1842 Liverpool Town Council election

1842 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

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Tuesday 1 November 1842. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Three of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	38	+5	9	47
	Reformers	10	-5	7	17

Election result

Liverpool local election result 1842

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	13	6	1	+5	81%	60%	2,793
	Whig	3	1	6	-5	19%	40%	1,839

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Bushell *	172	88%
	Whig	John Downey	24	12%
Majority			148	76%
Registered electors			696
Turnout			196	28%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Time	Christopher Bushell		John Downey
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00
11:00	74	93%	6	8%
12:00
13:00	86	90%	10	10%
14:00	123	87%	18	13%
15:00
16:00	172	88%	24	12%

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Hugh Hornby	312	53%
	Conservative	Thomas Twanbrook Glazebrooke	277	47%
Majority			35	6%
Registered electors			795
Turnout			589	74%
	Whig hold		Swing

Time	Hugh Hornby		Thomas Twanbrook Glazebrooke
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	62	52%	57	48%
11:00	109	53%	98	47%
12:00	126	52%	118	48%
13:00	164	54%	141	46%
14:00	198	54%	170	46%
15:00	237	52%	221	48%
16:00	312	53%	277	47%

Everton

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Shand	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			760
	Conservative gain from Whig

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John North	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			694
	Conservative gain from Whig

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Royden	177	66%
	Whig	Edward Chaloner	90	34%
Majority			87	32%	N/A
Registered electors			473
Turnout			267	56%
	Conservative gain from Whig

Time	Thomas Royden		Edward Chaloner
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	69	78%	19	22%
11:00	98	77%	30	23%
12:00	120	69%	53	31%
13:00	134	68%	64	32%
14:00	157	68%	74	32%
15:00	166	67%	82	33%
16:00	177	66%	90	34%

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Rigby *	313	57%
	Whig	Thomas Morecroft	236	43%
Majority			77	14%
Registered electors			855
Turnout			549	64%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Time	Robert Rigby		Thomas Morecroft
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	42	53%	37	47%
11:00	84	53%	78	48%
12:00	120	54%	101	46%
13:00	159	56%	123	44%
14:00	226	58%	164	42%
15:00	245	58%	175	42%
16:00	313	57%	236	43%

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Sheppard	278	65%
	Whig	William Lockerby	149	35%
Majority			129	30%	N/A
Registered electors			946
Turnout			427	45%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Time	John Sheppard		William Lockerby
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	32	52%	30	48%
11:00	61	54%	53	64%
12:00	76	55%	61	45%
13:00	126	61%	80	39%
14:00	175	64%	100	36%
15:00	216	63%	128	37%
16:00	278	65%	149	35%

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Fawcett	190	53%
	Conservative	John Taylor	171	47%
Majority			19	6%
Registered electors			484
Turnout			361	75%
	Whig hold		Swing

Time	William Fawcett		John Taylor
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	51	57%	39	43%
11:00	76	56%	60	44%
12:00	87	57%	66	43%
13:00	107	56%	83	44%
14:00	138	54%	116	46%
15:00	160	52%	145	48%
16:00	190	53%	171	47%

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Nelson Wood *	217	62%
	Whig	James Mulleneux	132	38%
Majority			85	24%
Registered electors			699
Turnout			349	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Time	John Nelson Wood		James Mulleneux		Votes	%	Votes	%
	10:00	46	62%	28	38%
11:00	97	64%	54	36%
12:00	107	58%	76	42%
13:00	133	61%	85	39%
14:00	158	60%	104	40%
15:00
16:00	217	62%	132	38%

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Jones jun. *	210	51%
	Whig	Robert Ellison Harvey	202	49%
Majority			8	2%
Registered electors			545
Turnout			412	76%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Time	Robert Jones jun.		Robert Ellison Harvey
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	29	53%	26	47%
11:00	48	51%	47	49%
12:00	77	52%	71	48%
13:00	102	53%	92	47%
14:00	124	50%	122	50%
15:00	164	52%	151	48%
16:00	210	51%	202	49%

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Caton Thompson	186	53%
	Whig	John Deakin	165	47%
Majority			21	6%
Registered electors			477
Turnout			351	74%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Time	John Caton Thompson		John Deakin
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	30	71%	12	29%
11:00	59	60%	40	40%
12:00	91	58%	66	42%
13:00	116	59%	81	41%
14:00	143	56%	113	44%
15:00	150	53%	131	47%
16:00	186	53%	165	47%

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Holme	252	65%
	Whig	Adam Cliff	137	35%
Majority			115	30%	N/A
Registered electors			682
Turnout			389	57%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Time	Samuel Holme		Adam Cliff
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	64	70%	28	30%
11:00	108	67%	53	33%
12:00	145	63%	85	37%
13:00	173	63%	103	37%
14:00	195	63%	117	38%
15:00	214	63%	126	37%
16:00	252	65%	137	35%

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Houghton junr *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			536
	Conservative hold

South Toxteth

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
	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%

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Blackburn	138	57%
	Conservative	Thomas Case	104	43%
Majority			34	14%	N/A
Registered electors			332
Turnout			242	73%
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

Time	Thomas Blackburn		Thomas Case
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	22	69%	10	31%
11:00	49	62%	30	38%
12:00	67	56%	53	44%
13:00	77	53%	69	47%
14:00	108	57%	80	43%
15:00	122	58%	90	42%
16:00	138	57%	104	43%

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Plumpton	182	62%
	Conservative	John Smith *	112	38%
Majority			70	24%
Registered electors			497
Turnout			294	59%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Time	James Plumpton		John Smith
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	77	67	38	33%
11:00	101	63%	60	37%
12:00	113	60%	75	40%
13:00	134	61%	87	39%
14:00	153	62%	95	38%
15:00	162	61%	105	39%
16:00	182	62%	112	38%

James Plumpton, unlike John Smith, was an advocate for scriptural education in the Corporation Schools.

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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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