Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Tuesday 1 November 1842. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Three of the sixteen wards were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
James Plumpton, unlike John Smith, was an advocate for scriptural education in the Corporation Schools.
of Liverpool 1207 to present