1998 Leeds City Council election

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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
Majority 62210.1−2.0
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
Majority 1,33945.8−10.1
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
Majority 1,80035.8−13.7
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
Majority 87235.3−23.4
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
Majority 1,44753.8−16.6
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
Majority 1,21746.2−7.0
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
Majority 1,64151.3−7.3
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
Majority 1,44953.7−14.5
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
Majority 1,34526.0+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
Majority 1,99640.7−14.5
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
Majority 2746.0−15.5
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
Majority 1,11337.8−20.6
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
Majority 62424.8−22.2
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
Majority 1,02618.7+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
Majority 1,37668.8−9.1
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
Majority 1,56052.6−14.5
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
Majority 1,58160.5−9.9
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
Majority 71814.4−8.9
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
Majority 1,02923.8−1.8
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
Majority 1,41936.4−2.4
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
Majority 1723.1−1.6
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
Majority 691.1+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
Majority 1602.8−9.3
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
Majority 1,22229.7−2.6
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
Majority 1,35863.4−10.6
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
Majority 1,30338.2−5.1
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
Majority 3596.8−2.1
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
Majority 1,71165.0−15.8
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
Majority 1,03849.2−15.2
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
Majority 2464.5+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
Majority 2,15333.8+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
Majority 79027.9−20.0
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
Majority 3013.1−22.7
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
Majority 1,08935.4−18.4
Turnout 3,07518.6+2.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +44.6

References

  1. 1 2 "Local Elections results". The Times . 9 May 1998. p. 46. ISSN   0140-0460.
  2. 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 35 "Election of Councillors : May 1998". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 October 1999. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  4. ↑ "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian . 9 May 1998. p. 16. ISSN   0261-3077.
  5. ↑ "Bramley By-Election 6th August 1998". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 February 1999. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
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