1958 Leeds City Council election

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The 1958 Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 10 April 1958, with one third of the seats and a double vacancy in Bramley to be elected. [1]

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Labour achieved a further swing of 0.3%, [2] to take two more seats from the Conservatives. The two gains were in Westfield - where the incumbents 7.5% swing was not enough to hold on - and Wortley, with Labour narrowly gaining on a 78-vote majority as the main beneficiaries of the Liberal absence this time around. [1] As well as those two gains, Labour gained one in the new aldermen division, increasing their majority on the council to 34. [2] A notable feat of the election was the Liberals managing to push the Conservatives into third in the two wards of Holbeck and Middleton - a post-war first. [1] Turnout rose by a percentage point on the previous year, to 37.2%. [2]

Election result

Leeds Local Election Result 1958
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1920+265.549.864,563-0.4
  Conservative 1002-234.546.159,770-0.3
  Liberal 00000.03.74,739+0.6
  Communist 00000.00.4485+0.1

The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: [2]

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Cllr Ald CllrAld
Labour53175518
Conservatives31112910
Total84288428
112112
Working majority 22   6  26   8 
 28  34 

Ward results

Allerton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Drake4,37686.0-0.7
Labour J. Marshall71514.0+0.7
Majority3,66172.0-1.4
Turnout 5,091
Conservative hold Swing -0.7
Armley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour K. Cohen2,82058.5+1.8
Conservative J. Broomfield2,00241.5-1.8
Majority81817.0+3.6
Turnout 4,822
Labour hold Swing +1.8
Beeston [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative L. Snape3,17442.8-0.2
Labour N. Billington3,08441.6-5.6
Liberal H. Passmore1,15415.6+5.8
Majority901.2-3.0
Turnout 7,412
Conservative hold Swing +2.7
Blenheim [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Wallbanks2,14669.0+1.4
Conservative J. Ashworth96231.0-1.4
Majority1,18438.1+2.8
Turnout 3,108
Labour hold Swing +1.4
Bramley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eric Atkinson3,05150.4-4.0
Labour W. Tate2,713
Conservative C. Dean2,09534.6+2.5
Conservative H. Pickering1,860
Liberal John Humphrey Morrish90515.0+1.5
Liberal George Petch836
Majority61815.8-6.5
Turnout 6,051
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing -3.2
Burmantofts [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. Lloyd2,36772.2+1.5
Conservative H. Robinson91227.8-1.5
Majority1,45544.4+3.1
Turnout 3,279
Labour hold Swing +1.5
City [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Whitehead1,56867.3+2.4
Conservative B. Emmett76132.7-2.4
Majority80734.7+4.9
Turnout 2,329
Labour hold Swing +2.4
Cross Gates [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour F. Booth3,70068.8+6.9
Conservative F. Hodges1,67731.2-6.9
Majority2,02337.6+13.8
Turnout 5,377
Labour hold Swing +6.9
East Hunslet [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Fish2,65976.8+1.5
Conservative B. Watson80423.2-1.5
Majority1,85553.6+3.0
Turnout 3,463
Labour hold Swing +1.5
Far Headingley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. Hey4,45178.0+3.3
Labour G. Brogden1,25422.0-3.3
Majority3,19756.0+6.5
Turnout 5,705
Conservative hold Swing +3.3
Halton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative C. Watson3,85775.3-1.9
Labour N. Harding1,26724.7+1.9
Majority2,59050.5-3.8
Turnout 5,124
Conservative hold Swing -1.9
Harehills [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lawrence Turnbull3,40053.5+4.0
Labour J. Klineberg2,95146.5-4.0
Majority4497.1+6.1
Turnout 6,351
Conservative hold Swing +4.0
Holbeck [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. Jones2,33462.4+1.3
Liberal B. Fearnley76820.5+3.3
Conservative K. Orton63917.1-4.7
Majority1,56641.9+2.6
Turnout 3,741
Labour hold Swing -1.0
Hunslet Carr [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Hodgkinson2,63975.5-4.9
Conservative B. Morland38511.0-5.1
Liberal J.T. Hill3319.5+9.5
Communist E. Moore1414.0+0.6
Majority2,25464.5+0.2
Turnout 3,496
Labour hold Swing +0.1
Hyde Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative F. Hall2,91558.0-2.3
Labour E. Coward2,11542.0+2.3
Majority80015.9-4.6
Turnout 5,030
Conservative hold Swing -2.3
Kirkstall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Smith3,19558.9-2.0
Conservative E. Lodge2,22541.1+2.0
Majority97017.9-4.0
Turnout 5,420
Labour hold Swing -2.0
Meanwood [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative V. Cardno3,69672.6-1.3
Labour E. Webber1,39627.4+1.3
Majority2,30045.2-2.6
Turnout 5,092
Conservative hold Swing -1.3
Middleton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Watson2,51173.0-10.1
Liberal G. Houghton43812.7+12.7
Conservative A. Hartley35010.2-6.6
Communist R. Wilkinson1394.0+4.0
Majority2,07360.3-6.1
Turnout 3,438
Labour hold Swing -11.4
Moortown [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Watson4,43576.8+2.6
Labour L. Steele1,33723.2-2.6
Majority3,09853.7+5.3
Turnout 5,772
Conservative hold Swing +2.6
Osmondthorpe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. Addlestone2,61776.9-0.1
Conservative L. Ideson78423.1+0.1
Majority1,83353.9-0.2
Turnout 3,401
Labour hold Swing -0.1
Pottemewton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sydney Symmond2,13161.8+1.4
Labour V. Zermanski1,31638.2-1.4
Majority81523.6+2.8
Turnout 3,447
Conservative hold Swing +1.4
Richmond Hill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. King1,69880.0+3.0
Conservative H. Flockton42420.0-3.0
Majority1,27460.0+5.9
Turnout 2,122
Labour hold Swing +3.0
Roundhay [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Allan Bretherick3,95767.5-0.2
Labour D. Yelland1,90232.5+0.2
Majority2,05535.1-0.5
Turnout 5,859
Conservative hold Swing -0.2
Stanningley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. Waterman2,89751.9+1.6
Conservative A. Vickers1,54127.6-3.6
Liberal J. Grimshaw1,14320.5+2.0
Majority1,35624.3+5.3
Turnout 5,581
Labour hold Swing +2.6
Wellington [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour N. Barrett2,57879.2-11.1
Conservative F. Stubley47014.4+14.4
Communist G. Hodgson2056.3-3.4
Majority2,10864.8-15.9
Turnout 3,253
Labour hold Swing -12.7
Westfield [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour V. Whelan2,55452.1-3.9
Conservative L. Lyons2,34947.9+11.1
Majority2054.2-15.0
Turnout 4,903
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -7.5
Woodhouse [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P. Taylor2,47159.9-0.4
Conservative A. Chadwick1,65540.1+0.4
Majority81619.8-0.8
Turnout 4,126
Labour hold Swing -0.4
Wortley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ernest Morris3,42150.6+5.7
Conservative D. Wolstenholme3,34349.4+1.5
Majority781.2-1.9
Turnout 6,764
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.1

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References

  1. 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 . 11 April 1958.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Sharpe, L.J. (1967). Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections.
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