1965 Leeds City Council election

1965 English local government election November 2019 July 2026 The 1965 municipal elections for Leeds were held on Thursday 13 May 1965,The News of the Week in Review: Two Crises https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0B16FE3E5F17738DDDAF0994DD405B858AF1D3 The New York Times 16 May 1965 19 October 2012 with one third of the council and an extra vacancy in Allerton to be elected.Municipal results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 14 May 1965 Building upon the previous year, the Conservatives fully reversed the downward trend they'd been on since 1960. With a whopping 10.2%L.J. Sharpe 1967 Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections swing their way, they defeated the Labour Party in a manner not seen since 1951, with Labour's share reduced to the thirties - surpassing even their record low then. The Conservatives six gains were largely a regaining of Labour's 1963 gains, with the notable exceptions of Beeston, which they already held, and Kirkstall - a first for the ward, which had been monolithically Labour since the boundary changes in 1951. The Conservatives also recovered Roundhay from Labour who gained it in a by-election in 1963. Elsewhere, the Liberals continued their decline from the 1962 highs, now at near enough where they were pre-spike. In contrast, the Communists, having steadily raised their candidates in each election since the mid-1950s were now fielding a record of 12, achieving party records in both vote and share. Turnout fell again by just over two percent on last year's figure to 34.5%.Joseph Whitaker 1965 Whitaker's Almanack 1965 Election result Leeds local election result 1965 Conservative Party (UK) 17 6 0 +6 58.6 56.1 65,041 +11.2 Labour Party (UK) 12 0 6 -6 41.4 37.8 43,813 -9.1 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.6 5,366 -2.5 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.5 1,741 +0.5 The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Labour 56 19 50 19 Conservatives 28  9 34  9 Total 84 28 84 28 112 112 Working majority #FFBF00 28 darkgray #FFBF00 10 darkgray #FFBF00 16 darkgray #FFBF00 10 darkgray#FFBF00 38 darkgray#FFBF00 26 darkgray Ward results Allerton Conservative Party (UK) Frank Marshall 5,358 78.8 +9.4 Conservative Party (UK) John William Harwood Long 5,174 Labour Party (UK) Gerald Bloom 1,442 21.2 -0.2 Labour Party (UK) Donald Chadwick 1,308 3,732 57.6 +9.7 6,800 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +4.8 Armley Labour Party (UK) Joseph Bissell 1,907 52.6 -7.2 Conservative Party (UK) Kevin Anthony Beal 1,717 47.4 +19.0 190 5.2 -26.2 3,624 Labour Party (UK) -13.1 Beeston Conservative Party (UK) Alan Hartley 3,496 58.4 +9.2 Labour Party (UK) Eric Forbes Mill 2,400 40.1 -7.8 Communist Party of Great Britain Frederick Sidebottom 87 1.5 -1.4 1,096 18.3 +17.0 5,983 Conservative Party (UK) +8.5 Blenheim Labour Party (UK) William Merritt 1,100 59.6 -9.1 Conservative Party (UK) Rolland Derrick Austwick 747 40.4 +9.1 353 19.2 -18.2 1,847 Labour Party (UK) -9.1 Bramley Conservative Party (UK) Jack Hart 2,973 56.4 +16.9 Labour Party (UK) William Lord 2,297 43.6 -16.9 676 12.8 -8.3 5,270 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +16.9 Burmantofts Labour Party (UK) George Murray 1,431 56.1 -16.2 Conservative Party (UK) Jessie Margaret (commonly known as Peggy) White 1,120 43.9 +16.2 311 12.2 -32.3 2,551 Labour Party (UK) -16.2 City Labour Party (UK) Bernard Peter Atha 724 61.6 -11.7 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Herbert Baker 451 38.4 +11.7 273 23.2 -23.5 1,175 Labour Party (UK) -11.7 Cross Gates Labour Party (UK) Enid Muriel Coward 3,708 57.7 -7.7 Conservative Party (UK) Sidney Andrew Codd 2,294 35.7 +6.6 Communist Party of Great Britain Henry Fawcett 421 6.6 +1.1 1,414 22.0 -14.4 6,423 Labour Party (UK) -7.1 East Hunslet Labour Party (UK) Ernest Kavanagh 1,017 63.1 -9.2 Conservative Party (UK) Keith Anthony Frederick Grainger 594 36.9 +9.2 423 26.2 -18.4 1,611 Labour Party (UK) -9.2 Far Headingley Conservative Party (UK) Alan Edwin Roberts 5,905 67.2 +14.0 Labour Party (UK) Nellie Doreen Jenner 1,649 18.8 -1.4 Liberal Party (UK) Anastasios Christodoulop 1,238 14.1 -12.6 4,256 48.4 +21.9 8,792 Conservative Party (UK) +7.7 Halton Conservative Party (UK) John Hutchings Rhodes 4,879 78.4 +8.9 Labour Party (UK) Doreen Hamilton 1,347 21.6 -8.9 3,532 56.7 +17.7 6,226 Conservative Party (UK) +8.9 Harehills Conservative Party (UK) Patrick Crotty 2,720 58.9 +7.5 Labour Party (UK) Howard Howlett 1,639 35.5 -3.5 Liberal Party (UK) Ronald Gibbon Sissons 258 5.6 -4.0 1,081 23.4 +11.0 4,617 Conservative Party (UK) +5.5 Holbeck Labour Party (UK) Gertrude Bray 1,304 55.0 -1.5 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Waddington 905 38.2 +11.7 Communist Party of Great Britain Joyce McCarthy 160 6.8 +3.6 399 16.8 -13.2 2,369 Labour Party (UK) -6.6 Hunslet Carr Labour Party (UK) Wilfred Parker 1,311 57.9 -4.9 Conservative Party (UK) Herbert Ernest Lister 852 37.6 +6.0 Communist Party of Great Britain Leslie Hunter 101 4.5 -1.1 459 20.3 -10.9 2,264 Labour Party (UK) -5.4 Hyde Park Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Derek Fielding 2,495 55.9 +6.8 Labour Party (UK) Wilfred Window 1,166 26.1 -12.8 Liberal Party (UK) Deryck Ernest Senior 689 15.4 +3.3 Communist Party of Great Britain Stanley Peter Walker 116 2.6 +2.6 1,329 29.8 +19.6 4,466 Conservative Party (UK) +9.8 Kirkstall Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Kent 2,202 50.4 +16.3 Labour Party (UK) Dennis Burrill Matthews 2,020 46.2 -9.0 Communist Party of Great Britain Beryl Huffinley 150 3.4 +0.7 182 4.2 -17.0 4,372 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +12.6 Meanwood Conservative Party (UK) Thomas William Kirkby 3,232 67.6 +9.0 Labour Party (UK) John McPheat 1,049 21.9 -9.2 Liberal Party (UK) Evelyn Mary Briggs 500 10.5 +0.2 2,183 45.7 +18.3 4,781 Conservative Party (UK) +9.1 Middleton Labour Party (UK) St. John Binns 1,833 74.7 -6.1 Conservative Party (UK) Frank Stubley 477 19.4 +3.9 Communist Party of Great Britain Enos Leslie Moore 143 5.8 +2.2 1,356 55.3 -10.0 2,453 Labour Party (UK) -5.0 Moortown Conservative Party (UK) Louie Ellen Henson 5,532 71.2 +8.9 Labour Party (UK) Bernard Ingham 1,485 19.1 -7.9 Liberal Party (UK) Kenneth Roy Dunn 561 7.2 -3.5 Communist Party of Great Britain Philip Boyes 190 2.4 +2.4 4,047 52.1 +16.8 7,768 Conservative Party (UK) +8.4 Osmondthorpe Labour Party (UK) William John (aka Jack) Pritchard 1,322 65.3 -13.0 Conservative Party (UK) Ethel Megan Lewis 704 34.7 +13.0 618 30.5 -26.0 2,026 Labour Party (UK) -13.0 Potternewton Conservative Party (UK) Irwin Norman Bellow 2,270 56.2 +8.8 Labour Party (UK) Joyce Brenda Gould 1,267 31.4 -11.7 Liberal Party (UK) Sydney Herbert Bexan 427 10.6 +3.3 Communist Party of Great Britain Raymond Ramsden 73 1.8 -0.4 1,003 24.8 +20.5 4,037 Conservative Party (UK) +10.2 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) William Cain 1,463 69.6 -13.9 Conservative Party (UK) Alfred Patrick Sexton 519 24.7 +12.2 Communist Party of Great Britain Eric Burwin 121 5.8 +1.7 944 44.9 -26.1 2,103 Labour Party (UK) -13.0 Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) Alan Commander Johnson 5,144 77.4 +9.2 Labour Party (UK) Douglas Thomas 1,503 22.6 -9.2 3,641 54.8 +18.4 6,647 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +9.2 Stanningley Conservative Party (UK) Alfred Matthew Vickers 2,052 45.1 +11.0 Labour Party (UK) John Henry Marshall 1,701 37.4 -10.9 Liberal Party (UK) Dennis Pedder 793 17.4 -0.1 351 7.7 -6.4 4,546 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +10.9 Wellington Labour Party (UK) John Herbert Underwood 997 58.4 -10.9 Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Anne Farrar 356 20.8 +3.9 Liberal Party (UK) Ernest Howson 272 15.9 +5.7 Communist Party of Great Britain Marion Rogers 83 4.9 +1.3 641 37.5 -14.8 1,708 Labour Party (UK) -7.4 Westfield Conservative Party (UK) May Sexton 1,413 56.6 +8.3 Labour Party (UK) Stanley Cohen 1,083 43.4 -8.3 330 13.2 +9.8 2,496 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +8.3 Woodhouse Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Chadwick Green 1,441 51.7 +12.5 Labour Party (UK) Harold Bretherick 1,252 44.9 -13.3 Communist Party of Great Britain Arthur Dale 96 3.4 +0.7 189 6.8 -12.2 2,789 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +12.9 Wortley Conservative Party (UK) Brian Emmett 3,193 51.4 +8.8 Labour Party (UK) Joseph Stephenson 2,396 38.5 -9.8 Liberal Party (UK) Walter Holdsworth 628 10.1 +1.0 797 12.8 +7.0 6,217 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +9.3 Leeds City Year Book Leeds 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