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1844 Liverpool Town Council election

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.

1844 Liverpool Town Council election
← 1843 November 1, 1844 (1844-11-01) 1845 →
16 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 16 wards
33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

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

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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

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* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

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No. 11 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Procter Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors 673
Conservative hold

Castle Street

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No. 6 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig John Holmes * Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors 821
Whig hold

Everton

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No. 1 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Shaw * Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors 781
Conservative hold

Exchange

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No. 5 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Stuart Middleton Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors 670
Conservative gain from Whig

Great George

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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

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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

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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

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No. 8 Pitt Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Aspinall * Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors 536
Conservative hold

Rodney Street

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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No. 3 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Preston * Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors 512
Whig hold

West Derby

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No. 14 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Shaw Leigh * Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors 590
Conservative hold

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Aldermanic Elections

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 6 November 1844 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 6 November 1844 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 13 November 1844 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 13 November 1844 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 13 November 1844 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 8 November 1844 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 8 November 1844 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 12 November 1842 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 12 November 1842 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 28 October 2016.
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