Election Name: | 1844 Liverpool Town Council election |
Flag Image: | Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Year: | 1843 |
Previous Election: | 1843 Liverpool Town Council election |
Next Year: | 1845 |
Next Election: | 1845 Liverpool Town Council election |
Seats For Election: | 16 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 16 wards |
Majority Seats: | 33 (incl. Aldermen) |
Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1844. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Seven of the sixteen wards were uncontested.
After the election of Councillors on Friday 1 November 1844 and the Aldermanic election on Saturday 9 November 1844, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
35 | 0 | 16 | 51 | ||
10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
On 9 November 1844, the term of office of eight aldermen who were elected on 9 November 1838 expired.
The following were elected as Aldermen by the Council on 9 November 1844 for a term of office of six years.
Party | Alderman | |
---|---|---|
David Hodgson | ||
Thomas Berry Horsfall | ||
James Lawrence * | ||
Sir Thomas Brancker * | ||
Anthony Swainson | ||
John Shaw Leigh | ||
William Pratt Bushby | ||
Thomas Sands | ||