1968 Leeds City Council election

1968 English local government election November 2019 July 2026 The 1968 Leeds municipal election was held on 9 May 1968.British Markets in Nervous State https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0C15FB3D5E147493C1A8178ED85F4C8685F9 The New York Times 13 May 1968 19 October 2012 Following extensive boundary changes, the whole council was up for election. The re-warding increased the number of wards by two, up to 32 wards, raising in-turn the councillor total by six, to 90, and the aldermen total up two to 30.Municipal results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 10 May 1968 Joseph Whitaker 1968 Whitaker's Almanack 1968 In total ten wards were abolished, twelve created and eighteen remained. 3 Abolished: Allerton Blenheim Cross Gates Far Headingley Hunslet Carr Hyde Park Meanwood Potternewton Wellington Westfield Created: Burley Castleton Chapel Allerton Cookridge Gipton Headingley Scott Hall Seacroft Talbot Weetwood West Hunslet Whinmoor     The election followed national patterns of the Conservatives inflicting resounding defeats upon the Labour party, winning representation in all but five wards with a crushing 75 seats at the hand of their highest vote since 1951 and a record vote share. Labour representation was confined to City, East Hunslet, Holbeck and Middleton (although coming within a straw for the third seat in Whinmoor) as they picked up their lowest post-war vote and vote share. The Labour collapse also seen the smaller party make gains, as the Liberals won representation on the council for the first time in the post-war periodL.J. Sharpe 1967 Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections via comfortably winning the three newly created Castleton seats and the Communists, who fielded a full-slate for the first and only time, more than tripled their previous records in both vote share and vote figure. As a result, the Conservatives gained control of the council for the first time since 1952, with a whopping majority of 80. Election result Leeds local election result 1968 Conservative Party (UK) 75 0 0 0 83.3 61.3 77,221 N/A Labour Party (UK) 12 0 0 0 13.3 27.9 35,200 N/A Liberal Party (UK) 3 0 0 0 3.3 4.5 5,672 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.1 7,664 N/A Independent Labour 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 176 N/A National Front (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 115 N/A The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Conservatives 43 9 75 25 Labour 41 19 12 5 Liberals 0 0 3 0 Total 84 28 90 30 112 120 Working majority #FFBF00  2 darkgray #FFBF00 -10 darkgray #FFBF00 60 darkgray #FFBF00 20 darkgray#FFBF00 -8 darkgray#FFBF00 80 darkgray Ward results Armley Conservative Party (UK) B. Stockwell 2,767 54.3 N/A Conservative Party (UK) H. Stephenson 2,765 Conservative Party (UK) G. Atkinson 2,711 Labour Party (UK) J. Bissell 1,879 36.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) K. Cohen 1,859 Labour Party (UK) S. Lee 1,656 Communist Party of Great Britain P. Wilton 451 8.8 N/A 832 17.4 N/A 5,097 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Beeston Conservative Party (UK) J. Farrell 3,208 66.3 N/A Conservative Party (UK) L. Snape 3,196 Conservative Party (UK) A. Hartley 3,180 Labour Party (UK) F. Beevers 1,455 30.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) Harold Watson 1,276 Labour Party (UK) G. Wood 1,257 Communist Party of Great Britain E. Moore 172 3.6 N/A 1,725 36.3 N/A 4,835 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Bramley Conservative Party (UK) J. Hart 2,892 57.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) D. Armitage 2,730 Conservative Party (UK) M. Robinson 2,697 Labour Party (UK) Eric Atkinson 1,782 35.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) M. Chadwick 1,537 Labour Party (UK) E. Donohoe 1,306 Communist Party of Great Britain C. Moore 383 7.6 N/A 915 22.0 N/A 5,057 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Burley Conservative Party (UK) P. Brown 2,318 61.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) M. Davies 2,284 Conservative Party (UK) D. Ramsden 2,256 Labour Party (UK) V. Whelan 1,197 32.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) H. Waterman 1,170 Labour Party (UK) K. Beaumont 1,136 Communist Party of Great Britain T. Flynn 230 6.1 N/A 1,059 29.9 N/A 3,745 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Burmantofts Conservative Party (UK) H. Flockton 2,206 49.8 N/A Conservative Party (UK) M. Baker 2,064 Conservative Party (UK) Christine Thomas 2,026 Labour Party (UK) Doreen Jenner 1,906 43.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) J. Moynihan 1,683 Labour Party (UK) J. Klineberg 1,664 Communist Party of Great Britain F. Stockdale 322 7.3 N/A 120 6.8 N/A 4,434 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Castleton Liberal Party (UK) M. Renard 1,634 45.6 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Michael Meadowcroft 1,383 Liberal Party (UK) C. Tucker 1,305 Labour Party (UK) N. Barrett 932 26.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) J. Underwood 929 Labour Party (UK) A. Donohoe 928 Conservative Party (UK) C. Mathers 787 22.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) B. Pearce 693 Conservative Party (UK) M. Thresh 640 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Garscadden 231 6.4 N/A 373 19.6 N/A 3,584 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Chapel Allerton Conservative Party (UK) L. Bellow 4,163 85.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. Long 4,063 Conservative Party (UK) Sydney Symmonds 3,927 Labour Party (UK) L. Hammond 544 11.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) J. Moran 307 Labour Party (UK) C. Say 277 Communist Party of Great Britain L. Morris 182 3.7 N/A 3,383 73.9 N/A 4,889 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) City Labour Party (UK) W. Merritt 1,494 48.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) Ernest Morris 1,432 Labour Party (UK) J. Wallbanks 1,400 Conservative Party (UK) A. Hislop 1,364 44.5 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. Cumberland 1,352 Conservative Party (UK) J. Baines 1,303 Communist Party of Great Britain T. Johnson 204 6.7 N/A 36 4.2 N/A 3,062 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Cookridge Conservative Party (UK) Keith Loudon 3,721 73.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. Lund 3,696 Conservative Party (UK) D. Jenkins 3,689 Liberal Party (UK) J. Davies 628 12.4 N/A Liberal Party (UK) D. Shearing 552 Liberal Party (UK) B. Williams 535 Labour Party (UK) J. McMurray 503 10.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) J. Roche 469 Labour Party (UK) H. Bretherick 429 Communist Party of Great Britain M. Monkman 202 4.0 N/A 3,061 61.2 N/A 5,054 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) East Hunslet Labour Party (UK) E. Haughton 1,592 62.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) W. Pepper 1,526 Labour Party (UK) W. Parker 1,516 Conservative Party (UK) I. Holmes 770 30.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) E. Feather 743 Conservative Party (UK) M. Howdill 629 Communist Party of Great Britain D. Priscott 204 8.0 N/A 746 32.0 N/A 2,566 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Gipton Conservative Party (UK) A. Wood 2,375 55.4 N/A Conservative Party (UK) W. Buckland 2,368 Conservative Party (UK) M. Suttenstall 2,317 Labour Party (UK) F. Watson 1,633 38.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) D. Thomas 1,545 Labour Party (UK) J. Anson 1,442 Communist Party of Great Britain S. Jones 278 6.5 N/A 684 17.3 N/A 4,286 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Halton Conservative Party (UK) S. Tomlinson 4,537 81.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) R. Vaughan 4,534 Conservative Party (UK) Martin Dodgson 4,464 Labour Party (UK) W. Spence 654 11.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) Arthur Brown 506 Labour Party (UK) B. Shearay 473 Communist Party of Great Britain M. Johnson 372 6.7 N/A 3,810 69.8 N/A 5,563 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Harehills Conservative Party (UK) Patrick Crotty 2,388 79.8 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. White 2,377 Conservative Party (UK) J. Astle 2,357 Labour Party (UK) D. Wilson 395 13.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) O. Winship 340 Labour Party (UK) W. Veritty 235 Communist Party of Great Britain M. Tomplak 209 7.0 N/A 1,962 66.6 N/A 2,992 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Headingley Conservative Party (UK) P. Godwin 3,749 71.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) T. Bennett 3,690 Conservative Party (UK) T. Kirkby 3,657 Liberal Party (UK) J. Gibson 658 12.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) D. Jennings 563 10.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) J. McPheat 496 Labour Party (UK) Albert Smith 474 Liberal Party (UK) W. Trickett 458 Liberal Party (UK) A. Wren 424 Communist Party of Great Britain S. Walker 260 5.0 N/A 2,999 59.1 N/A 5,230 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Holbeck Labour Party (UK) A. Beevers 1,548 54.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) W. Jones 1,476 Labour Party (UK) T. Smith 1,431 Conservative Party (UK) J. Bateman 984 34.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) B. Rawson 951 Conservative Party (UK) A. Cummings 943 Communist Party of Great Britain E. Burwin 286 10.1 N/A 447 20.0 N/A 2,818 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Kirkstall Conservative Party (UK) T. Beevers 3,532 61.5 N/A Conservative Party (UK) R. Robertson 3,394 Conservative Party (UK) J. Horrocks 3,380 Labour Party (UK) D. Matthews 1,898 33.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) C. Collings 1,815 Labour Party (UK) Joyce Gould 1,814 Communist Party of Great Britain J. McDermott 317 5.5 N/A 1,482 28.4 N/A 5,747 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Middleton Labour Party (UK) J. Taylor 1,604 55.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) S. Binns 1,521 Labour Party (UK) A. Malcolm 1,446 Conservative Party (UK) B. Cresswell 969 33.5 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. Challenor 964 Conservative Party (UK) J. Johnson 885 Communist Party of Great Britain D. Priscott 320 11.1 N/A 477 21.9 N/A 2,893 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Moortown Conservative Party (UK) R. Challenor 3,488 74.5 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Davison 3,444 Conservative Party (UK) A. Redmond 3,414 Liberal Party (UK) E. Nevies 543 11.6 N/A Liberal Party (UK) C. Rowlands 492 Labour Party (UK) B. Foxard 468 10.0 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Deryck Ernest Senior 464 Labour Party (UK) C. Green 384 Labour Party (UK) J. Hodkinson 337 Communist Party of Great Britain T. Kelly 180 3.8 N/A 2,871 62.9 N/A 4,679 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Osmondthorpe Conservative Party (UK) F. Brown 1,694 46.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Doreen Wood 1,610 Conservative Party (UK) P. Lee 1,592 Labour Party (UK) Douglas Gabb 1,586 43.3 N/A Labour Party (UK) P. Addlestone 1,543 Labour Party (UK) W. Prichard 1,487 Communist Party of Great Britain W. Rumbelow 385 10.5 N/A 6 2.9 N/A 3,665 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Richmond Hill Conservative Party (UK) S. Gill 2,024 55.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) D. Eastham 1,973 Conservative Party (UK) H. Levery 1,962 Labour Party (UK) J. Mathers 1,350 36.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) Stan Cohen 1,336 Labour Party (UK) M. Fish 1,288 Communist Party of Great Britain P. Fawcett 295 8.0 N/A 612 18.4 N/A 3,669 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) G. Lax 4,067 87.8 N/A Conservative Party (UK) D. Wolstenholme 4,058 Conservative Party (UK) A. Johnson 3,927 Labour Party (UK) R. Gillinson 333 7.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) M. Brett 331 Labour Party (UK) E. Kavanagh 287 Communist Party of Great Britain C. MacRae 234 5.0 N/A 3,594 80.6 N/A 4,634 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Scott Hall Conservative Party (UK) D. Altman 1,435 50.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. Kruthhoffer 1,409 Conservative Party (UK) V. Darnton 1,384 Labour Party (UK) G. Gloom 927 32.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) R. Ellis 909 Labour Party (UK) R. Sedler 845 Liberal Party (UK) Dennis Pedder 281 9.9 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Albert Ingham 255 Liberal Party (UK) R. Whitelock 221 Communist Party of Great Britain A. Dale 185 6.5 N/A 457 18.0 N/A 2,828 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Seacroft Conservative Party (UK) D. Ball 1,823 46.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) M. Freegard 1,774 Conservative Party (UK) E. McQuire 1,763 Labour Party (UK) F. Booth 1,731 44.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) L. Jackson 1,691 Labour Party (UK) E. Coward 1,608 Communist Party of Great Britain H. Besser 359 9.2 N/A 32 2.4 N/A 3,913 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Stanningley Conservative Party (UK) K. Knapton 2,224 46.5 N/A Conservative Party (UK) A. Vickers 2,207 Conservative Party (UK) I. Benton 2,039 Labour Party (UK) Kevin Gould 1,851 38.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) F. Davis 1,795 Labour Party (UK) Arthur Vollans 1,697 Liberal Party (UK) F. Robertson 487 10.2 N/A Liberal Party (UK) A. Fleet 478 Liberal Party (UK) J. Lavery 458 Communist Party of Great Britain F. Sidebottom 220 4.6 N/A 188 7.8 N/A 4,782 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Talbot Conservative Party (UK) L. Bidgood 4,249 87.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) D. Bradley 4,187 Conservative Party (UK) P. Brayshay 4,181 Labour Party (UK) P. King 469 9.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) Joshua Walsh 451 Labour Party (UK) M. Rooney 418 Communist Party of Great Britain R. Dolan 163 3.3 N/A 3,712 77.4 N/A 4,881 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Weetwood Conservative Party (UK) R. Hall 4,551 76.3 N/A Conservative Party (UK) F. Hall 4,459 Conservative Party (UK) G. Somers 4,432 Liberal Party (UK) W. Beaumont 896 15.0 N/A Liberal Party (UK) David Austwick 858 Liberal Party (UK) J. Grant 823 Labour Party (UK) S. Hand 231 3.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) R. Pullan 203 Labour Party (UK) V. Veritty 201 Communist Party of Great Britain M. Kettle 174 2.9 N/A National Front (UK) P. Stone 115 1.9 N/A 3,536 61.3 N/A 5,967 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) West Hunslet Conservative Party (UK) P. Bennett 1,766 55.8 N/A Conservative Party (UK) K. Crosby 1,741 Conservative Party (UK) W. Waddington 1,736 Labour Party (UK) A. Tallant 1,122 35.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) Bernard Atha 1,105 Labour Party (UK) Harry Booth 1,094 Independent Labour A. Betts 176 5.6 N/A Independent Labour M. Wilson 129 Independent Labour D. Kennally 127 Communist Party of Great Britain J. McCarthy 99 3.1 N/A 614 20.4 N/A 3,163 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Whinmoor Conservative Party (UK) P. Clokie 1,479 48.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) V. McNair 1,427 Conservative Party (UK) Peggy White 1,348 Labour Party (UK) M. Lawrence 1,348 44.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) J. Clore 1,345 Labour Party (UK) Jim Marshall 1,212 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Scawthorn 199 6.6 N/A 0 4.3 N/A 3,026 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Woodhouse Conservative Party (UK) A. Sexton 2,484 62.4 N/A Conservative Party (UK) May Sexton 2,458 Conservative Party (UK) P. Fingret 2,365 Labour Party (UK) P. Taylor 1,121 28.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) V. Zermansky 966 Labour Party (UK) A. Baum 961 Communist Party of Great Britain M. Moore 377 9.5 N/A 1,244 34.2 N/A 3,982 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Wortley Conservative Party (UK) R. Treeman 3,207 64.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) R. Beal 3,115 Conservative Party (UK) F. Stubley 3,114 Labour Party (UK) W. Thurlow 1,084 21.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) T. Cooke 1,012 Labour Party (UK) W. Window 962 Liberal Party (UK) J. Saxton 545 10.9 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Walter Holdsworth 464 Liberal Party (UK) J. Crawshaw 452 Communist Party of Great Britain G. McGowan 171 3.4 N/A 20,30 42.4 N/A 5,007 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References 1 expanded Leeds 1968 Category:1960s in Leeds