1853 Liverpool Town Council election

1853 UK local government election August 2020 February 2018 1853 Liverpool Town Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1853 11 01 1852 1852 Liverpool Town Council election 1854 1854 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 Thursday 1 November 1853. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years. Eleven of the sixteen wards were uncontested. After the election, the composition of the council was: PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen TotalConservative ?? ?? ?? ??Reformers ?? ?? ?? ?? Election result Liverpool local election result 1853 Conservative Party (UK) Whigs (British political party) Ward results * – Retiring Councillor seeking re-election Abercromby No. 11 Abercromby Richard Cardwell Gardner * 369 75% John H. Brancken ? 124 24% 245 493 Castle Street No. 6 Castle Street Conservative Party (UK) George Holt * 2 Unopposed N/A Conservative Party (UK) Everton No. 1 Everton Conservative Party (UK) Samuel Moulsdale Mellor * 6 Unopposed N/A Conservative Party (UK) Exchange No. 5 Exchange Conservative Party (UK) Charles Turner * 5 Unopposed N/A Conservative Party (UK) Great George No. 9 Great George Conservative Party (UK) Alexander Shand 6 Unopposed N/A Conservative Party (UK) Lime Street No. 12 Lime Street Conservative Party (UK) John Buck Lloyd * 11 Unopposed N/A Conservative Party (UK) North Toxteth No. 16 North Toxteth Conservative Party (UK) Matthew Gregson * 4 Unopposed N/A Conservative Party (UK) Pitt Street No. 8 Pitt Street Conservative Party (UK) Walter Powell Jeffreys * 225 63% Whigs (British political party) John Smith 133 37% 92 26% N/A 358 Conservative Party (UK) Rodney Street No. 10 Rodney Street Conservative Party (UK) James Aspinall Tobin * 2 Unopposed N/A Conservative Party (UK) St. Anne Street No. 13 St. Anne Street John Nicholson * 3 unopposed St. Paul's No. 4 St. Paul's Whigs (British political party) Oliver Holden * 22 Unopposed N/A Whigs (British political party) St. Peter's No. 7 St. Peter's Conservative Party (UK) James Holme * 2 Unopposed N/A Conservative Party (UK) Scotland No. 2 Scotland Whigs (British political party) John Woodruff * 329 69% Conservative Party (UK) James Jack 146 31% 183 38% 475 Whigs (British political party) South Toxteth No. 15 South Toxteth Conservative Party (UK) Samuel Holme * 3 Unopposed N/A Conservative Party (UK) Vauxhall No. 3 Vauxhall William Nicholson 165 51% Daniel Powell 157 49% 8 322 West Derby No. 14 West Derby Whigs (British political party) Francis Anderson Clint 250 51% Conservative Party (UK) William Earle 241 49% 9 2% N/A 491 Whigs (British political party) Conservative Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1paHA4WVVnelN0aFU Liverpool Town Council – Council Minute Book 1853 p. 703 (scan) 4 December 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pM2VkUXA4QXZOZGc Liverpool Town Council – Council Minute Book 1853 p. 704 (scan) 4 December 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pZzFYdkZGMGtrUVk Liverpool Mercury 28 October 1853 (1) (scan) 4 December 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pUExjZUR0TmU3ZjQ Liverpool Mercury 28 October 1853 (2) (scan) 4 December 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pT0RkbW9zSXBDMVE Liverpool Mercury 4 November 1853 (1) (scan) 4 December 2016 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pdDR4WGQ3Sk9wY0E Liverpool Mercury 4 November 1853 (2) (scan) 4 December 2016 Aldermanic Elections On 9 November 1853, the term of office of eight aldermen who were elected on 9 November 1847 expired. The following were elected as Aldermen by the council on 9 November 1853 for a term of office of six years. * – re-elected Alderman. PartyAlderman Conservative Joseph Cooper * Conservative Richard Cardwell Gardner Thomas Bold Conservative John Bramley-Moore * Conservative Francis Shand Conservative James Parker * Conservative Thomas Toulmin Conservative Samuel Holme By Elections No. 11, Abercromby, November 1853 Caused by Councillor Richard Cardwell Gardner (Conservative, elected 1 November 1853) being elected as an alderman on 9 November 1853. No. 11 Abercromby William Earle No. 8, Pitt Street, November 1853 Caused by Councillor Thomas Toulmin (Conservative, elected 1 November 1852) being elected as an alderman on 9 November 1853. No. 8 Pitt Street William Mann No. 15, South Toxteth, November 1853 Caused by Councillor Samuel Holme (Conservative, elected 1 November 1853) being elected as an alderman on 9 November 1853. No. 15 South Toxteth James Robertson 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 1853 Category:1853 English local elections Category:November 1853 Category:1850s in Liverpool