West Riding County Council election, 1955

Map of the results of the election in each division.

The 1955 West Riding County Council election was held on Saturday, 2 April 1955.[1] The election took place in the administrative county of the West Riding of Yorkshire, which excluded the county boroughs of Barnsley, Bradford, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, Rotherham, Sheffield, Wakefield and York.[2] The whole council of ninety-six members was up for election, with each county electoral division returning one councillor.[3]

After the election the composition of the council was;[1]

Results by division

The winning candidates in each division are shown in the table below.

DivisionPartyCouncillorMajority
Adwick-le-StreetLabourT. BaynhamUnopposed
AireboroughConservativeW. Hudson643
AskernLabourM. ThompsonUnopposed
AstonLabourC. T. BroughtonUnopposed
BaildonConservativeP. Oates2,154
BarnoldswickConservativeA. H. Clegg445
BarwickConservativeF. G. W. Lane Fox1,728
Batley No. 1IndependentM. G. M. Newman472
Batley No. 2IndependentL. I. FitzpatrickUnopposed
BentleyLabourS. E. KeersUnopposed
BingleyConservativeH. WhiteheadUnopposed
BirstallIndependentW. A. Ogilvy348
Brighouse NorthLabourH. Womersley41
Brighouse SouthConservativeM. D. Middleton556
Castleford No. 1LabourG. EastUnopposed
Castleford No. 2LabourC. DewsUnopposed
Colne Valley No. 1IndependentH. E. Eastwood697
Colne Valley No. 2LabourR. RedfernUnopposed
ConisbroughLabourJ. PrendergastUnopposed
CravenConservativeA. K. FittonUnopposed
CroftonLabourW. HenryUnopposed
CudworthLabourJ. BerryUnopposed
DaltonLabourH. Harrison1,530
Darfield and ThurnscoeLabourH. ClarneyUnopposed
DartonLabourF. Morris1,022
DearneLabourJ. F. OldhamUnopposed
Denby DaleIndependentR. K. Beever330
EcclesfieldLabourE. Ratcliffe514
EdlingtonLabourJ. Yorke866
EllandIndependentH. CockroftUnopposed
FeatherstoneLabourE. RowleyUnopposed
GarforthLabourR. B. HoltUnopposed
GooleIndependentE. L. England343
Harrogate No. 1ConservativeR. Martin1,234
Harrogate No. 2ConservativeJ. C. Hunter1,657
Harrogate No. 3ConservativeJ. S. Tennant2,871
Hatfield and StainforthLabourR. KelleyUnopposed
Hebden BridgeIndependentH. H. Sutcliffe651
HeckmondwikeConservativeC. ThackrayUnopposed
HemsworthLabourH. MilesUnopposed
HolmfirthIndependentN. Denton1,539
HorburyLabourH. V. Bennett1,425
HorsforthConservativeH. E. ThackrayUnopposed
HoylandLabourSir Thomas TomlinsonUnopposed
IlkleyConservativeN. GeldardUnopposed
Keighley No. 1ConservativeA. W. Tack878
Keighley No. 2LiberalM. E. Rhodes945
Keighley No. 3ConservativeL. Hardaker454
Kiveton ParkLabourW. HolmesUnopposed
KnaresboroughConservativeA. C. CrowtherUnopposed
KnottingleyLabourJ. Blackburn1,190
KirkburtonConservativeJ. A. Stephens633
Maltby and TickhillLabourT. Cheetham1,428
MexboroughLabourG. M. Hanson77
MirfieldIndependentG. M. Hanson643
Morley No. 1IndependentJ. Rhodes188
Morley No. 2LabourH. Rankin511
NormantonLabourW. E. Metcalf3,538
OssettIndependentH. Smith478
OtleyConservativeH. GuyUnopposed
Pateley BridgeConservativeSir John BarranUnopposed
PenistoneConservativeA. Goldthorpe226
PontefractLabourG. Wright778
Pudsey No. 1ConservativeJ. Fuller SmithUnopposed
Pudsey No. 2ConservativeJ. O. Cowgill1,371
Queensbury and ShelfConservativeA. Craven456
RawmarshLabourJ. E. PayneUnopposed
RiponConservativeE. B. EcclesUnopposed
RippondenConservativeS. Stott610
RossingtonLabourW. A. MorrisUnopposed
RothwellLabourT. S. DawsonUnopposed
SaddleworthConservativeE. E. Smith1,554
SedberghConservativeW. IllingworthUnopposed
SelbyConservativeC. E. AnsonUnopposed
SettleConservativeF. J. CornthwaiteUnopposed
Shipley WestConservativeG. WaddiloveUnopposed
Shipley EastLabourS. DerbyshireUnopposed
SilsdenConservativeN. Fortune1,099
SkiptonIndependentJ. W. Atkinson291
SnaithConservativeJ. Martinson548
South ElmsallLabourG. GuestUnopposed
South KirkbyLabourH. EberyUnopposed
Sowerby BridgeLabourF. Barker538
Spenborough No. 1ConservativeF. Morton2,016
Spenborough No. 2ConservativeJ. Smith1,212
StanleyLabourJ. E. HoweUnopposed
StocksbridgeConservativeH. E. Green483
SwintonLabourA. NewsamUnopposed
TadcasterConservativeD. W. Atkinson1,345
ThorneLabourG. H. NicholsonUnopposed
TodmordenLiberalJ. de Ville MatherUnopposed
Wath on DearneLabourW. CuttsUnopposed
WetherbyConservativeD. A. CrockattUnopposed
WhitwoodLabourA. PickersgillUnopposed
WombwellLabourJ. W. MellorUnopposed
WorsboroughLabourC. W. Boland1,741

References

  1. 1 2 "Majority of eight for anti-Socialists". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 4 April 1955. p. 8.
  2. ↑ "Local Government Act 1888, Part II, Section 31". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Electoral Reshuffle of West Riding". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 11 January 1947. p. 8.
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