Elections to the municipal and county councils of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland were held in 1955.
1955 county council elections
English county councils Council Previous control Result Details Bedfordshire No overall control (Labour largest party) No overall control (Conservatives largest party)Conservatives 25 (Liberal-Conservatives 13, Conservatives 12), Independents 22, Labour 21, Liberal 1 Berkshire Independent 26, Conservatives 25, Labour 7 Buckinghamshire Independent 26 (-2), Conservative 21 (+4), Labour 14 (-2) Liberal 1 Cambridgeshire Independent 27 (+1), Conservatives 16, Labour 9 (-1) Cheshire Details Cornwall Election not run on political lines Cumberland No overall control - Anti-Labour administration No overall control - Anti-Labour administration Anti-Labour (Independents and Conservatives) 37 (+1), Labour 24 (-1) Derbyshire Details Devon Independents held control Dorset Independents held control Durham Details East Suffolk Independents held control East Sussex Conservative gain: previously held 26 of 52 seats. Essex Details Gloucestershire Details Hampshire Independents held control Herefordshire Independent 49 (-1), Labour 5 (+1) Hertfordshire Details Holland Independents held control. Huntingdonshire Independents held control. Isle of Ely Independents held control Isle of Wight Conservatives 15, Labour 5, Independents 16 Kent Details Kesteven Details Lancashire Conservatives 71 (+21), Labour 46 (-18), Progressives and Independents 4 (-3) Leicestershire No overall control - Independent/Conservative administration No overall control - Independent/Conservative administration Conservatives and Independents 49 (+3), Labour 14 (-4), Liberals 1 (+1) Lindsey No overall control - Independent/Conservative administration No overall control - Independent/Conservative administration Independents and Conservatives 50 (+1), Labour 14 (-1) London Details Middlesex Details Northamptonshire Conservative 29, Labour 21, Independent 13, Liberal 4 Northumberland Labour 37 (-3), Independents 32 (+2), Conservatives 3 (+1) Nottinghamshire Labour holdRutland Independent 20 (-1), Labour 1 (+1)Shropshire Independents 45 (+1), Labour 8 (+1), Conservatives 6. Two new electoral divisions. Soke of Peterborough Details Somerset Independents held control Staffordshire Details Surrey Details Warwickshire Conservative 31, Labour 15, Independents 17 West Suffolk Independents held control West Sussex Independents 34 (-1), Conservatives 24, Labour 2 (+1) Westmorland Independents 44, Labour 2 Wiltshire Independents held control Worcestershire Conservatives 33, Labour 19, Independents 15 Yorkshire East Riding Independents held control Yorkshire North Riding Independents 47 (+4), Labour 12 (-4), Conservatives 7 Yorkshire West Riding Details
Welsh county councils
Council Previous control Result Details Anglesey Election not run on political lines Brecknockshire No overall control - Anti-Labour administration No overall control - Anti-Labour administration Labour 20(-1), Liberal 14 (+2), Conservatives 10 (-1), Independents 10 Carnarvonshire Election not run on political lines Cardiganshire Election not run on political lines Carmarthenshire Details Denbighshire Independents 39, Labour 20, Conservative & National Liberal 5, Liberal 4, Miner 1 Flintshire Independents held control GlamorganDetails Merionethshire Independents held control Monmouthshire Details Montgomeryshire Independents held control Pembrokeshire Independents held control Radnorshire Independents held control
Scottish county councils Council Previous control Result Details AberdeenshireDetails ArgyllshireDetails Ayrshire Details Dunbartonshire Details Fife Details Midlothian Details Stirlingshire Details
1955 Borough elections Summary of results The results for the boroughs were:
Party Councillors Gains Losses % Gains % Losses Conservative Party34636 Labour Party49390 Liberal Party168 Independents7550 Communist Party of Great BritainNone2None100%
English Boroughs Elections to borough councils in England were as follows:
A Council Previous control Result Details Abingdon Independents Independents Independents 17 (-2), Labour 4 (+1), Conservatives 3 (+1) Accrington Labour Party Labour Party Labour 19 (-4), Conservatives 12 (+3), Liberals 2 (+1) Acton Labour Party Labour Party Labour 26 (-2), Conservatives 6 (+2) Aldeburgh Independents Independents Independents 16 Aldershot Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 24 (+2), Independents 6, Labour 2 (-2) Altrincham Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 18, Independents 8, Labour 6 Andover No overall control No overall control Labour 7, Independents 5, Conservatives 4 Appleby Independents Independents Independents 16No seats contested Arundel Independents Independents Independents 16 Ashton-under-Lyne Labour Party Labour Party Labour 27 (-2), Conservatives 16 (+2), Liberals 1 Aylesbury No overall control No overall control Labour 9 (-1), Independents 8, Conservatives 7 (+1)
B Council Previous control Result Details Bacup No overall control No overall control Liberals 10 (-2), Labour 8 (+2), Conservatives 6 Banbury Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 16 (+2), Labour 5 (-2) Barking Labour Party Labour Party Labour 26 (-1), Conservatives 6 (+1) Barnes Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 26 (+1), Labour 5 (-1), Independents 1 Barnsley (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 36 (-1), Citizens 4 (+1) Barnstaple Independents Independents Independents 18, Labour 6 Barrow-in-Furness (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 26, Conservatives 6 Basingstoke Labour Party Labour Party Labour 9, Conservatives 5, Independents 1, 1 vacancy Bath (County Borough) Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 30 (+1), Labour 17 (-1), Liberals 5, Independents 4 Batley Labour Party Labour Party Labour 21 (+1), Independents 6 (-1), Conservatives 1 Bebington Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 30 (+1), Labour 9 (-1), Liberals 5, Independents 1 Beccles Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 11, Independents 4 (+1), Labour 1 (-1) Beckenham Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 24 (+1), Independents 6, Labour 2 (-1) Beddington and Wallington Independents Independents Independents 27 (+2), Labour 1 (-2) Bedford Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 18 (+1), Labour 8 (-1), Independents 1, 1 vacancy Berwick-upon-Tweed Independents Independents Independents 18 (+1), Labour 6 (-1) Beverley Independents Independents Independents 19 (-1), Labour 5 (+1) Bewdley Independents Independents Independents 12 (+1), Labour 0 (-1) Bexhill Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 17, Labour 4, Independents 3 Bexley Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 21 (+1), Labour 9 (-1) Bideford Independents Independents Independents 15, Labour 1 Bilston Labour Party Labour Party Labour 21 (-2), Conservatives 5 (+2) Birkenhead (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 42 (-2), Conservatives 22 (+2) Birmingham (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 81 (-11), Conservatives 70 (+11), Independents 1 Bishop's Castle Independents Independents Independents 15, Labour 1 Blackburn (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 33 (-2), Conservatives 21 (+2), Liberals 1 Blackpool (County Borough) Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 37 (+3), Liberals 16 (-2), Labour 1 (+1) Blandford Forum Independents Independents Independents 15 (-1), Labour 1 (+1) All seats uncontested Blyth Labour Party Labour Party Labour 24 (-4), Independents 6 (+4) Bodmin Independents Independents Independents 16 Bolton (County Borough) Labour Party Conservative Party Conservatives 49 (+9), Labour 41 (-9), Liberals 2 Bootle (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 35 (-5), Conservatives 21 (+5) Boston Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 15 (+1), Labour 4, Liberals 5, Independents 4 (+1) Bournemouth (County Borough) Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 51 (+1), Independents 6, Labour 3 (+1) Brackley Independents Independents Independents 16 Bradford (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 42 (-5), Conservatives 32 (+1), Liberals 6 Brentford and Chiswick Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 21 (+2), Labour 13 (-2), Ratepayers 1 Bridgnorth Independents Independents Independents 12Only 1 seat contested Bridlington Independents Independents Independents 24 Bridport Independents Independents Independents 23, 1 vacancyNo seats contested. Brighouse No overall control No overall control (Anti-Labour Coalition) Labour 13 (-1), Conservatives 13 (+1), Independents 2, Liberals 1 Brighton (County Borough) Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 51, Labour 22, Independents 3 Bristol (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 70, Independents 42 Bromley Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 19 (+1), Independents 7, Labour 2 (-1) Buckingham Independents Independents Independents 14, Labour 2 Burnley (County Borough) Labour Party Labour Party Labour 29 (-3), Conservatives 16 (+4), Liberals 3 (-1) Burton upon Trent (County Borough) Labour Party No overall control Labour 15 (-1), Independents 13 (-1), Conservatives 4 (+2) Bury (County Borough) Conservative Party Conservative Party Conservatives 28 (+6), Labour 12 (-6), Liberals 3, Independents 1 Bury St Edmunds Independents Independents Independents 13, Conservatives 9, Labour 2 Buxton No overall control No overall control Independents 10, Labour 5 (+1), Conservatives 5 (-1)
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