Leeds City Council election, 1957
The 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]
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 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Labour | 21 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 67.7 | 50.2 | 64,454 | +2.0% | ||
Conservative | 10 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 32.2 | 46.4 | 59,508 | -1.0% | ||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 4,019 | -0.6% | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 374 | -0.3% | ||
The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:[3]
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
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Cllr | Ald | Cllr | Ald | ||
Labour | 51 | 17 | 53 | 17 | |
Conservatives | 33 | 11 | 31 | 11 | |
Total | 84 | 28 | 84 | 28 | |
112 | 112 | ||||
Working majority | 18 | 6 | 22 | 6 | |
24 | 28 |
Ward results
Allerton[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | B. Lyons | 5,091 | 86.6 | +0.8 | |
Labour | J. Klineberg | 787 | 13.4 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 4,304 | 73.2 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,878 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Armley[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | S. Lee | 2,621 | 56.7 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | J. Broomfield | 2,002 | 43.3 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 619 | 13.4 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,623 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Beeston[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | A. Tallant | 3,688 | 47.2 | -2.8 | |
Conservative | J. Farrell | 3,363 | 43.0 | -7.0 | |
Liberal | H. Passmore | 764 | 9.8 | +9.8 | |
Majority | 325 | 4.2 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,815 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.1 | |||
Blenheim[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | L. Lake | 2,268 | 67.6 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | W. McClellan | 1,085 | 32.4 | -7.2 | |
Majority | 1,183 | 35.3 | +14.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,353 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.2 | |||
Bramley[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | G. Rhodes | 3,285 | 54.4 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | B. Pearce | 1,938 | 32.1 | -4.1 | |
Liberal | J. Walker | 811 | 13.4 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 1,347 | 22.3 | +10.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,034 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.0 | |||
Burmantofts[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | F. Watson | 2,414 | 70.7 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | S. Hick | 1,002 | 29.3 | -4.4 | |
Majority | 1,412 | 41.3 | +8.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,416 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
City[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | W. Stoner | 1,846 | 64.9 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Bernard Atha | 1,745 | |||
Conservative | J. Butterfield | 999 | 35.1 | -0.3 | |
Conservative | K. Wigin | 992 | |||
Majority | 746 | 29.8 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,845 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
Cross Gates[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | L. Jackson | 3,188 | 61.9 | -1.4 | |
Conservative | H. Williams | 1,964 | 38.1 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 1,224 | 23.8 | -2.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,152 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.4 | |||
East Hunslet[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | F. Naylor | 2,498 | 75.3 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | B. Watson | 820 | 24.7 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 1,678 | 50.6 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,318 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.8 | |||
Far Headingley[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | S. Rostron | 4,145 | 74.8 | -4.5 | |
Labour | G. Brogden | 1,399 | 25.2 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 2,746 | 49.5 | -9.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,544 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.5 | |||
Halton[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | J. Brooksbank | 3,958 | 77.2 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | J. Dougray | 3,768 | |||
Labour | J. Marshall | 1,172 | 22.8 | -0.5 | |
Labour | A. Grange | 1,135 | |||
Majority | 2,596 | 54.3 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,130 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
Harehills[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | R. Sedler | 2,825 | 50.5 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | N. Kay | 2,770 | 49.5 | -2.9 | |
Majority | 55 | 1.0 | -3.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,595 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.9 | |||
Holbeck[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | T. Smith | 2,344 | 61.0 | +0.0 | |
Conservative | K. Orton | 835 | 21.7 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | J. Meeks | 661 | 17.2 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 1,509 | 39.3 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,840 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.3 | |||
Hunslet Carr[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Harry Booth | 2,708 | 80.4 | -11.7 | |
Conservative | J. Judge | 544 | 16.2 | +16.2 | |
Communist | E. Moore | 116 | 3.4 | -4.5 | |
Majority | 2,164 | 64.3 | -19.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,368 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -13.9 | |||
Hyde Park[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Kenneth Davison | 2,828 | 60.3 | -7.9 | |
Labour | E. Coward | 1,865 | 39.7 | +7.9 | |
Majority | 963 | 20.5 | -15.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,693 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.9 | |||
Kirkstall[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | A. Happold | 3,171 | 60.9 | -0.1 | |
Conservative | E. Lodge | 2,032 | 39.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 1,139 | 21.9 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,203 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.1 | |||
Meanwood[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Alan Pedley | 3,654 | 73.9 | -1.8 | |
Labour | F. Woolhouse | 1,291 | 26.1 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 2,363 | 47.8 | -3.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,945 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.8 | |||
Middleton[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Arthur Brown | 2,429 | 83.2 | -2.2 | |
Conservative | F. Stubley | 491 | 16.8 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 1,938 | 66.4 | -4.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,920 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.2 | |||
Moortown[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | S. Bolton | 4,306 | 74.2 | -3.4 | |
Labour | L. Steele | 1,496 | 25.8 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 2,810 | 48.4 | -6.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,802 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.4 | |||
Osmondthorpe[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Douglas Gabb | 2,710 | 77.1 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | L. Ideson | 807 | 22.9 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 1,903 | 54.1 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,517 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.8 | |||
Pottemewton[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | D. Bradley | 2,044 | 60.4 | -0.5 | |
Labour | V. Zermansky | 1,341 | 39.6 | +5.6 | |
Majority | 703 | 20.8 | -6.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,385 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.0 | |||
Richmond Hill[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | M. Rooney | 1,825 | 77.0 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | J. Ashworth | 544 | 23.0 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 1,281 | 54.1 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,369 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
Roundhay[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | G. Monkman | 3,927 | 67.8 | -3.0 | |
Labour | D. Yelland | 1,867 | 32.2 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 2,060 | 35.6 | -5.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,794 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.0 | |||
Stanningley[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | W. Spence | 2,646 | 50.3 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | A. Vickers | 1,644 | 31.2 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | J. Grimshaw | 972 | 18.5 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 1,002 | 19.0 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,262 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
Wellington[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Aimee Tong | 2,413 | 90.3 | +13.6 | |
Communist | G. Hodgson | 258 | 9.7 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 2,155 | 80.7 | +22.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,671 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Westfield[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | H. Wiseman | 2,639 | 56.0 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | M. Sexton | 1,735 | 36.8 | +0.0 | |
Liberal | G. Petch | 337 | 7.2 | -2.4 | |
Majority | 904 | 19.2 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,711 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
Woodhouse[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | R. Ellis | 2,754 | 60.3 | +10.7 | |
Labour | P. Taylor | 2,583 | |||
Conservative | A. Chadwick | 1,813 | 39.7 | -5.4 | |
Conservative | L. Francis | 1,787 | |||
Majority | 941 | 20.6 | +16.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,567 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.0 | |||
Wortley[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Bertrand Mather | 3,167 | 47.9 | +4.7 | |
Labour | E. Morris | 2,964 | 44.9 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | W. Holdsworth | 474 | 7.2 | -5.8 | |
Majority | 203 | 3.1 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,605 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.8 | |||
References
- 1 2 "Laborites Win Locally". The New York Times. 10 May 1957. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- 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.
- 1 2 3 Sharpe, L.J. (1967). Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections.
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