1838 Liverpool Town Council election

1 November 1838 (1838-11-01)

	Reformers	Conservative
Party	Reformers	Conservative

Council Leader before election

Conservative

Council Leader after election

Reformers

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:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Reformers	30	-4	16	46
	Conservative	18	+4	0	18

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1838
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Whig	11	1	5	-4	65%	53%	2,610
	Conservative	6	5	1	+4	35%	47%	2,344

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robertson Gladstone	296	52%
	Whig	William Earle	273	48%
Majority			23	4%	N/A
Registered electors			663
Turnout			569	86%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Time	Robertson Gladstone		William Earle
Time	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

No. 6 Castle Street - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Joshua Walmsley *	Unopposed
	Whig	Edward Pilcher	Unopposed
Registered electors			674
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

Everton

No. 1 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	John Holmes *	279	51%
	Conservative	Francis Shand	273	49%
Majority			6	2%
Registered electors			706
Turnout			552	78%
	Whig hold		Swing

Time	John Holmes		Francis Shand
Time	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

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Henry Holmes	163	62%
	Conservative	George Gurden	101	38%
Majority			62	24%
Registered electors			549
Turnout			264	48%
	Whig hold		Swing

Time	Henry Holmes		George Gurden
Time	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

No. 9 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Lawrence	Unopposed
Registered electors			442
	Conservative gain from Whig

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Thomas Morecroft *	348	55%
	Conservative	Ambrose Lace	286	45%
Majority			62	10%
Registered electors			790
Turnout			634	80%
	Whig hold		Swing

Time	Thomas Morecroft		Ambrose Lace
Time	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

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	William Wallace Currie *	Unopposed
Registered electors			693
	Whig hold

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Hugh Hornby *	210	56%
	Conservative	Thomas Toulmin	166	44%
Majority			44	12%
Registered electors			563
Turnout			376	67%
	Whig hold		Swing

Time	Hugh Hornby		Thomas Toulmin
Time	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

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Harvey	274	51%
	Conservative	Henry Lawrence *	265	49%
Majority			9	2%	N/A
Registered electors			637
Turnout			539
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

Time	Thomas Harvey		Henry Lawrence
Time	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

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Thomas Coglan *	220	56%
	Conservative	John Davies	175	44%
Majority			45	12%
Registered electors			487
Turnout			395	81%
	Whig hold		Swing

Time	Thomas Coglan		John Davies
Time	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

No. 4 St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Wright	184	53%
	Whig	Christopher Rawdon *	163	47%
Majority			21	6%	N/A
Registered electors			481
Turnout			347	72%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Time	George Wright		Christopher Rawdon
Time	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

No. 7 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	John Woollright *	208	60%
	Conservative	Wilfred Troutbeck	137	40%
Majority			71	20%
Registered electors			607
Turnout			345	57%
	Whig hold		Swing

Time	John Woollright		Wilfred Troutbeck
Time	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

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isaac Holmes	228	54%
	Whig	Samuel Lacon	196	46%
Majority			32	8%	N/A
Registered electors			534
Turnout			424	79%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Time	Isaac Holmes		Samuel L
Time	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

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	John Cropper *	145	57%
	Conservative	Thomas Murray Gladstone	108	43%
Majority			37	14%
Registered electors			355
Turnout			253	71%
	Whig hold		Swing

Time	John Cropper		Thomas Murray Gladstone
Time	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

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Case	125	55%
	Whig	Enoch Harvey *	103	45%
Majority			22	10%	N/A
Registered electors			311
Turnout			228	73%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Time	Thomas Case		Enoch Harvey
Time	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

No. 14 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Shaw Leigh *	Unopposed
Registered electors			470
	Conservative hold

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.

Party		Alderman
	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

References

"Liverpool Mercury 2 November 1838 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 15 October 2016.
"Liverpool Mercury 2 November 1838 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 15 October 2016.
"Liverpool Mercury 2 November 1838 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 15 October 2016.
"Liverpool Mercury 2 November 1838 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 15 October 2016.

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