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1946 UK local government election

The 1946 Leeds municipal elections were held on Saturday 2 November 1946, with one third of the council and vacancies in Burmantofts and Farnley & Wortley to be elected. A handful of wards - Armley & Wortley, Burmantofts, Holbeck North, Hunslet Carr & Middleton and Osmondthorpe - went uncontested.

Rebounding from the heavy defeat the year before, the Conservatives managed a 13% swing to win the popular vote - although that feat went poorly rewarded, as Labour won a comfortable majority of the seats contested and made a net gain to add to their national victory. Elsewhere the Liberal vote was less than half of that the previous year, and the Communists contested this year with three candidates. Turnout seen a slight drop from the prior election to 41.9%.

Election result

Leeds Local Election Result 1946
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 19 ? ? +1 67.8 44.9 53,865 -12.9
  Conservative 9 ? ? -1 32.1 51.4 61,668 +14.3
  Liberal 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.9 3,434 -2.1
  Communist 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.7 903 New

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
Labour 58 15 59 15
Conservatives 20 11 19 11
Total 78 26 78 26
104 104
Working majority  38    4   40    4 
 42   44 

Ward results

Armley & Wortley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Marlow Unopposed N/A N/A
Beeston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. Gummersall 3,180 45.7 +8.0
Labour W. Clayton 3,174 45.6 −5.8
Liberal G. Story 609 8.7 −2.2
Majority 6 0.1 −13.6
Turnout 6,963
Blenheim
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S. Webster 2,822 55.5 +5.9
Labour M. Bretherick 2,267 44.5 −5.9
Majority 555 11.0 +9.9
Turnout 5,089
Bramley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Atkinson 4,339 54.9 −0.7
Conservative A. Baker 3,562 45.1 +12.4
Majority 777 9.8 −13.1
Turnout 7,901
Burmantofts
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Murray Unopposed N/A N/A
Labour W. Shutt Unopposed N/A N/A
Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Lowcock 1,621 62.4 −6.7
Conservative P. Stead 977 37.6 +6.7
Majority 644 24.8 −13.3
Turnout 2,598
Cross Gates & Temple Newsam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Adamson 5,583 57.4 +15.0
Labour L. Walsh 4,136 42.6 −15.0
Majority 1,447 14.8 −0.2
Turnout 9,719
East Hunslet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L. Naylor 2,163 69.5 +1.5
Liberal Albert Hope 947 30.5 −1.5
Majority 1,216 39.0 +3.0
Turnout 3,110
Far Headingley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. Martin 6,529 72.3 +5.6
Labour E. Whitehead 1,808 20.0 −13.2
Liberal Winifred Underhill 690 7.6 +7.6
Majority 4,721 52.3 +18.8
Turnout 9,027
Farnley & Wortley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Watson 4,246 58.0 −7.5
Labour J. Wallbanks 4,156
Conservative P. Bailey 3,081 42.0 +7.5
Conservative G. Appleby 3,022
Majority 1,165 16.0 −15.0
Turnout 7,327
Harehills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Hills 3,944 53.4 −14.7
Conservative G. Monkman 3,444 46.6 +14.7
Majority 500 6.8 −29.5
Turnout 7,388
Holbeck North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Jessop Unopposed N/A N/A
Holbeck South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. Burnley 2,110 72.8 +3.5
Liberal W. Holdsworth 789 27.2 +14.1
Majority 1,321 45.6 −6.0
Turnout 2,899
Hunslet Carr & Middleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Hand Unopposed N/A N/A
Hyde Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. McKay 4,123 68.8 +11.7
Labour A. Malcolm 1,866 31.2 −11.7
Majority 2,257 37.7 +23.4
Turnout 5,989
Kirkstall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Happold 3,980 54.4 −4.0
Conservative H. Sellors 3,332 45.6 +13.8
Majority 648 8.9 −17.8
Turnout 7,312
Mill Hill & South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. Cowling 1,267 51.5 +8.4
Labour H. Hyams 1,194 48.5 −8.4
Majority 73 3.0 −10.9
Turnout 2,461
North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. Kaberry 7,003 77.7 +20.1
Labour N. Davey 2,015 22.3 −6.4
Majority 4,988 55.3 +26.5
Turnout 9,018
Osmondthorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. Potter Unopposed N/A N/A
Potternewton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Mulley 3,124 55.0 +11.5
Labour B. Weinrib 1,961 34.5 −22.1
Communist B. Ramelson 598 10.5 +10.5
Majority 1,163 20.5 +7.3
Turnout 5,683
Richmond Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Z. Fernandez 1,519 89.9 N/A
Communist M. Ramelson 171 10.1 N/A
Majority 1,348 79.8 N/A
Turnout 1,690 N/A
Roundhay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. Stevenson 6,953 76.5 +14.4
Labour A. D'Arcy 2,140 23.5 −14.4
Majority 4,813 52.9 +28.8
Turnout 9,093
Upper Armley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Braham 2,931 48.2 −10.8
Conservative E. Glover 2,749 45.2 +4.2
Liberal G. Petch 399 6.6 +6.6
Majority 182 3.0 −15.0
Turnout 6,079
West Hunslet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Ellison 2,668 66.0 −5.1
Conservative P. Woodward 1,243 30.7 +12.4
Communist J. Roche 134 3.3 +3.3
Majority 1,425 35.2 −17.5
Turnout 4,045
Westfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Rafferty 1,392 61.5 −12.6
Conservative G. Harrison 871 38.5 +12.6
Majority 521 23.0 −25.3
Turnout 2,263
Woodhouse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Nick 2,391 56.7 −5.7
Conservative S. Taylor 1,825 43.3 +18.7
Majority 566 13.4 −24.4
Turnout 4,216

References

  1. ^ "Laborites Lead in British Election". The New York Times. 2 November 1946. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Municipal results: Leeds". The Yorkshire Post. 3 November 1946.
  3. ^ Sharpe, L.J. (1967). Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections.
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