1967 Leeds City Council election

1967 English local government election November 2019 July 2026 The 1967 Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 11 May 1967,Tories Gain Again in Urban Elections https://www.nytimes.com/1967/05/12/archives/tories-gain-again-in-urban-elections.html The New York Times 11 May 1967 19 October 2012 with one third of the council up for election as well as vacancies in the wards of Woodhouse and Wortley.Municipal results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 12 May 1967 The final election on present boundaries, the Conservatives won a decisive victory on a 3.8% swingL.J. Sharpe 1967 Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections to a record share and their highest vote in over fifteen years. The Tories picked up five seats in total from Labour, and for the first time since 1951, won their second seat in the wards of Kirkstall, Stanningley and Westfield, and gained full representation in Bramley and Wortley. With those gains the Conservatives now had a narrow lead in councillors,Joseph Whitaker 1967 Whitaker's Almanack 1967 with only Labour's superior aldermen totals stopping the Tories from gaining the council and adding it to the list of momentous victories that night. Elsewhere the Liberals seen yet another fall in their vote, returning their third place to contention as the Communists continued inching upwards, comfortably achieving their greatest vote. Last year's British National candidate stood again in Armley, but this time as a National Front candidate and an Independent contested Bramley. Turnout rose dramatically following the previous year's poor figure to 39.2%, the best participation seen since 1955. Election result Leeds local election result 1967 Conservative Party (UK) 17 5 0 +5 56.7 58.1 74,853 +4.4 Labour Party (UK) 13 0 5 -5 43.3 37.5 48,361 -3.2 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.3 2,999 -1.5 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.7 2,170 +0.1 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 300 +0.2 National Front (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 94 +0.1 The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Labour 46 19 41 19 Conservatives 38  9 43  9 Total 84 28 84 28 112 112 Working majority #FFBF00  8 darkgray #FFBF00 10 darkgray #FFBF00 -2 darkgray #FFBF00 10 darkgray#FFBF00 18 darkgray#FFBF00  8 darkgray Ward results Allerton Conservative Party (UK) L. Bidgood 5,885 85.2 +2.2 Labour Party (UK) V. Zermansky 1,024 14.8 -2.2 4,861 70.4 +4.4 6,909 Conservative Party (UK) +2.2 Armley Labour Party (UK) K. Cohen 2,598 50.0 -3.4 Conservative Party (UK) G. Atkinson 2,354 45.3 +5.0 Liberal Party (UK) T. Alcock 152 2.9 +2.9 National Front (UK) P. Stone 94 1.8 +1.8 244 4.7 -8.4 5,198 Labour Party (UK) -4.2 Beeston Conservative Party (UK) L. Snape 3,941 54.3 +3.5 Labour Party (UK) A. Beevers 3,321 45.7 -3.5 620 8.5 +7.0 7,262 Conservative Party (UK) +3.5 Blenheim Labour Party (UK) J. Wallbanks 904 51.1 -9.2 Conservative Party (UK) R. Harker 864 48.9 +9.2 40 2.3 -18.4 1,768 Labour Party (UK) -9.2 Bramley Conservative Party (UK) M. Robinson 3,328 49.0 -3.7 Labour Party (UK) Eric Atkinson 3,159 46.5 -0.7 Independent (politician) J. Waddington 300 4.4 +4.4 169 2.5 -2.9 6,787 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -1.5 Burmantofts Labour Party (UK) G. Lloyd 1,543 55.6 -1.6 Conservative Party (UK) C. Thomas 1,232 44.4 +1.6 311 11.2 -3.2 2,775 Labour Party (UK) -1.6 City Labour Party (UK) A. Tallant 659 53.0 -12.4 Conservative Party (UK) D. Ramsden 584 47.0 +12.4 75 6.0 -24.8 1,243 Labour Party (UK) -12.4 Cross Gates Labour Party (UK) F. Booth 3,537 52.7 +3.6 Conservative Party (UK) R. Vaughan 2,787 41.5 -3.5 Communist Party of Great Britain T. Scawthorne 390 5.8 -0.1 750 11.2 +7.1 6,714 Labour Party (UK) +3.5 East Hunslet Labour Party (UK) M. Fish 1,084 58.9 -5.1 Conservative Party (UK) E. Feather 756 41.1 +5.1 328 17.8 -10.3 1,840 Labour Party (UK) -5.1 Far Headingley Conservative Party (UK) R. Hall 6,555 72.5 +7.6 Labour Party (UK) C. Furniss 1,351 15.0 +0.8 Liberal Party (UK) J. Harris 1,130 12.5 -8.3 5,204 57.6 +13.5 9,036 Conservative Party (UK) +3.4 Halton Conservative Party (UK) C. Watson 5,323 78.5 +1.0 Labour Party (UK) D. Hamilton 1,462 21.5 -1.0 3,861 56.9 +2.1 6,785 Conservative Party (UK) +1.0 Harehills Conservative Party (UK) J. White 3,013 66.9 +6.0 Labour Party (UK) Doreen Jenner 1,488 33.1 -6.0 1,525 33.9 +12.0 4,501 Conservative Party (UK) +6.0 Holbeck Labour Party (UK) W. Jones 1,504 52.0 -9.9 Conservative Party (UK) M. Waddington 1,259 43.5 +8.1 Communist Party of Great Britain J. McCarthy 130 4.5 +1.7 245 8.5 -17.9 2,893 Labour Party (UK) -9.0 Hunslet Carr Labour Party (UK) R. Pepper 1,684 55.7 -11.3 Conservative Party (UK) P. Goodwin 1,226 40.5 +10.9 Communist Party of Great Britain F. Burwin 116 3.8 +0.4 458 15.1 -22.3 3,026 Labour Party (UK) -11.1 Hyde Park Conservative Party (UK) F. Hall 2,657 67.2 +9.4 Labour Party (UK) H. Best 1,112 28.1 -10.1 Communist Party of Great Britain S. Walker 185 4.7 +0.6 1,545 39.1 +19.5 3,954 Conservative Party (UK) +9.7 Kirkstall Conservative Party (UK) H. Newton 3,055 50.4 +7.7 Labour Party (UK) Albert Smith 2,871 47.4 -7.0 Communist Party of Great Britain B. Huffingley 133 2.2 -0.6 184 3.0 -8.6 6,059 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +7.3 Meanwood Conservative Party (UK) V. Cardno 3,677 72.6 +5.9 Labour Party (UK) O. Winship 879 17.4 -3.8 Liberal Party (UK) A. Wren 507 10.0 -2.1 2,798 55.3 +9.7 5,063 Conservative Party (UK) +4.8 Middleton Labour Party (UK) A. Malcolm 2,382 67.2 -11.9 Conservative Party (UK) R. Heslett 973 27.4 +11.0 Communist Party of Great Britain D. Priscott 192 5.4 +0.9 1,409 39.7 -23.0 3,547 Labour Party (UK) -11.4 Moortown Conservative Party (UK) Bertrand Mather 6,141 79.6 +4.0 Labour Party (UK) C. Say 1,169 15.1 -2.9 Communist Party of Great Britain T. Kelly 409 5.3 -1.1 4,972 64.4 +6.8 7,719 Conservative Party (UK) +3.4 Osmondthorpe Labour Party (UK) G. Addlestone 1,638 57.8 -9.8 Conservative Party (UK) E. Lewis 1,197 42.2 +9.8 441 15.6 -19.6 2,835 Labour Party (UK) -9.8 Potternewton Conservative Party (UK) Sydney Symmonds 2,003 77.2 +17.4 Labour Party (UK) M. Lawrence 418 16.1 -13.1 Communist Party of Great Britain A. Dale 175 6.7 +5.0 1,585 61.1 +30.5 2,596 Conservative Party (UK) +15.2 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) J. Mathers 1,834 61.9 -9.3 Conservative Party (UK) G. Russell 914 30.9 +10.3 Communist Party of Great Britain T. Johnson 213 7.2 -1.0 920 31.1 -19.6 2,961 Labour Party (UK) -9.8 Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) Allan Bretherick 4,777 80.4 +1.8 Labour Party (UK) D. Thomas 1,168 19.6 -1.8 3,609 60.7 +3.6 5,945 Conservative Party (UK) +1.8 Stanningley Conservative Party (UK) K. Knapton 3,037 49.1 +9.3 Labour Party (UK) H. Waterman 2,871 46.4 +1.2 Liberal Party (UK) F. Robertson 279 4.5 -10.5 166 2.7 -2.8 6,187 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +4.0 Wellington Labour Party (UK) N. Barrett 980 55.7 -7.1 Conservative Party (UK) B. Pearce 482 27.4 +11.9 Liberal Party (UK) W. Alcock 228 13.0 -2.7 Communist Party of Great Britain M. Rogers 70 4.0 -2.0 498 28.3 -18.8 1,760 Labour Party (UK) -9.5 Westfield Conservative Party (UK) A. Sexton 1,332 54.4 +5.7 Labour Party (UK) V. Whelan 1,118 45.6 -5.7 214 8.7 +6.1 2,450 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +5.7 Woodhouse Labour Party (UK) P. Taylor 2,100 48.9 +0.3 Conservative Party (UK) P. Fingret 2,036 47.4 -0.8 Conservative Party (UK) D. Crawford 2,033 Labour Party (UK) J. Moynihan 2,006 Communist Party of Great Britain M. Moore 157 3.7 +0.5 27 1.5 +1.0 4,293 Labour Party (UK) +0.5 Conservative Party (UK) Wortley Conservative Party (UK) R. Beal 3,465 51.9 +5.2 Conservative Party (UK) R. Treeman 3,380 Labour Party (UK) J. Klineberg 2,503 37.5 -3.3 Labour Party (UK) J. Stephen 2,479 Liberal Party (UK) Walter Holdsworth 703 10.5 -1.9 Liberal Party (UK) J. Saxton 687 877 14.4 +8.4 6,671 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +4.2 References 1 expanded Category:1967 English local elections 1967 Category:1960s in Leeds