1835 Liverpool Town Council election

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1835 Liverpool Town Council election
26 December 1835 (1835-12-26) 1836 →
48 new seats were up for election for the first time: three seats for each of the new 16 wards
33 (incl. 16 Aldermen) seats needed for a majority
Registered6,803
Turnout80.36%
  First party Second party
 
Reformers
Conservative
Party Reformers Conservative
Seats won 44 4
Popular vote 3,213 2,254
Percentage 59% 41%
Council Leader before election


Conservative

Council Leader after election


Reformers

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

This was the first democratic election to Liverpool Town Council. The predecessor Council, the Common Council, elected new members itself. This election 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 local press, at the time, referred exclusively to candidates as Reformers or Conservatives.

Members of the preceding Corporation of Liverpool that was replaced by the Liverpool Town Council

The Liverpool Corporation consisted of 17 Aldermen, including the mayor and 19 members of the Common Council.

Party Position Name
Mayor James Aspinall
Recorder James Clarke
Alderman George Case
Alderman P. W. Brancker
Alderman John Bourne
Alderman Samuel Staniforth
Alderman John Wright
Alderman Thomas Case
Alderman Sir John Tobin
Alderman Richard Leyland
Alderman Charles Lawrence
Conservative Alderman Peter Bourne
Alderman Thomas Littledale
Alderman Nicholas Robinson
Alderman Sir George Drinkwater
Conservative Alderman Sir Thomas Brancker
Alderman Samuel Sandbach
Conservative Alderman Charles Horsefall
Conservative Bailiff Ambrose Lace
Bailiff James Pownall
Town Clerk Thomas Foster
Common Council
Party Name
Thomas Corrie
William Wallace Currie
John Deane Case
Isaac Oldham Bold
William Earle
Conservative John Shaw Leigh
William Ripley
Henry Moss
John Ewart
Samuel Thompson
Richard Houghton
Anthony Molyneux
Thomas Shaw
Conservative Richard B. B. Hollinshead
Henry Ashton
Conservative Robertson Gladstone
James Crosbie
James Cockshot
Joseph N. Walker

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Members of the preceding Liverpool Common Council who sought election to the Liverpool Town Council

Party Candidate Ward Standing Elected
Conservative Charles Horsfall Everton and Kirkdale Yes
Conservative John Wright Vauxhall No
Conservative Sir Thomas Brancker Castle Street No
Conservative Charles Lawrence Great George No
Reformers William Earle jun. Abercromby Yes
Conservative John Shaw Leigh West Derby Yes
Reformers W. W. Currie North Toxteth Yes

Composition of the Council

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
Reformers 44 15 59
Conservative 4 1 5

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1835
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Reformers 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 % ±%
Reformer John Holmes 224 51% N/A
Reformer S. Hope 215 49% N/A
Conservative Charles Horsfall * 214 49% N/A
Reformer Joseph Hornby 211 N/A
Conservative Adam Hodgson 195 N/A
Conservative W. C. Molyneux 193 N/A
Majority 10 N/A
Registered electors 503
Turnout 438 87% N/A
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% N/A
Whig William Thornhill 171 58% N/A
Whig Richard Shiel 159 54% N/A
Conservative Richard Houghton 118 40% N/A
Conservative James Heyworth 96 33% N/A
Conservative Mr. Foster 89 30% N/A
Majority 59 N/A
Registered electors 345
Turnout 295 86% N/A
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% N/A
Whig Egerton Smith 86 51% N/A
Whig J. D. Thornely 80 48% N/A
Conservative Henry Coupland 76 45% N/A
Conservative John Wright * 74 44% N/A
Conservative Joseph Ackers 66 39% N/A
Majority 16 N/A
Registered electors 201
Turnout 168 84% N/A
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% N/A
Whig Alexander McGregor 124 48% N/A
Conservative John Barton 119 46% N/A
Whig William Stuart 117 46% N/A
Conservative R. B. B. Hollinshead 102 40% N/A
Conservative William Shand 89 35% N/A
Majority 18 N/A
Registered electors 297
Turnout 256 86% N/A
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% N/A
Whig Lawrence Heyworth 167 53% N/A
Whig James Mellor 161 51% N/A
Conservative Thomas Sands 139 44% N/A
Conservative John Bent 126 40% N/A
Conservative G. B. Irlam 118 37% N/A
Majority 40 N/A
Registered electors 468
Turnout 318 N/A
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% N/A
Whig Charles Birch 259 73% N/A
Whig Thomas Bolton 248 70% N/A
Conservative Sir Thomas Brancker * 96 27%
Conservative George Grant 83 23% N/A
Conservative Mr. Wood 78 22% N/A
Majority 164 N/A
Registered electors 604
Turnout 356 59% N/A
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% N/A
Whig William Rushton 200 57% N/A
Whig Richard Bright 190 54% N/A
Conservative Mr. Potter 145 41% N/A
Conservative Nathan Litherland 143 41% N/A
Conservative Thomas Tobin 142 41% N/A
Majority 60 N/A
Registered electors 548
Turnout 359 64% N/A
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% N/A
Whig William Rathbone 193 54% N/A
Whig William Robert Preston 184 51% N/A
Conservative John Bibby 158 44% N/A
Conservative Peter Bourne 151 42% N/A
Conservative T. C. Molyneux 140 39% N/A
Majority 43 N/A
Registered electors 532
Turnout 359 67% N/A
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% N/A
Whig Wellwood Maxwell 146 40% N/A
Whig James Aikin 135 37% N/A
Conservative Charles Lawrence * 131 36% N/A
Conservative Joseph Cooper 108 29% N/A
Majority 106 N/A
Registered electors 335
Turnout N/A
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% N/A
Whig William Lassell 197 49.9% N/A
Whig Thomas Holt 194 49% N/A
Conservative Dr. J. P. Brandreth 192 49% N/A
Conservative John H. Turner 182 46% N/A
Whig Eyre Evans 179 45% N/A
Majority 1 N/A
Registered electors 478
Turnout 395 83% N/A
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% N/A
Whig Jas. Carson M.D. 184 55% N/A
Whig Thomas Brocklebank 172 52% N/A
Conservative Robertson Gladstone 147 44% N/A
Conservative Thomas Kaye 141 42% N/A
Conservative William Ripley 129 39% N/A
Majority 39 N/A
Registered electors 373
Turnout 333 89% N/A
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% N/A
Whig Thomas Blackburn 302 61% N/A
Whig R. Roskell 292 59% N/A
Conservative Ambrose Lace 190 38% N/A
Conservative Robert Rigby 176 35% N/A
Conservative J. Todd Naylor 170 34% N/A
Majority 118 N/A
Registered electors 633
Turnout 498 79% N/A
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% N/A
Whig Thomas Coglan 195 46% N/A
Whig Edward Cropper 191 N/A
Conservative Edward Gibbon 139 33% N/A
Conservative John Davies 132 31% N/A
Conservative Richard Jones 127 30% N/A
Majority 149 N/A
Registered electors 393
Turnout N/A
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% N/A
Whig George Holt 166 49.4% N/A
Conservative Joseph Sanders 153 45% N/A
Whig William Purser Freme 153 45% N/A
Whig William Blaine 152 N/A
Conservative William P. Bushby 136 40% N/A
Majority 6 N/A
Registered electors 370
Turnout 338 91% N/A
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% N/A
Whig W. Sharples 99 51% N/A
Whig Francis Jordan 92 47% N/A
Conservative Mr. Fletcher 80 41% N/A
Conservative Mr. Smith 75 39% N/A
Conservative N. Robinson 65 34%
Majority 34 N/A
Registered electors 230
Turnout 194 84% N/A
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% N/A
Whig Mr. Duncan 223 60% N/A
Whig C. Tayleur 222 59% N/A
Conservative Mr. Troughton 132 35% N/A
Conservative Mr. Gibbons 130 35% N/A
Conservative James Dempsey 90 24% N/A
Majority 110 N/A
Registered electors 493
Turnout 374 76% N/A
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. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

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.

Party Alderman Term expires Ward
Reformers William Stuart 1841
Reformers Thomas Booth 1841
Reformers Joseph Hornby 1841
Reformers William Brown 1841
Reformers Thomas Leathom 1841
Reformers Thomas Smith (Toxteth park) 1841
Reformers Robert Benn 1841
Reformers Christopher Hird Jones 1841
Reformers Thomas Bulley 1838
Reformers Eyre Evans 1838
Reformers William Blaine 1838
Reformers James Moon 1838
Reformers William Purser Freme 1838
Reformers Thomas Brockhurst Barclay 1838
Reformers George Robinson 1838
Conservative Ormerod Heyworth 1838

[17] [18]

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. [19] [20]

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

[21] [22] [23] [24]

See also

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