Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Saturday 26 December 1835.
This was the first democratic election to Liverpool Town Council. The predecessor council, the Common Council, elected new members itself. This election was conducted under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. As this was the first election to the council, all three seats for each of the sixteen wards were up for election. The candidate in each ward with the highest number of votes was elected for three years, the candidate with the second highest number of votes was elected for two years and the candidate with the third highest number of votes was elected for one year. All of the sixteen wards were contested.
The local press, at the time, referred exclusively to candidates as Reformers or Conservatives.
Members of the preceding Corporation of Liverpool that was replaced by the Liverpool Town Council
The Liverpool Corporation consisted of 17 aldermen, including the mayor, and 19 members of the Common Council.
PartyPositionName Mayor James Aspinall Recorder James Clarke Alderman George Case Alderman P. W. Brancker Alderman John Bourne Alderman Samuel StaniforthConservative Alderman John Wright Alderman Thomas Case Alderman Sir John Tobin Alderman Richard LeylandConservative Alderman Charles LawrenceConservative Alderman Peter Bourne Alderman Thomas Littledale Alderman Nicholas Robinson Alderman Sir George DrinkwaterConservative Alderman Sir Thomas Brancker Alderman Samuel SandbachConservative Alderman Charles HorsefallConservative Bailiff Ambrose Lace Bailiff James Pownall Town Clerk Thomas FosterCommon CouncilParty Name Thomas CorrieWhig William Wallace Currie John Deane Case Isaac Oldham BoldWhig William EarleConservative John Shaw LeighConservative William Ripley Henry Moss John Ewart Samuel ThompsonConservative Richard Houghton Anthony Molyneux Thomas ShawConservative Richard B. B. Hollinshead Henry AshtonConservative Robertson Gladstone James Crosbie James Cockshot Joseph N. Walker
Members of the preceding Liverpool Common Council who sought election to the Liverpool Town Council
PartyCandidateWard StandingElectedConservative Charles Horsfall Everton and Kirkdale YesConservativeRichard Houghton Scotland NoConservativeJohn Wright Vauxhall NoConservativeR. B. B. Hollinshhead St. Paul's No Conservative Sir Thomas Brancker Castle Street No Conservative Charles Lawrence Great George No Reformers William Earle jun. Abercromby Yes Conservative Robertson Gladstone Abercromby No Conservative William Ripley Abercromby No Conservative Ambrose Lace Lime Street No Conservative John Shaw Leigh West Derby Yes Conservative Charles Lawrence Great George Yes Reformers W. W. Currie North Toxteth Yes
Composition of the Council
After the election of Councillors on 26 December 1835 and the Aldermanic election in January 1836, the composition of the council was:
PartyCouncillorsAldermen TotalReformers 44 15 59Conservative 4 1 5
Election result
Ward results
* - Previously a member of the preceding Common Council
Everton and Kirkdale
The polling place for the township of Kirkdale was Mrs. Stretch's public house in Kirkdale Village.
The polling place for Everton township was Halliday's, Everton Coffee-house
Scotland
The Polling place was Mr. Horner's at the corner of Eccles-street and Vauxhall-road.
Vauxhall
The polling place was at the Vauxhall Vaults, corner of Banastre-street and Vauxhall-road.
St. Paul's
Polling place : At Mather's Baths, corner of St. Paul's-square and Virginia-street
Exchange
Polling places : Surnames A to K : at the south end of the Sessions'-house in South Chapel-street. Surnames L to Z : at the north end of the Sessions'-house in Chapel-street.
Castle Street
Polling place : At the two windows of the King's Arms Hotel fronting Castle-street
St. Peter's
Polling place : At the two windows of the Horse and Jockey public-house fronting Seel-street
Pitt Street
Polling place : At two compartments in the South Free School in Park-lane.
Great George
Polling place : At a warehouse, east side of St. James's-street, near the corner of St. Vincent-street.
Rodney Street
Polling place : A to K : at a new shop at the entrance of the New Arcade from Renshaw Street. L to Z : at a window of an empty-house, opposite the Unitarian Chapel, in Renshaw-street.
Abercromby
Polling place : At the Phoenix Inn, at the top of Mount Pleasant
Lime Street
Polling places : A to K : at a window in the Black Bell Inn, London-road. L to Z : at a window in Challinor's Public-house, on the opposite side of London-road.
St. Anne Street
Polling place : At the Pontack's Public-house, in Christian-street.
West Derby
Polling place : At the Edge-hill Coffee-house.
South Toxteth
Polling place : At the southernmost of the Shops recently built by Dr. Hughes, on the west side of Park-road.
North Toxteth
Polling place : At two windows of the Royal Oak Public-house, at the corner of Upper Warwick-street and Park-place.
Aldermanic elections
At the meeting of the Council in January 1836, sixteen Aldermen were elected by the Council, eight for a term of six years and eight for a term of three years.
PartyAldermanTerm expiresWard Reformers William Stuart 1841 Reformers Thomas Booth 1841 Reformers Joseph Hornby 1841 Reformers William Brown 1841 Reformers Thomas Leathom 1841 Reformers Thomas Smith (Toxteth park) 1841 Reformers Robert Benn 1841 Reformers Christopher Hird Jones 1841 Reformers Thomas Bulley 1838 Reformers Eyre Evans 1838 Reformers William Blaine 1838 Reformers James Moon 1838 Reformers William Purser Freme 1838 Reformers Thomas Brockhurst Barclay 1838 Reformers George Robinson 1838 Conservative Ormerod Heyworth 1838
By-elections
No. 12, Lime Street, 7 January 1836
Caused by the disqualification of Joseph Langton (Reformers, Lime Street, elected 26 December 1835) because he did not sign the councillors' declaration. Mr. Langton was the manager of the Bank of Liverpool and the directors of the bank did not think him being a town councillor was compatible with his role as manager of the bank.
See also Liverpool City Council Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879 Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present History of local government in England
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