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- Leeds_Municipal_election,_1951 abstract "The Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 10 May 1951, with boundary changes prompting the whole council's re-election. With the new wards the council grew by a further two (two additional wards also represented an increase of six councillors and two aldermen), as thirteen newly created wards replaced the eleven that were abolished:There was a three percent swing from Labour to the Conservatives (as compared to 1949 - swings from 1950's distorted results show much larger swings as seen below) on the night, delivering the Conservatives control of the council with a 30 seat majority. Turnout naturally rose from the previous year's scarcely contested election, to an above average figure of 45.9%.".