Who won the most seats in the Local elections 9 May 1957?

The Labour Party won the most seats in the Local elections 9 May 1957, with 761 of 1,289 seats filled.

When was the Local elections 9 May 1957?

The Local elections 9 May 1957 was held on 9 May 1957.

Local elections 9 May 1957

Local elections 9 May 1957 was held on 9 May 1957. 1,289 seats were filled across 1,226 wards and divisions in 86 councils, from 2,433 candidates. The Labour Party won 761, Conservative Party won 377 and The Liberal Party won 40.

Date: 9 May 1957
Seats filled: 1,289
Candidates: 2,433
Councils: 86

Local elections 9 May 1957: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
The Labour Party	1,132	761	1,651,643	50.2%
Conservative Party	861	377	1,209,843	36.8%
The Liberal Party	169	40	143,737	4.4%
Independent	55	35	53,155	1.6%
Prog	40	25	44,309	1.3%
Cit	19	13	32,519	1.0%
R.R	15	8	18,166	0.6%
Citizens League (Sheffield)	19	7	44,578	1.4%
Municipal Action Group (Hull)	19	7	26,435	0.8%
R.A	23	6	31,555	1.0%
Municipal Alliance (London metropolitan boroughs)	8	3	8,914	0.3%
Citizens' Association	8	3	6,842	0.2%
I.Con	5	2	3,524	0.1%
R.A.	1	1	4,948	0.2%
N.Lib	1	1	0	—
Communist	39	0	4,739	0.1%
I.Lab	6	0	1,557	0.0%
OOA	1	0	1,311	0.0%
Anti-Dear Labour	7	0	1,164	0.0%
T.A	1	0	957	0.0%
I.RA	1	0	478	0.0%
TEN	1	0	345	0.0%
P.Lg	1	0	335	0.0%
Peop	1	0	283	0.0%

Local elections 9 May 1957: 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	8	Labour	6
Bath County Borough Council	14	14	Prog	7
Birkenhead County Borough Council	16	18	Labour	11
Birmingham County Borough Council	38	38	Labour	21
Blackburn County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	9
Blackpool County Borough Council	14	14	The Liberal Party	7
Bolton County Borough Council	16	23	Labour	12
Bootle County Borough Council	7	14	Labour	12
Bournemouth County Borough Council	15	16	Conservative	13
Bradford County Borough Council	20	20	Labour	10
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	4
Bury County Borough Council	6	12	Conservative	7
Canterbury County Borough Council	3	6	Conservative	5
Cardiff County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	8
Carlisle County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	6
Chester County Borough Council	7	14	Conservative	7
Coventry County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	10
Croydon County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	8
Darlington County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	7
Derby County Borough Council	16	17	Labour	12
Dewsbury County Borough Council	9	9	Labour	6
Doncaster County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	8
Dudley County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	7
East Ham County Borough Council	10	11	Labour	11
Eastbourne County Borough Council	9	10	Conservative	6
Exeter County Borough Council	17	18	Conservative	14
Gateshead County Borough Council	12	16	Labour	8
Gloucester County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	8
Great Yarmouth County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	6
Grimsby County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	9
Halifax County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	6
Hastings County Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	5
Huddersfield County Borough Council	15	15	The Liberal Party	7
Ipswich County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	7
Kingston upon Hull County Borough Council	21	21	Labour	14
Leeds County Borough Council	28	31	Labour	21
Leicester County Borough Council	16	17	Conservative	10
Lincoln County Borough Council	7	8	Labour	4
Liverpool County Borough Council	40	41	Labour	25
Manchester County Borough Council	38	38	Labour	24
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	8
Middlesbrough County Borough Council	17	17	Labour	13
Newcastle upon Tyne County Borough Council	19	20	Prog	10
Newport County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	8
Northampton County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	7
Norwich County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	13
Nottingham County Borough Council	17	17	Labour	11
Oldham County Borough Council	13	13	Labour	10
Oxford County Borough Council	7	14	Conservative	7
Plymouth County Borough Council	20	21	Labour	11
Portsmouth County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	8
Preston County Borough Council	12	13	Labour	11
Reading County Borough Council	13	13	Labour	8
Rochdale County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	5
Rotherham County Borough Council	10	12	Labour	10
Sale Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	4
Salford County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	14
Sheffield County Borough Council	25	25	Labour	18
Smethwick County Borough Council	8	9	Labour	8
South Shields County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	9
Southampton County Borough Council	18	18	Labour	12
Southend-on-Sea County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	8
Southport County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	11
St Helens County Borough Council	10	11	Labour	9
Stockport County Borough Council	18	18	Labour	11
Stoke-on-Trent County Borough Council	24	24	Labour	22
Stretford Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	4
Sunderland County Borough Council	18	18	Labour	12
Swansea County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	10
Tynemouth County Borough Council	9	9	Independent	6
Wakefield County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	9
Wallasey County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	7
Walsall County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	5
Warrington County Borough Council	9	9	Labour	7
West Bromwich County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	8
West Ham County Borough Council	16	17	Labour	17
West Hartlepool County Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	4
Wigan County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	12
Wolverhampton County Borough Council	15	16	Labour	10
Worcester County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	5
York County Borough Council	13	13	Labour	8