1847 Liverpool Town Council election explained

Election Name:	1847 Liverpool Town Council election
Flag Image:	Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg
Type:	parliamentary
Previous Year:	1846
Previous Election:	1846 Liverpool Town Council election
Next Year:	1848
Next Election:	1848 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 1847. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Four of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

After the annual Council election on 1 November 1847, the Aldermanic election on 9 November 1847 and the four by-elections caused by four Councillors having been elected as Aldermen on 17 November 1847, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	±	Total
		32	−2	15	−1	47
		16	+2	1	+!	17

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Ward results

• – Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

West Derby

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Aldermanic Elections

On 9 November 1847, the term of office of eight aldermen who were elected on 9 November 1841 expired.

The following were elected as Aldermen by the council on 9 November 1847 for a term of office of six years.

• – re-elected Alderman.

Party		Alderman
		John Bramley-Moore *
		Edmund Molyneux *
		Thomas Chilton *
		John Holmes
		William Nicol *
		James Procter
		John Nelson Wood
		Joseph Cooper

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By-elections

No. 6, Castle Street, Wednesday 17 November 1847

Caused by the election of Councillor John Holmes (Reformer, Castle Street, elected 1 November 1847) as an Alderman on 9 November 1847.

No. 9, Great George, Wednesday 17 November 1847

Caused by the election of Councillor Joseph Cooper (Conservative, Great George, elected 1 November 1846) as an Alderman on 9 November 1847.

No. 11, Abercromby, Wednesday 17 November 1847

Caused by the election of Councillor James Procter (Conservative, Abercromby, elected 1 November 1847

No. 10, Rodney Street, Wednesday 17 November 1847

Caused by the election of Councillor John Nelson Wood (Conservative, Rodney Street, elected 1 November 1845) as an Alderman on 9 November 1847.

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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 Albion Monday 22 November 1847 (4) (scan). 5 November 2016 .
2. Web site: Liverpool Albion Monday 22 November 1847 (5) (scan). 5 November 2016 .
3. Web site: Liverpool Albion Monday 22 November 1847 (6) (scan). 5 November 2016 .
4. Web site: Liverpool Town Council – Council Minute Book 1847 p. 558 (scan). 5 November 2016 .
5. Web site: Liverpool Town Council – Council Minute Book 1847 p. 559 (scan). 5 November 2016 .
6. Web site: (Liverpool) Albion Monday 25 October 1847 (1) (scan). 5 November 2016 .
7. Web site: (Liverpool) Albion Monday 25 October 1847 (2) (scan). 5 November 2016 .
8. Web site: (Liverpool) Albion Monday 1 November 1847 (1) (scan). 5 November 2016 .
9. Web site: (Liverpool) Albion Monday 1 November 1847 (2) (scan). 5 November 2016 .
10. Web site: Liverpool Albion Monday 8 November 1847 (1) (scan). 5 November 2016 .
11. Web site: Liverpool Albion Monday 8 November 1847 (2) (scan). 5 November 2016 .
12. Web site: Liverpool Albion Monday 8 November 1847 (3) (scan). 5 November 2016 .
13. Web site: Liverpool Albion Monday 8 November 1847 (4) (scan). 5 November 2016 .
14. Web site: Liverpool Albion Monday 15 November 1847 (1) (scan). 5 November 2016 .
15. Web site: Liverpool Town Council – Council Minute Book 1847 p. 560 (scan). 5 November 2016 .
16. Web site: Liverpool Town Council – Council Minute Book 1847 p. 561 (scan). 5 November 2016 .
17. Web site: Liverpool Albion Monday 15 November 1847 (4) (scan). 5 November 2016 .
18. Web site: Liverpool Albion Monday 15 November 1847 (2) (scan). 5 November 2016 .
19. Web site: Liverpool Albion Monday 15 November 1847 (3) (scan). 5 November 2016 .
20. Web site: Liverpool Albion Monday 22 November 1847 (1) (scan). 5 November 2016 .
21. Web site: Liverpool Albion Monday 22 November 1847 (2) (scan). 5 November 2016 .
22. Web site: Liverpool Albion Monday 22 November 1847 (3) (scan). 5 November 2016 .