Who won the most seats in the Local elections 11 May 1961?

The Labour Party won the most seats in the Local elections 11 May 1961, with 686 of 1,342 seats filled.

When was the Local elections 11 May 1961?

The Local elections 11 May 1961 was held on 11 May 1961.

Local elections 11 May 1961

Local elections 11 May 1961 was held on 11 May 1961. 1,342 seats were filled across 1,256 wards and divisions in 87 councils, from 2,857 candidates. The Labour Party won 686, Conservative Party won 473 and The Liberal Party won 76.

Date: 11 May 1961
Seats filled: 1,342
Candidates: 2,857
Councils: 87

Local elections 11 May 1961: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
The Labour Party	1,150	686	1,611,394	43.9%
Conservative Party	988	473	1,406,271	38.3%
The Liberal Party	331	76	337,419	9.2%
Independent	73	35	72,363	2.0%
R.A	40	17	41,691	1.1%
Cit	30	14	39,113	1.1%
Prog	22	12	17,344	0.5%
Citizens League (Sheffield)	25	7	48,566	1.3%
Municipal Action Group (Hull)	12	6	20,437	0.6%
R.R	12	5	17,015	0.5%
Municipal Alliance (London metropolitan boroughs)	9	4	9,394	0.3%
PROT	2	2	3,572	0.1%
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	7	1	6,177	0.2%
I.Con	3	1	3,023	0.1%
I.Lab	4	1	1,526	0.0%
P.P	1	1	876	0.0%
Independent Labour Party	1	1	528	0.0%
Communist	120	0	21,069	0.6%
REF	8	0	6,744	0.2%
Vig	1	0	1,796	0.0%
H.D	1	0	1,694	0.0%
R.Act	2	0	1,156	0.0%
P.S	4	0	738	0.0%
Independent Labour	2	0	642	0.0%
I.Lib	1	0	629	0.0%
I.RA	1	0	509	0.0%
Union Movement	3	0	454	0.0%
M.R	1	0	392	0.0%
Dormanstown Labour	1	0	235	0.0%
British National Party (1960-1967)	1	0	182	0.0%
I.Coop	1	0	53	0.0%

Local elections 11 May 1961: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Altrincham Borough Council	8	8	Labour	3
Barnsley County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	9
Barrow County Borough Council	8	9	Labour	6
Bath County Borough Council	14	15	Labour	5
Birkenhead County Borough Council	16	17	Labour	10
Birmingham County Borough Council	38	38	Labour	22
Blackburn County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	9
Blackpool County Borough Council	17	23	Conservative	15
Bolton County Borough Council	16	23	Labour	11
Bootle County Borough Council	7	15	Conservative	8
Bournemouth County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	9
Bradford County Borough Council	20	20	Labour	10
Brighton County Borough Council	19	19	Conservative	12
Bristol County Borough Council	28	28	Labour	15
Burnley County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	6
Burton upon Trent County Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	4
Bury County Borough Council	6	11	Conservative	7
Canterbury County Borough Council	3	7	Conservative	7
Cardiff County Borough Council	17	24	Labour	14
Carlisle County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	7
Chester County Borough Council	7	14	Conservative	7
Coventry County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	10
Croydon County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	7
Darlington County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	6
Derby County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	10
Dewsbury County Borough Council	9	9	Labour	5
Doncaster County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	7
Dudley County Borough Council	11	11	Conservative	6
East Ham County Borough Council	10	11	Labour	7
Eastbourne County Borough Council	10	10	Conservative	5
Exeter County Borough Council	17	18	Conservative	10
Gateshead County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	7
Gloucester County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	5
Great Yarmouth County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	6
Grimsby County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	8
Halifax County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	7
Hastings County Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	5
Huddersfield County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	7
Ipswich County Borough Council	14	14	Conservative	8
Kingston upon Hull County Borough Council	21	23	Labour	13
Leeds County Borough Council	28	29	Labour	18
Leicester County Borough Council	16	18	Conservative	11
Lincoln County Borough Council	7	7	Labour	3
Liverpool County Borough Council	40	42	Conservative	22
Manchester County Borough Council	38	38	Labour	22
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	7
Middlesbrough County Borough Council	17	17	Labour	9
Neath Rural District Council	19	29	Labour	24
Newcastle upon Tyne County Borough Council	20	20	Conservative	10
Newport County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	6
Northampton County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	7
Norwich County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	12
Nottingham County Borough Council	17	18	Labour	9
Oldham County Borough Council	13	13	Labour	10
Oxford County Borough Council	7	16	Conservative	10
Plymouth County Borough Council	20	21	Conservative	12
Portsmouth County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	9
Preston County Borough Council	12	13	Labour	7
Reading County Borough Council	13	13	Conservative	7
Rochdale County Borough Council	12	13	Labour	5
Rotherham County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	9
Sale Borough Council	8	9	The Liberal Party	4
Salford County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	10
Sheffield County Borough Council	25	26	Labour	19
Smethwick County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	4
South Shields County Borough Council	15	16	Labour	9
Southampton County Borough Council	18	18	Labour	10
Southend-on-Sea County Borough Council	16	17	Conservative	10
Southport County Borough Council	15	15	The Liberal Party	8
St Helens County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	7
Stockport County Borough Council	18	18	Labour	10
Stoke-on-Trent County Borough Council	24	24	Labour	16
Stretford Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	4
Sunderland County Borough Council	18	18	Labour	11
Swansea County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	10
Tynemouth County Borough Council	9	9	Independent	6
Wakefield County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	6
Wallasey County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	6
Walsall County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	6
Warrington County Borough Council	9	9	Labour	7
West Bromwich County Borough Council	11	11	Conservative	7
West Ham County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	14
West Hartlepool County Borough Council	9	11	Conservative	6
Wigan County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	12
Wolverhampton County Borough Council	15	16	Conservative	9
Worcester County Borough Council	12	12	R.A	5
York County Borough Council	13	13	Labour	7