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:
Party | Councillors | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | | Reformers | 44 | 15 | 59 |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Election result
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
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) | |||||
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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
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) | |||||
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The Polling place was Mr. Horner's at the corner of Eccles-street and Vauxhall-road.
Vauxhall
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) | |||||
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The polling place was at the Vauxhall Vaults, corner of Banastre-street and Vauxhall-road.
St. Paul's
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) | |||||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Polling place : At Mather's Baths, corner of St. Paul's-square and Virginia-street
Exchange
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) | |||||
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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
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% | |||
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Polling place : At the two windows of the King's Arms Hotel fronting Castle-street
St. Peter's
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) | |||||
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Polling place : At the two windows of the Horse and Jockey public-house fronting Seel-street
Pitt Street
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% | |||
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Polling place : At two compartments in the South Free School in Park-lane.
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 | |||||
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Polling place : At a warehouse, east side of St. James's-street, near the corner of St. Vincent-street.
Rodney Street
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) | |||||
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) | |||||
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Polling place : At the Phoenix Inn, at the top of Mount Pleasant
Lime Street
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) | |||||
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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
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 | |||||
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Polling place : At the Pontack's Public-house, in Christian-street.
West Derby
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) | |||||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Polling place : At the Edge-hill Coffee-house.
South Toxteth
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) | |||||
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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
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]
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.
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Thomas Morecroft | 270 | 56% | ||
Conservative | Ambrose Lace | 209 | 44% | ||
Majority | 61 | ||||
Registered electors | 633 | ||||
Turnout | 479 | 76% | |||
Whig hold | Swing |
See also
- Liverpool City Council
- 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
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