1963 Leeds City Council election

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The Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 9 May 1963, [1] with one third of the council to be elected. [2]

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The Liberals significantly expanded on their prior year's record showing of 10 candidates to 18 candidates this time, obtaining them post-war records in votes and vote share. This hidden a disappointing result for them, seeing swings away from them in the wards they'd fought previously, with Far Headingley the only ward they managed to retain second place in (as well as gaining second place on first standing in Wellington). [2]

This Liberal advancement again mainly hurt the Conservative vote, helping Labour achieve a 2.3% swing [3] to make six gains – reversing all but one of the gains the Tories made in their 1960 victory (the exception being the usually reliable Conservative ward of Harehills, which Labour managed to narrowly gain in 1957). [2] These gains doubled Labour's majority of councillors – with their overall majority now at 28 – as the party made widespread gains nationally to capture a record number of borough seats. [1] [3]

Election result

Leeds Local Election Result 1963
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1960+667.845.057,636+1.1
  Conservative 906-632.140.251,513-3.5
  Liberal 00000.013.917,865+2.6
  Communist 00000.00.91,167-0.2

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
Labour47165416
Conservatives37123012
Total84288428
112112
Working majority 12   4  24   4 
 16  28 

Ward results

Allerton [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernard Lyons3,81563.6-0.2
Labour Gerald Bloom1,14719.1+4.4
Liberal Julius Blum1,03417.2-4.2
Majority2,66844.5+2.2
Turnout 5,996
Conservative hold Swing -2.3
Armley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sidney Lee2,54255.4-4.9
Conservative Robert Rowland Beal1,28928.1-11.7
Liberal Graham Rowlands75916.5+16.5
Majority1,25327.3+6.8
Turnout 4,590
Labour hold Swing +3.4
Beeston [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Beevers3,45347.7-1.1
Conservative A. Farrell2,97441.1-10.1
Liberal H. Passmore73010.1+10.1
Communist M. Moore841.2+1.2
Majority4796.6+4.3
Turnout 7,241
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +4.5
Blenheim [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ernest Morris1,61269.8-1.4
Conservative J. Jenkinson69630.2+1.4
Majority91639.6-2.8
Turnout 2,308
Labour hold Swing -1.4
Bramley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Chadwick2,73246.9-6.7
Conservative C. Dean2,19837.8-8.6
Liberal M. Stevens89115.3+15.3
Majority5349.2+1.9
Turnout 5,821
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +0.9
Burmantofts [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour F. Watson2,29974.2+0.2
Conservative M. Bauchop79825.8-0.2
Majority1,50148.5+0.4
Turnout 3,097
Labour hold Swing +0.2
City [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. Stoner1,29973.1+1.7
Conservative A. Roberts47726.9-1.7
Majority82246.3+3.4
Turnout 1,776
Labour hold Swing +1.7
Cross Gates [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour L. Jackson3,60369.4+9.7
Conservative E. Hartley1,59230.6-4.0
Majority2,01138.7+13.7
Turnout 5,195
Labour hold Swing +6.8
East Hunslet [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. Haughton1,80072.5+9.4
Conservative P. Sharples68327.5+7.3
Majority1,11745.0+2.1
Turnout 2,483
Labour hold Swing +1.0
Far Headingley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Somers4,63946.0-1.5
Liberal John Humphrey Morrish3,72837.0-1.2
Labour Kathleen Elizabeth Lloyd1,70716.9+2.8
Majority9119.0-0.3
Turnout 10,074
Conservative hold Swing -0.1
Halton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Brooksbank3,75471.6+8.3
Labour C. Wigley1,48628.4+9.6
Majority2,26843.3-1.3
Turnout 5,240
Conservative hold Swing -0.6
Harehills [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Astle2,42751.2-9.9
Labour D. Beeston1,69335.7-3.1
Liberal Ronald Gibbon Sissons61613.0+13.0
Majority73415.5-6.8
Turnout 4,736
Conservative hold Swing -3.4
Holbeck [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. Smith2,11758.6-9.8
Conservative A. Redmond87724.3-7.3
Liberal J. Crawshaw49013.6+13.6
Communist B. Potter1303.6+3.6
Majority1,24034.3-2.5
Turnout 3,614
Labour hold Swing -1.2
Hunslet Carr [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Booth2,00862.8-3.1
Conservative R. Austwick77024.1-2.5
Liberal G. McKenna3059.5+9.5
Communist L. Hunter1153.6-4.0
Majority1,23838.7-0.6
Turnout 3,198
Labour hold Swing -0.3
Hyde Park [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Davison2,12544.7-16.5
Labour Joyce Gould 1,69535.7-3.2
Liberal Sydney Herbert Bexan93419.6+19.6
Majority4309.0-13.4
Turnout 4,754
Conservative hold Swing -6.6
Kirkstall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Happold2,66553.3+1.1
Conservative G. Lockwood1,49930.0+0.6
Liberal D. Whittaker66813.3-5.1
Communist B. Huffingley1723.4+3.4
Majority1,16623.3+0.5
Turnout 5,004
Labour hold Swing +0.2
Meanwood [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Pedley3,14654.1+0.2
Labour J. McPheat1,61327.7+7.6
Liberal Ms. Holdsworth1,05418.1-7.8
Majority1,53326.4-1.6
Turnout 5,813
Conservative hold Swing +3.7
Middleton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Brown2,53877.1+0.6
Conservative J. Charlesworth40512.3-5.9
Liberal J. Ward2216.7+6.7
Communist R. Wilkinson1293.9-1.4
Majority2,13364.8+6.5
Turnout 3,293
Labour hold Swing +3.2
Moortown [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative S. Bolton4,32459.7-2.9
Labour J. Taylor1,73223.9+6.2
Liberal J. Pearlman1,19216.4-3.3
Majority2,59235.8-7.0
Turnout 7,248
Conservative hold Swing -4.5
Osmondthorpe [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Douglas Gabb2,16176.8+2.0
Conservative B. Wilson65323.2-2.0
Majority1,50853.6+3.9
Turnout 2,814
Labour hold Swing +2.0
Potternewton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative D. Bradley1,42745.5-7.0
Labour R. Taylor1,11035.4+10.1
Liberal John Brian Meeks48915.6-3.6
Communist H. Fawcett1123.6+0.5
Majority31710.1-17.1
Turnout 3,138
Conservative hold Swing -8.5
Richmond Hill [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Rooney2,24080.0+2.6
Conservative H. Flockton43015.4-1.9
Communist E. Burwin1314.7-0.7
Majority1,81064.6+4.6
Turnout 2,801
Labour hold Swing +2.2
Roundhay [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative D. Wolstenholme3,00259.9+2.9
Labour D. Thomas1,08721.7+4.9
Liberal A. Clarke92518.4-7.7
Majority1,91538.2+7.4
Turnout 5,014
Conservative hold Swing -2.0
Stanningley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Gould2,55243.2+4.8
Conservative A. Vickers1,68028.5-0.0
Liberal Dennis Pedder1,67328.3-4.7
Majority87214.8+9.4
Turnout 5,905
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.4
Wellington [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Aimee Tong1,89467.6-8.2
Liberal B. Freeman43615.6+15.6
Conservative A. Stephen33111.8-4.7
Communist J. Bellamy1415.0-2.7
Majority1,45852.0-7.2
Turnout 2,802
Labour hold Swing -11.9
Westfield [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Bell1,64953.8-3.4
Conservative May Sexton1,41546.2+3.4
Majority2347.6-6.8
Turnout 3,064
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -3.4
Woodhouse [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Ellis2,27454.0+0.2
Conservative F. West1,32631.5-10.7
Liberal F. Smith45910.9+10.9
Communist A. Dale1533.6-0.4
Majority94822.5+10.9
Turnout 4,212
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.4
Wortley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Moynihan2,92842.1-7.9
Conservative Bertrand Mather2,76139.7-10.2
Liberal J. Sherwin1,26118.1+18.1
Majority1672.4+2.3
Turnout 6,950
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +1.1

Casual Vacancies

Halton 27 June 1963 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hutchings Rhodes250174.6%
Labour Clement Wigley85325.4%
Majority1,64849.2%
Turnout 3,35422.2%
Conservative hold Swing
Roundhay 27 June 1963 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Douglas Thomas1,77445.4%
Conservative Bertrand Mather1,71243.8%
Liberal Arthur Clarke42410.8%
Majority621.6%
Turnout 3,91024.1%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 "Labor and Liberals Gain British Votes". The New York Times . 8 May 1963. Retrieved 19 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 1963.
  3. 1 2 3 Sharpe, L.J. (1967). Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Leeds City Year Book". Leeds City Council . 1963–1964.
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