1847 Liverpool Town Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg/50px-Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg.png)
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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 Wednesday 1 November 1847. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Four of the sixteen wards were uncontested.
After the annual Council election on 1 November 1847, the Aldermanic election on 9 November 1847 and the four by-elections caused by four Councillors having been elected as Aldermen on 17 November 1847, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | ± | Total |
| Conservative | 32 | −2 | 15 | −1 | 47 |
| Reformers | 16 | +2 | 1 | +! | 17 |
[1] [2] [3]
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1847 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 13 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 81% | 55% | 2,879 | |
| Whig | 3 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 19% | 45% | 2,347 | |
Ward results
* – Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
No. 11 Abercromby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Procter * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold |
Castle Street
No. 6 Castle Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | John Holmes * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Whig hold |
Everton
No. 1 Everton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | William Watthew | 283 | 50.4% | |
| Conservative | George Green Hornby | 278 | 49.6% | |
Majority | 5 | 0.8% | N/A |
Registered electors | 858 | | |
Turnout | 561 | 65% | |
| Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Exchange
No. 5 Exchange Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | George Henry Horsfall | 256 | 58% | |
| Whig | William Clare | 182 | 42% | |
Majority | 74 | 16% | |
Registered electors | 748 | | |
Turnout | 438 | 59% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Great George
No. 9 Great George Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Henry Gordon Harbord | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | 564 | | |
| Conservative hold |
Lime Street
No. 12 Lime Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Buck Lloyd * | 312 | 53% | |
| Whig | James Allanson Picton | 281 | 47% | |
Majority | 31 | 6% | |
Registered electors | 818 | | |
Turnout | 593 | 72% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
North Toxteth
No. 16 North Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | William Mann * | 281 | 55% | |
| Whig | William Purser Freme | 230 | 45% | |
Majority | 51 | 10% | |
Registered electors | 907 | | |
Turnout | 511 | 56% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Rimmer | 169 | 56% | |
| Whig | James Denton | 131 | 44% | |
Majority | 38 | 12% | |
Registered electors | 476 | | |
Turnout | 300 | 63% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Aspinall Tobin | 295 | 63% | |
| Whig | James Lewin | 176 | 37% | |
Majority | 119 | 26% | |
Registered electors | 781 | | |
Turnout | 471 | 60% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Anne Street
No. 13 St. Anne Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Parker * | 216 | 55% | |
| Whig | James Mellor | 180 | 45% | |
Majority | 36 | 10% | |
Registered electors | 491 | | |
Turnout | 396 | 81% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Paul's
St. Peter's
Scotland
No. 2 Scotland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Woodruff | 197 | 51% | |
| Whig | James Thompson | 190 | 49% | |
Majority | 7 | 2% | |
Registered electors | 535 | | |
Turnout | 387 | 72% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
South Toxteth
Vauxhall
West Derby
No. 14 West Derby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Josias Booker | 210 | 56% | |
| Whig | Richard Mitchell Beckwith | 163 | 44% | |
Majority | 47 | 12% | |
Registered electors | 661 | | |
Turnout | 373 | 56% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
On 9 November 1847, the term of office of eight aldermen who were elected on 9 November 1841 expired.
The following were elected as Aldermen by the council on 9 November 1847 for a term of office of six years.
* – re-elected Alderman.
Party | Alderman |
| Conservative | John Bramley-Moore * |
| Conservative | Edmund Molyneux * |
| Conservative | Thomas Chilton * |
| Reformer | John Holmes |
| Conservative | William Nicol * |
| Conservative | James Procter |
| Conservative | John Nelson Wood |
| Conservative | Joseph Cooper |
[15] [16] [17]
By-elections
No. 6, Castle Street, Wednesday 17 November 1847
Caused by the election of Councillor John Holmes (Reformer, Castle Street, elected 1 November 1847) as an Alderman on 9 November 1847.
No. 6 Castle Street 17 November 1847 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | George Holt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Whig hold |
No. 9, Great George, Wednesday 17 November 1847
Caused by the election of Councillor Joseph Cooper (Conservative, Great George, elected 1 November 1846) as an Alderman on 9 November 1847.
No. 9 Great George 17 November 1847 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | John Rogers | 177 | 53% | |
| Conservative | Mr. Dover | 156 | 47% | |
Majority | 21 | 6% | N/A |
Registered electors | 564 | | |
Turnout | 333 | 59% | |
| Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
No. 11, Abercromby, Wednesday 17 November 1847
Caused by the election of Councillor James Procter (Conservative, Abercromby, elected 1 November 1847
No. 10, Rodney Street, Wednesday 17 November 1847
Caused by the election of Councillor John Nelson Wood (Conservative, Rodney Street, elected 1 November 1845) as an Alderman on 9 November 1847.
No. 10 Rodney Street 17 November 1847 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | George Booker | 267 | 66% | |
| Whig | Mr. Lewin | 140 | 34% | |
Majority | 127 | 32% | |
Registered electors | 781 | | |
Turnout | 407 | 52% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
[18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
See also
References
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