1846 Liverpool Town Council election
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16 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 16 wards 33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority |
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Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Monday 2 November 1846. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Three of the sixteen wards were uncontested. In the uncontested elections, votes were still cast, although in very small numbers.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | 36 | 0 | 16 | 52 |
| Reformers | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1846 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 69% | 52% | 2,654 | |
| Whig | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 31% | 48% | 2,443 | |
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
No. 11 Abercromby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Kaye * | 268 | 52% | |
| Whig | Thomas Todd | 243 | 48% | |
Majority | 25 | 4% | |
Registered electors | 719 | | |
Turnout | 511 | 71% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Castle Street
No. 6 Castle Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | James Aikin * | 2 | 100% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 2 | | |
| Whig hold | Swing | | |
Everton
No. 1 Everton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | William Atherton * | 301 | 52% | |
| Whig | William Walthew | 278 | 48% | |
Majority | 23 | 4% | |
Registered electors | 899 | | |
Turnout | 579 | 64% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Exchange
No. 5 Exchange Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Tyrer * | 187 | 59% | |
| Whig | James Mellor | 129 | 41% | |
Majority | 58 | 18% | |
Registered electors | 610 | | |
Turnout | 316 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Great George
No. 9 Great George Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Joseph Cooper | 168 | 62% | |
| Whig | William Purser Freme | 103 | 38% | |
Majority | 65 | 24% | |
Registered electors | 459 | | |
Turnout | 271 | 59% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Lime Street
No. 12 Lime Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | Henry Danson | 280 | 52% | |
| Conservative | Charles Saunders | 254 | 48% | |
Majority | 26 | 4% | N/A |
Registered electors | 746 | | |
Turnout | 534 | 72% | |
| Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
North Toxteth
No. 16 North Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | Robert Benn | 241 | 64% | |
| Conservative | John Sheppard | 135 | 36% | |
Majority | 105 | 28% | N/A |
Registered electors | 814 | | |
Turnout | 376 | 46% | |
| Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Toulmin * | 199 | 55% | |
| Whig | George Holt | 163 | 45% | |
Majority | 36 | 10% | |
Registered electors | 523 | | |
Turnout | 362 | 69% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Samuel Holme | 306 | 57% | |
| Whig | Thomas Booth | 229 | 43% | |
Majority | 77 | 14% | |
Registered electors | 821 | | |
Turnout | 535 | 65% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Anne Street
No. 13 St. Anne Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | William Bennett | 202 | 56% | |
| Whig | Joseph Hornby * | 159 | 44% | |
Majority | 43 | 12% | N/A |
Registered electors | 473 | | |
Turnout | 361 | 76% | |
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |
St. Paul's
No. 4 St. Paul's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | James Stitt | 145 | 57% | |
| Conservative | John Briscoe | 108 | 43% | |
Majority | 37 | 14% | |
Registered electors | 472 | | |
Turnout | 253 | 54% | |
| Whig hold | Swing | | |
St. Peter's
No. 7 St. Peter's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Abraham Tinne * | 3 | 100% | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold |
Scotland
No. 2 Scotland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Holme | 229 | 51% | |
| Whig | William Thornhill * | 221 | 49% | |
Majority | 8 | 2% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 450 | | |
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |
South Toxteth
No. 15 South Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | William Watson | 171 | 51% | |
| Conservative | Thomas Swanbrook Glazebrook * | 162 | 49% | |
Majority | 9 | 2% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 333 | | |
| Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Vauxhall
No. 3 Vauxhall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Grant Morris | 118 | 60% | |
| Whig | Thomas Chalmer | 79 | 40% | |
Majority | 39 | 20% | N/A |
Registered electors | 296 | | |
Turnout | 197 | 67% | |
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |
West Derby
No. 14 West Derby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | George Hall Lawrence | 14 | 100% | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold |
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By-elections
References
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council Minute book June 1845 - April 1848 p. 255 scan)". Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council Minute book June 1845 - April 1848 p. 256 scan)". Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ^ "The Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 28th October 1846)". Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ^ "The Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 4th November 1846)". Retrieved 5 November 2016.