1955 Leeds City Council election

1955 UK local government election November 2019 July 2026 The 1955 Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 12 May 1955,"Little Election" Raises Hopes of Conservatives https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gyBlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E4gNAAAAIBAJ&dq=elections%20britain&pg=2570%2C1969170 Edmonton Journal 13 May 1955 2 September 2012 with one third of the council up for election, as well as a vacancy in Wellington.Municipal results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 13 May 1955 With the third consecutive election producing swings to them - this time a 2.1% swingL.J. Sharpe 1967 Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections - the Conservatives managed to top the poll and make gains from Labour for the first time since the 1951 election, echoing their national result. This, however, did not stop Labour winning a comfortable majority of the seats contested. The three gains were in Beeston, Westfield and Wortley - wards where Labour had gained from them following 1951. Party totals remained unchanged with the new division of aldermen effectively wiping out those three gains, as Labour were allotted - at Conservative expense - three more aldermen. Turnout rose marginally to a low figure of 39.4%. Election result Leeds local election result 1955 Labour Party (UK) 17 0 3 -3 58.6 46.2 64,820 -3.7 Conservative Party (UK) 12 3 0 +3 41.4 51.9 72,863 +2.5 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.5 2,043 +1.1 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 539 0.0 The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Labour 54 14 51 17 Conservatives 30 14 33 11 Total 84 28 84 28 112 112 Working majority #FFBF00 24 darkgray #FFBF00  0 darkgray #FFBF00 18 darkgray #FFBF00  6 darkgray#FFBF00 24 darkgray#FFBF00 24 darkgray Ward results Allerton Conservative Party (UK) H. Drake 5,547 87.5 +0.9 Labour Party (UK) M. Rooney 790 12.5 -0.9 4,757 75.1 +1.9 6,337 Conservative Party (UK) +0.9 Armley Labour Party (UK) K. Cohen 2,970 54.4 -3.0 Conservative Party (UK) R. Beal 2,126 38.9 -3.7 Liberal Party (UK) A. Powell 367 6.7 +6.7 844 15.4 +0.6 5,463 Labour Party (UK) +0.3 Beeston Conservative Party (UK) L. Snape 3,881 54.1 +1.1 Labour Party (UK) H. Booth 3,299 45.9 -1.1 582 8.1 +2.1 7,180 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +1.1 Blenheim Labour Party (UK) J. Wallbanks 2,368 54.7 -3.1 Conservative Party (UK) W. Murphy 1,958 45.3 +3.1 410 9.5 -6.2 4,326 Labour Party (UK) -3.1 Bramley Labour Party (UK) Eric Atkinson 3,012 47.8 -5.6 Conservative Party (UK) C. Dean 2,571 40.8 -5.7 Liberal Party (UK) J. Walker 713 11.3 +11.3 441 7.0 +0.1 6,296 Labour Party (UK) +0.0 Burmantofts Labour Party (UK) G. Lloyd 2,428 63.1 -3.3 Conservative Party (UK) G. Howden 1,422 36.9 +3.3 1,006 26.1 -6.6 3,850 Labour Party (UK) -3.3 City Labour Party (UK) E. Whitehead 1,638 62.0 -5.4 Conservative Party (UK) J. Cape 1,005 38.0 +5.4 633 24.0 -10.7 2,643 Labour Party (UK) -5.4 Cross Gates Labour Party (UK) F. Booth 3,262 57.7 -1.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Palmer 2,394 42.3 +1.1 868 15.3 -2.2 5,656 Labour Party (UK) -1.1 East Hunslet Labour Party (UK) M. Fish 2,870 73.3 -3.5 Conservative Party (UK) G. Hewdey 1,044 26.7 +3.5 1,826 46.7 -7.0 3,914 Labour Party (UK) -3.5 Far Headingley Conservative Party (UK) W. Hey 4,665 83.5 -0.4 Labour Party (UK) F. Woolhouse 922 16.5 +0.4 3,743 67.0 -0.7 5,587 Conservative Party (UK) -0.4 Halton Conservative Party (UK) C. Watson 4,371 78.8 +2.7 Labour Party (UK) J. Marshall 1,175 21.2 -2.7 3,196 57.6 +5.3 5,546 Conservative Party (UK) +2.7 Harehills Conservative Party (UK) Lawrence Turnbull 3,515 59.7 +6.2 Labour Party (UK) F. Howard 2,375 40.3 -6.2 1,140 19.4 +12.4 5,890 Conservative Party (UK) +6.2 Holbeck Labour Party (UK) W. Jones 2,508 65.8 -2.8 Conservative Party (UK) T. Nipe 1,302 34.2 +2.8 1,206 31.7 -5.5 3,810 Labour Party (UK) -2.8 Hunslet Carr Labour Party (UK) J. Hodgkinson 2,662 73.6 -15.2 Conservative Party (UK) J. Bailey 810 22.4 +22.4 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Bellamy 144 4.0 -7.2 1,852 51.2 -26.5 3,616 Labour Party (UK) -18.8 Hyde Park Conservative Party (UK) F. Walker 3,489 71.2 +2.8 Labour Party (UK) M. Schofield 1,410 28.8 -2.8 2,079 42.4 +5.5 4,899 Conservative Party (UK) +2.8 Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) Albert Smith 3,160 56.0 -5.1 Conservative Party (UK) E. Lucas 2,480 44.0 +5.1 680 12.1 -10.2 5,640 Labour Party (UK) -5.1 Meanwood Conservative Party (UK) V. Cardno 4,286 74.7 +4.6 Labour Party (UK) J. Hedley 1,448 25.3 -4.6 2,838 49.2 +9.2 5,734 Conservative Party (UK) +4.6 Middleton Labour Party (UK) Harold Watson 2,586 77.6 -3.6 Conservative Party (UK) F. Stubley 747 22.4 +3.6 1,839 55.2 -7.2 3,333 Labour Party (UK) -3.6 Moortown Conservative Party (UK) John Watson 4,733 76.8 +0.2 Labour Party (UK) E. Norris 1,426 23.2 -0.2 3,307 53.7 +0.3 6,159 Conservative Party (UK) +0.2 Osmondthorpe Labour Party (UK) G. Addlestone 2,809 71.8 -5.6 Conservative Party (UK) L. Ideson 1,105 28.2 +5.6 1,704 43.5 -11.2 3,914 Labour Party (UK) -5.6 Potternewton Conservative Party (UK) Sydney Symmonds 2,480 62.7 -2.0 Labour Party (UK) F. Watson 1,307 33.0 -2.3 Communist Party of Great Britain S. Bloom 170 4.3 +4.3 1,173 29.6 +0.2 3,957 Conservative Party (UK) +0.1 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) A. King 2,202 78.9 -1.3 Conservative Party (UK) W. Clayton 590 21.1 +1.3 1,612 57.7 -2.7 2,792 Labour Party (UK) -1.3 Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) Allan Bretherick 4,782 71.8 +7.3 Labour Party (UK) P. Taylor 1,877 28.2 -7.3 2,905 43.6 +14.6 6,659 Conservative Party (UK) +7.3 Stanningley Labour Party (UK) R. Waterman 3,347 49.4 -0.9 Conservative Party (UK) T. Kilby 2,832 41.8 -7.8 Liberal Party (UK) E. Burbridge 592 8.7 +8.7 515 7.6 +6.9 6,771 Labour Party (UK) +3.4 Wellington Labour Party (UK) N. Barrett 2,657 67.2 -4.4 Labour Party (UK) E. Youngman 2,642 Conservative Party (UK) S. Rostron 699 17.7 -6.0 Conservative Party (UK) F. Richardson 634 Liberal Party (UK) Walter Holdsworth 371 9.4 +9.4 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Wheatley 225 5.7 +0.9 1,943 49.5 +1.6 3,952 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +0.8 Westfield Conservative Party (UK) L. Lyons 2,577 51.3 +13.0 Labour Party (UK) A. Malcolm 2,442 48.7 -2.2 135 2.7 -9.8 5,019 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +7.6 Woodhouse Labour Party (UK) Henry Vick 2,729 56.9 -3.8 Conservative Party (UK) L. Francis 2,066 43.1 +3.8 663 13.8 -7.7 4,795 Labour Party (UK) -3.8 Wortley Conservative Party (UK) D. Wolstenholme 3,386 51.9 +1.4 Labour Party (UK) Aimee Tong 3,141 48.1 -1.4 245 3.8 +2.8 6,527 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +1.4 References 1 Leeds City Council election 1955 City Council election, 1955 Leeds City Council election