1951 Leeds City Council election

The 1951 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:

Abolished:
 * Armley & Wortley
 * Central
 * Cross Gates & Temple Newsam
 * Farnley & Wortley
 * Holbeck North
 * Holbeck South
 * Hunslet Carr & Middleton
 * Mill Hill & South
 * North
 * Upper Armley
 * West Hunslet

Created:
 * Allerton
 * Armley
 * City
 * Cross Gates
 * Halton
 * Holbeck
 * Hunslet Carr
 * Meanwood
 * Middleton
 * Moortown
 * Stanningley
 * Wellington
 * Wortley

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%.

Election result
The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: