The 1945 Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 1 November 1945.
[2] Labour repeated their earlier national performance and won sweeping victories across the country,[1] with Leeds no exception, picking up 40 of the 48 seats contested (with Richmond Hill going unopposed) and stealing control of the council from the Conservatives.
[2][3] The Conservatives only managed eight defences, which were confined to their bastions of Far Headingley, Hyde Park, North and Roundhay, although running Labour exceptionally close in Blenheim.
[2] The minor parties also failed to escape the Labour tide, as the Liberals lost both their representatives (a councillor and an alderman) and the Communists their sole councillor in Woodhouse - formally Labour, but expelled for alleged Communist sympathies.
[3] The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:[3]