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Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1839. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
One of the sixteen wards was uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reformers | 28 | -2 | 16 | 44 | |
Conservative | 20 | +2 | 0 | 20 |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | 7 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 44% | 48% | 3,146 | ||
Conservative | 9 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 56% | 52% | 3,342 |
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Bushell | 318 | 51% | ||
Whig | Henry Ripley | 310 | 49% | ||
Majority | 8 | 2% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 755 | ||||
Turnout | 628 | 83% | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Bolton * | 245 | 52% | ||
Conservative | P. Hope | 222 | 48% | ||
Majority | 23 | 4% | |||
Registered electors | 685 | ||||
Turnout | 467 | 68% | |||
Whig hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Quayle | 304 | 50.1% | ||
Conservative | William Shand | 303 | 49.9% | ||
Majority | 1 | 0.2% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 761 | ||||
Turnout | 607 | 80% | |||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Mellor* | 193 | 50.1% | ||
Conservative | Ambrose Lace | 192 | 49.9% | ||
Majority | 1 | 0.2% | |||
Registered electors | 552 | ||||
Turnout | 385 | 70% | |||
Whig hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Robinson | 188 | 53% | ||
Whig | Lawrence Heyworth | 167 | 47% | ||
Majority | 21 | 6% | |||
Registered electors | 505 | ||||
Turnout | 355 | 70% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Rigby | 405 | 52% | ||
Whig | Vincent Higgins * | 371 | 48% | ||
Majority | 34 | 4% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 990 | ||||
Turnout | 776 | 78% | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Daniel Mather | 257 | 52% | ||
Conservative | Richard Harbord | 233 | 48% | ||
Majority | 24 | 4% | |||
Registered electors | 710 | ||||
Turnout | 490 | 69% | |||
Whig hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Richard Vaughan Yates | 192 | 50.4% | ||
Conservative | John Bibby * | 189 | 49.6% | ||
Majority | 3 | 0.8% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 560 | ||||
Turnout | 381 | 68% | |||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Nelson Wood * | 274 | 55% | ||
Whig | George Loch | 225 | 45% | ||
Majority | 49 | 10% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 715 | ||||
Turnout | 499 | 70% | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Jones jun. | 192 | 53% | ||
Whig | Joseph Mason * | 173 | 47% | ||
Majority | 19 | 6% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 489 | ||||
Turnout | 365 | 75% | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Barton * | 178 | 50.1% | ||
Whig | John Deakin | 177 | 49.9% | ||
Majority | 1 | 0.2% | |||
Registered electors | 433 | ||||
Turnout | 355 | 82% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Richard Bright * | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 583 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Houghton * | 232 | 55% | ||
Whig | H. T. Atkinson | 191 | 45% | ||
Majority | 41 | 10% | |||
Registered electors | 594 | ||||
Turnout | 423 | 71% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Francis Jordan | 148 | 51% | ||
Conservative | William McKee | 142 | 49% | ||
Majority | 6 | 2% | |||
Registered electors | 363 | ||||
Turnout | 290 | 80% | |||
Whig hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Robertson Sandbach | 110 | 55% | ||
Whig | Thomas Chalmer | 91 | 45% | ||
Majority | 19 | 10% | |||
Registered electors | 289 | ||||
Turnout | 201 | 70% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Smith * | 164 | 62% | ||
Whig | Edward James | 102 | 38% | ||
Majority | 62 | 24% | |||
Registered electors | 422 | ||||
Turnout | 201 | 63% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |