1850 Liverpool Town Council election

1850 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 Friday 1 November 1850. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Eight of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	+1	??	??
	Reformers	??	−1	??	??

Election result

Liverpool local election result 1850

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	14	2	1	+1	87.5%
	Whig	2	1	2	-1	12.5%

Ward results

* – Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Cardwell Gardner	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Holt	277	69%
	Whig	John Smith	122	31%
Majority			155	38%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			399
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Moulsdale Mellor	311	51%
	Whig	William Walthew *	294	49%
Majority			17	2%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			605
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

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

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Ashley Clayton	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Buck Lloyd *	300	64%
	Whig	K. Leversedge	167	36%
Majority			133	28%
Registered electors
Turnout			467
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Gregson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Powell Jeffreys *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Aspinall Tobin *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Nicholson	172	54%
	Whig	W. K. Tyrer	144	46%
Majority			28	8%
Registered electors
Turnout			316
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Oliver Holden	192	65%
	Conservative	John James	104	35%
Majority			88	30%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			296
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Holme	282	53%
	Whig	William Henderson	248	47%
Majority			34	6%
Registered electors			784
Turnout			530	68%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Woodruff *	327	66%
	Conservative	Raymond William Houghton	172	34%
Majority			155	32%
Registered electors
Turnout			499
	Whig hold		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Holme	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall

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

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Marks Wood	260	67%
	Whig	Eyre Evans	127	33%
Majority			133	34%
Registered electors
Turnout			387
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Aldermanic Elections

On 9 November 1850, the term of office of eight aldermen who were elected on 9 November 1844 expired.

The following were elected as Aldermen by the council on 9 November 1850 for a term of office of six years.

* – re-elected Alderman.

Party		Alderman
	Conservative	William Bennett
	Conservative	John Bent *
	Conservative	Thomas Dover *
	Reformer	Edward Langsdale
	Conservative	James Lawrence *
	Reformer	William Preston
	Conservative	Thomas Robinson
	Conservative	John Haywood Turner *

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By-elections

No. 10, Rodney Street, 1 November 1950

A signed declaration, dated 27 October 1850, from Councillors Bernard Hall, Thomas Wagstaff and John Charles Fernihough was submitted to the council on 29 October 1850 stating that Councillor George Booker (Conservative, Rodney Street, elected 1 November 1848) had been absent from the borough for more than six months. This disqualified Councillor Booker and initiated the by election.

No. 10 Rodney Street

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

No. 1, Everton, 15 November 1850

Caused by the election of Councillor Edward Langsdale (Reformer, Everton, elected 1 November 1848) as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1850.

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Aked
	Whig
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

No. 3, Vauxhall, 15 November 1850

Caused by the election of Councillor William Preston (Reformer, Vauxhall, elected 1 November 1850) as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1850.

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Nicholson
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

No. 8, Pitt Street, 15 November 1850

Caused by the election of Councillor Thomas Robinson (Conservative, Pitt Street, elected 1 November 1848) as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1850.

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Gladstone jun.
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

No. 13, St. Anne Street, 15 November 1850

Caused by the election of Cllr. William Bennett (Conservative, St. Anne Street, elected 1 November 1849) as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1849.

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Kenney Tyrer
	Conservative
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

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No. 7, St. Peter's, 4 August 1851

Caused by the death of Councillor John Ferguson (Conservative, elected 1 November 1848).

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Clarke
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	gain from		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

1. "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 30 October 1850 (1) (scan)" . Retrieved 29 November 2016.
2. "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 30 October 1850 (3) (scan)" . Retrieved 29 November 2016.
3. "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 30 October 1850 (4) (scan)" . Retrieved 29 November 2016.
4. "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 30 October 1850 (5) (scan)" . Retrieved 29 November 2016.
5. "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 6 November 1850 (1) (scan)" . Retrieved 29 November 2016.
6. "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 6 November 1850 (2) (scan)" . Retrieved 29 November 2016.
7. "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 6 November 1850 (3) (scan)" . Retrieved 29 November 2016.
8. "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 13 November 1850 (1) (scan)" . Retrieved 29 November 2016.
9. "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 13 November 1850 (2) (scan)" . Retrieved 29 November 2016.
10. "(Liverpool) Albion Monday 18 November 1850 (1) (scan)" . Retrieved 30 November 2016.
11. "(Liverpool) Albion Monday 18 November 1850 (2) (scan)" . Retrieved 30 November 2016.
12. "Liverpool Town Council – Council Minute Book 1850–1851 p. 237 (scan)" . Retrieved 30 November 2016.