Who won the most seats in the Local elections 12 May 1955?

The Labour Party won the most seats in the Local elections 12 May 1955, with 671 of 1,336 seats filled.

When was the Local elections 12 May 1955?

The Local elections 12 May 1955 was held on 12 May 1955.

Local elections 12 May 1955

Local elections 12 May 1955 was held on 12 May 1955. 1,336 seats were filled across 1,222 wards and divisions in 86 councils, from 2,535 candidates. The Labour Party won 671, Conservative Party won 507 and Independent won 45.

Date: 12 May 1955
Seats filled: 1,336
Candidates: 2,535
Councils: 86

Local elections 12 May 1955: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
The Labour Party	1,177	671	1,823,214	47.1%
Conservative Party	910	507	1,583,380	40.9%
Independent	88	45	106,462	2.7%
Prog	43	31	45,028	1.2%
The Liberal Party	111	25	91,210	2.4%
Cit	26	12	39,983	1.0%
R.A	16	10	33,089	0.9%
Citizens League (Sheffield)	21	8	56,609	1.5%
Municipal Action Group (Hull)	17	8	32,823	0.8%
Citizens' Association	14	8	13,374	0.3%
R.R	9	4	13,061	0.3%
Municipal Alliance (London metropolitan boroughs)	7	3	8,471	0.2%
PROT	2	1	4,609	0.1%
Independent Labour Party	7	1	2,033	0.1%
P.P	1	1	1,884	0.0%
N.Lib	1	1	960	0.0%
Communist	75	0	11,782	0.3%
I.Lab	4	0	1,846	0.0%
I.Con	2	0	1,046	0.0%
I.Lib	3	0	796	0.0%
I.RA	1	0	740	0.0%

Local elections 12 May 1955: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Altrincham Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	6
Barnsley County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	8
Barrow County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	6
Bath County Borough Council	14	14	Prog	8
Birkenhead County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	9
Birmingham County Borough Council	38	39	Conservative	22
Blackburn County Borough Council	14	14	Conservative	7
Blackpool County Borough Council	14	15	Conservative	12
Bolton County Borough Council	16	23	Conservative	15
Bootle County Borough Council	7	17	Labour	9
Bournemouth County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	13
Bradford County Borough Council	20	20	Conservative	10
Brighton County Borough Council	19	20	Conservative	15
Bristol County Borough Council	28	29	Labour	19
Burnley County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	7
Burton upon Trent County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	5
Bury County Borough Council	6	11	Conservative	8
Canterbury County Borough Council	3	6	Conservative	4
Cardiff County Borough Council	14	14	Conservative	7
Carlisle County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	6
Chester County Borough Council	7	14	Conservative	7
Coventry County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	8
Croydon County Borough Council	16	18	R.A	9
Darlington County Borough Council	11	11	Independent	6
Derby County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	10
Dewsbury County Borough Council	9	9	Labour	6
Doncaster County Borough Council	12	12	Prog	5
Dudley County Borough Council	11	11	Conservative	7
East Ham County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	9
Eastbourne County Borough Council	9	9	Conservative	5
Exeter County Borough Council	17	17	Conservative	11
Gateshead County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	6
Gloucester County Borough Council	10	10	Conservative	4
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	7
Huddersfield County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	6
Ipswich County Borough Council	14	14	Conservative	8
Kingston upon Hull County Borough Council	21	21	Labour	13
Leeds County Borough Council	28	29	Labour	17
Leicester County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	9
Lincoln County Borough Council	7	7	Independent	3
Liverpool County Borough Council	40	41	Labour	21
Manchester County Borough Council	38	38	Labour	20
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	8
Middlesbrough County Borough Council	17	18	Labour	10
Newcastle upon Tyne County Borough Council	19	19	Labour	9
Newport County Borough Council	10	10	Conservative	6
Northampton County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	7
Norwich County Borough Council	16	17	Labour	10
Nottingham County Borough Council	17	18	Conservative	11
Oldham County Borough Council	13	13	Labour	8
Oxford County Borough Council	7	14	Conservative	10
Plymouth County Borough Council	20	20	Labour	11
Portsmouth County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	13
Preston County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	6
Reading County Borough Council	13	13	Labour	7
Rochdale County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	4
Rotherham County Borough Council	10	11	Labour	10
Sale Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	7
Salford County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	11
Sheffield County Borough Council	25	25	Labour	17
Smethwick County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	5
South Shields County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	8
Southampton County Borough Council	18	19	Conservative	10
Southend-on-Sea County Borough Council	16	22	Conservative	16
Southport County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	12
St Helens County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	8
Stockport County Borough Council	18	18	Labour	11
Stoke-on-Trent County Borough Council	24	72	Labour	57
Stretford Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	6
Sunderland County Borough Council	18	19	Labour	11
Swansea County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	10
Tynemouth County Borough Council	9	9	Independent	5
Wakefield County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	8
Wallasey County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	9
Walsall County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	4
Warrington County Borough Council	9	10	Labour	7
West Bromwich County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	8
West Ham County Borough Council	16	18	Labour	18
West Hartlepool County Borough Council	8	9	Labour	6
Wigan County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	12
Wolverhampton County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	8
Worcester County Borough Council	12	15	Conservative	8
York County Borough Council	13	13	Conservative	7