Who won the most seats in the Local elections 1 Nov 1947?

Conservative Party won the most seats in the Local elections 1 Nov 1947, with 486 of 1,251 seats filled.

Local elections 1 Nov 1947

Name: Local elections 1 Nov 1947 results
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Local elections 1 Nov 1947 was held on 1 November 1947. 1,251 seats were filled across 1,181 wards and divisions in 86 councils, from 2,658 candidates. Conservative Party won 486, The Labour Party won 425 and Independent won 102.

Date: 1 November 1947
Seats filled: 1,251
Candidates: 2,658
Councils: 86

Local elections 1 Nov 1947: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
Conservative Party	715	486	1,782,443	34.5%
The Labour Party	1,132	425	2,183,058	42.3%
Independent	177	102	248,686	4.8%
The Liberal Party	222	53	250,212	4.8%
Prog	98	48	223,387	4.3%
R.A	44	31	116,078	2.2%
Cit	38	20	98,266	1.9%
Anti-Labour	20	16	29,570	0.6%
R.R	26	13	43,861	0.8%
Municipal Action Group (Hull)	21	12	53,521	1.0%
Municipal Alliance (London metropolitan boroughs)	12	12	24,231	0.5%
Municipal Group	13	9	18,162	0.4%
Mod	8	7	8,506	0.2%
Citizens' Association	11	6	28,791	0.6%
I.Prog	4	3	7,267	0.1%
PROT	2	2	5,782	0.1%
I.Lab	7	2	5,095	0.1%
Independent Labour Party	5	2	3,981	0.1%
E.A	1	1	6,623	0.1%
Lib.Nat	1	1	1,165	0.0%
Communist	87	0	22,385	0.4%
Residents	2	0	1,315	0.0%
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	3	0	966	0.0%
CW	2	0	551	0.0%
BWP	1	0	485	0.0%
I. Lab	1	0	250	0.0%
I.Con	1	0	172	0.0%
SOSG	3	0	145	0.0%
C.W	1	0	134	0.0%

Local elections 1 Nov 1947: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Altrincham Borough Council	8	12	Conservative	8
Barnsley County Borough Council	10	11	Labour	7
Barrow County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	6
Bath County Borough Council	14	16	Prog	11
Birkenhead County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	8
Birmingham County Borough Council	34	34	Conservative	27
Blackburn County Borough Council	14	14	Conservative	9
Blackpool County Borough Council	14	15	Conservative	13
Bolton County Borough Council	16	23	Conservative	14
Bootle County Borough Council	6	12	Conservative	6
Bournemouth County Borough Council	15	16	Conservative	9
Bradford County Borough Council	20	20	Labour	14
Brighton County Borough Council	19	20	A.L	16
Bristol County Borough Council	28	28	Cit	16
Burnley County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	7
Burton upon Trent County Borough Council	8	8	Independent	6
Bury County Borough Council	6	11	Conservative	11
Canterbury County Borough Council	3	6	Independent	6
Cardiff County Borough Council	14	14	Conservative	5
Carlisle County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	6
Chester County Borough Council	6	11	Conservative	6
Coventry County Borough Council	16	17	Labour	9
Croydon County Borough Council	15	15	R.A	12
Darlington County Borough Council	10	11	Mod	7
Derby County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	9
Dewsbury County Borough Council	9	9	Independent	7
Doncaster County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	6
Dudley County Borough Council	7	10	Conservative	8
East Ham County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	10
Eastbourne County Borough Council	9	9	Conservative	8
Exeter County Borough Council	17	18	Conservative	9
Gateshead County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	5
Gloucester County Borough Council	10	10	Conservative	3
Great Yarmouth County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	10
Grimsby County Borough Council	14	14	M.G	9
Halifax County Borough Council	15	15	The Liberal Party	8
Hastings County Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	5
Huddersfield County Borough Council	15	15	The Liberal Party	9
Ipswich County Borough Council	6	12	Conservative	9
Kingston upon Hull County Borough Council	21	21	MAG	12
Leeds County Borough Council	26	27	Labour	14
Leicester County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	11
Lincoln County Borough Council	7	7	Independent	6
Liverpool County Borough Council	40	40	Conservative	28
Manchester County Borough Council	36	36	Conservative	23
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	7
Middlesbrough County Borough Council	11	11	C.A	6
Newcastle upon Tyne County Borough Council	19	19	Prog	11
Newport County Borough Council	10	10	Conservative	8
Northampton County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	6
Norwich County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	8
Nottingham County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	8
Oldham County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	9
Oxford County Borough Council	7	15	Conservative	14
Plymouth County Borough Council	21	21	Conservative	13
Portsmouth County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	14
Preston County Borough Council	12	13	Conservative	7
Reading County Borough Council	13	14	Municipal Alliance	12
Rochdale County Borough Council	12	12	The Liberal Party	8
Rotherham County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	8
Sale Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	8
Salford County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	8
Sheffield County Borough Council	25	26	Labour	17
Smethwick County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	5
South Shields County Borough Council	15	15	R.R	8
Southampton County Borough Council	17	17	R.A	11
Southend-on-Sea County Borough Council	13	13	Conservative	8
Southport County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	13
St Helens County Borough Council	9	9	Conservative	4
Stockport County Borough Council	18	19	Conservative	16
Stoke-on-Trent County Borough Council	28	28	Labour	20
Stretford Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	7
Sunderland County Borough Council	18	18	Labour	11
Swansea County Borough Council	15	16	Independent	8
Tynemouth County Borough Council	9	9	Independent	7
Wakefield County Borough Council	11	11	Conservative	7
Wallasey County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	15
Walsall County Borough Council	10	10	Independent	8
Warrington County Borough Council	9	10	Conservative	5
West Bromwich County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	4
West Ham County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	15
West Hartlepool County Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	5
Wigan County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	12
Wolverhampton County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	5
Worcester County Borough Council	6	13	Conservative	6
York County Borough Council	13	13	Conservative	10