1959 Leeds City Council election

The 1959 Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 7 May 1959,[1] with one third of the seats and extra vacancies in East Hunslet and Stanningley up for election.[2]

Mirroring their national recovery,[1] the Conservatives achieved a 3% swing[3] to win the popular vote and make the only gain of the night in the marginal Wortley.[2] The Liberals fielded their greatest number of candidates since 1951, and as such received their highest vote since then.[2] Turnout fell by just under a percentage point from the year before to 36.3%.[3]

  1. ^ a b "British Elections Yield Tory Gains". The New York Times. 8 May 1959. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Municipal results: Leeds". The Yorkshire Post. 8 May 1959.
  3. ^ a b Sharpe, L.J. (1967). Voting in cities: the 1964 borough elections.