1998 Leeds City Council election

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Map of the results for the 1998 Leeds council election. Leeds UK local election 1998 map.png
Map of the results for the 1998 Leeds council election.

The 1998 Leeds City Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council, alongside a vacancy in Wortley (following Fabian Hamilton's election as Leeds North East MP) were up for election.

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The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. [1] Overall turnout in the election was 24.66%. [2]

Election result

Leeds Local Election Result 1998 [1] [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2513-273.549.364,368-6.9%
  Conservative 510+114.727.836,303+3.9%
  Liberal Democrats 31108.819.725,723+2.4%
  Green 110+12.92.32,997+0.4%
  Independent 00000.00.5642+0.5%
  Socialist Alternative 00000.00.3433+0.2%
  Independent Labour 00000.00.2209+0.1%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: [4]

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour8280
Conservative89
Liberal Democrat99
Green01
Total9999
Working majority 65  61 

Ward results

Aireborough [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Moira Dunn2,86246.7+0.6
Conservative Graham Latty2,24036.5+2.5
Liberal Democrats Janet Brown1,03316.8-3.1
Majority62210.1-2.0
Turnout 6,13531.0
Labour hold Swing -0.9
Armley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alison Lowe1,83062.6-5.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Davies49116.8+9.6
Conservative Steven Welsh46916.1+4.0
Independent Keith Rushworth1324.5+4.5
Majority1,33945.8-10.1
Turnout 2,92218.5
Labour hold Swing -7.4
Barwick & Kippax [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Parker3,10361.7-8.5
Conservative Jack Stott1,30325.9+5.2
Liberal Democrats David Lindley62412.4+3.3
Majority1,80035.8-13.7
Turnout 5,03027.8
Labour hold Swing -6.8
Beeston [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angela Gabriel1,36255.2-18.0
Conservative William Birch49019.9+5.4
Liberal Democrats Shaun Dolan47519.3+10.6
Socialist Alternative Kevin Pattison913.7+3.7
Green Janet Pritchard492.0-1.7
Majority87235.3-23.4
Turnout 2,46719.7
Labour hold Swing -11.7
Bramley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angela Atkinson1,86369.3-9.1
Liberal Democrats David Revett41615.5+8.4
Conservative Michael Best40915.2+7.2
Majority1,44753.8-16.6
Turnout 2,68816.3
Labour hold Swing -8.2
Burmantofts [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Malcolm Hardy1,82069.1-4.6
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Betteridge60322.9+2.4
Conservative Dorothy Schofield2118.0+2.3
Majority1,21746.2-7.0
Turnout 2,63419.5
Labour hold Swing -3.5
Chapel Allerton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Taggart2,20468.9-3.9
Conservative Valerie Kendall56317.6+3.3
Liberal Democrats Brenda Lancaster43213.5+5.0
Majority1,64151.3-7.3
Turnout 3,19920.9
Labour hold Swing -3.6
City & Holbeck [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christiana Myers1,78866.3-13.0
Conservative David Boynton33912.6+3.1
Liberal Democrats David Pratt27210.1-1.1
Socialist Alternative David Jones1977.3+7.3
Green Tania Jackson1003.7+3.7
Majority1,44953.7-14.5
Turnout 2,69617.2
Labour hold Swing -8.0
Cookridge [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Carter2,84855.1+6.4
Labour John Garvan1,50329.1-6.0
Liberal Democrats Janet Bates82215.9-0.4
Majority1,34526.0+12.4
Turnout 5,17331.2
Conservative hold Swing +6.2
Garforth & Swillington [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Karen Groves3,10563.3-8.5
Conservative Alan Lamb1,10922.6+6.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Dowling69114.1+2.5
Majority1,99640.7-14.5
Turnout 4,90526.1
Labour hold Swing -7.2
Halton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lee Benson2,10046.3-8.0
Conservative William Hyde1,82640.3+7.5
Liberal Democrats David Hollingsworth60513.4+3.4
Majority2746.0-15.5
Turnout 4,53125.3
Labour hold Swing -7.7
Harehills [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abdul Malik1,78760.7-11.7
Liberal Democrats Alan Taylor67422.9+8.8
Conservative Donald Townsley2749.3-4.2
Independent Labour Thomas Wray2097.1+7.1
Majority1,11337.8-20.6
Turnout 2,94420.0
Labour hold Swing -10.2
Headingley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doreen Illingworth1,22348.7-14.2
Liberal Democrats Darren Finlay59923.8+7.9
Conservative Paul Mowbray41416.5+3.5
Green Lesley Jeffries27711.0+2.8
Majority62424.8-22.2
Turnout 2,51312.5
Labour hold Swing -11.0
Horsforth [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Townsley2,53946.2+17.4
Conservative Lucy Clapham1,51327.5-2.3
Labour Brian Selby1,25422.8-18.6
Green Elizabeth Holmes1051.9+1.9
Independent George Williamson901.6+1.6
Majority1,02618.7+7.1
Turnout 5,50131.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +9.8
Hunslet [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Davies1,56478.2-7.2
Conservative Anthony Larvin1889.4+1.9
Liberal Democrats Pauline Bardon1708.5+1.4
Green Susan Brierley793.9+3.9
Majority1,37668.8-9.1
Turnout 2,00117.2
Labour hold Swing -4.5
Kirkstall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Atha 1,99367.2-9.0
Conservative David Higgott43314.6+5.5
Liberal Democrats Barbara Thompson32210.9+4.9
Green Mark Pedlar2187.3+1.4
Majority1,56052.6-14.5
Turnout 2,96618.6
Labour hold Swing -7.2
Middleton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Middleton1,94074.2-7.3
Conservative David Schofield35913.7+6.4
Liberal Democrats Ann Norman31512.1+0.9
Majority1,58160.5-9.9
Turnout 2,61418.4
Labour hold Swing -6.8
Moortown [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bill Winlow2,39448.1-5.5
Labour Sheila Saunders1,67633.7+3.4
Conservative Elizabeth Dibble90618.2+2.1
Majority71814.4-8.9
Turnout 4,97631.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -4.4
Morley North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frances Jones2,32753.8-4.6
Conservative Robert Tesseyman1,29830.0-2.7
Liberal Democrats Quentin Brown4119.5+0.5
Independent Peter Walsh2926.7+6.7
Majority1,02923.8-1.8
Turnout 4,32823.0
Labour hold Swing -0.9
Morley South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sherry Bradley2,36860.7-1.4
Conservative Stephen Kearns94924.3+9.7
Liberal Democrats David Brayshaw50214.9-8.3
Majority1,41936.4-2.4
Turnout 3,81918.4
Labour hold Swing -5.5
North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Feldman2,12238.1+6.1
Liberal Democrats Jane Abramson1,95035.0-1.7
Labour Andrew Bell1,49426.8-4.3
Majority1723.1-1.6
Turnout 5,56632.9
Conservative hold Swing +3.9
Otley & Wharfedale [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Coyne2,25134.7-2.3
Conservative Christine Smith2,18233.6-2.3
Liberal Democrats Brian Jennings2,05831.7+4.6
Majority691.1+0.1
Turnout 6,49134.6
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +0.0
Pudsey North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Robinson2,66146.2-4.7
Labour Janet Harper2,50143.4+4.7
Liberal Democrats David Marsay-Smith60010.4+0.0
Majority1602.8-9.3
Turnout 5,76232.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -4.7
Pudsey South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Lewis2,26255.1-0.6
Conservative Sheila Jackson1,04025.3+7.2
Liberal Democrats Nigel Amor71617.4-5.9
Green Graham Illingworth902.2-0.6
Majority1,22229.7-2.6
Turnout 4,10824.3
Labour hold Swing -3.9
Richmond Hill [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eamonn McGee1,65877.4-7.0
Liberal Democrats Keith Norman30014.0+3.5
Conservative Alan Rhodes1848.6+3.5
Majority1,35863.4-10.6
Turnout 2,14216.1
Labour hold Swing -5.2
Rothwell [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alec Hudson2,01559.1-5.6
Conservative John Cowling71220.9+7.1
Liberal Democrats Mitchell Galdas68220.0-1.5
Majority1,30338.2-5.1
Turnout 3,40922.3
Labour hold Swing -6.3
Roundhay [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Harrand2,29943.6+7.7
Labour Mohammed Iqbal1,94036.8-8.0
Liberal Democrats Ann Skinner1,03119.6+2.5
Majority3596.8-2.1
Turnout 5,27031.5
Conservative hold Swing +7.8
Seacroft [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Vollans1,98375.4-11.9
Conservative Patricia Hyde27210.3+3.8
Liberal Democrats Sadie Fisher1947.4+1.1
Independent Raymond Northgreaves1284.9+4.9
Green Michael Bolton542.1+2.1
Majority1,71165.0-15.8
Turnout 2,63121.4
Labour hold Swing -7.8
University [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Dale1,32763.0-10.9
Liberal Democrats Shirley Broadbent28913.7+4.2
Conservative Robert Winfield21710.3+1.2
Socialist Alternative Chris Hill1456.9-0.7
Green Paul Eade1306.2+6.2
Majority1,03849.2-15.2
Turnout 2,10812.9
Labour hold Swing -7.5
Weetwood [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stewart Golton2,20040.1+1.7
Labour Eileen Moxon1,95435.7-4.5
Conservative Ann Castle1,15521.1+2.4
Green David Webb1713.1+0.4
Majority2464.5+2.7
Turnout 5,48034.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +3.1
Wetherby [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Procter 3,96062.1+5.6
Labour Reginald Steel1,80728.4-3.7
Liberal Democrats Sarah May6059.5-1.8
Majority2,15333.8+9.3
Turnout 6,37230.8
Conservative hold Swing +4.6
Whinmoor [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Hemingway1,64458.1-10.2
Conservative Richard Williams85430.2+9.8
Liberal Democrats Graham Roberts33311.8+3.1
Majority79027.9-20.0
Turnout 2,83120.7
Labour hold Swing -10.0
Wortley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Malcolm Bedford1,86042.4-11.7
Green David Blackburn1,72439.3+11.0
Labour Daphne Riley1,423
Green Claire Nash1,106
Conservative Glenn Broadbent50411.5+1.5
Conservative Ruby Patel324
Liberal Democrats Michael Daly2956.7-0.8
Majority3013.1-22.7
Turnout 4,38324.5
Labour hold Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing +11.3

By-elections between 1998 and 1999

Bramley by-election 6 August 1998
replacing Angus Ross [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Revett1,96563.9+48.4
Labour Stephen Simpson87628.5-40.8
Conservative Steven Welsh1424.6-10.6
Socialist Alternative David Jones481.6+1.6
Green Paul Eade441.4+1.4
Majority1,08935.4-18.4
Turnout 3,07518.6+2.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +44.6

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