Liverpool Town Council election, 1850
Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Friday 1 November 1850. 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.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ?? | +1 | ?? | ?? | |
Reformers | ?? | -1 | ?? | ?? | |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1850 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Conservative | 14 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 87.5% | |||||
Whig | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 12.5% | |||||
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Cardwell Gardner | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Castle Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Holt | 277 | 69% | ||
Whig | John Smith | 122 | 31% | ||
Majority | 155 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 399 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | ||||
Everton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Moulsdale Mellor | 311 | 51% | ||
Whig | William Walthew * | 294 | 49% | ||
Majority | 17 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 605 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | ||||
Exchange
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Turner | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Great George
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Ashley Clayton | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Lime Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Buck Lloyd * | 300 | 64% | ||
Whig | K. Leversedge | 167 | 36% | ||
Majority | 133 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 467 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
North Toxteth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matthew Gregson | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Pitt Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Powell Jeffreys * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Rodney Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Aspinall Tobin * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. Anne Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Nicholson | 172 | 54% | ||
Whig | W. K. Tyrer | 144 | 46% | ||
Majority | 28 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 316 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. Paul's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Oliver Holden | 192 | 65% | ||
Conservative | John James | 104 | 35% | ||
Majority | 88 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 296 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
St. Peter's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Holme | 282 | 53% | ||
Whig | William Henderson | 248 | 47% | ||
Majority | 34 | ||||
Registered electors | 784 | ||||
Turnout | 530 | 68% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Scotland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Woodruff * | 327 | 66% | ||
Whig | Raymond William Houghton | 172 | 34% | ||
Majority | 155 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 499 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
South Toxteth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Holme | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Vauxhall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Preston * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
West Derby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Marks Wood | 260 | 67% | ||
Whig | Eyre Evans | 127 | 33% | ||
Majority | 133 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 387 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Aldermanic Elections
On 9th November 1850, the term of office of eight aldermen who were elected on 9th November 1844 expired.
The following were elected as Aldermen by the Council on 9th November 1850 for a term of office of six years.
* - re-elected Alderman.
Party | Alderman | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | William Bennett | |
Conservative | John Bent * | |
Conservative | Thomas Dover * | |
Reformer | Edward Langsdale | |
Conservative | James Lawrence * | |
Reformer | William Preston | |
Conservative | Thomas Robinson | |
Conservative | John Haywood Turner * | |
By-elections
No. 10, Rodney Street, 1st November 1950
A signed declaration, dated 27 October 1850, from Councillors Bernard Hall, Thomas Wagstaff and John Charles Fernihough was submitted to the Council on 29th October 1850 stating that Councillor George Booker (Conservative, Rodney Street, elected 1st November 1848) had been absent from the borough for more than six months. This disqualified Councillor Booker and initiated the by election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Fleming | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
No. 1, Everton, 15 Novemver 1850
Caused by the election of Councillor Edward Langsdale (Reformer, Everton, elected 1st November 1848) as an alderman by the council on 9th November 1850.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Aked | ||||
Whig | |||||
Majority | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | ||||
No. 3, Vauxhall, 15 November 1850
Caused by the election of Councillor William Preston (Reformer, Vauxhall, elected 1st November 1850) as an alderman by the council on 9th November 1850.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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William Nicholson | |||||
Majority | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | |||||
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]] | Swing | ||||
No. 8, Pitt Street, 15 November 1850
Caused by the election of Councillor Thomas Robinson (Conservative, Pitt Street, elected 1st November 1848) as an alderman by the council on 9th November 1850.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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John Gladstone jun. | |||||
Majority | |||||
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Turnout | |||||
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]] | Swing | ||||
No. 13, St. Anne Street, 15 November 1850
Caused by the election of Cllr. William Bennett (Conservative, St. Anne Street, elected 1st November 1849) as an alderman by the council on 9th November 1849.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Kenney Tyrer | ||||
Conservative | |||||
Majority | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
No. 7, St. Peter's, 4 August 1851
Caused by the death of Councillor John Ferguson (Conservative, elected 1st November 1848).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Clarke | |||||
Majority | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | |||||
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]] | Swing | ||||
See also
- Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
- Liverpool City Council elections 1880 - present
- Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
- History of local government in England
References
- ↑ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 30 October 1850 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 30 October 1850 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 30 October 1850 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 30 October 1850 (5) (scan)". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 6 November 1850 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 6 November 1850 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 6 November 1850 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 13 November 1850 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Courier Wednesday 13 November 1850 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ↑ "(Liverpool) Albion Monday 18 November 1850 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ↑ "(Liverpool) Albion Monday 18 November 1850 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool Town Council - Council Minute Book 1850-1851 pg 237 (scan)". Retrieved 30 November 2016.