33 of the 99 seats onLeeds City Council 50 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Labour in red (21),Conservatives in blue (7),Liberal Democrats in yellow (2),Greens in light green (1) andMorley Borough Independents in dark green (1). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2011 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect members ofLeeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as otherlocal elections across the UK.
As per the election cycle, one third of the council's seats were up for election. The councillors subsequently elected replaced those elected when their individual seats were previously contested in2007.
After forming aminority administration following the2010 election, theLabour Party regained overall control of the council for the first time since the council had been inno overall control in2004. Labour gained seven seats, including four from theLiberal Democrats.[1][2][3][4]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 22 | 7 | 0 | 66.7 | 46.8 | 99,955 | +11.1 | ||
| Conservative | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21.2 | 27.1 | 57,927 | +0.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6.1 | 13.6 | 28,985 | -10.9 | ||
| Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 10,298 | +2.4 | ||
| Morley Borough Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 5,718 | +0.7 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4,383 | +1.1 | ||
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2,698 | +1.3 | ||
| Alliance for Green Socialism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1,727 | +0.1 | ||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1,105 | -6.3 | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 582 | -0.1 | ||
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 252 | +0.1 | ||
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:[2]
| Party | Previous council | New council | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 48 | 55 | |||
| Conservative | 22 | 21 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 21 | 16 | |||
| Morley Borough Independent | 6 | 5 | |||
| Green | 2 | 2 | |||
| Total | 99 | 99 | |||
| Working majority | -3 | 11 | |||
| Councillor | Ward | First elected | Party | Reason | Successor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Barker[5] | Horsforth | 2000 | Liberal Democrats | stood down | Dawn Collins (Conservative) | ||
| Ruth Feldman[6] | Alwoodley | 1999 | Conservative | stood down | Dan Cohen (Conservative) | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Les Carter* | 4,144 | 50.2 | +7.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Shaw | 1,758 | 21.3 | −15.5 | |
| Labour | Nigel Gill | 1,701 | 20.6 | +5.7 | |
| Green | Paul Marchant | 337 | 4.1 | +1.7 | |
| UKIP | Claire Wilson-Sharp | 315 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
| Majority | 2,386 | 28.9 | +22.5 | ||
| Turnout | 8,255 | 52 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +11.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Dan Cohen | 4,254 | 53.3 | +3.9 | |
| Labour | Katy Sian | 2,837 | 35.4 | +8.2 | |
| UKIP | Warren Hendon | 547 | 6.9 | +4.1 | |
| Alliance for Green Socialism | Brian Jackson | 351 | 4.4 | +3.2 | |
| Majority | 1,417 | 17.9 | −4.3 | ||
| Turnout | 7,979 | 45 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -2.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jack Dunn* | 2,847 | 48.7 | +7.5 | |
| Conservative | Robert Buxton | 1,377 | 23.5 | −1.3 | |
| English Democrat | Joanna Beverley | 880 | 15.0 | +15.0 | |
| UKIP | Karen Foster | 384 | 6.6 | +2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Katherine Bavage | 360 | 6.2 | −10.0 | |
| Majority | 1,470 | 25.1 | +8.7 | ||
| Turnout | 5,848 | 34 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jim McKenna* | 3,428 | 62.8 | +16.6 | |
| Conservative | Ross Burgham | 901 | 16.5 | +1.3 | |
| Green | Jane Morrison | 748 | 13.7 | +7.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ruth Pecher | 382 | 7.0 | −15.6 | |
| Majority | 2,527 | 46.3 | +22.7 | ||
| Turnout | 5,459 | 31 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +7.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Adam Ogilvie* | 2,880 | 61.3 | +13.9 | |
| Conservative | Robert Winfield | 838 | 17.8 | −1.8 | |
| UKIP | Wilfred Woodhouse | 425 | 9.1 | +4.8 | |
| Green | David Smith | 308 | 6.6 | +4.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Swain | 245 | 5.2 | −10.2 | |
| Majority | 2,042 | 43.5 | +15.8 | ||
| Turnout | 4,696 | 31 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +7.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ted Hanley* | 3,121 | 60.8 | +19.7 | |
| Conservative | Alistair McDowall | 1,040 | 20.2 | +1.1 | |
| Green | Kate Bisson | 514 | 10.0 | +6.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nathan Fossey | 462 | 9.0 | −14.9 | |
| Majority | 2,081 | 40.5 | +23.4 | ||
| Turnout | 5,137 | 31 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +9.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Asghar Khan | 2,515 | 51.6 | +7.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Hollingsworth* | 1,779 | 36.5 | +2.6 | |
| Green | Peter Exley | 356 | 7.3 | +4.8 | |
| Conservative | Michael Wheeler | 226 | 4.6 | −3.7 | |
| Majority | 736 | 15.1 | +5.1 | ||
| Turnout | 4,876 | 32 | |||
| Labourgain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | +2.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joseph Marjoram* | 3,568 | 48.1 | +8.4 | |
| Labour | Carol Hughes | 3,158 | 42.6 | +8.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jude Arbuckle | 685 | 9.2 | −10.0 | |
| Majority | 410 | 5.5 | +0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 7,411 | 42 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mohammed Rafique* | 4,121 | 63.6 | +8.3 | |
| Conservative | David Myers | 868 | 13.4 | −0.6 | |
| Alliance for Green Socialism | Mike Davies | 502 | 7.8 | −0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Adam Slack | 501 | 7.7 | −12.8 | |
| Green | Colin Noble | 484 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
| Majority | 3,253 | 50.2 | +15.4 | ||
| Turnout | 6,476 | 38 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Patrick Davey* | 3,230 | 62.7 | +21.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jahangir Aziz | 1,047 | 20.3 | −8.8 | |
| Conservative | Matthew Wharton | 877 | 17.0 | −0.3 | |
| Majority | 2,183 | 42.4 | +30.0 | ||
| Turnout | 5,154 | 25 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +15.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Pauleen Grahame* | 3,653 | 56.9 | +10.9 | |
| Conservative | Patrick Hennigan | 1,472 | 22.9 | −4.7 | |
| UKIP | Darren Oddy | 510 | 7.9 | +7.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Norman | 271 | 4.2 | −13.7 | |
| Independent | David Hudson | 257 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
| Green | Ben Goldthorp | 253 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
| Majority | 2,181 | 34.0 | +15.6 | ||
| Turnout | 6,416 | 37 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +7.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Ann Blackburn* | 2,995 | 47.4 | +23.1 | |
| Labour | Stuart McKenna | 2,353 | 37.3 | +4.2 | |
| Conservative | Caroline Oldfield | 769 | 12.2 | −5.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Moore | 199 | 3.2 | −11.9 | |
| Majority | 642 | 10.2 | +1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 6,316 | 35 | |||
| Greenhold | Swing | +9.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mark Dobson* | 4,906 | 64.1 | +20.4 | |
| Conservative | Ryan Stephenson | 2,479 | 32.4 | −2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Golton | 263 | 3.4 | −12.4 | |
| Majority | 2,427 | 31.7 | +22.5 | ||
| Turnout | 7,648 | 48 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +11.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Arif Hussain* | 4,805 | 80.2 | +19.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Qadeer Khan | 506 | 8.4 | −16.1 | |
| Conservative | Beatrice Greenwood | 462 | 7.7 | +0.2 | |
| Alliance for Green Socialism | Azar Iqbal | 220 | 3.7 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 4,299 | 71.7 | +35.9 | ||
| Turnout | 5,993 | 38 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +17.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Wadsworth* | 3,276 | 42.8 | +2.6 | |
| Labour | Mike King | 2,853 | 37.3 | +9.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Cindy Cleasby | 778 | 10.2 | −12.9 | |
| Green | Colin Avison | 529 | 6.9 | +3.5 | |
| BNP | Andrew Gallagher | 213 | 2.8 | −2.3 | |
| Majority | 423 | 5.5 | −6.5 | ||
| Turnout | 7,649 | 44 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -3.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rachael Procter* | 5,003 | 67.1 | +7.5 | |
| Labour | Joshua Blower | 1,581 | 21.2 | +3.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sara Howell | 472 | 6.3 | −10.8 | |
| Green | Patricia Capstick | 400 | 5.4 | +3.0 | |
| Majority | 3,442 | 45.9 | +3.9 | ||
| Turnout | 7,456 | 51 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Neil Walshaw | 1,536 | 39.6 | +13.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Monaghan* | 1,098 | 28.3 | −22.7 | |
| Green | Christopher Foren | 682 | 17.6 | +8.5 | |
| Conservative | Christina Annesley | 370 | 9.5 | −3.0 | |
| TUSC | Ian Pattison | 88 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
| Independent | David Rudge | 69 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| UKIP | Peter Morgan | 39 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 438 | 11.3 | −13.3 | ||
| Turnout | 3,882 | 26 | |||
| Labourgain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | +17.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Dawn Collins | 2,680 | 33.7 | +8.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kate Arbuckle | 2,466 | 31.0 | −16.8 | |
| Labour | Robert Wilkinson | 2,213 | 27.9 | +8.9 | |
| UKIP | Paul Hellyer | 421 | 5.3 | +2.7 | |
| TUSC | Andrew Smith | 164 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Majority | 214 | 2.7 | −20.0 | ||
| Turnout | 7,944 | 45 | |||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | +12.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gerry Harper* | 2,332 | 57.4 | +17.6 | |
| Green | Robert Simpson | 689 | 16.9 | +9.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Karim Abdul-Ghaffer | 688 | 16.9 | −21.2 | |
| Conservative | Shahrukh Malik | 356 | 8.8 | −1.5 | |
| Majority | 1,643 | 40.4 | +38.7 | ||
| Turnout | 4,065 | 25 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +4.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Vonnie Morgan* | 3,761 | 73.5 | +19.5 | |
| Conservative | Billy Flynn | 847 | 16.6 | −0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Joanne Binns | 508 | 9.9 | −6.8 | |
| Majority | 2,914 | 57.0 | +19.7 | ||
| Turnout | 5,116 | 31 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +9.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Lewis* | 4,156 | 63.3 | +12.0 | |
| Conservative | James Langley | 1,428 | 21.7 | −3.1 | |
| UKIP | Paul Spivey | 609 | 9.3 | +4.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Bagnall | 374 | 5.7 | −7.6 | |
| Majority | 2,728 | 41.5 | +15.0 | ||
| Turnout | 6,567 | 41 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +7.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Illingworth* | 3,634 | 64.5 | +22.1 | |
| Conservative | Daniel Whitehouse | 680 | 12.1 | −2.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Lovell | 636 | 11.3 | −21.7 | |
| Green | Morgan Tatchell-Evans | 527 | 9.4 | +4.4 | |
| Independent | Stuart Long | 157 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
| Majority | 2,954 | 52.4 | +43.0 | ||
| Turnout | 5,634 | 35 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +12.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Judith Blake* | 3,313 | 64.5 | +15.3 | |
| BNP | Kevin Meeson | 892 | 17.4 | −3.2 | |
| Conservative | James McFarland | 679 | 13.2 | −1.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sadie Fisher | 252 | 4.9 | −8.5 | |
| Majority | 2,421 | 47.1 | +18.5 | ||
| Turnout | 5,136 | 28 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +9.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Rebecca Charlwood | 3,688 | 44.5 | +9.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Brenda Lancaster* | 2,834 | 34.2 | −0.1 | |
| Conservative | Mark Rowlinson | 1,380 | 16.7 | −8.7 | |
| Alliance for Green Socialism | Allan House | 381 | 4.6 | +2.2 | |
| Majority | 854 | 10.3 | +9.4 | ||
| Turnout | 8,283 | 48 | |||
| Labourgain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | +4.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morley Borough Independent | Bob Gettings* | 3,642 | 52.9 | +19.5 | |
| Labour | Kathryn Rose | 1,599 | 23.2 | +0.5 | |
| Conservative | Robin Ghosh | 874 | 12.7 | −8.4 | |
| English Democrat | Tom Redmond | 573 | 8.3 | +8.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Andrews | 199 | 2.9 | −8.6 | |
| Majority | 2,043 | 29.7 | +19.1 | ||
| Turnout | 6,887 | 39 | |||
| Morley Borough Independenthold | Swing | +9.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Neil Dawson | 2,129 | 33.4 | +9.9 | |
| Morley Borough Independent | Terry Grayshon* | 2,076 | 32.6 | +5.9 | |
| English Democrat | Chris Beverley | 1,245 | 19.6 | +19.6 | |
| Conservative | Neil Hunt | 736 | 11.6 | −6.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Jacques | 180 | 2.8 | −8.0 | |
| Majority | 53 | 0.8 | −2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 6,366 | 38 | |||
| Labourgain fromMorley Borough Independent | Swing | +2.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Campbell* | 3,185 | 38.6 | −6.3 | |
| Labour | John Eveleigh | 3,026 | 36.7 | +12.8 | |
| Conservative | Nigel Francis | 2,034 | 24.7 | −0.4 | |
| Majority | 159 | 1.9 | −17.9 | ||
| Turnout | 8,245 | 47 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | -9.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Richard Lewis* | 3,669 | 53.4 | +11.1 | |
| Conservative | Jason Aldiss | 1,987 | 28.9 | −0.3 | |
| UKIP | Phil Banks | 636 | 9.3 | +9.3 | |
| Green | Irene Dracup | 321 | 4.7 | +2.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Brendan Stubbs | 262 | 3.8 | −14.3 | |
| Majority | 1,682 | 24.5 | +11.4 | ||
| Turnout | 6,875 | 40 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +5.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Karen Bruce | 2,889 | 46.1 | +10.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Smith* | 2,365 | 37.7 | +0.0 | |
| Conservative | Louise Turner | 1,018 | 16.2 | −3.1 | |
| Majority | 524 | 8.4 | +6.7 | ||
| Turnout | 6,272 | 40 | |||
| Labourgain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | +5.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Christine MacNiven | 4,307 | 50.3 | +11.6 | |
| Conservative | Valerie Kendall* | 2,850 | 33.3 | −0.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Adam Douglas | 578 | 6.7 | −14.7 | |
| Green | Paul Ellis | 559 | 6.5 | +6.5 | |
| Alliance for Green Socialism | Malcolm Scott | 273 | 3.2 | −0.4 | |
| Majority | 1,457 | 17.0 | +11.8 | ||
| Turnout | 8,567 | 49 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +5.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Katherine Mitchell | 3,707 | 54.4 | +16.8 | |
| Conservative | David Schofield* | 2,648 | 38.8 | +11.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Dowling | 464 | 6.8 | −7.3 | |
| Majority | 1,059 | 15.5 | +5.7 | ||
| Turnout | 6,819 | 42 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | +2.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Bentley* | 2,605 | 39.1 | −4.1 | |
| Labour | Caroline Gruen | 2,072 | 31.1 | +7.9 | |
| Conservative | Natalie Oliver | 1,282 | 19.3 | −4.8 | |
| Green | Martin Hemingway | 596 | 9.0 | +3.8 | |
| Independent | Alan Procter | 99 | 1.5 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 533 | 8.0 | −11.2 | ||
| Turnout | 6,654 | 39 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | -6.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alan Lamb* | 4,524 | 59.9 | +7.0 | |
| Labour | James Barber | 1,945 | 25.8 | +5.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Bentley | 583 | 7.7 | −10.8 | |
| UKIP | David Macey | 497 | 6.6 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 2,579 | 34.2 | +2.1 | ||
| Turnout | 7,549 | 49 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +1.0 | |||