard Vaughan Yates	136	44%
Majority			39	12%
Registered electors			464
Turnout			311	67%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1845

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ambrose Lace *	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

1846

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Watson	171	51%
	Conservative	Thomas Swanbrook Glazebrook *	162	49%
Majority			9	2%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			333
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

1847

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Lyon Jones *	219	54%
	Whig	Thomas Avison	184	46%
Majority			35	8%
Registered electors			625
Turnout			403	64%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1848

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Edward Cannon Hindley	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors
	Whig gain from Conservative

Polling Place : The Shop, on the west side of Park-road, occupied by Mrs. Eliza Gould, near the church of St. John the Baptist.

Edward Cannon Hindley was a pro-rater.

1849

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		William Joseph Horsfall	229	62%
		Richard Harbord	139	38%
Majority			90
Registered electors			558
Turnout			368	66%
	gain from		Swing

William Joseph Horsfall was in favour of the Rivington Pike water scheme, whereas Richard Harbord was opposed.

1850

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Holme	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

1851

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Stewart	272	80%
	Whig	Edward Cannon Hindley *	66	20%
Majority			206	60%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			338
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

1852

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Joseph Horsfall *	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

1853

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Holme *	3	Unopposed	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

1854

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Stewart *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1855

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Farnworth	267	76%
	Whig	W. F. McGregor	83	24%
Majority			184	52%
Registered electors			651
Turnout			350	54%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1856

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
		James Robertson	unopposed
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

1857

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Stewart *	164	92%
	Whig	Mr. Alpass	14	8%
Majority			150	84%
Registered electors
Turnout			178
	Conservative hold		Swing

1858

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Farnworth *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Polling Place : The shop on the west side of Park Road, occupied by Eliza Gould, near the church of St. John the Baptist.

1859

No. 15, South Toxteth, 18 November 1859

Caused by the election of Councillor John Stewart (Conservative, South Toxteth, elected 1 November 1857) as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1859.

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Steel	unopposed
Registered electors			1,207
	Conservative hold		Swing

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1860

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
		Joseph Steel	unopposed
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

1861

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Horace Seymour Alpass	298	54%
	Conservative	John Farnworth	249	46%
Majority			49	8%
Registered electors
Turnout			547
	Liberal hold		Swing

Time	Horace Seymour Alpass		John Farnworth
Time	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%

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1862

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Henry Threlfall Wilson	417	57%
	Liberal	Maurice Williams	311	43%
Majority			106	14%
Registered electors
Turnout			728
	Conservative hold		Swing

1863

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Cowley Miller	488	60%
	Conservative	Joseph Steel *	324	40%
Majority			164	20%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			812
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

1864

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Brandreth Hughes	490	55%
	Liberal	Horace Seymour Alpass *	407	45%
Majority			83	10%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			897
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

1865

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Threlfall Wilson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1866

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Cowley Miller	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

1867

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Barclay Walker	533	56%
	Liberal	Horace Seymour Alpass	280	34%
Majority			253	22%
Registered electors
Turnout			813
	Conservative hold		Swing

1868

The death of Councillor William Cowley Miller (Liberal, elected for the South Toxteth ward on 1 November 1866) was reported to the Council on 2 June 1869.^[10]

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
		Richard Allison Watson

Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

1869

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Allison Watson	929	59%
	Liberal	Dr. Ewing Whittle	639	41%
Majority			290	18%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			1,568
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

1870

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Andrew Barclay Walker *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1871

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Parratt *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

1872

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Richard Allison Watson *	1,018	71%
	Liberal	Henry Jevons	361	25%
	Conservative	John Hughes	53	4%
Majority			657
Registered electors			4,169
Turnout			1,432	34%
	gain from Conservative		Swing

1873

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Isaac Jackson	unopposed
Registered electors			5,084
	Conservative hold		Swing

1874

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Bland Royden	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1875

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Allison Watson *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

1876

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Radcliffe	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1877

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Bland Royden *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1878

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Ball	1,870	51%
	Liberal	John Evans	1,783	49%
Majority			87	2%
Registered electors			5,862
Turnout			3,653	62%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1879

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Radcliffe *	1,729	55%
	Liberal	Edward Paull	1,402	45%
Majority			327	10%
Registered electors			4,772
Turnout			3,131	66%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1880

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Bland Royden *	1,937	57%
	Liberal	John Evans	1,486	43%
Majority			451	14%
Registered electors			5,004
Turnout			3,423	68%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1881

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Ball *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1882

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Radcliffe *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1883

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Bland Royden *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			5,482
	Conservative hold

1884

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Ball *	unopposed
Registered electors			5,473
	Conservative hold		Swing

1885

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Radcliffe *	unopposed
Registered electors			5,586
	Conservative hold		Swing

1886

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Bland Royden M.P. *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

1887

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Ball *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

1888

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Radcliffe *	1,837	56%
	Liberal	John Thomas	1,440	44%
Majority			397	12%
Registered electors			5,323
Turnout			3,277	62%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1889

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Evans	1,717	52%
	Liberal	John Thomas	1,593	48%
Majority			124	4%
Registered electors			5,468
Turnout			3,310	61%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1890

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Ball *	1,939	51%
	Liberal	Joseph Paul Brunner	1,845	49%
Majority			94	2%
Registered electors			5,968
Turnout			3,784	63%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1891

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James De Bels Adam	2,256	54%
	Liberal	Joseph Paul Brunner	1,927	46%
Majority			329	8%
Registered electors			5,600
Turnout			4,183	75%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1892

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Roberts	1,923	52%
	Liberal	Joseph Wilson	1,624	44%
	Labour	Edward Kaney	154	4%
Majority			299	8%
Registered electors
Turnout			3,701
	Conservative hold		Swing

1893

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Ball *	2,157	56%
	Liberal	John Thomas Warrington	1,693	44%
Majority			464	12%
Registered electors			3,850
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

1894

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Evans	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Liverpool Historic - Settlement Study Merseyside Historic Characterisation Project" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-12-23.
^ "South Liverpool: Toxteth including the Dingle, St. Michaels and Otterspool". penkett.anduin.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
^ "Sectarian violence in nineteenth century Liverpool: A study of the origins, nature and scale of the catholic—protestant conflict in working class Liverpool, 1819-1914" (PDF). salford-repository.worktribe.com.
^ Kenny, Jim (2022-07-06). "Discovered: The ancient boundaries of Toxteth Park. I also rechart the boundaries of Liverpool and Everton, before 1207". The Priory and the Cast Iron Shore. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
^ "Old Maps of Liverpool • Historic Liverpool". Historic Liverpool. 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
^ "Toxeth, Liverpool" (PDF).
^ Council, Liverpool City (2023-08-22). "Liverpool Electoral Ward Boundaries". UK Gov Data. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Minute Book Apr 1859 - Jul 1861 pg 196 (scan)". Retrieved 29 August 2016.
^ "Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (7) (scan)". Retrieved 19 August 2016.
^ "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869 June 2nd (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.

[1] "Liverpool Historic - Settlement Study Merseyside Historic Characterisation Project" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-12-23.

[2] "South Liverpool: Toxteth including the Dingle, St. Michaels and Otterspool". penkett.anduin.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-10-21.

[3] "Sectarian violence in nineteenth century Liverpool: A study of the origins, nature and scale of the catholic—protestant conflict in working class Liverpool, 1819-1914" (PDF). salford-repository.worktribe.com.

[4] Kenny, Jim (2022-07-06). "Discovered: The ancient boundaries of Toxteth Park. I also rechart the boundaries of Liverpool and Everton, before 1207". The Priory and the Cast Iron Shore. Retrieved 2025-10-21.

[5] "Old Maps of Liverpool • Historic Liverpool". Historic Liverpool. 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2025-10-21.

[6] "Toxeth, Liverpool" (PDF).

[7] Council, Liverpool City (2023-08-22). "Liverpool Electoral Ward Boundaries". UK Gov Data. Retrieved 2025-10-21.

[8] "Liverpool Town Council - Minute Book Apr 1859 - Jul 1861 pg 196 (scan)". Retrieved 29 August 2016.

[9] "Liverpool Mercury - 2 November 1861 (7) (scan)". Retrieved 19 August 2016.

[10] "Liverpool Town Council - Proceedings of the Council 1869 June 2nd (scan)". Retrieved 7 August 2016.

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