1946 Leeds City Council election

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The 1946 Leeds municipal elections were held on Saturday 2 November 1946, [1] with one third of the council and vacancies in Burmantofts and Farnley & Wortley to be elected. A handful of wards - Armley & Wortley, Burmantofts, Holbeck North, Hunslet Carr & Middleton and Osmondthorpe - went uncontested. [2]

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Rebounding from the heavy defeat the year before, the Conservatives managed a 13% swing [3] to win the popular vote - although that feat went poorly rewarded, as Labour won a comfortable majority of the seats contested and made a net gain to add to their national victory. [1] [2] Elsewhere the Liberal vote was less than half of that the previous year, and the Communists contested this year with three candidates. Turnout seen a slight drop from the prior election to 41.9%. [3]

Election result

Leeds local election result 1946
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 19??+167.844.953,865-12.9
  Conservative 9??-132.151.461,668+14.3
  Liberal 00000.02.93,434-2.1
  Communist 00000.00.7903New

The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: [3]

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Cllr Ald CllrAld
Labour58155915
Conservatives20111911
Total78267826
104104
Working majority 38   4  40   4 
 42  44 

Ward results

Armley & Wortley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. MarlowUnopposedN/AN/A
Beeston [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative P. Gummersall3,18045.7+8.0
Labour W. Clayton3,17445.6−5.8
Liberal G. Story6098.7−2.2
Majority 60.1−13.6
Turnout 6,963
Blenheim [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative S. Webster2,82255.5+5.9
Labour M. Bretherick2,26744.5−5.9
Majority 55511.0+9.9
Turnout 5,089
Bramley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. Atkinson4,33954.9−0.7
Conservative A. Baker3,56245.1+12.4
Majority 7779.8−13.1
Turnout 7,901
Burmantofts [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. MurrayUnopposedN/AN/A
Labour W. ShuttUnopposedN/AN/A
Central [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Lowcock1,62162.4−6.7
Conservative P. Stead97737.6+6.7
Majority 64424.8−13.3
Turnout 2,598
Cross Gates & Temple Newsam [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Adamson5,58357.4+15.0
Labour L. Walsh4,13642.6−15.0
Majority 1,44714.8−0.2
Turnout 9,719
East Hunslet [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour L. Naylor2,16369.5+1.5
Liberal Albert Hope94730.5−1.5
Majority 1,21639.0+3.0
Turnout 3,110
Far Headingley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G. Martin6,52972.3+5.6
Labour E. Whitehead1,80820.0−13.2
Liberal Winifred Underhill6907.6+7.6
Majority 4,72152.3+18.8
Turnout 9,027
Farnley & Wortley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Watson4,24658.0−7.5
Labour J. Wallbanks4,156
Conservative P. Bailey3,08142.0+7.5
Conservative G. Appleby3,022
Majority 1,16516.0−15.0
Turnout 7,327
Harehills [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Hills3,94453.4−14.7
Conservative G. Monkman3,44446.6+14.7
Majority 5006.8−29.5
Turnout 7,388
Holbeck North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. JessopUnopposedN/AN/A
Holbeck South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour F. Burnley2,11072.8+3.5
Liberal W. Holdsworth78927.2+14.1
Majority 1,32145.6−6.0
Turnout 2,899
Hunslet Carr & Middleton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour S. HandUnopposedN/AN/A
Hyde Park [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. McKay4,12368.8+11.7
Labour A. Malcolm1,86631.2−11.7
Majority 2,25737.7+23.4
Turnout 5,989
Kirkstall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. Happold3,98054.4−4.0
Conservative H. Sellors3,33245.6+13.8
Majority 6488.9−17.8
Turnout 7,312
Mill Hill & South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative D. Cowling1,26751.5+8.4
Labour H. Hyams1,19448.5−8.4
Majority 733.0−10.9
Turnout 2,461
North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative D. Kaberry7,00377.7+20.1
Labour N. Davey2,01522.3−6.4
Majority 4,98855.3+26.5
Turnout 9,018
Osmondthorpe [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour F. PotterUnopposedN/AN/A
Potternewton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Mulley3,12455.0+11.5
Labour B. Weinrib1,96134.5−22.1
Communist B. Ramelson59810.5+10.5
Majority 1,16320.5+7.3
Turnout 5,683
Richmond Hill [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Z. Fernandez1,51989.9N/A
Communist M. Ramelson17110.1N/A
Majority 1,34879.8N/A
Turnout 1,690N/A
Roundhay [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G. Stevenson6,95376.5+14.4
Labour A. D'Arcy2,14023.5−14.4
Majority 4,81352.9+28.8
Turnout 9,093
Upper Armley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. Braham2,93148.2−10.8
Conservative E. Glover2,74945.2+4.2
Liberal G. Petch3996.6+6.6
Majority 1823.0−15.0
Turnout 6,079
West Hunslet [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. Ellison2,66866.0−5.1
Conservative P. Woodward1,24330.7+12.4
Communist J. Roche1343.3+3.3
Majority 1,42535.2−17.5
Turnout 4,045
Westfield [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Rafferty1,39261.5−12.6
Conservative G. Harrison87138.5+12.6
Majority 52123.0−25.3
Turnout 2,263
Woodhouse [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. Nick2,39156.7−5.7
Conservative S. Taylor1,82543.3+18.7
Majority 56613.4−24.4
Turnout 4,216

References

  1. 1 2 "Laborites Lead in British Election". The New York Times . 2 November 1946. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 "Municipal results: Leeds". The Yorkshire Post . 3 November 1946.
  3. 1 2 3 Sharpe, L.J. (1967). Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections.