1945 Leeds City Council election

1945 English local government election November 2019 July 2026 The 1945 Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 1 November 1945.Labor Gains Widen in British Returns https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0B17F9395E1A738DDDAA0894D9415B8588F1D3 The New York Times 3 November 1945 17 October 2012 Although a third of the council would ordinarily be up for election, the suspension of elections during World War II meant the council had last held elections in 1938, and with the amount of vacancies and co-options throughout near to two-thirds of the council needed electing.Municipal results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 2 November 1945 Labour repeated their earlier national performance and won sweeping victories across the country, with Leeds no exception, picking up 40 of the 48 seats contested (with Richmond Hill going unopposed) and stealing control of the council from the Conservatives.L.J. Sharpe 1967 Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections The Conservatives only managed eight defences, which were confined to their bastions of Far Headingley, Hyde Park, North and Roundhay, although running Labour exceptionally close in Blenheim. The minor parties also failed to escape the Labour tide, as the Liberals lost both their representatives (a councillor and an alderman) and the Communists their sole councillor in Woodhouse - formally Labour, but expelled for alleged Communist sympathies.C. Johnson https://books.google.com/books?ei=ShHqT8SXKJSM0wXXhZ2pAQ&id=FTMDAAAAMAAJ&dq=john+craig+walker+leeds+councillor&q=+walker+ 1946 The End of Socialism: The Reflections of a Radical As well as the 21 gains Labour made that night, the gentlemen's agreement - signed between Labour and the Conservatives in 1930 to allocate aldermen in proportion to their councillors - further rewarded Labour with an extra five aldermen at mostly Tory expense (the other being the aforementioned Liberal) in recognition of those gains. As a result, Labour emerged with an overall majority of 42 on a turnout of 43.3%. Election result Leeds local election result 1945 Labour Party (UK) 40 21 0 +21 83.3 57.5 84,969 Conservative Party (UK) 8 0 19 -19 16.7 36.9 54,551 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 1 -1 0.0 5.6 8,214 The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Labour 37 10 58 15 Conservatives 39 15 20 11 Liberals 1 1 0 0 Communists 1 0 0 0 Total 78 26 78 26 104 104 Working majority #FFBF00 -4 darkgray #FFBF00 -6 darkgray #FFBF00 38 darkgray #FFBF00 4 darkgray#FFBF00 -10 darkgray#FFBF00 42 darkgray Ward results Armley & Wortley Labour Party (UK) Joseph Wilkinson 3,477 80.9 Labour Party (UK) Joseph Bissell 3,473 Labour Party (UK) Annie Marlow 3,464 Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Hiley 823 19.1 2,641 61.7 4,300 Beeston Labour Party (UK) Wilfred Webster 4,083 51.3 Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Moorhouse 2,995 37.7 Liberal Party (UK) Ms Rowena Richardson 874 11.0 1,088 13.7 7,952 Blenheim Labour Party (UK) Albert Smith 2,206 50.5 Conservative Party (UK) Sydney Webster 2,163 49.5 43 1.0 4,369 Bramley Labour Party (UK) Ernest Kavanagh 4,960 55.6 Conservative Party (UK) James Reginald Herbert Greaves 2,913 32.6 Liberal Party (UK) Fred Plews 1,052 11.8 2,047 23.0 8,925 Burmantofts Labour Party (UK) William Jackson 2,440 80.0 Labour Party (UK) Thomas McKellar 2,408 Conservative Party (UK) John Claude Bidgood 610 20.0 Conservative Party (UK) George Hedley Monkman 585 1,798 60.0 3,050 Central Labour Party (UK) William Spence 2,194 69.1 Conservative Party (UK) Philip Kay Stead 983 30.9 1,211 38.2 3,177 Cross Gates & Temple Newsam Labour Party (UK) William Lunn 5,701 57.5 Labour Party (UK) Richard Thomas 5,485 Conservative Party (UK) Herbert Adamson 4,207 42.5 Conservative Party (UK) Morris Tomlinson 3,907 1,278 15.0 9,908 East Hunslet Labour Party (UK) Frederic Naylor 2,807 68.0 Labour Party (UK) Robert Peart 2,608 Liberal Party (UK) Alfred Kennedy 1,318 32.0 Liberal Party (UK) Albert Hope 1,169 1,290 36.0 4,125 Far Headingley Conservative Party (UK) Ernest Osborne 5,607 66.8 Conservative Party (UK) John William Richardson Hargrave 5,540 Labour Party (UK) David Beevers 2,791 33.2 Labour Party (UK) Ms. Irene Morley Clayden 2,730 2,749 33.6 8,398 Farnley & Wortley Labour Party (UK) Leonard Wood Wilkinson 4,802 65.5 Labour Party (UK) Charles Victor Woods 4,636 Conservative Party (UK) John Francis Power 2,533 34.5 Conservative Party (UK) Frank Carter 2,397 2,103 31.0 7,335 Harehills Labour Party (UK) Ms. Alice Jolley 4,700 60.7 Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Arthur Muir 4,374 Conservative Party (UK) James Walker Booth 2,199 28.4 Conservative Party (UK) George Astle 2,142 Liberal Party (UK) Thomas Edmund Hodgson 839 10.8 Liberal Party (UK) Arthur Gerald Shackleton 675 2,175 32.3 7,738 Holbeck North Labour Party (UK) Cornelius Fitzgerald 1,152 76.5 Labour Party (UK) James William Veitch 1,138 Liberal Party (UK) Walter Holdsworth 354 23.5 Liberal Party (UK) Gilbert Whittaker Storey 331 784 53.0 1,506 Holbeck South Labour Party (UK) Joseph Thomas Dickinson 3,010 69.3 Labour Party (UK) William Maldwyn Jones 2,934 Conservative Party (UK) Harold Stanley Jowett 767 17.7 Liberal Party (UK) Wilfred Ernest Hopper 568 13.1 Liberal Party (UK) Bertie Morris Turner 489 2,167 51.6 4,345 Hunslet Carr & Middleton Labour Party (UK) Charles Jenkinson 6,652 80.1 Labour Party (UK) James Edward Hodkinson 6,424 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew William Colin Cumming 1,657 19.9 4,767 60.1 8,309 Hyde Park Conservative Party (UK) Percy Horner Hutchinson 3,497 57.2 Conservative Party (UK) Frederic Walker 3,397 Labour Party (UK) Ms. Annie Margaret Maud Happold 2,620 42.8 Labour Party (UK) Herbert Kemp 2,424 777 14.3 6,117 47.6 Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) Marshall Clegg 4,978 58.5 Labour Party (UK) George Clifford Bell 4,885 Conservative Party (UK) Archibold Caton Scarr 2,701 31.7 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Lockwood Turnbull 2,569 Liberal Party (UK) Arthur Lawrence Braithwaite Childe 834 9.8 Liberal Party (UK) Frederic Melville Fisher 718 2,184 26.7 8,513 Mill Hill & South Labour Party (UK) Ms. Gertrude Bray 1,387 57.0 Labour Party (UK) Harry Holdsworth 1,380 Conservative Party (UK) Herbert Preston Peacock 1,048 43.0 Conservative Party (UK) Alfred Edward Weaver 1,032 332 13.9 2,435 North Conservative Party (UK) Edward John Loy Wooler 5,213 57.5 Conservative Party (UK) Ms. Dorothy Murphy 4,967 Labour Party (UK) Ms. Lillian Hammond 2,605 28.7 Labour Party (UK) Norman Davy 2,477 Liberal Party (UK) Winifred Francis Underhill 1,247 13.8 Liberal Party (UK) Albert Edward Marshall 1,238 2,362 28.8 9,065 Osmondthorpe Labour Party (UK) Ms. May Firth 3,817 76.0 Labour Party (UK) Fred Potter 3,781 Conservative Party (UK) Albert Edward Baker 1,204 24.0 Conservative Party (UK) Herbert Reginald Stott 1,143 2,577 52.0 5,021 Potternewton Labour Party (UK) Charles Benjamin Bradley 3,381 56.6 Labour Party (UK) Karl Cyril Cohen 3,197 Labour Party (UK) Barnet Weinrib 3,121 Conservative Party (UK) James Thomas Mulley 2,595 43.4 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Henry Driver 2,587 Conservative Party (UK) Eldon Jenkins Fenton 2,518 526 13.2 5,976 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) Willie Fowler Unopposed N/A N/A Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) Francis Eric Tetley 5,661 62.1 Conservative Party (UK) Alexander Ayrton Watt 5,257 Labour Party (UK) Ms. Ivy Veitch 3,462 37.9 Labour Party (UK) William Merritt 3,434 1,795 24.1 9,123 Upper Armley Labour Party (UK) Ernest Blackburn 3,738 59.0 Labour Party (UK) John Herbert Underwood 3,729 Labour Party (UK) William Bramham 3,719 Conservative Party (UK) Ms. Jenny Wormald 2,598 41.0 Conservative Party (UK) Edward Dean Glover 2,528 Conservative Party (UK) Matthew Farey 2,421 1,121 18.0 6,336 West Hunslet Labour Party (UK) Harold Watson 3,725 71.0 Conservative Party (UK) Percival Arthur Woodward 960 18.3 Liberal Party (UK) George Petch 560 10.7 2,765 52.7 5,245 Westfield Labour Party (UK) William Villiers Stoner 1,551 74.1 Labour Party (UK) Ms. Edith Youngman 1,528 Conservative Party (UK) Ms. Mabel Burton 541 25.9 Conservative Party (UK) Stanley Hodgson Doyle 527 987 48.3 2,092 Woodhouse Labour Party (UK) Ms. Mary Pearce 2,730 62.4 Conservative Party (UK) George Sydney Taylor 1,076 24.6 Liberal Party (UK) Ernest Lightowler 568 13.0 1,654 37.8 4,374 References 1 Category:1945 English local elections 1945 Category:1940s in Leeds