1996 Leeds City Council election

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Map of the results for the 1996 Leeds council election. (Horsforth Requires recolouring) Leeds UK local election 1996 map.png
Map of the results for the 1996 Leeds council election. (Horsforth Requires recolouring)

The 1996 Leeds City Council elections were held on Thursday, 2 May 1996, with a third of the council up for election.

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The Conservatives suffered another routing, although with a less impressive Labour vote and a slight recovery in their own vote, were able to hold on to three seats. Labour furthered their stranglehold on the council with an additional seven gains, with all but Burmantofts (Liberal Democrat) and Pudsey South (Independent) from the Tories. As a result of the gains, those two wards - along with the Tory losses of Aireborough, Halton, Morley North and Weetwood wards - were now represented entirely by Labour (a first for most). The other Labour gain was snatching the remaining Tory seat in the former Tory-Liberal battleground of Otley & Wharfedale.

The Lib Dems offset their loss to Labour in Burmantofts with gains from the Tories in Horsforth and the newly three-way marginal North ward. The results, however, were a disappointment to the Lib Dems - evidenced by their poor performance in Otley & Wharfedale, and a vote sunk to their 1992 level. Another parallel to the 1992 election was the slump in overall turnout to a record low.

Peter Kersting's decision to forgo defending his seat for Pudsey South seen the absence of Independents from the council for the first time since 1983. The Greens advanced further into a respectable second place in Wortley, in contrast to the stagnant fortunes of the Liberals and the weakened support for the sole Militant Labour candidate. [1]

Election result

Leeds local election result 1996
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2770+784.856.289,806-2.8
  Conservative 308-89.123.938,229+4.5
  Liberal Democrats 321+16.117.327,662-1.1
  Green 00000.01.93,026-0.4
  Liberal 00000.00.4677+0.0
Militant Labour 00000.00.1232-0.1
  Independent Labour 00000.00.198+0.1

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour7582
Conservative158
Liberal Democrat89
Independent10
Total9999
Working majority 51  65 

Ward results

Aireborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Addison 3,405 46.1 −4.4
Conservative Richard Hughes-Rowlands2,51234.0−4.1
Liberal Democrats Janet Brown1,47620.0+8.5
Majority 89312.1−0.3
Turnout 7,393
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -0.1
Armley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James McKenna 2,568 68.0 −2.3
Conservative Glenn Broadbent45712.1+2.3
Liberal George Lawson3348.8−0.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Davies2747.3+0.8
Green Quentin Cooper1453.8+0.1
Majority 2,11155.9−4.6
Turnout 3,778
Labour hold Swing -2.3
Barwick & Kippax [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Wakefield 4,481 70.2 −1.0
Conservative Christopher Ward1,32020.7+1.7
Liberal Democrats David Lindley5809.1−0.7
Majority 3,16149.5−2.7
Turnout 6,381
Labour hold Swing -1.3
Beeston [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Congreve 2,165 73.2 −3.9
Conservative William Wild42714.4+2.5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Sadler2578.7−0.8
Green Tania Jackson1103.7+2.3
Majority 1,73858.7−6.4
Turnout 2,959
Labour hold Swing -3.2
Bramley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cherril Cliff 2,788 78.4 −0.7
Conservative Jagdeep Birdi2858.0−0.1
Liberal Democrats Nigel Amor2527.1−0.2
Liberal Elizabeth Bee2326.5+1.0
Majority 2,50370.4−0.7
Turnout 3,557
Labour hold Swing -0.3
Burmantofts [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ronald Grahame 2,441 73.7 +8.8
Liberal Democrats Sadie Fisher68020.5−10.9
Conservative Graham Castle1905.7+2.0
Majority 1,76153.2+19.7
Turnout 3,311
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +9.8
Chapel Allerton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Garth Frankland 3,215 72.8 −0.8
Conservative Valerie Kendall63014.3+1.2
Liberal Democrats Ian Findlay3748.5−0.6
Green Alexander Begg1954.4+1.3
Majority 2,58558.6−1.9
Turnout 4,414
Labour hold Swing -1.0
City & Holbeck [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Nash 2,435 79.3 +2.4
Liberal Democrats Pauline Bardon34211.1+0.9
Conservative David Boynton2929.5+2.4
Majority 2,09368.2+1.4
Turnout 3,069
Labour hold Swing +0.7
Cookridge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Loudon 3,120 48.6 +8.9
Labour Naomi Cummings2,25035.1−5.7
Liberal Democrats Janet Bates1,04516.3−3.2
Majority 87013.6+12.5
Turnout 6,415
Conservative hold Swing +7.3
Garforth & Swillington [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Murray 4,326 71.8 −1.1
Conservative Jack Stott1,00016.6+3.7
Liberal Democrats Ian Dowling69911.6−2.6
Majority 3,32655.2−3.5
Turnout 6,025
Labour hold Swing -2.4
Halton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Randolph Haggerty 2,946 54.3 −3.5
Conservative David Schofield1,77932.8+1.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Appleyard5379.9+1.1
Green David Harbud1592.9+0.4
Majority 1,16721.5−5.4
Turnout 5,421
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -2.7
Harehills [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Khan 2,259 72.4 −8.6
Liberal Democrats Ann Norman43914.1+6.5
Conservative Walter Buckland42113.5+5.8
Majority 1,82058.4−14.9
Turnout 3,119
Labour hold Swing -7.5
Headingley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Perrigo 2,667 62.9 −6.0
Liberal Democrats Barbara Thompson67515.9+2.0
Conservative Michael Gledhill55213.0+2.6
Green Peggy Alexander3488.2+1.3
Majority 1,99247.0−7.9
Turnout 4,242
Labour hold Swing -4.0
Horsforth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Harris 2,530 41.4 −2.2
Conservative Mary Addison1,82329.8+5.5
Labour Roland Cross1,75928.8−2.1
Majority 70711.6−1.1
Turnout 6,112
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +2.5
Hunslet [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geoffrey Driver 2,295 85.4 −0.3
Conservative Anthony Larvin2027.5+2.1
Liberal Democrats Simon Buckingham1917.1+1.1
Majority 2,09377.9−1.8
Turnout 2,688
Labour hold Swing -1.2
Kirkstall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Minkin 3,060 76.2 −1.1
Conservative Steven Welsh3649.1+3.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Pattenden2416.0+0.2
Green Alison Mander2406.0−3.5
Liberal Noel Nowosielski1112.8+1.0
Majority 2,69667.1−0.7
Turnout 4,016
Labour hold Swing -2.2
Middleton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Dunn 2,630 81.6 −1.7
Liberal Democrats Shaun Dolan36011.2+5.2
Conservative Stephen McBarron2357.3−0.7
Majority 2,27070.4−4.9
Turnout 3,225
Labour hold Swing -3.4
Moortown [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Harris 3,014 53.6 +4.0
Labour Malcolm Hardy1,70530.3−1.3
Conservative Elizabeth Dibble90816.1−0.6
Majority 1,30923.3+5.4
Turnout 5,627
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +2.6
Morley North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Dawson 3,026 58.3 −8.0
Conservative Alan Barraclough1,69632.7+12.7
Liberal Democrats Quentin Brown4659.0+0.0
Majority 1,33025.6−20.7
Turnout 5,187
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -10.3
Morley South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bryan North 3,103 62.1 −1.3
Liberal Democrats Thomas Leadley1,16323.3+0.1
Conservative Jan Galek73114.6+1.2
Majority 1,94038.8−1.4
Turnout 4,997
Labour hold Swing -0.7
North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Brown 2,221 36.8 +7.2
Conservative Peter Harrand1,93632.1−1.6
Labour Brian Selby1,88331.2−4.0
Majority 2854.7+3.1
Turnout 6,040
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +4.4
Otley & Wharfedale [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Eveleigh 2,648 37.0 +2.8
Conservative Charles Norman Hindle2,57435.9+10.9
Liberal Democrats Dawn Merrick1,94327.1−13.7
Majority 741.0−5.7
Turnout 7,165
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -4.0
Pudsey North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Carter 3,566 50.8 +16.8
Labour Sandra Womack2,71738.7−12.6
Liberal Democrats Rodney Cam73110.4−4.2
Majority 84912.1−5.1
Turnout 7,014
Conservative hold Swing +14.7
Pudsey South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eugene "Mick" Coulson 2,748 55.7 −0.8
Liberal Democrats Rodney Keighley1,15423.4−6.9
Conservative Sheila Jackson89618.2+4.9
Green Graham Illingworth1382.8+2.8
Majority 1,59432.3+6.1
Turnout 4,936
Labour gain from Independent Swing +3.0
Richmond Hill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Lyons 2,453 84.4 −0.2
Liberal Democrats Keith Norman30410.5−0.1
Conservative William Birch1495.1+0.3
Majority 2,14974.0−0.1
Turnout 2,906
Labour hold Swing -0.0
Rothwell [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lorna Cohen 2,736 64.7 −8.1
Liberal Democrats Mitchell Galdas90821.5+5.2
Conservative Anne Heeson58213.8+2.9
Majority 1,82843.3−13.2
Turnout 4,226
Labour hold Swing -6.6
Roundhay [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jean White 2,712 44.8 +1.0
Conservative Margaret Burnell2,17335.9+2.1
Liberal Democrats Wilfred Pickard1,03117.0−1.4
Green Andrew Ketchin1382.3−1.7
Majority 5398.9−1.2
Turnout 6,054
Labour hold Swing -0.5
Seacroft [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Hyde 3,050 87.3 +1.9
Conservative Roy Jones2276.5−0.4
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Betteridge2186.2−1.5
Majority 2,82380.8+3.2
Turnout 3,495
Labour hold Swing +1.1
University [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maggie Giles-Hill 2,264 73.9 +4.1
Liberal Democrats David Freeman2909.5+1.7
Conservative Robert Winfield2799.1+2.4
Militant Labour Chris Hill2327.6-2.6
Majority 1,97464.4+0.9
Turnout 3,065
Labour hold Swing +1.2
Weetwood [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judith Blake 2,569 40.2 −2.6
Liberal Democrats Penny Joan Ewens2,45538.4+0.7
Conservative Ann Castle1,19518.7+1.6
Green Claire Nash1712.7+0.4
Majority 1141.8−3.3
Turnout 6,390
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -1.6
Wetherby [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Clark 4,451 56.6 +10.2
Labour Reginald Steel2,52332.1+0.3
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Melnick89211.3−10.6
Majority 1,92824.5+9.9
Turnout 7,866
Conservative hold Swing +4.9
Whinmoor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Suzanne Armitage 2,568 68.3 −2.7
Conservative Richard Williams76720.4+4.0
Liberal Democrats Graham Roberts3268.7−0.5
Independent Labour Anthony Thorpe982.6+2.6
Majority 1,80147.9−6.7
Turnout 3,759
Labour hold Swing -3.3
Wortley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Towler 2,640 54.1 −7.5
Green David Blackburn1,38228.3+6.5
Conservative Michael Best49010.0+1.7
Liberal Democrats David Brayshaw3667.5−0.7
Majority 1,25825.8−13.9
Turnout 4,878
Labour hold Swing -7.0

By-elections between 1996 and 1998

Beeston by-election 14 November 1996
replacing Jon Trickett (resigned) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angela Gabriel 1,025 47.4 −25.8
Liberal Democrats 86440.0+31.3
Conservative 1878.7−5.7
Militant Labour 442.0+2.0
Green 421.9−1.8
Majority 1617.4−51.3
Turnout 2,16217.0−6.2
Labour hold Swing -28.5
Headingley by-election 10 July 1997
replacing Paul Truswell (resigned) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Black 919 51.0 −11.9
Liberal Democrats 64735.9+20.0
Conservative 23513.0+0.0
Majority 27215.1−31.9
Turnout 1,8019.1−12.4
Labour hold Swing -15.9
Whinmoor by-election 21 August 1997
replacing Elaine Pickard [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Gruen 1,569 54.1 −14.2
Conservative 1,07737.1+16.7
Liberal Democrats 2257.8−0.9
Independent 281.0+1.0
Majority 49217.0−30.9
Turnout 2,89921.1−6.3
Labour hold Swing -15.4

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 "District results: Leeds". The Yorkshire Post . 3 May 1996.
  2. 1 2 3 "Local Authority Byelection Results". gwydir.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
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