Liverpool Town Council election, 1839
Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1839. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
One of the sixteen wards was uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reformers | ?? | -2 | 16 | ||
Conservative | ?? | +2 | 0 | ?? | |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1839 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Whig | 7 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 44% | 48% | 3,146 | |||
Conservative | 9 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 56% | 52% | 3,342 | |||
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Bushell | 318 | 51% | ||
Whig | Henry Ripley | 310 | 49% | ||
Majority | 8 | ||||
Registered electors | 755 | ||||
Turnout | 628 | 83% | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | ||||
Castle Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Bolton * | 245 | 52% | ||
Conservative | P. Hope | 222 | 48% | ||
Majority | 23 | ||||
Registered electors | 685 | ||||
Turnout | 467 | 68% | |||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Everton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Quayle | 304 | 50.1% | ||
Conservative | William Shand | 303 | 49.9% | ||
Majority | 1 | ||||
Registered electors | 761 | ||||
Turnout | 607 | 80% | |||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Exchange
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Mellor * | 193 | 50.1% | ||
Conservative | Ambrose Lace | 192 | 49.9% | ||
Majority | 1 | ||||
Registered electors | 552 | ||||
Turnout | 385 | 70% | |||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Great George
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Robinson | 188 | 53% | ||
Whig | Lawrence Heyworth | 167 | 47% | ||
Majority | 21 | ||||
Registered electors | 505 | ||||
Turnout | 355 | 70% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Lime Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Rigby | 405 | 52% | ||
Whig | Vincent Higgins * | 371 | 48% | ||
Majority | 34 | ||||
Registered electors | 990 | ||||
Turnout | 776 | 78% | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | ||||
North Toxteth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Daniel Mather | 257 | 52% | ||
Conservative | Richard Harbord | 233 | 48% | ||
Majority | 24 | ||||
Registered electors | 710 | ||||
Turnout | 490 | 69% | |||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Pitt Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Richard Vaughan Yates | 192 | 50.4% | ||
Conservative | John Bibby * | 189 | 49.6% | ||
Majority | 3 | ||||
Registered electors | 560 | ||||
Turnout | 381 | 68% | |||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Rodney Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Nelson Wood * | 274 | 55% | ||
Whig | George Loch | 225 | 45% | ||
Majority | 49 | ||||
Registered electors | 715 | ||||
Turnout | 499 | 70% | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | ||||
St. Anne Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Jones jun. | 192 | 53% | ||
Whig | Joseph Mason * | 173 | 47% | ||
Majority | 19 | ||||
Registered electors | 489 | ||||
Turnout | 365 | 75% | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | ||||
St. Paul's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Barton * | 178 | 50.1% | ||
Whig | John Deakin | 177 | 49.9% | ||
Majority | 1 | ||||
Registered electors | 433 | ||||
Turnout | 355 | 82% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. Peter's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Richard Bright * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 583 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Scotland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Houghton * | 232 | 55% | ||
Whig | H. T. Atkinson | 191 | 45% | ||
Majority | 41 | ||||
Registered electors | 594 | ||||
Turnout | 423 | 71% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
South Toxteth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Francis Jordan | 148 | 51% | ||
Conservative | William McKee | 142 | 49% | ||
Majority | 6 | ||||
Registered electors | 363 | ||||
Turnout | 290 | 80% | |||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Vauxhall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Robertson Sandbach | 110 | 55% | ||
Whig | Thomas Chalmer | 91 | 45% | ||
Majority | 19 | ||||
Registered electors | 289 | ||||
Turnout | 201 | 70% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
West Derby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Smith * | 164 | 62% | ||
Whig | Edward James | 102 | 38% | ||
Majority | 62 | ||||
Registered electors | 422 | ||||
Turnout | 201 | 63% | |||
Conservative 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
References
- ↑ "Liverpool Mercury Friday 8 November 1839 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Mercury Friday 8 November 1839 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Mercury Friday 8 November 1839 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Mercury Friday 8 November 1839 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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