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1975 UK local government election From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[1]
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.[2]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 19 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 57.6 | 49.8 | 86,036 | +8.7% | |
Labour | 12 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 36.3 | 31.5 | 54,379 | -8.9% | |
Liberal | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 6.1 | 17.5 | 30,196 | +1.2% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1,262 | -0.3% | |
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 660 | -0.3% | |
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 73 | -0.2% |
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservatives | 37 | 43 | |||
Labour | 45 | 41 | |||
Liberals | 14 | 12 | |||
Total | 96 | 96 | |||
Working majority | 0 | 0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Captwright | 5,610 | 61.3 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | J. Hutchinson | 5,296 | |||
Labour | R. Oddy | 2,001 | 21.9 | −10.5 | |
Labour | F. Harman | 1,987 | |||
Liberal | Jocelyn Cleasby | 1,535 | 16.8 | +2.1 | |
Liberal | Alice Horsfall | 1,500 | |||
Majority | 3,295 | 39.5 | +18.9 | ||
Turnout | 9,146 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | B. Nelson | 2,360 | 37.5 | −22.9 | |
Labour | Michael McGowan | 2,255 | 35.8 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | A. Mathers | 1,583 | 25.2 | +14.7 | |
Communist | P. Wilton | 93 | 1.5 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 105 | 1.7 | −31.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,291 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -15.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Sexton | 1,250 | 50.9 | +15.2 | |
Labour | J. Roche | 879 | 35.8 | −3.5 | |
Liberal | N. Mackie | 186 | 7.6 | −13.8 | |
National Front | J. Duckenfield | 73 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Communist | B. Stinson | 66 | 2.7 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 371 | 15.1 | +11.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,454 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +9.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Mulet | 2,620 | 48.1 | −17.3 | |
Liberal | Margaret Clay | 1,527 | 28.0 | +28.0 | |
Conservative | G. Dimmock | 1,220 | 22.4 | −3.8 | |
Communist | B. Stockdale | 84 | 1.5 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 1,093 | 20.1 | −19.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,451 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -22.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | C. Thomas | 3,933 | 62.1 | −1.3 | |
Labour | G. Bloom | 1,432 | 22.6 | −10.6 | |
Liberal | J. Clay | 871 | 13.8 | +13.8 | |
Communist | M. Tomplak | 96 | 1.5 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 2,501 | 39.5 | +9.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,332 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | K. Loudon | 6,310 | 72.4 | +8.6 | |
Labour | B. Selby | 1,269 | 14.6 | −13.9 | |
Liberal | Dorothea Leser | 1,136 | 13.0 | +13.0 | |
Majority | 5,041 | 57.8 | +22.5 | ||
Turnout | 8,715 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +11.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Hedley | 4,945 | 65.4 | +10.8 | |
Labour | C. Say | 1,972 | 26.1 | −19.3 | |
Liberal | N. Parnaby | 639 | 8.5 | +8.5 | |
Majority | 2,973 | 39.3 | +30.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,556 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +15.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Noakes | 2,565 | 80.5 | +16.7 | |
Independent | P. Clements | 420 | 13.2 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | C. Taylor | 202 | 6.3 | −19.0 | |
Majority | 2,145 | 67.3 | +28.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,187 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. Wood | 4,042 | 72.3 | +2.6 | |
Labour | A. Maher | 1,159 | 20.7 | −9.5 | |
Liberal | R. Taylor | 389 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
Majority | 2,883 | 51.6 | +12.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,590 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peggy White | 4,766 | 67.4 | +2.5 | |
Labour | M. Simmons | 1,668 | 23.6 | +2.1 | |
Liberal | C. Farrer | 641 | 9.1 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 3,098 | 43.8 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,075 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Searie | 2,230 | 54.7 | +9.9 | |
Labour | I. Levy | 1,037 | 25.4 | −9.0 | |
Liberal | P. Holmes | 812 | 19.9 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 1,193 | 29.2 | +18.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,079 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Frame | 3,736 | 52.6 | +11.5 | |
Liberal | H. Stuttard | 2,633 | 37.1 | −9.0 | |
Labour | F. Wadwell | 736 | 10.4 | −2.5 | |
Majority | 1,103 | 15.5 | +10.5 | ||
Turnout | 7,105 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Hamilton | 2,366 | 47.1 | +0.0 | |
Labour | K. Fenwick | 2,279 | 45.4 | −4.2 | |
Liberal | J. Stevens | 379 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Majority | 87 | 1.7 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,024 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Challenor | 2,784 | 69.3 | +3.3 | |
Labour | H. Gunnell | 771 | 19.2 | −14.8 | |
Liberal | S. Waldenberg | 461 | 11.5 | +11.5 | |
Majority | 2,013 | 50.1 | +18.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,016 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Verity | 3,591 | 67.3 | +12.5 | |
Labour | K. Smith | 1,744 | 32.7 | −12.5 | |
Majority | 1,847 | 34.6 | +24.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,335 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +12.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Pritchard | 1,506 | 53.1 | −16.2 | |
Conservative | S. Nelmes | 1,164 | 41.0 | +10.3 | |
Liberal | Pat Lawson | 168 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 342 | 12.1 | −26.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,838 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -13.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S. Day | 3,550 | 46.8 | +5.7 | |
Liberal | D. Whitley | 2,869 | 37.8 | −2.4 | |
Labour | F. Emery | 1,167 | 15.4 | −3.3 | |
Majority | 681 | 9.0 | +8.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,586 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | C. Thompson | 3,279 | 50.7 | +16.4 | |
Liberal | R. Hainsworth | 1,711 | 26.5 | −7.2 | |
Labour | D. Trafford | 1,475 | 22.8 | −9.2 | |
Majority | 1,568 | 24.3 | +23.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,465 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +11.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Kersting | 2,964 | 46.0 | +22.5 | |
Labour | J. Mann | 1,945 | 30.2 | −2.2 | |
Liberal | B. Lester | 1,535 | 23.8 | −15.0 | |
Majority | 1,019 | 15.8 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,444 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +12.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. Myers | 1,573 | 42.6 | −11.8 | |
Conservative | I. Benton | 1,312 | 35.5 | +7.1 | |
Liberal | R. Keighley | 811 | 21.9 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 261 | 7.1 | −18.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,696 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Feldman | 3,249 | 70.8 | +10.8 | |
Labour | D. Brown | 690 | 15.0 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | J. Miles | 649 | 14.1 | −13.2 | |
Majority | 2,559 | 55.8 | +23.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,588 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. Hill | 5,853 | 71.9 | +5.2 | |
Liberal | D. Tunstall | 1,348 | 16.6 | +16.6 | |
Labour | C. Brown | 732 | 9.0 | −14.7 | |
Retired | J. Shackleton | 208 | 2.6 | −7.1 | |
Majority | 4,505 | 55.3 | +12.3 | ||
Turnout | 8,141 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Robson | 2,606 | 53.2 | +11.1 | |
Labour | P. Shires | 1,725 | 35.2 | −6.5 | |
Liberal | Jeanette Bean | 564 | 11.5 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 881 | 18.0 | +17.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,895 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +8.8 |
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