Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Monday 2 November 1846. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Three of the sixteen wards were uncontested. In the uncontested elections, votes were still cast, although in very small numbers.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 36 | 0 | 16 | 52 | |
Reformers | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 69% | 52% | 2,654 | ||
Whig | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 31% | 48% | 2,443 |
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Kaye * | 268 | 52% | ||
Whig | Thomas Todd | 243 | 48% | ||
Majority | 25 | ||||
Registered electors | 719 | ||||
Turnout | 511 | 71% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Aikin * | 2 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 2 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Atherton * | 301 | 52% | ||
Whig | William Walthew | 278 | 48% | ||
Majority | 23 | ||||
Registered electors | 899 | ||||
Turnout | 579 | 64% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Tyrer * | 187 | 59% | ||
Whig | James Mellor | 129 | 41% | ||
Majority | 58 | ||||
Registered electors | 610 | ||||
Turnout | 316 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Cooper | 168 | 62% | ||
Whig | William Purser Freme | 103 | 38% | ||
Majority | 65 | ||||
Registered electors | 459 | ||||
Turnout | 271 | 59% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Danson | 280 | 52% | ||
Conservative | Charles Saunders | 254 | 48% | ||
Majority | 26 | ||||
Registered electors | 746 | ||||
Turnout | 534 | 72% | |||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Benn | 241 | 64% | ||
Conservative | John Sheppard | 135 | 36% | ||
Majority | 105 | ||||
Registered electors | 814 | ||||
Turnout | 376 | 46% | |||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Toulmin * | 199 | 55% | ||
Whig | George Holt | 163 | 45% | ||
Majority | 36 | ||||
Registered electors | 523 | ||||
Turnout | 362 | 69% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Holme | 306' | 57% | ||
Whig | Thomas Booth | 229 | 43% | ||
Majority | 77 | ||||
Registered electors | 821 | ||||
Turnout | 535 | 65% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Bennett | 202 | 56% | ||
Whig | Joseph Hornby * | 159 | 44% | ||
Majority | 43 | ||||
Registered electors | 473 | ||||
Turnout | 361 | 76% | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Stitt | 145 | 57% | ||
Conservative | John Briscoe | 108 | 43% | ||
Majority | 37 | ||||
Registered electors | 472 | ||||
Turnout | 253 | 54% | |||
Whig hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Abraham Tinne * | 3 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Holme | 229 | 51% | ||
Whig | William Thornhill * | 221 | 49% | ||
Majority | 8 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 450 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Watson | 171 | 51% | ||
Conservative | Thomas Swanbrook Glazebrook * | 162 | 49% | ||
Majority | 9 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 333 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Grant Morris | 118 | 60% | ||
Whig | Thomas Chalmer | 79 | 40% | ||
Majority | 39 | ||||
Registered electors | 296 | ||||
Turnout | 197 | 67% | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Hall Lawrence | 14 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |