1835 Liverpool Town Council election

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Saturday 26 December 1835.

This was the first election to Liverpool Town Council. It was conducted under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. As this was the first election to the Council, all three seats for each of the sixteen wards were up for election. The candidate in each ward with the highest number of votes was elected for three years, the candidate with the second highest number of votes was elected for two years and the candidate with the third highest number of votes was elected for one year. All of the sixteen wards were contested.

The terms Whig and Reformer are used interchangeably. The local press, at the time, referred exclusively to Reformers.

After the election of Councillors on 26 December 1835 and the Aldermanic election in January 1836, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillorsAldermenTotal
Reformers441559
Conservative415

Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1835
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Whig 44 N/A N/A N/A 92% 59% 3,213
  Conservative 4 N/A N/A N/A 8% 41% 2,254

Ward results

* - Previously a member of the preceding Common Council

Everton and Kirkdale
No. 1 Everton and Kirkdale - 3 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig John Holmes 224 51%
Whig S. Hope 215 49%
Conservative Charles Horsfall * 214 49%
Whig Joseph Hornby 211
Conservative Adam Hodgson 195
Conservative W. C. Molyneux 193
Majority 10
Registered electors 503
Turnout 438 87%
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

The polling place for the township of Kirkdale was Mrs. Stretch's public house in Kirkdale Village.

The polling place for Everton township was Halliday's, Everton Coffee-house

Scotland
No. 2 Scotland - 3 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Crawford Logan 177 60%
Whig William Thornhill 171 58%
Whig Richard Shiel 159 54%
Conservative Richard Houghton 118 40%
Conservative James Heyworth 96 33%
Conservative Mr. Foster 89 30%
Majority 59
Registered electors 345
Turnout 295 86%
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

The Polling place was Mr. Horner's at the corner of Eccles-street and Vauxhall-road.

Vauxhall
No. 3 Vauxhall - 3 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Enoch Harvey 92 55%
Whig Egerton Smith 86 51%
Whig J. D. Thornely 80 48%
Conservative Henry Coupland 76 45%
Conservative John Wright * 74 44%
Conservative Joseph Ackers 66 39%
Majority 16
Registered electors 201
Turnout 168 84%
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

The polling place was at the Vauxhall Vaults, corner of Banastre-street and Vauxhall-road.

St. Paul's
No. 4 St. Paul's - 3 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Christopher Rawdon 137 54%
Whig Alexander McGregor 124 48%
Conservative John Barton 119 46%
Whig William Stuart 117 46%
Conservative R. B. B. Hollinshead 102 40%
Conservative William Shand 89 35%
Majority 18
Registered electors 297
Turnout 256 86%
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Polling place : At Mather's Baths, corner of St. Paul's-square and Virginia-street

Exchange
No. 5 Exchange - 3 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig James Holmes 179 56%
Whig Lawrence Heyworth 167 53%
Whig James Mellor 161 51%
Conservative Thomas Sands 139 44%
Conservative John Bent 126 40%
Conservative G. B. Irlam 118 37%
Majority 40
Registered electors 468
Turnout 318
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

Polling places : Surnames A to K : at the south end of the Sessions'-house in South Chapel-street. Surnames L to Z : at the north end of the Sessions'-house in Chapel-street.

Castle Street
No. 6 Castle Street - 3 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Joshua Walmsley 260 73%
Whig Charles Birch 259 73%
Whig Thomas Bolton 248 70%
Conservative Sir Thomas Brancker * 96 27%
Conservative George Grant 83 23%
Conservative Mr. Wood 78 22%
Majority 164
Registered electors 604
Turnout 356 59%
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

Polling place : At the two windows of the King's Arms Hotel fronting Castle-street

St. Peter's
No. 7 St. Peter's - 3 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig John Woollright 205 59%
Whig William Rushton 200 57%
Whig Richard Bright 190 54%
Conservative Mr. Potter 145 41%
Conservative Nathan Litherland 143 41%
Conservative Thomas Tobin 142 41%
Majority 60
Registered electors 548
Turnout 359 64%
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

Polling place : At the two windows of the Horse and Jockey public-house fronting Seel-street

Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street - 3 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Hugh Hornby 201 56%
Whig William Rathbone 193 54%
Whig William Robert Preston 184 51%
Conservative John Bibby 158 44%
Conservative Peter Bourne 151 42%
Conservative T. C. Molyneux 140 39%
Majority 43
Registered electors 532
Turnout 359 67%
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

Polling place : At two compartments in the South Free School in Park-lane.

Great George
No. 9 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig James Lawrence 237 64%
Whig Wellwood Maxwell 146 40%
Whig James Aikin 135 37%
Conservative Charles Lawrence * 131 36%
Conservative Joseph Cooper 108 29%
Majority 106
Registered electors 335
Turnout
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

Polling place : At a warehouse, east side of St. James's-street, near the corner of St. Vincent-street.

Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street - 3 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Lawrence 198 50.1$
Whig William Lassell 197 49.9%
Whig Thomas Holt 194 49%
Conservative Dr. J. P. Brandreth 192 49%
Conservative John H. Turner 182 46%
Whig Eyre Evans 179 45%
Majority 1
Registered electors 478
Turnout 395 83%
Conservative win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

Polling place : A to K : at a new shop at the entrance of the New Arcade from Renshaw Street. L to Z : at a window of an empty-house, opposite the Unitarian Chapel, in Renshaw-street.

Abercromby
No. 11 Abercromby - 3 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Earle jun. * 186 56%
Whig Jas. Carson M.D. 184 55%
Whig Thomas Brocklebank 172 52%
Conservative Robertson Gladstone 147 44%
Conservative Thomas Kaye 141 42%
Conservative William Ripley 129 39%
Majority 39
Registered electors 373
Turnout 333 89%
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

Polling place : At the Phoenix Inn, at the top of Mount Pleasant

Lime Street
No. 12 Lime Street - 3 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Mr. Langton 308 62%
Whig Thomas Blackburn 302 61%
Whig R. Roskell 292 59%
Conservative Ambrose Lace 190 38%
Conservative Robert Rigby 176 35%
Conservative J. Todd Naylor 170 34%
Majority 118
Registered electors 633
Turnout 498 79%
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

Polling places : A to K : at a window in the Black Bell Inn, London-road. L to Z : at a window in Challinor's Public-house, on the opposite side of London-road.

St. Anne Street
No. 13 St. Anne Street - 3 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Richard Alison 288 67%
Whig Thomas Coglan 195 46%
Whig Edward Cropper 191
Conservative Edward Gibbon 139 33%
Conservative John Davies 132 31%
Conservative Richard Jones 127 30%
Majority 149
Registered electors 393
Turnout
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

Polling place : At the Pontack's Public-house, in Christian-street.

West Derby
No. 14 West Derby - 3 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Shaw Leigh * 172 50.9%
Whig George Holt 166 49.4%
Conservative Joseph Sanders 153 45%
Whig William Purser Freme 153 45%
Whig William Blaine 152
Conservative William P. Bushby 136 40%
Majority 6
Registered electors 370
Turnout 338 91%
Conservative win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Polling place : At the Edge-hill Coffee-house.

South Toxteth
No. 15 South Toxteth - 3 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig John Cropper 114 59%
Whig W. Sharples 99 51%
Whig Francis Jordan 92 47%
Conservative Mr. Fletcher 80 41%
Conservative Mr. Smith 75 39%
Conservative N. Robinson 65 34%
Majority 34
Registered electors 230
Turnout 194 84%
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

Polling place : At the southernmost of the Shops recently built by Dr. Hughes, on the west side of Park-road.

North Toxteth
No. 16 North Toxteth - 3 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig W. W. Currie * 242 65%
Whig Mr. Duncan 223 60%
Whig C. Tayleur 222 59%
Conservative Mr. Troughton 132 35%
Conservative Mr. Gibbons 130 35%
Conservative James Dempsey 90 24%
Majority 110
Registered electors 493
Turnout 374 76%
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

Polling place : At two windows of the Royal Oak Public-house, at the corner of Upper Warwick-street and Park-place. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

Aldermanic Elections

At the meeting of the Council in January 1836, sixteen Aldermen were elected by the Council, eight for a term of six years and eight for a term of three years.

PartyAldermanTerm expires
ReformersWilliam Stuart1841
ReformersThomas Booth1841
ReformersJoseph Hornby1841
ReformersWilliam Brown1841
ReformersThomas Leathom1841
ReformersThomas Smith (Toxteth park)1841
ReformersRobert Benn1841
ReformersChristopher Hird Jones1841
ReformersThomas Bulley1838
ReformersEyre Evans1838
ReformersWilliam Blaine1838
ReformersJames Moon1838
ReformersWilliam Purser Freme1838
ReformersThomas Brockhurst Barclay1838
ReformersGeorge Robinson1838
ConservativeOrmerod Heyworth1838

[16] [17]

By-elections

No. 12, Lime Street, 7th January 1836

Caused by the disqualification of Joseph Langton (Reformers, Lime Street, elected 26 December 1835) because he did not sign the councillors' declaration. Mr. Langton was the manager of the Bank of Liverpool and the directors of the bank did not think him being a town councillor was compatible with his role as manager of the bank. [18] [19]

No. 12 Lime Street 7th January 1836
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Thomas Morecroft 270 56%
Conservative Ambrose Lace 209 44%
Majority 61
Registered electors 633
Turnout 479 76%
Whig hold Swing

[20] [21] [22] [23]

See also

References
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