Who won the most seats in the Local elections 12 May 1966?

The Labour Party won the most seats in the Local elections 12 May 1966, with 792 of 1,518 seats filled.

When was the Local elections 12 May 1966?

The Local elections 12 May 1966 was held on 12 May 1966.

Local elections 12 May 1966

Local elections 12 May 1966 was held on 12 May 1966. 1,518 seats were filled across 1,244 wards and divisions in 85 councils, from 3,365 candidates. The Labour Party won 792, Conservative Party won 607 and The Liberal Party won 47.

Date: 12 May 1966
Seats filled: 1,518
Candidates: 3,365
Councils: 85

Local elections 12 May 1966: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
The Labour Party	1,398	792	1,629,311	43.7%
Conservative Party	1,194	607	1,608,745	43.2%
The Liberal Party	351	47	254,336	6.8%
Independent	94	25	77,234	2.1%
Cit	30	14	55,992	1.5%
I.RA	11	10	8,526	0.2%
Prog	16	7	10,889	0.3%
R.A	16	4	10,598	0.3%
Non-Resident Association	12	3	8,614	0.2%
R.R	16	2	12,556	0.3%
Municipal Alliance (London metropolitan boroughs)	5	2	4,908	0.1%
PROT	2	2	1,832	0.0%
Lab(L)	1	1	3,669	0.1%
C(Lab)	1	1	3,339	0.1%
I.Con	3	1	2,291	0.1%
Communist	183	0	22,316	0.6%
I.Lab	9	0	3,375	0.1%
ECTA	7	0	2,387	0.1%
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	3	0	1,261	0.0%
I. Soc	1	0	877	0.0%
N.P	3	0	523	0.0%
British National Party (1960-1967)	2	0	366	0.0%
T.A	1	0	306	0.0%
T.Lab	1	0	269	0.0%
RES	1	0	212	0.0%
R.F	1	0	204	0.0%
Union Movement	1	0	158	0.0%
BPP	1	0	105	0.0%
BNDP	1	0	29	0.0%

Local elections 12 May 1966: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Altrincham Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	4
Barnsley County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	7
Barrow County Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	5
Bath County Borough Council	14	15	Conservative	6
Birkenhead County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	9
Birmingham County Borough Council	39	39	Labour	19
Blackburn County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	9
Blackpool County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	11
Bolton County Borough Council	16	24	Labour	13
Bootle County Borough Council	7	14	Conservative	7
Bournemouth County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	13
Bradford County Borough Council	20	20	Labour	12
Brighton County Borough Council	19	21	Conservative	12
Bristol County Borough Council	28	28	Labour	16
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	6	Conservative	5
Cardiff County Borough Council	17	17	Labour	9
Carlisle County Borough Council	10	10	Conservative	6
Chester County Borough Council	7	14	Conservative	7
Coventry County Borough Council	18	20	Labour	11
Darlington County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	6
Derby County Borough Council	16	17	Labour	12
Dewsbury County Borough Council	9	10	Labour	7
Doncaster County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	8
Dudley County Borough Council	15	45	Labour	26
Eastbourne County Borough Council	10	10	The Liberal Party	4
Exeter County Borough Council	17	51	Conservative	27
Gateshead County Borough Council	12	13	Labour	11
Gloucester County Borough Council	10	10	Conservative	4
Great Yarmouth County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	7
Grimsby County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	9
Halifax County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	7
Hastings County Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	5
Huddersfield County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	7
Ipswich County Borough Council	14	14	Conservative	7
Kingston upon Hull County Borough Council	21	23	Labour	15
Leeds County Borough Council	28	28	Labour	16
Leicester County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	9
Lincoln County Borough Council	7	7	Conservative	4
Liverpool County Borough Council	40	40	Conservative	20
Luton County Borough Council	12	13	Labour	7
Manchester County Borough Council	38	38	Labour	21
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council	8	9	Labour	8
Middlesbrough County Borough Council	17	18	Labour	14
Newcastle upon Tyne County Borough Council	20	21	Labour	12
Newport County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	6
Northampton County Borough Council	12	13	Conservative	8
Norwich County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	11
Nottingham County Borough Council	17	17	Conservative	9
Oldham County Borough Council	13	15	Labour	9
Oxford County Borough Council	7	14	Conservative	8
Plymouth County Borough Council	20	22	Conservative	13
Portsmouth County Borough Council	16	17	Conservative	10
Preston County Borough Council	12	13	Conservative	8
Reading County Borough Council	13	16	Labour	8
Rochdale County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	8
Rotherham County Borough Council	11	12	Labour	11
Sale Borough Council	8	9	Conservative	6
Salford County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	10
Sheffield County Borough Council	25	30	Labour	22
Solihull County Borough Council	10	11	I.RA	6
South Shields County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	9
Southampton County Borough Council	18	19	Labour	11
Southend-on-Sea County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	8
Southport County Borough Council	15	18	Conservative	14
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	20
Stretford Borough Council	8	8	Labour	5
Sunderland County Borough Council	18	24	Labour	13
Swansea County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	9
Tynemouth County Borough Council	9	9	Independent	5
Wakefield County Borough Council	11	12	Labour	7
Wallasey County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	8
Walsall County Borough Council	15	45	Labour	23
Warley County Borough Council	15	45	Labour	28
Warrington County Borough Council	9	9	Labour	5
West Bromwich County Borough Council	15	45	Labour	26
West Hartlepool County Borough Council	9	9	Labour	6
Wigan County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	12
Wolverhampton County Borough Council	20	60	Labour	30
Worcester County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	7
York County Borough Council	13	13	Labour	7