1947 Leeds City Council election

November 2019 July 2026 English local election The 1947 Leeds municipal elections were held on Saturday 1 November 1947,British Laborites Decisively Beaten in Municipal Vote https://www.nytimes.com/1947/11/02/archives/british-laborites-decisively-beaten-in-municipal-vote-conservatives.html The New York Times 2 November 1947 15 October 2012 with one third of the seats, as well as a vacancy in Potternewton, up for election. With no Liberal candidate this time, East Hunslet went unopposed.Municipal results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 2 November 1947 Following favourable national patterns, the swing of two percentL.J. Sharpe 1967 Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections to the Conservatives helped the party decisively win the popular vote and, in part thanks to a spike in turnout to 55.3%, gain new post-war records in both share and votes. Despite a deficit of over 20,000 votes and losses totalling seven seats to the Conservatives, Labour were still able to pip them in seats won by an additional seat. As such, Labour's majority was cut by close to a third, but remained safe at 30. Election result Leeds local election result 1947 Labour Party (UK) 14 0 7 -7 51.8 42.8 81,559 -2.1 Conservative Party (UK) 13 7 0 +7 48.1 53.5 101,832 +2.1 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.0 5,774 +0.1 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.7 1,332 -0.0 The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Labour 59 15 52 15 Conservatives 19 11 26 11 Total 78 26 78 26 104 104 Working majority #FFBF00 40 darkgray #FFBF00  4 darkgray #FFBF00 26 darkgray #FFBF00  4 darkgray#FFBF00 44 darkgray#FFBF00 30 darkgray Ward results Armley & Wortley Labour Party (UK) G. Coan 3,412 63.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) G. Atkinson 1,955 36.4 N/A 1,457 27.2 N/A 5,367 N/A Beeston Conservative Party (UK) P. Woodward 4,776 49.4 +3.7 Labour Party (UK) E. Whitehead 3,840 39.7 -5.9 Liberal Party (UK) A. Whitaker 1,053 10.9 +2.1 936 9.7 +9.6 9,669 Blenheim Conservative Party (UK) E. Lister 3,853 56.5 +1.0 Labour Party (UK) A. D'Arcy 2,343 34.3 -10.2 Liberal Party (UK) M. Allen 626 9.2 +9.2 1,510 22.2 +11.2 6,822 Bramley Labour Party (UK) H. Womersley 5,134 46.5 -8.4 Conservative Party (UK) A. Baker 4,709 42.6 -2.4 Liberal Party (UK) Communist Party of Great Britain Ms Booth 1,199 10.9 +10.9 425 3.9 -6.0 11,042 Burmantofts Labour Party (UK) W. Shutt 2,573 67.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) C. Kirby 1,226 32.3 N/A 1,347 35.4 N/A 3,799 N/A Central Labour Party (UK) J. Walsh 2,043 54.2 -8.2 Conservative Party (UK) F. Morat 1,729 45.8 +8.2 314 8.3 -16.5 3,772 Cross Gates & Temple Newsam Conservative Party (UK) R. Bell 8,052 57.4 +0.0 Labour Party (UK) R. Thomas 5,965 42.6 -0.0 2,087 14.8 +0.0 14,017 East Hunslet Labour Party (UK) H. Mayhew Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Far Headingley Conservative Party (UK) J. Hargrave 9,236 81.0 +8.7 Labour Party (UK) A. Tallant 2,169 19.0 -1.0 7,067 62.0 +9.7 11,405 Farnley & Wortley Labour Party (UK) J. Wallbanks 5,188 52.3 -5.7 Conservative Party (UK) C. Horner 4,738 47.7 +5.7 450 4.5 -11.4 9,926 Harehills Conservative Party (UK) W. Power 5,310 51.2 +4.6 Labour Party (UK) K. Muir 5,060 48.8 -4.6 250 2.4 -4.4 10,370 Holbeck North Labour Party (UK) J. Veitch 1,155 59.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) A. Parkinson 503 26.1 N/A Liberal Party (UK) W. Holdsworth 269 14.0 N/A 652 33.8 N/A 1,927 N/A Holbeck South Labour Party (UK) W. Jones 2,916 55.6 -17.1 Conservative Party (UK) H. Drake 1,757 33.5 +33.5 Liberal Party (UK) W. Hopper 568 10.8 -16.4 1,159 22.1 -23.5 5,241 Hunslet Carr & Middleton Labour Party (UK) J. Hodkinson 6,133 64.8 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. Walton 3,326 35.2 N/A 2,807 29.7 N/A 9,459 N/A Hyde Park Conservative Party (UK) F. Walker 5,644 72.5 +3.7 Labour Party (UK) G. Issott 2,137 27.5 -3.7 3,507 45.1 +7.4 7,781 Kirkstall Conservative Party (UK) H. Sellers 5,021 49.8 +4.3 Labour Party (UK) M. Malcolm 4,101 40.7 -13.7 Liberal Party (UK) L. Spencer 638 6.3 +6.3 Communist Party of Great Britain R. Huffingley 313 3.1 +3.1 920 9.1 +0.2 10,073 Mill Hill & South Conservative Party (UK) H. Jowitt 1,538 52.5 +1.0 Labour Party (UK) H. Holdsworth 1,394 47.5 -1.0 144 4.9 +1.9 2,932 North Conservative Party (UK) D. Murphy 9,724 80.5 +2.9 Labour Party (UK) N. Davey 2,349 19.5 -2.9 7,375 61.1 +5.8 12,073 Osmondthorpe Labour Party (UK) M. Fish 4,257 63.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) T. Nipe 2,491 36.9 N/A 1,766 26.2 N/A 6,748 N/A Potternewton Conservative Party (UK) J. Bidgood 4,468 57.5 +2.5 Conservative Party (UK) C. Driver 4,442 Labour Party (UK) K. Cohen 2,551 32.8 -1.7 Labour Party (UK) R. Peart 2,401 Communist Party of Great Britain B. Ramelson 753 9.7 -0.8 1,917 24.7 +4.2 7,772 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) W. Fowler 1,900 69.3 -20.5 Conservative Party (UK) R. Eden 840 30.7 +30.7 1,060 38.7 -41.1 2,740 Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) C. Monkman 10,330 77.0 +0.5 Labour Party (UK) A. King 3,083 23.0 -0.5 7,247 54.0 +1.1 13,413 Upper Armley Conservative Party (UK) J. Hiley 4,386 54.1 +8.9 Labour Party (UK) J. Underwood 3,720 45.9 -2.3 666 8.2 +5.2 8,106 West Hunslet Labour Party (UK) A. Adamson 3,343 52.4 -13.5 Conservative Party (UK) J. Farrell 1,865 29.2 -1.5 Liberal Party (UK) A. Smith 903 14.2 +14.2 Communist Party of Great Britain F. Warburton 266 4.2 +0.9 1,478 23.2 -12.0 6,377 Westfield Labour Party (UK) E. Youngman 1,693 54.4 -7.1 Conservative Party (UK) M. Gledhill 1,417 45.6 +7.1 276 8.9 -14.1 3,110 Woodhouse Labour Party (UK) H. Bretherick 3,100 47.3 -9.4 Conservative Party (UK) G. Taylor 2,938 44.8 +1.5 Liberal Party (UK) Ms. Hobson 518 7.9 +7.9 162 2.5 -10.9 6,556 References 1 Leeds City Council election 1947 City Council election, 1947 Leeds City Council election