1839 Liverpool Town Council election

1839 Liverpool Town Council election

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Council Leader before election Conservative Council Leader after election Reformers

Elections to the Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday, 1 November 1839. One-third of the council seats were up for election, with each councillor serving a three-year term.

One of the sixteen wards was uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Reformers	28	-2	16	44
	Conservative	20	+2	0	20

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1839

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Whig	7	2	4	-2	44%	48%	3,146
	Conservative	9	4	2	+2	56%	52%	3,342

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Bushell	318	51%
	Whig	Henry Ripley	310	49%
Majority			8	2%	N/A
Registered electors			755
Turnout			628	83%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Bolton *	245	52%
	Conservative	P. Hope	222	48%
Majority			23	4%
Registered electors			685
Turnout			467	68%
	Whig hold		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	George Quayle	304	50.1%
	Conservative	William Shand	303	49.9%
Majority			1	0.2%	N/A
Registered electors			761
Turnout			607	80%
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Mellor*	193	50.1%
	Conservative	Ambrose Lace	192	49.9%
Majority			1	0.2%
Registered electors			552
Turnout			385	70%
	Whig hold		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Robinson	188	53%
	Whig	Lawrence Heyworth	167	47%
Majority			21	6%
Registered electors			505
Turnout			355	70%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Rigby	405	52%
	Whig	Vincent Higgins *	371	48%
Majority			34	4%	N/A
Registered electors			990
Turnout			776	78%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Daniel Mather	257	52%
	Conservative	Richard Harbord	233	48%
Majority			24	4%
Registered electors			710
Turnout			490	69%
	Whig hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Richard Vaughan Yates	192	50.4%
	Conservative	John Bibby *	189	49.6%
Majority			3	0.8%	N/A
Registered electors			560
Turnout			381	68%
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Nelson Wood *	274	55%
	Whig	George Loch	225	45%
Majority			49	10%	N/A
Registered electors			715
Turnout			499	70%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Jones jun.	192	53%
	Whig	Joseph Mason *	173	47%
Majority			19	6%	N/A
Registered electors			489
Turnout			365	75%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Barton *	178	50.1%
	Whig	John Deakin	177	49.9%
Majority			1	0.2%
Registered electors			433
Turnout			355	82%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Richard Bright *	Unopposed
Registered electors			583
	Whig hold

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Houghton *	232	55%
	Whig	H. T. Atkinson	191	45%
Majority			41	10%
Registered electors			594
Turnout			423	71%
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Toxteth

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

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Robertson Sandbach	110	55%
	Whig	Thomas Chalmer	91	45%
Majority			19	10%
Registered electors			289
Turnout			201	70%
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Smith *	164	62%
	Whig	Edward James	102	38%
Majority			62	24%
Registered electors			422
Turnout			201	63%
	Conservative 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

References

1. "Liverpool Mercury Friday 8 November 1839 (1) (scan)" . Retrieved 10 October 2016.
2. "Liverpool Mercury Friday 8 November 1839 (2) (scan)" . Retrieved 10 October 2016.
3. "Liverpool Mercury Friday 8 November 1839 (3) (scan)" . Retrieved 10 October 2016.
4. "Liverpool Mercury Friday 8 November 1839 (4) (scan)" . Retrieved 10 October 2016.