Who won the most seats in the Local elections 8 May 1958?

The Labour Party won the most seats in the Local elections 8 May 1958, with 844 of 1,391 seats filled.

When was the Local elections 8 May 1958?

The Local elections 8 May 1958 was held on 8 May 1958.

Local elections 8 May 1958

Local elections 8 May 1958 was held on 8 May 1958. 1,391 seats were filled across 1,247 wards and divisions in 87 councils, from 2,662 candidates. The Labour Party won 844, Conservative Party won 395 and The Liberal Party won 45.

Date: 8 May 1958
Seats filled: 1,391
Candidates: 2,662
Councils: 87

Local elections 8 May 1958: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
The Labour Party	1,266	844	1,776,183	49.6%
Conservative Party	894	395	1,294,888	36.2%
The Liberal Party	202	45	205,729	5.7%
Independent	79	37	87,132	2.4%
Prog	44	25	43,415	1.2%
Cit	24	13	33,864	0.9%
Citizens League (Sheffield)	16	7	35,868	1.0%
R.R	11	6	14,709	0.4%
R.A	20	5	33,348	0.9%
Municipal Action Group (Hull)	15	5	24,337	0.7%
Municipal Alliance (London metropolitan boroughs)	10	5	10,609	0.3%
Lab(Ind)	1	1	3,214	0.1%
P.P	1	1	1,302	0.0%
N.Lib	1	1	700	0.0%
Independent Labour Party	1	1	601	0.0%
Communist	63	0	10,320	0.3%
TGA	3	0	1,395	0.0%
I.Con	2	0	1,141	0.0%
IndL	3	0	997	0.0%
Lib.P	1	0	586	0.0%
P.L	1	0	291	0.0%
I.Lib	1	0	207	0.0%
ComC	1	0	142	0.0%
Union Movement	1	0	101	0.0%
I.Lab	1	0	52	0.0%

Local elections 8 May 1958: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Altrincham Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	5
Barnsley County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	9
Barrow County Borough Council	8	10	Labour	8
Bath County Borough Council	14	14	Prog	8
Birkenhead County Borough Council	16	18	Labour	13
Birmingham County Borough Council	38	38	Labour	23
Blackburn County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	10
Blackpool County Borough Council	14	14	Conservative	7
Bolton County Borough Council	16	24	Labour	17
Bootle County Borough Council	7	16	Labour	13
Bournemouth County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	12
Bradford County Borough Council	20	20	Labour	11
Brighton County Borough Council	19	19	Conservative	11
Bristol County Borough Council	28	28	Labour	16
Burnley County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	9
Burton upon Trent County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	5
Bury County Borough Council	6	11	Conservative	6
Canterbury County Borough Council	3	6	Conservative	3
Cardiff County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	9
Carlisle County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	6
Chester County Borough Council	7	14	Conservative	8
Coventry County Borough Council	16	17	Labour	11
Croydon County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	7
Darlington County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	6
Derby County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	11
Dewsbury County Borough Council	9	10	Labour	5
Doncaster County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	6
Dudley County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	8
East Ham County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	10
Eastbourne County Borough Council	10	30	Conservative	19
Exeter County Borough Council	17	17	Conservative	8
Gateshead County Borough Council	12	13	Labour	7
Gloucester County Borough Council	10	11	Labour	7
Great Yarmouth County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	6
Grimsby County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	9
Halifax County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	6
Hastings County Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	6
Huddersfield County Borough Council	15	15	The Liberal Party	6
Ipswich County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	7
Kingston upon Hull County Borough Council	21	21	Labour	16
Leeds County Borough Council	28	29	Labour	19
Leicester County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	11
Lincoln County Borough Council	7	7	Labour	4
Liverpool County Borough Council	40	41	Labour	28
Manchester County Borough Council	38	40	Labour	26
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	8
Middlesbrough County Borough Council	17	17	Labour	11
Neath Rural District Council	19	29	Labour	27
Newcastle upon Tyne County Borough Council	19	19	Labour	12
Newport County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	9
Northampton County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	7
Norwich County Borough Council	16	19	Labour	15
Nottingham County Borough Council	17	19	Labour	13
Oldham County Borough Council	13	13	Labour	11
Oxford County Borough Council	7	14	Labour	8
Plymouth County Borough Council	20	20	Conservative	11
Portsmouth County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	9
Preston County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	9
Reading County Borough Council	13	39	Labour	25
Rochdale County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	5
Rotherham County Borough Council	11	33	Labour	27
Sale Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	4
Salford County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	13
Sheffield County Borough Council	25	25	Labour	18
Smethwick County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	6
South Shields County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	9
Southampton County Borough Council	18	19	Labour	13
Southend-on-Sea County Borough Council	16	17	Conservative	8
Southport County Borough Council	15	16	Conservative	7
St Helens County Borough Council	10	11	Labour	9
Stockport County Borough Council	18	20	Labour	11
Stoke-on-Trent County Borough Council	24	24	Labour	21
Stretford Borough Council	8	8	Labour	4
Sunderland County Borough Council	18	18	Labour	12
Swansea County Borough Council	15	16	Labour	11
Tynemouth County Borough Council	9	9	Independent	6
Wakefield County Borough Council	11	12	Labour	9
Wallasey County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	8
Walsall County Borough Council	10	11	Labour	5
Warrington County Borough Council	9	9	Labour	7
West Bromwich County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	10
West Ham County Borough Council	16	17	Labour	17
West Hartlepool County Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	5
Wigan County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	12
Wolverhampton County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	10
Worcester County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	7
York County Borough Council	13	13	Conservative	8