1838 Liverpool Town Council election

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1838. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

There was a by-election in the Castle Street ward.

Five of the seventeen seats were uncontested.

The terms "Whig" and "Reformer" are used interchangeably, although the local press at the time referred exclusively to "Reformers".

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors ± Aldermen TotalReformers 30 -4 16 46Conservative 18 +4 0 18

Election result

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

Time Robertson Gladstone William Earle Votes % Votes % 10:00 79 53% 71 47% 11:00 138 55% 112 45% 12:00 170 52% 157 48% 13:00 197 53% 178 47% 14:00 235 52% 215 48% 15:00 237 49% 243 51% 16:00 296 52% 273 48%

Castle Street

Everton

Time John Holmes Francis Shand Votes % Votes % 10:00 67 50% 66 50% 11:00 120 49% 126 51% 12:00 152 49% 157 51% 13:00 179 52% 168 48% 14:00 199 50% 199 50% 15:00 213 49% 233 51% 16:00 279 51% 273 49%

Exchange

Time Henry Holmes George Gurden Votes % Votes % 10:00 35 70% 15 30% 11:00 69 69% 31 31% 12:00 91 62% 55 38% 13:00 120 63% 69 37% 14:00 138 64% 76 36% 15:00 154 62% 94 38% 16:00 163 62% 101 38%

Great George

Lime Street

Time Thomas Morecroft Ambrose Lace Votes % Votes % 10:00 45 45% 55 55% 11:00 12:00 134 44% 171 56% 13:00 201 50% 198 50% 14:00 241 52% 226 48% 15:00 283 16:00 348 55% 286 45%

North Toxteth

Pitt Street

Time Hugh Hornby Thomas Toulmin Votes % Votes % 10:00 57 49% 60 51% 11:00 113 53% 100 47% 12:00 113 13:00 167 56% 131 44% 14:00 172 55% 140 45% 15:00 194 55% 156 45% 16:00 210 56% 166 44%

Rodney Street

Time Thomas Harvey Henry Lawrence Votes % Votes % 10:00 28 38% 45 62% 11:00 83 42% 115 58% 12:00 132 46% 152 54% 13:00 170 47% 191 53% 14:00 189 48% 204 52% 15:00 227 16:00 274 51% 265 49%

St. Anne Street

Time Thomas Coglan John Davies Votes % Votes % 10:00 27 54% 23 46% 11:00 12:00 111 56% 89 45% 13:00 129 52% 121 48% 14:00 154 52% 145 48% 15:00 187 53% 163 47% 16:00 220 56% 175 44%

St. Paul's

Time George Wright Christopher Rawdon Votes % Votes % 10:00 56 62% 35 38% 11:00 94 12:00 121 55% 99 45% 13:00 136 54% 116 46% 14:00 153 54% 129 46% 15:00 166 54% 142 46% 16:00 184 53% 163 47%

St. Peter's

Time John Woollright Wilfred Troutbeck Votes % Votes % 10:00 34 60% 23 40% 11:00 74 59% 51 41% 12:00 106 59% 73 41% 13:00 130 58% 96 42% 14:00 146 57% 108 43% 15:00 170 58% 121 42% 16:00 208 60% 137 40%

Scotland

Time Isaac Holmes Samuel L Votes % Votes % 10:00 57 48% 63 53% 11:00 86 57% 64 43% 12:00 106 53% 93 47% 13:00 133 53% 116 47% 14:00 158 53% 141 47% 15:00 185 53% 166 47% 16:00 196

South Toxteth

Time John Cropper Thomas Murray Gladstone Votes % Votes % 10:00 64 70% 28 30% 11:00 71 61% 45 39% 12:00 86 65% 47 35% 13:00 101 60% 68 40% 14:00 121 61% 79 40% 15:00 129 60% 85 40% 16:00 145 57% 108 43%

Vauxhall

Time Thomas Case Enoch Harvey Votes % Votes % 10:00 47 59% 33 41% 11:00 73 55% 59 45% 12:00 90 58% 66 42% 13:00 98 52% 89 48% 14:00 105 53% 93 47% 15:00 111 54% 94 46% 16:00 125 55% 103 45%

West Derby

Aldermanic Elections

On 9 November 1838, the term of office of eight of the sixteen aldermen expired.

The following were elected as Aldermen until 9 November 1844.

* - re-elected Alderman.

PartyAlderman Reformers Thomas Brockhurst Barclay * Reformers Eyre Evans * Reformers Thomas Holt Reformers James Moon * Reformers Thomas Bulley * Reformers William Purser Freme * Reformers William Earle Reformers Enoch Harvey

1838 Liverpool Town Council election

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