# 1846 Liverpool Town Council election

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Monday 2 November 1846. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Three of the sixteen wards were uncontested. In the uncontested elections, votes were still cast, although in very small numbers.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| | Conservative | 36 | 0 | 16 | 52 |
| | Reformers | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1846 :
| Party | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| | Conservative | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 69% | 52% | 2,654 | |
| | Whig | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 31% | 48% | 2,443 | |

## Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

### Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Thomas Kaye * | 268 | 52% |
| | Whig | Thomas Todd | 243 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25 | 4% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 719 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 511 | 71% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | James Aikin * | 2 | 100% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | |

### Everton

No. 1 Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Atherton * | 301 | 52% |
| | Whig | William Walthew | 278 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23 | 4% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 899 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 579 | 64% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Exchange

No. 5 Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James Tyrer * | 187 | 59% |
| | Whig | James Mellor | 129 | 41% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 58 | 18% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 610 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 316 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Great George

No. 9 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joseph Cooper | 168 | 62% |
| | Whig | William Purser Freme | 103 | 38% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 65 | 24% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 459 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 271 | 59% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Henry Danson | 280 | 52% | |
| | Conservative | Charles Saunders | 254 | 48% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26 | 4% | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 746 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 534 | 72% | |
| | Whig gain from Conservative | Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Robert Benn | 241 | 64% | |
| | Conservative | John Sheppard | 135 | 36% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 105 | 28% | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 814 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 376 | 46% | |
| | Whig gain from Conservative | Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Thomas Toulmin * | 199 | 55% |
| | Whig | George Holt | 163 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 36 | 10% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 523 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 362 | 69% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Samuel Holme | 306 | 57% |
| | Whig | Thomas Booth | 229 | 43% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 77 | 14% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 821 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 535 | 65% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Bennett | 202 | 56% | |
| | Whig | Joseph Hornby * | 159 | 44% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 43 | 12% | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 473 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 361 | 76% | |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |

### St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | James Stitt | 145 | 57% |
| | Conservative | John Briscoe | 108 | 43% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 37 | 14% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 472 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 253 | 54% |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | |

### St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Abraham Tinne * | 3 | 100% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Scotland

No. 2 Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Holme | 229 | 51% | |
| | Whig | William Thornhill * | 221 | 49% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8 | 2% | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 450 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |

### South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | William Watson | 171 | 51% | |
| | Conservative | Thomas Swanbrook Glazebrook * | 162 | 49% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9 | 2% | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 333 | | |
| | Whig gain from Conservative | Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Grant Morris | 118 | 60% | |
| | Whig | Thomas Chalmer | 79 | 40% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 39 | 20% | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 296 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 197 | 67% | |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |

### West Derby

No. 14 West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Hall Lawrence | 14 | 100% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |