1955 West Riding County Council election

1955 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 thumb|right|x350px|Map of the results of the election in each division. The 1955 West Riding County Council election was held on Saturday, 2 April 1955.Majority of eight for anti-Socialists Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 4 April 1955 8 The election took place in the administrative county of the West Riding of Yorkshire, which excluded the county boroughs of Barnsley, Bradford, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, Rotherham, Sheffield, Wakefield and York.Local Government Act 1888, Part II, Section 31 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/51-52/41/part/II/crossheading/application-of-act-to-boroughs/enacted legislation.gov.uk 13 September 2016 The whole council of ninety-six members was up for election, with each county electoral division returning one councillor.Electoral Reshuffle of West Riding Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 11 January 1947 8 After the election the composition of the council was; Labour Party: 44 Conservative Party: 37 Independents: 13 Liberal Party: 2 Results by division The winning candidates in each division are shown in the table below. Division Party Councillor Majority Adwick-le-Street Labour T. Baynham Unopposed Aireborough Conservative W. Hudson 643 Askern Labour M. Thompson Unopposed Aston Labour C. T. Broughton Unopposed Baildon Conservative P. Oates 2,154 Barnoldswick Conservative A. H. Clegg 445 Barwick Conservative F. G. W. Lane Fox 1,728 Batley No. 1 Independent M. G. M. Newman 472 Batley No. 2 Independent L. I. Fitzpatrick Unopposed Bentley Labour S. E. Keers Unopposed Bingley Conservative H. Whitehead Unopposed Birstall Independent W. A. Ogilvy 348 Brighouse North Labour H. Womersley 41 Brighouse South Conservative M. D. Middleton 556 Castleford No. 1 Labour G. East Unopposed Castleford No. 2 Labour C. Dews Unopposed Colne Valley No. 1 Independent H. E. Eastwood 697 Colne Valley No. 2 Labour R. Redfern Unopposed Conisbrough Labour J. Prendergast Unopposed Craven Conservative A. K. Fitton Unopposed Crofton Labour W. Henry Unopposed Cudworth Labour J. Berry Unopposed Dalton Labour H. Harrison 1,530 Darfield and Thurnscoe Labour H. Clarney Unopposed Darton Labour F. Morris 1,022 Dearne Labour J. F. Oldham Unopposed Denby Dale Independent R. K. Beever 330 Ecclesfield Labour E. Ratcliffe 514 Edlington Labour J. Yorke 866 Elland Independent H. Cockroft Unopposed Featherstone Labour E. Rowley Unopposed Garforth Labour R. B. Holt Unopposed Goole Independent E. L. England 343 Harrogate No. 1 Conservative R. Martin 1,234 Harrogate No. 2 Conservative J. C. Hunter 1,657 Harrogate No. 3 Conservative J. S. Tennant 2,871 Hatfield and Stainforth Labour R. Kelley Unopposed Hebden Bridge Independent H. H. Sutcliffe 651 Heckmondwike Conservative C. Thackray Unopposed Hemsworth Labour H. Miles Unopposed Holmfirth Independent N. Denton 1,539 Horbury Labour H. V. Bennett 1,425 Horsforth Conservative H. E. Thackray Unopposed Hoyland Labour Sir Thomas Tomlinson Unopposed Ilkley Conservative N. Geldard Unopposed Keighley No. 1 Conservative A. W. Tack 878 Keighley No. 2 Liberal M. E. Rhodes 945 Keighley No. 3 Conservative L. Hardaker 454 Kiveton Park Labour W. Holmes Unopposed Knaresborough Conservative A. C. Crowther Unopposed Knottingley Labour J. Blackburn 1,190 Kirkburton Conservative J. A. Stephens 633 Maltby and Tickhill Labour T. Cheetham 1,428 Mexborough Labour G. M. Hanson 77 Mirfield Independent G. M. Hanson 643 Morley No. 1 Independent J. Rhodes 188 Morley No. 2 Labour H. Rankin 511 Normanton Labour W. E. Metcalf 3,538 Ossett Independent H. Smith 478 Otley Conservative H. Guy Unopposed Pateley Bridge Conservative Sir John Barran Unopposed Penistone Conservative A. Goldthorpe 226 Pontefract Labour G. Wright 778 Pudsey No. 1 Conservative J. Fuller Smith Unopposed Pudsey No. 2 Conservative J. O. Cowgill 1,371 Queensbury and Shelf Conservative A. Craven 456 Rawmarsh Labour J. E. Payne Unopposed Ripon Conservative E. B. Eccles Unopposed Ripponden Conservative S. Stott 610 Rossington Labour W. A. Morris Unopposed Rothwell Labour T. S. Dawson Unopposed Saddleworth Conservative E. E. Smith 1,554 Sedbergh Conservative W. Illingworth Unopposed Selby Conservative C. E. Anson Unopposed Settle Conservative F. J. Cornthwaite Unopposed Shipley West Conservative G. Waddilove Unopposed Shipley East Labour S. Derbyshire Unopposed Silsden Conservative N. Fortune 1,099 Skipton Independent J. W. Atkinson 291 Snaith Conservative J. Martinson 548 South Elmsall Labour G. Guest Unopposed South Kirkby Labour H. Ebery Unopposed Sowerby Bridge Labour F. Barker 538 Spenborough No. 1 Conservative F. Morton 2,016 Spenborough No. 2 Conservative J. Smith 1,212 Stanley Labour J. E. Howe Unopposed Stocksbridge Conservative H. E. Green 483 Swinton Labour A. Newsam Unopposed Tadcaster Conservative D. W. Atkinson 1,345 Thorne Labour G. H. Nicholson Unopposed Todmorden Liberal J. de Ville Mather Unopposed Wath on Dearne Labour W. Cutts Unopposed Wetherby Conservative D. A. Crockatt Unopposed Whitwood Labour A. Pickersgill Unopposed Wombwell Labour J. W. Mellor Unopposed Worsborough Labour C. W. Boland 1,741 References 1955 West Riding County Council election West Riding County Council election West Riding County Council election