# 1958 Leeds City Council election

The 1958 Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 10 April 1958, with one third of the seats and a double vacancy in Bramley to be elected.
Labour achieved a further swing of 0.3%, to take two more seats from the Conservatives. The two gains were in Westfield - where the incumbents 7.5% swing was not enough to hold on - and Wortley, with Labour narrowly gaining on a 78-vote majority as the main beneficiaries of the Liberal absence this time around. As well as those two gains, Labour gained one in the new aldermen division, increasing their majority on the council to 34. A notable feat of the election was the Liberals managing to push the Conservatives into third in the two wards of Holbeck and Middleton - a post-war first. Turnout rose by a percentage point on the previous year, to 37.2%.

## Election result

Leeds Local Election Result 1958 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 19 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 65.5 | 49.8 | 64,563 | -0.4 |
| Conservative | 10 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 34.5 | 46.1 | 59,770 | -0.3 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 4,739 | +0.6 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 485 | +0.1 |
The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
| Party | Party | Previous council | Previous council | New council | New council |
| Party | Party | Cllr | Ald | Cllr | Ald |
| | Labour | 53 | 17 | 55 | 18 |
| | Conservatives | 31 | 11 | 29 | 10 |
| Total | Total | 84 | 28 | 84 | 28 |
| Total | Total | 112 | 112 | 112 | 112 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 22 | 6 | 26 | 8 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 28 | 28 | 34 | 34 |

## Ward results

Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. Drake | 4,376 | 86.0 | −0.7 |
| | Labour | J. Marshall | 715 | 14.0 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,661 | 72.0 | −1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,091 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -0.7 | |
Armley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | K. Cohen | 2,820 | 58.5 | +1.8 |
| | Conservative | J. Broomfield | 2,002 | 41.5 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 818 | 17.0 | +3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,822 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.8 | |
Beeston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | L. Snape | 3,174 | 42.8 | −0.2 |
| | Labour | N. Billington | 3,084 | 41.6 | −5.6 |
| | Liberal | H. Passmore | 1,154 | 15.6 | +5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 90 | 1.2 | −3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,412 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.7 | |
Blenheim :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Wallbanks | 2,146 | 69.0 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | J. Ashworth | 962 | 31.0 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,184 | 38.1 | +2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,108 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.4 | |
Bramley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eric Atkinson | 3,051 | 50.4 | −4.0 |
| | Labour | W. Tate | 2,713 | | |
| | Conservative | C. Dean | 2,095 | 34.6 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative | H. Pickering | 1,860 | | |
| | Liberal | John Humphrey Morrish | 905 | 15.0 | +1.5 |
| | Liberal | George Petch | 836 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 618 | 15.8 | −6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,051 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.2 | |
Burmantofts :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. Lloyd | 2,367 | 72.2 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative | H. Robinson | 912 | 27.8 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,455 | 44.4 | +3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,279 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.5 | |
City :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Whitehead | 1,568 | 67.3 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | B. Emmett | 761 | 32.7 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 807 | 34.7 | +4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,329 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 | |
Cross Gates :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | F. Booth | 3,700 | 68.8 | +6.9 |
| | Conservative | F. Hodges | 1,677 | 31.2 | −6.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,023 | 37.6 | +13.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,377 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.9 | |
East Hunslet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | M. Fish | 2,659 | 76.8 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative | B. Watson | 804 | 23.2 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,855 | 53.6 | +3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,463 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.5 | |
Far Headingley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. Hey | 4,451 | 78.0 | +3.3 |
| | Labour | G. Brogden | 1,254 | 22.0 | −3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,197 | 56.0 | +6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,705 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 | |
Halton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | C. Watson | 3,857 | 75.3 | −1.9 |
| | Labour | N. Harding | 1,267 | 24.7 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,590 | 50.5 | −3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,124 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -1.9 | |
Harehills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lawrence Turnbull | 3,400 | 53.5 | +4.0 |
| | Labour | J. Klineberg | 2,951 | 46.5 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 449 | 7.1 | +6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,351 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +4.0 | |
Holbeck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Jones | 2,334 | 62.4 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal | B. Fearnley | 768 | 20.5 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | K. Orton | 639 | 17.1 | −4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,566 | 41.9 | +2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,741 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.0 | |
Hunslet Carr :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Hodgkinson | 2,639 | 75.5 | −4.9 |
| | Conservative | B. Morland | 385 | 11.0 | −5.1 |
| | Liberal | J.T. Hill | 331 | 9.5 | +9.5 |
| | Communist | E. Moore | 141 | 4.0 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,254 | 64.5 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,496 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.1 | |
Hyde Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. Hall | 2,915 | 58.0 | −2.3 |
| | Labour | E. Coward | 2,115 | 42.0 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 800 | 15.9 | −4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,030 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -2.3 | |
Kirkstall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Albert Smith | 3,195 | 58.9 | −2.0 |
| | Conservative | E. Lodge | 2,225 | 41.1 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 970 | 17.9 | −4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,420 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.0 | |
Meanwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | V. Cardno | 3,696 | 72.6 | −1.3 |
| | Labour | E. Webber | 1,396 | 27.4 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,300 | 45.2 | −2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,092 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -1.3 | |
Middleton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harold Watson | 2,511 | 73.0 | −10.1 |
| | Liberal | G. Houghton | 438 | 12.7 | +12.7 |
| | Conservative | A. Hartley | 350 | 10.2 | −6.6 |
| | Communist | R. Wilkinson | 139 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,073 | 60.3 | −6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,438 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -11.4 | |
Moortown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Watson | 4,435 | 76.8 | +2.6 |
| | Labour | L. Steele | 1,337 | 23.2 | −2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,098 | 53.7 | +5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,772 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.6 | |
Osmondthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. Addlestone | 2,617 | 76.9 | −0.1 |
| | Conservative | L. Ideson | 784 | 23.1 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,833 | 53.9 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,401 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.1 | |
Potternewton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sydney Symmond | 2,131 | 61.8 | +1.4 |
| | Labour | V. Zermanski | 1,316 | 38.2 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 815 | 23.6 | +2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,447 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 | |
Richmond Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | A. King | 1,698 | 80.0 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative | H. Flockton | 424 | 20.0 | −3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,274 | 60.0 | +5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,122 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.0 | |
Roundhay :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Allan Bretherick | 3,957 | 67.5 | −0.2 |
| | Labour | D. Yelland | 1,902 | 32.5 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,055 | 35.1 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,859 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -0.2 | |
Stanningley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Waterman | 2,897 | 51.9 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | A. Vickers | 1,541 | 27.6 | −3.6 |
| | Liberal | J. Grimshaw | 1,143 | 20.5 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,356 | 24.3 | +5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,581 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.6 | |
Wellington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | N. Barrett | 2,578 | 79.2 | −11.1 |
| | Conservative | F. Stubley | 470 | 14.4 | +14.4 |
| | Communist | G. Hodgson | 205 | 6.3 | −3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,108 | 64.8 | −15.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,253 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -12.7 | |
Westfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | V. Whelan | 2,554 | 52.1 | −3.9 |
| | Conservative | L. Lyons | 2,349 | 47.9 | +11.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 205 | 4.2 | −15.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,903 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -7.5 | |
Woodhouse :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | P. Taylor | 2,471 | 59.9 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative | A. Chadwick | 1,655 | 40.1 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 816 | 19.8 | −0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,126 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.4 | |
Wortley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ernest Morris | 3,421 | 50.6 | +5.7 |
| | Conservative | D. Wolstenholme | 3,343 | 49.4 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 78 | 1.2 | −1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,764 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.1 | |