Liverpool Town Council election, 1844

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.

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

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

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Procter	unopposed
Registered electors			673
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	John Holmes *	unopposed
Registered electors			821
	Whig hold		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Thomas Shaw *	unopposed
Registered electors			781
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Charles Stuart Middleton	unopposed
Registered electors			670
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	George Green Hornby	136	67%
	Conservative	Robertson Gladstone	67	33%
Majority			69
Registered electors			487
Turnout			203	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Buck Lloyd *	324	53%
	Whig	Henry Holmes	292	47%
Majority			32
Registered electors			813
Turnout			616	76%
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Mann	274	56%
	Whig	George Holt	214	44%
Majority			60
Registered electors			877
Turnout			488	56%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Aspinall *	unopposed
Registered electors			536
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Pemberton	273	55%
	Whig	Robert Ellison Harvey	222	45%
Majority			51
Registered electors			796
Turnout			495	62%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Parker *	231	52%
	Whig	William Earle	216	48%
Majority			15
Registered electors			527
Turnout			447	85%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Brodhurst Hill	152	56%
	Whig	James Stitt	119	44%
Majority			33
Registered electors			388
Turnout			271	70%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Sellar Henderson	269	54%
	Whig	Thomas Bolton	230	46%
Majority			39
Registered electors			716
Turnout			499	70%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	James Brancker	217	52%
	Conservative	Isaac Holmes	204	48%
Majority			13
Registered electors			535
Turnout			421	79%
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Roger Lyon Jones	175	56%
	Whig	Richard Vaughan Yates	136	44%
Majority			39
Registered electors			464
Turnout			311	67%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	William Preston *	unopposed
Registered electors			512
	Whig hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Shaw Leigh *	unopposed
Registered electors			590
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Aldermanic Elections

On 9th November 1844, the term of office of eight aldermen who were elected on 9th November 1838 expired.

The following were elected as Aldermen by the Council on 9th 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

• 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 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.