1846 Liverpool Town Council election

1846 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 Monday 2 November 1846. 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. In the uncontested elections, votes were still cast, although in very small numbers.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	36	0	16	52
	Reformers	12	0	0	12

Election result

Liverpool local election result 1846

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11	3	3	0	69%	52%	2,654
	Whig	5	3	3	0	31%	48%	2,443

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Kaye *	268	52%
	Whig	Thomas Todd	243	48%
Majority			25	4%
Registered electors			719
Turnout			511	71%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Aikin *	2	100%
Registered electors
Turnout			2
	Whig hold		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Atherton *	301	52%
	Whig	William Walthew	278	48%
Majority			23	4%
Registered electors			899
Turnout			579	64%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Tyrer *	187	59%
	Whig	James Mellor	129	41%
Majority			58	18%
Registered electors			610
Turnout			316
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Cooper	168	62%
	Whig	William Purser Freme	103	38%
Majority			65	24%
Registered electors			459
Turnout			271	59%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Henry Danson	280	52%
	Conservative	Charles Saunders	254	48%
Majority			26	4%	N/A
Registered electors			746
Turnout			534	72%
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Robert Benn	241	64%
	Conservative	John Sheppard	135	36%
Majority			105	28%	N/A
Registered electors			814
Turnout			376	46%
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Toulmin *	199	55%
	Whig	George Holt	163	45%
Majority			36	10%
Registered electors			523
Turnout			362	69%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Holme	306	57%
	Whig	Thomas Booth	229	43%
Majority			77	14%
Registered electors			821
Turnout			535	65%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Bennett	202	56%
	Whig	Joseph Hornby *	159	44%
Majority			43	12%	N/A
Registered electors			473
Turnout			361	76%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Stitt	145	57%
	Conservative	John Briscoe	108	43%
Majority			37	14%
Registered electors			472
Turnout			253	54%
	Whig hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Abraham Tinne *	3	100%
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Holme	229	51%
	Whig	William Thornhill *	221	49%
Majority			8	2%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			450
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Watson	171	51%
	Conservative	Thomas Swanbrook Glazebrook *	162	49%
Majority			9	2%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			333
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Grant Morris	118	60%
	Whig	Thomas Chalmer	79	40%
Majority			39	20%	N/A
Registered electors			296
Turnout			197	67%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Hall Lawrence	14	100%
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

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References

1. "Liverpool Town Council Minute book June 1845 - April 1848 p. 255 scan)" . Retrieved 3 July 2016.
2. "Liverpool Town Council Minute book June 1845 - April 1848 p. 256 scan)" . Retrieved 3 July 2016.
3. "The Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 28th October 1846)" . Retrieved 5 November 2016.
4. "The Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 4th November 1846)" . Retrieved 5 November 2016.