2000 Leeds City Council election

The Leeds City Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. Since the last election, Labour had lost a by-election to the Lib Dems in Harehills, and long-serving Chapel Allerton councillor, Garth Frankland, had defected from Labour to Left Alliance. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.[1] Overall turnout in the election was 27.5%.[2]

Map of the results for the 2000 Leeds council election.

Election result
Leeds Local Election Result 2000[2][3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 17 1 9 -8 51.5 39.1 58,198 -7.0%
  Liberal Democrats 8 4 0 +4 24.2 22.8 33,916 +0.6%
  Conservative 7 4 0 +4 21.2 32.3 48,031 +4.7%
  Green 1 1 0 +1 3.0 4.0 5,906 +0.4%
  Leeds Left Alliance 0 0 1 -1 0.0 1.1 1,659 +0.7%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 697 +0.4%
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 166 +0.1%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 74 +0.0%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:[3]

Party Previous council New council
Labour 69 61
Liberal Democrat 15 19
Conservative 12 16
Green 1 2
Independent Socialist 1 1
Left Alliance 1 0
Total 99 99
Working majority  41   23 

Ward results
Aireborough[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Latty 3,142 47.1 +6.5
Labour Tony Addison 2,470 37.0 -6.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Hutton 1,058 15.9 +0.1
Majority 672 10.1 +7.1
Turnout 6,670 33.9 +0.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +6.5
Armley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James McKenna 1,637 50.3 -10.9
Conservative Steven Welsh 810 24.9 +8.1
Liberal Democrats Andrew Davies 541 16.6 +1.1
Green Yvonne Clarke 236 7.2 +0.7
Leeds Left Alliance Michael Davies 33 1.0 +1.0
Majority 827 25.4 -18.9
Turnout 3,257 20.7 -0.2
Labour hold Swing -9.5
Barwick & Kippax[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Wakefield 2,766 49.9 -10.9
Conservative Jack Stott 2,035 36.7 +9.8
Liberal Democrats Anne Bagnall 743 13.4 +1.1
Majority 731 13.2 -20.6
Turnout 5,544 30.9 -2.0
Labour hold Swing -10.3
Beeston[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Congreve 1,351 45.8 -11.0
Conservative William Birch 988 33.5 +5.3
Liberal Democrats Pauline Davies 528 17.9 +2.7
Green Janet Pritchard 86 2.9 +2.9
Majority 363 12.3 -16.3
Turnout 2,953 24.1 +2.6
Labour hold Swing -8.1
Bramley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Linda Sullivan 1,596 46.4 -1.1
Labour Michael McGowan 1,361 39.6 -5.1
Conservative Michael Best 396 11.5 +3.8
Green Pamela Brown 84 2.4 +2.4
Majority 235 6.8 +4.0
Turnout 3,437 21.0 +0.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +2.0
Burmantofts[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ronald Grahame 1,700 63.0 -4.3
Liberal Democrats Terence Ineson 532 19.7 +0.8
Conservative Karl Steenson 372 13.8 +5.4
Green Peggy Alexander 68 2.5 +2.5
Leeds Left Alliance Gareth Christie 26 1.0 -4.4
Majority 1,168 43.3 -5.1
Turnout 2,698 20.6 -0.4
Labour hold Swing -2.5
Chapel Allerton[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eileen Moxon 2,151 47.5 -11.7
Leeds Left Alliance Garth Frankland 1,058 23.4 +23.4
Liberal Democrats Arif Hussain 720 15.9 +3.2
Conservative Arshad Ali 595 13.2 -8.4
Majority 1,093 24.2 -13.5
Turnout 4,524 30.9 +4.0
Labour gain from Leeds Left Alliance Swing -17.5
City & Holbeck[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth Nash 1,494 56.2 -5.0
Conservative David Boynton 488 18.4 +3.9
Liberal Democrats Ann Norman 417 15.7 +1.1
Green Milan Ghosh 138 5.2 +1.1
Leeds Left Alliance (Socialist Alternative) David Jones 122 4.6 -1.1
Majority 1,006 37.8 -8.7
Turnout 2,659 17.5 -1.7
Labour hold Swing -4.4
Cookridge[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Loudon 3,058 49.1 -2.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Harker 1,781 28.6 +13.0
Labour Jane Dowson 1,256 20.1 -10.1
Green Peter Scarth 139 2.2 -0.4
Majority 1,277 20.5 -0.9
Turnout 6,234 37.0 +3.6
Conservative hold Swing -7.7
Garforth & Swillington[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Murray 2,734 50.7 -10.7
Conservative Jean Higham 1,666 30.9 +6.8
Liberal Democrats Ian Dowling 996 18.5 +3.9
Majority 1,068 19.8 -17.5
Turnout 5,396 29.1 +0.6
Labour hold Swing -8.7
Halton[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Hyde 2,681 47.5 +5.6
Labour Patrict Davey 2,248 39.8 -5.1
Liberal Democrats David Hollingsworth 720 12.7 -0.5
Majority 433 7.7 +4.7
Turnout 5,649 31.2 +3.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +5.3
Harehills[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Tear 2,198 49.8 -1.6
Labour Mohammed Kahn 1,889 42.8 -1.9
Conservative Luke Steenson 195 4.4 +0.6
Green Paul Marchant 92 2.1 +2.1
Leeds Left Alliance Timothy Watson 37 0.8 +0.8
Majority 309 7.0 +0.3
Turnout 4,411 31.5 -1.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +0.1
Headingley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Morton 1,443 41.9 -2.1
Labour William Rollinson 1,292 37.5 -0.9
Green Lesley Jeffries 364 10.6 +1.0
Conservative James Thornton 346 10.0 +2.0
Majority 151 4.4 -1.2
Turnout 3,445 16.3 -3.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing -0.6
Horsforth[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Barker 2,209 39.8 -6.9
Conservative John Hardcastle 2,034 36.6 +9.9
Labour John Garvani 1,137 20.5 -1.8
Green Andrea Binns 174 3.1 +3.1
Majority 175 3.2 -16.8
Turnout 5,554 32.2 -1.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -8.4
Hunslet[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoffrey Driver 1,409 70.5 -5.1
Liberal Democrats Christine Golton 468 23.4 +12.8
Green Stephanie Hoare 121 6.1 +3.1
Majority 941 47.1 -17.4
Turnout 1,998 17.9 -0.7
Labour hold Swing -8.9
Kirkstall[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth Minkin 2,070 60.8 -5.9
Conservative David Higgott 594 17.5 +3.8
Liberal Democrats Natasha De Vere 473 13.9 +2.0
Green Martin Reed 265 7.8 +0.1
Majority 1,476 43.3 -9.7
Turnout 3,402 21.9 +0.2
Labour hold Swing -4.8
Middleton[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Dunn 1,618 59.2 -6.1
Conservative Susan Nicholls 717 26.2 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Allinson 321 11.7 -1.2
Green Timothy Goodall 77 2.8 +2.8
Majority 901 33.0 -10.5
Turnout 2,733 18.7 -1.0
Labour hold Swing -5.2
Moortown[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Harris 2,758 49.8 +1.1
Labour James Lewis 1,381 24.9 -7.0
Conservative Timothy Hayles 1,199 21.6 +2.2
Green Irene Dracup 130 2.3 +2.3
Leeds Left Alliance Kevin Pattison 71 1.3 +1.3
Majority 1,377 24.9 +8.1
Turnout 5,539 34.6 -0.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +4.0
Morley North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Dawson 2,156 43.9 -11.2
Conservative David Schofield 2,004 40.8 +10.4
Liberal Democrats Rochelle Harris 530 10.8 +0.0
Green Jacqueline Hackman 223 4.5 +0.8
Majority 152 3.1 -21.6
Turnout 4,913 26.0 +1.0
Labour hold Swing -10.8
Morley South[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bryan North 2,255 51.2 -8.0
Conservative Stephen Kearns 1,397 31.7 +6.1
Liberal Democrats Judith Chapman 588 13.3 -1.8
BNP Mark Dodd 166 3.8 +3.8
Majority 858 19.5 -14.1
Turnout 4,406 20.1 +0.8
Labour hold Swing -7.1
North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Brown 2,628 43.3 +10.3
Conservative Caroline Anderson 2,426 40.1 -1.4
Labour Arthur Giles 877 14.5 -10.9
Green Peter Harris 93 1.5 +1.5
Leeds Left Alliance Brian Jackson 32 0.5 +0.5
Majority 202 3.2 -5.2
Turnout 6,056 35.7 +2.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +5.9
Otley & Wharfedale[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clive Fox 2,742 37.5 +4.5
Liberal Democrats Colin Campbell 1,990 27.2 -13.7
Labour John Eveleigh 1,742 23.8 -2.3
Independent Nigel Francis 697 9.5 +9.5
Green Lera Miles 141 1.9 +1.9
Majority 752 10.3 +2.4
Turnout 7,312 38.6 -0.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +9.1
Pudsey North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Carter 4,094 66.1 +11.5
Labour Anne Cherry 1,442 23.3 -11.8
Liberal Democrats Christine Glover 657 10.6 +0.3
Majority 2,652 42.8 +23.3
Turnout 6,193 34.5 -1.1
Conservative hold Swing +11.6
Pudsey South[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eugene "Mick" Coulson 2,013 43.9 -7.5
Conservative Audrey Smith 1,861 40.6 +3.8
Liberal Democrats Pauline Bardon 572 12.5 +4.2
Green Graham Illingworth 139 3.0 -0.4
Majority 152 3.3 -11.3
Turnout 4,585 27.1 +0.6
Labour hold Swing -5.6
Richmond Hill[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Lyons 1,656 67.3 -7.9
Liberal Democrats Keith Norman 369 15.0 +0.2
Conservative Victoria Richmond 305 12.4 +2.4
Leeds Left Alliance (Independent Labour) Neville Place 131 5.3 +5.3
Majority 1,287 52.3 -8.0
Turnout 2,461 19.9 +1.3
Labour hold Swing -4.0
Rothwell[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Donald Wilson 2,007 44.9 +20.3
Labour Lorna Cohen 1,743 39.0 -18.0
Conservative Caroline Judge 718 16.1 -2.3
Majority 264 5.9 -26.5
Turnout 4,468 28.1 +3.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +19.1
Roundhay[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ann Castle 2,782 44.3 +3.8
Labour Kate Newstead 2,542 40.5 -4.7
Liberal Democrats John Skinner 696 11.1 -3.2
Green Colin Johnston 164 2.6 +2.6
Leeds Left Alliance Malcolm Christie 95 1.5 +1.5
Majority 240 3.8 -0.9
Turnout 6,279 37.8 +2.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +4.2
Seacroft[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Hyde 1,998 73.7 -4.0
Conservative Donald Townsley 344 12.7 +3.8
Liberal Democrats Sadie Fisher 225 8.3 +1.9
UKIP Raymond Northgreaves 74 2.7 +2.7
Green Michael Bolton 69 2.5 -0.8
Majority 1,654 61.0 -7.8
Turnout 2,710 22.4 +0.9
Labour hold Swing -3.9
University[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maggie Giles-Hill 1,349 59.6 +4.0
Liberal Democrats Edmund Coneybeare 396 17.5 -7.0
Conservative Robert Winfield 263 11.6 +3.0
Green Bluebell Eikonoklastes 200 8.8 +2.2
Leeds Left Alliance Amanda Munro 54 2.4 +2.4
Majority 953 42.1 +11.0
Turnout 2,262 14.4 -2.3
Labour hold Swing +5.5
Weetwood[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Souper 2,267 40.7 +1.1
Labour Judith Blake 2,023 36.3 -2.9
Conservative Graham Castle 1,049 18.8 +2.1
Green David Webb 233 4.2 -0.4
Majority 244 4.4 +4.0
Turnout 5,572 34.0 -1.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +2.0
Wetherby[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerald Wilkinson 4,823 68.7 +10.8
Labour Reginald Steel 1,341 19.1 -6.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Welby 860 12.2 -4.7
Majority 3,482 49.6 +16.9
Turnout 7,024 34.0 -2.0
Conservative hold Swing +8.4
Whinmoor[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Suzanne Armitage 1,751 50.1 -4.1
Conservative Valerie Kendall 1,317 37.7 +8.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Bell 425 12.2 +3.0
Majority 434 12.4 -12.4
Turnout 3,493 26.2 +0.7
Labour hold Swing -6.2
Wortley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Claire Nash 2,670 55.5 +1.3
Labour Philip Towler 1,346 28.0 -7.4
Conservative Glenn Broadbent 590 12.3 +9.0
Liberal Democrats Barbara Thompson 204 4.2 -3.0
Majority 1,324 27.5 +8.6
Turnout 4,810 28.1 -1.0
Green gain from Labour Swing +4.3

By-elections between 2000 and 2002
Morley North by-election 7 June 2001
replacing Michael Dawson (resigned)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jayne Hill 4,851 44.8 +0.9
Conservative 2,929 27.0 -13.8
Independent 1,475 13.6 +13.6
Liberal Democrats 1,070 9.9 -0.9
BNP 262 2.4 +2.4
Green 249 2.3 -2.2
Majority 1,922 17.8 +14.7
Turnout 9,836
Labour hold Swing +7.3
University by-election 7 June 2001
replacing Maggie Giles-Hill (resigned)[5][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael McGowan 2,948 55.4 -4.2
Liberal Democrats John Burke 1,357 25.5 +8.0
Conservative Robert Winfield 582 10.9 -0.7
Green Bluebell Eikonoklastes 414 7.8 -1.0
Independent William Howells 21 0.4 +0.4
Majority 1,591 29.9 -12.2
Turnout 5,322 35.5 +21.1
Labour hold Swing -6.1
Moortown by-election 19 July 2001
replacing Christine Brett (resigned)[6][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Harker 2,236 46.7 -3.1
Labour Irene O'Grady 1,641 34.3 +9.4
Conservative Valerie Kendall 792 16.6 -5.1
Leeds Left Alliance Michael Davies 114 2.4 +1.1
Majority 595 12.4 -12.5
Turnout 4,783 33.8 -0.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -6.2

References
  1. "Leeds". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  2. "Council Elections - May 2000". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 11 May 2000. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  3. "Election results: local councils". The Times. 6 May 2000. p. 10. ISSN 0140-0460.
  4. "Local Authority By-Election Results". gwydir.demon.co.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  5. "University By-Election 7th June 2001". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 21 June 2001. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  6. "Moortown By-Election 19th July 2001". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 November 2001. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
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