1947 Leeds City Council election

The 1947 Leeds municipal elections were held on Saturday 1 November 1947,^[1] with one third of the seats, as well as a vacancy in Potternewton, up for election. With no Liberal candidate this time, East Hunslet went unopposed.^[2]

Following favourable national patterns,^[1] the swing of two percent^[3] to the Conservatives helped the party decisively win the popular vote and, in part thanks to a spike in turnout to 55.3%,^[3] gain new post-war records in both share and votes.^[2] Despite a deficit of over 20,000 votes and losses totalling seven seats to the Conservatives, Labour were still able to pip them in seats won by an additional seat.^[2] As such, Labour's majority was cut by close to a third, but remained safe at 30.^[3]

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	14	0	7	-7	51.8	42.8	81,559	-2.1
Conservative	13	7	0	+7	48.1	53.5	101,832	+2.1
Liberal	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.0	5,774	+0.1
Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	1,332	-0.0

Party		Previous council		New council
Party		Cllr	Ald	Cllr	Ald
	Labour	59	15	52	15
	Conservatives	19	11	26	11
Total		78	26	78	26
Total		104		104
Working majority		40	4	26	4
Working majority		44		30

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Coan	3,412	63.6	N/A
	Conservative	G. Atkinson	1,955	36.4	N/A
Majority			1,457	27.2	N/A
Turnout			5,367		N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Woodward	4,776	49.4	+3.7
	Labour	E. Whitehead	3,840	39.7	−5.9
	Liberal	A. Whitaker	1,053	10.9	+2.1
Majority			936	9.7	+9.6
Turnout			9,669

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Lister	3,853	56.5	+1.0
	Labour	A. D'Arcy	2,343	34.3	−10.2
	Liberal	M. Allen	626	9.2	+9.2
Majority			1,510	22.2	+11.2
Turnout			6,822

1947 Leeds City Council election

Election result

Ward results

References

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Fact Checks

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Womersley	5,134	46.5	−8.4
	Conservative	A. Baker	4,709	42.6	−2.4
	Liberal	Ms Booth	1,199	10.9	+10.9
Majority			425	3.9	−6.0
Turnout			11,042

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Shutt	2,573	67.7	N/A
	Conservative	C. Kirby	1,226	32.3	N/A
Majority			1,347	35.4	N/A
Turnout			3,799		N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Walsh	2,043	54.2	−8.2
	Conservative	F. Morat	1,729	45.8	+8.2
Majority			314	8.3	−16.5
Turnout			3,772

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Bell	8,052	57.4	+0.0
	Labour	R. Thomas	5,965	42.6	−0.0
Majority			2,087	14.8	+0.0
Turnout			14,017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hargrave	9,236	81.0	+8.7
	Labour	A. Tallant	2,169	19.0	−1.0
Majority			7,067	62.0	+9.7
Turnout			11,405

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Wallbanks	5,188	52.3	−5.7
	Conservative	C. Horner	4,738	47.7	+5.7
Majority			450	4.5	−11.4
Turnout			9,926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Power	5,310	51.2	+4.6
	Labour	K. Muir	5,060	48.8	−4.6
Majority			250	2.4	−4.4
Turnout			10,370

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Veitch	1,155	59.9	N/A
	Conservative	A. Parkinson	503	26.1	N/A
	Liberal	W. Holdsworth	269	14.0	N/A
Majority			652	33.8	N/A
Turnout			1,927		N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Jones	2,916	55.6	−17.1
	Conservative	H. Drake	1,757	33.5	+33.5
	Liberal	W. Hopper	568	10.8	−16.4
Majority			1,159	22.1	−23.5
Turnout			5,241

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Hodkinson	6,133	64.8	N/A
	Conservative	J. Walton	3,326	35.2	N/A
Majority			2,807	29.7	N/A
Turnout			9,459		N/A

Hyde Park^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Walker	5,644	72.5	+3.7
	Labour	G. Issott	2,137	27.5	−3.7
Majority			3,507	45.1	+7.4
Turnout			7,781

Kirkstall^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Sellers	5,021	49.8	+4.3
	Labour	M. Malcolm	4,101	40.7	−13.7
	Liberal	L. Spencer	638	6.3	+6.3
	Communist	R. Huffingley	313	3.1	+3.1
Majority			920	9.1	+0.2
Turnout			10,073

North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Murphy	9,724	80.5	+2.9
	Labour	N. Davey	2,349	19.5	−2.9
Majority			7,375	61.1	+5.8
Turnout			12,073

Potternewton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Bidgood	4,468	57.5	+2.5
	Conservative	C. Driver	4,442
	Labour	K. Cohen	2,551	32.8	−1.7
	Labour	R. Peart	2,401
	Communist	B. Ramelson	753	9.7	−0.8
Majority			1,917	24.7	+4.2
Turnout			7,772

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Jowitt	1,538	52.5	+1.0
	Labour	H. Holdsworth	1,394	47.5	−1.0
Majority			144	4.9	+1.9
Turnout			2,932

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Fish	4,257	63.1	N/A
	Conservative	T. Nipe	2,491	36.9	N/A
Majority			1,766	26.2	N/A
Turnout			6,748		N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Fowler	1,900	69.3	−20.5
	Conservative	R. Eden	840	30.7	+30.7
Majority			1,060	38.7	−41.1
Turnout			2,740

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Monkman	10,330	77.0	+0.5
	Labour	A. King	3,083	23.0	−0.5
Majority			7,247	54.0	+1.1
Turnout			13,413

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hiley	4,386	54.1	+8.9
	Labour	J. Underwood	3,720	45.9	−2.3
Majority			666	8.2	+5.2
Turnout			8,106

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Adamson	3,343	52.4	−13.5
	Conservative	J. Farrell	1,865	29.2	−1.5
	Liberal	A. Smith	903	14.2	+14.2
	Communist	F. Warburton	266	4.2	+0.9
Majority			1,478	23.2	−12.0
Turnout			6,377

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Youngman	1,693	54.4	−7.1
	Conservative	M. Gledhill	1,417	45.6	+7.1
Majority			276	8.9	−14.1
Turnout			3,110

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Bretherick	3,100	47.3	−9.4
	Conservative	G. Taylor	2,938	44.8	+1.5
	Liberal	Ms. Hobson	518	7.9	+7.9
Majority			162	2.5	−10.9
Turnout			6,556