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1837 Liverpool Town Council election

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1837 Liverpool Town Council election

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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 1837. 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 33 -4 15 48
Conservative 15 +4 1 16

Election result

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Liverpool Local Election Result 1837
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Whig 12 0 4 -4 75% 51% 3,093
  Conservative 4 4 0 +4 25% 49% 2,945

Ward results

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* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

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No. 11 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Dr. James Carson * 250 51%
Conservative Robertson Gladstone 245 49%
Majority 5 2%
Registered electors
Turnout 495
Whig hold Swing

Castle Street

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No. 6 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Charles Birch * Unopposed
Registered electors
Whig hold

Everton

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No. 1 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Hodgson 273 51%
Whig George Quayle * 258 49%
Majority 15 2% N/A
Registered electors
Turnout 531
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

Exchange

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No. 5 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Sands 204 51%
Whig Lawrence Heyworth * 193 49%
Majority 11 2% N/A
Registered electors
Turnout 397
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

Great George

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No. 9 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Cooper 172 57%
Whig Hardman Earle 131 43%
Majority 41 14% N/A
Registered electors
Turnout 303
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

Lime Street

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No. 12 Lime Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig 'Thomas Blackburn *' 328 57%
Conservative Ambrose Lace 252 43%
Majority 76 14%
Registered electors
Turnout 580
Whig hold Swing

North Toxteth

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No. 16 North Toxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William McMurdo Duncan * 232 55%
Conservative John Sheppard 191 45%
Majority 41 10%
Registered electors
Turnout 423
Whig hold Swing

Pitt Street

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No. 8 Pitt Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Rathbone * 229 52%
Conservative James Aspinall 208 48%
Majority 21 4%
Registered electors
Turnout 437
Whig hold Swing

Rodney Street

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No. 10 Rodney Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Lassell * 261 51%
Conservative John Wright 247 49%
Majority 14 2%
Registered electors
Turnout 508
Whig hold Swing

St. Anne Street

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No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward Segar 214 51%
Conservative John Davies 205 49%
Majority 9 2%
Registered electors
Turnout 419
Whig hold Swing

St. Paul's

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No. 4 St. Paul's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Benjamin Frankland 163 51%
Conservative William Winstanley 155 49%
Majority 8 2%
Registered electors
Turnout 318
Whig hold Swing

St. Peter's

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No. 7 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig John Priestly 192 53%
Conservative Henry R. Sandbach 168 47%
Majority 24 6%
Registered electors
Turnout 360
Whig hold Swing

Scotland

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No. 2 Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Thornhill * 230 51%
Conservative Thomas Berry Horsfall 217 49%
Majority 13 2%
Registered electors
Turnout 447
Whig hold Swing

South Toxteth

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No. 15 South Toxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig John Platt 134 51%
Conservative Alexander Smith jnr 129 49%
Majority 5 2%
Registered electors
Turnout 263
Whig hold Swing

Vauxhall

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No. 3 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Preston 114 56%
Conservative Thomas Case 91 44%
Majority 23 12%
Registered electors
Turnout 205
Whig hold Swing

West Derby

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No. 14 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Hall Lawrence 188 53%
Whig George Holt * 164 47%
Majority 24 6% N/A
Registered electors
Turnout 352
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Albion Monday 6 November 1837 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ^ "The Albion Monday 6 November 1837 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  3. ^ "The Albion Monday 6 November 1837 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  4. ^ "The Albion Monday 6 November 1837 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 8 October 2016.