1955 United Kingdom local elections

Elections to the municipal and county councils of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland were held in 1955.

Results

Map of County and Borough Councils in England.

England

Council[1][2][3][4] Previous control Result Details
Bedfordshire No overall control (Labour largest party) No overall control (Conservatives largest party)[5] Conservatives 25 (Liberal-Conservatives 13, Conservatives 12), Independents 22, Labour 21, Liberal 1[5]
Berkshire No overall control No overall control Independent 26, Conservatives 25, Labour 7[6]
Buckinghamshire No overall control No overall control Independent 26 (-2), Conservative 21 (+4), Labour 14 (-2) Liberal 1[7]
Cambridgeshire No overall control Independent Independent 27 (+1), Conservatives 16, Labour 9 (-1)[8]
Cheshire Conservative Conservative Details
Cornwall Independent Independent Election not run on political lines[9]
Cumberland No overall control - Anti-Labour administration No overall control - Anti-Labour administration Anti-Labour (Independents and Conservatives) 37 (+1), Labour 24 (-1)[7]
Derbyshire Labour Labour Details
Devon Independent Independent Independents held control[8]
Dorset Independent Independent Independents held control[6]
Durham Labour Labour Details
East Suffolk Independent Independent Independents held control[8]
East Sussex No overall control Conservative Conservative gain: previously held 26 of 52 seats.[9]
Essex Labour Conservative Details
Gloucestershire No overall control No overall control Details
Hampshire Independent Independent Independents held control[8]
Herefordshire Independent Independent Independent 49 (-1), Labour 5 (+1)[10]
Hertfordshire Conservative Conservative Details
Holland Independent Independent Independents held control.[6]
Huntingdonshire Independent Independent Independents held control.[6]
Isle of Ely Independent Independent Independents held control[8]
Isle of Wight No overall control No overall control Conservatives 15, Labour 5, Independents 16 [6]
Kent Conservative Conservative Details
Kesteven Independent Independent Details
Lancashire Labour Conservative Conservatives 71 (+21), Labour 46 (-18), Progressives and Independents 4 (-3)[11]
Leicestershire No overall control - Independent/Conservative administration No overall control - Independent/Conservative administration Conservatives and Independents 49 (+3), Labour 14 (-4), Liberals 1 (+1)[7]
Lindsey No overall control - Independent/Conservative administration No overall control - Independent/Conservative administration Independents and Conservatives 50 (+1), Labour 14 (-1)[8]
London Labour Labour Details
Middlesex Conservative Conservative Details
Northamptonshire No overall control No overall control Conservative 29, Labour 21, Independent 13, Liberal 4[6]
Northumberland Labour Labour Labour 37 (-3), Independents 32 (+2), Conservatives 3 (+1)[8]
Nottinghamshire Labour Labour Labour hold[6]
Rutland Independent Independent Independent 20 (-1), Labour 1 (+1)[10]
Shropshire Independent Independent Independents 45 (+1), Labour 8 (+1), Conservatives 6. Two new electoral divisions.[12]
Soke of Peterborough Conservative Conservative[6] Details
Somerset Independent Independent Independents held control[8]
Staffordshire Labour No overall control Details
Surrey Conservative Conservative Details
Warwickshire No overall control No overall control Conservative 31, Labour 15, Independents 17[6]
West Suffolk Independent Independent Independents held control[8]
West Sussex Independent Independent Independents 34 (-1), Conservatives 24, Labour 2 (+1)[13]
Westmorland Independent Independent Independents 44, Labour 2[10]
Wiltshire Independent Independent Independents held control[8]
Worcestershire No overall control No overall control Conservatives 33, Labour 19, Independents 15[6]
Yorkshire East Riding Independent Independent Independents held control
Yorkshire North Riding Independent Independent Independents 47 (+4), Labour 12 (-4), Conservatives 7[8]
Yorkshire West Riding Labour No overall control Details

Wales

Map of Welsh local government divisions.
Council Previous control Result Details
Anglesey Independent Independent Election not run on political lines[9]
Brecknockshire No overall control - Anti-Labour administration No overall control - Anti-Labour administration Labour 20(-1), Liberal 14 (+2), Conservatives 10 (-1), Independents 10[7]
Carnarvonshire Independent Independent Election not run on political lines[9]
Cardiganshire Independent Independent Election not run on political lines[9]
Carmarthenshire Labour No overall control Details
Denbighshire Independent Independent Independents 39, Labour 20, Conservative & National Liberal 5, Liberal 4, Miner 1[12]
Flintshire Independent Independent Independents held control[8]
Glamorgan Details
Merionethshire Independent Independent Independents held control[8]
Monmouthshire Labour Labour Details
Montgomeryshire Independent Independent Independents held control[8]
Pembrokeshire Independent Independent Independents held control[8]
Radnorshire Independent Independent Independents held control[8]

Scotland

Council Previous control Result Details
Aberdeenshire Details
Argyllshire Details
Ayrshire Labour Labour Details
Dumbartonshire Moderates Details
Fife No overall control Labour Details
Midlothian Labour Labour Details
Stirlingshire Labour Labour Details

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1955 Borough elections

Summary of results

The results for the boroughs were:[15]

Party Councillors
Gains Losses % Gains % Losses
Conservative Party 346 36
Labour Party 49 390
Liberal Party 16 8
Independents 75 50
Communist Party of Great Britain None 2 None 100%

English Boroughs

Elections to borough councils in England were as follows:[16]

A

Council Previous control Result Details
Abingdon Independents Independents Independents 17 (-2), Labour 4 (+1), Conservatives 3 (+1)
Accrington Labour Party Labour Party Labour 19 (-4), Conservatives 12 (+3), Liberals 2 (+1)
Acton Labour Party Labour Party Labour 26 (-2), Conservatives 6 (+2)
Aldeburgh Independents Independents Independents 16
Aldershot Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 24 (+2), Independents 6, Labour 2 (-2)
Altrincham Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 18, Independents 8, Labour 6
Andover No overall control No overall control Labour 7, Independents 5, Conservatives 4
Appleby Independents Independents Independents 16
No seats contested
Arundel Independents Independents Independents 16
Ashton-under-Lyne Labour Party Labour Party Labour 27 (-2), Conservatives 16 (+2), Liberals 1
Aylesbury No overall control No overall control Labour 9 (-1), Independents 8, Conservatives 7 (+1)

B

Council Previous control Result Details
Bacup No overall control No overall control Liberals 10 (-2), Labour 8 (+2), Conservatives 6
Banbury Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 16 (+2), Labour 5 (-2)
Barking Labour Party Labour Party Labour 26 (-1), Conservatives 6 (+1)
Barnes Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 26 (+1), Labour 5 (-1), Independents 1
Barnsley (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 36 (-1), Citizens 4 (+1)
Barnstaple Independents Independents Independents 18, Labour 6
Barrow-in-Furness (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 26, Conservatives 6
Basingstoke Labour Party Labour Party Labour 9, Conservatives 5, Independents 1, 1 vacancy
Bath (County Borough) Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 30 (+1), Labour 17 (-1), Liberals 5, Independents 4
Batley Labour Party Labour Party Labour 21 (+1), Independents 6 (-1), Conservatives 1
Bebington Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 30 (+1), Labour 9 (-1), Liberals 5, Independents 1
Beccles Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 11, Independents 4 (+1), Labour 1 (-1)
Beckenham Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 24 (+1), Independents 6, Labour 2 (-1)
Beddington and Wallington Independents Independents Independents 27 (+2), Labour 1 (-2)
Bedford Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 18 (+1), Labour 8 (-1), Independents 1, 1 vacancy
Berwick-upon-Tweed Independents Independents Independents 18 (+1), Labour 6 (-1)
Beverley Independents Independents Independents 19 (-1), Labour 5 (+1)
Bewdley Independents Independents Independents 12 (+1), Labour 0 (-1)
Bexhill Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 17, Labour 4, Independents 3
Bexley Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 21 (+1), Labour 9 (-1)
Bideford Independents Independents Independents 15, Labour 1
Bilston Labour Party Labour Party Labour 21 (-2), Conservatives 5 (+2)
Birkenhead (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 42 (-2), Conservatives 22 (+2)
Birmingham (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 81 (-11), Conservatives 70 (+11), Independents 1
Bishop's Castle Independents Independents Independents 15, Labour 1
Blackburn (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 33 (-2), Conservatives 21 (+2), Liberals 1
Blackpool (County Borough) Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 37 (+3), Liberals 16 (-2), Labour 1 (+1)
Blandford Forum Independents Independents Independents 15 (-1), Labour 1 (+1)
All seats uncontested
Blyth Labour Party Labour Party Labour 24 (-4), Independents 6 (+4)
Bodmin Independents Independents Independents 16
Bolton (County Borough) Labour Party Conservative Party Conservatives 49 (+9), Labour 41 (-9), Liberals 2
Bootle (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 35 (-5), Conservatives 21 (+5)
Boston Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 15 (+1), Labour 4, Liberals 5, Independents 4 (+1)
Bournemouth (County Borough) Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 51 (+1), Independents 6, Labour 3 (+1)
Brackley Independents Independents Independents 16
Bradford (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 42 (-5), Conservatives 32 (+1), Liberals 6
Brentford and Chiswick Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 21 (+2), Labour 13 (-2), Ratepayers 1
Bridgnorth Independents Independents Independents 12
Only 1 seat contested
Bridlington Independents Independents Independents 24
Bridport Independents Independents Independents 23, 1 vacancy
No seats contested.
Brighouse No overall control No overall control (Anti-Labour Coalition) Labour 13 (-1), Conservatives 13 (+1), Independents 2, Liberals 1
Brighton (County Borough) Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 51, Labour 22, Independents 3
Bristol (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 70, Independents 42
Bromley Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 19 (+1), Independents 7, Labour 2 (-1)
Buckingham Independents Independents Independents 14, Labour 2
Burnley (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 29 (-3), Conservatives 16 (+4), Liberals 3 (-1)
Burton upon Trent (County Borough) Labour Party No overall control Labour 15 (-1), Independents 13 (-1), Conservatives 4 (+2)
Bury (County Borough) Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 28 (+6), Labour 12 (-6), Liberals 3, Independents 1
Bury St Edmunds Independents Independents Independents 13, Conservatives 9, Labour 2
Buxton No overall control No overall control Independents 10, Labour 5 (+1), Conservatives 5 (-1)

C

Council Previous control Result Details
Calne Independents Independents Independents 12, Conservatives 2, Labour 2
No seats contested
Cambridge Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 36 (+2), Labour 11 (-2), Independents 9
Canterbury (County Borough) Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 15 (+2), Independents 9
No seats contested
Carlisle (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 20 (-1), Conservatives 17 (+1), Independents 1
Castleford New borough Labour Party Labour 30 (-1), 10 aldermanic vacancies to be filled
Chatham Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 14, Labour 10
Chard Labour Party Labour Party Labour 10 (+1), Independents 6, Conservatives 0 (-1)
Chelmsford No overall control Conservative Party Conservatives 23 (+2), Labour 9 (-2), Independents 5
Cheltenham Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 23 (+2), Labour 9 (+1), Independents 3
3 new seats
Chester (County Borough) Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 30 (+1), Labour 21 (-1), Liberals 4, Independent Labour 1
Chesterfield Labour Party Labour Party Labour 30 (-1), Independents 13 (+1), Conservatives 5
Chichester Independents Independents Independents 15 (+2), Conservatives 7, Labour 2 (-2)
Chingford Ratepayers' Association Ratepayers' Association Ratepayers 21 (+3), Labour 7 (-3)
Chippenham No overall control No overall control Independents 11, Labour 7, Liberals 3, Conservatives 3
Chipping Norton Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 10 (+1), Labour 2 (-1), Independents 4
Chorley Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 18, Labour 114
Christchurch Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 10 (-2), Independents 9 (+2)
Cleethorpes No overall control No overall control Conservatives 10 (+1), Independents 8, Liberals 2, Labour 0 (-1)
Clitheroe Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 11 (+2), Labour 5 (-2)
Colchester No overall control No overall control Conservatives 18 (+2), Labour 16 (-2), Liberals 2
Colne Labour Party Labour Party Labour 15 (-2), Conservatives 6 (+2), Liberals 2
Congleton Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 15, Labour 13
Coventry (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 41 (-5), Conservatives 22 (+5), Independents 1
Crewe Labour Party Labour Party Labour 27 (-2), Conservatives 5 (+2)
Crosby Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 37, Labour 6, Independents 5
Croydon (County Borough) Ratepayers' Association Ratepayers' Association Ratepayers 38 (+2), Labour 16 (-4), Independents 8, Conservatives 2 (+2)

D

Council Previous control Result Details
Dagenham Labour Party Labour Party Labour 18, Conservatives 3, 7 aldermen to be chosen. All new seats.
Darlington (County Borough) No overall control Independents Independents 24 (+2), Labour 20 (-2)
Dartford Labour Party Labour Party Labour 17 (-1), Independents 4, Conservatives 3 (+1)
Dartmouth Independents Independents Independents 9 (-1), Conservatives 5, Liberals 2 (+1)
No seats contested
Darwen Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 13 (+3), Labour 7 (-3), Independents 1
Daventry Labour Party Independents Independents 8 (+3), Labour 7 (-3), Conservatives 1
Deal Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 20, Labour 6, Independents 5
Derby (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 42 (-1), Conservatives 22 (+2)
Devizes Independents Independents Independents 18 (-2), Conservatives 5 (+2), Labour 1
Dewsbury (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 22 (-1), Municipal Association and Independents 14 (+1)
Doncaster (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 29 (-3), Independents 8 (+3), Conservatives 1
Dorchester Independents Independents Independents 19, Labour 5
Dover No overall control Conservative Party Conservatives 11 (+1), Labour 9 (-1), Independents 1
Droitwich Independents Independents Independents 15 (-1), Residents Association 1 (+1)
Dudley (County Borough) Labour Party Conservative Party Conservatives 23 (+5), Labour 20 (-6), Independents 1 (+1)
Dukinfield Labour Party Labour Party Labour 15 (-1), Conservatives 5 (+1), Liberals 4
Dunstable No overall control (Labour largest party) No overall control (United Conservatives and Liberals largest party) United Conservatives and Liberals 11 (+3), Independents 7, Labour 6 (-3)
Durham Independents Independents Independents 23 (-1), Labour 5 (+1)

Welsh Boroughs

The following were the results in the Welsh borough council elections:[17]

Council Previous control Result Details
Abergavenny Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 11, Labour 5, Independent 1
Aberystwyth Independents Independents Independents 9 (+1), Labour 5 (-1)[18]
Bangor Independents Independents Independents 20 (-1), Liberals 6 (+1), Labour 2
Barry Labour Party Labour Party Labour 19 (+1), Independents 9 (-1)[18]
Beaumaris Independents Independents Independents 16[18]
Brecon No overall control No overall control Labour 6, Conservatives 4, Liberals 3, Independents 3. All seats unopposed.[18]
Caernarvon Independents Independents Independents 19 (-1), Labour 5 (+1)
Cardiff (County Borough) No overall control No overall control Conservatives 25, Labour 19 (-1), Ratepayers 8 (+1), Independents 2, Liberals 1. 1 vacancy.
Cardigan Independents Independents Independents 16
Carmarthen Independents Independents Independents 14, Labour 10[18]
Colwyn Bay Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 19 (-1), Independents 6 (+1), Labour 3
Conway Independents Independents Independents 18, Labour 2
Cowbridge Independents Independents Independents 14, Conservatives 1, Labour 1
Denbigh Independents Independents Independents 14, Labour 2
Flint No overall control. Labour Minority administration No overall control. Anti-Labour administration[19] Labour 11 (-1), Conservatives 8 (+1), Liberal 1, Independents 4
Haverfordwest Independents Independents Independents 12, Labour 4[18]
Kidwelly Labour minority administration Independents Independents 9, Labour 7[18]
Lampeter Independents Independents Independents 16[18]
Llandovery Independents Independents Independents 16[18]
Llanelly Labour Party Labour Party Labour 19 (-1), Independents 4 (+1)
Llanfyllin Independents Independents Independents 16[18]
Llanidloes Labour minority administration Independents Independents 9 (+1) Labour 7 (-1)
Merthyr Tydfil (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 32
Monmouth No overall control No overall control Conservatives 7, Independents 5, Labour 4 All seats uncontested[18]
Montgomery Independents Independents Independents 8
Neath Labour Party Labour Party Labour 14 (-1), Non Party Citizens' Guild 7 (+1)
Newport (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 24 (-4), Conservatives 14 (+4), Independents 2[20]
Pembroke Independents Independents Independents 22, Labour 2[18]
Port Talbot Labour Party Labour Party Labour 22, Independents 2[18]
Pwllheli Independents Independents Independents 16. All seats uncontested[18]
Rhondda New borough Labour Party Labour 32, Independent 1
Ruthin Independents Independents Independents 16
Swansea (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 45, Independents 14, People's Party 1[18]
Tenby Independents Independents Independents 16
Welshpool Independents Independents Independents 14, Labour 2
Wrexham No overall control No overall control Independents 13, Labour 12, Liberals 7, Conservatives and National Liberals 4

See also

References

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  12. ^ a b "No local rush to vote in County Elections". Halifax Evening Courier. 2 April 1955. p. 1.
  13. ^ "Our Comment and Gossip". West Sussex Gazette. 7 April 1955. p. 6.
  14. ^ "VOTING POWER UNCHANGED: Ayr County Council". The Herald (Glasgow). 12 May 1955. p. 12. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  15. ^ "LATE NEWS: BOROUGH ELECTIONS". The Herald (Glasgow). 12 May 1955. p. 17. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  16. ^ "Election Results. Midland Details and National Summary". Birmingham Post. 13 May 1955. p. 18.
  17. ^ "Socialists setbacks in Welsh elections". Western Mail. 13 May 1955. p. 5.
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  20. ^ "Latest News. Election Results". Birmingham Post. 13 May 1955. p. 13.
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