1840 Liverpool Town Council election

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1840. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

All of the sixteen wards were contested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Reformers	22	-6	16	38
	Conservative	26	+6	0	26

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1840

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Whig	6	0	6	-6	37%	49%	3,227
	Conservative	10	6	0	+6	63%	51%	3,414

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Procter	317	53%
	Whig	Thomas Todd	282	47%
Majority			35
Registered electors
Turnout			599
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Time	James Procter		Thomas Todd
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	63	50%	64	50%
11:00	142	52%	131	48%
12:00	176	51%	171	49%
13:00	214
14:00
15:00
16:00	317	53%	282	47%

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	James Aikin	228	53%
	Conservative	Peter Hope	206	47%
Majority			22
Registered electors
Turnout			434
	Whig hold		Swing

Time	James Aikin		Peter Hope
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	65	65%	35	35%
11:00	115	56%	90	44%
12:00	148	54%	127	46%
13:00	170	54%	143	46%
14:00	178	52%	162	48%
15:00	206	53%	181	47%
16:00	228	53%	206	47%

Everton

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Hodgson *	308	52%
	Whig	William Brown	287	48%
Majority			21
Registered electors
Turnout			595
	Conservative hold		Swing

Time	David Hodgson		William Brown
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	109	57%	81	43%
11:00	155	54%	132	46%
12:00	185	54%	158	46%
13:00	213	55%	177	45%
14:00	230	55%	200	47%
15:00	271	54%	228	46%
16:00	308	52%	287	48%

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Thomas Sands *	190	54%
	Whig	William Wood	160	46%
Majority			30
Registered electors
Turnout			350
	Conservative hold		Swing

Time	Thomas Sands		William Wood
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	50	65%	27	35%
11:00	101	62%	61	38%
12:00	132	58%	95	42%
13:00	154	58%	111	42%
14:00	171	57%	131	435
15:00	191	55%	154	45%
16:00	199	54%	168	46%

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Joseph Cooper *	180	51%
	Whig	Thomas Taylor	172	49%
Majority			8
Registered electors
Turnout			352
	Conservative hold		Swing

Time	Joseph Cooper		Thomas Taylor
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	56	51%	53	49%
11:00	94	51%	89	49%
12:00	115	49.6%	117	50.4%
13:00	140	50.4%	138	49.6%
14:00	154	51%	150	49%
15:00	170	55%	157	48%
16:00	180	51%	172	49%

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Thomas Blackburn *	390	50.1%
	Conservative	John Kilshaw	388	49.9%
Majority			2
Registered electors
Turnout			778
	Whig hold		Swing

Time	Thomas Blackburn		John Kilshaw
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	64	52%	60	48%
11:00	116
12:00			166
13:00			223
14:00	279	51%	271	49%
15:00	324
16:00	390	50.1%	388	49.9%

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Richard Harbord	240	51%
	Whig	William McMurdo Duncan *	233	49%
Majority			7
Registered electors
Turnout			473
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Time	Richard Harbord		William McMurdo Duncan
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00			33
11:00	74	49%	76	51%
12:00	101
13:00	167	51%	158	49%
14:00	199	51%	189	49%
15:00	219
16:00	240		233	49%

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Thomas Toulmin	189	50.1%
	Whig	William Rathbone *	188	49.9%
Majority			1
Registered electors
Turnout			377
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Time	Thomas Toulmin		William Rathbone
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	75	57%	56	43%
11:00	105	56%	84	44%
12:00	135	54%	115	46%
13:00	149	53%	134	47%
14:00	164	53%	146	47%
15:00	170	51%	164	49%
16:00	189	50.1%	188	49.9%

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Birkett	269	56%
	Whig	Charles Holland	212	44%
Majority			57
Registered electors
Turnout			481
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Time	William Birkett		Charles Holland
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00			56
11:00			77
12:00	111	57%	84	43%
13:00			134
14:00
15:00			182
16:00	269	56%	212	44%

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	William Slater	192	51%
	Conservative	John Davies	188	49%
Majority			4
Registered electors
Turnout			380
	Whig hold		Swing

Time	William Slater		John Davies
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	40	53%	35	47%
11:00	66	57%	50	43%
12:00	95	54%	82	46%
13:00	117	49%	120	51%
14:00	148	50%	150	50%
15:00	167	51%	162	49%
16:00	192	51%	188	49%

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Richard Benson Blundell Hollinshead Blundell	177	51%
	Whig	John Rowland McGuffie	167	49%
Majority			10
Registered electors
Turnout			344
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Time	Richard Benson Blundell Hollinshead Blundell		John Rowland McGuffie
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	72	51%	68	49%
11:00	86	50.3%	85	49.7%
12:00	99	52%	90	48%
13:00	131	52%	123	48%
14:00	146	53%	131	47%
15:00	167	52%	152	48%
16:00	177	51%	167	49%

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	John Priestley *	156	53%
	Conservative	Ebenezer Rae	137	47%
Majority			19
Registered electors
Turnout			293
	Whig hold		Swing

Time	John Priestley		Ebenezer Rae
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	41	47%	47	53%
11:00	70	49%	73	51%
12:00	97	53%	86	47%
13:00	108	53%	97	47%
14:00	127	53%	113	47%
15:00	146	55%	121	45%
16:00	156	53%	137	47%

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	William Thornhill *	215	50.1%
	Conservative	Thomas Murray Gladstone	214	49.9%
Majority			1
Registered electors
Turnout			429
	Whig hold		Swing

Time	William Thornhill		Thomas Murray Gladstone
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	33	45%	40	55%
11:00	79	48%	85	52%
12:00	104	48%	112	52%
13:00	121	48%	129	52%
14:00	166	52%	155	48%
15:00	182	49.7%	184	50.3%
16:00	215	51.1%	214	49.9%

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	John Platt *	144	51%
	Conservative	J. Shepperd	138	49%
Majority			6
Registered electors
Turnout			282
	Whig hold		Swing

Time	John Platt		John Shepperd
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	30	45%	36	55%
11:00	76	58%	56	42%
12:00
13:00	107	54%	91	46%
14:00	122	54%	106	46%
15:00	129	51%	122	49%
16:00	144	51%	138	49%

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Henry Copeland	108	53%
	Whig	William Preston *	96	47%
Majority			12
Registered electors
Turnout			204
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Time	Henry Copeland		William Preston
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	44	56%	35	44%
11:00	56	56%	44	44%
12:00	69	55%	56	45%
13:00	80	58%	57	42%
14:00	84	56%	66	44%
15:00	100	56%	77	44%
16:00	108	56%	86	44%

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	George Hall Lawrence *	156	62%
	Whig	Lawrence Heyworth jun.	95	38%
Majority			61
Registered electors
Turnout			251
	Conservative hold		Swing

Time	George Hall Lawrence		Lawrence Heyworth jun.
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	85	78%	24	22%
11:00	128	74%	46	26%
12:00	138	71%	56	29%
13:00	139	66%	71	34%
14:00	149	64%	83	36%
15:00	155	63%	91	37%
16:00	156	62%	96	38%

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

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

1. "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday November 4, 1840 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 25 October 2016.
2. "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday November 4, 1840 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 25 October 2016.
3. "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday November 6, 1840 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 25 October 2016.
4. "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday November 6, 1840 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 25 October 2016.
5. "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday November 6, 1840 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 25 October 2016.
6. "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday November 6, 1840 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 25 October 2016.