1955 United Kingdom local elections

Elections to the municipal and county councils of England, Wales, and Scotland were held in 1955.

Results

England

Council^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]			Details
Bedfordshire			Details
Berkshire			Details
Buckinghamshire			Details
Cambridgeshire		Independent	Details
Cheshire	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Cornwall			Details
Cumberland			Details
Derbyshire	Labour	Labour	Details
Devon			Details
Dorset			Details
Durham	Labour	Labour	Details
East Suffolk	Independent	Independent	Details
East Sussex		Conservative	Details
Essex	Labour	Conservative	Details
Gloucestershire	No overall control	No overall control	Details
Hampshire	Independent	Independent	Details
Herefordshire			Details
Hertfordshire	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Holland			Details
Huntingdonshire			Details
Isle of Ely			Details
Kent	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Kesteven	Independent	Independent	Details
Lancashire	Labour	Conservative	Details
Leicestershire			Details
Lindsey			Details
London	Labour	Labour	Details
Middlesex	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Northumberland			Details
Nottinghamshire			Details
East Riding			Details
North Riding			Details
West Riding	Labour	No overall control	Details
Somerset	Independent	Independent	Details
West Riding	Labour	No overall control	Details
Surrey	Conservative	Conservative	Details
West Suffolk			Details
West Sussex			Details
Westmorland			Details
Wiltshire	Independent	Independent	Details
Worcestershire			Details

Wales

Council			Details
Anglesey			Details
Brecknockshire			Details
Carnarvonshire			Details
Cardiganshire	Independent	Independent	Details
Carmarthenshire	Labour	No overall control	Details
Denbighshire			Details
Flintshire			Details
Glamorgan			Details
Merionethshire			Details
Monmouthshire	Labour	Labour	Details
Montgomeryshire			Details
Pembrokeshire			Details
Radnorshire			Details

Scotland

Council			Details
Aberdeenshire			Details
Argyllshire			Details
Ayrshire	Labour	Labour	Details
Dumbartonshire		Moderates	Details
Fife	No overall control	Labour	Details
Midlothian	Labour	Labour	Details
Stirlingshire	Labour	Labour	Details

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1955 Borough elections

Summary of results

The results for the boroughs were:^[6]

Party		Councillors
Party		Gains	Losses	% Gains	% Losses
	Conservative Party	346	36
	Labour Party	49	390
	Liberal Party	16	8
	Independents	75	50
	Communist Party of Great Britain	None	2	None	100%

References

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^ "VOTING POWER UNCHANGED: Ayr County Council". The Glasgow Herald. 12 May 1955. p. 12.
^ "LATE NEWS: BOROUGH ELECTIONS". The Glasgow Herald. 12 May 1955. p. 17.

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[Results-5] "VOTING POWER UNCHANGED: Ayr County Council". The Glasgow Herald. 12 May 1955. p. 12.

[Borough_Results_Herald_12-6] "LATE NEWS: BOROUGH ELECTIONS". The Glasgow Herald. 12 May 1955. p. 17.

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County councils (England)	Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumberland Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham East Riding East Suffolk East Sussex Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Holland Huntingdonshire Isle of Ely Isle of Wight Kent Kesteven Lancashire Leicestershire Lindsey London Middlesex Norfolk North Riding Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Rutland Shropshire Soke of Peterborough Somerset Staffordshire Surrey Warwickshire West Riding West Suffolk West Sussex Westmorland Wiltshire Worcestershire
County councils (Wales)	Anglesey Brecknockshire Carnarvonshire Cardiganshire Carmarthenshire Denbighshire Flintshire Glamorganshire Merionethshire Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire Pembrokeshire Radnorshire
County councils (Scotland)	Aberdeenshire Argyllshire Ayrshire Banffshire Berwickshire Buteshire Caithness Clackmannanshire Dumfriesshire Dunbartonshire Elginshire Fife Forfarshire Haddingtonshire Inverness-shire Kincardineshire Kinross-shire Kirkcudbrightshire Lanarkshire Linlithgowshire Midlothian Nairnshire Peeblesshire Perthshire Orkney Renfrewshire Ross and Cromarty Roxburghshire Selkirkshire Stirlingshire Sutherland Wigtownshire Zetland
County councils (Northern Ireland)	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone
County boroughs (England)	Leeds Liverpool
County boroughs (Northern Ireland)	Belfast
See also: UK General election

Results

England

Wales

Scotland

1955 Borough elections

See also

References