1960 Leeds City Council election

November 2019 July 2026 English local election The 1960 Leeds municipal elections were held on 12 May 1960, with one third of the council set to be re-elected.Municipal results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 13 May 1960 A large swing of 5.5%L.J. Sharpe 1967 Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections to the Conservatives allowed them their first election victory since 1951 - having won the most votes in several elections since then, but never amounting to a majority of seats. The Conservatives made their six gains from Labour in the wards of Beeston, Bramley, Harehills, Stanningley, Westfield, Woodhouse and Wortley, halving Labour's majority of councillors from 24 to 12. Elsewhere, the Liberals managed a post-war first of beating Labour to second place in Allerton and Far Headingley, and the first Independent candidate standing since the war, Dennis Peddar, made negligible impact in Westfield. Turnout fell sharply for this election - by nearly a quarter from the previous year - to a new low of 27.5%. Election result Leeds local election result 1960 Conservative Party (UK) 15 6 0 +6 53.6 54.3 52,399 +5.3 Labour Party (UK) 13 0 6 -6 46.4 41.0 39,553 -5.5 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.2 4,029 +0.2 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 500 0.0 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 73 +0.1 The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Labour 54 18 48 18 Conservatives 30 10 36 10 Total 84 28 84 28 112 112 Working majority #FFBF00 24 darkgray #FFBF00  8 darkgray #FFBF00 12 darkgray #FFBF00  8 darkgray#FFBF00 32 darkgray#FFBF00 20 darkgray Ward results Allerton Conservative Party (UK) B. Lyons 3,514 76.8 -10.6 Liberal Party (UK) Julius Blum 674 14.7 +14.7 Labour Party (UK) A. Baum 388 8.5 -4.2 2,840 62.1 -12.6 4,576 Conservative Party (UK) -12.6 Armley Labour Party (UK) S. Lee 1,582 52.7 -4.5 Conservative Party (UK) R. Beal 1,421 47.3 +4.5 161 5.4 -8.9 3,003 Labour Party (UK) -4.5 Beeston Conservative Party (UK) J. Farrell 3,004 50.0 +3.4 Labour Party (UK) A. Tallant 2,573 42.8 +0.2 Liberal Party (UK) H. Linley 433 7.2 -3.5 431 7.2 +3.2 6,010 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +1.6 Blenheim Labour Party (UK) B. Sedgley 1,736 65.2 +1.9 Conservative Party (UK) J. Butterfield 926 34.8 -1.9 810 30.4 +3.7 2,662 Labour Party (UK) +1.9 Bramley Conservative Party (UK) C. Dean 2,279 49.5 +8.6 Labour Party (UK) H. Battersby 1,879 40.8 -9.5 Liberal Party (UK) Walter Holdsworth 446 9.7 +0.9 400 8.7 -0.7 4,604 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +9.0 Burmantofts Labour Party (UK) F. Watson 1,384 64.1 -4.2 Conservative Party (UK) D. Mowbray 776 35.9 +4.2 608 28.2 -8.6 2,160 Labour Party (UK) -4.2 City Labour Party (UK) W. Stoner 901 57.3 -7.4 Conservative Party (UK) B. Emmett 672 42.7 +7.4 229 14.6 -14.7 1,573 Labour Party (UK) -7.4 Cross Gates Labour Party (UK) L. Jackson 2,121 55.5 -8.1 Conservative Party (UK) G. Lockwood 1,700 44.5 +8.1 421 11.0 -16.2 3,821 Labour Party (UK) -8.1 East Hunslet Labour Party (UK) E. Houghton 1,313 65.3 -9.3 Conservative Party (UK) M. Green 699 34.7 +9.3 614 30.5 -18.6 2,012 Labour Party (UK) -9.3 Far Headingley Conservative Party (UK) S. Rostron 3,374 62.6 -2.5 Liberal Party (UK) John Humphrey Morrish 1,098 20.4 +3.6 Labour Party (UK) H. Swain 917 17.0 -1.1 2,276 42.2 -4.8 5,389 Conservative Party (UK) -3.0 Halton Conservative Party (UK) J. Brooksbank 3,752 80.7 +4.9 Labour Party (UK) L. Wray 897 19.3 -4.9 2,855 61.4 +9.9 4,649 Conservative Party (UK) +4.9 Harehills Conservative Party (UK) J. Astle 2,734 63.5 +7.9 Labour Party (UK) W. Todd 1,569 36.5 -7.9 1,165 27.1 +15.8 4,303 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +7.9 Holbeck Labour Party (UK) T. Smith 1,342 64.1 +5.0 Conservative Party (UK) B. Morland 752 35.9 +11.7 590 28.2 -6.6 2,094 Labour Party (UK) -3.3 Hunslet Carr Labour Party (UK) Harry Booth 1,550 68.8 -0.3 Conservative Party (UK) A. Roberts 704 31.2 +11.4 846 37.5 -11.8 2,254 Labour Party (UK) -5.8 Hyde Park Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Davison 2,095 70.6 +6.7 Labour Party (UK) L. Steele 874 29.4 -6.7 1,221 41.1 +13.3 2,969 Conservative Party (UK) +6.7 Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) A. Happold 2,251 51.8 -6.3 Conservative Party (UK) S. Codd 2,092 48.2 +6.3 159 3.7 -12.6 4,343 Labour Party (UK) -6.3 Meanwood Conservative Party (UK) Alan Pedley 2,989 77.9 +4.7 Labour Party (UK) A. Kirk 846 22.1 -4.7 2,143 55.9 +9.3 3,835 Conservative Party (UK) +4.7 Middleton Labour Party (UK) Arthur Brown 1,405 72.1 -4.7 Conservative Party (UK) H. Alexander 427 21.9 +7.9 Communist Party of Great Britain R. Wilkinson 118 6.1 +3.1 978 50.2 -12.6 1,950 Labour Party (UK) -6.3 Moortown Conservative Party (UK) S. Bolton 3,714 80.9 +4.0 Labour Party (UK) D. Thomas 879 19.1 -4.0 2,835 61.7 +8.0 4,593 Conservative Party (UK) +4.0 Osmondthorpe Labour Party (UK) Douglas Gabb 1,774 71.2 -3.1 Conservative Party (UK) A. Lunn 719 28.8 +3.1 1,055 42.3 -6.3 2,493 Labour Party (UK) -3.1 Potternewton Conservative Party (UK) D. Bradley 1,691 70.1 +4.3 Labour Party (UK) Kevin Gould 602 25.0 -4.7 Communist Party of Great Britain H. Fawcett 118 4.9 +0.4 1,089 45.2 +9.0 2,411 Conservative Party (UK) +4.5 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) M. Rooney 1,093 74.2 -2.0 Conservative Party (UK) H. Flockton 381 25.8 +2.0 712 48.3 -4.0 1,474 Labour Party (UK) -2.0 Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) G. Monkman 3,362 79.1 +8.8 Labour Party (UK) D. Yelland 888 20.9 -8.8 2,474 58.2 +17.5 4,250 Conservative Party (UK) +8.8 Stanningley Conservative Party (UK) A. Vickers 1,749 42.6 +7.1 Labour Party (UK) E. Coward 1,621 39.5 -6.4 Liberal Party (UK) J. Grimshaw 734 17.9 -0.7 128 3.1 -7.3 4,104 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +6.7 Wellington Labour Party (UK) Aimee Tong 1,862 72.4 -1.7 Conservative Party (UK) B. Pearce 542 21.1 +2.0 Communist Party of Great Britain G. Hodgson 169 6.6 -0.4 1,320 51.3 -3.7 2,573 Labour Party (UK) -1.8 Westfield Conservative Party (UK) May Sexton 1,576 44.1 -4.1 Labour Party (UK) H. Wiseman 1,397 39.1 -12.7 Liberal Party (UK) E. Vasey 530 14.8 +14.8 Independent (politician) Dennis Pedder 73 2.0 +2.0 179 5.0 +1.4 3,576 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +4.3 Woodhouse Conservative Party (UK) A. Chadwick 1,686 48.6 +9.6 Labour Party (UK) R. Ellis 1,572 45.3 -2.5 Liberal Party (UK) A. Oliver 114 3.3 -6.0 Communist Party of Great Britain E. Meth 95 2.7 -1.0 114 3.3 -5.5 3,467 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +6.0 Wortley Conservative Party (UK) Bertrand Mather 3,069 56.8 +5.5 Labour Party (UK) J. Stephenson 2,337 43.2 -5.5 732 13.5 +11.0 5,406 Conservative Party (UK) +5.5 References 1 Leeds Category:Leeds City Council elections Category:1960s in Leeds