Election Name: | 1853 Liverpool Town Council election |
Flag Image: | Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Year: | 1852 |
Previous Election: | 1852 Liverpool Town Council election |
Next Year: | 1854 |
Next Election: | 1854 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 Thursday 1 November 1853. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Eleven of the sixteen wards were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
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On 9 November 1853, the term of office of eight aldermen who were elected on 9 November 1847 expired.
The following were elected as Aldermen by the council on 9 November 1853 for a term of office of six years.
Party | Alderman | |
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Joseph Cooper * | ||
Richard Cardwell Gardner | ||
Thomas Bold | ||
John Bramley-Moore * | ||
Francis Shand | ||
James Parker * | ||
Thomas Toulmin | ||
Samuel Holme | ||
Caused by Councillor Richard Cardwell Gardner (Conservative, elected 1 November 1853) being elected as an alderman on 9 November 1853.
Caused by Councillor Thomas Toulmin (Conservative, elected 1 November 1852) being elected as an alderman on 9 November 1853.
Caused by Councillor Samuel Holme (Conservative, elected 1 November 1853) being elected as an alderman on 9 November 1853.