# 1841 Liverpool Town Council election

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 | Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | ± | Total |
| | Conservative | 34 | +7 | 8 | +8 | 42 |
| | Reformers | 14 | -7 | 8 | -8 | 22 |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1841 :
| Party | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| | Conservative | 13 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 81% | 54% | 4,270 | |
| | Whig | 3 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 19% | 46% | 3,672 | |

## Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

### Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robertson Gladstone * | 388 | 60% |
| | Whig | John Cooper | 257 | 40% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 131 | 20% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 882 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 645 | 73% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | John Holmes | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 814 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |

### Everton

No. 1 Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Shaw | 330 | 62% | |
| | Whig | Michael Ashcroft | 203 | 38% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 127 | 24% | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 820 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 533 | 65% | |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |

### Exchange

No. 5 Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | Henry Holmes * | 329 | 52% |
| | Conservative | John Ridgway | 300 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 29 | 4% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 804 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 629 | 78% |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | |

### Great George

No. 9 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James Lawrence * | 344 | 51% |
| | Whig | William Rathbone | 324 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20 | 2% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 768 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 668 | 87% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Buck Lloyd | 424 | 50.5% | |
| | Whig | Thomas Moorecroft * | 416 | 49.5% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8 | 1.0% | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,011 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 840 | 83% | |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |

### North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alexander Smith jun. | 374 | 53% | |
| | Whig | William Lockerby | 338 | 47% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 36 | 6% | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 964 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 712 | 74% | |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |

### Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Aspinall | 317 | 54% | |
| | Whig | Hugh Hornby * | 275 | 46% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 42 | 8% | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 768 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 592 | 77% | |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |

### Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Henry Lawrence | 345 | 56% | |
| | Whig | Charles Holland | 274 | 44% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 71 | 12% | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 884 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 619 | 70% | |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |

### St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Parker | 276 | 57% | |
| | Whig | Thomas Chalmers | 206 | 43% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 70 | 14% | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 619 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 482 | 78% | |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |

### St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joshua Edwards | 306 | 54% |
| | Whig | Christopher Rawdon | 263 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 43 | 8% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 771 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 569 | 80% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ebenezer Rae | 312 | 52% | |
| | Whig | John Woollright * | 287 | 48% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25 | 4% | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 721 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 599 | 83% | |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |

### Scotland

No. 2 Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Isaac Holmes * | 313 | 51% |
| | Whig | George Quayle | 303 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10 | 2% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 720 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 616 | 86% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Simon Lee Trotman | 241 | 55% | |
| | Whig | William H. Taylour | 197 | 45% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 44 | 10% | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 531 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 438 | 82% | |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |

### Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | William Preston | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 512 | | |
| | Whig gain from Conservative | Whig gain from Conservative | Whig gain from Conservative | Whig gain from Conservative | Whig gain from Conservative |

### West Derby

No. 14 West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Shaw Leigh * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 568 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

## Aldermanic Elections

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.
* - re-elected Alderman.
| Party | Alderman |
| Conservative | William Nicol |
| Conservative | John Bramley-Moore |
| Conservative | Thomas Chilton |
| Conservative | Richard Smethurst Crook |
| Conservative | John Haywood Turner |
| Conservative | Richard Houghton sen. |
| Conservative | Edmund Molyneux |
| Conservative | Richard Griffith |