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The 2006 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 4 May 2006 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England.
As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were contested, plus an additional vacancy in Killingbeck & Seacroft ward. Those seats up for election were those of the third-placed candidate elected for every ward at the 2004 all-out election, who had been granted a two-year term to expire in 2006.
The only party to gain a seat was the British National Party, defeating the Morley Borough Independents in Morley South to elect their first and only councillor to date.
With the council remaining in no overall control, the election result saw the Liberal Democrat and Conservative coalition administration continue their control of the council. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 16 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 31.6 | 62,957 | +2.5% | ||
Conservative | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20.6 | 27.0 | 53,693 | +0.1% | ||
Liberal Democrats | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23.5 | 21.4 | 42,554 | -2.0% | ||
BNP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.9 | 11.4 | 22,642 | +3.7% | |
Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 9,118 | -1.4% | ||
Morley Borough Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 4,749 | -0.2% | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2,067 | -0.6% | ||
English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 563 | +0.3% | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 254 | -1.8% | ||
Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 252 | -0.1% | ||
CPA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 140 | +0.1% | ||
BPP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 135 | +0.1% |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: [3]
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 40 | 40 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 26 | 26 | |||
Conservative | 24 | 24 | |||
Morley Borough Independent | 6 | 5 | |||
Green | 3 | 3 | |||
BNP | 0 | 1 | |||
Total | 99 | 99 | |||
Working majority | -19 | -19 |
Councillor | Ward | First elected | Party | Reason | Successor | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gareth Beevers | Morley South | 2004 | Morley Borough Independents | stood down | Christopher Beverley (British National Party) | ||
Stuart Bruce | Middleton Park | 1999 | Labour | stood down | Debra Coupar (Labour) | ||
Michael Davey | Killingbeck & Seacroft | 2002 | Labour | stood down | Vonnie Morgan (Labour) | ||
Mitchell Galdas | Rothwell | 2004 | Liberal Democrats | stood down | Stewart Golton (Liberal Democrats) | ||
Claire Nash | Farnley & Wortley | 2000 | Green | stood down | Luke Russell (Green) | ||
Incumbent Liberal Democrat councillor, Stewart Golton (Weetwood), was elected to represent a new ward, succeeding Mitchell Galdas in Rothwell.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Clive Fox* | 4,128 | 53.5 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christina Shaw | 2,085 | 27.0 | +3.2 | |
Labour | John Garvani | 941 | 12.2 | −3.6 | |
English Democrat | Stephen Elliott | 563 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
Majority | 2,042 | 26.5 | −3.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,718 | 48.0 | −6.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Harrand* | 3,693 | 50.4 | +5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Brown | 1,902 | 26.0 | −4.0 | |
Labour | Doug Masterton | 1,459 | 19.9 | +2.2 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Brian Jackson | 275 | 3.8 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 1,791 | 24.4 | +9.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,329 | 41.8 | −11.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lisa Mulherin* | 1,884 | 35.8 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | David Boynton | 1,372 | 26.1 | +4.6 | |
BNP | John Hirst | 1,182 | 22.5 | +4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Moore | 821 | 15.6 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 512 | 9.7 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,259 | 33.5 | −5.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Janet Harper* | 2,214 | 42.1 | −0.3 | |
BNP | Bernard Allen | 921 | 17.5 | +4.9 | |
Green | Jacqueline Nelson | 740 | 14.1 | −1.8 | |
Conservative | Glenn Broadbent | 713 | 13.5 | −3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Golton | 677 | 12.9 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 1,293 | 24.6 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,265 | 30.5 | −5.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Congreve* | 1,981 | 39.6 | +8.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Fuller | 1,174 | 23.5 | +6.8 | |
BNP | Dean Taylor | 899 | 18.0 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Robert Winfield | 695 | 13.9 | −2.4 | |
Green | Neil Green | 254 | 5.1 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 807 | 16.1 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,003 | 31.6 | −6.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil Taggart* | 2,005 | 40.5 | +0.8 | |
BNP | Sandra Cockayne | 882 | 17.8 | +5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adam Slack | 803 | 16.2 | −7.9 | |
Conservative | Michael Best | 780 | 15.8 | +0.7 | |
Green | Pamela Brown | 347 | 7.0 | −1.4 | |
BPP | Edmond Morrison | 135 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 1,123 | 22.7 | +7.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,952 | 30.2 | −7.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Hollingsworth* | 2,182 | 42.3 | +2.3 | |
Labour | John Hardy | 1,634 | 31.7 | −0.1 | |
BNP | Mark Collett | 1,124 | 21.8 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Simon O'Riordan | 214 | 4.2 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 548 | 10.6 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,154 | 33.8 | −5.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank Robinson* | 3,272 | 46.9 | −6.2 | |
Labour | Andrew Jarosz | 1,773 | 25.4 | +5.3 | |
BNP | Robert Leary | 987 | 14.1 | +14.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Laura Harmes | 944 | 13.5 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 1,499 | 21.5 | −11.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,976 | 40.5 | −6.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jane Dowson* | 2,914 | 47.1 | +10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Timothy Herberd | 1,720 | 27.8 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Simon Baker | 647 | 10.5 | +0.1 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Garth Frankland | 558 | 9.0 | −8.2 | |
Green | Mark Elliot | 352 | 5.7 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 1,194 | 19.3 | +8.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,191 | 36.5 | −1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammed Iqbal* | 1,884 | 46.9 | +5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Swain | 1,143 | 28.5 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | Simon Church | 437 | 10.9 | −3.3 | |
Green | Michael Northfield | 300 | 7.5 | −2.8 | |
Respect | Sally Kincaid | 252 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 741 | 18.5 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,016 | 26.7 | −3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Gruen* | 2,455 | 39.1 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | Margaret Schofield | 1,972 | 31.4 | −0.7 | |
BNP | Martin Gibson | 924 | 14.7 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Aqila Choudhry | 588 | 9.4 | +0.9 | |
Green | Lee Mortimer | 347 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Majority | 483 | 7.7 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,286 | 37.1 | −0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Luke Russell | 2,324 | 38.8 | −12.2 | |
Labour | Stephen Towler | 1,657 | 27.6 | +6.4 | |
BNP | Peter Maverick | 992 | 16.5 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | George Firth | 630 | 10.5 | −0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alistair Bradley | 354 | 5.9 | +1.2 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Declan Normaschild | 40 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 667 | 11.1 | −18.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,997 | 34.3 | −6.1 | ||
Green hold | Swing | -9.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Murray* | 3,311 | 41.5 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Alan Lamb | 3,043 | 38.1 | +5.1 | |
BNP | John Powell | 988 | 12.4 | −0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Norman | 643 | 8.1 | −12.0 | |
Majority | 268 | 3.4 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,985 | 50.5 | +1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roger Harington* | 2,766 | 47.9 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Tear | 2,577 | 44.7 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | Beatrice Greenwood | 262 | 4.5 | +0.1 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Azar Iqbal | 166 | 2.9 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 189 | 3.3 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,771 | 37.2 | −8.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Bale* | 2,901 | 42.2 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Michael King | 1,813 | 26.4 | +4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lucinda Cleasby | 1,080 | 15.7 | −1.6 | |
BNP | Wayne Taylor | 617 | 9.0 | +1.6 | |
Green | Colin Avison | 412 | 6.0 | −3.2 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Gareth Christie | 55 | 0.8 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 1,088 | 15.8 | −4.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,878 | 41.3 | −6.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alec Shelbrooke* | 4,409 | 62.3 | −1.0 | |
Labour | Hayley Johnson | 907 | 12.8 | −2.9 | |
BNP | Joanna Beverley | 767 | 10.8 | +10.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joanne Hall | 680 | 9.6 | −7.2 | |
Green | Murray Ford | 275 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Fiona Christie | 36 | 0.5 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 3,502 | 49.5 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,074 | 48.1 | −4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Martin Hamilton* | 1,067 | 41.7 | −2.9 | |
Labour | Katherine Mitchell | 641 | 25.0 | +5.9 | |
Green | Lesley Jeffries | 469 | 18.3 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | Christopher Wales | 299 | 11.7 | +2.5 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Sequoyah de Souza Vigneswaren | 84 | 3.3 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 426 | 16.6 | −8.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,560 | 18.9 | −3.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brian Cleasby* | 2,585 | 38.4 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | John Hardcastle | 2,488 | 37.0 | +10.0 | |
Labour | Lucinda Yeadon | 954 | 14.2 | +1.8 | |
Green | Andrea Binns | 566 | 8.4 | +1.0 | |
CPA | Paul Hellyer | 140 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 97 | 1.4 | −12.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,733 | 39.3 | −8.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Linda Rhodes-Clayton* | 1,099 | 38.8 | −8.9 | |
Labour | Mina Kainyek | 1,072 | 37.9 | +8.4 | |
Green | Tim Sunderland | 501 | 17.7 | +17.7 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Muhammad Arfan | 79 | 2.8 | −9.8 | |
Independent | Giles Neafcy | 79 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 27 | 1.0 | −17.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,830 | 18.5 | −8.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Selby* | 2,696 | 52.1 | +1.2 | |
Labour | Vonnie Morgan | 2,417 | |||
BNP | George Geapin | 1,017 | 19.6 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Tait | 872 | 16.8 | −1.5 | |
BNP | Richard Warrington | 860 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sadie Fisher | 848 | |||
Conservative | Caroline Anderson | 592 | 11.4 | −1.5 | |
Conservative | Donald Townsley | 542 | |||
Majority | 1,679 | 32.5 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,177 | 15.8 | −22.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keith Wakefield* | 3,422 | 52.9 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Tina Phillips | 1,287 | 19.9 | −2.1 | |
BNP | Lisa Crossley | 1,126 | 17.4 | +4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Thompson | 635 | 9.8 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 2,135 | 33.0 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 6,470 | 41.2 | −2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Atha* | 2,149 | 45.5 | +5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Coleman | 1,546 | 32.7 | +2.9 | |
Green | Martin Reed | 537 | 11.4 | +0.0 | |
Conservative | Benjamin Jackson | 489 | 10.4 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 603 | 12.8 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,721 | 29.2 | −8.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Debra Coupar | 2,123 | 42.6 | +1.7 | |
BNP | Kevin Meeson | 1,424 | 28.6 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | Richard Barker | 860 | 17.3 | −4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Benedict Chastney | 578 | 11.6 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 699 | 14.0 | −5.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,985 | 29.4 | −4.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Richard Harker* | 2,385 | 33.8 | −12.5 | |
Labour | Gerald Harper | 2,241 | 31.7 | +9.8 | |
Conservative | Lyn Buckley | 2,060 | 29.2 | +3.9 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Michael Davies | 380 | 5.4 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 145 | 2.1 | −18.9 | ||
Turnout | 7,067 | 41.1 | −6.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -11.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morley Borough Independent | Thomas Leadley* | 2,959 | 42.4 | −3.9 | |
BNP | Thomas Redmond | 1,491 | 21.4 | +8.4 | |
Labour | Neil Dawson | 1,370 | 19.7 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | William Flynn | 802 | 11.5 | −2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Levent Akbulut | 350 | 5.0 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 1,468 | 21.0 | −8.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,972 | 39.9 | −4.2 | ||
Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | -6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Christopher Beverley | 2,083 | 32.9 | +15.6 | |
Morley Borough Independent | Michael Elliott | 1,790 | 28.3 | −4.7 | |
Labour | Sherry Bradley | 1,407 | 22.3 | −3.8 | |
Conservative | Keely Jamieson | 550 | 8.7 | −0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Skinner | 317 | 5.0 | −0.7 | |
Independent | Charles Slingsby | 175 | 2.8 | −6.3 | |
Majority | 383 | 4.6 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,322 | 39.1 | −1.4 | ||
BNP gain from Morley Borough Independent | Swing | +10.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ryk Downes* | 3,159 | 38.7 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | Nigel Francis | 2,290 | 28.1 | +5.0 | |
Labour | John Eveleigh | 1,782 | 21.8 | +0.9 | |
BNP | Mark Gates | 551 | 6.7 | +1.6 | |
Green | David Webb | 297 | 3.6 | −13.8 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Wendy Frankland | 84 | 1.0 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 869 | 10.6 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,163 | 47.1 | −4.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mick Coulson* | 2,499 | 36.8 | −5.6 | |
Conservative | Barry White | 2,122 | 31.2 | +0.9 | |
BNP | Angela Day | 1,115 | 16.4 | +4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jason McCartney | 678 | 10.0 | −5.2 | |
Green | Irene Dracup | 377 | 5.6 | +5.6 | |
Majority | 377 | 5.6 | −6.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,791 | 40.1 | −5.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stewart Golton | 2,323 | 40.7 | −2.3 | |
Labour | Karen Bruce | 1,954 | 34.2 | −0.2 | |
BNP | Tracy Andrews | 823 | 14.4 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Dorothy Flynn | 613 | 10.7 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 369 | 6.5 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,713 | 37.2 | −7.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Wadsworth* | 2,930 | 39.4 | +5.7 | |
Labour | Irene O'Grady | 2,457 | 33.1 | +6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carl Quilliam | 1,213 | 16.3 | −6.3 | |
Green | Paul Ellis | 598 | 8.1 | −3.7 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Malcolm Christie | 230 | 3.1 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 473 | 6.4 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 7,428 | 43.1 | −11.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Lyons* | 2,394 | 35.7 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Hayes | 1,967 | 29.3 | −7.8 | |
BNP | Peter Hollings | 1,486 | 22.1 | +10.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Norman | 867 | 12.9 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 427 | 6.4 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 6,714 | 41.9 | −3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Judith Chapman | 2,550 | 43.6 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Guy West | 1,334 | 22.8 | −4.3 | |
Labour | Anne Cherry | 1,089 | 18.6 | −4.7 | |
Green | Martin Hemingway | 422 | 7.2 | −6.7 | |
BNP | Gillian Leake | 370 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Daniel Kennedy | 77 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 1,216 | 20.8 | +12.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,842 | 33.8 | −9.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Procter* | 3,842 | 57.0 | −6.6 | |
Labour | Andrew Robinson | 1,069 | 15.9 | −6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Matthews | 955 | 14.2 | +0.5 | |
BNP | Ralph Nutter | 873 | 13.0 | +13.0 | |
Majority | 2,773 | 41.1 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,739 | 44.0 | −5.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.1 |
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The 2007 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England.
The 2014 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
The 2006 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
The 2016 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2016 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was on the same day as other local elections.
The 2018 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2018 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other UK local elections across England.
The Morley Borough Independents (MBI) are a local political party in Leeds, West Yorkshire, founded in 2004.
The 2019 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other UK local elections across England and Northern Ireland.
The 2022 United Kingdom local elections took place on Thursday 5 May 2022. These included elections for all London borough councils, and for all local authorities in Wales and Scotland. Most seats in England were last up for election in 2018 and in Scotland and Wales in 2017. The elections coincided with the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election. In 91 cases, most of them in Wales, council seats were uncontested, each having only one candidate. Three seats in Scotland remained unfilled as no one nominated to fill them.
The 2024 Leeds City Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024. It was held on the same day as the second West Yorkshire mayoral election and other local elections across the United Kingdom.