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1951 Leeds City Council election
The 1951 Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 10 May 1951, with boundary changes prompting the whole council's re-election. With the new wards the council grew by a further two (two additional wards also represented an increase of six councillors and two aldermen), as thirteen newly created wards replaced the eleven that were abolished:
Abolished:
- Armley & Wortley
- Central
- Cross Gates & Temple Newsam
- Farnley & Wortley
- Holbeck North
- Holbeck South
- Hunslet Carr & Middleton
- Mill Hill & South
- North
- Upper Armley
- West Hunslet Created:
- Allerton
- Armley
- City
- Cross Gates
- Halton
- Holbeck
- Hunslet Carr
- Meanwood
- Middleton
- Moortown
- Stanningley
- Wellington
- Wortley
There was a three percent swing from Labour to the Conservatives (as compared to 1949 – swings from 1950's distorted results show much larger swings as seen below) on the night, delivering the Conservatives control of the council with a 30-seat majority. Turnout naturally rose from the previous year's scarcely contested election, to an above average figure of 45.9%.
Election result
|seats % = 63.1 |votes % = 55.8 |plus/minus = +16.8 |seats % = 36.9 |votes % = 39.8 |plus/minus = -11.4 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 4.0 |plus/minus = -0.7 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.4 |plus/minus = -4.7
The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
| Party | Previous council | New council | Cllr | Ald | Cllr | Ald | Conservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" | Labour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" | Total | 78 | 26 | 84 | 28 | 104 | 112 | Working majority | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservatives | 36 | 12 | 53 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Labour | 42 | 14 | 31 | 10 |
Ward results
References
References
- (11 May 1951). "Municipal results: Leeds". [[The Yorkshire Post]].
- Sharpe, L.J.. (1967). "Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections".
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