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1844 Liverpool Town Council election

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1844 Liverpool Town Council election

| flag_image = Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg

| type = parliamentary

| election_date = {{Start date|1844|11|01}}

| previous_year = 1843

| previous_election = 1843 Liverpool Town Council election

| next_year = 1845

| next_election = 1845 Liverpool Town Council election

|seats_for_election = 16 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 16 wards

|majority_seats = 33 (incl. Aldermen)

}}

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1844. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Seven of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

After the election of Councillors on Friday 1 November 1844 and the Aldermanic election on Saturday 9 November 1844, the composition of the council was:

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Conservative

3501651
style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|Reformers

100010

Election result

{{Election summary begin|title = Liverpool Local Election Result 1844}}

{{Election summary party|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|seats = 13

|gain = 1

|loss = 1

|net = 0

|seats % = 81%

|votes % = 56%

|votes = 2,105

|plus/minus =

}}

{{Election summary party|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|seats = 3

|gain = 1

|loss = 1

|net = 0

|seats % = 19%

|votes % = 44%

|votes = 1,646

|plus/minus =

}}

{{Election box end}}

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

=Abercromby=

{{Election box begin | title=No. 11 Abercromby}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Procter

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = N/A

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 673

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Castle Street=

{{Election box begin | title=No. 6 Castle Street}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = John Holmes *

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = N/A

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 821

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Everton=

{{Election box begin | title=No. 1 Everton}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Shaw *

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = N/A

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 781

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Exchange=

{{Election box begin | title=No. 5 Exchange}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Stuart Middleton

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = N/A

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 670

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Great George=

{{Election box begin | title=No. 9 Great George}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Green Hornby

|votes = 136

|percentage = 67%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robertson Gladstone

|votes = 67

|percentage = 33%

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 69

|percentage = 34%

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 487

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 203

|percentage = 42%

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Lime Street=

{{Election box begin | title=No. 12 Lime Street}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Buck Lloyd *

|votes = 324

|percentage = 53%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Henry Holmes

|votes = 292

|percentage = 47%

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 32

|percentage = 6%

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 813

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 616

|percentage = 76%

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=North Toxteth=

{{Election box begin | title=No. 16 North Toxteth}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Mann

|votes = 274

|percentage = 56%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = George Holt

|votes = 214

|percentage = 44%

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 60

|percentage = 12%

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 877

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 488

|percentage = 56%

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Pitt Street=

{{Election box begin | title=No. 8 Pitt Street}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Aspinall *

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = N/A

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 536

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Rodney Street=

{{Election box begin | title=No. 10 Rodney Street}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Pemberton

|votes = 273

|percentage = 55%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Robert Ellison Harvey

|votes = 222

|percentage = 45%

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 51

|percentage = 10%

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 796

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 495

|percentage = 62%

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=St. Anne Street=

{{Election box begin | title=No. 13 St. Anne Street}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Parker *

|votes = 231

|percentage = 52%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = William Earle

|votes = 216

|percentage = 48%

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 15

|percentage = 4%

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 527

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 447

|percentage = 85%

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link |

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=St. Paul's=

{{Election box begin | title=No. 4 St. Paul's}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Brodhurst Hill

|votes = 152

|percentage = 56%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = James Stitt

|votes = 119

|percentage = 44%

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 33

|percentage = 12%

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 388

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 271

|percentage = 70%

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=St. Peter's=

{{Election box begin | title=No. 7 St. Peter's}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Sellar Henderson

|votes = 269

|percentage = 54%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Thomas Bolton

|votes = 230

|percentage = 46%

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 39

|percentage = 12%

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 716

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 499

|percentage = 70%

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Scotland=

{{Election box begin | title=No. 2 Scotland}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = James Brancker

|votes = 217

|percentage = 52%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Isaac Holmes

|votes = 204

|percentage = 48%

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13

|percentage = 4%

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 535

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 421

|percentage = 79%

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=South Toxteth=

{{Election box begin | title=No. 15 South Toxteth}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Roger Lyon Jones

|votes = 175

|percentage = 56%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Richard Vaughan Yates

|votes = 136

|percentage = 44%

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 39

|percentage = 12%

|change =

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 464

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 311

|percentage = 67%

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Vauxhall=

{{Election box begin | title=No. 3 Vauxhall}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = William Preston *

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = N/A

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 512

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=West Derby=

{{Election box begin | title=No. 14 West Derby}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Shaw Leigh *

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = N/A

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 590

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pb1VYM21ieFhScW8

|title=Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 6 November 1844 (1) (scan)

|access-date= 3 November 2016 }}

{{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pdGVhd2pNR2xBcFU

|title=Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 6 November 1844 (2) (scan)

|access-date= 3 November 2016 }}

{{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pajN2QnlHYjU1VGc

|title=Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 13 November 1844 (1) (scan)

|access-date= 3 November 2016 }}

{{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pQlg1UmREOEljbWc

|title=Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 13 November 1844 (2) (scan)

|access-date= 3 November 2016 }}

{{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pM3dENzVtOWZzSEk

|title=Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 13 November 1844 (3) (scan)

|access-date= 3 November 2016 }}

{{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pNmR2OG4wTkRtWkE

|title=Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 8 November 1844 (1) (scan)

|access-date= 3 November 2016 }}

{{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pbUc5djIzWFJqWDA

|title=Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 8 November 1844 (1) (scan)

|access-date= 3 November 2016 }}

[[Liverpool Town Council elections#Aldermanic Elections|Aldermanic Elections]]

On 9 November 1844, the term of office of eight aldermen who were elected on 9 November 1838 expired.

The following were elected as Aldermen by the Council on 9 November 1844 for a term of office of six years.

* - re-elected Alderman.

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|PartyAlderman
style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} " |

| Conservative

David Hodgson
style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} " |

| Conservative

Thomas Berry Horsfall
style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} " |

| Conservative

James Lawrence *
style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} " |

| Conservative

Sir Thomas Brancker *
style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} " |

| Conservative

Anthony Swainson
style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} " |

| Conservative

John Shaw Leigh
style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} " |

| Conservative

William Pratt Bushby
style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} " |

| Conservative

Thomas Sands

{{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pN0lWcWV2bUlHblk

|title=Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 12 November 1842 (1) (scan)

|access-date= 28 October 2016 }}

{{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pVE8tZThpWnpzdG8

|title=Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 12 November 1842 (2) (scan)

|access-date= 28 October 2016 }}

See also

of Liverpool]] 1207 to present

References

{{Reflist}}

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1844

Category:1844 English local elections

Category:November 1844

Category:1840s in Liverpool