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1841 Liverpool Town Council election
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1 November 1841 (1841-11-01)
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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
Registered
9,214
Turnout
%
First party
Second party
Conservative
Reformers
Leader
?
Party
Conservative
Reformers
Seats before
27
21
Seats won
34
14
Seat change
7
7
Popular vote
4,270
3,672
Percentage
54%
46%
Swing
3
3
Council Leader before election
Reformers
Council Leader after election
Conservative
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%
[1][2]
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
Councillors
±
Aldermen
±
Total
Conservative
34
+7
8
+8
42
Reformers
14
-7
8
-8
22
^"Liverpool Mercury Almanac 1844 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 28 October 2016.
^"Liverpool Mercury Almanac 1844 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 28 October 2016.
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