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:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | ± | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 34 | +7 | 8 | +8 | 42 | |
Reformers | 14 | -7 | 8 | -8 | 22 |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 13 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 81% | 54% | 4,270 | ||
Whig | 3 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 19% | 46% | 3,672 |
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robertson Gladstone * | 388 | 60% | ||
Whig | John Cooper | 257 | 40% | ||
Majority | 131 | ||||
Registered electors | 882 | ||||
Turnout | 645 | 73% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Holmes | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 814 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Shaw | 330 | 62% | ||
Whig | Michael Ashcroft | 203 | 38% | ||
Majority | 127 | ||||
Registered electors | 820 | ||||
Turnout | 533 | 65% | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Holmes * | 329 | 52% | ||
Conservative | John Ridgway | 300 | 48% | ||
Majority | 29 | ||||
Registered electors | 804 | ||||
Turnout | 629 | 78% | |||
Whig hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Lawrence * | 344 | 51% | ||
Whig | William Rathbone | 324 | 49% | ||
Majority | 20 | ||||
Registered electors | 768 | ||||
Turnout | 668 | 87% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Buck Lloyd | 424 | 50.5% | ||
Whig | Thomas Moorecroft * | 416 | 49.5% | ||
Majority | 8 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,011 | ||||
Turnout | 840 | 83% | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Smith jun. | 374 | 53% | ||
Whig | William Lockerby | 338 | 47% | ||
Majority | 36 | ||||
Registered electors | 964 | ||||
Turnout | 712 | 74% | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Aspinall | 317 | 54% | ||
Whig | Hugh Hornby * | 275 | 46% | ||
Majority | 42 | ||||
Registered electors | 768 | ||||
Turnout | 592 | 77% | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Lawrence | 345' | 56% | ||
Whig | Charles Holland | 274 | 44% | ||
Majority | 71 | ||||
Registered electors | 884 | ||||
Turnout | 619 | 70% | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Parker | 276 | 57% | ||
Whig | Thomas Chalmers | 206 | 43% | ||
Majority | 70 | ||||
Registered electors | 619 | ||||
Turnout | 482 | 78% | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joshua Edwards | 306 | 54% | ||
Whig | Christopher Rawdon | 263 | 46% | ||
Majority | 43 | ||||
Registered electors | 771 | ||||
Turnout | 569 | 80% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ebenezer Rae | 312 | 52% | ||
Whig | John Woollright * | 287 | 48% | ||
Majority | 25 | ||||
Registered electors | 721 | ||||
Turnout | 599 | 83% | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Isaac Holmes * | 313 | 51% | ||
Whig | George Quayle | 303 | 49% | ||
Majority | 10 | ||||
Registered electors | 720 | ||||
Turnout | 616 | 86% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Lee Trotman | 241 | 55% | ||
Whig | William H. Taylour | 197 | 45% | ||
Majority | 44 | ||||
Registered electors | 531 | ||||
Turnout | 438 | 82% | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Preston | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 512 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Shaw Leigh * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 568 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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.
Party | Alderman | |
---|---|---|
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 |