1958 Leeds City Council election

November 2019 July 2026 English local election The 1958 Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 10 April 1958, with one third of the seats and a double vacancy in Bramley to be elected.Municipal results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 11 April 1958 Labour achieved a further swing of 0.3%,L.J. Sharpe 1967 Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections to take two more seats from the Conservatives. The two gains were in Westfield - where the incumbents 7.5% swing was not enough to hold on - and Wortley, with Labour narrowly gaining on a 78-vote majority as the main beneficiaries of the Liberal absence this time around. As well as those two gains, Labour gained one in the new aldermen division, increasing their majority on the council to 34. A notable feat of the election was the Liberals managing to push the Conservatives into third in the two wards of Holbeck and Middleton - a post-war first. Turnout rose by a percentage point on the previous year, to 37.2%. Election result Leeds local election result 1958 Labour Party (UK) 19 2 0 +2 65.5 49.8 64,563 -0.4 Conservative Party (UK) 10 0 2 -2 34.5 46.1 59,770 -0.3 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.7 4,739 +0.6 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 485 +0.1 The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Labour 53 17 55 18 Conservatives 31 11 29 10 Total 84 28 84 28 112 112 Working majority #FFBF00 22 darkgray #FFBF00  6 darkgray #FFBF00 26 darkgray #FFBF00  8 darkgray#FFBF00 28 darkgray#FFBF00 34 darkgray Ward results Allerton Conservative Party (UK) H. Drake 4,376 86.0 -0.7 Labour Party (UK) J. Marshall 715 14.0 +0.7 3,661 72.0 -1.4 5,091 Conservative Party (UK) -0.7 Armley Labour Party (UK) K. Cohen 2,820 58.5 +1.8 Conservative Party (UK) J. Broomfield 2,002 41.5 -1.8 818 17.0 +3.6 4,822 Labour Party (UK) +1.8 Beeston Conservative Party (UK) L. Snape 3,174 42.8 -0.2 Labour Party (UK) N. Billington 3,084 41.6 -5.6 Liberal Party (UK) H. Passmore 1,154 15.6 +5.8 90 1.2 -3.0 7,412 Conservative Party (UK) +2.7 Blenheim Labour Party (UK) J. Wallbanks 2,146 69.0 +1.4 Conservative Party (UK) J. Ashworth 962 31.0 -1.4 1,184 38.1 +2.8 3,108 Labour Party (UK) +1.4 Bramley Labour Party (UK) Eric Atkinson 3,051 50.4 -4.0 Labour Party (UK) W. Tate 2,713 Conservative Party (UK) C. Dean 2,095 34.6 +2.5 Conservative Party (UK) H. Pickering 1,860 Liberal Party (UK) John Humphrey Morrish 905 15.0 +1.5 Liberal Party (UK) George Petch 836 618 15.8 -6.5 6,051 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -3.2 Burmantofts Labour Party (UK) G. Lloyd 2,367 72.2 +1.5 Conservative Party (UK) H. Robinson 912 27.8 -1.5 1,455 44.4 +3.1 3,279 Labour Party (UK) +1.5 City Labour Party (UK) J. Whitehead 1,568 67.3 +2.4 Conservative Party (UK) B. Emmett 761 32.7 -2.4 807 34.7 +4.9 2,329 Labour Party (UK) +2.4 Cross Gates Labour Party (UK) F. Booth 3,700 68.8 +6.9 Conservative Party (UK) F. Hodges 1,677 31.2 -6.9 2,023 37.6 +13.8 5,377 Labour Party (UK) +6.9 East Hunslet Labour Party (UK) M. Fish 2,659 76.8 +1.5 Conservative Party (UK) B. Watson 804 23.2 -1.5 1,855 53.6 +3.0 3,463 Labour Party (UK) +1.5 Far Headingley Conservative Party (UK) W. Hey 4,451 78.0 +3.3 Labour Party (UK) G. Brogden 1,254 22.0 -3.3 3,197 56.0 +6.5 5,705 Conservative Party (UK) +3.3 Halton Conservative Party (UK) C. Watson 3,857 75.3 -1.9 Labour Party (UK) N. Harding 1,267 24.7 +1.9 2,590 50.5 -3.8 5,124 Conservative Party (UK) -1.9 Harehills Conservative Party (UK) Lawrence Turnbull 3,400 53.5 +4.0 Labour Party (UK) J. Klineberg 2,951 46.5 -4.0 449 7.1 +6.1 6,351 Conservative Party (UK) +4.0 Holbeck Labour Party (UK) W. Jones 2,334 62.4 +1.3 Liberal Party (UK) B. Fearnley 768 20.5 +3.3 Conservative Party (UK) K. Orton 639 17.1 -4.7 1,566 41.9 +2.6 3,741 Labour Party (UK) -1.0 Hunslet Carr Labour Party (UK) J. Hodgkinson 2,639 75.5 -4.9 Conservative Party (UK) B. Morland 385 11.0 -5.1 Liberal Party (UK) J.T. Hill 331 9.5 +9.5 Communist Party of Great Britain E. Moore 141 4.0 +0.6 2,254 64.5 +0.2 3,496 Labour Party (UK) +0.1 Hyde Park Conservative Party (UK) F. Hall 2,915 58.0 -2.3 Labour Party (UK) E. Coward 2,115 42.0 +2.3 800 15.9 -4.6 5,030 Conservative Party (UK) -2.3 Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) Albert Smith 3,195 58.9 -2.0 Conservative Party (UK) E. Lodge 2,225 41.1 +2.0 970 17.9 -4.0 5,420 Labour Party (UK) -2.0 Meanwood Conservative Party (UK) V. Cardno 3,696 72.6 -1.3 Labour Party (UK) E. Webber 1,396 27.4 +1.3 2,300 45.2 -2.6 5,092 Conservative Party (UK) -1.3 Middleton Labour Party (UK) Harold Watson 2,511 73.0 -10.1 Liberal Party (UK) G. Houghton 438 12.7 +12.7 Conservative Party (UK) A. Hartley 350 10.2 -6.6 Communist Party of Great Britain R. Wilkinson 139 4.0 +4.0 2,073 60.3 -6.1 3,438 Labour Party (UK) -11.4 Moortown Conservative Party (UK) John Watson 4,435 76.8 +2.6 Labour Party (UK) L. Steele 1,337 23.2 -2.6 3,098 53.7 +5.3 5,772 Conservative Party (UK) +2.6 Osmondthorpe Labour Party (UK) G. Addlestone 2,617 76.9 -0.1 Conservative Party (UK) L. Ideson 784 23.1 +0.1 1,833 53.9 -0.2 3,401 Labour Party (UK) -0.1 Potternewton Conservative Party (UK) Sydney Symmond 2,131 61.8 +1.4 Labour Party (UK) V. Zermanski 1,316 38.2 -1.4 815 23.6 +2.8 3,447 Conservative Party (UK) +1.4 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) A. King 1,698 80.0 +3.0 Conservative Party (UK) H. Flockton 424 20.0 -3.0 1,274 60.0 +5.9 2,122 Labour Party (UK) +3.0 Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) Allan Bretherick 3,957 67.5 -0.2 Labour Party (UK) D. Yelland 1,902 32.5 +0.2 2,055 35.1 -0.5 5,859 Conservative Party (UK) -0.2 Stanningley Labour Party (UK) H. Waterman 2,897 51.9 +1.6 Conservative Party (UK) A. Vickers 1,541 27.6 -3.6 Liberal Party (UK) J. Grimshaw 1,143 20.5 +2.0 1,356 24.3 +5.3 5,581 Labour Party (UK) +2.6 Wellington Labour Party (UK) N. Barrett 2,578 79.2 -11.1 Conservative Party (UK) F. Stubley 470 14.4 +14.4 Communist Party of Great Britain G. Hodgson 205 6.3 -3.4 2,108 64.8 -15.9 3,253 Labour Party (UK) -12.7 Westfield Labour Party (UK) V. Whelan 2,554 52.1 -3.9 Conservative Party (UK) L. Lyons 2,349 47.9 +11.1 205 4.2 -15.0 4,903 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -7.5 Woodhouse Labour Party (UK) P. Taylor 2,471 59.9 -0.4 Conservative Party (UK) A. Chadwick 1,655 40.1 +0.4 816 19.8 -0.8 4,126 Labour Party (UK) -0.4 Wortley Labour Party (UK) Ernest Morris 3,421 50.6 +5.7 Conservative Party (UK) D. Wolstenholme 3,343 49.4 +1.5 78 1.2 -1.9 6,764 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +2.1 References 1 expanded Category:1958 English local elections 1958 Category:1950s in Leeds