1851 Liverpool Town Council election
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← 1850 | November 1, 1851 (1851-11-01) | 1852 → |
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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 Saturday 1 November 1851. One-third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Nine of the sixteen wards were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Reformers | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1851 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | | | | | | | | |
| Whig | | | | | | | | |
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
No. 11 Abercromby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Hugh Neill * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold |
Castle Street
No. 6 Castle Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | Hugh Hornby * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Whig hold |
Everton
No. 1 Everton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Robert Aked * | 171 | 72% | |
| Whig | John Johnson | 65 | 28% | |
Majority | 106 | 44% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 236 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Exchange
No. 5 Exchange Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Littledale * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold |
Great George
No. 9 Great George Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Wagstaff * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold |
Lime Street
No. 12 Lime Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | James Johnson * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Whig hold |
North Toxteth
No. 16 North Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Royden | 253 | 61% | |
| Whig | William Fisher | 161 | 39% | |
Majority | 92 | 22% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 414 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Gladstone jun. | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| gain from | Swing | | |
Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Flemming | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold |
St. Anne Street
No. 13 St. Anne Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Raymond William Houghton | 207 | 59% | |
| Whig | William Purser Freme * | 141 | 41% | |
Majority | 66 | 18% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 348 | | |
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |
St. Paul's
No. 4 St. Paul's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | John Rowland McGuffie | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Whig gain from Conservative |
St. Peter's
No. 7 St. Peter's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Harmood Banner | 285 | 61% | |
| Whig | Thomas Clarke * | 182 | 39% | |
Majority | 103 | 22% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 467 | | |
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |
Scotland
No. 2 Scotland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | James Thomson * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Whig hold |
South Toxteth
No. 15 South Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Stewart | 272 | 80% | |
| Whig | Edward Cannon Hindley * | 66 | 20% | |
Majority | 206 | 60% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 338 | | |
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |
Vauxhall
No. 3 Vauxhall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | Edward Bradley | 147 | 65% | |
| Conservative | Thomas Llewelyn Hodson * | 78 | 35% | |
Majority | 69 | 30% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 225 | | |
| Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
West Derby
No. 14 West Derby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Richard Mitchell Beckwith * | 233 | 62% | |
| Whig | William Earle | 140 | 38% | |
Majority | 93 | 24% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 373 | | |
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |
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See also
References
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