1840 Liverpool Town Council election explained

Election Name:	1840 Liverpool Town Council election
Flag Image:	Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg
Type:	local
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1839 Liverpool Town Council election
Previous Year:	1839
Next Election:	1841 Liverpool Town Council election
Next Year:	1841
Seats For Election:	16 seats were up for election: one seat for the each of the 16 wards
Image1:	Reformers
Party2:	Conservative Party (UK)
Council Leader
Before Party:	Conservative Party (UK)
Posttitle:	Council Leader after election
After Party:	Reformers

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1840. 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.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
		22	-6	16	38
		26	+6	0	26

Ward results

• - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

Time	James Procter		Thomas Todd
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	63	50%	64	50%
11:00	142	52%	131	48%
12:00	176	51%	171	49%
13:00	214
14:00
15:00
16:00	317	53%	282	47%

Castle Street

Time	James Aikin		Peter Hope
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	65	65%	35	35%
11:00	115	56%	90	44%
12:00	148	54%	127	46%
13:00	170	54%	143	46%
14:00	178	52%	162	48%
15:00	206	53%	181	47%
16:00	228	53%	206	47%

Everton

Time	David Hodgson		William Brown
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	109	57%	81	43%
11:00	155	54%	132	46%
12:00	185	54%	158	46%
13:00	213	55%	177	45%
14:00	230	55%	200	47%
15:00	271	54%	228	46%
16:00	308	52%	287	48%

Exchange

Time	Thomas Sands		William Wood
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	50	65%	27	35%
11:00	101	62%	61	38%
12:00	132	58%	95	42%
13:00	154	58%	111	42%
14:00	171	57%	131	435
15:00	191	55%	154	45%
16:00	199	54%	168	46%

Great George

Time	Joseph Cooper		Thomas Taylor
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	56	51%	53	49%
11:00	94	51%	89	49%
12:00	115	49.6%	117	50.4%
13:00	140	50.4%	138	49.6%
14:00	154	51%	150	49%
15:00	170	55%	157	48%
16:00	180	51%	172	49%

Lime Street

Time	Thomas Blackburn		John Kilshaw
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	64	52%	60	48%
11:00	116
12:00			166
13:00			223
14:00	279	51%	271	49%
15:00	324
16:00	390	50.1%	388	49.9%

North Toxteth

Time	Richard Harbord		William McMurdo Duncan
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00			33
11:00	74	49%	76	51%
12:00	101
13:00	167	51%	158	49%
14:00	199	51%	189	49%
15:00	219
16:00	240		233	49%

Pitt Street

Time	Thomas Toulmin		William Rathbone
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	75	57%	56	43%
11:00	105	56%	84	44%
12:00	135	54%	115	46%
13:00	149	53%	134	47%
14:00	164	53%	146	47%
15:00	170	51%	164	49%
16:00	189	50.1%	188	49.9%

Rodney Street

Time	William Birkett		Charles Holland
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00			56
11:00			77
12:00	111	57%	84	43%
13:00			134
14:00
15:00			182
16:00	269	56%	212	44%

St. Anne Street

Time	William Slater		John Davies
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	40	53%	35	47%
11:00	66	57%	50	43%
12:00	95	54%	82	46%
13:00	117	49%	120	51%
14:00	148	50%	150	50%
15:00	167	51%	162	49%
16:00	192	51%	188	49%

St. Paul's

Time	Richard Benson Blundell Hollinshead Blundell		John Rowland McGuffie
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	72	51%	68	49%
11:00	86	50.3%	85	49.7%
12:00	99	52%	90	48%
13:00	131	52%	123	48%
14:00	146	53%	131	47%
15:00	167	52%	152	48%
16:00	177	51%	167	49%

St. Peter's

Time	John Priestley		Ebenezer Rae
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	41	47%	47	53%
11:00	70	49%	73	51%
12:00	97	53%	86	47%
13:00	108	53%	97	47%
14:00	127	53%	113	47%
15:00	146	55%	121	45%
16:00	156	53%	137	47%

Scotland

Time	William Thornhill		Thomas Murray Gladstone
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	33	45%	40	55%
11:00	79	48%	85	52%
12:00	104	48%	112	52%
13:00	121	48%	129	52%
14:00	166	52%	155	48%
15:00	182	49.7%	184	50.3%
16:00	215	51.1%	214	49.9%

South Toxteth

Time	John Platt		John Shepperd
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	30	45%	36	55%
11:00	76	58%	56	42%
12:00
13:00	107	54%	91	46%
14:00	122	54%	106	46%
15:00	129	51%	122	49%
16:00	144	51%	138	49%

Vauxhall

Time	Henry Copeland		William Preston
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	44	56%	35	44%
11:00	56	56%	44	44%
12:00	69	55%	56	45%
13:00	80	58%	57	42%
14:00	84	56%	66	44%
15:00	100	56%	77	44%
16:00	108	56%	86	44%

West Derby

Time	George Hall Lawrence		Lawrence Heyworth jun.
	Votes	%	Votes	%
10:00	85	78%	24	22%
11:00	128	74%	46	26%
12:00	138	71%	56	29%
13:00	139	66%	71	34%
14:00	149	64%	83	36%
15:00	155	63%	91	37%
16:00	156	62%	96	38%

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See also

• Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
• Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
• Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
• History of local government in England

Notes and References

1. Web site: Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday November 4, 1840 (1) (scan). 25 October 2016 .
2. Web site: Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday November 4, 1840 (2) (scan). 25 October 2016 .
3. Web site: Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday November 6, 1840 (1) (scan). 25 October 2016 .
4. Web site: Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday November 6, 1840 (2) (scan). 25 October 2016 .
5. Web site: Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday November 6, 1840 (3) (scan). 25 October 2016 .
6. Web site: Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire General Advertiser Friday November 6, 1840 (4) (scan). 25 October 2016 .