1949 Leeds City Council election

November 2019 July 2026 English local election The 1949 Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 12 May 1949,Conservatives Score Wide Gains Over Laborites in Municipal Vote https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0D14FB3B58177B93C1A8178ED85F4D8485F9 The New York Times 13 May 1949 15 October 2012 with one third of the seats to be elected.Municipal results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 13 May 1949 Witnessing a slight swing away from them of 0.5%,L.J. Sharpe 1967 Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections the Conservatives won a narrow majority of the seats contested. With the seats last fought in Labour's landslide of 1945, all but four of the Conservative seats were gains. Totalling ten, the Conservatives safely gained Blenheim, Cross Gates & Temple Newsam and Upper Armley; less so in Beeston and Bramley, and very closely in Harehills, Kirkstall, Mill Hill & South and Farnley & Wortley (the latter being won by nine votes). The Conservatives also gained an extra alderman off the back of the gains, reducing Labour's hold to a slender majority of eight. Turnout returned to 46.4% after the spike recorded the previous election. Election result Leeds local election result 1949 Conservative Party (UK) 14 10 0 +10 53.8 52.5 89,802 -1.0 Labour Party (UK) 12 0 10 -10 46.1 42.8 73,164 +0.0 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.1 7,021 +1.1 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 908 -0.2 The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Labour 52 15 42 14 Conservatives 26 11 36 12 Total 78 26 78 26 104 104 Working majority #FFBF00 26 darkgray #FFBF00  4 darkgray #FFBF00  6 darkgray #FFBF00  2 darkgray#FFBF00 30 darkgray#FFBF00  8 darkgray Ward results Armley & Wortley Labour Party (UK) J. Underwood 3,272 63.9 +0.3 Conservative Party (UK) G. Atkinson 1,848 36.1 -0.3 1,424 27.8 +0.7 5,120 Labour Party (UK) +0.3 Beeston Conservative Party (UK) Ms. Collins 4,239 48.8 -0.6 Labour Party (UK) W. Webster 3,458 40.8 +1.1 Liberal Party (UK) G. Whittaker 908 10.4 -0.4 691 7.9 -1.8 8,695 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -0.8 Blenheim Conservative Party (UK) E. Clarke 3,580 60.7 +4.2 Labour Party (UK) Albert Smith 2,322 39.3 +5.0 1,258 21.3 -0.8 5,902 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -0.4 Bramley Conservative Party (UK) A. Baker 4,495 47.4 +4.7 Labour Party (UK) E. Kavanagh 4,077 43.0 -3.5 Liberal Party (UK) F. Benfield 913 9.6 -1.2 418 4.4 +0.6 9,485 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +4.1 Burmantofts Labour Party (UK) W. Jackson 2,722 70.3 +2.6 Conservative Party (UK) J. Steer 1,151 29.7 -2.6 1,571 40.6 +5.1 3,873 Labour Party (UK) +2.6 Central Labour Party (UK) W. Spence 1,747 53.0 -1.2 Conservative Party (UK) P. Stead 1,552 47.0 +1.2 195 5.9 -2.4 3,299 Labour Party (UK) -1.2 Cross Gates & Temple Newsam Conservative Party (UK) W. Till 6,992 59.4 +1.9 Labour Party (UK) P. Holmes 4,783 40.6 -1.9 2,209 18.8 +3.9 11,775 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +1.9 East Hunslet Labour Party (UK) F. Naylor 2,651 74.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) G. Fagan 898 25.3 N/A 1,753 49.4 N/A 3,549 N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Far Headingley Conservative Party (UK) F. Carter 7,770 77.0 -4.0 Labour Party (UK) A. Malcolm 1,367 13.5 -5.5 Liberal Party (UK) B. Graham 959 9.5 +9.5 6,403 63.4 +1.4 10,096 Conservative Party (UK) +0.7 Farnley & Wortley Conservative Party (UK) Charles Horner 4,518 50.0 +2.3 Labour Party (UK) Leonard Wilkinson 4,509 50.0 -2.3 9 0.1 -4.4 9,027 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +2.3 Harehills Conservative Party (UK) F. Crotty 4,512 50.5 -0.7 Labour Party (UK) Ms. Jolly 4,416 49.5 +0.7 96 1.1 -1.3 8,928 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -0.7 Holbeck North Labour Party (UK) Ms. Whitehead 1,101 76.9 +17.0 Conservative Party (UK) P. Glew 330 23.1 -3.0 771 53.9 +20.1 1,431 Labour Party (UK) +10.0 Holbeck South Labour Party (UK) T. Smith 2,719 56.6 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) H. Drake 1,660 34.5 +1.0 Liberal Party (UK) George Petch 427 8.9 -2.0 1,059 22.0 -0.1 4,806 Labour Party (UK) -0.0 Hunslet Carr & Middleton Labour Party (UK) Arthur Brown 5,309 63.3 -1.5 Conservative Party (UK) H. Grafton 2,367 28.2 -6.9 Liberal Party (UK) A. Burrell 712 8.5 +8.5 2,942 35.1 +5.4 8,388 Labour Party (UK) +2.7 Hyde Park Conservative Party (UK) P. Hutchinson 4,795 70.0 -2.5 Labour Party (UK) D. Matthews 1,425 20.8 -6.7 Liberal Party (UK) G. Foster 628 9.2 +9.2 3,370 49.2 +4.1 6,848 Conservative Party (UK) +2.1 Kirkstall Conservative Party (UK) C. Turnbull 4,174 45.2 -4.6 Labour Party (UK) K. Muir 4,018 43.5 +2.8 Liberal Party (UK) Arthur Lawrence Braithwaite Childe 820 8.9 +2.5 Communist Party of Great Britain R. Huffingley 220 2.4 -0.7 156 1.7 -7.4 9,235 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -3.7 Mill Hill & South Conservative Party (UK) W. Hey 1,409 50.9 -1.6 Labour Party (UK) Ms. Gertrude Bray 1,359 49.1 +1.6 50 1.8 -3.1 2,768 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -1.6 North Conservative Party (UK) E. Wooler-Loy 7,957 76.0 -4.5 Labour Party (UK) N. Davy 1,451 13.9 -5.6 Liberal Party (UK) Wilfred Ernest Hopper 1,062 10.1 +10.1 6,506 62.1 +1.0 10,470 Conservative Party (UK) +0.5 Osmondthorpe Labour Party (UK) H. Matthews 3,959 63.5 +0.4 Conservative Party (UK) T. Nipe 2,274 36.5 -0.4 1,685 27.0 +0.8 6,233 Labour Party (UK) +0.4 Potternewton Conservative Party (UK) C. Driver 3,997 63.3 +5.8 Labour Party (UK) L. Walsh 1,876 29.7 -3.1 Communist Party of Great Britain B. Ramelson 445 7.0 -2.6 2,121 33.6 +8.9 6,318 Conservative Party (UK) +4.4 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) A. King 2,026 68.5 -0.9 Conservative Party (UK) W. Walford 933 31.5 +0.9 1,093 36.9 -1.8 2,959 Labour Party (UK) -0.9 Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) Francis Tetley 8,944 78.5 +1.5 Labour Party (UK) H. Kinder 2,444 21.5 -1.5 6,500 57.1 +3.1 11,388 Conservative Party (UK) +1.5 Upper Armley Conservative Party (UK) E. Glover 3,887 57.2 +3.1 Labour Party (UK) E. Blackburn 2,913 42.8 -3.1 974 14.3 +6.1 6,800 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +3.1 West Hunslet Labour Party (UK) Harold Watson 2,848 53.5 +1.0 Conservative Party (UK) J. Farrell 1,644 30.9 +1.6 Liberal Party (UK) H. Kirkley 592 11.1 -3.0 Communist Party of Great Britain F. Warburton 243 4.6 +0.4 1,204 22.6 -0.6 5,327 Labour Party (UK) -0.3 Westfield Labour Party (UK) E. Stubbs 1,478 54.9 +0.5 Conservative Party (UK) Ms. Gledhill 1,213 45.1 -0.5 265 9.8 +0.9 2,691 Labour Party (UK) +0.5 Woodhouse Labour Party (UK) Ms. Clayden 2,824 51.5 +4.2 Conservative Party (UK) G. Taylor 2,663 48.5 +3.7 161 2.9 +0.4 5,487 Labour Party (UK) +0.2 References 1 expanded Leeds City Council election 1949 Leeds City Council election City Council election, 1949