1839 Liverpool Town Council election

1839 Liverpool Town Council election
â 1838 1 November 1839 1840 â
Council Leader before election; ; Conservative	Council Leader after election ; ; Reformers

Elections to the Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday, 1 November 1839. One-third of the council seats were up for election, with each councillor serving a three-year term.

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One of the sixteen wards was uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

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Party		Councillors	Â±	Aldermen	Total
	Reformers	28	-2	16	44
	Conservative	20	+2	0	20

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Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/â
	Whig	7	2	4	-2	44%	48%	3,146
	Conservative	9	4	2	+2	56%	52%	3,342

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	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

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

1839 Liverpool Town Council election

Election result

Ward results

Abercromby

Castle Street

Everton

Exchange

Great George

Lime Street

North Toxteth

Pitt Street

Rodney Street

St. Anne Street

St. Paul's

St. Peter's

Scotland

South Toxteth

Vauxhall

West Derby

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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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Richard Bright *	Unopposed
Registered electors			583
	Whig hold

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

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

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

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