| Election Name: | 1835 Liverpool Town Council election |
| Country: | Liverpool |
| Flag Image: | Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Election: | 1836 Liverpool Town Council election |
| Next Year: | 1836 |
| Seats For Election: | 48 new seats were up for election for the first time: three seats for each of the new 16 wards |
| Majority Seats: | 33 (incl. 16 Aldermen) |
| Registered: | 6,803 |
| Turnout: | 80.36% |
| Image1: | Reformers |
| Seats Needed1: | 33 |
| Seats1: | 44 |
| Popular Vote1: | 3,213 |
| Percentage1: | 59% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Needed2: | 33 |
| Seats2: | 4 |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,254 |
| Percentage2: | 41% |
| Council Leader | |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Council Leader after election |
| After Party: | Reformers |
Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Saturday 26 December 1835.
This was the first democratic election to Liverpool Town Council. The predecessor Council, the Common Council, elected new members itself. This election was conducted under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. As this was the first election to the Council, all three seats for each of the sixteen wards were up for election. The candidate in each ward with the highest number of votes was elected for three years, the candidate with the second highest number of votes was elected for two years and the candidate with the third highest number of votes was elected for one year. All of the sixteen wards were contested.
The local press, at the time, referred exclusively to candidates as Reformers or Conservatives.
The Liverpool Corporation consisted of 17 Aldermen, including the mayor and 19 members of the Common Council.
| Party | Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | James Aspinall | ||
| Recorder | James Clarke | ||
| Alderman | George Case | ||
| Alderman | P. W. Brancker | ||
| Alderman | John Bourne | ||
| Alderman | Samuel Staniforth | ||
| Alderman | John Wright | ||
| Alderman | Thomas Case | ||
| Alderman | Sir John Tobin | ||
| Alderman | Richard Leyland | ||
| Alderman | Charles Lawrence | ||
| Alderman | Peter Bourne | ||
| Alderman | Thomas Littledale | ||
| Alderman | Nicholas Robinson | ||
| Alderman | Sir George Drinkwater | ||
| Alderman | Sir Thomas Brancker | ||
| Alderman | Samuel Sandbach | ||
| Alderman | Charles Horsefall | ||
| Bailiff | Ambrose Lace | ||
| Bailiff | James Pownall | ||
| Town Clerk | Thomas Foster | ||
| Common Council | |||
| Party | Name | ||
| Thomas Corrie | |||
| William Wallace Currie | |||
| John Deane Case | |||
| Isaac Oldham Bold | |||
| William Earle | |||
| John Shaw Leigh | |||
| William Ripley | |||
| Henry Moss | |||
| John Ewart | |||
| Samuel Thompson | |||
| Richard Houghton | |||
| Anthony Molyneux | |||
| Thomas Shaw | |||
| Richard B. B. Hollinshead | |||
| Henry Ashton | |||
| Robertson Gladstone | |||
| James Crosbie | |||
| James Cockshot | |||
| Joseph N. Walker | |||
| Party | Candidate | Ward Standing | Elected | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Horsfall | Everton and Kirkdale | Yes | |||
| Conservative | John Wright | Vauxhall | No | ||
| Sir Thomas Brancker | Castle Street | No | |||
| Charles Lawrence | Great George | No | |||
| Reformers | William Earle jun. | Abercromby | Yes | ||
| Conservative | John Shaw Leigh | West Derby | Yes | ||
| Reformers | W. W. Currie | North Toxteth | Yes | ||
After the election of Councillors on 26 December 1835 and the Aldermanic election in January 1836, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | Aldermen | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 15 | 59 | |||
| 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
The polling place for the township of Kirkdale was Mrs. Stretch's public house in Kirkdale Village.
The polling place for Everton township was Halliday's, Everton Coffee-house
The Polling place was Mr. Horner's at the corner of Eccles-street and Vauxhall-road.
The polling place was at the Vauxhall Vaults, corner of Banastre-street and Vauxhall-road.
Polling place : At Mather's Baths, corner of St. Paul's-square and Virginia-street
Polling places : Surnames A to K : at the south end of the Sessions'-house in South Chapel-street. Surnames L to Z : at the north end of the Sessions'-house in Chapel-street.
Polling place : At the two windows of the King's Arms Hotel fronting Castle-street
Polling place : At the two windows of the Horse and Jockey public-house fronting Seel-street
Polling place : At two compartments in the South Free School in Park-lane.
Polling place : At a warehouse, east side of St. James's-street, near the corner of St. Vincent-street.
Polling place : A to K : at a new shop at the entrance of the New Arcade from Renshaw Street. L to Z : at a window of an empty-house, opposite the Unitarian Chapel, in Renshaw-street.
Polling place : At the Phoenix Inn, at the top of Mount Pleasant
Polling places : A to K : at a window in the Black Bell Inn, London-road.L to Z : at a window in Challinor's Public-house, on the opposite side of London-road.
Polling place : At the Pontack's Public-house, in Christian-street.
Polling place : At the Edge-hill Coffee-house.
Polling place : At the southernmost of the Shops recently built by Dr. Hughes, on the west side of Park-road.
Polling place : At two windows of the Royal Oak Public-house, at the corner of Upper Warwick-street and Park-place.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
At the meeting of the Council in January 1836, sixteen Aldermen were elected by the Council,eight for a term of six years and eight for a term of three years.
| Party | Alderman | Term expires | Ward | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Stuart | 1841 | |||
| Thomas Booth | 1841 | |||
| Joseph Hornby | 1841 | |||
| William Brown | 1841 | |||
| Thomas Leathom | 1841 | |||
| Thomas Smith (Toxteth park) | 1841 | |||
| Robert Benn | 1841 | |||
| Christopher Hird Jones | 1841 | |||
| Thomas Bulley | 1838 | |||
| Eyre Evans | 1838 | |||
| William Blaine | 1838 | |||
| James Moon | 1838 | |||
| William Purser Freme | 1838 | |||
| Thomas Brockhurst Barclay | 1838 | |||
| George Robinson | 1838 | |||
| Ormerod Heyworth | 1838 | |||
Caused by the disqualification of Joseph Langton (Reformers, Lime Street, elected 26 December 1835) because he did not sign the councillors' declaration. Mr. Langton was the manager of the Bank of Liverpool and the directors of the bank did not think him being a town councillor was compatible with his role as manager of the bank.[19] [20]