1964 Leeds City Council election

English political contest November 2019 July 2026 The 1964 municipal elections for Leeds were held on Thursday 7 May 1964,Laborites Score in Local Voting https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/08/archives/laborites-score-in-local-voting-gains-lead-party-chiefs-to-predict.html The New York Times 8 May 1964 29 September 2012 with one third of the council seats up for the election. Labour had gained a seat from the Conservatives in the interim.L.J. Sharpe 1967 Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections The Liberal spike of 1962, having faltered the year before, fully unwound in this election, with the Conservatives - the party it had most harmed - seeing a slight recovery in their fortunes, by a tune of a 1.4% swing to them. That recovery, however, wasn't enough to stop Labour gaining their remaining seat in Wortley, confining them - with the exception of Beeston - to their reliable strongholds. Even there, Labour had made significant inroads, with the usually safe seats of Hyde Park and Potternewton converted to marginals, and in the case of the latter, slashing the majority to just 147 votes. Elsewhere, the Conservatives could be encouraged by the collapse of the Liberal threat in Far Headingley and May Sexton's efforts in Westfield looking increasingly likely to return her to the council with each election.Municipal results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 8 May 1964 Pre-empting the upcoming aldermanic elections that year, the Gentlemen's agreement in place between the two parties to divide aldermen totals proportional to their councillors, reapportioned a further three from the Conservatives to Labour, reflecting the new councillor totals - which were Labour's best and the Conservative's worst since 1947. 1947 was also the year in which the Communists obtained their greatest vote, a figure they very nearly matched, fielding a record number of ten candidates. Turnout fell by a percentage point on the previous year, to 36.6%. Election result Leeds local election result 1964 Labour Party (UK) 18 1 0 +1 64.3 46.9 58,821 +1.9 Conservative Party (UK) 10 0 1 -1 35.7 44.9 56,340 +4.7 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 7.1 8,910 -6.8 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 1,320 +0.1 The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Labour 55 16 56 19 Conservatives 29 12 28  9 Total 84 28 84 28 112 112 Working majority #FFBF00 26 darkgray #FFBF00  4 darkgray #FFBF00 28 darkgray #FFBF00 10 darkgray#FFBF00 30 darkgray#FFBF00 38 darkgray Ward results Allerton Conservative Party (UK) L. Bidgood 4,906 69.4 +5.7 Labour Party (UK) W. Pepper 1,516 21.4 +2.3 Liberal Party (UK) Julius Blum 652 9.2 -8.0 3,390 47.9 +3.4 7,074 Conservative Party (UK) +1.7 Armley Labour Party (UK) K. Cohen 2,550 59.9 +4.5 Conservative Party (UK) A. Stephen 1,211 28.4 +0.3 Liberal Party (UK) Graham Rowlands 499 11.7 -4.8 1,339 31.4 +4.1 4,260 Labour Party (UK) +2.1 Beeston Conservative Party (UK) L. Snape 3,262 49.2 +8.2 Labour Party (UK) E. Mill 3,173 47.9 +0.2 Communist Party of Great Britain M. Moore 192 2.9 +1.7 89 1.3 -5.3 6,627 Conservative Party (UK) +4.0 Blenheim Labour Party (UK) J. Wallbanks 1,382 68.7 -1.2 Conservative Party (UK) J. Jenkinson 631 31.3 +1.2 751 37.3 -2.4 2,013 Labour Party (UK) -1.2 Bramley Labour Party (UK) Eric Atkinson 3,749 60.5 +13.6 Conservative Party (UK) F. Stubley 2,444 39.5 +1.7 1,305 21.1 +11.9 6,193 Labour Party (UK) +5.9 Burmantofts Labour Party (UK) G. Lloyd 2,064 72.3 -2.0 Conservative Party (UK) M. Bauchop 792 27.7 +2.0 1,272 44.5 -4.0 2,856 Labour Party (UK) -2.0 City Labour Party (UK) A. Tallant 1,019 73.4 +0.2 Conservative Party (UK) D. Phillips 370 26.6 -0.2 649 46.7 +0.4 1,389 Labour Party (UK) +0.2 Cross Gates Labour Party (UK) F. Booth 3,350 65.5 -3.9 Conservative Party (UK) P. Sharples 1,489 29.1 -1.5 Communist Party of Great Britain H. Fawcett 278 5.4 +5.4 1,861 36.4 -2.3 5,117 Labour Party (UK) -1.2 East Hunslet Labour Party (UK) M. Fish 1,597 72.4 -0.1 Conservative Party (UK) K. Grainge 610 27.6 +0.1 987 44.7 -0.3 2,207 Labour Party (UK) -0.1 Far Headingley Conservative Party (UK) W. Hey 4,993 53.2 +7.1 Liberal Party (UK) John Humphrey Morrish 2,503 26.7 -10.3 Labour Party (UK) J. Taylor 1,892 20.2 +3.2 2,490 26.5 +17.5 9,388 Conservative Party (UK) +8.7 Halton Conservative Party (UK) C. Watson 4,049 69.5 -2.2 Labour Party (UK) D. Hamilton 1,778 30.5 +2.2 2,271 39.0 -4.3 5,827 Conservative Party (UK) -2.2 Harehills Conservative Party (UK) Lawrence Turnbull 2,653 51.4 +0.2 Labour Party (UK) K. Lloyd 2,014 39.0 +3.3 Liberal Party (UK) Ronald Gibbon Sissons 494 9.6 -3.4 639 12.4 -3.1 5,161 Conservative Party (UK) -1.5 Holbeck Labour Party (UK) W. Jones 1,851 56.5 -2.1 Conservative Party (UK) A. Redmond 868 26.5 +2.2 Liberal Party (UK) J. Crawshaw 452 13.8 +0.2 Communist Party of Great Britain J. McCarthy 104 3.2 -0.4 983 30.0 -4.3 3,275 Labour Party (UK) -2.1 Hunslet Carr Labour Party (UK) J. Hodkinson 1,823 62.8 +0.0 Conservative Party (UK) R. Austwick 918 31.6 +7.6 Communist Party of Great Britain A. Gibbons 161 5.5 +2.0 905 31.2 -7.5 2,902 Labour Party (UK) -3.8 Hyde Park Conservative Party (UK) F. Hall 2,214 49.0 +4.3 Labour Party (UK) W. Prichard 1,755 38.9 +3.2 Liberal Party (UK) Sydney Herbert Bexan 547 12.1 -7.5 459 10.2 +1.2 4,516 Conservative Party (UK) +0.5 Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) Albert Smith 2,723 55.2 +2.0 Conservative Party (UK) R. Kent 1,678 34.0 +4.1 Liberal Party (UK) D. Whittaker 394 8.0 -5.4 Communist Party of Great Britain B. Huffingley 134 2.7 -0.7 1,045 21.2 -2.1 4,929 Labour Party (UK) -1.0 Meanwood Conservative Party (UK) V. Cardno 3,202 58.6 +4.4 Labour Party (UK) J. McPheat 1,702 31.1 +3.4 Liberal Party (UK) Evelyn Mary Briggs 563 10.3 -7.8 1,500 27.4 +1.0 5,467 Conservative Party (UK) +0.5 Middleton Labour Party (UK) A. Malcolm 2,315 80.9 +3.8 Conservative Party (UK) E. Baker 445 15.5 +3.2 Communist Party of Great Britain E. Moore 103 3.6 -0.3 1,870 65.3 +0.5 2,863 Labour Party (UK) +0.3 Moortown Conservative Party (UK) John Watson 4,627 62.3 +2.6 Labour Party (UK) W. Window 2,005 27.0 +3.1 Liberal Party (UK) E. Norris 799 10.8 -5.7 2,622 35.3 -0.5 7,431 Conservative Party (UK) -0.2 Osmondthorpe Labour Party (UK) G. Addlestone 2,118 78.2 +1.4 Conservative Party (UK) K. Mitchell 589 21.8 -1.4 1,529 56.5 +2.9 2,707 Labour Party (UK) +1.4 Potternewton Conservative Party (UK) Sydney Symmonds 1,606 47.5 +2.0 Labour Party (UK) Joyce Gould 1,459 43.1 +7.7 Liberal Party (UK) John Brian Meeks 245 7.2 -8.3 Communist Party of Great Britain R. Ramsden 74 2.2 -1.4 147 4.3 -5.8 3,384 Conservative Party (UK) -2.8 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) A. King 2,078 83.5 +3.5 Conservative Party (UK) S. Wheldale 310 12.4 -2.9 Communist Party of Great Britain E. Burwin 102 4.1 -0.6 1,768 71.0 +6.4 2,490 Labour Party (UK) +3.2 Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) Allan Bretherick 4,869 68.2 +8.3 Labour Party (UK) A. Baum 2,268 31.8 +10.1 2,601 36.4 -1.8 7,137 Conservative Party (UK) -0.9 Stanningley Labour Party (UK) H. Waterman 2,525 48.3 +5.1 Conservative Party (UK) A. Vickers 1,786 34.1 +5.7 Liberal Party (UK) Dennis Pedder 920 17.6 -10.7 739 14.1 -0.7 5,231 Labour Party (UK) -0.3 Wellington Labour Party (UK) N. Barrett 1,551 69.3 +1.7 Conservative Party (UK) K. Beal 380 17.0 +5.2 Liberal Party (UK) Walter Holdsworth 229 10.2 -5.3 Communist Party of Great Britain B. Kline 79 3.5 -1.5 1,171 52.3 +0.3 2,239 Labour Party (UK) -1.7 Westfield Labour Party (UK) V. Whelan 1,344 51.7 -2.1 Conservative Party (UK) May Sexton 1,256 48.3 +2.1 88 3.4 -4.2 2,600 Labour Party (UK) -2.1 Woodhouse Labour Party (UK) P. Taylor 1,981 58.1 +4.2 Conservative Party (UK) F. Greene 1,333 39.1 +7.6 Communist Party of Great Britain A. Dale 93 2.7 -0.9 648 19.0 -3.5 3,407 Labour Party (UK) -1.7 Wortley Labour Party (UK) J. Klineberg 3,239 48.3 +6.2 Conservative Party (UK) B. Emmett 2,849 42.5 +2.8 Liberal Party (UK) Kenneth Roy Dunn 613 9.1 -9.0 390 5.8 +3.4 6,701 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +1.7 References 1 expanded Leeds City Council election 1964 Category:1960s in Leeds Leeds City Council election