1971 Leeds City Council election

1971 English local government election November 2019 July 2026 The 1971 Leeds municipal elections were held on 14 May 1971,British Laborites Sweep Local Voting https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB071EFE3954127B93C7A8178ED85F458785F9 The New York Times 15 May 1971 21 October 2012 with one third of the councillors up for vote including a double vacancy in Talbot.Municipal results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 15 May 1971 Reflecting national patterns, the results were a near mirror-image of the 1968 results, as Labour achieved their highest vote share since 1945, and their greatest number of votes since 1953. It was the Conservatives who sunk to a low-point this time around, setting post-war record lows in both vote percentages and actual votes. However, with the defeat being less severe and the entirety of the council not being elected this time, the Conservatives held on to control with the superior number of aldermen allotted to them the previous year. Overall turnout across the city was 37.8%.Labour sweeps in with 20 majority in Leeds The Yorkshire Post 6 May 1972 Scan https://archive.today/20130131100930/http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u413/Hullenedge/WYorks72001.jpg here Starting from such a shrunken base following their overwhelming defeat in 1968, Labour gained over half of seats up for election, as well as holding the seats in the four wards they won previously (City, East Hunslet, Holbeck and Middleton). Labour gained seventeen in total, with all but Castleton from the Conservatives: Armley, Beeston, Bramley, Burley, Burmantofts, Castleton, Gipton, Harehills, Kirkstall, Osmondthorpe, Richmond Hill, Scott Hall, Seacroft, Stanningley, Whinmoor, Woodhouse and Wortley. Castleton was gained from the Liberals, who repeated their success in West Hunslet for the third year running and gained from the Conservatives, leaving their total unchanged. Election result Leeds local election result 1971 Labour Party (UK) 21 17 0 +17 67.7 56.9 76,350 +14.8 Conservative Party (UK) 9 0 17 -17 29.0 36.4 48,893 -10.6 Liberal Party (UK) 1 1 1 0 3.2 6.0 8,016 -3.8 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.7 965 -0.2 The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Conservatives 62 16 45 16 Labour 23 14 40 14 Liberals 5 0 5 0 Total 90 30 90 30 120 120 Working majority #FFBF00 34 darkgray #FFBF00  2 darkgray #FFBF00  0 darkgray #FFBF00  2 darkgray#FFBF00 36 darkgray#FFBF00 2 darkgray Ward results Armley Labour Party (UK) C. Buttery 3,147 56.2 +23.6 Conservative Party (UK) B. Stockwell 1,734 31.0 -5.4 Liberal Party (UK) G. Ashton 678 12.1 -14.8 Communist Party of Great Britain P. Wilton 43 0.8 -0.1 1,413 25.2 +21.4 5,602 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +14.5 Beeston Labour Party (UK) Harry Booth 3,151 56.7 +17.5 Conservative Party (UK) J. Farrell 2,161 38.9 -11.9 Liberal Party (UK) E. Webster 249 4.5 -5.5 990 17.8 +6.2 5,561 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +14.7 Bramley Labour Party (UK) Denise Atkinson 4,013 67.1 +16.9 Conservative Party (UK) J. Hart 1,972 32.9 -10.0 2,041 34.1 +26.9 5,985 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +13.4 Burley Labour Party (UK) J. Sully 2,700 61.4 +13.3 Conservative Party (UK) A. Rimmer 1,615 36.8 -12.9 Communist Party of Great Britain T. Flynn 79 1.8 -0.4 1,085 24.7 +23.2 4,394 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +13.1 Burmantofts Labour Party (UK) R. Millett 3,579 73.9 +18.0 Conservative Party (UK) H. Flockton 1,185 24.5 -9.0 Communist Party of Great Britain F. Stockdale 78 1.6 +0.8 2,394 49.4 +27.0 4,842 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +13.5 Castleton Labour Party (UK) R. Sedler 2,096 48.9 +12.3 Liberal Party (UK) M. Begard 1,952 45.5 -8.2 Conservative Party (UK) H. Stockwell 191 4.5 -4.2 Communist Party of Great Britain K. Robinson 47 1.1 +0.1 144 3.4 -13.7 4,286 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) +10.2 Chapel Allerton Conservative Party (UK) P. Sparling 2,527 71.1 -11.2 Labour Party (UK) B. Selby 685 19.3 +7.7 Liberal Party (UK) R. Whitelock 341 9.6 +3.5 1,842 51.8 -19.0 3,553 Conservative Party (UK) -9.4 City Labour Party (UK) W. Merritt 2,226 85.8 +20.0 Conservative Party (UK) W. Annan 369 14.2 -14.5 1,857 71.6 +34.6 2,595 Labour Party (UK) +17.2 Cookridge Conservative Party (UK) Keith Loudon 2,465 49.7 -9.8 Labour Party (UK) G. Bowesley 1,776 35.8 +13.7 Liberal Party (UK) E. Finkle 719 14.5 -3.9 689 13.9 -23.5 4,960 Conservative Party (UK) -11.7 East Hunslet Labour Party (UK) L. Haughton 2,555 84.1 +17.5 Conservative Party (UK) B. Cresswell 288 9.5 -3.6 Liberal Party (UK) H. Fearnley 194 6.4 -13.9 2,267 74.6 +28.3 3,037 Labour Party (UK) +10.5 Gipton Labour Party (UK) H. Waterman 3,037 64.4 +13.4 Conservative Party (UK) W. Buckland 1,527 32.4 -12.7 Liberal Party (UK) K. Pedder 92 2.0 -0.7 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Bellamy 61 1.3 +0.0 1,510 32.0 +26.0 4,717 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +13.0 Halton Conservative Party (UK) S. Tomlinson 3,185 65.9 -10.6 Labour Party (UK) J. Moran 1,651 34.1 +11.7 1,534 31.7 -22.3 4,836 Conservative Party (UK) -11.1 Harehills Labour Party (UK) G. Wood 1,603 48.0 +18.2 Conservative Party (UK) J. Moran 1,583 47.4 -17.5 Liberal Party (UK) D. Thorpe 156 4.7 -0.6 20 0.6 -34.5 3,342 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +17.8 Headingley Conservative Party (UK) P. Goodwin 2,397 59.4 -12.0 Labour Party (UK) J. Chartres 1,641 40.6 +12.0 756 18.8 -24.0 4,038 Conservative Party (UK) -12.0 Holbeck Labour Party (UK) A. Beevers 2,637 83.1 +23.0 Conservative Party (UK) N. Skin 366 11.5 -1.1 Liberal Party (UK) R. Newby 172 5.4 -22.0 2,271 71.5 +38.9 3,175 Labour Party (UK) +12.0 Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) W. Stafford 4,052 60.2 +16.8 Conservative Party (UK) T. Beevers 2,594 38.5 -11.7 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Sidebottom 87 1.3 -0.5 1,458 21.7 +14.9 6,733 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +14.2 Middleton Labour Party (UK) J. Taylor 3,521 83.9 +20.7 Conservative Party (UK) P. Johnson 372 8.9 -5.2 Liberal Party (UK) L. Ellis 181 4.3 -15.9 Communist Party of Great Britain D. Prescott 122 2.9 +0.5 3,149 75.0 +32.0 4,196 Labour Party (UK) +12.9 Moortown Conservative Party (UK) R. Challenor 2,323 52.1 -16.5 Labour Party (UK) A. Baum 1,687 37.9 +14.6 Liberal Party (UK) S. Waldenburg 446 10.0 +1.9 636 14.3 -31.1 4,456 Conservative Party (UK) -15.5 Osmondthorpe Labour Party (UK) D. Hamilton 3,660 75.3 +13.7 Conservative Party (UK) Doreen Wood 1,201 24.7 -12.4 2,459 50.6 +26.1 4,861 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +13.0 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) V. Whelan 3,151 78.1 +20.8 Conservative Party (UK) S. Gill 818 20.3 -18.4 Communist Party of Great Britain P. Fawcett 65 1.6 +0.2 2,333 57.8 +39.1 4,034 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +19.6 Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) G. Lax 2,885 78.3 -7.0 Labour Party (UK) C. Green 800 21.7 +7.0 2,085 56.6 -14.1 3,685 Conservative Party (UK) -7.0 Scott Hall Labour Party (UK) G. Bloom 2,586 67.9 +19.1 Conservative Party (UK) E. Lindins 1,153 30.3 -16.6 Communist Party of Great Britain M. Tomplak 69 1.8 -2.5 1,433 37.6 +35.7 3,808 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +17.8 Seacroft Labour Party (UK) George Mudie 5,115 78.6 +9.3 Conservative Party (UK) D. Ball 1,328 20.4 -9.5 Communist Party of Great Britain A. Dale 67 1.0 +0.2 3,787 58.2 +18.9 6,510 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +9.4 Stanningley Labour Party (UK) Christina Myers 3,366 69.1 +14.7 Conservative Party (UK) K. Knapton 1,431 29.4 -7.4 Communist Party of Great Britain F. Sidebottom 77 1.6 +0.7 1,935 39.7 +22.2 4,874 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +11.0 Talbot Conservative Party (UK) J. Sherwin 2,692 70.5 -11.0 Conservative Party (UK) Ronnie Feldman 2,645 Labour Party (UK) A. Barnard 902 23.6 +5.1 Labour Party (UK) J. Morgan 897 Liberal Party (UK) C. Thompson 225 5.9 +5.9 Liberal Party (UK) G. Braham 209 1,743 46.9 -16.1 3,819 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -8.0 Weetwood Conservative Party (UK) R. Hall 3,607 81.4 +3.5 Labour Party (UK) J. Underwood 825 18.6 +8.9 2,782 62.8 -3.9 4,432 Conservative Party (UK) -2.7 West Hunslet Liberal Party (UK) David Austick 2,201 52.1 +10.7 Labour Party (UK) J. Hodkinson 1,492 35.3 +4.6 Conservative Party (UK) D. Nicholls 533 12.6 -15.3 709 16.8 +6.1 4,226 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +3.0 Whinmoor Labour Party (UK) L. Jackson 3,181 75.8 +16.5 Conservative Party (UK) C. Clark 970 23.1 -15.5 Communist Party of Great Britain H. Besser 46 1.1 -1.0 2,211 52.7 +32.0 4,197 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +16.0 Woodhouse Labour Party (UK) I. Levy 2,171 57.7 +13.4 Conservative Party (UK) May Sexton 1,465 39.0 -13.4 Communist Party of Great Britain L. Morris 124 3.3 -0.1 706 18.8 +10.7 3,760 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +13.4 Wortley Labour Party (UK) W. Thurlow 3,344 58.6 +12.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Kirwan 1,956 34.3 -10.2 Liberal Party (UK) R. Buxton 410 7.2 -1.9 1,388 24.3 +22.4 5,710 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +11.1 References expanded Leeds 1971 Category:1970s in Leeds