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16 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 16 wards 33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority | ||||
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Elections toLiverpool 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 35 | 0 | 16 | 51 | |
| Reformers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 81% | 56% | 2,105 | ||
| Whig | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19% | 44% | 1,646 | ||
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Procter | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 673 | ||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | John Holmes * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 821 | ||||
| Whighold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Thomas Shaw * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 781 | ||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles Stuart Middleton | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 670 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Green Hornby | 136 | 67% | ||
| Conservative | Robertson Gladstone | 67 | 33% | ||
| Majority | 69 | 34% | |||
| Registered electors | 487 | ||||
| Turnout | 203 | 42% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Buck Lloyd * | 324 | 53% | ||
| Whig | Henry Holmes | 292 | 47% | ||
| Majority | 32 | 6% | |||
| Registered electors | 813 | ||||
| Turnout | 616 | 76% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Mann | 274 | 56% | ||
| Whig | George Holt | 214 | 44% | ||
| Majority | 60 | 12% | |||
| Registered electors | 877 | ||||
| Turnout | 488 | 56% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Aspinall * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 536 | ||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Pemberton | 273 | 55% | ||
| Whig | Robert Ellison Harvey | 222 | 45% | ||
| Majority | 51 | 10% | |||
| Registered electors | 796 | ||||
| Turnout | 495 | 62% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Parker * | 231 | 52% | ||
| Whig | William Earle | 216 | 48% | ||
| Majority | 15 | 4% | |||
| Registered electors | 527 | ||||
| Turnout | 447 | 85% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Brodhurst Hill | 152 | 56% | ||
| Whig | James Stitt | 119 | 44% | ||
| Majority | 33 | 12% | |||
| Registered electors | 388 | ||||
| Turnout | 271 | 70% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Sellar Henderson | 269 | 54% | ||
| Whig | Thomas Bolton | 230 | 46% | ||
| Majority | 39 | 12% | |||
| Registered electors | 716 | ||||
| Turnout | 499 | 70% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | James Brancker | 217 | 52% | ||
| Conservative | Isaac Holmes | 204 | 48% | ||
| Majority | 13 | 4% | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 535 | ||||
| Turnout | 421 | 79% | |||
| Whiggain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Roger Lyon Jones | 175 | 56% | ||
| Whig | Richard Vaughan Yates | 136 | 44% | ||
| Majority | 39 | 12% | |||
| Registered electors | 464 | ||||
| Turnout | 311 | 67% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | William Preston * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 512 | ||||
| Whighold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Shaw Leigh * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 590 | ||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
On 9 November 1844, the term of office of eightaldermen who were elected on 9 November 1838 expired.
The following were elected asAldermen by the Council on 9 November 1844 for a term of office of six years.
* - re-elected Alderman.
| Party | Alderman | |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Hodgson | |
| Conservative | Thomas Berry Horsfall | |
| Conservative | James Lawrence * | |
| Conservative | Sir Thomas Brancker * | |
| Conservative | Anthony Swainson | |
| Conservative | John Shaw Leigh | |
| Conservative | William Pratt Bushby | |
| Conservative | Thomas Sands | |
