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1845 Liverpool Town Council election
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16 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 16 wards
33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1845. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Ten of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party Councillors   ±   Aldermen Total
Conservative 35 -3 16 51
Reformers 13 +3 0 13

Election result

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Liverpool Local Election Result 1845
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 10 1 4 -3 63% 49% 1,273
  Whig 6 4 1 +3 17% 51% 1,317

Given that ten of the sixteen seats were uncontested, these statistics should be taken in that context.

Ward results

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* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

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No. 11 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles William Reade Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Conservative hold

Castle Street

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No. 6 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Hugh Hornby * Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Whig hold

Everton

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No. 1 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis Shand * Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Conservative hold

Exchange

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No. 5 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Littledale jun Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Great George

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No. 9 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Royden * Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Conservative hold

Lime Street

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No. 12 Lime Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Vincent Higgins 324 56%
Conservative Robert Rigby * 252 44%
Majority 72 12% N/A
Registered electors
Turnout 576
Whig gain from Conservative Swing

North Toxteth

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No. 16 North Toxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Thomas Lloyd 291 56%
Conservative John Sheppard * 227 44%
Majority 64 12% N/A
Registered electors
Turnout 518
Whig gain from Conservative Swing

Pitt Street

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No. 8 Pitt Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Robinson 203 65%
Whig George Thirkell 108 35%
Majority 95 30% N/A
Registered electors
Turnout 311
Conservative gain from Whig Swing

Rodney Street

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No. 10 Rodney Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Nelson Wood * 275 50%
Whig Robert Ellison Harvey 275 50%
Majority 0 0%
Registered electors
Turnout 550
Conservative hold Swing

Because there was a tie, the casting vote of the presiding alderman (Richard Smethurst Crook, Conservative) went to John Nelson Wood (Conservative). [1]

St. Anne Street

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No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Earle Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Whig gain from Conservative

St. Paul's

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No. 4 St. Paul's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Eyre Evans 171 56%
Conservative John Caton Thompson * 133 44%
Majority 38 12% N/A
Registered electors
Turnout 304
Whig gain from Conservative Swing

St. Peter's

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No. 7 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Stewart Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Conservative hold

Scotland

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No. 2 Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Houghton jun * Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Conservative hold

South Toxteth

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No. 15 South Toxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ambrose Lace * Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Conservative hold

Vauxhall

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No. 3 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Rathbone Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Whig hold

West Derby

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No. 14 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Plumpton * 183 55%
Whig James Mellor 148 45%
Majority 35 10%
Registered electors
Turnout 331
Conservative hold Swing

[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 5 November 1845 (5) (scan)". Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 5 November 1845 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 5 November 1845 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 5 November 1845 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 5 November 1845 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 7 November 1845 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 7 November 1845 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 7 November 1845 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  9. ^ "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 7 November 1845 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  10. ^ "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 7 November 1845 (5) (scan)". Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  11. ^ "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 7 November 1845 (6) (scan)". Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  12. ^ "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday 7 November 1845 (7) (scan)". Retrieved 5 November 2016.
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