1954 Leeds City Council election

November 2019 July 2026 English local election The 1954 Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 14 May 1954,British Laborites Widen Poll Gains https://www.nytimes.com/1954/05/14/archives/british-laborites-widen-poll-gains-add-510-seats-in-395-areas-early.html The New York Times 14 May 1954 2 September 2012 with one third of the council up for election.Municipal results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 15 May 1954 Despite a further swing away from Labour to the Conservatives of 3.7%,L.J. Sharpe 1967 Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections leaving both parties neck and neck in votes, Labour continued on to their third and final gains unabated in the wards of Armley, Blenheim, Bramley, Cross Gates, Stanningley, Westfield, and Woodhouse, comfortably winning the majority of seats. The swing however helped the Conservatives to hold on to Wortley, unlike previous years. As such Labour doubled its majority on the council as part of a victorious night on the whole for them. Turnout for the election sunk below the 40% mark for the first time in the post-war period, to 39.2%. Election result Leeds local election result 1954 Labour Party (UK) 18 6 0 +6 64.3 49.9 69,429 -2.6 Conservative Party (UK) 10 0 6 -6 35.7 49.4 68,801 +2.7 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 527 +0.2 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 495 -0.2 The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAld Labour 48 14 54 14 Conservatives 36 14 30 14 Total 84 28 84 28 112 112 Working majority #FFBF00 12 darkgray #FFBF00  0 darkgray #FFBF00 24 darkgray #FFBF00  0 darkgray#FFBF00 12 darkgray#FFBF00 24 darkgray Ward results Allerton Conservative Party (UK) Edwin Wooler 5,603 86.6 +1.5 Labour Party (UK) F. Watson 866 13.4 -1.5 4,737 73.2 +2.9 6,469 Conservative Party (UK) +1.5 Armley Labour Party (UK) S. Lee 3,064 57.4 -3.9 Conservative Party (UK) E. Glover 2,273 42.6 +3.9 791 14.8 -7.8 5,337 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -3.9 Beeston Conservative Party (UK) M. Collins 3,797 53.0 +2.5 Labour Party (UK) H. Booth 3,369 47.0 -2.5 428 6.0 +5.1 7,166 Conservative Party (UK) +2.5 Blenheim Labour Party (UK) D. Lake 3,164 57.9 +1.0 Conservative Party (UK) B. Lyons 2,303 42.1 -1.0 861 15.7 +2.0 5,467 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +1.0 Bramley Labour Party (UK) G. Rhodes 3,455 53.4 +0.0 Conservative Party (UK) T. Bennett 3,011 46.6 -0.0 444 6.9 +0.0 6,466 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +0.0 Burmantofts Labour Party (UK) W. Shutt 2,266 66.3 -4.8 Conservative Party (UK) A. Clark 1,150 33.7 +4.8 1,116 32.7 -9.5 3,416 Labour Party (UK) -4.8 City Labour Party (UK) W. Stoner 2,023 67.3 -2.0 Conservative Party (UK) R. Hudson 981 32.7 +2.0 1,042 34.7 -4.0 3,004 Labour Party (UK) -2.0 Cross Gates Labour Party (UK) L. Jackson 2,688 58.7 -7.5 Conservative Party (UK) L. Demaine 1,888 41.3 +7.5 800 17.5 -15.1 4,576 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -7.5 East Hunslet Labour Party (UK) F. Naylor 3,094 76.9 +1.8 Conservative Party (UK) G. Hewdy 931 23.1 -1.8 2,163 53.7 +3.5 4,025 Labour Party (UK) +1.8 Far Headingley Conservative Party (UK) W. Hargrave 3,931 83.9 +1.8 Labour Party (UK) D. Yalland 756 16.1 -1.8 3,175 67.7 +3.5 4,687 Conservative Party (UK) +1.8 Halton Conservative Party (UK) J. Brooksbank 4,086 76.2 +3.4 Labour Party (UK) N. Barrett 1,279 23.8 -3.4 2,807 52.3 +6.9 5,365 Conservative Party (UK) +3.4 Harehills Conservative Party (UK) N. Kay 2,921 53.5 -0.1 Labour Party (UK) A. Vickers 2,541 46.5 +0.1 380 7.0 -0.1 5,462 Conservative Party (UK) -0.1 Holbeck Labour Party (UK) T. Smith 2,930 68.6 +4.3 Conservative Party (UK) J. Sizer 1,340 31.4 +6.3 1,590 37.2 -2.0 4,270 Labour Party (UK) -1.0 Hunslet Carr Labour Party (UK) T. Ellison 2,643 88.8 +13.7 Communist Party of Great Britain R. Wilkinson 332 11.2 +7.1 2,311 77.7 +23.3 2,975 Labour Party (UK) +3.3 Hyde Park Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Davison 3,322 68.4 +5.1 Labour Party (UK) I. Calvert 1,532 31.6 -5.1 1,790 36.9 +10.1 4,854 Conservative Party (UK) +5.1 Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) A. Happold 3,543 61.1 -1.7 Conservative Party (UK) E. Lucas 2,253 38.9 +1.7 1,290 22.3 -3.4 5,796 Labour Party (UK) -1.7 Meanwood Conservative Party (UK) Alan Pedley 4,270 70.1 +1.1 Labour Party (UK) J. Hedley 1,817 29.9 -1.1 2,453 40.3 +2.3 6,087 Conservative Party (UK) +1.1 Middleton Labour Party (UK) Arthur Brown 2,800 81.2 -4.1 Conservative Party (UK) F. Stubley 648 18.8 +4.1 2,152 62.4 -8.2 3,448 Labour Party (UK) -4.1 Moortown Conservative Party (UK) S. Bolton 4,580 76.7 +6.4 Labour Party (UK) J. Slater 1,393 23.3 -6.4 3,187 53.4 +12.9 5,973 Conservative Party (UK) +6.4 Osmondthorpe Labour Party (UK) D. Gabb 3,409 77.4 -2.1 Conservative Party (UK) D. Bradley 997 22.6 +2.1 2,412 54.7 -4.2 4,406 Labour Party (UK) -2.1 Potternewton Conservative Party (UK) J. Bidgood 2,385 64.7 +3.4 Labour Party (UK) F. Howard 1,301 35.3 -3.4 1,084 29.4 +6.7 3,686 Conservative Party (UK) +3.4 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) W. Fowler 2,215 80.2 +0.2 Conservative Party (UK) W. Clayton 547 19.8 -0.2 1,668 60.4 +0.4 2,762 Labour Party (UK) +0.2 Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) G. Monkman 4,619 64.5 -2.1 Labour Party (UK) R. Pennington 2,541 35.5 +2.1 2,078 29.0 -4.3 7,160 Conservative Party (UK) -2.1 Stanningley Labour Party (UK) W. Spence 2,939 50.3 -1.4 Conservative Party (UK) F. Ayres 2,899 49.7 +1.4 40 0.7 -2.8 5,838 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -1.4 Wellington Labour Party (UK) A. Farrington 2,942 71.6 -1.1 Conservative Party (UK) D. Wolstenholme 972 23.7 +5.8 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Wheatley 195 4.7 +2.5 1,970 47.9 -7.0 4,109 Labour Party (UK) -3.4 Westfield Labour Party (UK) H. Wiseman 2,331 50.9 -5.8 Conservative Party (UK) S. Cowling 1,756 38.3 -5.0 Liberal Party (UK) H. Burbridge 495 10.8 +10.8 575 12.5 -0.9 4,582 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -0.4 Woodhouse Labour Party (UK) R. Ellis 3,528 60.7 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) F. Winterburn 2,280 39.3 -0.9 1,248 21.5 +1.8 5,808 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +0.9 Wortley Conservative Party (UK) Bertrand Mather 3,058 50.5 +3.3 Labour Party (UK) E. Morris 3,000 49.5 -3.3 58 1.0 -4.7 6,058 Conservative Party (UK) +3.3 References 1 expanded Category:1954 English local elections 1954 Category:1950s in Leeds