Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1840. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
All of the sixteen wards were contested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
PartyCouncillors ± Aldermen TotalReformers 22 -6 16 38Conservative 26 +6 0 26
Election result
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
Time James Procter Thomas Todd Votes % Votes % 10:00 63 50% 64 50% 11:00 142 52% 131 48% 12:00 176 51% 171 49% 13:00 214 14:00 15:00 16:00 317 53% 282 47%
Castle Street
Time James Aikin Peter Hope Votes % Votes % 10:00 65 65% 35 35% 11:00 115 56% 90 44% 12:00 148 54% 127 46% 13:00 170 54% 143 46% 14:00 178 52% 162 48% 15:00 206 53% 181 47% 16:00 228 53% 206 47%
Everton
Time David Hodgson William Brown Votes % Votes % 10:00 109 57% 81 43% 11:00 155 54% 132 46% 12:00 185 54% 158 46% 13:00 213 55% 177 45% 14:00 230 55% 200 47% 15:00 271 54% 228 46% 16:00 308 52% 287 48%
Exchange
Time Thomas Sands William Wood Votes % Votes % 10:00 50 65% 27 35% 11:00 101 62% 61 38% 12:00 132 58% 95 42% 13:00 154 58% 111 42% 14:00 171 57% 131 435 15:00 191 55% 154 45% 16:00 199 54% 168 46%
Great George
Time Joseph Cooper Thomas Taylor Votes % Votes % 10:00 56 51% 53 49% 11:00 94 51% 89 49% 12:00 115 49.6% 117 50.4% 13:00 140 50.4% 138 49.6% 14:00 154 51% 150 49% 15:00 170 55% 157 48% 16:00 180 51% 172 49%
Lime Street
Time Thomas Blackburn John Kilshaw Votes % Votes % 10:00 64 52% 60 48% 11:00 116 12:00 166 13:00 223 14:00 279 51% 271 49% 15:00 324 16:00 390 50.1% 388 49.9%
North Toxteth
Time Richard Harbord William McMurdo Duncan Votes % Votes % 10:00 33 11:00 74 49% 76 51% 12:00 101 13:00 167 51% 158 49% 14:00 199 51% 189 49% 15:00 219 16:00 240 233 49%
Pitt Street
Time Thomas Toulmin William Rathbone Votes % Votes % 10:00 75 57% 56 43% 11:00 105 56% 84 44% 12:00 135 54% 115 46% 13:00 149 53% 134 47% 14:00 164 53% 146 47% 15:00 170 51% 164 49% 16:00 189 50.1% 188 49.9%
Rodney Street
Time William Birkett Charles Holland Votes % Votes % 10:00 56 11:00 77 12:00 111 57% 84 43% 13:00 134 14:00 15:00 182 16:00 269 56% 212 44%
St. Anne Street
Time William Slater John Davies Votes % Votes % 10:00 40 53% 35 47% 11:00 66 57% 50 43% 12:00 95 54% 82 46% 13:00 117 49% 120 51% 14:00 148 50% 150 50% 15:00 167 51% 162 49% 16:00 192 51% 188 49%
St. Paul's
Time Richard Benson Blundell Hollinshead Blundell John Rowland McGuffie Votes % Votes % 10:00 72 51% 68 49% 11:00 86 50.3% 85 49.7% 12:00 99 52% 90 48% 13:00 131 52% 123 48% 14:00 146 53% 131 47% 15:00 167 52% 152 48% 16:00 177 51% 167 49%
St. Peter's
Time John Priestley Ebenezer Rae Votes % Votes % 10:00 41 47% 47 53% 11:00 70 49% 73 51% 12:00 97 53% 86 47% 13:00 108 53% 97 47% 14:00 127 53% 113 47% 15:00 146 55% 121 45% 16:00 156 53% 137 47%
Scotland
Time William Thornhill Thomas Murray Gladstone Votes % Votes % 10:00 33 45% 40 55% 11:00 79 48% 85 52% 12:00 104 48% 112 52% 13:00 121 48% 129 52% 14:00 166 52% 155 48% 15:00 182 49.7% 184 50.3% 16:00 215 51.1% 214 49.9%
South Toxteth
Time John Platt John Shepperd Votes % Votes % 10:00 30 45% 36 55% 11:00 76 58% 56 42% 12:00 13:00 107 54% 91 46% 14:00 122 54% 106 46% 15:00 129 51% 122 49% 16:00 144 51% 138 49%
Vauxhall
Time Henry Copeland William Preston Votes % Votes % 10:00 44 56% 35 44% 11:00 56 56% 44 44% 12:00 69 55% 56 45% 13:00 80 58% 57 42% 14:00 84 56% 66 44% 15:00 100 56% 77 44% 16:00 108 56% 86 44%
West Derby
Time George Hall Lawrence Lawrence Heyworth jun. Votes % Votes % 10:00 85 78% 24 22% 11:00 128 74% 46 26% 12:00 138 71% 56 29% 13:00 139 66% 71 34% 14:00 149 64% 83 36% 15:00 155 63% 91 37% 16:00 156 62% 96 38%
See also 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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