1851 Liverpool Town Council election

1851 Liverpool Town Council election

←  1850 November 1, 1851 (1851-11-01) 1852  →
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 Saturday 1 November 1851. One-third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Nine of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	??	??	??
	Reformers	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool local election result 1851

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative
	Whig

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Neill *	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	Robert Aked *	171	72%
	Whig	John Johnson	65	28%
Majority			106	44%
Registered electors
Turnout			236
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

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

Great George

No. 9 Great George

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

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street

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

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Royden	253	61%
	Whig	William Fisher	161	39%
Majority			92	22%
Registered electors
Turnout			414
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Gladstone jun.	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

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

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond William Houghton	207	59%
	Whig	William Purser Freme *	141	41%
Majority			66	18%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			348
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Rowland McGuffie	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Whig gain from Conservative

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harmood Banner	285	61%
	Whig	Thomas Clarke *	182	39%
Majority			103	22%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			467
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland

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

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Stewart	272	80%
	Whig	Edward Cannon Hindley *	66	20%
Majority			206	60%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			338
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Edward Bradley	147	65%
	Conservative	Thomas Llewelyn Hodson *	78	35%
Majority			69	30%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			225
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Mitchell Beckwith *	233	62%
	Whig	William Earle	140	38%
Majority			93	24%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			373
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]}

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 and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 5 November 1851 (1) (scan)" . Retrieved 1 December 2016.
2. "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 5 November 1851 (2) (scan)" . Retrieved 1 December 2016.
3. "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 5 November 1851 (3) (scan)" . Retrieved 1 December 2016.
4. "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 5 November 1851 (4) (scan)" . Retrieved 1 December 2016.
5. "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 5 November 1851 (5) (scan)" . Retrieved 1 December 2016.
6. "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire, Cheshire and General Advertiser Tuesday 4 November 1851 (1) (scan)" . Retrieved 1 December 2016.
7. "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire, Cheshire and General Advertiser Tuesday 4 November 1851 (2) (scan)" . Retrieved 1 December 2016.
8. "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire, Cheshire and General Advertiser Tuesday 4 November 1851 (3) (scan)" . Retrieved 1 December 2016.
9. "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire, Cheshire and General Advertiser Tuesday 4 November 1851 (4) (scan)" . Retrieved 1 December 2016.
10. "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire, Cheshire and General Advertiser Tuesday 4 November 1851 (5) (scan)" . Retrieved 1 December 2016.
11. "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire, Cheshire and General Advertiser Tuesday 4 November 1851 (6) (scan)" . Retrieved 1 December 2016.
12. "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire, Cheshire and General Advertiser Tuesday 4 November 1851 (7) (scan)" . Retrieved 1 December 2016.
13. "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire, Cheshire and General Advertiser Tuesday 4 November 1851 (8) (scan)" . Retrieved 1 December 2016.
14. "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire, Cheshire and General Advertiser Tuesday 4 November 1851 (9) (scan)" . Retrieved 1 December 2016.