1957 Leeds City Council election

November 2019 July 2026 English local election The 1957 Leeds municipal elections were held 9 May 1957,Laborites Win Locally https://www.nytimes.com/1957/05/10/archives/laborites-win-locally-score-wide-gains-in-english-and-welsh-borough.html The New York Times 10 May 1957 17 October 2012 with one third of the council up for election, alongside extra vacancies in the City, Halton and Woodhouse wards.Municipal results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 10 May 1957 Much like the national picture, with Labour winning record representation on borough councils, Labour outstripped their prior efforts, defending all of their 1954 gains as well as gaining in Beeston and Harehills – two wards they failed to win in their peak of 1952, despite accruing only a modest swing of 1.2% swingL.J. Sharpe 1967 Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections (although they had come within a vote to taking the former the previous year). Unlike 1952 or the year before, Labour failed to gain Wortley this time, as the Liberal damage to the Conservative vote was unwound. The two gains increased Labour's majority to 28, mirroring the Conservatives' after their triumphant 1951 election. Turnout rose to 36.2% following last year's plummet to the low thirties. Election result Leeds local election result 1957 Labour Party (UK) 21 2 0 +2 67.7 50.2 64,454 +2.0 Conservative Party (UK) 10 0 2 -2 32.2 46.4 59,508 -1.0 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.1 4,019 -0.6 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 374 -0.3 The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Labour 51 17 53 17 Conservatives 33 11 31 11 Total 84 28 84 28 112 112 Working majority #FFBF00 18 darkgray #FFBF00  6 darkgray #FFBF00 22 darkgray #FFBF00  6 darkgray#FFBF00 24 darkgray#FFBF00 28 darkgray Ward results Allerton Conservative Party (UK) B. Lyons 5,091 86.6 +0.8 Labour Party (UK) J. Klineberg 787 13.4 -0.8 4,304 73.2 +1.6 5,878 Conservative Party (UK) +0.8 Armley Labour Party (UK) S. Lee 2,621 56.7 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) J. Broomfield 2,002 43.3 -0.9 619 13.4 +1.8 4,623 Labour Party (UK) +0.9 Beeston Labour Party (UK) A. Tallant 3,688 47.2 -2.8 Conservative Party (UK) J. Farrell 3,363 43.0 -7.0 Liberal Party (UK) H. Passmore 764 9.8 +9.8 325 4.2 +4.2 7,815 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +2.1 Blenheim Labour Party (UK) L. Lake 2,268 67.6 +7.2 Conservative Party (UK) W. McClellan 1,085 32.4 -7.2 1,183 35.3 +14.4 3,353 Labour Party (UK) +7.2 Bramley Labour Party (UK) G. Rhodes 3,285 54.4 +5.9 Conservative Party (UK) B. Pearce 1,938 32.1 -4.1 Liberal Party (UK) J. Walker 811 13.4 -1.8 1,347 22.3 +10.0 6,034 Labour Party (UK) +5.0 Burmantofts Labour Party (UK) F. Watson 2,414 70.7 +4.4 Conservative Party (UK) S. Hick 1,002 29.3 -4.4 1,412 41.3 +8.7 3,416 Labour Party (UK) +4.4 City Labour Party (UK) W. Stoner 1,846 64.9 +0.3 Labour Party (UK) Bernard Atha 1,745 Conservative Party (UK) J. Butterfield 999 35.1 -0.3 Conservative Party (UK) K. Wigin 992 746 29.8 +0.6 2,845 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +0.3 Cross Gates Labour Party (UK) L. Jackson 3,188 61.9 -1.4 Conservative Party (UK) H. Williams 1,964 38.1 +1.4 1,224 23.8 -2.8 5,152 Labour Party (UK) -1.4 East Hunslet Labour Party (UK) F. Naylor 2,498 75.3 +1.8 Conservative Party (UK) B. Watson 820 24.7 -1.8 1,678 50.6 +3.5 3,318 Labour Party (UK) +1.8 Far Headingley Conservative Party (UK) S. Rostron 4,145 74.8 -4.5 Labour Party (UK) G. Brogden 1,399 25.2 +4.5 2,746 49.5 -9.0 5,544 Conservative Party (UK) -4.5 Halton Conservative Party (UK) J. Brooksbank 3,958 77.2 +0.5 Conservative Party (UK) J. Dougray 3,768 Labour Party (UK) J. Marshall 1,172 22.8 -0.5 Labour Party (UK) A. Grange 1,135 2,596 54.3 +1.0 5,130 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +0.5 Harehills Labour Party (UK) R. Sedler 2,825 50.5 +2.9 Conservative Party (UK) N. Kay 2,770 49.5 -2.9 55 1.0 -3.9 5,595 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +2.9 Holbeck Labour Party (UK) T. Smith 2,344 61.0 +0.0 Conservative Party (UK) K. Orton 835 21.7 +0.6 Liberal Party (UK) John Brian Meeks 661 17.2 -0.5 1,509 39.3 -0.6 3,840 Labour Party (UK) -0.3 Hunslet Carr Labour Party (UK) Harry Booth 2,708 80.4 -11.7 Conservative Party (UK) J. Judge 544 16.2 +16.2 Communist Party of Great Britain E. Moore 116 3.4 -4.5 2,164 64.3 -19.8 3,368 Labour Party (UK) -13.9 Hyde Park Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Davison 2,828 60.3 -7.9 Labour Party (UK) E. Coward 1,865 39.7 +7.9 963 20.5 -15.7 4,693 Conservative Party (UK) -7.9 Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) A. Happold 3,171 60.9 -0.1 Conservative Party (UK) E. Lodge 2,032 39.1 +0.1 1,139 21.9 -0.2 5,203 Labour Party (UK) -0.1 Meanwood Conservative Party (UK) Alan Pedley 3,654 73.9 -1.8 Labour Party (UK) F. Woolhouse 1,291 26.1 +1.8 2,363 47.8 -3.5 4,945 Conservative Party (UK) -1.8 Middleton Labour Party (UK) Arthur Brown 2,429 83.2 -2.2 Conservative Party (UK) F. Stubley 491 16.8 +2.2 1,938 66.4 -4.4 2,920 Labour Party (UK) -2.2 Moortown Conservative Party (UK) S. Bolton 4,306 74.2 -3.4 Labour Party (UK) L. Steele 1,496 25.8 +3.4 2,810 48.4 -6.9 5,802 Conservative Party (UK) -3.4 Osmondthorpe Labour Party (UK) Douglas Gabb 2,710 77.1 +1.8 Conservative Party (UK) L. Ideson 807 22.9 -1.8 1,903 54.1 +3.5 3,517 Labour Party (UK) +1.8 Potternewton Conservative Party (UK) D. Bradley 2,044 60.4 -0.5 Labour Party (UK) V. Zermansky 1,341 39.6 +5.6 703 20.8 -6.1 3,385 Conservative Party (UK) -3.0 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) M. Rooney 1,825 77.0 +0.3 Conservative Party (UK) J. Ashworth 544 23.0 -0.3 1,281 54.1 +0.6 2,369 Labour Party (UK) +0.3 Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) G. Monkman 3,927 67.8 -3.0 Labour Party (UK) D. Yelland 1,867 32.2 +3.0 2,060 35.6 -5.9 5,794 Conservative Party (UK) -3.0 Stanningley Labour Party (UK) W. Spence 2,646 50.3 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) A. Vickers 1,644 31.2 +0.5 Liberal Party (UK) J. Grimshaw 972 18.5 -1.4 1,002 19.0 +0.3 5,262 Labour Party (UK) +0.2 Wellington Labour Party (UK) Aimee Tong 2,413 90.3 +13.6 Communist Party of Great Britain G. Hodgson 258 9.7 +4.8 2,155 80.7 +22.4 2,671 Labour Party (UK) +4.4 Westfield Labour Party (UK) H. Wiseman 2,639 56.0 +2.4 Conservative Party (UK) M. Sexton 1,735 36.8 +0.0 Liberal Party (UK) George Petch 337 7.2 -2.4 904 19.2 +2.5 4,711 Labour Party (UK) +1.2 Woodhouse Labour Party (UK) R. Ellis 2,754 60.3 +10.7 Labour Party (UK) P. Taylor 2,583 Conservative Party (UK) A. Chadwick 1,813 39.7 -5.4 Conservative Party (UK) L. Francis 1,787 941 20.6 +16.1 4,567 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +8.0 Wortley Conservative Party (UK) Bertrand Mather 3,167 47.9 +4.7 Labour Party (UK) E. Morris 2,964 44.9 +1.1 Liberal Party (UK) Walter Holdsworth 474 7.2 -5.8 203 3.1 +2.5 6,605 Conservative Party (UK) +1.8 References 1 expanded Leeds City Council election 1957 City Council election], 1957 Leeds City Council election