Who won the most seats in the Local Elections 1954?

The Labour Party won the most seats in the Local Elections 1954, with 1,198 of 2,586 seats filled.

When was the Local Elections 1954?

The Local Elections 1954 was held on 13 May 1954.

Local Elections 1954

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Local Elections 1954 was held on 13 May 1954. 2,586 seats were filled across 2,104 wards and divisions in 270 councils, from 4,754 candidates. The Labour Party won 1,198, Conservative Party won 815 and Independent won 352.

Date: 13 May 1954
Seats filled: 2,586
Candidates: 4,754
Councils: 270

Local Elections 1954: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
The Labour Party	2,082	1,198	2,841,151	47.9%
Conservative Party	1,563	815	2,241,168	37.8%
Independent	542	352	372,562	6.3%
The Liberal Party	143	47	120,504	2.0%
Unknown / not stated	50	44	6,052	0.1%
Prog	32	21	42,316	0.7%
R.A	37	15	53,148	0.9%
Cit	31	13	46,913	0.8%
LIB	34	12	25,206	0.4%
R.R	24	12	23,887	0.4%
LibCon	16	9	21,760	0.4%
Citizens League (Sheffield)	21	7	40,371	0.7%
Municipal Action Group (Hull)	17	7	30,092	0.5%
Mun	10	7	10,729	0.2%
Citizens' Association	13	6	11,437	0.2%
ConLib	7	4	4,359	0.1%
IndCon	5	4	3,433	0.1%
Mod	4	4	0	—
CNL	4	2	1,619	0.0%
Communist	76	1	11,991	0.2%
RR	7	1	4,542	0.1%
RA	5	1	2,596	0.0%
N.Lib	1	1	1,044	0.0%
IndLab	1	1	567	0.0%
RPL	1	1	484	0.0%
Res.A	1	1	0	—
I.Con	3	0	2,639	0.0%
COMM	15	0	2,359	0.0%
PROT	1	0	2,302	0.0%
HRA	1	0	985	0.0%
ILP	1	0	516	0.0%
F.F	2	0	461	0.0%
I.Lab	1	0	371	0.0%
Ind Con	1	0	293	0.0%
Ins	1	0	283	0.0%
Br.P	1	0	15	0.0%

Local Elections 1954: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Abergavenny Borough Council	3	4	Labour	2
Aberystwyth Borough Council	3	6	Independent	5
Acton Borough Council	9	10	Labour	6
Aldeburgh	1	4	Independent	4
Altrincham Borough Council	8	8	Unknown	3
Ashton under Lyne Borough Council	1	2	Conservative	2
Ashton-under-Lyne	5	9	Labour	8
Banbury	1	7	Conservative	5
Bangor Borough Council	4	7	Independent	5
Barnes Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	6
Barnsley County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	9
Barrow County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	6
Basingstoke Borough Council	1	4	Conservative	2
Bath County Borough Council	14	14	Prog	9
Batley Borough Council	5	10	Labour	7
Bebington Borough Council	9	9	Conservative	7
Beccles	1	7	Conservative	7
Bedford	7	7	Conservative	4
Berwick-upon-Tweed	6	6	Independent	4
Bewdley	3	3	Independent	2
Bilston Borough Council	5	5	Labour	3
Birkenhead County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	10
Birmingham County Borough Council	38	40	Labour	24
Bishop's Castle Borough Council	1	4	Independent	4
Blackburn County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	9
Blackpool County Borough Council	14	14	Conservative	6
Blyth Borough Council	6	12	Labour	7
Bolton County Borough Council	16	23	Conservative	13
Bootle County Borough Council	7	15	Labour	9
Boston	4	7	Conservative	4
Bournemouth County Borough Council	15	16	Conservative	14
Brackley Borough Council	1	4	Independent	2
Bradford County Borough Council	20	21	Labour	10
Brentford & Chiswick Borough Council	9	9	Labour	5
Bridgnorth Borough Council	4	6	Unknown	6
Bridgwater	3	7	Independent	7
Bridlington Borough Council	6	6	Independent	6
Brighouse Borough Council	7	7	Conservative	3
Brighton County Borough Council	19	19	Conservative	12
Bristol County Borough Council	28	30	Labour	19
Buckingham Borough Council	1	4	Independent	4
Burnley County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	6
Burton upon Trent County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	4
Bury County Borough Council	6	12	Conservative	8
Bury St Edmunds Borough Council	5	5	Independent	4
Buxton Borough Council	6	6	Labour	3
Caernarvon Borough Council	4	6	Independent	4
Calne Borough Council	2	4	Independent	2
Cambridge	12	12	Conservative	6
Cambridge Borough Council	1	1	IndCon	1
Canterbury County Borough Council	3	8	Conservative	6
Cardiff County Borough Council	14	15	Conservative	7
Carlisle County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	5
Chard Borough Council	1	4	Labour	2
Cheltenham	6	7	Conservative	5
Cheltenham Borough Council	2	2	Labour	1
Chester County Borough Council	7	20	Conservative	11
Chesterfield	9	9	Labour	5
Chesterfield Borough Council	1	1	Conservative	1
Chippenham Borough Council	3	6	Independent	3
Chorley	4	8	Conservative	4
Cleethorpes	6	6	Conservative	3
Clitheroe Borough Council	1	4	Conservative	4
Colchester	5	5	Labour	3
Colchester Borough Council	2	2	Labour	2
Colne Borough Council	6	6	Labour	5
Colwyn Bay Borough Council	6	6	Independent	3
Conway Borough Council	5	4	Independent	3
Coventry County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	10
Crewe Borough Council	4	8	Labour	7
Crosby Borough Council	11	10	Conservative	8
Croydon County Borough Council	16	16	R.A	9
Darlington County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	6
Daventry	2	6	Independent	3
Denbigh Borough Council	1	4	Independent	3
Derby County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	10
Derbyshire	2	2	Independent	1
Devizes Borough Council	2	6	Independent	6
Dewsbury County Borough Council	9	10	Labour	7
Doncaster County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	9
Droitwich Borough Council	1	5	Independent	4
Dudley County Borough Council	11	11	Conservative	7
Dukinfield Borough Council	3	6	Labour	4
Dunstable Borough Council	4	5	LibCon	3
Durham	7	7	Independent	5
East Ham County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	10
East Retford Borough Council	3	6	Independent	4
Eastbourne County Borough Council	9	9	Conservative	6
Eccles	8	8	Labour	7
Edmonton	4	8	Labour	6
Evesham Borough Council	5	5	Independent	5
Exeter County Borough Council	17	17	Conservative	12
Farnworth	4	5	Labour	3
Farnworth Borough Council	2	2	Conservative	1
Finchley Borough Council	7	7	Conservative	6
Gateshead County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	6
Glastonbury Borough Council	1	5	Labour	3
Gloucester County Borough Council	10	11	Labour	5
Goole Borough Council	6	7	Labour	4
Gosport	8	8	Conservative	4
Gosport Borough Council	2	2	Unknown	2
Grantham Borough Council	6	6	Labour	5
Great Yarmouth County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	7
Grimsby County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	8
Guildford	7	7	Independent	5
Halesowen Borough Council	5	5	Labour	2
Halifax County Borough Council	15	16	Labour	6
Harrogate	8	8	Conservative	8
Harrogate Borough Council	1	1	Conservative	1
Harrow	15	45	Conservative	32
Hartlepool	6	7	Labour	5
Hastings County Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	6
Hendon Borough Council	9	9	Conservative	7
Hereford	5	5	Labour	3
Hereford Borough Council	1	1	Conservative	1
Heywood Borough Council	9	9	Labour	3
Hove	7	7	Conservative	6
Hove Borough Council	1	1	Conservative	1
Huddersfield County Borough Council	15	15	The Liberal Party	8
Hyde Borough Council	3	6	Labour	4
Ilford Borough Council	12	14	Conservative	9
Ipswich County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	7
Jarrow Borough Council	7	8	Labour	6
Keighley	8	8	Conservative	3
Keighley Borough Council	3	3	Conservative	2
Kettering	5	6	Conservative	4
Kettering Borough Council	5	5	Unknown	4
Kidderminster Borough Council	7	7	Conservative	5
Kingston upon Hull County Borough Council	21	21	Labour	14
Lancashire	1	1	Labour	1
Lancaster	7	7	Conservative	4
Leamington Spa Borough Council	3	6	Conservative	4
Leeds County Borough Council	28	28	Labour	17
Leicester County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	11
Leominster	1	3	Conservative	2
Leominster Borough Council	1	1	Unknown	1
Lewes	2	4	Labour	2
Lewes Borough Council	1	2	Independent	1
Lichfield	2	6	Independent	6
Lincoln County Borough Council	7	7	Independent	3
Liverpool County Borough Council	40	40	Labour	25
Llanfyllin Borough Council	1	4	Independent	4
Llanidloes Borough Council	1	4	Independent	2
Louth Borough Council	2	7	Independent	7
Lowestoft Borough Council	10	11	Conservative	4
Luton	8	8	Labour	4
Luton Borough Council	2	2	Labour	1
Manchester County Borough Council	38	43	Labour	28
Mansfield	3	5	Conservative	2
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	8
Middlesbrough County Borough Council	17	17	Labour	11
Middleton Borough Council	6	6	The Liberal Party	2
Monmouth	1	4	Independent	2
MONTGOMERY	1	2	Independent	2
Montgomery Borough Council	1	2	Independent	2
Morecambe & Heysham Borough Council	9	9	Unknown	6
Morley Borough Council	8	15	Labour	9
Morpeth Borough Council	1	4	R.R	2
Mossley Borough Council	3	6	The Liberal Party	3
Nelson	7	8	Labour	7
Nelson Borough Council	1	1	Labour	1
NEWARK	3	6	Conservative	3
Newcastle upon Tyne County Borough Council	19	19	Labour	9
Newcastle-under-Lyme	11	12	Labour	7
Newport County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	6
Northampton County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	6
Norwich County Borough Council	16	17	Labour	10
Nottingham County Borough Council	17	18	Conservative	9
Nottinghamshire	1	2	Labour	2
Nuneaton Borough Council	6	7	Labour	5
Oldbury Borough Council	7	7	Labour	5
Oldham County Borough Council	13	15	Labour	10
Ossett Borough Council	4	4	Independent	2
Oswestry	1	1	Independent	1
Oswestry Borough Council	1	1	Independent	1
Oxford County Borough Council	7	15	Conservative	9
Plymouth County Borough Council	20	21	Labour	12
Pontefract Borough Council	6	8	Labour	6
Poole	11	11	Conservative	7
Portsmouth County Borough Council	16	18	Conservative	13
Preston County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	10
Prestwich Borough Council	6	6	Conservative	4
Pudsey	7	8	Conservative	4
Radcliffe Borough Council	5	10	Mun	7
Rawtenstall Borough Council	6	6	Labour	4
Reading County Borough Council	13	14	Labour	8
Redcar Borough Council	6	7	Independent	4
Ripon Borough Council	2	4	Conservative	4
Rochdale County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	5
Rotherham County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	9
Rowley Regis Borough Council	4	6	Labour	5
Rugby	6	6	Labour	3
Rugby Borough Council	1	1	Labour	1
Ruthin Borough Council	1	4	Independent	4
Sale Borough Council	8	7	Conservative	3
Salford County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	12
Salisbury	2	2	Conservative	1
Saltash Borough Council	1	4	Independent	3
Scarborough	6	6	Conservative	5
Scunthorpe	7	7	Labour	6
Scunthorpe Borough Council	1	1	Labour	1
Sheffield County Borough Council	25	26	Labour	19
Shrewsbury	11	11	Conservative	6
Smethwick County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	7
Solihull	10	30	Independent	27
South Shields County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	9
Southampton County Borough Council	18	54	Labour	32
Southend-on-Sea County Borough Council	13	14	Conservative	10
Southport County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	13
Southwold Borough Council	1	5	Unknown	5
St Helens County Borough Council	10	13	Labour	11
Stafford	6	11	Labour	8
Staffordshire	1	1	Labour	1
Stalybridge Borough Council	4	8	Labour	5
Stamford Borough Council	3	7	Conservative	5
Stockport County Borough Council	18	18	Labour	12
Stockton on Tees Borough Council	4	4	Labour	3
Stockton-on-Tees	8	8	Conservative	4
Stoke-on-Trent County Borough Council	28	28	Labour	23
Stourbridge Borough Council	6	6	Labour	3
Stratford on Avon Borough Council	3	5	Unknown	5
Stratford-On-Avon	1	2	Labour	1
Stretford Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	5
Sudbury Borough Council	1	5	Independent	5
Sunderland County Borough Council	18	18	Labour	12
Surrey	1	1	Conservative	1
Sutton Coldfield	6	6	Conservative	4
Sutton Coldfield Borough Council	1	1	Independent	1
Swansea County Borough Council	15	16	Labour	11
Tamworth	4	7	Labour	4
Taunton Borough Council	6	6	Unknown	3
Tewkesbury	1	4	Conservative	3
Thetford Borough Council	1	5	Conservative	3
Thornaby on Tees Borough Council	5	7	Labour	6
Tipton Borough Council	6	7	Labour	3
Todmorden Borough Council	6	6	Conservative	3
Tynemouth County Borough Council	9	9	Mod	4
Wakefield County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	7
Wallasey County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	10
Wallsend Borough Council	8	8	Labour	7
Walsall County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	5
Warrington County Borough Council	9	9	Labour	6
Warwick	4	8	Conservative	5
Wednesbury Borough Council	5	5	Labour	4
Wells Borough Council	1	4	Independent	4
Welshpool Borough Council	4	4	Independent	3
Wembley Borough Council	4	4	Conservative	4
Wenlock Borough Council	4	9	Independent	6
West Bromwich County Borough Council	11	13	Labour	10
West Ham County Borough Council	16	17	Labour	17
West Hartlepool County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	6
Weston-Super-Mare	6	6	Conservative	6
Whitehaven Borough Council	6	6	Labour	5
Whitley Bay	8	24	Conservative	16
Widnes Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	5
Wigan County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	12
Willesden Borough Council	14	15	Labour	10
Windsor Borough Council	5	11	Conservative	7
Wolverhampton County Borough Council	15	16	Labour	10
Worcester County Borough Council	6	13	Conservative	8
Workington	4	6	Labour	6
Workington Borough Council	1	2	Independent	2
Worksop Borough Council	6	6	Labour	4
Worthing	10	14	Conservative	7
Worthing Borough Council	2	2	Conservative	1
Wrexham	7	7	Labour	3
Wrexham Borough Council	2	2	Conservative	1
YEOVIL	65	105	Labour	46
Yeovil Borough Council	4	5	Independent	4
York County Borough Council	13	13	Labour	10