1962 Leeds City Council election

Municipal election in Leeds November 2019 July 2026 The 1962 Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 10 May 1962,Macmillan Party Set Back at Polls https://www.nytimes.com/1962/05/11/archives/macmillan-party-set-back-at-polls-tories-lose-many-seats-in.html The New York Times 11 May 1962 18 October 2012 with one third of the council to be elected.Municipal results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 11 May 1962 Both Labour and Conservative took hits to their vote (although falling more at the Conservative's expense meant a 1.7% swing to LabourL.J. Sharpe 1967 Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections) as the Liberals received record support, more than doubling contemporary results to surpass the 10,000 marker in votes and obtaining a double-figure vote share for the first time. Unable to add to the gains they were making across England and Wales that night, they won second-place in the majority of the ten wards they fought - although most looked unlikely to pay much dividend, simply pipping Labour to distant second-place in safe-Conservative seats. The closest races - offering some prospect of success for them - were found in Far Headingley where they managed a swing of just under 11% to wipe away two-thirds of the Tory majority, and achieving an even larger swing of 14% to turn Stanningley into a Labour-held three-way marginal. The Liberals weren't alone in fielding their greatest number of candidates, as the Communists matched their 1950 record of seven candidates, surpassing one percent for the first time (beyond 1950). Despite these advances, the only change was to be found in the Conservative-Labour battleground of Wortley, with Labour gaining the seat by a mere three votes. Turnout fell modestly to 33.9% on the previous year. Election result Leeds local election result 1962 Labour Party (UK) 18 1 0 +1 64.3 43.9 51,574 -1.4 Conservative Party (UK) 10 0 1 -1 35.7 43.7 51,392 -4.8 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 11.3 13,237 +6.2 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.1 1,256 +0.2 The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Labour 47 16 48 16 Conservatives 37 12 36 12 Total 84 28 84 28 112 112 Working majority #FFBF00 10 darkgray #FFBF00  4 darkgray #FFBF00 12 darkgray #FFBF00  4 darkgray#FFBF00 14 darkgray#FFBF00 16 darkgray Ward results Allerton Conservative Party (UK) F. Marshall 3,702 63.8 -8.3 Liberal Party (UK) Julius Blum 1,246 21.5 +7.5 Labour Party (UK) A. Baum 856 14.7 +0.8 2,456 42.3 -15.8 5,804 Conservative Party (UK) -7.9 Armley Labour Party (UK) J. Bissell 2,330 60.3 +6.9 Conservative Party (UK) R. Beal 1,537 39.7 -3.0 793 20.5 +9.9 3,867 Labour Party (UK) +4.9 Beeston Conservative Party (UK) A. Hartley 3,162 51.2 -2.1 Labour Party (UK) J. Prichard 3,017 48.8 +2.1 145 2.3 -4.3 6,179 Conservative Party (UK) -2.1 Blenheim Labour Party (UK) W. Merritt 1,613 71.2 +11.0 Conservative Party (UK) J. Cumberland 651 28.8 -11.0 962 42.5 +22.1 2,264 Labour Party (UK) +11.0 Bramley Labour Party (UK) W. Lord 2,801 53.7 +1.0 Conservative Party (UK) H. Pickering 2,418 46.3 -1.0 383 7.3 +2.0 5,219 Labour Party (UK) +1.0 Burmantofts Labour Party (UK) G. Murray 2,069 74.1 +1.0 Conservative Party (UK) M. Bauchop 725 25.9 -1.0 1,344 48.1 +2.0 2,794 Labour Party (UK) +1.0 City Labour Party (UK) Bernard Atha 1,280 71.5 +9.9 Conservative Party (UK) D. Mowbray 511 28.5 -9.9 769 42.9 +19.8 1,791 Labour Party (UK) +9.9 Cross Gates Labour Party (UK) E. Coward 3,037 59.6 +1.2 Conservative Party (UK) F. West 1,763 34.6 -1.4 Communist Party of Great Britain B. Wilson 295 5.8 +0.3 1,274 25.0 +2.6 5,095 Labour Party (UK) +1.3 East Hunslet Labour Party (UK) E. Kavanagh 1,712 63.1 -10.5 Conservative Party (UK) J. Birch 548 20.2 -6.1 Liberal Party (UK) E. Pemberton 452 16.7 +16.7 1,164 42.9 -4.4 2,712 Labour Party (UK) -2.2 Far Headingley Conservative Party (UK) G. Dovenor 3,937 47.6 -10.7 Liberal Party (UK) John Humphrey Morrish 3,166 38.2 +10.9 Labour Party (UK) J. Moynihan 1,175 14.2 -0.2 771 9.3 -21.6 8,278 Conservative Party (UK) -10.8 Halton Conservative Party (UK) J. Shires 3,883 63.3 -2.4 Labour Party (UK) A. Kirk 1,151 18.8 +0.7 Liberal Party (UK) E. Vasey 1,098 17.9 +1.7 2,785 44.6 -3.0 6,132 Conservative Party (UK) -1.5 Harehills Conservative Party (UK) Patrick Crotty 2,615 61.2 -0.1 Labour Party (UK) G. Bloom 1,660 38.8 +0.1 955 22.3 -0.3 4,275 Conservative Party (UK) -0.1 Holbeck Labour Party (UK) G. Bray 1,754 68.4 +11.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Robinson 810 31.6 +4.0 944 36.8 +7.0 2,564 Labour Party (UK) +3.5 Hunslet Carr Labour Party (UK) W. Parker 1,810 65.9 -1.2 Conservative Party (UK) R. Austwick 729 26.5 +4.7 Communist Party of Great Britain L. Hunter 209 7.6 +7.6 1,081 39.3 -6.0 2,748 Labour Party (UK) -2.9 Hyde Park Conservative Party (UK) R. Fielding 2,038 61.2 -2.4 Labour Party (UK) L. Steele 1,293 38.8 +2.4 745 22.4 -4.8 3,331 Conservative Party (UK) -2.4 Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) D. Matthews 2,808 52.1 -2.3 Conservative Party (UK) F. Lucas 1,581 29.4 -16.2 Liberal Party (UK) D. Whittaker 996 18.5 +18.5 1,227 22.8 +14.0 5,385 Labour Party (UK) +6.9 Meanwood Conservative Party (UK) T. Kirkby 2,733 53.9 -22.2 Liberal Party (UK) Graham Rowlands 1,315 25.9 +25.9 Labour Party (UK) J. Taylor 1,023 20.2 -3.7 1,418 28.0 -24.2 5,071 Conservative Party (UK) -24.0 Middleton Labour Party (UK) S. Binns 2,251 76.5 +3.2 Conservative Party (UK) D. Lodge 535 18.2 -2.7 Communist Party of Great Britain R. Wilkinson 157 5.3 -0.5 1,716 58.3 +5.9 2,943 Labour Party (UK) +2.9 Moortown Conservative Party (UK) L. Henson 3,703 62.5 -13.1 Liberal Party (UK) G. Statman 1,170 19.8 +19.8 Labour Party (UK) K. Lloyd 1,050 17.7 -6.7 2,533 42.8 -8.4 5,923 Conservative Party (UK) -16.4 Osmondthorpe Labour Party (UK) L. Walsh 2,384 74.8 +1.5 Conservative Party (UK) A. Bell 802 25.2 -1.5 1,582 49.7 +3.0 3,186 Labour Party (UK) +1.5 Potternewton Conservative Party (UK) L. Lyons 1,785 52.5 -6.0 Labour Party (UK) Kevin Gould 859 25.3 +0.2 Liberal Party (UK) T. Longhorn 652 19.2 +6.1 Communist Party of Great Britain H. Fawcett 103 3.0 -0.4 926 27.2 -6.2 3,399 Conservative Party (UK) -3.1 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) W. Cain 1,897 77.3 +1.1 Conservative Party (UK) A. Booth 424 17.3 -2.2 Communist Party of Great Britain E. Burwin 132 5.4 +1.2 1,473 60.0 +3.3 2,453 Labour Party (UK) +1.6 Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) S. Codd 2,949 57.0 -18.6 Liberal Party (UK) A. Clarke 1,355 26.2 +26.2 Labour Party (UK) D. Thomas 869 16.8 -7.6 1,594 30.8 -20.4 5,173 Conservative Party (UK) -22.4 Stanningley Labour Party (UK) Jim Marshall 2,079 38.5 -10.3 Liberal Party (UK) Dennis Pedder 1,787 33.1 +17.7 Conservative Party (UK) A. Rakuson 1,540 28.5 -7.4 292 5.4 -7.5 5,406 Labour Party (UK) -14.0 Wellington Labour Party (UK) J. Underwood 2,018 75.8 +1.2 Conservative Party (UK) A. Stephen 440 16.5 -2.4 Communist Party of Great Britain G. Hodgson 206 7.7 +1.2 1,578 59.2 +3.6 2,664 Labour Party (UK) +1.8 Westfield Labour Party (UK) Stan Cohen 1,824 57.2 +8.2 Conservative Party (UK) A. Sexton 1,364 42.8 +6.6 460 14.4 +1.6 3,188 Labour Party (UK) +0.8 Woodhouse Labour Party (UK) H. Bretherick 2,064 53.8 +2.3 Conservative Party (UK) P. Greene 1,620 42.2 -2.7 Communist Party of Great Britain E. Meth 154 4.0 +0.5 444 11.6 +5.0 3,838 Labour Party (UK) +2.5 Wortley Labour Party (UK) J. Stephenson 2,890 50.0 +2.4 Conservative Party (UK) F. Stubley 2,887 50.0 -2.4 3 0.1 -4.7 5,777 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +2.4 References 1 expanded Category:1962 English local elections 1962 Category:1960s in Leeds