1839 English local government election
1839 Liverpool Town Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg/50px-Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg.png)
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← 1838 | 1 November 1839 (1839-11-01) | 1840 → |
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| Reformers | Conservative | Party | Reformers | Conservative | |
Council Leader before election Conservative | Council Leader after election Reformers | |
Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1839. 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 | 28 | -2 | 16 | 44 |
| Conservative | 20 | +2 | 0 | 20 |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1839 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Whig | 7 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 44% | 48% | 3,146 | |
| Conservative | 9 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 56% | 52% | 3,342 | |
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
No. 11 Abercromby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Christopher Bushell | 318 | 51% | |
| Whig | Henry Ripley | 310 | 49% | |
Majority | 8 | 2% | N/A |
Registered electors | 755 | | |
Turnout | 628 | 83% | |
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |
Castle Street
No. 6 Castle Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | Thomas Bolton * | 245 | 52% | |
| Conservative | P. Hope | 222 | 48% | |
Majority | 23 | 4% | |
Registered electors | 685 | | |
Turnout | 467 | 68% | |
| Whig hold | Swing | | |
Everton
No. 1 Everton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | George Quayle | 304 | 50.1% | |
| Conservative | William Shand | 303 | 49.9% | |
Majority | 1 | 0.2% | N/A |
Registered electors | 761 | | |
Turnout | 607 | 80% | |
| Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Exchange
No. 5 Exchange Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | James Mellor* | 193 | 50.1% | |
| Conservative | Ambrose Lace | 192 | 49.9% | |
Majority | 1 | 0.2% | |
Registered electors | 552 | | |
Turnout | 385 | 70% | |
| Whig hold | Swing | | |
Great George
No. 9 Great George Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Robinson | 188 | 53% | |
| Whig | Lawrence Heyworth | 167 | 47% | |
Majority | 21 | 6% | |
Registered electors | 505 | | |
Turnout | 355 | 70% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Lime Street
No. 12 Lime Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Robert Rigby | 405 | 52% | |
| Whig | Vincent Higgins * | 371 | 48% | |
Majority | 34 | 4% | N/A |
Registered electors | 990 | | |
Turnout | 776 | 78% | |
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |
North Toxteth
No. 16 North Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | Daniel Mather | 257 | 52% | |
| Conservative | Richard Harbord | 233 | 48% | |
Majority | 24 | 4% | |
Registered electors | 710 | | |
Turnout | 490 | 69% | |
| Whig hold | Swing | | |
Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | Richard Vaughan Yates | 192 | 50.4% | |
| Conservative | John Bibby * | 189 | 49.6% | |
Majority | 3 | 0.8% | N/A |
Registered electors | 560 | | |
Turnout | 381 | 68% | |
| Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Nelson Wood * | 274 | 55% | |
| Whig | George Loch | 225 | 45% | |
Majority | 49 | 10% | N/A |
Registered electors | 715 | | |
Turnout | 499 | 70% | |
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |
St. Anne Street
No. 13 St. Anne Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Robert Jones jun. | 192 | 53% | |
| Whig | Joseph Mason * | 173 | 47% | |
Majority | 19 | 6% | N/A |
Registered electors | 489 | | |
Turnout | 365 | 75% | |
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |
St. Paul's
No. 4 St. Paul's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Barton * | 178 | 50.1% | |
| Whig | John Deakin | 177 | 49.9% | |
Majority | 1 | 0.2% | |
Registered electors | 433 | | |
Turnout | 355 | 82% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Peter's
No. 7 St. Peter's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | Richard Bright * | Unopposed |
Registered electors | 583 | | |
| Whig hold |
Scotland
No. 2 Scotland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Richard Houghton * | 232 | 55% | |
| Whig | H. T. Atkinson | 191 | 45% | |
Majority | 41 | 10% | |
Registered electors | 594 | | |
Turnout | 423 | 71% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
South Toxteth
No. 15 South Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | Francis Jordan | 148 | 51% | |
| Conservative | William McKee | 142 | 49% | |
Majority | 6 | 2% | |
Registered electors | 363 | | |
Turnout | 290 | 80% | |
| Whig hold | Swing | | |
Vauxhall
No. 3 Vauxhall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Henry Robertson Sandbach | 110 | 55% | |
| Whig | Thomas Chalmer | 91 | 45% | |
Majority | 19 | 10% | |
Registered electors | 289 | | |
Turnout | 201 | 70% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
West Derby
No. 14 West Derby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Smith * | 164 | 62% | |
| Whig | Edward James | 102 | 38% | |
Majority | 62 | 24% | |
Registered electors | 422 | | |
Turnout | 201 | 63% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
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See also
References
- ^ "Liverpool Mercury Friday 8 November 1839 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Mercury Friday 8 November 1839 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Mercury Friday 8 November 1839 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool Mercury Friday 8 November 1839 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 10 October 2016.