1950 Leeds City Council election

November 2019 July 2026 English local election The 1950 Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday, 11 May 1950,British Voting Swings Right https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PNtOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U04DAAAAIBAJ&dq=borough%20elections&pg=3622%2C4231706 St. Petersburg Times 12 May 1950 8 October 2012 with one third of the seats to be elected.Municipal results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 12 May 1950 The election was sparsely contested owing to an electoral truce between Labour and the Conservatives in anticipation of the impending boundary changes to take effect the following year. However the Liberals and Communists fielded candidates in a number of wards - although the Liberals' two candidates was much reduced from recent showings, whilst conversely the Communists contesting of over a quarter of wards was well above their usual three. Eight wards in total were opposed, with the five Labour and three Conservative incumbents easily defending them, ensuring an uneventful result in contrast to the national picture.L.J. Sharpe 1967 Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections Election result Leeds local election result 1950 Labour Party (UK) 17 0 0 0 65.4 51.2 9,733 +8.4 Conservative Party (UK) 9 0 0 0 34.6 39.0 7,415 -13.5 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.1 980 +4.6 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.7 892 +0.6 The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Labour 42 14 42 14 Conservatives 36 12 36 12 Total 78 26 78 26 104 104 Working majority #FFBF00  6 darkgray #FFBF00  2 darkgray #FFBF00  6 darkgray #FFBF00  2 darkgray#FFBF00  8 darkgray#FFBF00  8 darkgray Ward results Armley & Wortley Labour Party (UK) Ms. Marlow 2,109 95.4 +31.5 Communist Party of Great Britain L. Burwin 102 4.6 +4.6 2,007 90.8 +63.0 2,211 Labour Party (UK) +13.4 Beeston Conservative Party (UK) F. Gummersall Unopposed N/A N/A Conservative Party (UK) N/A Blenheim Conservative Party (UK) S. Webster 2,263 93.7 +33.0 Communist Party of Great Britain M. Roche 152 6.3 +6.3 2,111 87.4 +66.1 2,415 Conservative Party (UK) +13.3 Bramley Labour Party (UK) Eric Atkinson Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Burmantofts Labour Party (UK) G. Murray Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Central Labour Party (UK) A. Lowcock Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Cross Gates & Temple Newsam Conservative Party (UK) J. Brooksbanks Unopposed N/A N/A Conservative Party (UK) N/A East Hunslet Labour Party (UK) Lizzie Naylor Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Far Headingley Conservative Party (UK) G. Dovenor Unopposed N/A N/A Conservative Party (UK) N/A Farnley & Wortley Labour Party (UK) K. Muir Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Harehills Labour Party (UK) Ms. Hill 1,753 94.3 +44.8 Communist Party of Great Britain P. Warburton 106 5.7 +5.7 1,647 88.6 +87.5 1,859 Labour Party (UK) +19.5 Holbeck North Labour Party (UK) F. Hirst Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Holbeck South Labour Party (UK) G. Bray Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Hunslet Carr & Middleton Labour Party (UK) S. Hand Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Hyde Park Conservative Party (UK) H. McKay 2,859 86.8 +16.8 Liberal Party (UK) G. Foster 434 13.2 +4.0 2,425 73.6 +24.4 3,293 Conservative Party (UK) +6.4 Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) A. Happold 2,572 94.1 +50.6 Communist Party of Great Britain R. Huffingley 160 5.9 +3.5 2,412 88.3 +86.6 2,732 Labour Party (UK) +23.5 Mill Hill & South Conservative Party (UK) T. Nipe Unopposed N/A N/A Conservative Party (UK) N/A North Conservative Party (UK) John Watson Unopposed N/A N/A Conservative Party (UK) N/A Osmondthorpe Labour Party (UK) F. Potter Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Potternewton Conservative Party (UK) J. Mulley 2,293 88.5 +25.3 Communist Party of Great Britain B. Ramelson 297 11.5 +4.4 1,996 77.1 +43.5 2,590 Conservative Party (UK) +10.4 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) Z. Fernandez Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) H. Drake Unopposed N/A N/A Conservative Party (UK) N/A Upper Armley Labour Party (UK) J. Hodgson Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A West Hunslet Labour Party (UK) T. Ellison 1,833 77.2 +23.7 Liberal Party (UK) Victor Louis Raymond Delepine 458 19.3 +8.2 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Roche 84 3.5 -1.0 1,375 57.9 +35.3 2,375 Labour Party (UK) +7.7 Westfield Labour Party (UK) John Rafferty Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Woodhouse Labour Party (UK) Henry Vick 1,466 94.9 +43.4 Communist Party of Great Britain B. Kline 79 5.1 +5.1 1,387 89.8 +86.9 1,545 Labour Party (UK) +19.1 References 1 expanded Category:1950 English local elections 1950 Category:1950s in Leeds