Elections to the municipal and county councils of England, Wales, and Scotland were held in 1955.
| Council[1] [2] [3] [4] | Previous control | Result | Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire | Details | |||||
| Berkshire | Details | |||||
| Buckinghamshire | Details | |||||
| Cambridgeshire | Details | |||||
| Cheshire | Details | |||||
| Cornwall | Details | |||||
| Cumberland | Details | |||||
| Derbyshire | Details | |||||
| Devon | Details | |||||
| Dorset | Details | |||||
| Durham | Details | |||||
| East Suffolk | Details | |||||
| East Sussex | Details | |||||
| Essex | Details | |||||
| Gloucestershire | Details | |||||
| Hampshire | Details | |||||
| Herefordshire | Details | |||||
| Hertfordshire | Details | |||||
| Holland | Details | |||||
| Huntingdonshire | Details | |||||
| Isle of Ely | Details | |||||
| Kent | Details | |||||
| Kesteven | Details | |||||
| Lancashire | Details | |||||
| Leicestershire | Details | |||||
| Lindsey | Details | |||||
| London | Details | |||||
| Middlesex | Details | |||||
| Northumberland | Details | |||||
| Nottinghamshire | Details | |||||
| East Riding | Details | |||||
| North Riding | Details | |||||
| West Riding | Details | |||||
| Somerset | Details | |||||
| West Riding | Details | |||||
| Surrey | Details | |||||
| West Suffolk | Details | |||||
| West Sussex | Details | |||||
| Westmorland | Details | |||||
| Wiltshire | Details | |||||
| Worcestershire | Details | |||||
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anglesey | Details | |||||
| Brecknockshire | Details | |||||
| Carnarvonshire | Details | |||||
| Cardiganshire | Details | |||||
| Carmarthenshire | Details | |||||
| Denbighshire | Details | |||||
| Flintshire | Details | |||||
| Glamorgan | Details | |||||
| Merionethshire | Details | |||||
| Monmouthshire | Details | |||||
| Montgomeryshire | Details | |||||
| Pembrokeshire | Details | |||||
| Radnorshire | Details | |||||
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeenshire | Details | ||||
| Argyllshire | Details | ||||
| Ayrshire | Details | ||||
| Dumbartonshire | Details | ||||
| Fife | Details | ||||
| Midlothian | Details | ||||
| Stirlingshire | Details | ||||
| Party | Councillors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | ||