2006 Leeds City Council election

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2006 Leeds City Council election
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  2004 4 May 2006 2007  

33 of the 99 seats on Leeds City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout35.9%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Leader Keith Wakefield Mark HarrisAndrew Carter
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election40 seats, 29.1%26 seats, %24 seats, 26.9%
Seats won1687
Seats after402624
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote62,95742,55453,693
Percentage31.6%21.4%27.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg2.5%Decrease2.svg 2.0%Increase2.svg 0.1%

Leeds UK local election 2006 map.svg
Labour in red (16), Liberal Democrats in yellow (8), Conservatives in blue (7), BNP in dark blue, Greens in light green (1) and Morley Borough Independents in dark green (1).

Council control before election

Coalition
Liberal Democrats and Conservatives

Council control after election

Coalition
Liberal Democrats and Conservatives

The 2006 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 4 May 2006 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England.

Contents

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]

Election result

Leeds Local Election Result 2006 [1] [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1600Steady2.svg47.031.662,957+2.5
  Conservative 700Steady2.svg20.627.053,693+0.1
  Liberal Democrats 800Steady2.svg23.521.442,554-2.0
  BNP 110Increase2.svg 12.911.422,642+3.7
  Green 100Steady2.svg2.94.69,118-1.4
  Morley Borough Independent 101Decrease2.svg 12.92.44,749-0.2
 Alliance for Green Socialism000Steady2.svg0.01.02,067-0.6
  English Democrat 000Steady2.svg0.00.3563+0.3
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.00.1254-1.8
  Respect 000Steady2.svg0.00.1252-0.1
  CPA 000Steady2.svg0.00.1140+0.1
  BPP 000Steady2.svg0.00.1135+0.1

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour4040
Liberal Democrat2626
Conservative2424
Morley Borough Independent65
Green33
BNP01
Total9999
Working majority -19  -19 

Councillors who did not stand for re-election

Councillor/s who did not stand for re-election (5)
CouncillorWardFirst electedPartyReasonSuccessor
Gareth Beevers Morley South 2004 Morley Borough Independents stood downChristopher Beverley (British National Party)
Stuart Bruce Middleton Park 1999 Labour stood downDebra Coupar (Labour)
Michael Davey Killingbeck & Seacroft 2002 Labour stood downVonnie Morgan (Labour)
Mitchell Galdas Rothwell 2004 Liberal Democrats stood downStewart Golton (Liberal Democrats)
Claire Nash Farnley & Wortley 2000 Green stood downLuke Russell (Green)

Incumbent Liberal Democrat councillor, Stewart Golton (Weetwood), was elected to represent a new ward, succeeding Mitchell Galdas in Rothwell.

Ward results

Adel & Wharfedale [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clive Fox* 4,128 53.5 −0.6
Liberal Democrats Christina Shaw2,08527.0+3.2
Labour John Garvani94112.2−3.6
English Democrat Stephen Elliott5637.3+7.3
Majority2,04226.5−3.8
Turnout 7,71848.0−6.4
Conservative hold Swing -1.8
Alwoodley [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Harrand* 3,693 50.4 +5.2
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Brown1,90226.0−4.0
Labour Doug Masterton1,45919.9+2.2
Alliance for Green SocialismBrian Jackson2753.8+0.8
Majority1,79124.4+9.2
Turnout 7,32941.8−11.4
Conservative hold Swing +4.6
Ardsley & Robin Hood [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lisa Mulherin* 1,884 35.8 +4.2
Conservative David Boynton1,37226.1+4.6
BNP John Hirst1,18222.5+4.1
Liberal Democrats Philip Moore82115.6+2.6
Majority5129.7−0.4
Turnout 5,25933.5−5.6
Labour hold Swing -0.2
Armley [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Harper* 2,214 42.1 −0.3
BNP Bernard Allen92117.5+4.9
Green Jacqueline Nelson74014.1−1.8
Conservative Glenn Broadbent71313.5−3.7
Liberal Democrats Christine Golton67712.9+1.0
Majority1,29324.6−0.5
Turnout 5,26530.5−5.2
Labour hold Swing -2.6
Beeston & Holbeck [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Congreve* 1,981 39.6 +8.5
Liberal Democrats James Fuller1,17423.5+6.8
BNP Dean Taylor89918.0+4.5
Conservative Robert Winfield69513.9−2.4
Green Neil Green2545.1−0.4
Majority80716.1+1.7
Turnout 5,00331.6−6.0
Labour hold Swing +0.8
Bramley & Stanningley [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Taggart* 2,005 40.5 +0.8
BNP Sandra Cockayne88217.8+5.0
Liberal Democrats Adam Slack80316.2−7.9
Conservative Michael Best78015.8+0.7
Green Pamela Brown3477.0−1.4
BPP Edmond Morrison1352.7+2.7
Majority1,12322.7+7.1
Turnout 4,95230.2−7.5
Labour hold Swing -2.1
Burmantofts & Richmond Hill [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Hollingsworth* 2,182 42.3 +2.3
Labour John Hardy1,63431.7−0.1
BNP Mark Collett1,12421.8+6.0
Conservative Simon O'Riordan2144.2−0.8
Majority54810.6+2.4
Turnout 5,15433.8−5.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.2
Calverley & Farsley [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Robinson* 3,272 46.9 −6.2
Labour Andrew Jarosz1,77325.4+5.3
BNP Robert Leary98714.1+14.1
Liberal Democrats Laura Harmes94413.5−1.8
Majority1,49921.5−11.5
Turnout 6,97640.5−6.4
Conservative hold Swing -5.7
Chapel Allerton [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Dowson* 2,914 47.1 +10.5
Liberal Democrats Timothy Herberd1,72027.8+2.1
Conservative Simon Baker64710.5+0.1
Alliance for Green SocialismGarth Frankland5589.0−8.2
Green Mark Elliot3525.7−4.4
Majority1,19419.3+8.3
Turnout 6,19136.5−1.4
Labour hold Swing +4.2
City & Hunslet [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Iqbal* 1,884 46.9 +5.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Swain1,14328.5+6.3
Conservative Simon Church43710.9−3.3
Green Michael Northfield3007.5−2.8
Respect Sally Kincaid2526.3+6.3
Majority74118.5−1.0
Turnout 4,01626.7−3.7
Labour hold Swing -0.5
Cross Gates & Whinmoor [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Gruen* 2,455 39.1 −2.0
Conservative Margaret Schofield1,97231.4−0.7
BNP Martin Gibson92414.7+4.0
Liberal Democrats Aqila Choudhry5889.4+0.9
Green Lee Mortimer3475.5+5.5
Majority4837.7−1.3
Turnout 6,28637.1−0.7
Labour hold Swing -0.6
Farnley & Wortley [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Luke Russell 2,324 38.8 −12.2
Labour Stephen Towler1,65727.6+6.4
BNP Peter Maverick99216.5+4.5
Conservative George Firth63010.5−0.5
Liberal Democrats Alistair Bradley3545.9+1.2
Alliance for Green SocialismDeclan Normaschild400.7+0.7
Majority66711.1−18.6
Turnout 5,99734.3−6.1
Green hold Swing -9.3
Garforth & Swillington [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Murray* 3,311 41.5 +7.2
Conservative Alan Lamb3,04338.1+5.1
BNP John Powell98812.4−0.3
Liberal Democrats Ann Norman6438.1−12.0
Majority2683.4+2.2
Turnout 7,98550.5+1.4
Labour hold Swing +1.0
Gipton & Harehills [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Harington* 2,766 47.9 +4.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Tear2,57744.7−3.1
Conservative Beatrice Greenwood2624.5+0.1
Alliance for Green SocialismAzar Iqbal1662.9−1.4
Majority1893.3−0.8
Turnout 5,77137.2−8.7
Labour hold Swing +3.7
Guiseley & Rawdon [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Bale* 2,901 42.2 +0.3
Labour Michael King1,81326.4+4.6
Liberal Democrats Lucinda Cleasby1,08015.7−1.6
BNP Wayne Taylor6179.0+1.6
Green Colin Avison4126.0−3.2
Alliance for Green SocialismGareth Christie550.8−1.7
Majority1,08815.8−4.4
Turnout 6,87841.3−6.3
Conservative hold Swing -2.1
Harewood [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alec Shelbrooke* 4,409 62.3 −1.0
Labour Hayley Johnson90712.8−2.9
BNP Joanna Beverley76710.8+10.8
Liberal Democrats Joanne Hall6809.6−7.2
Green Murray Ford2753.9+3.9
Alliance for Green SocialismFiona Christie360.5−3.6
Majority3,50249.5+3.0
Turnout 7,07448.1−4.5
Conservative hold Swing +0.5
Headingley [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Hamilton* 1,067 41.7 −2.9
Labour Katherine Mitchell64125.0+5.9
Green Lesley Jeffries46918.3−1.2
Conservative Christopher Wales29911.7+2.5
Alliance for Green SocialismSequoyah de Souza Vigneswaren843.3−4.3
Majority42616.6−8.5
Turnout 2,56018.9−3.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -4.4
Horsforth [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Cleasby* 2,585 38.4 −2.7
Conservative John Hardcastle2,48837.0+10.0
Labour Lucinda Yeadon95414.2+1.8
Green Andrea Binns5668.4+1.0
CPA Paul Hellyer1402.1+2.1
Majority971.4−12.8
Turnout 6,73339.3−8.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -6.3
Hyde Park & Woodhouse [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Linda Rhodes-Clayton* 1,099 38.8 −8.9
Labour Mina Kainyek1,07237.9+8.4
Green Tim Sunderland50117.7+17.7
Alliance for Green SocialismMuhammad Arfan792.8−9.8
Independent Giles Neafcy792.8+2.8
Majority271.0−17.3
Turnout 2,83018.5−8.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -8.6
Killingbeck & Seacroft [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Selby* 2,696 52.1 +1.2
Labour Vonnie Morgan 2,417
BNP George Geapin1,01719.6+1.8
Liberal Democrats Margaret Tait87216.8−1.5
BNP Richard Warrington860
Liberal Democrats Sadie Fisher848
Conservative Caroline Anderson59211.4−1.5
Conservative Donald Townsley542
Majority1,67932.5−0.1
Turnout 5,17715.8−22.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing -0.3
Kippax & Methley [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Wakefield* 3,422 52.9 −0.2
Conservative Tina Phillips1,28719.9−2.1
BNP Lisa Crossley1,12617.4+4.9
Liberal Democrats Barbara Thompson6359.8−2.6
Majority2,13533.0+1.9
Turnout 6,47041.2−2.8
Labour hold Swing +0.9
Kirkstall [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Atha* 2,149 45.5 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Christine Coleman1,54632.7+2.9
Green Martin Reed53711.4+0.0
Conservative Benjamin Jackson48910.4−1.3
Majority60312.8+2.2
Turnout 4,72129.2−8.2
Labour hold Swing +1.1
Middleton Park [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Debra Coupar 2,123 42.6 +1.7
BNP Kevin Meeson1,42428.6+7.5
Conservative Richard Barker86017.3−4.3
Liberal Democrats Benedict Chastney57811.6−4.9
Majority69914.0−5.3
Turnout 4,98529.4−4.1
Labour hold Swing -2.9
Moortown [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Harker* 2,385 33.8 −12.5
Labour Gerald Harper2,24131.7+9.8
Conservative Lyn Buckley2,06029.2+3.9
Alliance for Green SocialismMichael Davies3805.4−1.2
Majority1452.1−18.9
Turnout 7,06741.1−6.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -11.1
Morley North [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Morley Borough Independent Thomas Leadley* 2,959 42.4 −3.9
BNP Thomas Redmond1,49121.4+8.4
Labour Neil Dawson1,37019.7+3.1
Conservative William Flynn80211.5−2.5
Liberal Democrats Levent Akbulut3505.0−0.3
Majority1,46821.0−8.8
Turnout 6,97239.9−4.2
Morley Borough Independent hold Swing -6.1
Morley South [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Christopher Beverley 2,083 32.9 +15.6
Morley Borough Independent Michael Elliott1,79028.3−4.7
Labour Sherry Bradley1,40722.3−3.8
Conservative Keely Jamieson5508.7−0.1
Liberal Democrats John Skinner3175.0−0.7
Independent Charles Slingsby1752.8−6.3
Majority3834.6−2.4
Turnout 6,32239.1−1.4
BNP gain from Morley Borough Independent Swing +10.1
Otley & Yeadon [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ryk Downes* 3,159 38.7 +7.5
Conservative Nigel Francis2,29028.1+5.0
Labour John Eveleigh1,78221.8+0.9
BNP Mark Gates5516.7+1.6
Green David Webb2973.6−13.8
Alliance for Green SocialismWendy Frankland841.0−1.2
Majority86910.6+2.4
Turnout 8,16347.1−4.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.2
Pudsey [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mick Coulson* 2,499 36.8 −5.6
Conservative Barry White2,12231.2+0.9
BNP Angela Day1,11516.4+4.4
Liberal Democrats Jason McCartney 67810.0−5.2
Green Irene Dracup3775.6+5.6
Majority3775.6−6.5
Turnout 6,79140.1−5.5
Labour hold Swing -3.2
Rothwell [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stewart Golton 2,323 40.7 −2.3
Labour Karen Bruce1,95434.2−0.2
BNP Tracy Andrews82314.4+3.0
Conservative Dorothy Flynn61310.7−0.5
Majority3696.5−2.1
Turnout 5,71337.2−7.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -1.0
Roundhay [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Wadsworth* 2,930 39.4 +5.7
Labour Irene O'Grady2,45733.1+6.2
Liberal Democrats Carl Quilliam1,21316.3−6.3
Green Paul Ellis5988.1−3.7
Alliance for Green SocialismMalcolm Christie2303.1−1.8
Majority4736.4−0.5
Turnout 7,42843.1−11.1
Conservative hold Swing -0.2
Temple Newsam [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Lyons* 2,394 35.7 +1.1
Conservative Elizabeth Hayes1,96729.3−7.8
BNP Peter Hollings1,48622.1+10.4
Liberal Democrats Keith Norman86712.9−3.6
Majority4276.4+3.9
Turnout 6,71441.9−3.8
Labour hold Swing +4.4
Weetwood [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Judith Chapman 2,550 43.6 +8.0
Conservative Guy West1,33422.8−4.3
Labour Anne Cherry1,08918.6−4.7
Green Martin Hemingway4227.2−6.7
BNP Gillian Leake3706.3+6.3
Alliance for Green SocialismDaniel Kennedy771.3+1.3
Majority1,21620.8+12.3
Turnout 5,84233.8−9.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +6.1
Wetherby [1] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Procter* 3,842 57.0 −6.6
Labour Andrew Robinson1,06915.9−6.9
Liberal Democrats James Matthews95514.2+0.5
BNP Ralph Nutter87313.0+13.0
Majority2,77341.1+0.3
Turnout 6,73944.0−5.7
Conservative hold Swing +0.1

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