| Election Name: | 1841 Liverpool Town Council election |
| Country: | Liverpool |
| Flag Image: | Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1840 Liverpool Town Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1840 |
| Next Election: | 1842 Liverpool Town Council election |
| Next Year: | 1842 |
| Seats For Election: | 16 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 16 wards |
| Majority Seats: | 33 (incl. Aldermen) |
| Registered: | 9,214 |
| Turnout: | % |
| Image1: | Conservative |
| Leader1: | ? |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 27 |
| Seats1: | 34 |
| Popular Vote1: | 4,270 |
| Percentage1: | 54% |
| Party2: | Reformers |
| Seats Before2: | 21 |
| Seats2: | 14 |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,672 |
| Percentage2: | 46% |
| Council Leader | |
| Before Party: | Reformers |
| Posttitle: | Council Leader after election |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Monday 1 November 1841. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
There were a total of 12,097 registered electors for the entire borough in 1841.The census of 1841 recorded the population of the borough as 293,963 (exclusive of about 10,000 seamen). These figures revealing that only about 4% of the population were enfranchised. (Although the census figures includes children, which skews the figures to some extent).
| 1841 Census Population | 1841 electorate | % enfranchised | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parish of Liverpool | 222,954 | 9,214 | 4.1% | |
| Everton & Kirkdale | 9,148 & 3,779 | 820 | 6.3% | |
| West Derby | 16,902 | 568 | 3.4% | |
| Toxteth Park | 41,180 | 1,495 | 3.6% | |
| Borough of Liverpool | 293,963 | 12,097 | 4.1% |
Three of the sixteen wards were uncontested.
After the election of 16 Councillors on 1 November 1841, and the election of 8 Aldermen on 9 November 1841, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | ± | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | +7 | 8 | +8 | 42 | ||
| 14 | -7 | 8 | -8 | 22 | ||
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On 9 November 1841, the term of office of eight of the sixteen aldermen expired.
The following were elected as Aldermen by the council on 9 November 1841 for a term of office of six years.
| Party | Alderman | |
|---|---|---|
| William Nicol | ||
| John Bramley-Moore | ||
| Thomas Chilton | ||
| Richard Smethurst Crook | ||
| John Haywood Turner | ||
| Richard Houghton sen. | ||
| Edmund Molyneux | ||
| Richard Griffith | ||