Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Monday 1 November 1841. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
There were a total of 12,097 registered electors for the entire borough in 1841. The census of 1841 recorded the population of the borough as 293,963 (exclusive of about 10,000 seamen). These figures revealing that only about 4% of the population were enfranchised. (Although the census figures includes children, which skews the figures to some extent).
1841 Census Population 1841 electorate % enfranchised Parish of Liverpool 222,954 9,214 4.1% Everton & Kirkdale 9,148 & 3,779 820 6.3% West Derby 16,902 568 3.4% Toxteth Park 41,180 1,495 3.6% Borough of Liverpool 293,963 12,097 4.1%
Three of the sixteen wards were uncontested.
After the election of 16 Councillors on 1 November 1841, and the election of 8 Aldermen on 9 November 1841, the composition of the council was:
PartyCouncillors ± Aldermen ± TotalConservative 34 +7 8 +8 42Reformers 14 -7 8 -8 22
Election result
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
Castle Street
Everton
Exchange
Great George
Lime Street
North Toxteth
Pitt Street
Rodney Street
St. Anne Street
St. Paul's
St. Peter's
Scotland
South Toxteth
Vauxhall
West Derby
Aldermanic Elections
On 9 November 1841, the term of office of eight of the sixteen aldermen expired.
The following were elected as Aldermen by the council on 9 November 1841 for a term of office of six years.
* - re-elected Alderman.
PartyAlderman Conservative William Nicol Conservative John Bramley-Moore Conservative Thomas Chilton Conservative Richard Smethurst Crook Conservative John Haywood Turner Conservative Richard Houghton sen. Conservative Edmund Molyneux Conservative Richard Griffith
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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