1957 Leeds City Council election

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The 1957 Leeds municipal elections were held 9 May 1957, [1] with one third of the council up for election, alongside extra vacancies in the City, Halton and Woodhouse wards. [2]

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Much like the national picture, with Labour winning record representation on borough councils, [1] Labour outstripped their prior efforts, defending all of their 1954 gains as well as gaining in Beeston and Harehills – two wards they failed to win in their peak of 1952, despite accruing only a modest swing of 1.2% swing [3] (although they had come within a vote to taking the former the previous year). Unlike 1952 or the year before, Labour failed to gain Wortley this time, as the Liberal damage to the Conservative vote was unwound. [2] The two gains increased Labour's majority to 28, mirroring the Conservatives' after their triumphant 1951 election. Turnout rose to 36.2% following last year's plummet to the low thirties. [2] [3]

Election result

Leeds local election result 1957
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2120+267.750.264,454+2.0
  Conservative 1002-232.246.459,508-1.0
  Liberal 00000.03.14,019-0.6
  Communist 00000.00.3374-0.3

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
Labour51175317
Conservatives33113111
Total84288428
112112
Working majority 18   6  22   6 
 24  28 

Ward results

Allerton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative B. Lyons5,09186.6+0.8
Labour J. Klineberg78713.4−0.8
Majority 4,30473.2+1.6
Turnout 5,878
Conservative hold Swing +0.8
Armley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour S. Lee2,62156.7+0.9
Conservative J. Broomfield2,00243.3−0.9
Majority 61913.4+1.8
Turnout 4,623
Labour hold Swing +0.9
Beeston [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Tallant3,68847.2−2.8
Conservative J. Farrell3,36343.0−7.0
Liberal H. Passmore7649.8+9.8
Majority 3254.2+4.2
Turnout 7,815
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.1
Blenheim [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour L. Lake2,26867.6+7.2
Conservative W. McClellan1,08532.4−7.2
Majority 1,18335.3+14.4
Turnout 3,353
Labour hold Swing +7.2
Bramley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. Rhodes3,28554.4+5.9
Conservative B. Pearce1,93832.1−4.1
Liberal J. Walker81113.4−1.8
Majority 1,34722.3+10.0
Turnout 6,034
Labour hold Swing +5.0
Burmantofts [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour F. Watson2,41470.7+4.4
Conservative S. Hick1,00229.3−4.4
Majority 1,41241.3+8.7
Turnout 3,416
Labour hold Swing +4.4
City [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. Stoner1,84664.9+0.3
Labour Bernard Atha1,745
Conservative J. Butterfield99935.1−0.3
Conservative K. Wigin992
Majority 74629.8+0.6
Turnout 2,845
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +0.3
Cross Gates [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour L. Jackson3,18861.9−1.4
Conservative H. Williams1,96438.1+1.4
Majority 1,22423.8−2.8
Turnout 5,152
Labour hold Swing -1.4
East Hunslet [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour F. Naylor2,49875.3+1.8
Conservative B. Watson82024.7−1.8
Majority 1,67850.6+3.5
Turnout 3,318
Labour hold Swing +1.8
Far Headingley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative S. Rostron4,14574.8−4.5
Labour G. Brogden1,39925.2+4.5
Majority 2,74649.5−9.0
Turnout 5,544
Conservative hold Swing -4.5
Halton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Brooksbank3,95877.2+0.5
Conservative J. Dougray3,768
Labour J. Marshall1,17222.8−0.5
Labour A. Grange1,135
Majority 2,59654.3+1.0
Turnout 5,130
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing +0.5
Harehills [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Sedler2,82550.5+2.9
Conservative N. Kay2,77049.5−2.9
Majority 551.0−3.9
Turnout 5,595
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.9
Holbeck [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. Smith2,34461.0+0.0
Conservative K. Orton83521.7+0.6
Liberal John Brian Meeks66117.2−0.5
Majority 1,50939.3−0.6
Turnout 3,840
Labour hold Swing -0.3
Hunslet Carr [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Booth2,70880.4−11.7
Conservative J. Judge54416.2+16.2
Communist E. Moore1163.4−4.5
Majority 2,16464.3−19.8
Turnout 3,368
Labour hold Swing -13.9
Hyde Park [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Davison2,82860.3−7.9
Labour E. Coward1,86539.7+7.9
Majority 96320.5−15.7
Turnout 4,693
Conservative hold Swing -7.9
Kirkstall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Happold3,17160.9−0.1
Conservative E. Lodge2,03239.1+0.1
Majority 1,13921.9−0.2
Turnout 5,203
Labour hold Swing -0.1
Meanwood [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Pedley3,65473.9−1.8
Labour F. Woolhouse1,29126.1+1.8
Majority 2,36347.8−3.5
Turnout 4,945
Conservative hold Swing -1.8
Middleton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Brown2,42983.2−2.2
Conservative F. Stubley49116.8+2.2
Majority 1,93866.4−4.4
Turnout 2,920
Labour hold Swing -2.2
Moortown [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative S. Bolton4,30674.2−3.4
Labour L. Steele1,49625.8+3.4
Majority 2,81048.4−6.9
Turnout 5,802
Conservative hold Swing -3.4
Osmondthorpe [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Douglas Gabb2,71077.1+1.8
Conservative L. Ideson80722.9−1.8
Majority 1,90354.1+3.5
Turnout 3,517
Labour hold Swing +1.8
Potternewton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative D. Bradley2,04460.4−0.5
Labour V. Zermansky1,34139.6+5.6
Majority 70320.8−6.1
Turnout 3,385
Conservative hold Swing -3.0
Richmond Hill [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Rooney1,82577.0+0.3
Conservative J. Ashworth54423.0−0.3
Majority 1,28154.1+0.6
Turnout 2,369
Labour hold Swing +0.3
Roundhay [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G. Monkman3,92767.8−3.0
Labour D. Yelland1,86732.2+3.0
Majority 2,06035.6−5.9
Turnout 5,794
Conservative hold Swing -3.0
Stanningley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. Spence2,64650.3+0.9
Conservative A. Vickers1,64431.2+0.5
Liberal J. Grimshaw97218.5−1.4
Majority 1,00219.0+0.3
Turnout 5,262
Labour hold Swing +0.2
Wellington [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Aimee Tong2,41390.3+13.6
Communist G. Hodgson2589.7+4.8
Majority 2,15580.7+22.4
Turnout 2,671
Labour hold Swing +4.4
Westfield [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. Wiseman2,63956.0+2.4
Conservative M. Sexton1,73536.8+0.0
Liberal George Petch3377.2−2.4
Majority 90419.2+2.5
Turnout 4,711
Labour hold Swing +1.2
Woodhouse [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Ellis2,75460.3+10.7
Labour P. Taylor2,583
Conservative A. Chadwick1,81339.7−5.4
Conservative L. Francis1,787
Majority 94120.6+16.1
Turnout 4,567
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +8.0
Wortley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bertrand Mather3,16747.9+4.7
Labour E. Morris2,96444.9+1.1
Liberal Walter Holdsworth4747.2−5.8
Majority 2033.1+2.5
Turnout 6,605
Conservative hold Swing +1.8

References

  1. 1 2 "Laborites Win Locally". The New York Times . 10 May 1957. Retrieved 17 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 29 30 31 "Municipal results: Leeds". The Yorkshire Post . 10 May 1957.
  3. 1 2 3 Sharpe, L.J. (1967). Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections.