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The2018 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2018 to elect members ofLeeds City Council in England.[2] It was held on the same day as other UK local elections across England.
Following a fullboundary review ofLeeds' 33electoral wards by theLocal 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, andHyde Park &Woodhouse forHeadingley & Hyde Park,Hunslet & Riverside andLittle London & Woodhouse). Thelast 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 candidatespast the post in each ward won a council seat.[4]
TheLabour Party won the election with 61 of the 99 council seats.
| 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 Independent | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  0 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 15,822 | +0.1 | ||||||
| Garforth and Swillington Independents | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 14,476 | New | ||||||
| Save Our Beeston and Holbeck Independents | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3,800 | New | ||||||
| Independent | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3,651 | +0.3 | ||||||
| East Leeds Independents | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3,208 | New | ||||||
| Yorkshire | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2,638 | -0.2 | ||||||
| UKIP | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2,458 | -12.1 | ||||||
| For Britain | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1,559 | New | ||||||
| SDP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1,232 | New | ||||||
| Alliance for Green Socialism | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 963 | -0.2 | ||||||
| TUSC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 610 | -0.1 | ||||||
| Democrats and Veterans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 445 | New | ||||||
| Women's Equality | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 394 | New | ||||||
| Total | 335 | 99 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 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 | |
| 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 (wardabolished) | 2002 | Labour | lost selection fornew 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 (wardabolished) | 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) | ||
IncumbentMorley Borough Independent councillor, Robert Finnigan, did not stand in the ward he represented,Morley North. Instead, he stood in the neighbouring ward ofMorley South Ward. However, Finnigan was subsequently not elected at the election for the ward.
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.
Thepercentage 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 theAdel & 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.
Thepercentage change (±) is the proportion by which the individual party and/or candidate's vote share increased or decreased from theprevious council election in 2016.
Theturnout is the amount of registered electors who voted in the ward at the time of the election. Theturnout percentage (%) is the proportion of registered electors in the ward who voted on the day of the election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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-ophold | Swing | ||||
| Labour Co-ophold | Swing | ||||
| Labour Co-ophold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
Former Joint Leader of the Council and long-standing Leader of theConservative Group, Andrew Carter CBE, and his wife, Amanda Carter, were re-elected. Their fellow incumbent, Rod Wood, lost out to Peter Carlill ofLabour by 47 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
All three incumbentLabour councillors were re-elected, including incumbentLord Mayor of Leeds Jane Dowson.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Greenhold | Swing | ||||
| Greenhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourgain fromGreen | Swing | ||||
Both Independent incumbents, Mark Dobson and Sarah Field, were elected to the council alongside fellow independent, Suzanne McCormack, who replaced retiringLabour 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Independentsgain from Labour | |||||
| Garforth and Swillington Independentsgain from Labour | |||||
| Garforth and Swillington Independentsgain 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 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
All three incumbentConservative 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 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
The twoConservatives 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 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
The three incumbentLabour councillors for Headingley ward stood and won the three council seats to represent the new and enlarged 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
The two incumbentLabour 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
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Three newLabour 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
The three incumbentLabour 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 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
NewLabour 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 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
The twoLabour councillors re-standing for election were successful. Mohammed Shahzad replaced retiring Councillor Alex Sobel (alsoMP forLeeds 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 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | 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 forMorley 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 Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Morley Borough Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Morley Borough Independenthold | 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 Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Labour Co-ophold | Swing | ||||
| Morley Borough Independenthold | 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 Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
TheConservatives gained two seats whilstLabour 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 | ||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | 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 Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | 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 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
All threeLabour 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 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | 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 Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Labourgain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Labourgain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
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NewConservative candidate and Mayor ofWetherby 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 CouncillorJohn Procter (alsoMEP forYorkshire 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 | |||
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| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
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