Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Saturday 26 December 1835. This was the first election to Liverpool Town Council. It was conducted under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. As this was the first election to the Council, all three seats for each of the sixteen wards were up for election. The candidate in each ward with the highest number of votes was elected for three years, the candidate with the second highest number of votes was elected for two years and the candidate with the third highest number of votes was elected for one year. All of the sixteen wards were contested. The terms Whig and Reformer are used interchangeably. The local press, at the time, referred exclusively to Reformers. After the election of Councillors on 26 December 1835 and the Aldermanic election in January 1836, the composition of the council was:
Election result
Ward results
* - Previously a member of the preceding Common Council
Everton and Kirkdale
The polling place for the township of Kirkdale was Mrs. Stretch's public house in Kirkdale Village. The polling place for Everton township was Halliday's, Everton Coffee-house
Scotland
The Polling place was Mr. Horner's at the corner of Eccles-street and Vauxhall-road.
Vauxhall
The polling place was at the Vauxhall Vaults, corner of Banastre-street and Vauxhall-road.
St. Paul's
Polling place : At Mather's Baths, corner of St. Paul's-square and Virginia-street
Exchange
Polling places : Surnames A to K : at the south end of the Sessions'-house in South Chapel-street. Surnames L to Z : at the north end of the Sessions'-house in Chapel-street.
Castle Street
Polling place : At the two windows of the King's Arms Hotel fronting Castle-street
St. Peter's
Polling place : At the two windows of the Horse and Jockey public-house fronting Seel-street
Pitt Street
Polling place : At two compartments in the South Free School in Park-lane.
Great George
Polling place : At a warehouse, east side of St. James's-street, near the corner of St. Vincent-street.
Rodney Street
Polling place : A to K : at a new shop at the entrance of the New Arcade from Renshaw Street. L to Z : at a window of an empty-house, opposite the Unitarian Chapel, in Renshaw-street.
Abercromby
Polling place : At the Phoenix Inn, at the top of Mount Pleasant
Polling places : A to K : at a window in the BlackBell Inn, London-road. L to Z : at a window in Challinor's Public-house, on the opposite side of London-road.
St. Anne Street
Polling place : At the Pontack's Public-house, in Christian-street.
West Derby
Polling place : At the Edge-hill Coffee-house.
South Toxteth
Polling place : At the southernmost of the Shops recently built by Dr. Hughes, on the west side of Park-road.
North Toxteth
Polling place : At two windows of the Royal Oak Public-house, at the corner of Upper Warwick-street and Park-place.
Aldermanic Elections">Liverpool Town Council elections#Aldermanic Elections">Aldermanic Elections
At the meeting of the Council in January 1836, sixteen Aldermen were elected by the Council, eight for a term of six years and eight for a term of three years.
Caused by the disqualification of Joseph Langton because he did not sign the councillors' declaration. Mr. Langton was the manager of the Bank of Liverpool and the directors of the bank did not think him being a town councillor was compatible with his role as manager of the bank.
