1959 Leeds City Council election

November 2019 July 2026 English local election The 1959 Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 7 May 1959,British Elections Yield Tory Gains https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0D15FB3A58137B93CAA9178ED85F4D8585F9 The New York Times 8 May 1959 6 September 2012 with one third of the seats and extra vacancies in East Hunslet and Stanningley up for election.Municipal results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 8 May 1959 Mirroring their national recovery, the Conservatives achieved a 3% swingL.J. Sharpe 1967 Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections to win the popular vote and make the only gain of the night in the marginal Wortley. The Liberals fielded their greatest number of candidates since 1951, and as such received their highest vote since then. Turnout fell by just under a percentage point from the year before to 36.3%. Election result Leeds local election result 1959 Labour Party (UK) 19 0 1 -1 63.3 46.5 59,182 -3.3 Conservative Party (UK) 11 1 0 +1 36.7 49.0 62,414 +2.9 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.0 5,046 +0.3 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 630 +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 18 54 18 Conservatives 29 10 30 10 Total 84 28 84 28 112 112 Working majority #FFBF00 26 darkgray #FFBF00  8 darkgray #FFBF00 24 darkgray #FFBF00  8 darkgray#FFBF00 34 darkgray#FFBF00 32 darkgray Ward results Allerton Conservative Party (UK) M. Mustill 4,704 87.4 +1.4 Labour Party (UK) A. Baum 681 12.6 -1.4 4,023 74.8 +2.8 5,385 Conservative Party (UK) +1.4 Armley Labour Party (UK) J. Bissell 2,341 57.1 -1.3 Conservative Party (UK) J. Ashworth 1,756 42.9 +1.3 585 14.2 -2.6 4,097 Labour Party (UK) -1.3 Beeston Conservative Party (UK) P. Woodward 3,555 46.6 +3.8 Labour Party (UK) N. Billington 3,250 42.6 +1.0 Liberal Party (UK) H. Passmore 820 10.8 -4.8 305 4.0 +2.8 7,625 Conservative Party (UK) +1.4 Blenheim Labour Party (UK) W. Merritt 1,861 63.4 -5.7 Conservative Party (UK) J. Butterfield 1,076 36.6 +5.7 785 26.7 -11.4 2,937 Labour Party (UK) -5.7 Bramley Labour Party (UK) W. Lord 2,723 50.3 -0.1 Conservative Party (UK) C. Dean 2,214 40.9 +6.3 Liberal Party (UK) George Petch 474 8.8 -6.2 509 9.4 -6.4 5,411 Labour Party (UK) -3.2 Burmantofts Labour Party (UK) G. Murray 2,058 68.3 -3.9 Conservative Party (UK) H. Robinson 956 31.7 +3.9 1,102 36.6 -7.8 3,014 Labour Party (UK) -3.9 City Labour Party (UK) Bernard Atha 1,373 64.6 -2.7 Conservative Party (UK) B. Emmett 751 35.4 +2.7 622 29.3 -5.4 2,124 Labour Party (UK) -2.7 Cross Gates Labour Party (UK) A. Harrison 3,273 63.6 -5.2 Conservative Party (UK) F. Hodges 1,874 36.4 +5.2 1,399 27.2 -10.4 5,147 Labour Party (UK) -5.2 East Hunslet Labour Party (UK) E. Kavanagh 2,349 74.5 -2.2 Labour Party (UK) E. Haughton 2,149 Conservative Party (UK) D. Mowbray 802 25.5 +2.2 1,347 49.1 -4.5 3,151 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -2.2 Far Headingley Conservative Party (UK) G. Dovenor 4,351 65.1 -12.9 Labour Party (UK) J. Stephenson 1,212 18.1 -3.9 Liberal Party (UK) John Humphrey Morrish 1,122 16.8 +16.8 3,139 47.0 -9.0 6,685 Conservative Party (UK) -4.5 Halton Conservative Party (UK) J. Dougray 4,349 75.8 +0.5 Labour Party (UK) J. Taylor 1,391 24.2 -0.5 2,958 51.5 +1.0 5,740 Conservative Party (UK) +0.5 Harehills Conservative Party (UK) Patrick Crotty 3,177 55.6 +2.1 Labour Party (UK) J. Klineberg 2,532 44.4 -2.1 645 11.3 +4.2 5,709 Conservative Party (UK) +2.1 Holbeck Labour Party (UK) G. Bray 2,148 59.0 -3.3 Conservative Party (UK) B. Morland 882 24.2 +7.2 Liberal Party (UK) H. Fearnley 608 16.7 -3.8 1,266 34.8 -7.1 3,638 Labour Party (UK) -5.2 Hunslet Carr Labour Party (UK) W. Parker 2,442 69.1 -6.4 Conservative Party (UK) A. Roberts 700 19.8 +8.8 Liberal Party (UK) J.T. Hill 392 11.1 +1.6 1,742 49.3 -15.2 3,534 Labour Party (UK) -7.6 Hyde Park Conservative Party (UK) H. Walmsley 2,713 63.9 +6.0 Labour Party (UK) W. Fanning 1,532 36.1 -6.0 1,181 27.8 +11.9 4,245 Conservative Party (UK) +6.0 Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) D. Matthews 3,053 58.2 -0.8 Conservative Party (UK) S. Codd 2,195 41.8 +0.8 858 16.3 -1.6 5,248 Labour Party (UK) -0.8 Meanwood Conservative Party (UK) T. Kirkby 3,696 73.3 +0.7 Labour Party (UK) E. Webber 1,347 26.7 -0.7 2,349 46.6 +1.4 5,043 Conservative Party (UK) +0.7 Middleton Labour Party (UK) S. Binns 2,694 76.8 +3.7 Conservative Party (UK) A. Hartley 491 14.0 +3.8 Liberal Party (UK) Walter Holdsworth 219 6.2 -6.5 Communist Party of Great Britain E. Moore 105 3.0 -1.1 2,203 62.8 +2.5 3,509 Labour Party (UK) -0.0 Moortown Conservative Party (UK) L. Henson 4,606 76.8 +0.0 Labour Party (UK) L. Steele 1,388 23.2 -0.0 3,218 53.7 +0.0 5,994 Conservative Party (UK) +0.0 Osmondthorpe Labour Party (UK) L. Walsh 3,162 74.3 -2.7 Conservative Party (UK) F. Barry 1,094 25.7 +2.7 2,068 48.6 -5.3 4,256 Labour Party (UK) -2.7 Potternewton Conservative Party (UK) L. Lyons 2,266 65.8 +4.0 Labour Party (UK) V. Zermansky 1,021 29.7 -8.5 Communist Party of Great Britain H. Fawcett 156 4.5 +4.5 1,245 36.2 +12.6 3,443 Conservative Party (UK) +6.2 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) W. Cain 1,496 76.1 -3.9 Conservative Party (UK) H. Flockton 469 23.9 +3.9 1,027 52.3 -7.7 1,965 Labour Party (UK) -3.9 Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) H. Jowitt 4,142 70.3 +2.8 Labour Party (UK) E. Colley 1,747 29.7 -2.8 2,395 40.7 +5.6 5,889 Conservative Party (UK) +2.8 Stanningley Labour Party (UK) Jim Marshall 2,441 45.9 -6.0 Labour Party (UK) E. Coward 2,436 Conservative Party (UK) A. Vickers 1,890 35.5 +7.9 Conservative Party (UK) D. Vickers 1,658 Liberal Party (UK) J. Grimshaw 991 18.6 -1.9 Liberal Party (UK) Julius Blum 617 551 10.4 -13.9 5,322 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -6.9 Wellington Labour Party (UK) J. Underwood 2,129 74.0 -5.2 Conservative Party (UK) B. Pearce 548 19.1 +4.6 Communist Party of Great Britain G. Hodgson 199 6.9 +0.6 1,581 55.0 -9.8 2,876 Labour Party (UK) -4.9 Westfield Labour Party (UK) Stan Cohen 2,141 51.8 -0.3 Conservative Party (UK) May Sexton 1,992 48.2 +0.3 149 3.6 -0.6 4,133 Labour Party (UK) -0.3 Woodhouse Labour Party (UK) H. Bretherick 2,153 47.9 -12.0 Conservative Party (UK) A. Chadwick 1,755 39.0 -1.1 Liberal Party (UK) Wilfred Ernest Hopper 420 9.3 +9.3 Communist Party of Great Britain D. Banks 170 3.8 +3.8 398 8.8 -11.0 4,498 Labour Party (UK) -5.4 Wortley Conservative Party (UK) F. Stubley 3,410 51.2 +1.8 Labour Party (UK) W. Smart 3,244 48.8 -1.8 166 2.5 +1.3 6,654 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +1.8 References 1 expanded Leeds City Council election 1959 Leeds City Council election Category:1950s in Leeds