Map of the results of the election in each division
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]
After the election the composition of the council was:[1]
Results by division
Adwick-le-Street
Aireborough
Askern
Aston
Baildon
Barnoldswick
Barwick
Batley No. 1
Batley No. 2
Bentley
Birstall
Bingley
Brighouse North
Brighouse South
Castleford No. 1
Castleford No. 2
Colne Valley No. 1
Colne Valley No. 2
Conisborough
Craven
Crofton
Cudworth
Dalton
Darfield and Thurnscoe
Darton
Dearne
Denby Dale
Ecclesfield
Edlington
Elland
Featherstone
Garforth
Goole
Harrogate No. 1
Harrogate No. 2
Harrogate No. 3
Hatfield and Stainforth
Hebden Bridge
Heckmondwike
Hemsworth
Holmfirth
Horbury
Horsforth
Hoyland
Ilkley
Keighley No. 1
Keighley No. 2
Keighley No. 3
Kirkburton
Kiveton Park
Knaresborough
Knottingley
Maltby and Tickhill
Mexborough
Mirfield
Morley No. 1
Morley No. 2
Normanton
Ossett
Otley
Pateley Bridge
Penistone
Pontefract
Pudsey No. 1
Pudsey No. 2
Queensbury
Rawmarsh
Ripon
Ripponden
Rossington
Rothwell
Saddleworth
Sedbergh
Selby
Settle
Silsden
Shipley East
Shipley West
Skipton
Snaith
South Elmsall
South Kirkby
Sowerby Bridge
Spenborough No. 1
Spenborough No. 2
Stanley
Stocksbridge
Swinton
Tadcaster
Thorne
Todmorden
Wath-on-Dearne
Wetherby
Whitwood
Wombwell
Worsborough
References
- ^ a b "Socialist Majority on W.R.C.C. May Be 34". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 7 April 1952. p. 5.
- ^ "Local Government Act 1888, Part II, Section 31". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Electoral Reshuffle of West Riding". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 11 January 1947. p. 8.
