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:

PartyCouncillors  ±  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

No. 11 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

No. 6 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Charles Birch * unopposed
Registered electors
Whig hold Swing

Everton

No. 1 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

No. 5 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

No. 9 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

No. 12 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

No. 16 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

No. 8 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

No. 10 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

No. 13 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

No. 4 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

No. 7 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

No. 2 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

No. 15 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

No. 3 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

No. 14 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

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