1835 Liverpool Town Council election

1835 Liverpool Town Council election

26 December 1835 (1835-12-26) 1836  →
48 new seats were up for election for the first time: three seats for each of the new 16 wards 33 (incl. 16 Aldermen) seats needed for a majority
Registered	6,803
Turnout	80.36%
First party Second party   Reformers Conservative Party Reformers Conservative Seats won 44 4 Popular vote 3,213 2,254 Percentage 59% 41%
Council Leader before election Conservative Council Leader after election Reformers

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Saturday 26 December 1835.

This was the first democratic election to Liverpool Town Council. The predecessor Council, the Common Council, elected new members itself. This election was conducted under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. As this was the first election to the Council, all three seats for each of the sixteen wards were up for election. The candidate in each ward with the highest number of votes was elected for three years, the candidate with the second highest number of votes was elected for two years and the candidate with the third highest number of votes was elected for one year. All of the sixteen wards were contested.

The local press, at the time, referred exclusively to candidates as Reformers or Conservatives.

Members of the preceding Corporation of Liverpool that was replaced by the Liverpool Town Council

The Liverpool Corporation consisted of 17 Aldermen, including the mayor and 19 members of the Common Council.

Party		Position	Name
		Mayor	James Aspinall
		Recorder	James Clarke
		Alderman	George Case
		Alderman	P. W. Brancker
		Alderman	John Bourne
		Alderman	Samuel Staniforth
	Conservative	Alderman	John Wright
		Alderman	Thomas Case
		Alderman	Sir John Tobin
		Alderman	Richard Leyland
	Conservative	Alderman	Charles Lawrence
	Conservative	Alderman	Peter Bourne
		Alderman	Thomas Littledale
		Alderman	Nicholas Robinson
		Alderman	Sir George Drinkwater
	Conservative	Alderman	Sir Thomas Brancker
		Alderman	Samuel Sandbach
	Conservative	Alderman	Charles Horsefall
	Conservative	Bailiff	Ambrose Lace
		Bailiff	James Pownall
		Town Clerk	Thomas Foster
Common Council
Party			Name
			Thomas Corrie
	Whig		William Wallace Currie
			John Deane Case
			Isaac Oldham Bold
	Whig		William Earle
	Conservative		John Shaw Leigh
	Conservative		William Ripley
			Henry Moss
			John Ewart
			Samuel Thompson
	Conservative		Richard Houghton
			Anthony Molyneux
			Thomas Shaw
	Conservative		Richard B. B. Hollinshead
			Henry Ashton
	Conservative		Robertson Gladstone
			James Crosbie
			James Cockshot
			Joseph N. Walker

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Members of the preceding Liverpool Common Council who sought election to the Liverpool Town Council

Party		Candidate	Ward Standing	Elected
	Conservative	Charles Horsfall	Everton and Kirkdale	Yes
	Conservative	Richard Houghton	Scotland	No
	Conservative	John Wright	Vauxhall	No
	Conservative	R. B. B. Hollinshhead	St. Paul's	No
	Conservative	Sir Thomas Brancker	Castle Street	No
	Conservative	Charles Lawrence	Great George	No
	Reformers	William Earle jun.	Abercromby	Yes
	Conservative	Robertson Gladstone	Abercromby	No
	Conservative	William Ripley	Abercromby	No
	Conservative	Ambrose Lace	Lime Street	No
	Conservative	John Shaw Leigh	West Derby	Yes
	Conservative	Charles Lawrence	Great George	Yes
	Reformers	W. W. Currie	North Toxteth	Yes

Composition of the Council

After the election of Councillors on 26 December 1835 and the Aldermanic election in January 1836, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	Aldermen	Total
	Reformers	44	15	59
	Conservative	4	1	5

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1835

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Reformers	44	N/A	N/A	N/A	92%	59%	3,213
	Conservative	4	N/A	N/A	N/A	8%	41%	2,254

Ward results

* - Previously a member of the preceding Common Council

Everton and Kirkdale

No. 1 Everton and Kirkdale - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reformer	John Holmes	224	51%	N/A
	Reformer	S. Hope	215	49%	N/A
	Conservative	Charles Horsfall *	214	49%	N/A
	Reformer	Joseph Hornby	211		N/A
	Conservative	Adam Hodgson	195		N/A
	Conservative	W. C. Molyneux	193		N/A
Majority			10		N/A
Registered electors			503
Turnout			438	87%	N/A
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

The polling place for the township of Kirkdale was Mrs. Stretch's public house in Kirkdale Village.

The polling place for Everton township was Halliday's, Everton Coffee-house

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Crawford Logan	177	60%	N/A
	Whig	William Thornhill	171	58%	N/A
	Whig	Richard Shiel	159	54%	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Houghton *	118	40%	N/A
	Conservative	James Heyworth	96	33%	N/A
	Conservative	Mr. Foster	89	30%	N/A
Majority			59		N/A
Registered electors			345
Turnout			295	86%	N/A
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

The Polling place was Mr. Horner's at the corner of Eccles-street and Vauxhall-road.

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Enoch Harvey	92	55%	N/A
	Whig	Egerton Smith	86	51%	N/A
	Whig	J. D. Thornely	80	48%	N/A
	Conservative	Henry Coupland	76	45%	N/A
	Conservative	John Wright *	74	44%	N/A
	Conservative	Joseph Ackers	66	39%	N/A
Majority			16		N/A
Registered electors			201
Turnout			168	84%	N/A
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

The polling place was at the Vauxhall Vaults, corner of Banastre-street and Vauxhall-road.

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Christopher Rawdon	137	54%	N/A
	Whig	Alexander McGregor	124	48%	N/A
	Conservative	John Barton	119	46%	N/A
	Whig	William Stuart	117	46%	N/A
	Conservative	R. B. B. Hollinshead *	102	40%	N/A
	Conservative	William Shand	89	35%	N/A
Majority			18		N/A
Registered electors			297
Turnout			256	86%	N/A
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Polling place : At Mather's Baths, corner of St. Paul's-square and Virginia-street

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Holmes	179	56%	N/A
	Whig	Lawrence Heyworth	167	53%	N/A
	Whig	James Mellor	161	51%	N/A
	Conservative	Thomas Sands	139	44%	N/A
	Conservative	John Bent	126	40%	N/A
	Conservative	G. B. Irlam	118	37%	N/A
Majority			40		N/A
Registered electors			468
Turnout			318		N/A
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

Polling places : Surnames A to K : at the south end of the Sessions'-house in South Chapel-street. Surnames L to Z : at the north end of the Sessions'-house in Chapel-street.

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Joshua Walmsley	260	73%	N/A
	Whig	Charles Birch	259	73%	N/A
	Whig	Thomas Bolton	248	70%	N/A
	Conservative	Sir Thomas Brancker *	96	27%
	Conservative	George Grant	83	23%	N/A
	Conservative	Mr. Wood	78	22%	N/A
Majority			164		N/A
Registered electors			604
Turnout			356	59%	N/A
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

Polling place : At the two windows of the King's Arms Hotel fronting Castle-street

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Woollright	205	59%	N/A
	Whig	William Rushton	200	57%	N/A
	Whig	Richard Bright	190	54%	N/A
	Conservative	Mr. Potter	145	41%	N/A
	Conservative	Nathan Litherland	143	41%	N/A
	Conservative	Thomas Tobin	142	41%	N/A
Majority			60		N/A
Registered electors			548
Turnout			359	64%	N/A
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

Polling place : At the two windows of the Horse and Jockey public-house fronting Seel-street

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Hugh Hornby	201	56%	N/A
	Whig	William Rathbone	193	54%	N/A
	Whig	William Robert Preston	184	51%	N/A
	Conservative	John Bibby	158	44%	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Bourne	151	42%	N/A
	Conservative	T. C. Molyneux	140	39%	N/A
Majority			43		N/A
Registered electors			532
Turnout			359	67%	N/A
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

Polling place : At two compartments in the South Free School in Park-lane.

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Lawrence	237	64%	N/A
	Whig	Wellwood Maxwell	146	40%	N/A
	Whig	James Aikin	135	37%	N/A
	Conservative	Charles Lawrence *	131	36%	N/A
	Conservative	Joseph Cooper	108	29%	N/A
Majority			106		N/A
Registered electors			335
Turnout					N/A
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

Polling place : At a warehouse, east side of St. James's-street, near the corner of St. Vincent-street.

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Lawrence	198	50.1%	N/A
	Whig	William Lassell	197	49.9%	N/A
	Whig	Thomas Holt	194	49%	N/A
	Conservative	Dr. J. P. Brandreth	192	49%	N/A
	Conservative	John H. Turner	182	46%	N/A
	Whig	Eyre Evans	179	45%	N/A
Majority			1		N/A
Registered electors			478
Turnout			395	83%	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

Polling place : A to K : at a new shop at the entrance of the New Arcade from Renshaw Street. L to Z : at a window of an empty-house, opposite the Unitarian Chapel, in Renshaw-street.

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Earle jun. *	186	56%	N/A
	Whig	Jas. Carson M.D.	184	55%	N/A
	Whig	Thomas Brocklebank	172	52%	N/A
	Conservative	Robertson Gladstone *	147	44%	N/A
	Conservative	Thomas Kaye	141	42%	N/A
	Conservative	William Ripley *	129	39%	N/A
Majority			39		N/A
Registered electors			373
Turnout			333	89%	N/A
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

Polling place : At the Phoenix Inn, at the top of Mount Pleasant

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Mr. Langton	308	62%	N/A
	Whig	Thomas Blackburn	302	61%	N/A
	Whig	R. Roskell	292	59%	N/A
	Conservative	Ambrose Lace *	190	38%	N/A
	Conservative	Robert Rigby	176	35%	N/A
	Conservative	J. Todd Naylor	170	34%	N/A
Majority			118		N/A
Registered electors			633
Turnout			498	79%	N/A
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

Polling places : A to K : at a window in the Black Bell Inn, London-road. L to Z : at a window in Challinor's Public-house, on the opposite side of London-road.

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Richard Alison	288	67%	N/A
	Whig	Thomas Coglan	195	46%	N/A
	Whig	Edward Cropper	191		N/A
	Conservative	Edward Gibbon	139	33%	N/A
	Conservative	John Davies	132	31%	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Jones	127	30%	N/A
Majority			149		N/A
Registered electors			393
Turnout					N/A
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

Polling place : At the Pontack's Public-house, in Christian-street.

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Shaw Leigh *	172	50.9%	N/A
	Whig	George Holt	166	49.4%	N/A
	Conservative	Joseph Sanders	153	45%	N/A
	Whig	William Purser Freme	153	45%	N/A
	Whig	William Blaine	152		N/A
	Conservative	William P. Bushby	136	40%	N/A
Majority			6		N/A
Registered electors			370
Turnout			338	91%	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Polling place : At the Edge-hill Coffee-house.

South Toxteth

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.

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	W. W. Currie *	242	65%	N/A
	Whig	Mr. Duncan	223	60%	N/A
	Whig	C. Tayleur	222	59%	N/A
	Conservative	Mr. Troughton	132	35%	N/A
	Conservative	Mr. Gibbons	130	35%	N/A
	Conservative	James Dempsey	90	24%	N/A
Majority			110		N/A
Registered electors			493
Turnout			374	76%	N/A
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

Polling place : At two windows of the Royal Oak Public-house, at the corner of Upper Warwick-street and Park-place. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]}

Aldermanic elections

At the meeting of the Council in January 1836, sixteen Aldermen were elected by the Council, eight for a term of six years and eight for a term of three years.

Party		Alderman	Term expires	Ward
	Reformers	William Stuart	1841
	Reformers	Thomas Booth	1841
	Reformers	Joseph Hornby	1841
	Reformers	William Brown	1841
	Reformers	Thomas Leathom	1841
	Reformers	Thomas Smith (Toxteth park)	1841
	Reformers	Robert Benn	1841
	Reformers	Christopher Hird Jones	1841
	Reformers	Thomas Bulley	1838
	Reformers	Eyre Evans	1838
	Reformers	William Blaine	1838
	Reformers	James Moon	1838
	Reformers	William Purser Freme	1838
	Reformers	Thomas Brockhurst Barclay	1838
	Reformers	George Robinson	1838
	Conservative	Ormerod Heyworth	1838

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By-elections

No. 12, Lime Street, 7th January 1836

Caused by the disqualification of Joseph Langton (Reformers, Lime Street, elected 26 December 1835) because he did not sign the councillors' declaration. Mr. Langton was the manager of the Bank of Liverpool and the directors of the bank did not think him being a town councillor was compatible with his role as manager of the bank. ^{[19] [20]}

No. 12 Lime Street 7th January 1836

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Morecroft	270	56%
	Conservative	John Holmes	209	44%
Majority			61	12%
Registered electors			633
Turnout			479	76%
	Whig hold		Swing

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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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