1852 Liverpool Town Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg/50px-Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg.png)
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← 1851 | November 1, 1852 (1852-11-01) | 1853 → |
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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 to Liverpool Town Council were held on Monday 1 November 1852. 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, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Reformers | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1852 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | | | | | | | | |
| Whig | | | | | | | | |
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
No. 11 Abercromby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | Robertson Gladstone | 360 | 61% | |
| Conservative | Bernard Hall * | 226 | 39% | |
Majority | 134 | 22% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 586 | | |
| Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Castle Street
No. 6 Castle Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | Thomas Avison * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Whig hold |
Everton
No. 1 Everton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Darnley Anderson | 439 | 56% | |
| Whig | Thomas Chalmer * | 346 | 44% | |
Majority | 93 | 12% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 785 | | |
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |
Exchange
No. 5 Exchange Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Tyrer * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold |
Great George
No. 9 Great George Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John McNichol | 240 | 56% | |
| Whig | John Rogers * | 188 | 44% | |
Majority | 52 | 12% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 428 | | |
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |
Lime Street
No. 12 Lime Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | James Allanson Picton * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Whig hold |
North Toxteth
No. 16 North Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Hilton Halhead | 329 | 69% | |
| Whig | Thomas Lloyd * | 151 | 31% | |
Majority | 178 | 38% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 480 | | |
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |
Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Toulmin * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold |
Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Barnes Brancker | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold |
St. Anne Street
No. 13 St. Anne Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | Thomas Llewelyn Hodson | 226 | 56% | |
| Conservative | Francis Shand | 181 | 44% | |
Majority | 45 | 12% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 407 | | |
| Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
St. Paul's
No. 4 St. Paul's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Godfrey * | 207 | 52% | |
| Whig | Thomas Savage | 193 | 48% | |
Majority | 14 | 4% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 560 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Peter's
No. 7 St. Peter's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | John Charles Fernihough * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Whig hold |
Scotland
No. 2 Scotland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | John Bingham * | 297 | 54% | |
| Conservative | Samuel Taylor | 249 | 44% | |
Majority | 48 | 10% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 546 | | |
| Whig hold | Swing | | |
South Toxteth
No. 15 South Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | William Joseph Horsfall * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold |
Vauxhall
No. 3 Vauxhall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | John Moss | 144 | 54% | |
| Conservative | Alexander Shand | 123 | 46% | |
Majority | 21 | 8% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 267 | | |
| Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
West Derby
No. 14 West Derby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Arthur Henderson * | 243 | 61% | |
| Whig | William Earle | 158 | 39% | |
Majority | 85 | 22% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 401 | | |
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | | |
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See also
References
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- ^ "Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser Wednesday 3 November 1852 (14) (scan)". Retrieved 2 December 2016.