2000 Leeds City Council election

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Map of the results for the 2000 Leeds council election.

The Leeds City Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. Since the last election, Labour had lost a by-election to the Lib Dems in Harehills, and long-serving Chapel Allerton councillor, Garth Frankland, had defected from Labour to Left Alliance. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. [1] Overall turnout in the election was 27.5%. [2]

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Election result

Leeds Local Election Result 2000 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1719-851.539.158,198-7.0%
  Liberal Democrats 840+424.222.833,916+0.6%
  Conservative 740+421.232.348,031+4.7%
  Green 110+13.04.05,906+0.4%
  Leeds Left Alliance 001-10.01.11,659+0.7%
  Independent 00000.00.5697+0.4%
  BNP 00000.00.1166+0.1%
  UKIP 00000.00.074+0.0%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: [3]

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour6961
Liberal Democrat1519
Conservative1216
Green12
Independent Socialist11
Left Alliance10
Total9999
Working majority 41  23 

Ward results

Aireborough [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Latty3,14247.1+6.5
Labour Tony Addison2,47037.0-6.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Hutton1,05815.9+0.1
Majority67210.1+7.1
Turnout 6,67033.9+0.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +6.5
Armley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James McKenna1,63750.3-10.9
Conservative Steven Welsh81024.9+8.1
Liberal Democrats Andrew Davies54116.6+1.1
Green Yvonne Clarke2367.2+0.7
Leeds Left Alliance Michael Davies331.0+1.0
Majority82725.4-18.9
Turnout 3,25720.7-0.2
Labour hold Swing -9.5
Barwick & Kippax [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Wakefield 2,76649.9-10.9
Conservative Jack Stott2,03536.7+9.8
Liberal Democrats Anne Bagnall74313.4+1.1
Majority73113.2-20.6
Turnout 5,54430.9-2.0
Labour hold Swing -10.3
Beeston [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Congreve1,35145.8-11.0
Conservative William Birch98833.5+5.3
Liberal Democrats Pauline Davies52817.9+2.7
Green Janet Pritchard862.9+2.9
Majority36312.3-16.3
Turnout 2,95324.1+2.6
Labour hold Swing -8.1
Bramley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Linda Sullivan1,59646.4-1.1
Labour Michael McGowan 1,36139.6-5.1
Conservative Michael Best39611.5+3.8
Green Pamela Brown842.4+2.4
Majority2356.8+4.0
Turnout 3,43721.0+0.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +2.0
Burmantofts [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ronald Grahame1,70063.0-4.3
Liberal Democrats Terence Ineson53219.7+0.8
Conservative Karl Steenson37213.8+5.4
Green Peggy Alexander682.5+2.5
Leeds Left Alliance Gareth Christie261.0-4.4
Majority1,16843.3-5.1
Turnout 2,69820.6-0.4
Labour hold Swing -2.5
Chapel Allerton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eileen Moxon2,15147.5-11.7
Leeds Left Alliance Garth Frankland1,05823.4+23.4
Liberal Democrats Arif Hussain72015.9+3.2
Conservative Arshad Ali59513.2-8.4
Majority1,09324.2-13.5
Turnout 4,52430.9+4.0
Labour gain from Leeds Left Alliance Swing -17.5
City & Holbeck [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Nash1,49456.2-5.0
Conservative David Boynton48818.4+3.9
Liberal Democrats Ann Norman41715.7+1.1
Green Milan Ghosh1385.2+1.1
Leeds Left Alliance (Socialist Alternative)David Jones1224.6-1.1
Majority1,00637.8-8.7
Turnout 2,65917.5-1.7
Labour hold Swing -4.4
Cookridge [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Loudon3,05849.1-2.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Harker1,78128.6+13.0
Labour Jane Dowson1,25620.1-10.1
Green Peter Scarth1392.2-0.4
Majority1,27720.5-0.9
Turnout 6,23437.0+3.6
Conservative hold Swing -7.7
Garforth & Swillington [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Murray2,73450.7-10.7
Conservative Jean Higham1,66630.9+6.8
Liberal Democrats Ian Dowling99618.5+3.9
Majority1,06819.8-17.5
Turnout 5,39629.1+0.6
Labour hold Swing -8.7
Halton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Hyde2,68147.5+5.6
Labour Patrict Davey2,24839.8-5.1
Liberal Democrats David Hollingsworth72012.7-0.5
Majority4337.7+4.7
Turnout 5,64931.2+3.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +5.3
Harehills [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Tear2,19849.8-1.6
Labour Mohammed Kahn1,88942.8-1.9
Conservative Luke Steenson1954.4+0.6
Green Paul Marchant922.1+2.1
Leeds Left Alliance Timothy Watson370.8+0.8
Majority3097.0+0.3
Turnout 4,41131.5-1.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +0.1
Headingley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Morton1,44341.9-2.1
Labour William Rollinson1,29237.5-0.9
Green Lesley Jeffries36410.6+1.0
Conservative James Thornton34610.0+2.0
Majority1514.4-1.2
Turnout 3,44516.3-3.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing -0.6
Horsforth [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Barker2,20939.8-6.9
Conservative John Hardcastle2,03436.6+9.9
Labour John Garvani1,13720.5-1.8
Green Andrea Binns1743.1+3.1
Majority1753.2-16.8
Turnout 5,55432.2-1.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -8.4
Hunslet [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geoffrey Driver1,40970.5-5.1
Liberal Democrats Christine Golton46823.4+12.8
Green Stephanie Hoare1216.1+3.1
Majority94147.1-17.4
Turnout 1,99817.9-0.7
Labour hold Swing -8.9
Kirkstall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Minkin2,07060.8-5.9
Conservative David Higgott59417.5+3.8
Liberal Democrats Natasha De Vere47313.9+2.0
Green Martin Reed2657.8+0.1
Majority1,47643.3-9.7
Turnout 3,40221.9+0.2
Labour hold Swing -4.8
Middleton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Dunn1,61859.2-6.1
Conservative Susan Nicholls71726.2+4.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Allinson32111.7-1.2
Green Timothy Goodall772.8+2.8
Majority90133.0-10.5
Turnout 2,73318.7-1.0
Labour hold Swing -5.2
Moortown [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Harris2,75849.8+1.1
Labour James Lewis1,38124.9-7.0
Conservative Timothy Hayles1,19921.6+2.2
Green Irene Dracup1302.3+2.3
Leeds Left Alliance Kevin Pattison711.3+1.3
Majority1,37724.9+8.1
Turnout 5,53934.6-0.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +4.0
Morley North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Dawson2,15643.9-11.2
Conservative David Schofield2,00440.8+10.4
Liberal Democrats Rochelle Harris53010.8+0.0
Green Jacqueline Hackman2234.5+0.8
Majority1523.1-21.6
Turnout 4,91326.0+1.0
Labour hold Swing -10.8
Morley South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bryan North2,25551.2-8.0
Conservative Stephen Kearns1,39731.7+6.1
Liberal Democrats Judith Chapman58813.3-1.8
BNP Mark Dodd1663.8+3.8
Majority85819.5-14.1
Turnout 4,40620.1+0.8
Labour hold Swing -7.1
North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Brown2,62843.3+10.3
Conservative Caroline Anderson2,42640.1-1.4
Labour Arthur Giles87714.5-10.9
Green Peter Harris931.5+1.5
Leeds Left Alliance Brian Jackson320.5+0.5
Majority2023.2-5.2
Turnout 6,05635.7+2.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +5.9
Otley & Wharfedale [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clive Fox2,74237.5+4.5
Liberal Democrats Colin Campbell1,99027.2-13.7
Labour John Eveleigh1,74223.8-2.3
Independent Nigel Francis6979.5+9.5
Green Lera Miles1411.9+1.9
Majority75210.3+2.4
Turnout 7,31238.6-0.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +9.1
Pudsey North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Carter4,09466.1+11.5
Labour Anne Cherry1,44223.3-11.8
Liberal Democrats Christine Glover65710.6+0.3
Majority2,65242.8+23.3
Turnout 6,19334.5-1.1
Conservative hold Swing +11.6
Pudsey South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eugene "Mick" Coulson2,01343.9-7.5
Conservative Audrey Smith1,86140.6+3.8
Liberal Democrats Pauline Bardon57212.5+4.2
Green Graham Illingworth1393.0-0.4
Majority1523.3-11.3
Turnout 4,58527.1+0.6
Labour hold Swing -5.6
Richmond Hill [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Lyons1,65667.3-7.9
Liberal Democrats Keith Norman36915.0+0.2
Conservative Victoria Richmond30512.4+2.4
Leeds Left Alliance (Independent Labour)Neville Place1315.3+5.3
Majority1,28752.3-8.0
Turnout 2,46119.9+1.3
Labour hold Swing -4.0
Rothwell [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Donald Wilson2,00744.9+20.3
Labour Lorna Cohen1,74339.0-18.0
Conservative Caroline Judge71816.1-2.3
Majority2645.9-26.5
Turnout 4,46828.1+3.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +19.1
Roundhay [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Castle2,78244.3+3.8
Labour Kate Newstead2,54240.5-4.7
Liberal Democrats John Skinner69611.1-3.2
Green Colin Johnston1642.6+2.6
Leeds Left Alliance Malcolm Christie951.5+1.5
Majority2403.8-0.9
Turnout 6,27937.8+2.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +4.2
Seacroft [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Hyde1,99873.7-4.0
Conservative Donald Townsley34412.7+3.8
Liberal Democrats Sadie Fisher2258.3+1.9
UKIP Raymond Northgreaves742.7+2.7
Green Michael Bolton692.5-0.8
Majority1,65461.0-7.8
Turnout 2,71022.4+0.9
Labour hold Swing -3.9
University [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maggie Giles-Hill1,34959.6+4.0
Liberal Democrats Edmund Coneybeare39617.5-7.0
Conservative Robert Winfield26311.6+3.0
Green Bluebell Eikonoklastes2008.8+2.2
Leeds Left Alliance Amanda Munro542.4+2.4
Majority95342.1+11.0
Turnout 2,26214.4-2.3
Labour hold Swing +5.5
Weetwood [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Souper2,26740.7+1.1
Labour Judith Blake 2,02336.3-2.9
Conservative Graham Castle1,04918.8+2.1
Green David Webb2334.2-0.4
Majority2444.4+4.0
Turnout 5,57234.0-1.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +2.0
Wetherby [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerald Wilkinson4,82368.7+10.8
Labour Reginald Steel1,34119.1-6.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Welby86012.2-4.7
Majority3,48249.6+16.9
Turnout 7,02434.0-2.0
Conservative hold Swing +8.4
Whinmoor [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Suzanne Armitage1,75150.1-4.1
Conservative Valerie Kendall1,31737.7+8.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Bell42512.2+3.0
Majority43412.4-12.4
Turnout 3,49326.2+0.7
Labour hold Swing -6.2
Wortley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Claire Nash2,67055.5+1.3
Labour Philip Towler1,34628.0-7.4
Conservative Glenn Broadbent59012.3+9.0
Liberal Democrats Barbara Thompson2044.2-3.0
Majority1,32427.5+8.6
Turnout 4,81028.1-1.0
Green gain from Labour Swing +4.3

By-elections between 2000 and 2002

Morley North by-election 7 June 2001
replacing Michael Dawson (resigned) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jayne Hill4,85144.8+0.9
Conservative 2,92927.0-13.8
Independent 1,47513.6+13.6
Liberal Democrats 1,0709.9-0.9
BNP 2622.4+2.4
Green 2492.3-2.2
Majority1,92217.8+14.7
Turnout 9,836
Labour hold Swing +7.3
University by-election 7 June 2001
replacing Maggie Giles-Hill (resigned) [5] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael McGowan 2,94855.4-4.2
Liberal Democrats John Burke1,35725.5+8.0
Conservative Robert Winfield58210.9-0.7
Green Bluebell Eikonoklastes4147.8-1.0
Independent William Howells210.4+0.4
Majority1,59129.9-12.2
Turnout 5,32235.5+21.1
Labour hold Swing -6.1
Moortown by-election 19 July 2001
replacing Christine Brett (resigned) [6] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Harker2,23646.7-3.1
Labour Irene O'Grady1,64134.3+9.4
Conservative Valerie Kendall79216.6-5.1
Leeds Left Alliance Michael Davies1142.4+1.1
Majority59512.4-12.5
Turnout 4,78333.8-0.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -6.2

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