1847 Liverpool Town Council election

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1847. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Four of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

After the annual Council election on 1 November 1847, the Aldermanic election on 9 November 1847 and the four by-elections caused by four Councillors having been elected as Aldermen on 17 November 1847, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	±	Total
	Conservative	32	−2	15	−1	47
	Reformers	16	+2	1	+!	17

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Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1847
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	13	0	2	-2	81%	55%	2,879
	Whig	3	2	0	+2	19%	45%	2,347

Ward results

* – Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Procter *	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Holmes *	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors
	Whig hold

Everton

No. 1 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Watthew	283	50.4%
	Conservative	George Green Hornby	278	49.6%
Majority			5	0.8%	N/A
Registered electors			858
Turnout			561	65%
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Henry Horsfall	256	58%
	Whig	William Clare	182	42%
Majority			74	16%
Registered electors			748
Turnout			438	59%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Gordon Harbord	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			564
	Conservative hold

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Buck Lloyd *	312	53%
	Whig	James Allanson Picton	281	47%
Majority			31	6%
Registered electors			818
Turnout			593	72%
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Mann *	281	55%
	Whig	William Purser Freme	230	45%
Majority			51	10%
Registered electors			907
Turnout			511	56%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Rimmer	169	56%
	Whig	James Denton	131	44%
Majority			38	12%
Registered electors			476
Turnout			300	63%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Aspinall Tobin	295	63%
	Whig	James Lewin	176	37%
Majority			119	26%
Registered electors			781
Turnout			471	60%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Parker *	216	55%
	Whig	James Mellor	180	45%
Majority			36	10%
Registered electors			491
Turnout			396	81%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Brodhurst Hill *	173	57%
	Whig	Thomas Booth	129	43%
Majority			44	14%
Registered electors			461
Turnout			302	66%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Sellar Henderson *	242	53%
	Whig	Daniel Bell	214	47%
Majority			28	6%
Registered electors			725
Turnout			456	63%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Woodruff	197	51%
	Whig	James Thompson	190	49%
Majority			7	2%
Registered electors			535
Turnout			387	72%
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Lyon Jones *	219	54%
	Whig	Thomas Avison	184	46%
Majority			35	8%
Registered electors			625
Turnout			403	64%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Preston *	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			234
	Whig hold

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Josias Booker	210	56%
	Whig	Richard Mitchell Beckwith	163	44%
Majority			47	12%
Registered electors			661
Turnout			373	56%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Aldermanic Elections

On 9 November 1847, the term of office of eight aldermen who were elected on 9 November 1841 expired.

The following were elected as Aldermen by the council on 9 November 1847 for a term of office of six years.

* – re-elected Alderman.

Party		Alderman
	Conservative	John Bramley-Moore *
	Conservative	Edmund Molyneux *
	Conservative	Thomas Chilton *
	Reformer	John Holmes
	Conservative	William Nicol *
	Conservative	James Procter
	Conservative	John Nelson Wood
	Conservative	Joseph Cooper

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By-elections

No. 6, Castle Street, Wednesday 17 November 1847

Caused by the election of Councillor John Holmes (Reformer, Castle Street, elected 1 November 1847) as an Alderman on 9 November 1847.

No. 6 Castle Street 17 November 1847
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	George Holt	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors
	Whig hold

No. 9, Great George, Wednesday 17 November 1847

Caused by the election of Councillor Joseph Cooper (Conservative, Great George, elected 1 November 1846) as an Alderman on 9 November 1847.

No. 9 Great George 17 November 1847
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Rogers	177	53%
	Conservative	Mr. Dover	156	47%
Majority			21	6%	N/A
Registered electors			564
Turnout			333	59%
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

No. 11, Abercromby, Wednesday 17 November 1847

Caused by the election of Councillor James Procter (Conservative, Abercromby, elected 1 November 1847

No. 11 Abercromby 17 November 1847
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Cardwell Gardner	189	51%
	Whig	Robertson Gladstone	183	49%
Majority			6	2%
Registered electors			613
Turnout			372	61%
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 10, Rodney Street, Wednesday 17 November 1847

Caused by the election of Councillor John Nelson Wood (Conservative, Rodney Street, elected 1 November 1845) as an Alderman on 9 November 1847.

No. 10 Rodney Street 17 November 1847
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Booker	267	66%
	Whig	Mr. Lewin	140	34%
Majority			127	32%
Registered electors			781
Turnout			407	52%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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