2016 Leeds City Council election

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2016 Leeds City Council election
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  2015 5 May 2016 2018  

33 of the 99 seats on Leeds City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout34.7% (Decrease2.svg 29.39%)
 First partySecond party
 
Leader Judith Blake Andrew Carter
Party Labour Conservative
Last election22 seats, 39.8%6 seats, 27.4%
Seats won216
Seats after6319
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote79,44242,465
Percentage43.0%23.0%

Leeds UK local election 2016 map.svg
Labour in red (21), Conservatives in blue (6), Liberal Democrats in yellow (3), 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 2016 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2016 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. [1] It was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

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 2012.

The Labour Party retained all 21 of their contested council seats, maintaining their majority control of the council with a total of 63 of the 99 elected councillors. It was the second election in a row in which no party gained or lost any seats.

Election summary

Leeds City Council Election Result 2016 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2100Steady2.svg63.643.079,442+4.4
  Conservative 600Steady2.svg18.223.042,465+1.5
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg012.523,166-4.2
  Liberal Democrats 300Steady2.svg9.110.018,525-0.2
  Green 100Steady2.svg3.07.113,021-2.0
  Morley Borough Independent 200Steady2.svg6.12.85,079+0.3
  Yorkshire First 000Steady2.svg00.61,063+0.6
  Independent 000Steady2.svg00.5987+0.2
 Alliance for Green Socialism000Steady2.svg00.3541-0.3
  TUSC 000Steady2.svg00.2387-0.1
  'Total' 99Steady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svg100%100%184,676

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: [2] [3]

Party2015 electionNew council
Labour6363
Conservative1919
Liberal Democrat99
Morley Borough Independent55
Green33
Total9999
Working majority 27  27 

Councillors who did not stand for re-election

Councillor/s who did not stand for re-election (5)
CouncillorWardFirst electedPartyReasonSuccessor
Ann Castle [4] Harewood 1988, 2000 Conservative stood downRyan Stephenson (Conservative)
Judith Cummins [5] Temple Newsam 2012 Labour stood downDebra Coupar (Labour)
Maureen Ingham [6] Armley 2012 Labour stood downDenise Ragan (Labour)
Andrea McKenna [7] Garforth & Swillington 2003 Labour stood downSarah Field (Labour)
Bill Urry [8] Roundhay 2012 Labour stood downEleanor Tunnicliffe (Labour)

Incumbent Labour councillors, Debra Coupar (Cross Gates & Whinmoor), Roger Harington (Gipton & Harehills) and Janette Walker (Headingley), all stood for new wards. Coupar was elected to represent Temple Newsam and Walker replaced Coupar as a councillor for Cross Gates & Whinmoor. Harington lost to the Liberal Democrats in Weetwood. [9]

Ward results

Adel & Wharfedale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Anderson* 4,125 58.4 +12.3
Labour Paul Wray1,27018.0-0.6
Liberal Democrats Cheryl Kebede94813.4-8.4
UKIP Glenn Morley4406.2-1.5
Green Emma Louise Carter2814.0-1.8
Majority2,85540.4+16.0
Turnout 7,06445.5
Conservative hold Swing
Alwoodley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Buckley* 3,443 52.1 +0.7
Labour Keith White1,98230.0-1.0
UKIP Warren Hendon5348.1+0.6
Liberal Democrats Roderic Parker3485.3-0.2
Green Miriam Moss2233.4+0.3
Alliance for Green SocialismBrian Jackson831.3+0.5
Majority1,46122.1+1.7
Turnout 6,61338.1
Conservative hold Swing
Ardsley & Robin Hood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Karen Renshaw* 2,248 46.1 +6.6
Conservative Tim Atkin1,16123.8-9.1
UKIP Lindon Dove1,09622.5+2.0
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Lloyd Ward2254.6+1.2
Green Lyssie Page1432.9+0.8
Majority1,08722.3+15.7
Turnout 4,87328.5
Labour hold Swing
Armley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alison Lowe* 2,726 55.7 +7.4
UKIP David Caldwell1,10422.6+1.3
Green David Michael Smith4539.3-2.3
Conservative Shane Morgan3807.8+4.9
Liberal Democrats Christine Glover1813.7-0.3
TUSC Beth Sutcliffe471.0-0.1
Majority1,62233.1+6.2
Turnout 4,89129.1
Labour hold Swing
Beeston & Holbeck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angela Gabriel* 2,547 61.4 +8.3
UKIP Luke Senior83320.1-2.9
Conservative Robert Winfield42910.3-3.9
Green Adam Dent2325.6-0.3
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Gagen842.0-0.4
TUSC Kevin Pattison260.6-0.9
Majority1,714+40.3+10.2
Turnout 4,15128.3
Labour hold Swing
Bramley & Stanningley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Caroline Gruen* 2,370 51.2 +5.4
UKIP Anne Murgatroyd1,15224.9+2.3
Conservative Alex Nancolas48410.5+7.8
Green Kate Bisson4539.8-1.3
Liberal Democrats Serena Glover1713.7+0.5
Majority1,21826.3+3.1
Turnout 4,63029.2
Labour hold Swing
Burmantofts & Richmond Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Denise Ragan 2,279 57.4 +3.6
UKIP Geoff Holloran76619.3-1.4
Liberal Democrats David Hollingsworth46411.7+2.3
Green Penny Gilg2235.6+0.5
Conservative Peter Lord1894.8+4.3
TUSC James Ellis471.2+0.7
Majority1,51338.1+5.0
Turnout 3,96827.2
Labour hold Swing
Calverley & Farsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Carter* 3,674 52.9 +5.9
Labour Peter Carlill2,26932.7+3.7
UKIP Malcolm Steele5968.6-0.2
Liberal Democrats Kate Arbuckle2493.6+0.2
Green Clive Lord 1612.3+2.1
Majority1,40520.2+9.6
Turnout 6,94939.6
Conservative hold Swing
Chapel Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eileen Taylor* 4,169 69.5 +11.5
Conservative David Myers5419.0+6.2
Green Keith Mollison4647.7+6.4
UKIP Sheila Valerie Store2904.8+4.8
Liberal Democrats Darren Finlay2754.6+3.3
Alliance for Green SocialismMike Davies2624.4-0.6
Majority3,62860.5+17.7
Turnout 6,00136.0
Labour hold Swing
City & Hunslet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Nash* 2,483 49.1 +4.2
Green Ed Carlisle1,39727.6+4.8
Conservative Amy Green4438.810.8
UKIP Brian Weatherill4258.4+1.5
Liberal Democrats Jahangir Aziz2524.9+0
TUSC Mary Rosamund Finch541.2+1.2
Majority1,08621.5-0.5
Turnout 5,05425.9
Labour hold Swing
Cross Gates & Whinmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janette Walker 2,789 48.6 +2.8
UKIP Mark Maniatt1,44625.2+3.6
Conservative Matthew Gale1,08818.8-5.6
Liberal Democrats Kate Langwick2454.3+0.6
Green Florence Scott1653.1-1.4
Majority1,34323.4+2.0
Turnout 5,73332.4
Labour hold Swing
Farnley & Wortley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green David Blackburn* 2,517 47.6 +10.8
Labour John Hardy1,57629.8-0.8
UKIP Tony Roberts75114.2-4.8
Conservative Hayley Nancolas3807.2-3.8
Liberal Democrats Rob Jacques601.2-0.8
Majority94117.8+11.7
Turnout 5,28430.4
Green hold Swing
Garforth & Swillington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Field 3,582 55.2 -2.0
Conservative Daniel Farrell1,72626.6-0.1
UKIP Terry Harkin86213.3+2.3
Green Kieran White1752.7-0.1
Liberal Democrats Mitchell Galdas1472.3+0
Majority1,85628.6-4.0
Turnout 6,49240.6
Labour hold Swing
Gipton & Harehills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Salma Arif 3,972 79.0 +5.1
UKIP Khalil Kungulilo3607.2-3.6
Conservative Beatrice Greenwood2635.2-1.4
Liberal Democrats Margaret Tait2454.9+0.0
Green Rhian Williams1302.6-1.2
TUSC Tanis Belsham-Wray601.2+1.2
Majority3,61271.8+8.7
Turnout 5,03032.6
Labour hold Swing
Guiseley & Rawdon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Latty* 3,177 44.0 -2.6
Labour David Bowe2,11429.3-2.0
Yorkshire First Bob Buxton74110.3+10.3
UKIP Lynn Parker5717.93.3
Liberal Democrats Simon Dowling3675.1-3.9
Green Lesley Jeffries2553.5-2.4
Majority1,06314.7-4.6
Turnout 7,22540.2
Conservative hold Swing
Harewood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ryan Stephenson 3,295 57.8 -3.0
Labour Leo Verity94616.6-0.8
UKIP Rosemary O'Dea70612.4+1.4
Green David Corry3826.7+1.4
Liberal Democrats Sara Howell3716.5+1.0
Majority2,34941.2-2.2
Turnout 5,70038.7
Conservative hold Swing
Headingley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Al Garthwaite 1,516 50.1 +10.1
Green Joe Salmon70523.7-7.9
Liberal Democrats Penny Goodman55618.7+6.3
Conservative Diane Elaine Fox1133.8-8.6
UKIP Paul William Thomas Denner732.5+0.6
TUSC Jack Andrew Niddrie140.5-0.4
Majority81126.4+18.0
Turnout 2,92228.2
Labour hold Swing
Horsforth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Townsley* 2,329 32.9 +13.4
Labour Co-op Ian McCargo1,94527.5+3.2
Conservative Richard John O'Callaghan1,92327.2-12.9
UKIP Roger Facer Tattersall4626.5-1.8
Green Ben Hall4215.9-1.0
Majority3845.4-10.4
Turnout 7,08042.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hyde Park & Woodhouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Towler* 2,075 65.0 +15.3
Green Christopher Mark Foren50915.9-10.4
Conservative Constance Mary Campbell2156.7-6.6
UKIP Joe Murgatroyd1795.6+1.3
Liberal Democrats Ian Dowling1635.1±0
TUSC Ben Mayor521.6+0.3
Majority1,56649.1+25.6
Turnout 3,19323.6
Labour hold Swing
Killingbeck & Seacroft
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Hyde* 2,811 62.3 +7.5
UKIP Steve Leak82818.3-5.3
Conservative Elizabeth Hayes4319.5-4.6
Liberal Democrats Adam Douglas1663.7+0.2
Green Jaimes Moran1242.7-1.3
Yorkshire First John Otley1112.5+2.5
TUSC Iain Alaistair Dalton441.0+1.0
Majority198344.0+12.8
Turnout 4,51527.8
Labour hold Swing
Kippax & Methley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Harland* 3,122 55.8 +6.3
UKIP Paul Spivey1,13820.3+3.3
Conservative Ines Newell97817.57.8
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Hindley1813.2+0.2
Green Stephen Paul Terry1803.2-2.0
Majority1,98435.5+11.2
Turnout 5,59935.0
Labour hold Swing
Kirkstall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lucinda Yeadon* 3,453 68.5 +16.8
UKIP Cain Weber54710.9+0.3
Green Morgan Tatchell-Evans4208.3-10.0
Conservative George Rear3136.2-6.1
Liberal Democrats Martin Hughes2124.2-1.5
Independent Stuart William Long531.1+1.1
TUSC Maddy Steeds430.9-0.5
Majority5,04057.6+24.2
Turnout 504134.5
Labour hold Swing
Middleton Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Truswell* 2,285 48.9 -1.3
UKIP Craig Sweaton1,27827.4-2.7
Independent Wayne Dixon60513.0+13.0
Conservative Hugh Findlay3006.4-5.9
Green Fiona Love1042.2-0.7
Liberal Democrats Sadie Fisher992.1-0.3
Majority100721.6-0.5
Turnout 4,67125.3+4.2
Labour hold Swing
Moortown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Alex Sobel* 3,517 53.5 +8.8
Conservative Mark Dodsworth1,34920.5-7.4
Liberal Democrats Chris Howley69210.5+0.6
UKIP Harvey Alexander5658.3+0.4
Green Tim Goodall4556.7+1.2
Majority2,16833.0+16.2
Turnout 6,57838.7
Labour hold Swing
Morley North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Morley Borough Independent Robert Finnigan* 2,891 50.6 +13.3
Labour Andrew Scopes1,24521.8-0.1
Conservative Jason Aldiss81614.3-7.5
UKIP Peter Morgan5379.4+3.6
Green Mickayla Ireland1222.1-1.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Andrews1081.9-0.4
Majority1,64628.8+13.4
Turnout 5,71932.8
Morley Borough Independent hold Swing
Morley South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Morley Borough Independent Judith Elliott* 2,188 43.2 +18.0
Labour Sarah Keig1,44528.5+2.0
UKIP David Michael Kent68713.6-3.3
Conservative Jane Eastwood54710.8+10.0
Green Christopher James Bell1452.9-0.8
Liberal Democrats Aqila Choudhry551.1-0.9
Majority74314.7+9.3
Turnout 5.06730.8
Morley Borough Independent hold Swing
Otley & Yeadon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sandy Lay* 3,737 48.1 +12.6
Labour Nik Rutherford1,82523.5-2.6
Conservative Jonathon David Taylor7029.0-9.0
UKIP Tom Hollings6758.7-2.7
Green Mick Bradley5016.5-2.5
Independent Jackie Brown3234.1+4.1
Majority1,91224.6+15.2
Turnout 7,76345.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Pudsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Josie Jarosz* 2,884 45.4 +3.8
Conservative Simon Seary2,12033.3-2.6
UKIP Kath Tattersall75111.8-1.8
Green Laura Rosemary Johnson2203.5-1.8
Yorkshire First Conor Andrew O'Neill2113.3+3.3
Liberal Democrats Jude Patrick Arbuckle1672.6-0.4
Majority76412.3+6.7
Turnout 6,35336.9
Labour hold Swing
Rothwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Nagle* 2,026 36.1 -2.5
Liberal Democrats Carmel Harrison1,72830.1+10.5
Conservative Steve Ellis91216.2-8.7
UKIP David Daniel75013.3±0
Green Emma Dobson2033.6-0.1
Majority2986.0-7.7
Turnout 5,61936.4
Labour hold Swing
Roundhay
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eleanor Tunnicliffe 4,161 57.7 +8.1
Conservative Michael Lowry1,58422.0-6.1
Green Paul Charles Ellis4616.4+1.8
Liberal Democrats Najeeb Iqbal4175.8+0.2
UKIP Steven Leslie Benjamin Bell3955.5+0.7
Alliance for Green SocialismMalcolm Christie1962.7+0.5
Majority2,57735.7+14.3
Turnout 7,21441.8
Labour hold Swing
Temple Newsam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Debra Coupar 2,690 46.6 +3.7
Conservative David Schofield1,43024.8-4.4
UKIP Phil Moore1,25921.8+1.8
Liberal Democrats Keith Norman2163.7-0.3
Green Sarah Ann Crossland1793.1-0.7
Majority1,26021.8+8.1
Turnout 5,77436.0
Labour hold Swing
Weetwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Bentley* 2,701 44.3 +9.0
Labour Roger Harington1,98232.5+5.5
Conservative Angelo Basu5979.8-6.9
Green Martin Hemingway4156.8-6.2
UKIP Mike Cullen3986.5-1.0
Majority71911.8+3.5
Turnout 6,09341.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wetherby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerald Wilkinson* 3,387 58.3 -0.1
Labour Adam Ferhani1,14119.6-1.6
UKIP Tina Smith71212.3+3.2
Liberal Democrats Christine Golton3666.3+0.3
Green Vasco Santos2033.5-1.8
Majority2,24638.7+1.6
Turnout 5,80937.5
Conservative hold Swing

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