1843 Liverpool Town Council election

1843 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 Wednesday 1 November 1843. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Two of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	39	+1	10	49
	Reformers	9	-1	6	15

Election result

Liverpool local election result 1843

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	2	1	+1	75%	53%	2,914
	Whig	4	1	2	-1	25%	44%	2,385

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Boutflower	195	56%
	Conservative	Daniel Neilson	154	44%
Majority			195	12%
Registered electors			683
Turnout			349	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Although both candidates were Conservative, Charles Boutflower "promised to support the exclusive system at the Corporation Schools", whilst Daniel Neilson stood in opposition to this stance. ^{[1] [2]}

Polling Place : A Booth in the Joiner's Yard of Thomas Bag?, on the east side of Mount-pleasant, nearly opposite the fever ward.

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Aikin *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			712
	Whig hold

Polling Place : The House, formerly the Queen's Arms Hotel, Castle-street.

Everton

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hodgson *	221	64%
	Whig	Christopher Rawdon	123	36%
Majority			98	28%
Registered electors			907
Turnout			344	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Polling Place : Halliday's Everton Coffee House, Everton.

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Sands *	240	60%
	Whig	George Holt	157	40%
Majority			83	20%
Registered electors			666
Turnout			397	60%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Polling Place : The north end of the Sessions'-house, in Chapel-street.

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Sothern	158	71%
	Whig	Thomas Taylor	64	29%
Majority			94	42%
Registered electors			499
Turnout			222	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Polling Place : The Shop, No. 64, on the north side of Nelson-street, occupied by Mr. Richard Hesketh.

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Kilshaw	337	50.2%
	Whig	Thomas Morecroft	334	49.8%
Majority			3	0.4%
Registered electors			840
Turnout			671	80%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Polling Place : The Public-house of William Precott, at the corner of St. Vincent-street, London Road.

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Harbord *	222	53%
	Whig	William Lockerby	193	47%
Majority			29	6%
Registered electors			657
Turnout			415	63%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Polling Place : A Booth, on the Land situated on the east side of Park-road, and south side of St. Patrick's Chapel.

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Toulmin *	211	55%
	Whig	Robert Benn	173	45%
Majority			38	10%
Registered electors			516
Turnout			384	74%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Polling Place : The Committee-room of the South Corporation School, in Park-lane.

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Birkett *	279	52%
	Whig	William Lassell	261	48%
Majority			18	4%
Registered electors			799
Turnout			540	68%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Polling Place : The Shop near the entrance of the New Arcade, on the west side of Renshaw-street, occupied by Mr. Bryson.

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Joseph Hornby	210	55%
	Conservative	H. G. Harbord	174	45%
Majority			36	10%
Registered electors			511
Turnout			384	75%
	Whig hold		Swing

Polling Place : The House of William Dyer, No. 52, on the south side of Christian-street

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Benson Blundell Hollinshead Blundell *	179	52%
	Whig	John Deakin	162	48%
Majority			17	4%
Registered electors			423
Turnout			341	81%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Polling Place : Mr. Mather's Baths, at the north west corner of St. Paul's-square.

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. A. Tinne	264	53%
	Whig	Thomas Bolton	233	47%
Majority			31	6%	N/A
Registered electors			701
Turnout			497	71%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Polling Place : The Horse and Jockey, in Seel-street.

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Thornhill *	227	50.4%
	Conservative	Thomas Vernon	223	49.6%
Majority			4	0.8%
Registered electors			563
Turnout			450	80%
	Whig hold		Swing

Polling Place : The House, No. 61, on the south side of Burlington Street, near Limekiln-lane occupied by Mrs. Bell.

South Toxteth

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.

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Chalmer	131	58%
	Conservative	Thomas Case	93	42%
Majority			38	16%	N/A
Registered electors			563
Turnout			224	40%
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

Polling Place : The House occupied by Edward Ashort, nearly opposite the end of Naylor-street, being on the west side of Vauxhall-road.

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Hall Lawrence *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			453
	Conservative hold

Polling Place : The House on the south side of Edge-hill, opposite the Church in the occupation of Mr. Thomas Proctor. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]}

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

References

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