Liverpool Town Council election, 1848

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1848, with the exception of Castle Street and Scotland wards where the elections were held on 2nd November because the Aldermen for these wards were not able to act as returning officers. 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.

This was the first year that the local press referred to "Liberals" rather than "Reformers"

The main issue at this election was whether the Corporation estate and the docks should be subject to Rates (tax).

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	33	0	15	48
	Reformers	15	0	1	16

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1848
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	4	4	0	62%	60%	1,826
	Whig	6	4	4	0	38%	40%	1,218

Because half of the wards were uncontested, these statistics should be taken in that context.

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hugn Neil	249	55%
	Whig	William Earle	201	45%
Majority			48
Registered electors
Turnout			450
	Conservative hold		Swing

Polling Place : The Phœnix Inn, on the east side of Mount-pleasant.

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Hugh Hornby *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Whig hold		Swing

Polling Place : The Saracen's Head in Dale-street.

Everton

No. 1 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Edward Langsdale	352	51%
	Conservative	Francis Shand *	338	49%
Majority			14
Registered electors
Turnout			690
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

Polling Place : The Public-house on the north side of Great Homer-street, Occupied by Mr. Charles Unwin.

Francis Shand was opposed to the rating of the Corporation and Dock Estates, Edward Langsdale was of the opposite view.

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Littledale jun. *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Polling Place : The north end of the Sessions' house, in Chapel-street.

Thomas Littledale jun. was a pro-rater.

Great George

No. 9 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Wagstaff	202	58%
	Whig	Thomas Lloyd	147	42%
Majority			55
Registered electors
Turnout			349
	Conservative hold		Swing

Polling Place : The Shop, No. 64 at the north side of Nelson-street, occupied by Mr. Richard Hesketh.

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	James Johnson	unopposed
Registered electors
	Whig hold		Swing

Polling Place : The Public-house of Mr. William Prescott, at the corner os St. Vincent-street, London-road.

James Johnson was a pro-rater.

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Fisher	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Polling Place : The Public-house, sign of “The Royal Oak”, corner of Warwick-street, Park-road.

William Fisher was a pro-rater.

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Robinson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Polling Place : The Committee-room of the South Corporation School, in Park-lane.

Thomas Robinson was a pro-rater.

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Booker	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Polling Place : The Shop, near the entrance to the New Arcade, on the west side of of Renshaw-street, occupied by Mr. Robert Brassey.

George Booker was a pro-rater.

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Poole	138	80%
	Whig	Henry Adams	35	20%
Majority			103
Registered electors
Turnout			173
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Polling Place : The House of Mr. Thomas Hindle, on the west side of Christian-street

Thomas Pool was a pro-rater.

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Briscoe	185	50.4%
	Whig	John Rowland McGuffie	182	49.6%
Majority			3
Registered electors
Turnout			367
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Polling Place : The House of Mr. Mather, at the northwest corner of St. Paul's-square.

Both candidates were pro-raters.

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Ferguson	268	59%
	Conservative	John Stewart *	184	41%
Majority			84
Registered electors
Turnout			452
	Conservative gain from Conservative		Swing

Polling Place : The Public-house, sign of "The Horse and Jockey" in Seel-street'

John Ferguson, a determined pro-rater and chairman of the National Federation.

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	James Thomson	unopposed
Registered electors
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

Polling Place : The House No. 64, on the north side of Burlington-street, near Limekiln-lane, occupied by Mr. Joseph Jones.

James Thompson advocared the rating of the Corporate and Dock estates.

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Edward Cannon Hindley	unopposed
Registered electors
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

Polling Place : The Shop, on the west side of Park-road, occupied by Mrs. Eliza Gould, near the church of St. John the Baptist.

Edward Cannon Hindley was a pro-rater.

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Llewellyn Hodson	123	78%
	Whig	William Rathbone *	35	22%
Majority			88
Registered electors
Turnout			158
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Polling Place : The House occupied by Mr. George Gurden, on the west side of Vauxhall-road nearly opposite the end of Blackstock-street.

William Rathbone was an advocate of the Rivington Pike water scheme and opposed to the rating of the Corporate and Dock estates. Mr. Hodson took the contrary views.

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Richard Mitchell Beckwith	266	65%
	Conservative	James H. Bourne	141	35%
Majority			125
Registered electors
Turnout			407
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

Polling Place : The House, on the south side of Edge-hill, oppositethe Church, in the occupation of Mrs. Mary Fleetwood.

Richard Mitchell Beckwith was a pro-rater.

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References

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Districts and Wards of the City of Liverpool

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