1954 Leeds City Council election
http://dbpedia.org/resource/1954_Leeds_City_Council_election
The Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 14 May 1954, with one third of the council up for election. Despite a further swing away from Labour to the Conservatives of 3.7%, leaving both parties neck and neck in votes, Labour continued on to their third and final gains unabated in the wards of Armley, Blenheim, Bramley, Cross Gates, Stanningley, Westfield, and Woodhouse, comfortably winning the majority of seats. The swing however helped the Conservatives to hold on to Wortley, unlike previous years. As such Labour doubled its majority on the council as part of a victorious night on the whole for them. Turnout for the election sunk below the 40% mark for the first time in the post-war period, to 39.2%.
rdf:langString
rdf:langString
1954 Leeds City Council election
xsd:integer
36742618
xsd:integer
1122460811
xsd:integer
0
6
xsd:integer
0
6
xsd:integer
-6
xsd:integer
0
rdf:langString
+6
<perCent>
-0.2
<perCent>
-2.6
rdf:langString
+0.2%
rdf:langString
+2.7%
xsd:integer
0
35.7
64.3
xsd:double
0.4
49.4
49.9
rdf:langString
L. Jackson
rdf:langString
Arthur Brown
rdf:langString
T. Smith
rdf:langString
A. Happold
rdf:langString
E. Glover
rdf:langString
F. Naylor
rdf:langString
G. Monkman
rdf:langString
J. Bidgood
rdf:langString
T. Ellison
rdf:langString
W. Clayton
rdf:langString
W. Fowler
rdf:langString
W. Shutt
rdf:langString
W. Spence
rdf:langString
A. Clark
rdf:langString
A. Farrington
rdf:langString
A. Vickers
rdf:langString
Alan Pedley
rdf:langString
B. Lyons
rdf:langString
Bertrand Mather
rdf:langString
D. Bradley
rdf:langString
D. Gabb
rdf:langString
D. Lake
rdf:langString
D. Wolstenholme
rdf:langString
D. Yalland
rdf:langString
E. Lucas
rdf:langString
E. Morris
rdf:langString
Edwin Wooler
rdf:langString
F. Ayres
rdf:langString
F. Howard
rdf:langString
F. Stubley
rdf:langString
F. Watson
rdf:langString
F. Winterburn
rdf:langString
G. Hewdy
rdf:langString
G. Rhodes
rdf:langString
H. Booth
rdf:langString
H. Burbridge
rdf:langString
H. Wiseman
rdf:langString
I. Calvert
rdf:langString
J. Brooksbank
rdf:langString
J. Hedley
rdf:langString
J. Sizer
rdf:langString
J. Slater
rdf:langString
J. Wheatley
rdf:langString
Kenneth Davison
rdf:langString
L. Demaine
rdf:langString
M. Collins
rdf:langString
N. Barrett
rdf:langString
N. Kay
rdf:langString
R. Ellis
rdf:langString
R. Hudson
rdf:langString
R. Pennington
rdf:langString
R. Wilkinson
rdf:langString
S. Bolton
rdf:langString
S. Cowling
rdf:langString
S. Lee
rdf:langString
T. Bennett
rdf:langString
W. Hargrave
rdf:langString
W. Stoner
xsd:double
-7.5
xsd:double
-6.4
xsd:double
-5.8
xsd:double
-5.1
xsd:integer
-5
xsd:double
-4.8
xsd:double
-4.1
xsd:double
-3.9
xsd:double
-3.4
xsd:double
-3.3
xsd:double
-2.5
xsd:double
-2.1
xsd:integer
-2
xsd:double
-1.8
xsd:double
-1.7
xsd:double
-1.5
xsd:double
-1.4
xsd:double
-1.1
xsd:integer
-1
xsd:double
-0.9
xsd:double
-0.2
xsd:double
-0.1
xsd:integer
0
rdf:langString
+1.1
rdf:langString
+1.0
rdf:langString
+4.1
rdf:langString
+4.8
rdf:langString
+0.1
rdf:langString
+0.2
rdf:langString
+0.9
rdf:langString
+1.4
rdf:langString
+1.8
rdf:langString
+10.8
rdf:langString
+2.0
rdf:langString
+2.1
rdf:langString
+2.5
rdf:langString
+3.3
rdf:langString
+3.4
rdf:langString
+3.9
rdf:langString
+6.3
rdf:langString
+7.1
rdf:langString
+7.5
rdf:langString
+0.0
rdf:langString
+1.5
rdf:langString
+1.7
rdf:langString
+4.3
rdf:langString
+5.1
rdf:langString
+5.8
rdf:langString
+6.4
rdf:langString
+13.7
rdf:langString
Communist Party of Great Britain
rdf:langString
Conservative Party
rdf:langString
Labour Party
rdf:langString
Liberal Party
xsd:double
4.7
xsd:double
10.8
xsd:double
11.2
xsd:double
13.4
xsd:double
16.1
xsd:double
18.8
xsd:double
19.8
xsd:double
22.6
xsd:double
23.1
xsd:double
23.3
xsd:double
23.7
xsd:double
23.8
xsd:double
29.9
xsd:double
31.4
xsd:double
31.6
xsd:double
32.7
xsd:double
33.7
xsd:double
35.3
xsd:double
35.5
xsd:double
38.3
xsd:double
38.9
xsd:double
39.3
xsd:double
41.3
xsd:double
42.1
xsd:double
42.6
xsd:double
46.5
xsd:double
46.6
xsd:integer
47
xsd:double
49.5
xsd:double
49.7
xsd:double
50.3
xsd:double
50.5
xsd:double
50.9
xsd:integer
53
xsd:double
53.4
xsd:double
53.5
xsd:double
57.4
xsd:double
57.9
xsd:double
58.7
xsd:double
60.7
xsd:double
61.1
xsd:double
64.5
xsd:double
64.7
xsd:double
66.3
xsd:double
67.3
xsd:double
68.40000000000001
xsd:double
68.59999999999999
xsd:double
70.09999999999999
xsd:double
71.59999999999999
xsd:double
76.2
xsd:double
76.7
xsd:double
76.90000000000001
xsd:double
77.40000000000001
xsd:double
80.2
xsd:double
81.2
xsd:double
83.90000000000001
xsd:double
86.59999999999999
xsd:double
88.8
xsd:integer
0
10
18
xsd:integer
195
332
495
527
547
648
756
866
931
972
981
997
1150
1279
1301
1340
1393
1532
1756
1817
1888
2023
2215
2253
2266
2273
2280
2303
2331
2385
2541
2643
2688
2800
2899
2921
2930
2939
2942
3000
3011
3058
3064
3094
3164
3322
3369
3409
3455
3528
3543
3797
3931
4086
4270
4580
4619
5603
68801
69429
rdf:langString
The Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 14 May 1954, with one third of the council up for election. Despite a further swing away from Labour to the Conservatives of 3.7%, leaving both parties neck and neck in votes, Labour continued on to their third and final gains unabated in the wards of Armley, Blenheim, Bramley, Cross Gates, Stanningley, Westfield, and Woodhouse, comfortably winning the majority of seats. The swing however helped the Conservatives to hold on to Wortley, unlike previous years. As such Labour doubled its majority on the council as part of a victorious night on the whole for them. Turnout for the election sunk below the 40% mark for the first time in the post-war period, to 39.2%.
xsd:nonNegativeInteger
24530