1946 Leeds City Council election

1946 UK local government election November 2019 July 2026 The 1946 Leeds municipal elections were held on Saturday 2 November 1946,Laborites Lead in British Election https://www.nytimes.com/1946/11/02/archives/laborites-in-lead-in-british-election.html The New York Times 2 November 1946 16 October 2012 with one third of the council and vacancies in Burmantofts and Farnley & Wortley to be elected. A handful of wards - Armley & Wortley, Burmantofts, Holbeck North, Hunslet Carr & Middleton and Osmondthorpe - went uncontested.Municipal results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 3 November 1946 Rebounding from the heavy defeat the year before, the Conservatives managed a 13% swingL.J. Sharpe 1967 Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections to win the popular vote - although that feat went poorly rewarded, as Labour won a comfortable majority of the seats contested and made a net gain to add to their national victory. Elsewhere the Liberal vote was less than half of that the previous year, and the Communists contested this year with three candidates. Turnout seen a slight drop from the prior election to 41.9%. Election result Leeds local election result 1946 Labour Party (UK) 19 ? ? +1 67.8 44.9 53,865 -12.9 Conservative Party (UK) 9 ? ? -1 32.1 51.4 61,668 +14.3 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.9 3,434 -2.1 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.7 903 New The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Labour 58 15 59 15 Conservatives 20 11 19 11 Total 78 26 78 26 104 104 Working majority #FFBF00 38 darkgray #FFBF00  4 darkgray #FFBF00 40 darkgray #FFBF00  4 darkgray#FFBF00 42 darkgray#FFBF00 44 darkgray Ward results Armley & Wortley Labour Party (UK) A. Marlow Unopposed N/A N/A Beeston Conservative Party (UK) P. Gummersall 3,180 45.7 +8.0 Labour Party (UK) W. Clayton 3,174 45.6 -5.8 Liberal Party (UK) G. Story 609 8.7 -2.2 6 0.1 -13.6 6,963 Blenheim Conservative Party (UK) S. Webster 2,822 55.5 +5.9 Labour Party (UK) M. Bretherick 2,267 44.5 -5.9 555 11.0 +9.9 5,089 Bramley Labour Party (UK) E. Atkinson 4,339 54.9 -0.7 Conservative Party (UK) A. Baker 3,562 45.1 +12.4 777 9.8 -13.1 7,901 Burmantofts Labour Party (UK) G. Murray Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) W. Shutt Unopposed N/A N/A Central Labour Party (UK) A. Lowcock 1,621 62.4 -6.7 Conservative Party (UK) P. Stead 977 37.6 +6.7 644 24.8 -13.3 2,598 Cross Gates & Temple Newsam Conservative Party (UK) H. Adamson 5,583 57.4 +15.0 Labour Party (UK) L. Walsh 4,136 42.6 -15.0 1,447 14.8 -0.2 9,719 East Hunslet Labour Party (UK) L. Naylor 2,163 69.5 +1.5 Liberal Party (UK) Albert Hope 947 30.5 -1.5 1,216 39.0 +3.0 3,110 Far Headingley Conservative Party (UK) G. Martin 6,529 72.3 +5.6 Labour Party (UK) E. Whitehead 1,808 20.0 -13.2 Liberal Party (UK) Winifred Underhill 690 7.6 +7.6 4,721 52.3 +18.8 9,027 Farnley & Wortley Labour Party (UK) J. Watson 4,246 58.0 -7.5 Labour Party (UK) J. Wallbanks 4,156 Conservative Party (UK) P. Bailey 3,081 42.0 +7.5 Conservative Party (UK) G. Appleby 3,022 1,165 16.0 -15.0 7,327 Harehills Labour Party (UK) J. Hills 3,944 53.4 -14.7 Conservative Party (UK) G. Monkman 3,444 46.6 +14.7 500 6.8 -29.5 7,388 Holbeck North Labour Party (UK) T. Jessop Unopposed N/A N/A Holbeck South Labour Party (UK) F. Burnley 2,110 72.8 +3.5 Liberal Party (UK) W. Holdsworth 789 27.2 +14.1 1,321 45.6 -6.0 2,899 Hunslet Carr & Middleton Labour Party (UK) S. Hand Unopposed N/A N/A Hyde Park Conservative Party (UK) H. McKay 4,123 68.8 +11.7 Labour Party (UK) A. Malcolm 1,866 31.2 -11.7 2,257 37.7 +23.4 5,989 Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) H. Happold 3,980 54.4 -4.0 Conservative Party (UK) H. Sellors 3,332 45.6 +13.8 648 8.9 -17.8 7,312 Mill Hill & South Conservative Party (UK) D. Cowling 1,267 51.5 +8.4 Labour Party (UK) H. Hyams 1,194 48.5 -8.4 73 3.0 -10.9 2,461 North Conservative Party (UK) D. Kaberry 7,003 77.7 +20.1 Labour Party (UK) N. Davey 2,015 22.3 -6.4 4,988 55.3 +26.5 9,018 Osmondthorpe Labour Party (UK) F. Potter Unopposed N/A N/A Potternewton Conservative Party (UK) J. Mulley 3,124 55.0 +11.5 Labour Party (UK) B. Weinrib 1,961 34.5 -22.1 Communist Party of Great Britain B. Ramelson 598 10.5 +10.5 1,163 20.5 +7.3 5,683 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) Z. Fernandez 1,519 89.9 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain M. Ramelson 171 10.1 N/A 1,348 79.8 N/A 1,690 N/A Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) G. Stevenson 6,953 76.5 +14.4 Labour Party (UK) A. D'Arcy 2,140 23.5 -14.4 4,813 52.9 +28.8 9,093 Upper Armley Labour Party (UK) W. Braham 2,931 48.2 -10.8 Conservative Party (UK) E. Glover 2,749 45.2 +4.2 Liberal Party (UK) G. Petch 399 6.6 +6.6 182 3.0 -15.0 6,079 West Hunslet Labour Party (UK) T. Ellison 2,668 66.0 -5.1 Conservative Party (UK) P. Woodward 1,243 30.7 +12.4 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Roche 134 3.3 +3.3 1,425 35.2 -17.5 4,045 Westfield Labour Party (UK) J. Rafferty 1,392 61.5 -12.6 Conservative Party (UK) G. Harrison 871 38.5 +12.6 521 23.0 -25.3 2,263 Woodhouse Labour Party (UK) H. Nick 2,391 56.7 -5.7 Conservative Party (UK) S. Taylor 1,825 43.3 +18.7 566 13.4 -24.4 4,216 References 1 expanded Leeds City Council election 1946 City Council election, 1946