1841 Liverpool Town Council election

English local election December 2023 February 2018 February 2018 1841 Liverpool Town Council election Liverpool Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary no 1840 Liverpool Town Council election 1840 1841 11 01 y 1842 Liverpool Town Council election 1842 16 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 16 wards 33 (incl. Aldermen) 9,214 % Conservative ? Conservative Party (UK) 27 34 7 4,270 54% 3 Reformers Reformers 21 14 7 3,672 46% 3 Council Leader Reformers Council Leader after election Conservative Party (UK) Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Monday 1 November 1841. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years. There were a total of 12,097 registered electors for the entire borough in 1841. The census of 1841 recorded the population of the borough as 293,963 (exclusive of about 10,000 seamen). These figures revealing that only about 4% of the population were enfranchised. (Although the census figures includes children, which skews the figures to some extent). 1841 Census Population 1841 electorate % enfranchised Parish of Liverpool 222,954 9,214 4.1% Everton & Kirkdale 9,148 & 3,779 820 6.3% West Derby 16,902 568 3.4% Toxteth Park 41,180 1,495 3.6% Borough of Liverpool 293,963 12,097 4.1% https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pT2pfVWNVNlkyOFE Liverpool Mercury Almanac 1844 (1) (scan) 28 October 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pbUNpczZyMnFxaUk Liverpool Mercury Almanac 1844 (1) (scan) 28 October 2016 Three of the sixteen wards were uncontested. After the election of 16 Councillors on 1 November 1841, and the election of 8 Aldermen on 9 November 1841, the composition of the council was: PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen   ±   TotalConservative 34 +7 8 +8 42Reformers 14 -7 8 -8 22 Election result Liverpool local election result 1841 Conservative Party (UK) 13 7 0 +7 81% 54% 4,270 Whigs (British political party) 3 0 7 -7 19% 46% 3,672 Ward results * - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election Abercromby No. 11 Abercromby Conservative Party (UK) Robertson Gladstone * 388 60% Whigs (British political party) Reformer John Cooper 257 40% 131 20% 882 645 73% Conservative Party (UK) Castle Street No. 6 Castle Street Whigs (British political party) Reformer John Holmes Unopposed N/A N/A 814 Whigs (British political party) Reformer Everton No. 1 Everton Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Shaw 330 62% Whigs (British political party) Reformer Michael Ashcroft 203 38% 127 24% N/A 820 533 65% Conservative Party (UK) Whigs (British political party) Reformer Exchange No. 5 Exchange Whigs (British political party) ReformerWhigs (British political party) Reformer Henry Holmes * 329 52% Conservative Party (UK) John Ridgway 300 48% 29 4% 804 629 78% Whigs (British political party) Reformer Great George No. 9 Great George Conservative Party (UK) James Lawrence * 344 51% Whigs (British political party) Reformer William Rathbone 324 49% 20 2% 768 668 87% Conservative Party (UK) Lime Street No. 12 Lime Street Conservative Party (UK) John Buck Lloyd 424 50.5% Whigs (British political party) Reformer Thomas Moorecroft * 416 49.5% 8 1.0% N/A 1,011 840 83% Conservative Party (UK) Whigs (British political party) Reformer North Toxteth No. 16 North Toxteth Conservative Party (UK) Alexander Smith jun. 374 53% Whigs (British political party) Reformer William Lockerby 338 47% 36 6% N/A 964 712 74% Conservative Party (UK) Whigs (British political party) Reformer Pitt Street No. 8 Pitt Street Conservative Party (UK) James Aspinall 317 54% Whigs (British political party) Reformer Hugh Hornby * 275 46% 42 8% N/A 768 592 77% Conservative Party (UK) Whigs (British political party) Reformer Rodney Street No. 10 Rodney Street Conservative Party (UK) Henry Lawrence 345 56% Whigs (British political party) Reformer Charles Holland 274 44% 71 12% N/A 884 619 70% Conservative Party (UK) Whigs (British political party) Reformer St. Anne Street No. 13 St. Anne Street Conservative Party (UK) James Parker 276 57% Whigs (British political party) Reformer Thomas Chalmers 206 43% 70 14% N/A 619 482 78% Conservative Party (UK) Whigs (British political party) Reformer St. Paul's No. 4 St. Paul's Conservative Party (UK) Joshua Edwards 306 54% Whigs (British political party) Reformer Christopher Rawdon 263 46% 43 8% 771 569 80% Conservative Party (UK) St. Peter's No. 7 St. Peter's Conservative Party (UK) Ebenezer Rae 312 52% Whigs (British political party) Reformer John Woollright * 287 48% 25 4% N/A 721 599 83% Conservative Party (UK) Whigs (British political party) Reformer Scotland No. 2 Scotland Conservative Party (UK) Isaac Holmes * 313 51% Whigs (British political party) Reformer George Quayle 303 49% 10 2% 720 616 86% Conservative Party (UK) South Toxteth No. 15 South Toxteth Conservative Party (UK) Simon Lee Trotman 241 55% Whigs (British political party) Reformer William H. Taylour 197 45% 44 10% N/A 531 438 82% Conservative Party (UK) Whigs (British political party) Reformer Vauxhall No. 3 Vauxhall Whigs (British political party) Reformer William Preston Unopposed N/A N/A 512 Whigs (British political party) Reformer Conservative Party (UK) West Derby No. 14 West Derby Conservative Party (UK) John Shaw Leigh * Unopposed N/A N/A 568 Conservative Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pNVhlQ0htZDNkLTQ Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser 5 November 1842 (1) (scan) 28 October 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pdkN5OFZKVTI1MkE Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser 5 November 1842 (2) (scan) 28 October 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pVk84b21rYTcwN3M Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser 5 November 1842 (3) (scan) 28 October 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pUDBCZXFsWTZLd1k Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser 3 November 1842 (1) (scan) 28 October 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pX1VJaHFVejNkdE0 Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser 3 November 1842 (2) (scan) 28 October 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pM2NSN19fMXdhaHc Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser 3 November 1842 (3) (scan) 28 October 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pWWNYVFNzemtsXzA Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser 3 November 1842 (4) (scan) 28 October 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pTVEwUXBybnRCUjg Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser 3 November 1842 (5) (scan) 28 October 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pMFBIU3Fib2tRbUE Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser 3 November 1842 (6) (scan) 28 October 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pU29SbXJMUGFuUm8 Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser 3 November 1842 (7) (scan) 28 October 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pWlBYTUJwa0d0TWM Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser 3 November 1842 (8) (scan) 28 October 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pTGJmR1pTUVQ3MG8 Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser 3 November 1842 (9) (scan) 28 October 2016 Aldermanic Elections On 9 November 1841, the term of office of eight of the sixteen aldermen expired. The following were elected as Aldermen by the council on 9 November 1841 for a term of office of six years. * - re-elected Alderman. PartyAlderman Conservative William Nicol Conservative John Bramley-Moore Conservative Thomas Chilton Conservative Richard Smethurst Crook Conservative John Haywood Turner Conservative Richard Houghton sen. Conservative Edmund Molyneux Conservative Richard Griffith https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pN0lWcWV2bUlHblk Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 12 November 1842 (1) (scan) 28 October 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pVE8tZThpWnpzdG8 Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 12 November 1842 (2) (scan) 28 October 2016 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 1841 Category:1841 English local elections Category:November 1841 Category:1840s in Liverpool