1849 Liverpool Town Council election

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1849 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 Thursday 1 November 1849. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Contents

Eight of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

The major issues were the Rivington Pike Water Scheme and the imposition of rates on the dock and corporation estates. In several wards Candidates with the same party affiliation stood for election against each other over these issues

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative  ?? ??15 ??
Reformers  ?? ??1 ??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1849
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 850%49.7%1,584
  Whig 850%50.3%1,601

Of the sixteen councillors elected, fourteen were opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme and two were in favour.

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernard Hall Unopposed N/AN/A
Registered electors 733
Conservative hold

Bernard Hall was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme and in favour of imposing rates on the docks and corporation estate.

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Thomas Avison30453%
Whig James Aikin *26547%
Majority396%
Registered electors 894
Turnout 56964%
Whig hold Swing

Thomas Avison was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme, whereas James Aikin was in favour.

Everton

No. 1 Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Thomas Chalmer the younger Unopposed N/AN/A
Registered electors 1,079
Whig gain from Conservative

Thomas Chalmer was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme.

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Tyrer * Unopposed N/AN/A
Registered electors 648
Conservative hold

James Tyrer was in favour of the Rivington Pike water scheme and opposed to imposing rates on the docks and corporation estate.

Great George

No. 9 Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig John Rogers Unopposed N/AN/A
Registered electors 505
Whig gain from Conservative

John Rogers was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme and in favour of imposing rates on the docks and corporation estate.

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig James Allanson Picton Unopposed N/AN/A
Registered electors 784
Whig hold

James Allanson Picton was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme.

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Thomas Lloydunopposed
Registered electors 735
gain from Swing

Thomas Lloyd was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme.

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Toulmin * Unopposed N/AN/A
Registered electors 482
Conservative hold

Thomas Toulmin was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme.

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Algernon Frederick Jones42371%
Conservative Samuel Holmes *16929%
Majority25442%N/A
Registered electors 931
Turnout 59264%
Conservative gain from Conservative Swing

Samuel Holmes was in favour of the Rivington Pike water scheme, which Algernon Frederick Jones opposed.

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Bennett * Unopposed N/AN/A
Registered electors 470
Conservative hold

William Bennett was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme.

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Godfrey13752%
Conservative Dr. John Games12548%
Majority124%
Registered electors 411
Turnout 26264%
Conservative hold Swing

Thomas Godfrey was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme and in favour of imposing rates on the dock and council estates, as was Dr. John Games.

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig John Charles Fernihough22755%
Conservative Thomas Clarke18445%
Majority4310%N/A
Registered electors 730
Turnout 41156%
Whig gain from Conservative Swing

John Charles Fernihough and Thomas Clarke were both opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme.

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig John Bingham30169%
Conservative James Holme *13531%
Majority16638%N/A
Registered electors 675
Turnout 43665%
Whig gain from Conservative Swing

John Bingham was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme, but James Holme was in favour.

There were two cases of Personation. John Jones of Cazneau-street, who intended to vote for Mr. Bingham, discovered that he had been personated by someone who had voted for James Holme. David Starke of Waterloo-road discovered that someone else had voted for Mr. Bingham in his name.

John Holmes of Dryden-street, gave in his voting paper for Mr. Bingham, but as he walked away before his name was recorded, his vote was lost.

Liverpool Mail Saturday 3 November 1849

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
William Joseph Horsfall22962%
Richard Harbord13938%
Majority90
Registered electors 558
Turnout 36866%
gain from Swing

William Joseph Horsfall was in favour of the Rivington Pike water scheme, whereas Richard Harbord was opposed.

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Atkinson10662%
Whig William Rathbone V 6638%
Majority4024%
Registered electors 315
Turnout 17255%
Conservative hold Swing

Jonathan Atkinson was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme, whereas William Rathbone V was in favour.

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Arthur Henderson21457%
Whig Daniel Mather8523%
Conservative George Hall Lawrence *7620%
Majority129
Registered electors 634
Turnout 37559%
gain from Conservative Swing

Arthur Henderson was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme, Daniel Mather was a supporter of collecting rates from the dock and council estates.

At about half past two the chairman of Mr. Mather's committee proposed to the chairman of Mr. Henderson's committee that Mr. Mather withdrew from the contest and that "all double votes be sent down to Castle-street ward in favour of Mr. Avison". This was agreed. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41]

Aldermanic By Election 29 October 1850

At a meeting of the Council on Tuesday 29 October 1850 Cllr. James Parker (Conservative, St. Anne Street, elected 1 November 1847) was elected as an Alderman to take the place of Alderman William Nicol (elected as an Alderman on Tuesday 9 November 1847), who had resigned. As Cllr. Parker's term of office as a Councillor was due to expire on 1 November 1850, there was no need to hold a by election to fill this post, as it would be filled at the municipal elections on 1 November 1850. [42] [43]

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References

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  2. ↑ "(Liverpool) Albion Monday 5 November 1849 (2) (scan)" . Retrieved 26 November 2016.
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  43. ↑ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 30 October 1850 (2) (scan)" . Retrieved 29 November 2016.
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