1850 Liverpool Town Council election
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← 1849 | November 1, 1850 (1850-11-01) | 1851 → |
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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 Friday 1 November 1850. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Eight of the sixteen wards were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | +1 | ?? | ?? |
| Reformers | ?? | −1 | ?? | ?? |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1850 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 14 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 87.5% | | | |
| Whig | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 12.5% | | | |
Ward results
* – Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
No. 11 Abercromby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Richard Cardwell Gardner | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold |
Castle Street
No. 6 Castle Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | George Holt | 277 | 69% | |
| Whig | John Smith | 122 | 31% | |
Majority | 155 | 38% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 399 | | |
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |
Everton
No. 1 Everton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Samuel Moulsdale Mellor | 311 | 51% | |
| Whig | William Walthew * | 294 | 49% | |
Majority | 17 | 2% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 605 | | |
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |
Exchange
No. 5 Exchange Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Charles Turner | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold |
Great George
No. 9 Great George Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | William Ashley Clayton | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold |
Lime Street
No. 12 Lime Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Buck Lloyd * | 300 | 64% | |
| Whig | K. Leversedge | 167 | 36% | |
Majority | 133 | 28% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 467 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
North Toxteth
No. 16 North Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Matthew Gregson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold |
Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Walter Powell Jeffreys * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold |
Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Aspinall Tobin * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold |
St. Anne Street
No. 13 St. Anne Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Nicholson | 172 | 54% | |
| Whig | W. K. Tyrer | 144 | 46% | |
Majority | 28 | 8% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 316 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Paul's
No. 4 St. Paul's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | Oliver Holden | 192 | 65% | |
| Conservative | John James | 104 | 35% | |
Majority | 88 | 30% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 296 | | |
| Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
St. Peter's
No. 7 St. Peter's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Holme | 282 | 53% | |
| Whig | William Henderson | 248 | 47% | |
Majority | 34 | 6% | |
Registered electors | 784 | | |
Turnout | 530 | 68% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Scotland
No. 2 Scotland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | John Woodruff * | 327 | 66% | |
| Conservative | Raymond William Houghton | 172 | 34% | |
Majority | 155 | 32% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 499 | | |
| Whig hold | Swing | | |
South Toxteth
No. 15 South Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Samuel Holme | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold |
Vauxhall
No. 3 Vauxhall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | William Preston * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Whig hold |
West Derby
No. 14 West Derby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Marks Wood | 260 | 67% | |
| Whig | Eyre Evans | 127 | 33% | |
Majority | 133 | 34% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 387 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
On 9 November 1850, the term of office of eight aldermen who were elected on 9 November 1844 expired.
The following were elected as Aldermen by the council on 9 November 1850 for a term of office of six years.
* – re-elected Alderman.
Party | Alderman |
| Conservative | William Bennett |
| Conservative | John Bent * |
| Conservative | Thomas Dover * |
| Reformer | Edward Langsdale |
| Conservative | James Lawrence * |
| Reformer | William Preston |
| Conservative | Thomas Robinson |
| Conservative | John Haywood Turner * |
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By-elections
No. 10, Rodney Street, 1 November 1950
A signed declaration, dated 27 October 1850, from Councillors Bernard Hall, Thomas Wagstaff and John Charles Fernihough was submitted to the council on 29 October 1850 stating that Councillor George Booker (Conservative, Rodney Street, elected 1 November 1848) had been absent from the borough for more than six months. This disqualified Councillor Booker and initiated the by election.
No. 10 Rodney Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Fleming | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold |
No. 1, Everton, 15 November 1850
Caused by the election of Councillor Edward Langsdale (Reformer, Everton, elected 1 November 1848) as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1850.
No. 1 Everton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Robert Aked | | | |
| Whig | | | | |
Majority | | | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |
No. 3, Vauxhall, 15 November 1850
Caused by the election of Councillor William Preston (Reformer, Vauxhall, elected 1 November 1850) as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1850.
No. 8, Pitt Street, 15 November 1850
Caused by the election of Councillor Thomas Robinson (Conservative, Pitt Street, elected 1 November 1848) as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1850.
No. 13, St. Anne Street, 15 November 1850
Caused by the election of Cllr. William Bennett (Conservative, St. Anne Street, elected 1 November 1849) as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1849.
No. 13 St. Anne Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | William Kenney Tyrer | | | |
| Conservative | | | | |
Majority | | | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
[10] [11]
No. 7, St. Peter's, 4 August 1851
Caused by the death of Councillor John Ferguson (Conservative, elected 1 November 1848).
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See also
References
- ^ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 30 October 1850 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 30 October 1850 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 30 October 1850 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 30 October 1850 (5) (scan)". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 6 November 1850 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 6 November 1850 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 6 November 1850 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 13 November 1850 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 13 November 1850 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "(Liverpool) Albion Monday 18 November 1850 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "(Liverpool) Albion Monday 18 November 1850 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Town Council – Council Minute Book 1850–1851 p. 237 (scan)". Retrieved 30 November 2016.