Liverpool Town Council election, 1835

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 26th 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	+/−
	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

* - Previosly 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	N. 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	W. R. 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.

	Alderman	Term expires
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

^[16] ^[17]

By-elections

No. 12, Lime Street, January 1836

Caused by the resignation of Joseph Langton (Reformers, Lime Street, elected 26th December 1835)

No. 12 Lime Street - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Mr. Morecroft

Majority
Registered electors			633
Turnout
	Whig hold		Swing

^[18] ^[19]

References

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↑ "The Albion Monsday 28th December 1835 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "The Albion Monday 28th December 1835 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "The Albion Monday 28th December 1835 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "The Albion Monday 28th December 1835 (5) (scan)". Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "The Albion Monday 28th December 1835 (6) (scan)". Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "The Albion Monday 28th December 1835 (7) (scan)". Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 30th December 1835 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 30th December 1835 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 30th December 1835 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 30th December 1835 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Mercury Friday 1st January 1836 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Mercury Friday 1st January 1836 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Mercury Friday 1st January 1836 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Mercury Friday 1st January 1836 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Mercury January 1836 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "The Albion January 1836 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Mercury 15 January 1836 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 31 October 2016.
↑ "Liverpool Mercury 15 January 1836 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 31 October 2016.

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