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1950 Leeds City Council election


The 1950 Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday, 11 May 1950, with one third of the seats to be elected.

The election was sparsely contested owing to an electoral truce between Labour and the Conservatives in anticipation of the impending boundary changes to take effect the following year. However the Liberals and Communists fielded candidates in a number of wards - although the Liberals' two candidates was much reduced from recent showings, whilst conversely the Communists contesting of over a quarter of wards was well above their usual three. Eight wards in total were opposed, with the five Labour and three Conservative incumbents easily defending them, ensuring an uneventful result in contrast to the national picture.

Election result

|seats % = 65.4 |votes % = 51.2 |plus/minus = +8.4 |seats % = 34.6 |votes % = 39.0 |plus/minus = -13.5 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 5.1 |plus/minus = +4.6 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 4.7 |plus/minus = +0.6

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

PartyPrevious councilNew councilCllrAldCllrAldLabour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Conservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Total78267826104104Working majority
Labour42144214
Conservatives36123612

Ward results

References

References

  1. (12 May 1950). "British Voting Swings Right". [[St. Petersburg Times]].
  2. (12 May 1950). "Municipal results: Leeds". [[The Yorkshire Post]].
  3. Sharpe, L.J.. (1967). "Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections".
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