1851 Liverpool Town Council election

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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
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Castle Street[]

No. 6
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Hugh Hornby * unopposed
Registered electors
Whig hold Swing

Everton[]

No. 1 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Aked * 171 72%
Whig John Johnson 65 28%
Majority 106
Registered electors
Turnout 236
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange[]

No. 5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Littledale * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Great George[]

No. 9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Wagstaff * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Lime Street[]

No. 12
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig James Johnson * unopposed
Registered electors
Whig hold Swing

North Toxteth[]

No. 16
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Royden 253 61%
Whig William Fisher 161 39%
Majority 92
Registered electors
Turnout 414
Conservative hold Swing

Pitt Street[]

No. 8
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
John Gladstone jun. unopposed
Registered electors
gain from Swing

Rodney Street[]

No. 10
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Flemming unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

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
Registered electors
Turnout 348
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

St. Paul's[]

No. 4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig John Rowland McGuffie unopposed
Registered electors
Whig gain from Conservative Swing

St. Peter's[]

No. 7
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harmood Banner 285 61%
Whig Thomas Clarke * 182 39%
Majority 103
Registered electors
Turnout 467
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

Scotland[]

No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig James Thomson * unopposed
Registered electors
Whig hold Swing

South Toxteth[]

No. 15
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Stewart 272 80%
Whig Edward Cannon Hindley * 66 20%
Majority 206
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
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
Registered electors
Turnout 373
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

See also[]

References[]

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