Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1847. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Four of the sixteen wards were uncontested.
After the annual Council election on 1 November 1847, the Aldermanic election on 9 November 1847 and the four by-elections caused by four Councillors having been elected as Aldermen on 17 November 1847, the composition of the council was:
PartyCouncillors ± Aldermen ± TotalConservative 32 −2 15 −1 47Reformers 16 +2 1 +! 17
Election result
Ward results
* – Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
Castle Street
Everton
Exchange
Great George
Lime Street
North Toxteth
Pitt Street
Rodney Street
St. Anne Street
St. Paul's
St. Peter's
Scotland
South Toxteth
Vauxhall
West Derby
Aldermanic Elections
On 9 November 1847, the term of office of eight aldermen who were elected on 9 November 1841 expired.
The following were elected as Aldermen by the council on 9 November 1847 for a term of office of six years.
* – re-elected Alderman.
PartyAlderman Conservative John Bramley-Moore * Conservative Edmund Molyneux * Conservative Thomas Chilton * Reformer John Holmes Conservative William Nicol * Conservative James Procter Conservative John Nelson Wood Conservative Joseph Cooper
By-elections
No. 6, Castle Street, Wednesday 17 November 1847
Caused by the election of Councillor John Holmes (Reformer, Castle Street, elected 1 November 1847) as an Alderman on 9 November 1847.
No. 9, Great George, Wednesday 17 November 1847
Caused by the election of Councillor Joseph Cooper (Conservative, Great George, elected 1 November 1846) as an Alderman on 9 November 1847.
No. 11, Abercromby, Wednesday 17 November 1847
Caused by the election of Councillor James Procter (Conservative, Abercromby, elected 1 November 1847
No. 10, Rodney Street, Wednesday 17 November 1847
Caused by the election of Councillor John Nelson Wood (Conservative, Rodney Street, elected 1 November 1845) as an Alderman on 9 November 1847.
See also Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 – 1879 Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present History of local government in England
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