Who won the most seats in the Local elections 9 May 1963?

The Labour Party won the most seats in the Local elections 9 May 1963, with 804 of 1,302 seats filled.

When was the Local elections 9 May 1963?

The Local elections 9 May 1963 was held on 9 May 1963.

Local elections 9 May 1963

Local elections 9 May 1963 was held on 9 May 1963. 1,302 seats were filled across 1,239 wards and divisions in 86 councils, from 3,160 candidates. The Labour Party won 804, Conservative Party won 338 and The Liberal Party won 87.

Date: 9 May 1963
Seats filled: 1,302
Candidates: 3,160
Councils: 86

Local elections 9 May 1963: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
The Labour Party	1,200	804	1,682,607	45.5%
Conservative Party	950	338	1,215,205	32.9%
The Liberal Party	579	87	560,638	15.2%
R.A	50	20	50,968	1.4%
Independent	81	19	60,976	1.7%
Cit	28	13	43,177	1.2%
Prog	16	10	14,400	0.4%
R.R	12	4	12,758	0.3%
Municipal Alliance (London metropolitan boroughs)	10	4	8,374	0.2%
I.Con	4	3	1,987	0.1%
Communist	177	0	23,487	0.6%
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	8	0	6,903	0.2%
PROT	2	0	2,621	0.1%
Union Movement	16	0	2,235	0.1%
I.Lib	4	0	1,809	0.0%
BCA	2	0	1,335	0.0%
I. Lib	1	0	1,154	0.0%
REF	2	0	1,139	0.0%
CDM	4	0	887	0.0%
UM	4	0	532	0.0%
I.Lab	3	0	481	0.0%
Citizens' Association	1	0	430	0.0%
P. Ind	1	0	411	0.0%
Anti-Dear Labour	3	0	289	0.0%
NPE	1	0	90	0.0%
CCND	1	0	48	0.0%

Local elections 9 May 1963: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Altrincham Borough Council	8	8	The Liberal Party	3
Barnsley County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	6
Barrow County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	7
Bath County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	7
Birkenhead County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	11
Birmingham County Borough Council	39	41	Labour	29
Blackburn County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	10
Blackpool County Borough Council	17	17	Conservative	9
Bolton County Borough Council	16	23	Labour	15
Bootle County Borough Council	7	14	Labour	11
Bournemouth County Borough Council	16	17	Conservative	8
Bradford County Borough Council	20	20	Labour	13
Brighton County Borough Council	19	20	Conservative	11
Bristol County Borough Council	28	28	Labour	18
Burnley County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	9
Burton upon Trent County Borough Council	8	9	Labour	6
Bury County Borough Council	6	12	Conservative	5
Canterbury County Borough Council	3	6	Conservative	5
Cardiff County Borough Council	17	17	Labour	11
Carlisle County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	6
Chester County Borough Council	7	17	Labour	11
Coventry County Borough Council	16	17	Labour	11
Croydon County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	9
Darlington County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	6
Derby County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	12
Dewsbury County Borough Council	9	10	Labour	6
Doncaster County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	10
Dudley County Borough Council	11	11	Conservative	6
East Ham County Borough Council	10	11	Labour	7
Eastbourne County Borough Council	10	11	Conservative	4
Exeter County Borough Council	17	17	The Liberal Party	7
Gateshead County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	8
Gloucester County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	6
Great Yarmouth County Borough Council	12	13	Labour	9
Grimsby County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	8
Halifax County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	7
Hastings County Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	3
Huddersfield County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	7
Ipswich County Borough Council	14	15	Labour	7
Kingston upon Hull County Borough Council	21	22	Labour	16
Leeds County Borough Council	28	28	Labour	19
Leicester County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	12
Lincoln County Borough Council	7	7	Labour	5
Liverpool County Borough Council	40	41	Labour	30
Manchester County Borough Council	38	38	Labour	26
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	8
Middlesbrough County Borough Council	17	17	Labour	14
Newcastle upon Tyne County Borough Council	20	20	Labour	12
Newport County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	7
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	14	Labour	10
Oxford County Borough Council	7	14	Labour	7
Plymouth County Borough Council	20	20	Labour	14
Portsmouth County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	11
Preston County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	10
Reading County Borough Council	13	13	Labour	9
Rochdale County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	9
Rotherham County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	10
Sale Borough Council	8	8	The Liberal Party	5
Salford County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	11
Sheffield County Borough Council	25	27	Labour	21
Smethwick County Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	6
South Shields County Borough Council	15	16	Labour	9
Southampton County Borough Council	18	18	Labour	13
Southend-on-Sea County Borough Council	16	19	Labour	8
Southport County Borough Council	15	15	The Liberal Party	8
St Helens County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	8
Stockport County Borough Council	18	18	Labour	14
Stoke-on-Trent County Borough Council	24	24	Labour	19
Stretford Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	4
Sunderland County Borough Council	18	18	Labour	11
Swansea County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	8
Tynemouth County Borough Council	9	9	Independent	6
Wakefield County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	6
Wallasey County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	7
Walsall County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	7
Warrington County Borough Council	9	9	Labour	6
West Bromwich County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	9
West Ham County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	15
West Hartlepool County Borough Council	9	10	Labour	8
Wigan County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	13
Wolverhampton County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	10
Worcester County Borough Council	12	14	Conservative	6
York County Borough Council	13	13	Conservative	7