1836 Liverpool Town Council election

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Tuesday 2 November 1836. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

All of the sixteen wards were contested. In addition there was also a by-election in South Toxteth.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Reformers	37	-6	15	52
	Conservative	11	+6	1	12

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1836
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Whig	9	0	6	-6	50%	49.7%
	Conservative	8	6	0	+6	50%	50.3%

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Thomas Brocklebank *	192	53%
	Conservative	Thomas Kaye	168	47%
Majority			24	6%
Registered electors			568
Turnout			360	63%
	Whig hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Thomas Bolton *	188	70%
	Conservative	John Wilkinson	79	30%
Majority			24	40%
Registered electors			627
Turnout			267	43%
	Whig hold		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Heyworth	206	50.1%
	Whig	George Quayle	205	49.9%
Majority			1	0.2%
Registered electors			562
Turnout			411	73%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	James Mellor *	173	50.1%
	Conservative	Thomas Sands	172	49.9%
Majority			1	0.2%
Registered electors			513
Turnout			345	67%
	Whig hold		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	'*Charles Lawrence'*	160	55%
	Whig	Henry Ripley	130	45%
Majority			30	10%	N/A
Registered electors			404
Turnout			290	72%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Vincent Higgins	295	52%
	Conservative	Ambrose Lace	275	48%
Majority			20	4%
Registered electors			744
Turnout			570	77%
	Whig hold		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	George Ramsden	195	59%
	Conservative	John Sheppard	133	41%
Majority			62	18%
Registered electors			538
Turnout			328	61%
	Whig hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bibby	199	55%
	Whig	William Robert Preston *	151	43%
Majority			48	12%	N/A
Registered electors			551
Turnout			350	64%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Nelson Wood	217	53%
	Whig	Thomas Holt *	193	47%
Majority			24	6%	N/A
Registered electors			575
Turnout			410	71%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Joseph Mason	200	53%
	Conservative	John N. Wright	180	47%
Majority			20	6%
Registered electors			477
Turnout			380	80%
	Whig hold		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Barton *	138	54%
	Whig	James Stitt	116	46%
Majority			22	8%
Registered electors			340
Turnout			254	75%
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8%

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Richard Bright *	199	51%
	Conservative	Nathan Litherland	192	49%
Majority			7	2%
Registered electors			596
Turnout			391	66%
	Whig hold		Swing	-3%

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Houghton	196	74%	34%
	Whig	Richard Shiel *	68	26%	28%
Majority			128	48%	N/A
Registered electors			491
Turnout			264	54%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	John Platt	112	53%
	Whig	Francis Jordan *	109	53%
	Conservative	Alexander Smith	100	47%
	Conservative	Thomas M. Gladstone	98	47%
Majority			12	6%
Registered electors			279
Turnout			212	76%
	Whig hold		Swing
	Whig hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Shand	107	55%
	Whig	James Muspratt	89	45%
Majority			18	10%	N/A
Registered electors			279
Turnout			196	70%
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Smith	165	54%
	Whig	R. W. Wood	138	46%
Majority			27	8%
Registered electors			405
Turnout			303	75%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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References

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^ "The Albion Monday November 7th 1836 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
^ "The Albion Monday November 7th 1836 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
^ "The Albion Monday November 7th 1836 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
^ "The Albion Monday November 7th 1836 (5) (scan)". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
^ "The Albion Monday November 7th 1836 (6) (scan)". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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[1] "The Albion Monday November 7th 1836 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 3 October 2016.

[2] "The Albion Monday November 7th 1836 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 3 October 2016.

[3] "The Albion Monday November 7th 1836 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 3 October 2016.

[4] "The Albion Monday November 7th 1836 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 3 October 2016.

[5] "The Albion Monday November 7th 1836 (5) (scan)". Retrieved 3 October 2016.

[6] "The Albion Monday November 7th 1836 (6) (scan)". Retrieved 3 October 2016.

[7] "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser, Friday November 4th 1836 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 3 October 2016.

[8] "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser, Friday November 4th 1836 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 3 October 2016.

[9] "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser, Friday November 4th 1836 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 3 October 2016.

[10] "Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser, Friday November 4th 1836 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 3 October 2016.

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