The Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 8 May 1952, with one third of the council to be elected. Along with the rest of the country, Leeds saw a sharp swing from the Conservatives to Labour with a swing of over 15%, resulting in Labour receiving their highest post-war vote and making nine gains (alongside a gain in the interim) to whittle the Tory majority down to just two. Labour's nine gains were in the wards of Armley, Beeston, Blenheim, Bramley, Cross Gates, Stanningley, Westfield, Woodhouse, and Wortley. They also narrowly missed out on gaining Harehills. With the exception of a close-run victory in Beeston, the remarkably large swing made the Labour gains fairly comfortable. Turnout fell by two percent from the previous year, to 43.9%.
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| - The Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 8 May 1952, with one third of the council to be elected. Along with the rest of the country, Leeds saw a sharp swing from the Conservatives to Labour with a swing of over 15%, resulting in Labour receiving their highest post-war vote and making nine gains (alongside a gain in the interim) to whittle the Tory majority down to just two. Labour's nine gains were in the wards of Armley, Beeston, Blenheim, Bramley, Cross Gates, Stanningley, Westfield, Woodhouse, and Wortley. They also narrowly missed out on gaining Harehills. With the exception of a close-run victory in Beeston, the remarkably large swing made the Labour gains fairly comfortable. Turnout fell by two percent from the previous year, to 43.9%. (en)
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- 1951 Leeds City Council election
- 1950s in Leeds
- Leeds City Council elections
- Beeston, Leeds
- Blenheim, Leeds
- Bramley, Leeds
- Holbeck
- Hunslet
- Hyde Park, Leeds
- Richmond Hill, Leeds
- Conservative Party (UK)
- Councillor
- County Borough of Leeds
- Cross Gates
- Meanwood
- Moortown, Leeds
- Leeds city centre
- Stanningley
- 1952 English local elections
- May 1952 events in the United Kingdom
- Burmantofts
- Far Headingley
- Halton, Leeds
- Harehills
- Armley
- Alderman
- Labour Party (UK)
- Woodhouse, Leeds
- Kirkstall
- Middleton, Leeds
- Wortley, Leeds
- Osmondthorpe
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| - W. Jones (en)
- C. Watson (en)
- H. Wright (en)
- Albert Smith (en)
- Harold Watson (en)
- John Watson (en)
- A. King (en)
- A. Malcolm (en)
- B. Kline (en)
- E. Whitehead (en)
- E. Youngman (en)
- Eric Atkinson (en)
- F. Potter (en)
- F. Walker (en)
- H. Drake (en)
- H. Womersley (en)
- Henry Vick (en)
- J. Farrell (en)
- J. Roche (en)
- J. Wallbanks (en)
- K. Cohen (en)
- M. Fish (en)
- Victor Louis Raymond Delepine (en)
- W. Clayton (en)
- W. Hey (en)
- W. Jackson (en)
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