1841 Liverpool Town Council election

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1841 Liverpool Town Council election
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16 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 16 wards
33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority
Registered9,214
Turnout%
 First partySecond party
 
Conservative
Reformers
Leader?
Party Conservative Reformers
Seats before2721
Seats won3414
Seat changeIncrease2.svg7Decrease2.svg7
Popular vote4,2703,672
Percentage54%46%
SwingIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg3
Council Leader before election


Reformers

Council Leader after election


Conservative

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Monday 1 November 1841. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Contents

There were a total of 12,097 registered electors for the entire borough in 1841. The census of 1841 recorded the population of the borough as 293,963 (exclusive of about 10,000 seamen). These figures revealing that only about 4% of the population were enfranchised. (Although the census figures includes children, which skews the figures to some extent).

1841 Census Population1841 electorate% enfranchised
Parish of Liverpool222,9549,2144.1%
Everton & Kirkdale9,148 & 3,7798206.3%
West Derby16,9025683.4%
Toxteth Park41,1801,4953.6%
Borough of Liverpool293,96312,0974.1%

[1] [2]

Three of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

After the election of 16 Councillors on 1 November 1841, and the election of 8 Aldermen on 9 November 1841, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen  ±  Total
Conservative 34+78+842
Reformers 14-78-822

Election result

Liverpool local election result 1841
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1370+781%54%4,270
  Whig 307-719%46%3,672

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robertson Gladstone * 388 60%
Whig John Cooper25740%
Majority 13120%
Registered electors 882
Turnout 64573%
Conservative hold Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig John Holmes Unopposed N/AN/A
Registered electors 814
Whig hold

Everton

No. 1 Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Shaw 330 62%
Whig Michael Ashcroft20338%
Majority 12724%N/A
Registered electors 820
Turnout 53365%
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Henry Holmes * 329 52%
Conservative John Ridgway30048%
Majority 294%
Registered electors 804
Turnout 62978%
Whig hold Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Lawrence * 344 51%
Whig William Rathbone 32449%
Majority 202%
Registered electors 768
Turnout 66887%
Conservative hold Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Buck Lloyd 424 50.5%
Whig Thomas Moorecroft *41649.5%
Majority 81.0%N/A
Registered electors 1,011
Turnout 84083%
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alexander Smith jun. 374 53%
Whig William Lockerby33847%
Majority 366%N/A
Registered electors 964
Turnout 71274%
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Aspinall 317 54%
Whig Hugh Hornby *27546%
Majority 428%N/A
Registered electors 768
Turnout 59277%
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Lawrence 345 56%
Whig Charles Holland27444%
Majority 7112%N/A
Registered electors 884
Turnout 61970%
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Parker 276 57%
Whig Thomas Chalmers20643%
Majority 7014%N/A
Registered electors 619
Turnout 48278%
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joshua Edwards 306 54%
Whig Christopher Rawdon26346%
Majority 438%
Registered electors 771
Turnout 56980%
Conservative hold Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ebenezer Rae 312 52%
Whig John Woollright *28748%
Majority 254%N/A
Registered electors 721
Turnout 59983%
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Isaac Holmes * 313 51%
Whig George Quayle30349%
Majority 102%
Registered electors 720
Turnout 61686%
Conservative hold Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Lee Trotman 241 55%
Whig William H. Taylour19745%
Majority 4410%N/A
Registered electors 531
Turnout 43882%
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig William Preston Unopposed N/AN/A
Registered electors 512
Whig gain from Conservative

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Shaw Leigh * Unopposed N/AN/A
Registered electors 568
Conservative hold

[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Aldermanic Elections

On 9 November 1841, the term of office of eight of the sixteen aldermen expired.

The following were elected as Aldermen by the council on 9 November 1841 for a term of office of six years.

* - re-elected Alderman.

PartyAlderman
Conservative William Nicol
Conservative John Bramley-Moore
Conservative Thomas Chilton
Conservative Richard Smethurst Crook
Conservative John Haywood Turner
Conservative Richard Houghton sen.
Conservative Edmund Molyneux
Conservative Richard Griffith

[15] [16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Liverpool Mercury Almanac 1844 (1) (scan)" . Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Liverpool Mercury Almanac 1844 (1) (scan)" . Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser 5 November 1842 (1) (scan)" . Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser 5 November 1842 (2) (scan)" . Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser 5 November 1842 (3) (scan)" . Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser 3 November 1842 (1) (scan)" . Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser 3 November 1842 (2) (scan)" . Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser 3 November 1842 (3) (scan)" . Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser 3 November 1842 (4) (scan)" . Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser 3 November 1842 (5) (scan)" . Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser 3 November 1842 (6) (scan)" . Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser 3 November 1842 (7) (scan)" . Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser 3 November 1842 (8) (scan)" . Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  14. ↑ "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser 3 November 1842 (9) (scan)" . Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  15. ↑ "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 12 November 1842 (1) (scan)" . Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  16. ↑ "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 12 November 1842 (2) (scan)" . Retrieved 28 October 2016.
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