2018 Leeds City Council election
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![]() Labour in red (61), Conservatives in blue (22), Liberal Democrats in yellow (6), Morley Borough Independents in dark grey (5), Garforth & Swillington Independents in light grey (3) and Greens in bright green (2). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2018 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England.[2] It was held on the same day as other UK local elections across England.
Following a full boundary review of Leeds' 33 electoral wards by the Local Government Boundary Commission, the all-out election saw all of the council's 99 available council seats contested based on the new ward boundaries. Three of the previous wards were abolished and replaced (City & Hunslet, Headingley, and Hyde Park & Woodhouse for Headingley & Hyde Park, Hunslet & Riverside and Little London & Woodhouse). The last all-out election in Leeds was in 2004 after the previous full ward boundary review in 2003.[3]
With three seats available for each ward, electors were able to cast up to three votes for three different candidates. The first three candidates past the post in each ward won a council seat.[4]
The Labour Party won the election with 61 of the 99 council seats.
Election summary
Leeds City Council Election Result 2018[2] | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Labour | 99 | 61 | 4 | 6 | ![]() |
61.6 | 46.4 | 250,241 | +3.4 | ||||||
Conservative | 98 | 22 | 4 | 1 | ![]() |
22.2 | 28.2 | 152,316 | +5.2 | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | 56 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ![]() |
6.1 | 9.6 | 52,235 | -0.4 | ||||||
Green | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
2.0 | 6.1 | 32,955 | -1.0 | ||||||
Morley Borough Independent | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
5.1 | 2.9 | 15,822 | +0.1 | ||||||
Garforth and Swillington Independents | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
3.0 | 2.6 | 14,476 | New | ||||||
Save Our Beeston and Holbeck Independents | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.7 | 3,800 | New | ||||||
Independent | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.7 | 3,651 | +0.3 | ||||||
East Leeds Independents | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.5 | 3,208 | New | ||||||
Yorkshire | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.4 | 2,638 | -0.2 | ||||||
UKIP | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.4 | 2,458 | -12.1 | ||||||
For Britain | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.2 | 1,559 | New | ||||||
SDP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.2 | 1,232 | New | ||||||
Alliance for Green Socialism | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.1 | 963 | -0.2 | ||||||
TUSC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.1 | 610 | -0.1 | ||||||
Democrats and Veterans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.0 | 445 | New | ||||||
Women's Equality | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.0 | 394 | New | ||||||
Total | 335 | 99 | 12 | 12 | ![]() |
100.0 | 100.0 | 539,003 | ![]() |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
Party | 2016 election | Prior to election | New council | |
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Labour | 63 | 58 | 61 | |
Conservative | 19 | 19 | 22 | |
Liberal Democrat | 9 | 9 | 6 | |
Morley Borough Independents | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
Green | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
Garforth and Swillington Independents | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
East Leeds Independents | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 99 | 99 | 99 | |
Working majority | 25 | 17 | 23 |
Councillors who did not stand for re-election
Councillor | Ward | First elected | Party | Reason | Successor | ||
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David Congreve[5] | Beeston & Holbeck | 1990 | Labour | stood down | Andrew Scopes (Labour) | ||
Adam Ogilvie[6] | Beeston & Holbeck | 1999 | Labour | stood down | Gohar Almass (Labour) | ||
Terry Wilford[7] | Farnley & Wortley | 2014 | Green | stood down | Matt Gibson (Labour) | ||
Stuart McKenna[8] | Garforth & Swillington | 2014 | Labour | stood down | Suzanne McCormack (Garforth and Swillington Independents) | ||
Rachael Procter[9] | Harewood | 2004 | Conservative | deselected[10] | Samuel Firth (Conservative) | ||
Christopher Townsley[11] | Horsforth | 1991, 1994 | Liberal Democrats | stood down | Jackie Shemilt (Conservative) | ||
Brian Cleasby[12] | Horsforth | 1995 | Liberal Democrats | stood down | Jonathon Taylor (Conservative) | ||
Patrick Davey[13] | City & Holbeck (ward abolished) |
2002 | Labour | lost selection for new ward[14] | Paul Wray (Labour) | ||
Graham Hyde[15] | Killingbeck & Seacroft | 1992 | Labour | stood down | Paul Drinkwater (Labour) | ||
Brian Selby[16] | Killingbeck & Seacroft | 1999 | Labour | stood down | Katie Dye (Labour) | ||
Lucinda Yeadon[17] | Kirkstall | 2008 | Labour | stood down | Hannah Bithell (Labour) | ||
Christine Towler[18] | Hyde Park & Woodhouse (ward abolished) |
2012 | Labour | stood down | Kayleigh Brooks (Labour) | ||
Alex Sobel[19] | Moortown | 2012 | Labour | stood down | Mohammed Shahzad (Labour) | ||
Shirley Varley[20] | Morley South | 2010 | Morley Borough Independents | stood down | Wyn Kidger (Morley Borough Independents) | ||
Josephine Jarosz[21] | Pudsey | 1995 | Labour | stood down | Simon Seary (Conservative) | ||
Ghulam Hussain[22] | Roundhay | 2010 | Labour | stood down | Jacob Goddard (Labour) | ||
Christine MacNiven[23] | Roundhay | 2011 | Labour | stood down | Angela Wenham (Labour) | ||
Sue Bentley[24] | Weetwood | 2004 | Liberal Democrats | stood down | Christine Knight (Labour) | ||
Judith Chapman[25] | Weetwood | 2006 | Liberal Democrats | stood down | James Gibson (Labour) | ||
John Procter[26] | Wetherby | 1992 | Conservative | deselected[27] | Norma Harrington (Conservative) |
Incumbent Morley Borough Independent councillor, Robert Finnigan, did not stand in the ward he represented, Morley North. Instead, he stood in the neighbouring ward of Morley South Ward. However, Finnigan was subsequently not elected at the election for the ward.
Ward results
Three councillors were elected for each of the wards.
An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent councillor who stood again at the election, having 21 sitting councillors not stood again for their seats.
The percentage vote share (%) is calculated by counting only the highest-scoring candidate for each party and individual independent candidates. For example, the total number of votes cast by electors in the Adel & Wharfedale ward for Barry Anderson (the highest-scoring Conservative candidate), Nigel Gill (Labour), Peter Jackson (Liberal Democrat) and Liddy Swales (sole Green candidate) was 7,980. As Anderson gained 4,856 votes, he took 61.5% of the 7,980 total possible ballots cast, whilst Gill gained 1,556 votes and 19.7% of the total votes cast.
The percentage change (±) is the proportion by which the individual party and/or candidate's vote share increased or decreased from the previous council election in 2016.
The turnout is the amount of registered electors who voted in the ward at the time of the election. The turnout percentage (%) is the proportion of registered electors in the ward who voted on the day of the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Barry Anderson* | 4,856 | 67.3 | ||
Conservative | Caroline Anderson* | 4,269 | 59.2 | ||
Conservative | Billy Flynn* | 3,881 | 53.8 | ||
Labour | Nigel Gill | 1,556 | 21.6 | ||
Labour | Geraldine Montgomerie | 1,435 | 19.9 | ||
Labour | Andy Rontree | 1,264 | 17.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Jackson | 977 | 13.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jane Trewhella | 883 | 12.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ed Thornley | 715 | 9.9 | ||
Green | Liddy Swales | 591 | 8.2 | ||
Majority | 3,300 | ||||
Turnout | 7,211 | 45.2 | −0.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Dan Cohen* | 4,209 | 57.6 | ||
Conservative | Neil Buckley* | 4,111 | 56.3 | ||
Conservative | Peter Harrand* | 3,896 | 53.3 | ||
Labour | Keith White | 2,389 | 32.7 | ||
Labour | Claude Hendrickson | 2,141 | 29.3 | ||
Labour | Mumtaz Khan | 2,019 | 27.6 | ||
Green | Miriam Moss | 639 | 8.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roderic Parker | 633 | 8.7 | ||
Alliance for Green Socialism | Brian Jackson | 194 | 2.7 | ||
Majority | 1,722 | ||||
Turnout | 7,306 | 41.5 | +3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Labour councillor Ben Garner replaced independent Councillor Jack Dunn,[28] who had resigned the Labour Whip and left the Labour Group on the council in January 2018.[29]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Karen Renshaw* | 2,371 | 43.9 | ||
Labour Co-op | Ben Garner | 2,074 | 38.4 | ||
Labour Co-op | Lisa Mulherin* | 2,013 | 37.2 | ||
Conservative | Mike Foster | 1,897 | 35.1 | ||
Independent | Jack Dunn* | 1,694 | 31.3 | ||
Conservative | Kirsty Baldwin | 1,686 | 31.2 | ||
Conservative | Cameron Stephenson | 1,610 | 29.8 | ||
Green | Emma Carter | 503 | 9.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | George Hall | 332 | 6.1 | ||
Majority | 474 | ||||
Turnout | 5,406 | 30.9 | +2.4 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alice Smart* | 2,747 | 61.4 | ||
Labour | James McKenna* | 2,632 | 58.8 | ||
Labour | Alison Lowe* | 2,447 | 54.7 | ||
Green | Andrea Binns | 732 | 16.4 | ||
Conservative | Matthew Leech | 657 | 14.7 | ||
Conservative | Nicola Tinsley | 565 | 12.6 | ||
Green | Gideon Jones | 545 | 12.2 | ||
Conservative | Robert Murphy-Fell | 522 | 11.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Dan Walker | 387 | 8.7 | ||
For Britain | James Miller | 261 | 5.8 | ||
Democrats and Veterans | John Withill | 184 | 4.1 | ||
TUSC | Rob Hooper | 175 | 3.9 | ||
Majority | 2,015 | ||||
Turnout | 4,473 | 26.8 | −2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Angela Gabriel* | 2,593 | 53.3 | ||
Labour | Gohar Almass | 2,471 | 50.8 | ||
Labour | Andrew Scopes | 2,257 | 46.4 | ||
Save Our Beeston and Holbeck Independents | Bill Birch | 1,281 | 26.3 | ||
Save Our Beeston and Holbeck Independents | Laura Walton | 1,269 | 26.1 | ||
Save Our Beeston and Holbeck Independents | Sean Sturman | 1,250 | 25.7 | ||
Conservative | Robert Winfield | 495 | 10.2 | ||
Conservative | Lyn Buckley | 464 | 9.5 | ||
Conservative | Ian Robertson | 395 | 8.1 | ||
Green | Owen Brear | 343 | 7.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jarrod Gaines | 197 | 4.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Durdin | 159 | 3.3 | ||
Majority | 1,312 | ||||
Turnout | 4,862 | 28.8 | +0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kevin Ritchie* | 2,905 | 65.6 | ||
Labour | Caroline Gruen* | 2,560 | 57.9 | ||
Labour | Julie Heselwood* | 2,529 | 57.2 | ||
Conservative | Ovidiu Caprariu | 772 | 17.4 | ||
Conservative | Alexander Nancolas | 710 | 16.0 | ||
Conservative | Neil Hunt | 692 | 15.6 | ||
Green | Clive Lord | 573 | 12.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Bee | 528 | 11.9 | ||
For Britain | Anne Murgatroyd | 489 | 11.1 | ||
Majority | 2,133 | ||||
Turnout | 4,425 | 26.2 | −3.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ron Grahame* | 2,756 | 68.2 | ||
Labour | Asghar Khan* | 2,577 | 63.8 | ||
Labour | Denise Ragan* | 2,442 | 60.5 | ||
East Leeds Independents | Geoff Holloran | 678 | 16.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Hollingsworth | 613 | 15.2 | ||
Green | Paul Marchant | 428 | 10.6 | ||
Conservative | Alexander Passingham | 363 | 9.0 | ||
Conservative | Peter Lord | 327 | 8.1 | ||
Conservative | Robin Rogers | 294 | 7.3 | ||
Majority | 2,078 | ||||
Turnout | 4,039 | 24.8 | −2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Former Joint Leader of the Council and long-standing Leader of the Conservative Group, Andrew Carter CBE, and his wife, Amanda Carter, were re-elected. Their fellow incumbent, Rod Wood, lost out to Peter Carlill of Labour by 47 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Carter* | 3,972 | 53.8 | ||
Conservative | Amanda Carter* | 3,716 | 50.3 | ||
Labour | Peter Carlill | 3,086 | 41.8 | ||
Conservative | Roderic Wood* | 3,039 | 41.1 | ||
Labour | Nicole Sharpe | 2,597 | 35.2 | ||
Labour | Naheem Alam | 2,483 | 33.6 | ||
Green | Ellen Graham | 733 | 9.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kate Arbuckle | 387 | 5.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Jacques | 220 | 3.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Benedict Chastney | 190 | 2.6 | ||
Majority | 886 | ||||
Turnout | 7,386 | 40.6 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
All three incumbent Labour councillors were re-elected, including incumbent Lord Mayor of Leeds Jane Dowson.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eileen Taylor* | 4,809 | 70.6 | ||
Labour | Mohammed Rafique* | 4,728 | 69.5 | ||
Labour | Jane Dowson* | 4,708 | 69.2 | ||
Green | Justine Merton-Scott | 907 | 13.3 | ||
Green | Bobak Walker | 703 | 10.3 | ||
Conservative | Kevin Black | 672 | 9.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Harris | 608 | 8.9 | ||
Conservative | Linda Feldman | 604 | 8.9 | ||
Conservative | David Myers | 565 | 8.3 | ||
Alliance for Green Socialism | Mike Davies | 379 | 5.6 | ||
Majority | 3,902 | ||||
Turnout | 6,807 | 38.1 | +2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Jessica Lennox (Labour) defeated independent Janette Walker. Walker had been a Labour councillor since her first election in 2012 and left the Labour Group on the council in early 2017 to run as an independent.[30]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Pauline Grahame* | 2,815 | 48.6 | ||
Labour | Peter Gruen* | 2,501 | 43.2 | ||
Labour | Jessica Lennox | 2,175 | 37.6 | ||
East Leeds Independents | Janette Walker* | 1,525 | 26.3 | ||
Conservative | Dorothy Schofield | 1,485 | 25.6 | ||
Conservative | Paula Hayes | 1,340 | 23.1 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Martin | 1,142 | 19.7 | ||
Green | Elizabeth Fellows | 557 | 9.6 | ||
UKIP | Harvey Alexander | 519 | 9.0 | ||
UKIP | Peter Morgan | 414 | 7.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Shakespeare | 340 | 5.9 | ||
Democrats and Veterans | Mark Maniatt | 261 | 4.5 | ||
For Britain | Stuart Nicholson | 238 | 4.1 | ||
Majority | 1,290 | ||||
Turnout | 5,790 | 31.8 | −0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Ann Blackburn* | 2,461 | 45.4 | ||
Green | David Blackburn* | 2,424 | 44.7 | ||
Labour | Matt Gibson | 2,151 | 39.7 | ||
Labour | Andrea McKenna | 1,991 | 36.7 | ||
Labour | Andy Parnham | 1,989 | 36.7 | ||
Green | Stuart Haley | 1,984 | 36.6 | ||
Conservative | Hayley Nancolas | 685 | 12.6 | ||
Conservative | Dorothy Flynn | 643 | 11.9 | ||
Conservative | John Hardcastle | 615 | 11.3 | ||
For Britain | Sam Melia | 162 | 3.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Spencer | 160 | 3.0 | ||
Majority | 310 | ||||
Turnout | 5,423 | 30.2 | −0.2 | ||
Green hold | Swing | ||||
Green hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Green | Swing |
Both Independent incumbents, Mark Dobson and Sarah Field, were elected to the council alongside fellow independent, Suzanne McCormack, who replaced retiring Labour Councillor Stuart McKenna.[28] Both Dobson and Field had been elected as Labour Councillors but resigned from the Labour Council Group in February 2017 to stand as independents.[31]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Garforth and Swillington Independents | Mark Dobson* | 5,377 | 66.9 | ||
Garforth and Swillington Independents | Sarah Field* | 4,738 | 58.9 | ||
Garforth and Swillington Independents | Suzanne McCormack | 4,361 | 54.3 | ||
Labour | Annie Maloney | 1,512 | 18.8 | ||
Labour | Mark Pratt | 1,505 | 18.7 | ||
Conservative | Joseph Blunt | 1,358 | 16.9 | ||
Labour | Mirelle Midgley | 1,354 | 16.8 | ||
Conservative | Linda Richards | 1,311 | 16.3 | ||
Conservative | Jordan Young | 1,181 | 14.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christine Golton | 190 | 2.4 | ||
For Britain | Michael Bolton | 168 | 2.1 | ||
Majority | 3,865 | ||||
Turnout | 8,038 | 49.7 | +9.1 | ||
Garforth and Swillington Independents gain from Labour | |||||
Garforth and Swillington Independents gain from Labour | |||||
Garforth and Swillington Independents gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Salma Arif* | 4,020 | 77.8 | ||
Labour | Arif Hussain* | 3,797 | 73.5 | ||
Labour | Kamila Maqsood* | 3,524 | 68.2 | ||
Conservative | Robert Harris | 411 | 8.0 | ||
Green | Colin Noble | 394 | 7.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Heidi Farrar | 370 | 7.2 | ||
TUSC | Iain Dalton | 357 | 6.9 | ||
Conservative | Matthew Labbee | 323 | 6.2 | ||
Independent | Shaff Sheikh | 269 | 5.2 | ||
Conservative | Vajinder Singh | 218 | 4.2 | ||
Majority | 3,609 | ||||
Turnout | 5,169 | 31.3 | −1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
All three incumbent Conservative councillors were re-elected, including Lord Mayor of Leeds-elect Graham Latty.[32]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Latty* | 3,714 | 47.5 | ||
Conservative | Pat Latty* | 3,483 | 44.5 | ||
Conservative | Paul Wadsworth* | 3,286 | 42.0 | ||
Labour Co-op | Kirsty McKay | 2,693 | 34.4 | ||
Labour Co-op | Andrew Thomson | 2,597 | 33.2 | ||
Labour Co-op | Ian McCargo | 2,395 | 30.6 | ||
Yorkshire | Bob Buxton | 1,530 | 19.6 | ||
Green Party - Save Our Green Space | Mark Rollinson | 1,326 | 16.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Cynthia Dowling | 401 | 5.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Edwards | 396 | 5.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Katherine Bavage | 350 | 4.5 | ||
Majority | 1,021 | ||||
Turnout | 7,825 | 42.3 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The two Conservatives re-standing for election were successful, with fellow Conservative Councillor Rachael Procter, who was deselected, replaced by Samuel Firth.[33]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matthew Robinson* | 4,461 | 71.9 | ||
Conservative | Samuel Firth | 4,039 | 65.1 | ||
Conservative | Ryan Stephenson* | 4,003 | 64.5 | ||
Labour | Adrian Duthie | 1,126 | 18.1 | ||
Green | David Corry | 918 | 14.8 | ||
Labour | Kathryn Stainburn | 912 | 14.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Dan Cook | 852 | 13.7 | ||
Labour | Zahid Noor | 757 | 12.2 | ||
Majority | 3,335 | ||||
Turnout | 6,207 | 41.6 | +2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The three incumbent Labour councillors for Headingley ward stood and won the three council seats to represent the new and enlargened ward of Headingley & Hyde Park.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jonathan Pryor* | 3,126 | 67.8 | ||
Labour | Al Garthwaite* | 2,999 | 65.0 | ||
Labour | Neil Walshaw* | 2,694 | 58.4 | ||
Green | Tim Goodall | 1,270 | 27.5 | ||
Green | Liberty Anstead | 643 | 13.9 | ||
Green | Ann Forsaith | 576 | 12.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Penny Goodman | 488 | 10.6 | ||
Women's Equality | Louise Jennings | 394 | 8.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Andrews | 351 | 7.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Murray Hawthorne | 276 | 6.0 | ||
Conservative | Michael Gledhill | 205 | 4.4 | ||
Conservative | Justin Earley | 201 | 4.4 | ||
Conservative | Kyle Green | 191 | 4.1 | ||
TUSC | James Ellis | 78 | 1.7 | ||
Majority | 1,856 | ||||
Turnout | 4,612 | 23.0 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dawn Collins* | 3,195 | 41.7 | ||
Conservative | Jonathon Taylor | 2,770 | 36.2 | ||
Conservative | Jackie Shemilt | 2,660 | 34.7 | ||
Labour | John Garvani | 2,453 | 32.0 | ||
Labour | Briony Sloan | 2,380 | 31.1 | ||
Labour | Nathalie Bethesda | 2,208 | 28.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Dowling | 1,976 | 25.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Becky Heaviside | 1,903 | 24.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Read | 1,288 | 16.8 | ||
Green Party - Save Our Green Space | Caroline Tomes | 1,132 | 14.8 | ||
Majority | 742 | ||||
Turnout | 7,659 | 43.8 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
The two incumbent Labour councillors of the previous City & Hunslet ward were re-elected for the new ward alongside Paul Wray. Wray replaced the deselected City & Hunslet Councillor Patrick Davey as the third Labour candidate.[34]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Elizabeth Nash* | 2,399 | 52.5 | ||
Labour | Mohammed Iqbal* | 2,391 | 52.3 | ||
Labour | Paul Wray | 2,132 | 46.7 | ||
Green | Ed Carlisle | 1,740 | 38.1 | ||
Green | Eunice Goncalves | 1,024 | 22.4 | ||
Green | Alaric Hall | 931 | 20.4 | ||
Conservative | Richard Salt | 409 | 9.0 | ||
Conservative | Scott Smith | 384 | 8.4 | ||
Conservative | Michael Wheeler | 342 | 7.5 | ||
Independent | Kenny Saunders | 340 | 7.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | James Spencer | 176 | 3.9 | ||
Majority | 659 | ||||
Turnout | 4,569 | 27.4 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Three new Labour councillors were elected, defeating the incumbent independent Councillor Catherine Dobson. Elected originally as a Labour councillor, Dobson resigned from the Labour Group in October 2017.[35] The two remaining Labour incumbents, Graham Hyde and Brian Selby, retired at the election and did not restand.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Drinkwater | 2,718 | 62.4 | ||
Labour | David Jenkins | 2,602 | 59.8 | ||
Labour | Katie Dye | 2,585 | 59.4 | ||
East Leeds Independents | Catherine Dobson* | 1,005 | 23.1 | ||
Conservative | Marilyn Coen | 619 | 14.2 | ||
Yorkshire | John Otley | 538 | 12.4 | ||
Conservative | Anne Palmer | 478 | 11.0 | ||
Conservative | Fiona Robertson | 445 | 10.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kate Langwick | 389 | 8.9 | ||
Majority | 1,713 | ||||
Turnout | 4,354 | 25.7 | −2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The three incumbent Labour councillors were re-elected, including the current Joint Deputy Leader of the Council, James Lewis, and former Leader of the Council, Keith Wakefield.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Harland* | 3,135 | 57.0 | ||
Labour | James Lewis* | 3,027 | 55.0 | ||
Labour | Keith Wakefield* | 2,856 | 51.9 | ||
Conservative | Chris Calvert | 1,355 | 24.6 | ||
Conservative | Nicholas Fawcett | 1,348 | 24.5 | ||
Conservative | Tess Wheldon | 1,049 | 19.1 | ||
Green | Dylan Brown | 758 | 13.8 | ||
UKIP | Tina Smith | 474 | 8.6 | ||
UKIP | Paul Spivey | 439 | 8.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mitchell Galdas | 382 | 6.9 | ||
UKIP | Sheila Shippey | 323 | 5.9 | ||
Majority | 1,780 | ||||
Turnout | 5,503 | 32.87 | −1.63 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
New Labour candidate Hannah Bithell topped the poll, elected alongside incumbent Councillors Fiona Venner and John Illingworth. Bithell replaced the retiring Joint Deputy Leader of the Council, Lucinda Yeadon, as the third Labour candidate.[36]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hannah Bithell | 3,977 | 74.5 | ||
Labour | Fiona Venner* | 3,850 | 72.1 | ||
Labour | John Illingworth* | 3,634 | 68.0 | ||
Green | Ben Goldthorp | 978 | 18.3 | ||
Conservative | Liam Kenrick-Bailey | 645 | 12.1 | ||
Conservative | Amaad Amin | 471 | 8.8 | ||
Conservative | Eleni Nicolaou | 454 | 8.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Maria Frank | 445 | 8.3 | ||
Majority | 2,999 | ||||
Turnout | 5,341 | 32.2 | −2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Labour Councillor for Hyde Park & Woodhouse Christine Towler retired whilst her two ward colleagues, Javaid Akhtar and Gerry Harper, stood successfully for the new ward of Little London & Woodhouse, following boundary changes. They were joined by new Labour candidate Kayleigh Brooks.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kayleigh Brooks | 2,425 | 81.1 | ||
Labour | Javaid Akhtar* | 2,415 | 80.8 | ||
Labour | Gerry Harper* | 2,126 | 71.1 | ||
Green | Christopher Foren | 530 | 17.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lorna Campbell | 268 | 9.0 | ||
Conservative | Brandon Ashford | 249 | 8.3 | ||
Conservative | Stewart Harper | 166 | 5.6 | ||
Majority | 1,895 | ||||
Turnout | 2,990 | 15.6 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kim Groves* | 3,373 | 73.7 | ||
Labour | Judith Blake* | 2,747 | 60.0 | ||
Labour | Paul Truswell* | 2,366 | 51.7 | ||
SDP | Wayne Dixon | 1,232 | 26.9 | ||
Conservative | David Herdson | 621 | 13.6 | ||
Conservative | Rita Jessop | 613 | 13.4 | ||
Conservative | Gareth Lamb | 451 | 9.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Gagen | 293 | 6.4 | ||
Majority | 2,141 | ||||
Turnout | 4,577 | 23.6 | +1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The two Labour councillors re-standing for election were successful. Mohammed Shahzad replaced retiring Councillor Alex Sobel (also MP for Leeds North West) as the third Labour candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rebecca Charlwood* | 4,248 | 56.8 | ||
Labour | Sharon Hamilton* | 3,730 | 49.8 | ||
Labour | Mohammed Shahzad | 3,527 | 47.1 | ||
Conservative | Ross Cunliffe | 1,719 | 23.0 | ||
Conservative | Rob Speed | 1,643 | 22.0 | ||
Conservative | Liam Pearce | 1,527 | 20.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Dowling | 1,287 | 17.2 | ||
Green | Gavin Andrews | 1,188 | 15.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Dresser | 996 | 13.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Chris Howley | 874 | 11.7 | ||
UKIP | Ian Greenberg | 155 | 2.1 | ||
UKIP | Jeff Miles | 134 | 1.8 | ||
Majority | 2,529 | ||||
Turnout | 7,485 | 43.3 | +4.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The Morley Borough Independents won all three available council seats again, with new candidate Andy Hutchinson replacing Robert Finnigan. Finnigan, also the Leader of the MBI Group on the council, chose to stand for Morley South ward instead.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morley Borough Independent | Bob Gettings* | 3,480 | 58.0 | ||
Morley Borough Independent | Andy Hutchison | 2,945 | 49.0 | ||
Morley Borough Independent | Thomas Leadley* | 2,767 | 46.1 | ||
Labour Co-op | Pete Compton | 1,701 | 28.3 | ||
Labour Co-op | Steve Clapcote | 1,345 | 22.4 | ||
Labour Co-op | Jonathan Leng | 1,269 | 21.1 | ||
Conservative | Jason Aldiss | 1,149 | 19.1 | ||
Conservative | Christopher Dilworth | 1,146 | 19.1 | ||
Conservative | Louisa Singh | 695 | 11.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Philip Mellor | 284 | 4.7 | ||
Majority | 2,529 | ||||
Turnout | 6,005 | 33.5 | +0.7 | ||
Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morley Borough Independent | Judith Elliott* | 2,500 | 47.3 | ||
Labour Co-op | Neil Dawson* | 2,102 | 39.8 | ||
Morley Borough Independent | Wyn Kidger | 2,082 | 39.4 | ||
Morley Borough Independent | Robert Finnigan | 2,028 | 38.4 | ||
Labour Co-op | Charlotte Hill | 1,799 | 34.1 | ||
Labour Co-op | Luke Mitchell | 1,712 | 32.4 | ||
Conservative | Rachel Oldham | 848 | 16.1 | ||
Conservative | Jermaine Sanwoolu | 698 | 13.2 | ||
Green | Chris Bell | 583 | 11.0 | ||
Conservative | Jas Singh | 547 | 10.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Raymond Smith | 148 | 2.8 | ||
Majority | 398 | ||||
Turnout | 5,283 | 30.7 | −0.1 | ||
Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Colin Campbell* | 3,768 | 49.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sandy Lay* | 3,757 | 49.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ryk Downes* | 3,663 | 47.7 | ||
Labour | Sian Gregory | 2,340 | 30.5 | ||
Labour | Elliot Nathan | 2,200 | 28.7 | ||
Labour | James Ranson | 1,703 | 22.2 | ||
Green | Mick Bradley | 1,245 | 16.2 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth Creek | 1,094 | 14.3 | ||
Conservative | Diane Fox | 978 | 12.7 | ||
Conservative | Philip Rees | 974 | 12.7 | ||
For Britain | Tom Hollings | 241 | 3.1 | ||
Majority | 1,428 | ||||
Turnout | 7,673 | 43.4 | −1.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
The Conservatives gained two seats whilst Labour Councillor Richard Lewis was re-elected by 75 votes over the third Conservative candidate. Labour Councillor Mick Coulson was the only incumbent to lose their bid for re-election as his fellow Labour colleague Josephine Jarosz retired.[37]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Seary | 3,324 | 46.2 | ||
Conservative | Mark Harrison | 3,099 | 43.1 | ||
Labour | Richard Lewis* | 2,976 | 41.4 | ||
Conservative | Mark Neve | 2,901 | 40.3 | ||
Labour | Mick Coulson* | 2,731 | 38.0 | ||
Labour | Lou Cunningham | 2,698 | 37.5 | ||
Yorkshire | Conor O'Neill | 570 | 7.9 | ||
Green | Helen Hart | 545 | 7.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christine Glover | 460 | 6.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jude Arbuckle | 247 | 3.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Hughes | 190 | 2.6 | ||
Majority | 423 | ||||
Turnout | 7,191 | 38.2 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stewart Golton* | 3,167 | 52.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Carmel Harrison | 2,338 | 38.6 | ||
Labour | Karen Bruce* | 2,326 | 38.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Yates | 2,157 | 35.6 | ||
Labour | David Nagle* | 1,857 | 30.7 | ||
Labour | Sharon Burke | 1,645 | 27.2 | ||
Conservative | Joe Boycott | 1,254 | 20.7 | ||
Conservative | Melieha Long | 855 | 14.1 | ||
Conservative | Shazar Ahad | 686 | 11.3 | ||
Green | Ali Aliremzioglu | 358 | 5.9 | ||
Majority | 841 | ||||
Turnout | 6,052 | 37.7 | +1.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eleanor Tunnicliffe* | 4,203 | 53.7 | ||
Labour | Angela Wenham | 4,165 | 53.2 | ||
Labour | Jacob Goddard | 4,131 | 52.7 | ||
Conservative | Elayna Cohen | 1,661 | 21.2 | ||
Conservative | Farzana Arif | 1,612 | 20.6 | ||
Independent | Tony Quinn | 1,348 | 17.2 | ||
Conservative | Aftab Khan | 1,318 | 16.8 | ||
Green | Paul Ellis | 1,007 | 12.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jon Hannah | 888 | 11.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rory Mason | 621 | 7.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Najeeb Iqbal | 598 | 7.6 | ||
Alliance for Green Socialism | Malcolm Christie | 390 | 5.0 | ||
Majority | 2,542 | ||||
Turnout | 7,834 | 45.1 | +3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
All three Labour incumbent councillors won re-election. After the election, Debra Coupar replaced former Kirkstall ward councillor, Lucinda Yeadon, as Joint Deputy Leader of the Council.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Debra Coupar* | 2,641 | 49.1 | ||
Labour | Helen Hayden* | 2,603 | 48.4 | ||
Labour | Mick Lyons* | 2,482 | 46.1 | ||
Conservative | Elizabeth Hayes | 2,113 | 39.3 | ||
Conservative | Neale Deacon | 2,062 | 38.3 | ||
Conservative | Robert Hayes | 1,739 | 32.3 | ||
Green | Fiona Love | 610 | 11.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Keith Norman | 478 | 8.9 | ||
Majority | 528 | ||||
Turnout | 5,380 | 36.2 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Bentley* | 2,934 | 45.3 | ||
Labour | Christine Knight | 2,717 | 42.0 | ||
Labour | James Gibson | 2,699 | 41.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Jennings | 2,488 | 38.4 | ||
Labour | John McMahon | 2,418 | 37.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lynda Sebire | 2,241 | 34.6 | ||
Green | Martin Hemingway | 955 | 14.8 | ||
Conservative | Angelo Basu | 695 | 10.7 | ||
Conservative | David Jessop | 694 | 10.7 | ||
Conservative | Howard Kiernan | 674 | 10.4 | ||
Majority | 217 | ||||
Turnout | 6,471 | 40.8 | −0.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
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New Conservative candidate and Mayor of Wetherby Norma Harrington topped the poll, elected with the two Conservative incumbents who were re-standing for election. Harrington was chosen as the third Conservative candidate instead of current Councillor John Procter (also MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber).[27]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norma Harrington | 4,160 | 65.5 | ||
Conservative | Alan Lamb* | 4,126 | 64.9 | ||
Conservative | Gerald Wilkinson* | 4,067 | 64.0 | ||
Labour | John Lynch | 1,308 | 20.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Hopps | 1,189 | 18.7 | ||
Labour | Jan Egan | 1,069 | 16.8 | ||
Labour | Paul Ratcliffe | 875 | 13.8 | ||
Green | Martin Pearce | 704 | 11.1 | ||
Majority | 2,852 | ||||
Turnout | 6,354 | 39.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Notes
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