1841 Liverpool Town Council election

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 Liverpool222,9549,2144.1%
Everton & Kirkdale9,148 & 3,7798206.3%
West Derby16,9025683.4%
Toxteth Park41,1801,4953.6%
Borough of Liverpool293,96312,0974.1%

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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  ±  Total
Conservative34+78+842
Reformers14-78-822

Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1841
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 13 7 0 +7 81% 54% 4,270
  Whig 3 0 7 -7 19% 46% 3,672

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby
No. 11 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robertson Gladstone * 388 60%
Whig John Cooper 257 40%
Majority 131
Registered electors 882
Turnout 645 73%
Conservative hold Swing

Castle Street
No. 6 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig John Holmes unopposed
Registered electors 814
Whig hold Swing

Everton
No. 1 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Shaw 330 62%
Whig Michael Ashcroft 203 38%
Majority 127
Registered electors 820
Turnout 533 65%
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

Exchange
No. 5 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Henry Holmes * 329 52%
Conservative John Ridgway 300 48%
Majority 29
Registered electors 804
Turnout 629 78%
Whig hold Swing

Great George
No. 9 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative James Lawrence * 344 51%
Whig William Rathbone 324 49%
Majority 20
Registered electors 768
Turnout 668 87%
Conservative hold Swing

Lime Street
No. 12 Lime Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Buck Lloyd 424 50.5%
Whig Thomas Moorecroft * 416 49.5%
Majority 8
Registered electors 1,011
Turnout 840 83%
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

North Toxteth
No. 16 North Toxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Alexander Smith jun. 374 53%
Whig William Lockerby 338 47%
Majority 36
Registered electors 964
Turnout 712 74%
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative James Aspinall 317 54%
Whig Hugh Hornby * 275 46%
Majority 42
Registered electors 768
Turnout 592 77%
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Henry Lawrence 345' 56%
Whig Charles Holland 274 44%
Majority 71
Registered electors 884
Turnout 619 70%
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

St. Anne Street
No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative James Parker 276 57%
Whig Thomas Chalmers 206 43%
Majority 70
Registered electors 619
Turnout 482 78%
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

St. Paul's
No. 4 St. Paul's
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Joshua Edwards 306 54%
Whig Christopher Rawdon 263 46%
Majority 43
Registered electors 771
Turnout 569 80%
Conservative hold Swing

St. Peter's
No. 7 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ebenezer Rae 312 52%
Whig John Woollright * 287 48%
Majority 25
Registered electors 721
Turnout 599 83%
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

Scotland
No. 2 Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Isaac Holmes * 313 51%
Whig George Quayle 303 49%
Majority 10
Registered electors 720
Turnout 616 86%
Conservative hold Swing

South Toxteth
No. 15 South Toxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Simon Lee Trotman 241 55%
Whig William H. Taylour 197 45%
Majority 44
Registered electors 531
Turnout 438 82%
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

Vauxhall
No. 3 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig William Preston unopposed
Registered electors 512
Whig gain from Conservative Swing

West Derby
No. 14 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Shaw Leigh * unopposed
Registered electors 568
Conservative hold Swing

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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
ConservativeWilliam Nicol
ConservativeJohn Bramley-Moore
ConservativeThomas Chilton
ConservativeRichard Smethurst Crook
ConservativeJohn Haywood Turner
ConservativeRichard Houghton sen.
ConservativeEdmund Molyneux
ConservativeRichard Griffith

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See also

References
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