1959 Leeds City Council election

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The 1959 Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 7 May 1959, [1] with one third of the seats and extra vacancies in East Hunslet and Stanningley up for election. [2]

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Mirroring their national recovery, [1] the Conservatives achieved a 3% swing [3] to win the popular vote and make the only gain of the night in the marginal Wortley. [2] The Liberals fielded their greatest number of candidates since 1951, and as such received their highest vote since then. [2] Turnout fell by just under a percentage point from the year before to 36.3%. [3]

Election result

Leeds Local Election Result 1959
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1901-163.346.559,182-3.3
  Conservative 1110+136.749.062,414+2.9
  Liberal 00000.04.05,046+0.3
  Communist 00000.00.5630+0.1

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
Labour55185418
Conservatives29103010
Total84288428
112112
Working majority 26   8  24   8 
 34  32 

Ward results

Allerton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative M. Mustill4,70487.4+1.4
Labour A. Baum68112.6-1.4
Majority4,02374.8+2.8
Turnout 5,385
Conservative hold Swing +1.4
Armley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Bissell2,34157.1-1.3
Conservative J. Ashworth1,75642.9+1.3
Majority58514.2-2.6
Turnout 4,097
Labour hold Swing -1.3
Beeston [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative P. Woodward3,55546.6+3.8
Labour N. Billington3,25042.6+1.0
Liberal H. Passmore82010.8-4.8
Majority3054.0+2.8
Turnout 7,625
Conservative hold Swing +1.4
Blenheim [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. Merritt1,86163.4-5.7
Conservative J. Butterfield1,07636.6+5.7
Majority78526.7-11.4
Turnout 2,937
Labour hold Swing -5.7
Bramley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. Lord2,72350.3-0.1
Conservative C. Dean2,21440.9+6.3
Liberal George Petch4748.8-6.2
Majority5099.4-6.4
Turnout 5,411
Labour hold Swing -3.2
Burmantofts [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. Murray2,05868.3-3.9
Conservative H. Robinson95631.7+3.9
Majority1,10236.6-7.8
Turnout 3,014
Labour hold Swing -3.9
City [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Atha1,37364.6-2.7
Conservative B. Emmett75135.4+2.7
Majority62229.3-5.4
Turnout 2,124
Labour hold Swing -2.7
Cross Gates [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Harrison3,27363.6-5.2
Conservative F. Hodges1,87436.4+5.2
Majority1,39927.2-10.4
Turnout 5,147
Labour hold Swing -5.2
East Hunslet [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. Kavanagh2,34974.5-2.2
Labour E. Haughton2,149
Conservative D. Mowbray80225.5+2.2
Majority1,34749.1-4.5
Turnout 3,151
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing -2.2
Far Headingley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G. Dovenor4,35165.1-12.9
Labour J. Stephenson1,21218.1-3.9
Liberal John Humphrey Morrish1,12216.8+16.8
Majority3,13947.0-9.0
Turnout 6,685
Conservative hold Swing -4.5
Halton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Dougray4,34975.8+0.5
Labour J. Taylor1,39124.2-0.5
Majority2,95851.5+1.0
Turnout 5,740
Conservative hold Swing +0.5
Harehills [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Crotty3,17755.6+2.1
Labour J. Klineberg2,53244.4-2.1
Majority64511.3+4.2
Turnout 5,709
Conservative hold Swing +2.1
Holbeck [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. Bray2,14859.0-3.3
Conservative B. Morland88224.2+7.2
Liberal H. Fearnley60816.7-3.8
Majority1,26634.8-7.1
Turnout 3,638
Labour hold Swing -5.2
Hunslet Carr [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. Parker2,44269.1-6.4
Conservative A. Roberts70019.8+8.8
Liberal J.T. Hill39211.1+1.6
Majority1,74249.3-15.2
Turnout 3,534
Labour hold Swing -7.6
Hyde Park [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Walmsley2,71363.9+6.0
Labour W. Fanning1,53236.1-6.0
Majority1,18127.8+11.9
Turnout 4,245
Conservative hold Swing +6.0
Kirkstall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. Matthews3,05358.2-0.8
Conservative S. Codd2,19541.8+0.8
Majority85816.3-1.6
Turnout 5,248
Labour hold Swing -0.8
Meanwood [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T. Kirkby3,69673.3+0.7
Labour E. Webber1,34726.7-0.7
Majority2,34946.6+1.4
Turnout 5,043
Conservative hold Swing +0.7
Middleton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour S. Binns2,69476.8+3.7
Conservative A. Hartley49114.0+3.8
Liberal Walter Holdsworth2196.2-6.5
Communist E. Moore1053.0-1.1
Majority2,20362.8+2.5
Turnout 3,509
Labour hold Swing -0.0
Moortown [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative L. Henson4,60676.8+0.0
Labour L. Steele1,38823.2-0.0
Majority3,21853.7+0.0
Turnout 5,994
Conservative hold Swing +0.0
Osmondthorpe [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour L. Walsh3,16274.3-2.7
Conservative F. Barry1,09425.7+2.7
Majority2,06848.6-5.3
Turnout 4,256
Labour hold Swing -2.7
Pottemewton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative L. Lyons2,26665.8+4.0
Labour V. Zermansky1,02129.7-8.5
Communist H. Fawcett1564.5+4.5
Majority1,24536.2+12.6
Turnout 3,443
Conservative hold Swing +6.2
Richmond Hill [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. Cain1,49676.1-3.9
Conservative H. Flockton46923.9+3.9
Majority1,02752.3-7.7
Turnout 1,965
Labour hold Swing -3.9
Roundhay [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Jowitt4,14270.3+2.8
Labour E. Colley1,74729.7-2.8
Majority2,39540.7+5.6
Turnout 5,889
Conservative hold Swing +2.8
Stanningley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Marshall2,44145.9-6.0
Labour E. Coward2,436
Conservative A. Vickers1,89035.5+7.9
Conservative D. Vickers1,658
Liberal J. Grimshaw99118.6-1.9
Liberal Julius Blum617
Majority55110.4-13.9
Turnout 5,322
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing -6.9
Wellington [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Underwood2,12974.0-5.2
Conservative B. Pearce54819.1+4.6
Communist G. Hodgson1996.9+0.6
Majority1,58155.0-9.8
Turnout 2,876
Labour hold Swing -4.9
Westfield [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stan Cohen 2,14151.8-0.3
Conservative May Sexton1,99248.2+0.3
Majority1493.6-0.6
Turnout 4,133
Labour hold Swing -0.3
Woodhouse [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. Bretherick2,15347.9-12.0
Conservative A. Chadwick1,75539.0-1.1
Liberal Wilfred Ernest Hopper4209.3+9.3
Communist D. Banks1703.8+3.8
Majority3988.8-11.0
Turnout 4,498
Labour hold Swing -5.4
Wortley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative F. Stubley3,41051.2+1.8
Labour W. Smart3,24448.8-1.8
Majority1662.5+1.3
Turnout 6,654
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +1.8

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References

  1. 1 2 "British Elections Yield Tory Gains". The New York Times . 8 May 1959. Retrieved 6 September 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 . 8 May 1959.
  3. 1 2 3 Sharpe, L.J. (1967). Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections.
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