1964 Leeds City Council election

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The municipal elections for Leeds were held on Thursday 7 May 1964, [1] with one third of the council seats up for the election. Labour had gained a seat from the Conservatives in the interim. [2]

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The Liberal spike of 1962, having faltered the year before, fully unwound in this election, with the Conservatives - the party it had most harmed - seeing a slight recovery in their fortunes, by a tune of a 1.4% swing to them. [2] That recovery, however, wasn't enough to stop Labour gaining their remaining seat in Wortley, confining them - with the exception of Beeston - to their reliable strongholds. Even there, Labour had made significant inroads, with the usually safe seats of Hyde Park and Pottemewton converted to marginals, and in the case of the latter, slashing the majority to just 147 votes. Elsewhere, the Conservatives could be encouraged by the collapse of the Liberal threat in Far Headingley and May Sexton's efforts in Westfield looking increasingly likely to return her to the council with each election. [3]

Pre-empting the upcoming aldermanic elections that year, the Gentlemen's agreement in place between the two parties to divide aldermen totals proportional to their councillors, reapportioned a further three from the Conservatives to Labour, reflecting the new councillor totals - which were Labour's best and the Conservative's worst since 1947. [2] 1947 was also the year in which the Communists obtained their greatest vote, a figure they very nearly matched, fielding a record number of ten candidates. Turnout fell by a percentage point on the previous year, to 36.6%. [2]

Election result

Leeds Local Election Result 1964
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1810+164.346.958,821+1.9%
  Conservative 1001-135.744.956,340+4.7%
  Liberal 00000.07.18,910-6.8%
  Communist 00000.01.01,320+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
Labour55165619
Conservatives291228 9
Total84288428
112112
Working majority 26   4  28  10 
 30  38 

Ward results

Allerton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative L. Bidgood4,90669.4+5.7
Labour W. Pepper1,51621.4+2.3
Liberal Julius Blum6529.2-8.0
Majority3,39047.9+3.4
Turnout 7,074
Conservative hold Swing +1.7
Armley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour K. Cohen2,55059.9+4.5
Conservative A. Stephen1,21128.4+0.3
Liberal Graham Rowlands49911.7-4.8
Majority1,33931.4+4.1
Turnout 4,260
Labour hold Swing +2.1
Beeston [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative L. Snape3,26249.2+8.2
Labour E. Mill3,17347.9+0.2
Communist M. Moore1922.9+1.7
Majority891.3-5.3
Turnout 6,627
Conservative hold Swing +4.0
Blenheim [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Wallbanks1,38268.7-1.2
Conservative J. Jenkinson63131.3+1.2
Majority75137.3-2.4
Turnout 2,013
Labour hold Swing -1.2
Bramley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eric Atkinson3,74960.5+13.6
Conservative F. Stubley2,44439.5+1.7
Majority1,30521.1+11.9
Turnout 6,193
Labour hold Swing +5.9
Burmantofts [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. Lloyd2,06472.3-2.0
Conservative M. Bauchop79227.7+2.0
Majority1,27244.5-4.0
Turnout 2,856
Labour hold Swing -2.0
City [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Tallant1,01973.4+0.2
Conservative D. Phillips37026.6-0.2
Majority64946.7+0.4
Turnout 1,389
Labour hold Swing +0.2
Cross Gates [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour F. Booth3,35065.5-3.9
Conservative P. Sharples1,48929.1-1.5
Communist H. Fawcett2785.4+5.4
Majority1,86136.4-2.3
Turnout 5,117
Labour hold Swing -1.2
East Hunslet [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Fish1,59772.4-0.1
Conservative K. Grainge61027.6+0.1
Majority98744.7-0.3
Turnout 2,207
Labour hold Swing -0.1
Far Headingley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. Hey4,99353.2+7.1
Liberal John Humphrey Morrish2,50326.7-10.3
Labour J. Taylor1,89220.2+3.2
Majority2,49026.5+17.5
Turnout 9,388
Conservative hold Swing +8.7
Halton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative C. Watson4,04969.5-2.2
Labour D. Hamilton1,77830.5+2.2
Majority2,27139.0-4.3
Turnout 5,827
Conservative hold Swing -2.2
Harehills [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lawrence Turnbull2,65351.4+0.2
Labour K. Lloyd2,01439.0+3.3
Liberal Ronald Gibbon Sissons4949.6-3.4
Majority63912.4-3.1
Turnout 5,161
Conservative hold Swing -1.5
Holbeck [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. Jones1,85156.5-2.1
Conservative A. Redmond86826.5+2.2
Liberal J. Crawshaw45213.8+0.2
Communist J. McCarthy1043.2-0.4
Majority98330.0-4.3
Turnout 3,275
Labour hold Swing -2.1
Hunslet Carr [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Hodkinson1,82362.8+0.0
Conservative R. Austwick91831.6+7.6
Communist A. Gibbons1615.5+2.0
Majority90531.2-7.5
Turnout 2,902
Labour hold Swing -3.8
Hyde Park [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative F. Hall2,21449.0+4.3
Labour W. Prichard1,75538.9+3.2
Liberal Sydney Herbert Bexan54712.1-7.5
Majority45910.2+1.2
Turnout 4,516
Conservative hold Swing +0.5
Kirkstall [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Smith2,72355.2+2.0
Conservative R. Kent1,67834.0+4.1
Liberal D. Whittaker3948.0-5.4
Communist B. Huffingley1342.7-0.7
Majority1,04521.2-2.1
Turnout 4,929
Labour hold Swing -1.0
Meanwood [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative V. Cardno3,20258.6+4.4
Labour J. McPheat1,70231.1+3.4
Liberal Evelyn Mary Briggs56310.3-7.8
Majority1,50027.4+1.0
Turnout 5,467
Conservative hold Swing +0.5
Middleton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Malcolm2,31580.9+3.8
Conservative E. Baker44515.5+3.2
Communist E. Moore1033.6-0.3
Majority1,87065.3+0.5
Turnout 2,863
Labour hold Swing +0.3
Moortown [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Watson4,62762.3+2.6
Labour W. Window2,00527.0+3.1
Liberal E. Norris79910.8-5.7
Majority2,62235.3-0.5
Turnout 7,431
Conservative hold Swing -0.2
Osmondthorpe [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. Addlestone2,11878.2+1.4
Conservative K. Mitchell58921.8-1.4
Majority1,52956.5+2.9
Turnout 2,707
Labour hold Swing +1.4
Pottemewton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sydney Symmonds1,60647.5+2.0
Labour Joyce Gould 1,45943.1+7.7
Liberal John Brian Meeks2457.2-8.3
Communist R. Ramsden742.2-1.4
Majority1474.3-5.8
Turnout 3,384
Conservative hold Swing -2.8
Richmond Hill [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. King2,07883.5+3.5
Conservative S. Wheldale31012.4-2.9
Communist E. Burwin1024.1-0.6
Majority1,76871.0+6.4
Turnout 2,490
Labour hold Swing +3.2
Roundhay [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Allan Bretherick4,86968.2+8.3
Labour A. Baum2,26831.8+10.1
Majority2,60136.4-1.8
Turnout 7,137
Conservative hold Swing -0.9
Stanningley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. Waterman2,52548.3+5.1
Conservative A. Vickers1,78634.1+5.7
Liberal Dennis Pedder92017.6-10.7
Majority73914.1-0.7
Turnout 5,231
Labour hold Swing -0.3
Wellington [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour N. Barrett1,55169.3+1.7
Conservative K. Beal38017.0+5.2
Liberal Walter Holdsworth22910.2-5.3
Communist B. Kline793.5-1.5
Majority1,17152.3+0.3
Turnout 2,239
Labour hold Swing -1.7
Westfield [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour V. Whelan1,34451.7-2.1
Conservative May Sexton1,25648.3+2.1
Majority883.4-4.2
Turnout 2,600
Labour hold Swing -2.1
Woodhouse [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P. Taylor1,98158.1+4.2
Conservative F. Greene1,33339.1+7.6
Communist A. Dale932.7-0.9
Majority64819.0-3.5
Turnout 3,407
Labour hold Swing -1.7
Wortley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Klineberg3,23948.3+6.2
Conservative B. Emmett2,84942.5+2.8
Liberal Kenneth Roy Dunn6139.1-9.0
Majority3905.8+3.4
Turnout 6,701
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +1.7

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References

  1. ↑ "Laborites Score in Local Voting". The New York Times . 8 May 1964. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Sharpe, L.J. (1967). Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections.
  3. 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 "Municipal results: Leeds". The Yorkshire Post . 8 May 1964.
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