Who won the most seats in the Local elections 12 May 1960?

Conservative Party won the most seats in the Local elections 12 May 1960, with 565 of 1,294 seats filled.

When was the Local elections 12 May 1960?

The Local elections 12 May 1960 was held on 12 May 1960.

Local elections 12 May 1960

Local elections 12 May 1960 was held on 12 May 1960. 1,294 seats were filled across 1,230 wards and divisions in 86 councils, from 2,693 candidates. Conservative Party won 565, The Labour Party won 553 and The Liberal Party won 54.

Date: 12 May 1960
Seats filled: 1,294
Candidates: 2,693
Councils: 86

Local elections 12 May 1960: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
Conservative Party	952	565	1,329,197	42.3%
The Labour Party	1,134	553	1,280,884	40.7%
The Liberal Party	267	54	226,841	7.2%
Independent	72	33	58,125	1.8%
Cit	29	19	65,941	2.1%
R.A	37	17	44,794	1.4%
Prog	28	15	23,687	0.8%
Citizens League (Sheffield)	21	11	45,239	1.4%
Municipal Action Group (Hull)	10	6	16,601	0.5%
R.R	12	6	12,893	0.4%
Municipal Alliance (London metropolitan boroughs)	9	5	9,640	0.3%
REF	9	4	5,269	0.2%
PROT	2	2	3,159	0.1%
H.D	1	1	2,197	0.1%
I.RA	1	1	1,844	0.1%
I.Con	1	1	1,641	0.1%
N.Lib	1	1	756	0.0%
Communist	92	0	11,981	0.4%
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	5	0	3,090	0.1%
NCS	1	0	496	0.0%
I.CL	1	0	403	0.0%
Vig	2	0	349	0.0%
L.R	1	0	289	0.0%
Union Movement	2	0	194	0.0%
I.Lab	2	0	158	0.0%
Anti-Dear Labour	1	0	126	0.0%

Local elections 12 May 1960: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Altrincham Borough Council	8	9	Conservative	6
Barnsley County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	9
Barrow County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	6
Bath County Borough Council	14	14	Prog	5
Birkenhead County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	7
Birmingham County Borough Council	38	39	Conservative	25
Blackburn County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	9
Blackpool County Borough Council	14	14	Conservative	8
Bolton County Borough Council	16	23	Conservative	12
Bootle County Borough Council	7	14	Labour	8
Bournemouth County Borough Council	15	16	Conservative	13
Bradford County Borough Council	20	20	Conservative	12
Brighton County Borough Council	19	20	Conservative	12
Bristol County Borough Council	28	28	Cit	18
Burnley County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	8
Burton upon Trent County Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	5
Bury County Borough Council	6	11	Conservative	6
Canterbury County Borough Council	3	6	Conservative	5
Cardiff County Borough Council	14	14	Conservative	7
Carlisle County Borough Council	10	11	Conservative	6
Chester County Borough Council	7	14	Conservative	7
Coventry County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	9
Croydon County Borough Council	16	18	Labour	5
Darlington County Borough Council	11	11	Conservative	5
Derby County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	9
Dewsbury County Borough Council	9	9	Municipal Alliance	5
Doncaster County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	5
Dudley County Borough Council	11	11	Conservative	6
East Ham County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	7
Eastbourne County Borough Council	10	10	Conservative	7
Exeter County Borough Council	17	17	Conservative	11
Gateshead County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	6
Gloucester County Borough Council	10	11	Labour	6
Great Yarmouth County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	7
Grimsby County Borough Council	14	15	Conservative	10
Halifax County Borough Council	15	16	Conservative	6
Hastings County Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	5
Huddersfield County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	6
Ipswich County Borough Council	14	15	Conservative	7
Kingston upon Hull County Borough Council	21	22	Labour	13
Leeds County Borough Council	28	28	Conservative	15
Leicester County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	11
Lincoln County Borough Council	7	7	Conservative	3
Liverpool County Borough Council	40	40	Conservative	24
Manchester County Borough Council	38	39	Conservative	21
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	8
Middlesbrough County Borough Council	17	17	Labour	10
Newcastle upon Tyne County Borough Council	20	20	Conservative	10
Newport County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	7
Northampton County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	7
Norwich County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	9
Nottingham County Borough Council	17	17	Conservative	14
Oldham County Borough Council	13	13	Conservative	6
Oxford County Borough Council	7	15	Conservative	13
Plymouth County Borough Council	20	20	Conservative	15
Portsmouth County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	10
Preston County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	6
Reading County Borough Council	13	14	Conservative	10
Rochdale County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	7
Rotherham County Borough Council	11	13	Labour	7
Sale Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	5
Salford County Borough Council	16	17	Labour	11
Sheffield County Borough Council	25	26	Labour	14
Smethwick County Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	5
South Shields County Borough Council	15	17	Labour	11
Southampton County Borough Council	18	19	Conservative	12
Southend-on-Sea County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	10
Southport County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	10
St Helens County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	6
Stockport County Borough Council	18	19	Conservative	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	8
Tynemouth County Borough Council	9	9	Independent	7
Wakefield County Borough Council	11	12	Conservative	7
Wallasey County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	10
Walsall County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	6
Warrington County Borough Council	9	9	Labour	6
West Bromwich County Borough Council	11	11	Conservative	6
West Ham County Borough Council	16	18	Labour	15
West Hartlepool County Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	6
Wigan County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	12
Wolverhampton County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	9
Worcester County Borough Council	12	14	Labour	5
York County Borough Council	13	13	Conservative	7