2018 Leeds City Council election

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 local elections across England and the rest of the UK.

2018 Leeds City Council election
3 May 2018
All 99 seats on Leeds City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout34.5% ( 0.2%)[lower-alpha 1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Judith Blake Andrew Carter Stewart Golton
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Middleton Park Calverley & Farsley Rothwell
Last election 21 seats, 43.0% 6 seats, 27.4% 3 seats, 8.4%
Seats won 61 22 6
Seat change 2 3 3
Popular vote 250,241 152,316 52,235
Percentage 46.4% 28.2% 9.6%
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).
Council control before election

Majority administration
Labour

 Council control after election

Majority administration
Labour

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]
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Labour 99 61 4 6 2 61.6 46.4 250,241 +3.4%
  Conservative 98 22 4 1 3 22.2 28.2 152,316 +5.2%
  Liberal Democrats 56 6 1 4 3 6.1 9.6 52,235 -0.4%
  Green 37 2 0 1 1 2.0 6.1 32,955 -1.0%
  Morley Borough Independents 6 5 0 0 5.1 2.9 15,822 +0.1%
  Garforth and Swillington Independents 3 3 0 3 3.0 2.6 14,476 N/A
  Save Our Beeston and Holbeck Independents 3 0 0 0 0.0 0.7 3,800 N/A
  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 N/A
  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 N/A
  SDP 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 1,232 N/A
  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 N/A
  Women's Equality 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 394 N/A
  Total 335 99 12 12 100% 100% 539,003 354,327

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
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/s who did not stand for re-election (20)
Councillor Ward First elected Party Reason Successor
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.

Adel & Wharfedale
Adel & Wharfedale (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Anderson* 4,856 61.5 +3.1
Conservative Caroline Anderson* 4,269
Conservative Billy Flynn* 3,881
Labour Nigel Gill 1,556 19.7 +1.7
Labour Geraldine Montgomerie 1,435
Labour Andy Rontree 1,264
Liberal Democrats Peter Jackson 977 12.3 -1.1
Liberal Democrats Jane Trewhella 883
Liberal Democrats Ed Thornley 715
Green Liddy Swales 591 7.5 +3.5
Majority 3,300 41.4 +1.0
Turnout 15,984 45.2 -0.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Alwoodley
Alwoodley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dan Cohen* 4,209 52.2 +0.1
Conservative Neil Buckley* 4,111
Conservative Peter Harrand* 3,896
Labour Keith White 2,389 29.6 -0.4
Labour Claude Hendrickson 2,141
Labour Mumtaz Khan 2,019
Green Miriam Moss 639 7.9 +4.5
Liberal Democrats Roderic Parker 633 7.8 +5.5
Alliance for Green Socialism Brian Jackson 194 2.4 +1.1
Majority 1,722 21.6 -0.5
Turnout 17,605 41.5 +3.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Ardsley & Robin Hood

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]

Ardsley & Robin Hood (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Karen Renshaw* 2,371 34.9 -11.2
Labour Co-op Ben Garner 2,074
Labour Co-op Lisa Mulherin* 2,013
Conservative Mike Foster 1,897 27.9 +4.1
Independent Jack Dunn* 1,694 24.9 N/A
Conservative Kirsty Baldwin 1,686
Conservative Cameron Stephenson 1,610
Green Emma Carter 503 7.4 +4.5
Liberal Democrats George Hall 332 4.9 +0.3
Majority 474 7.0 -15.3
Turnout 17,530 30.9 +2.4
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Armley
Armley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alice Smart* 2,747 53.4 -2.3
Labour James McKenna* 2,632
Labour Alison Lowe* 2,447
Green Andrea Binns 732 14.2 +4.9
Conservative Matthew Leech 657 12.8 +5.0
Conservative Nicola Tinsley 565
Green Gideon Jones 545
Conservative Robert Murphy-Fell 522
Liberal Democrats Dan Walker 387 7.5 +3.8
For Britain James Miller 261 5.1 N/A
Democrats and Veterans John Withill 184 3.6 N/A
TUSC Rob Hooper 175 3.4 +2.4
Majority 2,015 39.2 +6.1
Turnout 16,704 26.8 -2.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Beeston & Holbeck
Beeston & Holbeck (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angela Gabriel* 2,593 53.3 -8.1
Labour Gohar Almass 2,471
Labour Andrew Scopes 2,257
Save Our Beeston and Holbeck Independents Bill Birch 1,281 26.3 N/A
Save Our Beeston and Holbeck Independents Laura Walton 1,269
Save Our Beeston and Holbeck Independents Sean Sturman 1,250
Conservative Robert Winfield 495 10.2 -0.1
Conservative Lyn Buckley 464
Conservative Ian Robertson 395
Green Owen Brear 343 7.0 +1.4
Liberal Democrats Jarrod Gaines 197 4.0 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Robert Durdin 159
Majority 1,312 27.0 -13.3
Turnout 16,927 28.8 +0.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bramley & Stanningley
Bramley & Stanningley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Ritchie* 2,905 54.8 +3.6
Labour Caroline Gruen* 2,560
Labour Julie Heselwood* 2,529
Conservative Ovidiu Caprariu 772 14.6 +4.1
Conservative Alexander Nancolas 710
Conservative Neil Hunt 692
Green Clive Lord 573 10.8 +1.0
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Bee 528 10.0 +6.3
For Britain Anne Murgatroyd 489 9.2 N/A
Majority 2,133 40.2 +13.9
Turnout 16,923 26.2 -3.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Burmantofts & Richmond Hill
Burmantofts & Richmond Hill (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ron Grahame* 2,756 57.0 -0.4
Labour Asghar Khan* 2,577
Labour Denise Ragan* 2,442
East Leeds Independents Geoff Holloran 678 14.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Hollingsworth 613 12.7 +1.0
Green Paul Marchant 428 8.8 +2.2
Conservative Alexander Passingham 363 7.5 +2.7
Conservative Peter Lord 327
Conservative Robin Rogers 294
Majority 2,078 43.0 +4.9
Turnout 16,291 24.8 -2.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Calverley & Farsley

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.

Calverley & Farsley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Carter* 3,972 48.6 -4.3
Conservative Amanda Carter* 3,716
Labour Peter Carlill 3,086 37.7 +5.0
Conservative Roderic Wood* 3,039
Labour Nicole Sharpe 2,597
Labour Naheem Alam 2,483
Green Ellen Graham 733 9.0 +6.7
Liberal Democrats Kate Arbuckle 387 4.7 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Robert Jacques 220
Liberal Democrats Benedict Chastney 190
Majority 886 10.9 -9.3
Turnout 18,194 40.6 +1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Chapel Allerton

All three incumbent Labour councillors were re-elected, including incumbent Lord Mayor of Leeds Jane Dowson.

Chapel Allerton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eileen Taylor* 4,809 65.2 -4.3
Labour Mohammed Rafique* 4,728
Labour Jane Dowson* 4,708
Green Justine Merton-Scott 907 12.3 +4.3
Green Bobak Walker 703
Conservative Kevin Black 672 9.1 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Susan Harris 608 8.2 +3.6
Conservative Linda Feldman 604
Conservative David Myers 565
Alliance for Green Socialism Mike Davies 379 5.1 +0.7
Majority 3,902 52.9 -7.6
Turnout 17,927 38.1 +2.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Cross Gates & Whinmoor

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]

Cross Gates & Whinmoor (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pauline Grahame* 2,815 36.4 -12.2
Labour Peter Gruen* 2,501
Labour Jessica Lennox 2,175
East Leeds Independents Janette Walker* 1,525 19.7 N/A
Conservative Dorothy Schofield 1,485 19.2 +1.6
Conservative Paula Hayes 1,340
Conservative Andrew Martin 1,142
Green Elizabeth Fellows 557
UKIP Harvey Alexander 519 7.2 -18.0
UKIP Peter Morgan 414
Liberal Democrats Thomas Shakespeare 340 4.4 +0
Democrats and Veterans Mark Maniatt 261 3.4 N/A
For Britain Stuart Nicholson 238 3.1 N/A
Majority 1,290 16.7 -6.7
Turnout 18,247 31.8 -0.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Farnley & Wortley
Farnley & Wortley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Ann Blackburn* 2,461 43.8 -3.8
Green David Blackburn* 2,424
Labour Matt Gibson 2,151 38.3 +8.5
Labour Andrea McKenna 1,991
Labour Andy Parnham 1,989
Green Stuart Haley 1,984
Conservative Hayley Nancolas 685 12.2 -2.0
Conservative Dorothy Flynn 643
Conservative John Hardcastle 615
For Britain Sam Melia 162 2.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Spencer 160 2.8 +1.6
Majority 310 5.5 -12.3
Turnout 17,956 30.2 -0.2
Green hold Swing
Green hold Swing
Labour gain from Green Swing

Garforth & Swillington

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]

Garforth & Swillington (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Garforth and Swillington Independents Mark Dobson* 5,377 62.5 N/A
Garforth and Swillington Independents Sarah Field* 4,738
Garforth and Swillington Independents Suzanne McCormack 4,361
Labour Annie Maloney 1,512 17.6 -37.6
Labour Mark Pratt 1,505
Conservative Joseph Blunt 1,358 15.8 -10.8
Labour Mirelle Midgley 1,354
Conservative Linda Richards 1,311
Conservative Jordan Young 1,181
Liberal Democrats Christine Golton 190 2.2 -0.1
For Britain Michael Bolton 168 2.0 N/A
Majority 3,865 44.9 +16.3
Turnout 16,203 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

Gipton & Harehills
Gipton & Harehills (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Salma Arif* 4,020 69.5 -9.5
Labour Arif Hussain* 3,797
Labour Kamila Maqsood* 3,524
Conservative Robert Harris 411 7.1 +1.9
Green Colin Noble 394 6.8 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Heidi Farrar 370 6.4 +1.5
TUSC Iain Dalton 357 6.1 +4.9
Conservative Matthew Labbee 323
Independent Shaff Sheikh 269 4.6 N/A
Conservative Vajinder Singh 218
Majority 3,609 62.4 -9.4
Turnout 16,564 31.3 -1.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Guiseley & Rawdon

All three incumbent Conservative councillors were re-elected, including Lord Mayor of Leeds-elect Graham Latty.[32]

Guiseley & Rawdon (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Latty* 3,714 38.4 -5.6
Conservative Pat Latty* 3,483
Conservative Paul Wadsworth* 3,286
Labour Co-op Kirsty McKay 2,693 27.9 -1.4
Labour Co-op Andrew Thomson 2,597
Labour Co-op Ian McCargo 2,395
Yorkshire Bob Buxton 1,530 15.8 +5.5
Green Party - Save Our Green Space Mark Rollinson 1,326 13.7 +10.2
Liberal Democrats Cynthia Dowling 401 4.1 -1.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Edwards 396
Liberal Democrats Katherine Bavage 350
Majority 1,021 10.5 -4.2
Turnout 18,495 42.3 +2.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Harewood

The two Conservatives re-standing for election were successful, with fellow Conservative Councillor Rachael Procter, who was deselected, replaced by Samuel Firth.[33]

Harewood (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Robinson* 4,461 60.6 +2.8
Conservative Samuel Firth 4,039
Conservative Ryan Stephenson* 4,003
Labour Adrian Duthie 1,126 15.3 +1.3
Green David Corry 918 12.5 +5.8
Labour Kathryn Stainburn 912
Liberal Democrats Dan Cook 852 11.6 +4.1
Labour Zahid Noor 757
Majority 3,335 45.3 +3.1
Turnout 14,949 41.6 +2.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Headingley & Hyde Park

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.

Headingley & Hyde Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jonathan Pryor* 3,126 51.1 N/A
Labour Al Garthwaite* 2,999
Labour Neil Walshaw* 2,694
Green Tim Goodall 1,270 20.8 N/A
Green Liberty Anstead 643
Green Ann Forsaith 576
Liberal Democrats Penny Goodman 488 8.0 N/A
Women's Equality Louise Jennings 394 6.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Peter Andrews 351 5.7
Liberal Democrats Murray Hawthorne 276
Conservative Michael Gledhill 205 3.4 N/A
Conservative Justin Earley 201
Conservative Kyle Green 191
TUSC James Ellis 78 1.3 N/A
Majority 1,856 30.3 N/A
Turnout 20,145 23.0 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Horsforth
Horsforth (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dawn Collins* 3,195 36.5 +9.3
Conservative Jonathon Taylor 2,770
Conservative Jackie Shemilt 2,660
Labour John Garvani 2,453 28.0 +0.5
Labour Briony Sloan 2,380
Labour Nathalie Bethesda 2,208
Liberal Democrats Simon Dowling 1,976 22.6 -10.3
Liberal Democrats Becky Heaviside 1,903
Liberal Democrats Christopher Read 1,288
Green Party - Save Our Green Space Caroline Tomes 1,132 12.9 +7.0
Majority 742 8.5 +3.1
Turnout 17,539 43.8 +1.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Hunslet & Riverside

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]

Hunslet & Riverside (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth Nash* 2,399 47.4 N/A
Labour Mohammed Iqbal* 2,391
Labour Paul Wray 2,132
Green Ed Carlisle 1,740 34.4 N/A
Green Eunice Goncalves 1,024
Green Alaric Hall 931
Conservative Richard Salt 409 8.1 N/A
Conservative Scott Smith 384
Conservative Michael Wheeler 342
Independent Kenny Saunders 340 6.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats James Spencer 176 3.5 N/A
Majority 659 13.0 N/A
Turnout 16,702 27.4 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Killingbeck & Seacroft

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.

Killingbeck & Seacroft (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Drinkwater 2,718 51.6 -10.7
Labour David Jenkins 2,602
Labour Katie Dye 2,585
East Leeds Independents Catherine Dobson* 1,005 19.1 N/A
Conservative Marilyn Coen 619 11.7 +2.1
Yorkshire John Otley 538 10.2 +7.7
Conservative Anne Palmer 478
Conservative Fiona Robertson 445
Liberal Democrats Kate Langwick 389 7.4 +3.7
Majority 1,713 32.5 -11.5
Turnout 16,989 25.7 -2.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Kippax & Methley

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.

Kippax & Methley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Harland* 3,135 54.7 -1.1
Labour James Lewis* 3,027
Labour Keith Wakefield* 2,856
Conservative Chris Calvert 1,355 23.7 +6.2
Conservative Nicholas Fawcett 1,348
Conservative Tess Wheldon 1,049
Green Dylan Brown 758 13.2 +10.0
UKIP Tina Smith 474 8.3 -20.0
UKIP Paul Spivey 439
UKIP Sheila Shippey 323
Liberal Democrats Mitchell Galdas 5 0.08 -3.28
Majority 1,780 31.0 -4.5
Turnout 16,398 32.87 -1.63
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Kirkstall

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]

Kirkstall (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hannah Bithell 3,977 65.8 -2.7
Labour Fiona Venner* 3,850
Labour John Illingworth* 3,634
Green Ben Goldthorp 978 16.2 +7.9
Conservative Liam Kenrick-Bailey 645 10.7 +4.5
Conservative Amaad Amin 471
Conservative Eleni Nicolaou 454
Liberal Democrats Maria Frank 445 7.3 +3.1
Majority 2,999 56.2 -1.4
Turnout 5,341 32.2 -2.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Little London & Woodhouse

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.

Little London & Woodhouse (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kayleigh Brooks 2,425 69.8 N/A
Labour Javaid Akhtar* 2,415
Labour Gerry Harper* 2,126
Green Christopher Foren 530 15.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Lorna Campbell 268 7.7 N/A
Conservative Brandon Ashford 249 7.2 N/A
Conservative Stewart Harper 166
Majority 1,895 63.1 N/A
Turnout 3,004 15.6 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Middleton Park
Middleton Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kim Groves* 3,373 61.1 +12.2
Labour Judith Blake* 2,747
Labour Paul Truswell* 2,366
SDP Wayne Dixon 1,232 22.3 +9.7
Conservative David Herdson 621 11.3 +4.9
Conservative Rita Jessop 613
Conservative Gareth Lamb 451
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Gagen 293 5.3 +3.2
Majority 2,141 46.6 +25.0
Turnout 4,594 23.6 +1.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Moortown

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.

Moortown (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rebecca Charlwood* 4,248 49.4 -4.6
Labour Sharon Hamilton* 3,730
Labour Mohammed Shahzad 3,527
Conservative Ross Cunliffe 1,719 20.0 -0.5
Conservative Rob Speed 1,643
Conservative Liam Pearce 1,527
Liberal Democrats Ian Dowling 1,287 15.0 +4.5
Green Gavin Andrews 1,188 13.8 +7.1
Liberal Democrats David Dresser 996
Liberal Democrats Chris Howley 874
UKIP Ian Greenberg 155 1.8 -6.5
UKIP Jeff Miles 134
Majority 2,529 33.7 +0.7
Turnout 7,513 43.3 +4.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Morley North

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.

Morley North (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Morley Borough Independents Bob Gettings* 3,480 52.6 +2.0
Morley Borough Independents Andy Hutchison 2,945
Morley Borough Independents Thomas Leadley* 2,767
Labour Co-op Pete Compton 1,701 25.7 +3.9
Labour Co-op Steve Clapcote 1,345
Labour Co-op Johnathan Leng 1,269
Conservative Jason Aldiss 1,149 17.4 +3.1
Conservative Christopher Dilworth 1,146
Conservative Louisa Singh 695
Liberal Democrats Philip Mellor 284 4.3 +2.4
Majority 2,529 42.1 +13.3
Turnout 6,009 33.5 +0.7
Morley Borough Independents hold Swing
Morley Borough Independents hold Swing
Morley Borough Independents hold Swing

Morley South
Morley South (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Morley Borough Independents Judith Elliott* 2,500 40.4 -2.8
Labour Co-op Neil Dawson* 2,102 34.0 +5.5
Morley Borough Independents Wyn Kidger 2,082
Morley Borough Independents Robert Finnigan 2,028
Labour Co-op Charlotte Hill 1,799
Labour Co-op Luke Mitchell 1,712
Conservative Rachel Oldham 848 13.7 +2.9
Conservative Jermaine Sanwoolu 698
Green Chris Bell 583 9.4 +6.5
Conservative Jas Singh 547
Liberal Democrats Raymond Smith 148 2.4 +1.3
Majority 398 7.5 -7.2
Turnout 5,309 30.7 -0.1
Morley Borough Independents hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Morley Borough Independents hold Swing

Otley & Yeadon
Otley & Yeadon (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Colin Campbell* 3,768 43.4 -4.7
Liberal Democrats Sandy Lay* 3,757
Liberal Democrats Ryk Downes* 3,663
Labour Sian Gregory 2,340 26.9 +3.4
Labour Elliot Nathan 2,200
Labour James Ranson 1,703
Green Mick Bradley 1,245 14.3 +10.2
Conservative Kenneth Creek 1,094 12.6 +3.6
Conservative Diane Fox 978
Conservative Philip Rees 974
For Britain Tom Hollings 241 2.8 N/A
Majority 1,428 18.6 -6.0
Turnout 7,677 43.4 -1.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Pudsey

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]

Pudsey (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Seary 3,324 42.7 +9.4
Conservative Mark Harrison 3,099
Labour Richard Lewis* 2,976 38.2 -7.2
Conservative Mark Neve 2,901
Labour Mick Coulson* 2,731
Labour Lou Cunningham 2,698
Yorkshire Conor O'Neill 570 7.3 +4.0
Green Helen Hart 545 7.0 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Christine Glover 460 5.9 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Hughes 190
Liberal Democrats Jude Arbuckle 247
Majority 423 5.9 -6.4
Turnout 7,194 38.2 +1.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rothwell
Rothwell (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stewart Golton* 3,167 44.6 +14.5
Liberal Democrats Carmel Harrison 2,338
Labour Karen Bruce* 2,326 32.7 -3.6
Liberal Democrats Patricia Yates 2,157
Labour David Nagle* 1,857
Labour Sharon Burke 1,645
Conservative Joe Boycott 1,254 17.6 +1.4
Conservative Melieha Long 855
Conservative Shazar Ahad 686
Green Ali Aliremzioglu 358 5.0 +2.4
Majority 841 13.6 +7.6
Turnout 6,071 37.7 +1.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Roundhay
Roundhay (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eleanor Tunnicliffe* 4,203 44.3 -13.4
Labour Angela Wenham 4,165
Labour Jacob Goddard 4,131
Conservative Elayna Cohen 1,661 17.5 -4.5
Conservative Farzana Arif 1,612
Independent Tony Quinn 1,348 14.2 N/A
Conservative Aftab Khan 1,318
Green Paul Ellis 1,007 10.6 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Jon Hannah 888 9.4 +3.6
Liberal Democrats Rory Mason 621
Liberal Democrats Najeeb Iqbal 598
Alliance for Green Socialism Malcolm Christie 390 4.1 +1.4
Majority 2,542 32.4 -3.3
Turnout 7,849 45.1 +3.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Temple Newsam

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.

Temple Newsam (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Debra Coupar* 2,641 44.0 -2.6
Labour Helen Hayden* 2,603
Labour Mick Lyons* 2,482
Conservative Elizabeth Hayes 2,113 35.2 +10.4
Conservative Neale Deacon 2,062
Conservative Robert Hayes 1,739
Green Fiona Love 610 10.2 +7.1
Liberal Democrats Keith Norman 478 8.0 +4.3
Majority 528 8.8 -13.0
Turnout 6,002 36.2 +0.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Weetwood
Weetwood (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Bentley* 2,934 40.2 -4.1
Labour Christine Knight 2,717 37.2 +4.7
Labour James Gibson 2,699
Liberal Democrats Brian Jennings 2,488
Labour John McMahon 2,418
Liberal Democrats Lynda Sebire 2,241
Green Martin Hemingway 955 13.1 +6.3
Conservative Angelo Basu 695 9.5 -0.3
Conservative David Jessop 694
Conservative Howard Kiernan 674
Majority 217 3.3 -8.5
Turnout 6,493 40.8 -0.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Wetherby
A polling station on Aire Road, Wetherby, on the day of the election.

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).[38]

Wetherby (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norma Harrington 4,160 56.5 -1.8
Conservative Alan Lamb* 4,126
Conservative Gerald Wilkinson* 4,067
Labour John Lynch 1,308 17.8 -1.8
Liberal Democrats David Hopps 1,189 16.2 +9.9
Labour Jan Egan 1,069
Labour Paul Ratcliffe 875
Green Martin Pearce 704 9.6 +6.1
Majority 2,852 TBC[39] TBC
Turnout TBC TBC TBC
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Notes
  1. Turnout has been calculated based on the published full results for 32 of the 33 Leeds City Council wards, with the turnout in Wetherby ward still to be published.[1]

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