1955 West Riding County Council election

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Map of the results of the election in each division. West Riding County Council election, 1955.png
Map of the results of the election in each division.

The 1955 West Riding County Council election was held on Saturday, 2 April 1955. [1] 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. [2] The whole council of ninety-six members was up for election, with each county electoral division returning one councillor. [3]

After the election the composition of the council was; [1]

Results by division

The winning candidates in each division are shown in the table below.

DivisionPartyCouncillorMajority
Adwick-le-Street Labour T. BaynhamUnopposed
Aireborough Conservative W. Hudson643
Askern Labour M. ThompsonUnopposed
Aston Labour C. T. BroughtonUnopposed
Baildon Conservative P. Oates2,154
Barnoldswick Conservative A. H. Clegg445
Barwick Conservative F. G. W. Lane Fox1,728
Batley No. 1 Independent M. G. M. Newman472
Batley No. 2 Independent L. I. FitzpatrickUnopposed
Bentley Labour S. E. KeersUnopposed
Bingley Conservative H. WhiteheadUnopposed
Birstall Independent W. A. Ogilvy348
Brighouse North Labour H. Womersley41
Brighouse South Conservative M. D. Middleton556
Castleford No. 1 Labour G. EastUnopposed
Castleford No. 2 Labour C. DewsUnopposed
Colne Valley No. 1 Independent H. E. Eastwood697
Colne Valley No. 2 Labour R. RedfernUnopposed
Conisbrough Labour J. PrendergastUnopposed
Craven Conservative A. K. FittonUnopposed
Crofton Labour W. HenryUnopposed
Cudworth Labour J. BerryUnopposed
Dalton Labour H. Harrison1,530
Darfield and Thurnscoe Labour H. ClarneyUnopposed
Darton Labour F. Morris1,022
Dearne Labour J. F. OldhamUnopposed
Denby Dale Independent R. K. Beever330
Ecclesfield Labour E. Ratcliffe514
Edlington Labour J. Yorke866
Elland Independent H. CockroftUnopposed
Featherstone Labour E. RowleyUnopposed
Garforth Labour R. B. HoltUnopposed
Goole Independent E. L. England343
Harrogate No. 1 Conservative R. Martin1,234
Harrogate No. 2 Conservative J. C. Hunter1,657
Harrogate No. 3 Conservative J. S. Tennant2,871
Hatfield and Stainforth Labour R. KelleyUnopposed
Hebden Bridge Independent H. H. Sutcliffe651
Heckmondwike Conservative C. ThackrayUnopposed
Hemsworth Labour H. MilesUnopposed
Holmfirth Independent N. Denton1,539
Horbury Labour H. V. Bennett1,425
Horsforth Conservative H. E. ThackrayUnopposed
Hoyland Labour Sir Thomas TomlinsonUnopposed
Ilkley Conservative N. GeldardUnopposed
Keighley No. 1 Conservative A. W. Tack878
Keighley No. 2 Liberal M. E. Rhodes945
Keighley No. 3 Conservative L. Hardaker454
Kiveton Park Labour W. HolmesUnopposed
Knaresborough Conservative A. C. CrowtherUnopposed
Knottingley Labour J. Blackburn1,190
Kirkburton Conservative J. A. Stephens633
Maltby and Tickhill Labour T. Cheetham1,428
Mexborough Labour G. M. Hanson77
Mirfield Independent G. M. Hanson643
Morley No. 1 Independent J. Rhodes188
Morley No. 2 Labour H. Rankin511
Normanton Labour W. E. Metcalf3,538
Ossett Independent H. Smith478
Otley Conservative H. GuyUnopposed
Pateley Bridge Conservative Sir John BarranUnopposed
Penistone Conservative A. Goldthorpe226
Pontefract Labour G. Wright778
Pudsey No. 1 Conservative J. Fuller SmithUnopposed
Pudsey No. 2 Conservative J. O. Cowgill1,371
Queensbury and Shelf Conservative A. Craven456
Rawmarsh Labour J. E. PayneUnopposed
Ripon Conservative E. B. EcclesUnopposed
Ripponden Conservative S. Stott610
Rossington Labour W. A. MorrisUnopposed
Rothwell Labour T. S. DawsonUnopposed
Saddleworth Conservative E. E. Smith1,554
Sedbergh Conservative W. IllingworthUnopposed
Selby Conservative C. E. AnsonUnopposed
Settle Conservative F. J. CornthwaiteUnopposed
Shipley West Conservative G. WaddiloveUnopposed
Shipley East Labour S. DerbyshireUnopposed
Silsden Conservative N. Fortune1,099
Skipton Independent J. W. Atkinson291
Snaith Conservative J. Martinson548
South Elmsall Labour G. GuestUnopposed
South Kirkby Labour H. EberyUnopposed
Sowerby Bridge Labour F. Barker538
Spenborough No. 1 Conservative F. Morton2,016
Spenborough No. 2 Conservative J. Smith1,212
Stanley Labour J. E. HoweUnopposed
Stocksbridge Conservative H. E. Green483
Swinton Labour A. NewsamUnopposed
Tadcaster Conservative D. W. Atkinson1,345
Thorne Labour G. H. NicholsonUnopposed
Todmorden Liberal J. de Ville MatherUnopposed
Wath on Dearne Labour W. CuttsUnopposed
Wetherby Conservative D. A. CrockattUnopposed
Whitwood Labour A. PickersgillUnopposed
Wombwell Labour J. W. MellorUnopposed
Worsborough Labour C. W. Boland1,741

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References

  1. 1 2 "Majority of eight for anti-Socialists". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 4 April 1955. p. 8.
  2. "Local Government Act 1888, Part II, Section 31". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  3. "Electoral Reshuffle of West Riding". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 11 January 1947. p. 8.