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1952 West Riding County Council election

The 1952 West Riding County Council election was held on Saturday, 5 April 1952.[1] The election took place in the administrative county of the West Riding of Yorkshire, which excluded the county boroughs of Barnsley, Bradford, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, Rotherham, Sheffield, Wakefield and York.[2] The whole council of ninety-six members was up for election, with each county electoral division returning one councillor.[3]

Map of the results of the election in each division

After the election the composition of the council was:[1]

Results by division edit

Adwick-le-Street edit

Adwick-le-Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. W. Lane (Unopposed) N/A

Aireborough edit

Aireborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. E. Bowes 4,739
Conservative R. Martin 3,595

Askern edit

Askern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Thompson (Unopposed) N/A

Aston edit

Aston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Cloke 3,386
Conservative D. Marcroft 635

Baildon edit

Baildon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. Oates 2,902
Labour R. Lawrie 1,472

Barnoldswick edit

Barnoldswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Carradice 4,216
Conservative H. Hogarth 2,995

Barwick edit

Barwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. G. W. Lane Fox 3,315
Labour V. P. Richardson 1,679

Batley No. 1 edit

Batley No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Westerby (Unopposed) N/A

Batley No. 2 edit

Batley No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Laura I. Fitzpatrick (Unopposed) N/A

Bentley edit

Bentley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. E. Keers (Unopposed) N/A

Birstall edit

Birstall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal W. A. Ogilvy (Unopposed) N/A

Bingley edit

Bingley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Whitehead (Unopposed) N/A

Brighouse North edit

Brighouse North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. S. Wilkinson 3,634
Conservative J. W. Sutcliffe 2,548

Brighouse South edit

Brighouse South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Clamp 2,871
Conservative H. Postlethwaite 2,146

Castleford No. 1 edit

Castleford No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Whittock (Unopposed) N/A

Castleford No. 2 edit

Castleford No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. Dews (Unopposed) N/A

Colne Valley No. 1 edit

Colne Valley No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal A. E. Whiteley (Unopposed) N/A

Colne Valley No. 2 edit

Colne Valley No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jessie Smith 3,418
Conservative G. Wimpenny 2,195

Conisborough edit

Conisborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Roberts (Unopposed) N/A

Craven edit

Craven
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Knowles-Fitton (Unopposed) N/A

Crofton edit

Crofton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Dwyer (Unopposed) N/A

Cudworth edit

Cudworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Berry (Unopposed) N/A

Dalton edit

Dalton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. H. Townend 2,269
Conservative J. Brittain 571

Darfield and Thurnscoe edit

Darfield and Thurnscoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Clarney 2,661
Conservative A. W. Bramham 650

Darton edit

Darton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. Skelton 1,690
Conservative J. Johnson 628
Independent S. Homer 87

Dearne edit

Dearne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Davies 1,758
Conservative G. Roberts 268

Denby Dale edit

Denby Dale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Hibbert 1,840
Independent C. H. Moxon 1,202

Ecclesfield edit

Ecclesfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. W. Trickett 2,465
Conservative F. Scampton 786

Edlington edit

Edlington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Yorke (Unopposed) N/A

Elland edit

Elland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Cockroft (Unopposed) N/A

Featherstone edit

Featherstone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Rowley (Unopposed) N/A

Garforth edit

Garforth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. B. Holt (Unopposed) N/A

Goole edit

Goole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. T. Medcalf 3,610
Conservative R. Jolly 2,592

Harrogate No. 1 edit

Harrogate No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. J. Craven (Unopposed) N/A

Harrogate No. 2 edit

Harrogate No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. C. Hunter (Unopposed) N/A

Harrogate No. 3 edit

Harrogate No. 3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. S. Tennant (Unopposed) N/A

Hatfield and Stainforth edit

Hatfield and Stainforth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Kelley (Unopposed) N/A

Hebden Bridge edit

Hebden Bridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent J. W. Sutcliffe 1,840
Labour P. Sowden 1,625

Heckmondwike edit

Heckmondwike
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative C. Thackray 2,356
Labour A. S. Thornton 2,174

Hemsworth edit

Hemsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Bednall (Unopposed) N/A

Holmfirth edit

Holmfirth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. Denton (Unopposed) N/A

Horbury edit

Horbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Lloyd 3,031
Independent G. Senior 2,303

Horsforth edit

Horsforth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. E. Thackray (Unopposed) N/A

Hoyland edit

Hoyland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. E. Wilkinson (Unopposed) N/A

Ilkley edit

Ilkley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative N. Geldard (Unopposed) N/A

Keighley No. 1 edit

Keighley No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. McNulty 3,300
Conservative C. Berry 2,763

Keighley No. 2 edit

Keighley No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. S. Mason 2,390
Liberal W. E. Walton 2,351
Independent S. Unwin 544

Keighley No. 3 edit

Keighley No. 3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Harrison 2,824
Conservative A. W. Tack 2,368

Kirkburton edit

Kirkburton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent G. T. Haigh 2,668
Labour J. A. Lawton 3,085

Kiveton Park edit

Kiveton Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alice Rastall 3,740
Independent E. K. P. C. Rigden 543

Knaresborough edit

Knaresborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. C. Crowther

Knottingley edit

Knottingley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Blackburn 4,104
Conservative E. K. Thirkettle 2,248

Maltby and Tickhill edit

Maltby and Tickhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Cheetham 2,627
Conservative C. Line 756

Mexborough edit

Mexborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. M. Hanson (Unopposed) N/A

Mirfield edit

Mirfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent J. Hardy 2,648
Labour M. Day 2,455

Morley No. 1 edit

Morley No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Barnes 2,330
Independent T. Barker 1,564

Morley No. 2 edit

Morley No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Rankin 3,097
Independent J. Wilcock 1,616

Normanton edit

Normanton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. E. Metcalfe (Unopposed) N/A

Ossett edit

Ossett
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. M. Hyman 3,556
Conservative H. Smith 2,597

Otley edit

Otley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Guy 3,247
Labour A. M. Pickering 2,402

Pateley Bridge edit

Pateley Bridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. L. Barran (Unopposed) N/A

Penistone edit

Penistone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Goldthorpe 2,073
Independent S. Palmer 2,035

Pontefract edit

Pontefract
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Wright 3,455
Conservative W. Storey 1,512

Pudsey No. 1 edit

Pudsey No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Fuller Smith (Unopposed) N/A

Pudsey No. 2 edit

Pudsey No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. V. Waldegrave 2,290
Conservative J. O. Cowgill 2,245
Liberal W. C. Knowison 1,467

Queensbury edit

Queensbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. E. McCreath 2,360
Labour P. Hemingway 2,035

Rawmarsh edit

Rawmarsh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. E. Payne (unopposed) N/A

Ripon edit

Ripon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative E. B. Eccles (unopposed) N/A

Ripponden edit

Ripponden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S. Stott

Rossington edit

Rossington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. E. Hughes (unopposed) N/A

Rothwell edit

Rothwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. H. Turner (unopposed) N/A

Saddleworth edit

Saddleworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative E. E. Smith 3,531
Labour F. G. Battye 3,115

Sedbergh edit

Sedbergh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. H. Illingworth (unopposed) N/A

Selby edit

Selby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative C. E. Anson (unopposed) N/A

Settle edit

Settle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. Knowles (unopposed) N/A

Silsden edit

Silsden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. A. D. Warren 2,988
Conservative N. Fortune 2,950

Shipley East edit

Shipley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Wilcock 3,369
Conservative L. P. Warne 955

Shipley West edit

Shipley West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. Waddilove 3,754
Labour C. V. Barber 1,611

Skipton edit

Skipton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. P. Banks 3,378
Conservative M. Mitchell 2,435

Snaith edit

Snaith
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Martinson 1,824
Labour J. Street 1,400

South Elmsall edit

South Elmsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. King (unopposed) N/A

South Kirkby edit

South Kirkby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Flavell (unopposed) N/A

Sowerby Bridge edit

Sowerby Bridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. Barker 2,212
Independent E. Cockroft 1,447

Spenborough No. 1 edit

Spenborough No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. Morton 2,664
Labour F. Kirkman 2,441

Spenborough No. 2 edit

Spenborough No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dorothy Greenald 3,190
Liberal H. W. Edwards 2,892

Stanley edit

Stanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. E. Howe (unopposed) N/A

Stocksbridge edit

Stocksbridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Sweeney 2,121
Conservative Helen Green 1,919

Swinton edit

Swinton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Creighton (unopposed) N/A

Tadcaster edit

Tadcaster
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. W. Atkinson 2,630
Labour W. Tomlinson 1,590

Thorne edit

Thorne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. H. Nicholson (unopposed) N/A

Todmorden edit

Todmorden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. de Ville Mather (unopposed) N/A

Wath-on-Dearne edit

Wath-on-Dearne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Cutts (unopposed) N/A

Wetherby edit

Wetherby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S. Porteous (unopposed) N/A

Whitwood edit

Whitwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Taylor (unopposed) N/A

Wombwell edit

Wombwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. A. Newsome (unopposed) N/A

Worsborough edit

Worsborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. W. Boland 3,062
Conservative K. S. Dickinson 659

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Socialist Majority on W.R.C.C. May Be 34". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 7 April 1952. p. 5.
  2. ^ "Local Government Act 1888, Part II, Section 31". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Electoral Reshuffle of West Riding". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 11 January 1947. p. 8.
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