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1975 Leeds City Council election

1975 UK local government election

Summary

1975 UK local government election

Elections to Leeds City Council were held on 1 May 1975. One third of the seats, as well as an extra vacancy in Aireborough, were up for election. Labour had gained a seat from a by-election in Burley in the interim, prompted by the arrest of incumbent Conservative Ray Forbes in connection with arms smuggling.

The election resulted in a substantial swing to the Conservatives, helping them gain six seats in total, with four from Labour (Burley, Kirkstall, Pudsey South and Wortley) and two from the Liberals (Horsforth and Otley). This established the Conservatives as the largest party on the council, but with the council remaining under no overall control.

Election result

|seats % = 57.6 |votes % = 49.8 |plus/minus = +8.7% |seats % = 36.3 |votes % = 31.5 |plus/minus = -8.9% |seats % = 6.1 |votes % = 17.5 |plus/minus = +1.2% |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.7 |plus/minus = -0.3% |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.4 |plus/minus = -0.3% |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.0 |plus/minus = -0.2%

This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew councilConservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Labour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Liberal Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Total9696Working majority
Conservatives3743
Labour4541
Liberals1412

Ward results

References

References

  1. (14 May 1974). "Civil war threat in Ulster". [[The Montreal Gazette]].
  2. (2 May 1975). "District results: Leeds". [[The Yorkshire Post]].
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