2014 Leeds City Council election

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2014 Leeds City Council election
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33 of the 99 seats on Leeds City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Leader Keith Wakefield Andrew CarterStewart Golton
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election21 seats, 46.0%6 seats, 22.0%3 seats, 13.0%
Seats won2064
Seats after63189
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg 1
Popular vote71,60239,95318,867
Percentage38.621.510.2
Leeds UK local election 2014 map.svg
Labour in red (20), Conservatives in blue (6), Liberal Democrats in yellow (4), Morley Borough Independents in dark green (2) and Greens in light green (1).
Council control before election

Majority administration
Labour

Council control after election

Majority administration
Labour

The 2014 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 22 May 2014 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as the 2014 European Parliament election and other local elections across the UK.

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As per the election cycle, one third of the council's seats were up for election. The councillors subsequently elected replaced those elected when their individual seats were previously contested in 2010.

The Labour Party had been in overall control of the council since 2011 and their majority was unchanged following this election after winning 20 of the 33 seats contested. [1] [2] [3]

Election summary

Leeds City Council Election Result 2014
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2011Steady2.svg60.638.671,602
  Conservative 600Steady2.svg18.221.539,953
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.016.731,077
  Liberal Democrats 401Decrease2.svg 112.110.218,867
  Green 110Increase2.svg13.09.116,868
  Morley Borough Independent 200Steady2.svg6.12.54,726
 Alliance for Green Socialism000Steady2.svg0.00.61,125
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.00.3537
  TUSC 000Steady2.svg0.00.3527
  British Democratic 000Steady2.svg0.00.2358

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: [2]

Party2012 electionPrior to electionNew council
Labour636363
Conservative1918 [lower-alpha 1] 18
Liberal Democrat10109
Morley Borough Independent555
Green223
Independent01 [lower-alpha 2] 1
Total999999
Working majority 27  27  27 

Councillors who did not stand for re-election

Councillor/s who did not stand for re-election (6)
CouncillorWardFirst electedPartyReasonSuccessor
Bernard Atha CBE [5] Kirkstall 1957, 1969 Labour stood downFiona Venner (Labour)
Clive Fox [6] Adel & Wharfedale 2000 Conservative died in office [lower-alpha 3] Billy Flynn (Conservative)
Martin Hamilton [7] Headingley 2002 Liberal Democrats stood downJonathan Pryor (Labour)
Janet Harper [8] Armley 1999 Labour stood downAlice Smart (Labour)
Thomas Murray [9] Garforth & Swillington 1992 Labour stood downStuart McKenna (Labour)
Neil Taggart [10] Bramley & Stanningley 1980 Labour stood downKevin Ritchie (Labour)

Ward results

Adel & Wharfedale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Billy Flynn 3,018 44.5 -1.0
Labour Mark Henley1,31219.3+3.5
Liberal Democrats Cheryl Kebede1,15417.0-20.7
UKIP Mal Steele96614.2+13.5
Green Paul Marchant3365.0+2.3
Majority1,706
Turnout 6,78643.75
Conservative hold Swing
Alwoodley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Harrand* 3,227 48.2 -1.2
Labour Keith White1,91028.5+1.3
UKIP Warren Hendon89113.3+10.6
Liberal Democrats Sue Knights3094.6-12.9
Green Miriam Moss2904.3+4.3
Alliance for Green SocialismBrian Jackson671.0-0.2
Majority1,317
Turnout 6,69438.3
Conservative hold Swing
Ardsley & Robin Hood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lisa Mulherin* 1,865 36.0
UKIP David Daniel1,59330.7
Conservative Tim Atkin92917.9
Independent Wyn Kidger4829.3
Green Carl James1763.4
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Ward1392.7
Majority272
Turnout 5,18430.18
Labour hold Swing
Armley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alice Smart 2,269 43.8
UKIP John Withill1,54829.9
Green Yvonne Clarke66912.9
Conservative Mohammed Rahman3927.6
Liberal Democrats Christine Glover2364.6
TUSC Iain Dalton651.3
Majority721
Turnout 5,17930.54
Labour hold Swing
Beeston & Holbeck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Congreve* 2,063 48.4
UKIP Tony Roberts1,28830.2
Conservative Robert Winfield49911.7
Green David Smith2846.7
Liberal Democrats Victoria Bishop-Rowe1303.0
Majority775
Turnout 4,26428.72
Labour hold Swing
Bramley & Stanningley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Ritchie 2,092 43.9
UKIP Anne Murgatroyd1,60033.6
Conservative Alexander Nancolas4549.5
Green Kate Bisson3587.5
Liberal Democrats Serena Glover2194.6
TUSC Kevin Pattison440.9
Majority492
Turnout 4,76729.98
Labour hold Swing
Burmantofts & Richmond Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ron Grahame* 1,864 43.0
UKIP Geoff Holloran1,15026.6
Liberal Democrats David Hollingsworth84319.5
Green Pete Exley3187.3
Conservative Hayley Laura1563.6
Majority714
Turnout 4,33128.5
Labour hold Swing
Calverley & Farsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rod Wood* 2,670 38.2
Labour John Bracken2,47635.4
UKIP Joseph Murgatroyd1,24217.8
Green Clive Lord 3495.0
Liberal Democrats Kate Arbuckle2563.7
Majority194
Turnout 6,99339.75
Conservative hold Swing
Chapel Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Dowson* 3,683 61.3
Conservative Farzana Arif74612.4
Green Emma Carter73612.3
Alliance for Green SocialismMike Davies5158.6
Liberal Democrats Aqila Choudhry3265.4
Majority2,937
Turnout 6,00634.59
Labour hold Swing
City & Hunslet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Iqbal* 2,434 49.2
UKIP Nigel Buckland78515.9
Green Glen Jankowski65913.3
Conservative Richard Salt63112.7
Liberal Democrats Jahangir Aziz3547.2
TUSC Mary Finch871.8
Majority1,649
Turnout 4,95022.84
Labour hold Swing
Cross Gates & Whinmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Gruen* 2,555 44.6
UKIP Darren Oddy1,80831.6
Conservative Elizabeth Hayes90715.8
Green Ben Goldthorp3195.6
Liberal Democrats Richard Morris1362.4
Majority747
Turnout 572533.11
Labour hold Swing
Farnley & Wortley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Terry Wilford 1,900 34.3
UKIP Alan Felber1,60629.0
Labour John Hardy1,50627.2
Conservative Samuel Fisher4167.5
Liberal Democrats Robert Jacques761.4
TUSC Michael Johnson300.5
Majority294
Turnout 553431.52
Green gain from Labour Swing
Garforth & Swillington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stuart McKenna 3,172 51.7
Conservative Ryan Stephenson2,02733.0
Green Yvonne Murray70911.6
Liberal Democrats Mitch Gladas2273.7
Majority1,145
Turnout 6,13538.5
Labour hold Swing
Gipton & Harehills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kamila Maqsood* 3,756 76.1
Liberal Democrats Adam Douglas4038.2
Conservative Beatrice Greenwood3938.0
Green Neil Seepujak3817.7
Majority3,353
Turnout 493331.55
Labour hold Swing
Guiseley & Rawdon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pat Latty* 2,811 39.8
Labour David Bowe1,87126.5
UKIP Roger Tattersall1,44420.5
Green Colin Avison5417.7
Liberal Democrats Cindy Cleasby3895.5
Majority940
Turnout 705638.65
Conservative hold Swing
Harewood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matthew Robinson* 3,542 59.5
UKIP Peter Morgan1,17619.8
Labour David Joyce92815.6
Liberal Democrats Christine Golton2494.2
Green Paul Matthews581.0
Majority2,3665953
Turnout 42.0
Conservative hold Swing
Headingley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jonathan Pryor 1,296
Green Joe Salmon1,036
Liberal Democrats Ghaffar Karim747
Conservative Diane Fox228
UKIP Alistair McDowall146
Majority260
Turnout 30.12
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Horsforth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Cleasby* 2,037
Conservative Richard O’Callaghan1,880
Labour Rob Wilkinson1,644
UKIP Paul Hellyer1,059
Green Timothy Goodall446
TUSC Benjamin Dixon56
Majority157
Turnout 40.88
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hyde Park & Woodhouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Javaid Akhtar* 2,099
Green Chris Foren865
Conservative Edward Hardy295
UKIP Glenn Morley288
Liberal Democrats Peter Andrews207
TUSC Tanis Belsham-Wray98
Majority1,234
Turnout 24.89
Labour hold Swing
Killingbeck & Seacroft
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Selby* 2,927
Conservative Dorothy Flynn623
Green Louise Richardson617
Liberal Democrats Joanne Binns311
Majority2,304
Turnout 29.2
Labour hold Swing
Kippax & Methley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Wakefield* 2,868
UKIP Tina Smith1,599
Conservative James Langley867
Green David Webb237
Liberal Democrats John Hills141
Majority1,269
Turnout 35.63
Labour hold Swing
Kirkstall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fiona Venner 2,696
UKIP Kevin Reid907
Green Morgan Tatchell-Evans724
Conservative Matthew Wharton379
Liberal Democrats Martin Hughes252
TUSC Ben Mayor56
Independent Stuart Long55
Majority
Turnout 33.77
Labour hold Swing
Middleton Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kim Groves* 2,489
UKIP Craig Sweaton1,756
British Democratic Kevin Meeson358
Conservative Barbara Harpham287
Green Austen Thompson219
Liberal Democrats Sadie Fisher79
Majority
Turnout 28.04
Labour hold Swing
Moortown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sharon Hamilton* 2,923
Conservative Mark Dodsworth1,282
UKIP Alan Procter821
Green Christopher Smith806
Liberal Democrats Darren Finlay781
Alliance for Green SocialismRos Campbell188
Majority
Turnout 39.87
Labour hold Swing
Morley North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Morley Borough Independent Thomas Leadley* 2,759
Labour Charlotte Hill1,181
UKIP Luke Senior1,150
Conservative Sophie Tempest675
Green Deborah Fenney180
Liberal Democrats John MacArthur74
Majority1,578
Turnout 6,01934.56
Morley Borough Independent hold Swing
Morley South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Morley Borough Independent Shirley Varley* 1,967
Labour Mark Sewards1,293
UKIP Lindon Dove1,279
Conservative Kathleen Tempest489
Green Bluebell Eikonoklastes116
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Gagen71
TUSC Neil Cussons51
Majority674
Turnout 5,26631.93
Morley Borough Independent hold Swing
Otley & Yeadon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ryk Downes* 2,916
Labour Carl Morris1,916
UKIP Tom Hollings1,306
Conservative Gerard Francis921
Green Owen Brear490
Majority
Turnout 43.65
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Pudsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mick Coulson* 2,182
UKIP Phil Banks1,785
Conservative Amanda Carter1,356
Green Irene Dracup390
Liberal Democrats Jude Arbuckle205
Majority
Turnout 35.4
Labour hold Swing
Rothwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stewart Golton* 2,429
Labour Angela Kellett2,018
Conservative Stephen Ellis723
Green Gordon Haycock385
Majority411
Turnout 36.04
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Roundhay
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ghulam Hussain* 3,229
Conservative Andy Paraskos1,952
Liberal Democrats Richard Whelan528
Green Paul Ellis820
Alliance for Green SocialismMalcolm Christie355
Majority1,277
Turnout 40.96
Labour hold Swing
Temple Newsam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mick Lyons* 2,294
UKIP Bruce Naylor1,599
Conservative David Schofield1,377
Green Nathan Allen335
Liberal Democrats Keith Norman148
Majority695
Turnout 35.38
Labour hold Swing
Weetwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Judith Chapman* 2,155
Labour Julie Heselwood1,768
Conservative Thomas McMeeking806
UKIP Mike Cullen737
Green Martin Hemingway646
TUSC Max Cussons40
Majority387
Turnout 39.57
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wetherby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Procter* 2,995
UKIP Paul Spivey1,096
Labour Paul Drinkwater1,023
Green Sam Murray508
Liberal Democrats Sara Howell340
Majority
Turnout 38.38
Conservative hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Calverley and Farsley councillor Joe Marjoram resigned from the Conservative council group to sit as an independent. He had previously publicly criticised David Cameron and other prominent Conservative politicians on social media. [4]
  2. ↑ Joe Marjoram (Calverley and Farsley) resigned from the Conservatives in July 2013.
  3. ↑ Fox died on 8 April 2014 and no by-election was called.

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