1845 Liverpool Town Council election

1845 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 1845. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Ten of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	35	-3	16	51
	Reformers	13	+3	0	13

Election result

Liverpool local election result 1845

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	1	4	-3	63%	49%	1,273
	Whig	6	4	1	+3	17%	51%	1,317

Given that ten of the sixteen seats were uncontested, these statistics should be taken in that context.

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles William Reade	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Hugh Hornby *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Whig hold

Everton

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Shand *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Littledale jun	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Royden *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Vincent Higgins	324	56%
	Conservative	Robert Rigby *	252	44%
Majority			72	12%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			576
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Lloyd	291	56%
	Conservative	John Sheppard *	227	44%
Majority			64	12%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			518
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Robinson	203	65%
	Whig	George Thirkell	108	35%
Majority			95	30%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			311
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Nelson Wood *	275	50%
	Whig	Robert Ellison Harvey	275	50%
Majority			0	0%
Registered electors
Turnout			550
	Conservative hold		Swing

Because there was a tie, the casting vote of the presiding alderman (Richard Smethurst Crook, Conservative) went to John Nelson Wood (Conservative). ^[1]

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Earle	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Whig gain from Conservative

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Eyre Evans	171	56%
	Conservative	John Caton Thompson *	133	44%
Majority			38	12%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			304
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Stewart	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland

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

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ambrose Lace *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Rathbone	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Whig hold

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Plumpton *	183	55%
	Whig	James Mellor	148	45%
Majority			35	10%
Registered electors
Turnout			331
	Conservative hold		Swing

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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

References

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4. "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 5 November 1845 (3) (scan)" . Retrieved 5 November 2016.
5. "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 5 November 1845 (4) (scan)" . Retrieved 5 November 2016.
6. "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 7 November 1845 (1) (scan)" . Retrieved 5 November 2016.
7. "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 7 November 1845 (2) (scan)" . Retrieved 5 November 2016.
8. "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 7 November 1845 (3) (scan)" . Retrieved 5 November 2016.
9. "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 7 November 1845 (4) (scan)" . Retrieved 5 November 2016.
10. "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 7 November 1845 (5) (scan)" . Retrieved 5 November 2016.
11. "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 7 November 1845 (6) (scan)" . Retrieved 5 November 2016.
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