1844 Liverpool Town Council election
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← 1843 | November 1, 1844 (1844-11-01) | 1845 → |
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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 |
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Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1844. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Seven of the sixteen wards were uncontested.
After the election of Councillors on Friday 1 November 1844 and the Aldermanic election on Saturday 9 November 1844, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | 35 | 0 | 16 | 51 |
| Reformers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1844 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 81% | 56% | 2,105 | |
| Whig | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19% | 44% | 1,646 | |
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
No. 11 Abercromby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Procter | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | 673 | | |
| Conservative hold |
Castle Street
No. 6 Castle Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | John Holmes * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | 821 | | |
| Whig hold |
Everton
No. 1 Everton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Shaw * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | 781 | | |
| Conservative hold |
Exchange
No. 5 Exchange Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Charles Stuart Middleton | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | 670 | | |
| Conservative gain from Whig |
Great George
No. 9 Great George Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | George Green Hornby | 136 | 67% | |
| Conservative | Robertson Gladstone | 67 | 33% | |
Majority | 69 | 34% | |
Registered electors | 487 | | |
Turnout | 203 | 42% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Lime Street
No. 12 Lime Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Buck Lloyd * | 324 | 53% | |
| Whig | Henry Holmes | 292 | 47% | |
Majority | 32 | 6% | |
Registered electors | 813 | | |
Turnout | 616 | 76% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
North Toxteth
No. 16 North Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | William Mann | 274 | 56% | |
| Whig | George Holt | 214 | 44% | |
Majority | 60 | 12% | |
Registered electors | 877 | | |
Turnout | 488 | 56% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Aspinall * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | 536 | | |
| Conservative hold |
Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Pemberton | 273 | 55% | |
| Whig | Robert Ellison Harvey | 222 | 45% | |
Majority | 51 | 10% | |
Registered electors | 796 | | |
Turnout | 495 | 62% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Anne Street
No. 13 St. Anne Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Parker * | 231 | 52% | |
| Whig | William Earle | 216 | 48% | |
Majority | 15 | 4% | |
Registered electors | 527 | | |
Turnout | 447 | 85% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Paul's
No. 4 St. Paul's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Robert Brodhurst Hill | 152 | 56% | |
| Whig | James Stitt | 119 | 44% | |
Majority | 33 | 12% | |
Registered electors | 388 | | |
Turnout | 271 | 70% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Peter's
No. 7 St. Peter's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Robert Sellar Henderson | 269 | 54% | |
| Whig | Thomas Bolton | 230 | 46% | |
Majority | 39 | 12% | |
Registered electors | 716 | | |
Turnout | 499 | 70% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Scotland
No. 2 Scotland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | James Brancker | 217 | 52% | |
| Conservative | Isaac Holmes | 204 | 48% | |
Majority | 13 | 4% | N/A |
Registered electors | 535 | | |
Turnout | 421 | 79% | |
| Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
South Toxteth
No. 15 South Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Roger Lyon Jones | 175 | 56% | |
| Whig | Richard Vaughan Yates | 136 | 44% | |
Majority | 39 | 12% | |
Registered electors | 464 | | |
Turnout | 311 | 67% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Vauxhall
West Derby
No. 14 West Derby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Shaw Leigh * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | 590 | | |
| Conservative hold |
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On 9 November 1844, the term of office of eight aldermen who were elected on 9 November 1838 expired.
The following were elected as Aldermen by the Council on 9 November 1844 for a term of office of six years.
* - re-elected Alderman.
Party | Alderman |
| Conservative | David Hodgson |
| Conservative | Thomas Berry Horsfall |
| Conservative | James Lawrence * |
| Conservative | Sir Thomas Brancker * |
| Conservative | Anthony Swainson |
| Conservative | John Shaw Leigh |
| Conservative | William Pratt Bushby |
| Conservative | Thomas Sands |
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See also
References
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- ^ "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 6 November 1844 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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