Liverpool Town Council election, 1837
Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1837. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
One of the sixteen wards was uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reformers | 33 | -4 | 15 | 48 | |
Conservative | 15 | +4 | 1 | 16 | |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1837 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Whig | 12 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 75% | 51% | 3,093 | |||
Conservative | 4 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 25% | 49% | 2,945 | |||
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Dr. James Carson * | 250 | 51% | ||
Conservative | Robertson Gladstone | 245 | 49% | ||
Majority | 5 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 495 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Castle Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Birch * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Everton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Hodgson | 273 | 51% | ||
Whig | George Quayle | 258 | 49% | ||
Majority | 15 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 531 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | ||||
Exchange
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Sands | 204 | 51% | ||
Whig | Lawrence Heyworth * | 193 | 49% | ||
Majority | 11 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 397 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | ||||
Great George
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Cooper | 172 | 57% | ||
Whig | Hardman Earle | 131 | 43% | ||
Majority | 41 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 303 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | ||||
Lime Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Blackburn * | 328 | 57% | ||
Conservative | Ambrose Lace | 252 | 43% | ||
Majority | 76 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 580 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
North Toxteth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William McMurdo Duncan * | 232 | 55% | ||
Conservative | John Sheppard | 191 | 45% | ||
Majority | 41 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 423 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Pitt Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Rathbone * | 229 | 52% | ||
Conservative | James Aspinall | 208 | 48% | ||
Majority | 21 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 437 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Rodney Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Lassell * | 261 | 51% | ||
Conservative | John Wright | 247 | 49% | ||
Majority | 14 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 508 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
St. Anne Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Segar | 214 | 51% | ||
Conservative | John Davies | 205 | 49% | ||
Majority | 9 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 419 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
St. Paul's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Benjamin Frankland | 163 | 51% | ||
Conservative | William Winstanley | 155 | 49% | ||
Majority | 8 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 318 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
St. Peter's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Priestly | 192 | 53% | ||
Conservative | Henry R. Sandbach | 168 | 47% | ||
Majority | 24 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 360 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Scotland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Thornhill * | 230 | 51% | ||
Conservative | Thomas Berry Horsfall | 217 | 49% | ||
Majority | 13 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 447 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
South Toxteth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Platt | 134 | 51% | ||
Conservative | Alexander Smith jnr | 129 | 49% | ||
Majority | 5 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 263 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Vauxhall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Preston | 114 | 56% | ||
Conservative | Thomas Case | 91 | 44% | ||
Majority | 23 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 205 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
West Derby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Hall Lawrence | 188 | 53% | ||
Whig | George Holt * | 164 | 47% | ||
Majority | 24 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 352 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | ||||
See also
- Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
- Liverpool City Council elections 1880 - present
- Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
References
- ↑ "The Albion Monday 6 November 1837 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ↑ "The Albion Monday 6 November 1837 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ↑ "The Albion Monday 6 November 1837 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ↑ "The Albion Monday 6 November 1837 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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