1847 Liverpool Town Council election

English local election August 2020 February 2018 1847 Liverpool Town Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1847 11 01 1846 1846 Liverpool Town Council election 1848 1848 Liverpool Town Council election 16 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 16 wards 33 (incl. Aldermen) Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1847. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years. Four of the sixteen wards were uncontested. After the annual Council election on 1 November 1847, the Aldermanic election on 9 November 1847 and the four by-elections caused by four Councillors having been elected as Aldermen on 17 November 1847, the composition of the council was: PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen   ±   TotalConservative 32 −2 15 −1 47Reformers 16 +2 1 +! 17 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pMGQzQjVpTU8talU Liverpool Albion Monday 22 November 1847 (4) (scan) 5 November 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pZnFsRkZMcWszWkU Liverpool Albion Monday 22 November 1847 (5) (scan) 5 November 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pcHZma21sTzQxTmc Liverpool Albion Monday 22 November 1847 (6) (scan) 5 November 2016 Election result Liverpool local election result 1847 Conservative Party (UK) 13 0 2 -2 81% 55% 2,879 Whigs (British political party) 3 2 0 +2 19% 45% 2,347 Ward results * – Retiring Councillor seeking re-election Abercromby No. 11 Abercromby Conservative Party (UK) James Procter * Unopposed N/A N/A Conservative Party (UK) Castle Street No. 6 Castle Street Whigs (British political party) John Holmes * Unopposed N/A N/A Whigs (British political party) Everton No. 1 Everton Whigs (British political party) William Watthew 283 50.4% Conservative Party (UK) George Green Hornby 278 49.6% 5 0.8% N/A 858 561 65% Whigs (British political party) Conservative Party (UK) Exchange No. 5 Exchange Conservative Party (UK) George Henry Horsfall 256 58% Whigs (British political party) William Clare 182 42% 74 16% 748 438 59% Conservative Party (UK) Great George No. 9 Great George Conservative Party (UK) Henry Gordon Harbord Unopposed N/A N/A 564 Conservative Party (UK) Lime Street No. 12 Lime Street Conservative Party (UK) John Buck Lloyd * 312 53% Whigs (British political party) James Allanson Picton 281 47% 31 6% 818 593 72% Conservative Party (UK) North Toxteth No. 16 North Toxteth Conservative Party (UK) William Mann * 281 55% Whigs (British political party) William Purser Freme 230 45% 51 10% 907 511 56% Conservative Party (UK) Pitt Street No. 8 Pitt Street Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Rimmer 169 56% Whigs (British political party) James Denton 131 44% 38 12% 476 300 63% Conservative Party (UK) Rodney Street No. 10 Rodney Street Conservative Party (UK) James Aspinall Tobin 295 63% Whigs (British political party) James Lewin 176 37% 119 26% 781 471 60% Conservative Party (UK) St. Anne Street No. 13 St. Anne Street Conservative Party (UK) James Parker * 216 55% Whigs (British political party) James Mellor 180 45% 36 10% 491 396 81% Conservative Party (UK) St. Paul's No. 4 St. Paul's Conservative Party (UK) Robert Brodhurst Hill * 173 57% Whigs (British political party) Thomas Booth 129 43% 44 14% 461 302 66% Conservative Party (UK) St. Peter's No. 7 St. Peter's Conservative Party (UK) Robert Sellar Henderson * 242 53% Whigs (British political party) Daniel Bell 214 47% 28 6% 725 456 63% Conservative Party (UK) Scotland No. 2 Scotland Conservative Party (UK) John Woodruff 197 51% Whigs (British political party) James Thompson 190 49% 7 2% 535 387 72% Conservative Party (UK) South Toxteth No. 15 South Toxteth Conservative Party (UK) Roger Lyon Jones * 219 54% Whigs (British political party) Thomas Avison 184 46% 35 8% 625 403 64% Conservative Party (UK) Vauxhall No. 3 Vauxhall Whigs (British political party) William Preston * Unopposed N/A N/A 234 Whigs (British political party) West Derby No. 14 West Derby Conservative Party (UK) Josias Booker 210 56% Whigs (British political party) Richard Mitchell Beckwith 163 44% 47 12% 661 373 56% Conservative Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pSFlqOHZFMlJ4dmM Liverpool Town Council – Council Minute Book 1847 p. 558 (scan) 5 November 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pUzBJWGYwVS1mVVk Liverpool Town Council – Council Minute Book 1847 p. 559 (scan) 5 November 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pTHMtYTNQM1d0bmM (Liverpool) Albion Monday 25 October 1847 (1) (scan) 5 November 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pa3dSS25TVUZXZFE (Liverpool) Albion Monday 25 October 1847 (2) (scan) 5 November 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pT290MVF0bk9oOGM (Liverpool) Albion Monday 1 November 1847 (1) (scan) 5 November 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pYVhObXUwbFhsZFk (Liverpool) Albion Monday 1 November 1847 (2) (scan) 5 November 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pMXZpZFQ3V0dSbVU Liverpool Albion Monday 8 November 1847 (1) (scan) 5 November 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pUVZJeF95M1B2VFk Liverpool Albion Monday 8 November 1847 (2) (scan) 5 November 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pY2ZXV0JabDBKWTQ Liverpool Albion Monday 8 November 1847 (3) (scan) 5 November 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pajE4dGVTd0VYWTg Liverpool Albion Monday 8 November 1847 (4) (scan) 5 November 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pd1N5aU5pYWRPakk Liverpool Albion Monday 15 November 1847 (1) (scan) 5 November 2016 Aldermanic Elections On 9 November 1847, the term of office of eight aldermen who were elected on 9 November 1841 expired. The following were elected as Aldermen by the council on 9 November 1847 for a term of office of six years. * – re-elected Alderman. PartyAlderman Conservative John Bramley-Moore * Conservative Edmund Molyneux * Conservative Thomas Chilton * Reformer John Holmes Conservative William Nicol * Conservative James Procter Conservative John Nelson Wood Conservative Joseph Cooper https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pMnFPb2hBek1mYnc Liverpool Town Council – Council Minute Book 1847 p. 560 (scan) 5 November 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pWTNQcXQ0cWhNT2s Liverpool Town Council – Council Minute Book 1847 p. 561 (scan) 5 November 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pYmttOFd3ZlRTbFE Liverpool Albion Monday 15 November 1847 (4) (scan) 5 November 2016 By-elections No. 6, Castle Street, Wednesday 17 November 1847 Caused by the election of Councillor John Holmes (Reformer, Castle Street, elected 1 November 1847) as an Alderman on 9 November 1847. No. 6 Castle Street 17 November 1847 Whigs (British political party) George Holt Unopposed N/A N/A Whigs (British political party) No. 9, Great George, Wednesday 17 November 1847 Caused by the election of Councillor Joseph Cooper (Conservative, Great George, elected 1 November 1846) as an Alderman on 9 November 1847. No. 9 Great George 17 November 1847 Whigs (British political party) John Rogers 177 53% Conservative Party (UK) Mr. Dover 156 47% 21 6% N/A 564 333 59% Whigs (British political party) Conservative Party (UK) No. 11, Abercromby, Wednesday 17 November 1847 Caused by the election of Councillor James Procter (Conservative, Abercromby, elected 1 November 1847 No. 11 Abercromby 17 November 1847 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Cardwell Gardner 189 51% Whigs (British political party) Robertson Gladstone 183 49% 6 2% 613 372 61% Conservative Party (UK) No. 10, Rodney Street, Wednesday 17 November 1847 Caused by the election of Councillor John Nelson Wood (Conservative, Rodney Street, elected 1 November 1845) as an Alderman on 9 November 1847. No. 10 Rodney Street 17 November 1847 Conservative Party (UK) George Booker 267 66% Whigs (British political party) Mr. Lewin 140 34% 127 32% 781 407 52% Conservative Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1paWN2dExmNXJkM00 Liverpool Albion Monday 15 November 1847 (2) (scan) 5 November 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pVG1rbEx3c0UyZnM Liverpool Albion Monday 15 November 1847 (3) (scan) 5 November 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pRlFTNXd2NWlZZzg Liverpool Albion Monday 22 November 1847 (1) (scan) 5 November 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pSFVneTlFTVlva3M Liverpool Albion Monday 22 November 1847 (2) (scan) 5 November 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pbzUtdkhSQURPdTg Liverpool Albion Monday 22 November 1847 (3) (scan) 5 November 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 1847 Category:1847 English local elections Category:November 1847 Category:1840s in Liverpool