1853 Liverpool Town Council election

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:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	??	??	??
	Reformers	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1853

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative
	Whig

Ward results

* – Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
		Richard Cardwell Gardner *	369	75%
		John H. Brancken ?	124	24%
Majority			245
Registered electors
Turnout			493
	[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]]		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	George Holt *	2	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Samuel Moulsdale Mellor *	6	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Charles Turner *	5	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Alexander Shand	6	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Buck Lloyd *	11	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Matthew Gregson *	4	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Walter Powell Jeffreys *	225	63%
	Whig	John Smith	133	37%
Majority			92
Registered electors
Turnout			358
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Aspinall Tobin *	2'	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
		John Nicholson *	3	unopposed
Registered electors
	[[|N/A]] hold		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Oliver Holden *	22	unopposed
Registered electors
	Whig hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Holme *	2	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Woodruff *	329	69%
	Whig	James Jack	146	31%
Majority			183
Registered electors
Turnout			475
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Samuel Holme *	3	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
		William Nicholson	165	51%
		Daniel Powell	157	49%
Majority			8
Registered electors
Turnout			322
	[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]]		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Francis Anderson Clint	250	51%
	Conservative	William Earle	241	49%
Majority			9
Registered electors
Turnout			491
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

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

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.

Party		Alderman
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
		William Earle
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]]		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
		William Mann
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	[[|N/A]] hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
		James Robertson
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]]		Swing

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 Town Council – Council Minute Book 1853 p. 703 (scan)". Retrieved 4 December 2016.
2. "Liverpool Town Council – Council Minute Book 1853 p. 704 (scan)". Retrieved 4 December 2016.
3. "Liverpool Mercury 28 October 1853 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 4 December 2016.
4. "Liverpool Mercury 28 October 1853 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 4 December 2016.
5. "Liverpool Mercury 4 November 1853 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 4 December 2016.
6. "Liverpool Mercury 4 November 1853 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 4 December 2016.