2024 Leeds City Council election

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2024 Leeds City Council election
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  2023 2 May 2024 2026  

33 of 99 seats on Leeds City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout34.2% (Increase2.svg 3.0%)
 First partySecond party
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LeaderJames LewisAlan Lamb [1]
Party Labour Conservative
Last election22 seats, 44.4%4 seats, 22.3%
Seats before6118
Seats won195
Seats after6115 [a]
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg3
Popular vote85,05540,327
Percentage43.3%20.5%

2024 Leeds City Council Election Map.png
Map of Leeds City Council wards

Leader before election

James Lewis
Labour

Leader after election

James Lewis
Labour

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. [3]

Contents

The Labour Party maintained control of the council, with their seat count holding steady. For the third year in a row, the Conservative Party lost three seats, all to Labour; the party would additionally lose a seat in Pudsey two days after the election when Trish Smith, re-elected the previous year, resigned to sit as an independent. [4] The Green Party also succeeded in taking three seats from Labour and saw the largest popular vote share increase out of any of the parties, though Labour in turn unseated Green group leader David Blackburn, preventing the Greens from equalling the Liberal Democrats as the third-largest group on the council. The Social Democratic Party took the third seat in Middleton Park, wiping out the Labour Party's representation in the ward, and all other parties held level in their seat count. [5]

Election summary

Leeds City Council Election Result 2024 [6]
PartyCandidatesVotes
StoodElectedGainedUnseatedNet % of total %No.Net %
  Labour 331944Steady2.svg57.643.385,055-1.1
  Conservative 33503Decrease2.svg 315.220.540,327-1.8
  Green 33331Increase2.svg 29.116.332,085+2.1
  Liberal Democrats 33200Steady2.svg6.19.418,527-1.2
  Morley Borough Independent 2200Steady2.svg6.12.34,538-0.2
  Yorkshire 12000Steady2.svg0.02.14,064+1.0
  Garforth and Swillington Independents 1100Steady2.svg3.01.83,469-0.1
  SDP 19110Increase2.svg 13.01.63,173+0.2
  Reform UK 6000Steady2.svg0.01.32,613+0.9
  Independent 5000Steady2.svg0.00.81,554+0.4
  TUSC 7000Steady2.svg0.00.3675±0.0
  Alliance for Green Socialism 1000Steady2.svg0.00.1222±0.0
Total1853344Steady2.svg100%100%197,671 [b]

The election result had the following consequences for the political composition of the council:

Party2023 electionPrior to electionNew council
Labour616161
Conservative181815
Liberal Democrat666
Morley Borough Independents644
Garforth and Swillington Independents333
Green335
SDP223
Independent02 [c] 2
Total999999
Working majority 23  23  23 

Councillors not standing for re-election

Councillor/s not standing for re-election (4)
CouncillorWardFirst electedPartyReasonSuccessor
Gohar Almass [10] Beeston & Holbeck 2018 Labour stood downShaf Ali (Labour)
Caroline Gruen [11] Bramley & Stanningley 2011 Labour stood downAdele Rae (Labour)
Andy Hutchison [12] Morley North 2018 Morley Borough Independents stood downSimon Brown (Morley Borough Independent)
James McKenna [13] Armley 1988 Labour stood downLou Cunningham (Green)

Results

Adel & Wharfedale

Adel & Wharfedale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Caroline Anderson* 3,274 44.0 +0.2
Labour Jane Orton2,56334.4+5.1
Liberal Democrats Sharon Slinger83811.3−7.8
Green Fiona Love5036.8−1.1
Yorkshire Corey Robinson2283.1New
Majority 7115.6−8.9
Turnout 7,44244.4+1.8
Conservative hold Swing -2.4

Alwoodley

Alwoodley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Buckley* 3,390 48.9 −0.9
Labour Jackie Ellis2,36834.1−1.9
Green Louise Jennings5207.5+2.3
Liberal Democrats Howard Foreman4816.9+0.6
Yorkshire Rio Goldhammer1762.5±0.0
Majority 1,02214.8+1.0
Turnout 6,97140.4+3.1
Conservative hold Swing +0.5

Ardsley & Robin Hood

Ardsley & Robin Hood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Karen Bruce 2,240 41.4 −2.1
Conservative Mike Foster*1,45526.9+3.3
Liberal Democrats Tom Leadley90716.8−8.7
Yorkshire Claire Buxton4498.3New
Green Alaric Hall 2614.8±0.0
SDP Mark Daniels1021.9±0.0
Majority 78514.5−3.5
Turnout 5,44630.9+1.3
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing +0.6

Armley

Armley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Lou Cunningham 2,113 43.8 +4.0
Labour Richard Banks2,04142.3−1.8
Conservative Adam Westwood3216.7−3.0
Yorkshire Rachel Martins2054.2New
Liberal Democrats Dan Walker1052.2−0.2
SDP Warwick Bettney410.8New
Majority 721.5−2.8
Turnout 4,86128.5+3.6
Green gain from Labour Swing +2.9

Beeston & Holbeck

Beeston & Holbeck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shaf Ali 2,533 53.0 −9.9
Green Matt Rogan1,09222.8+6.1
Conservative Bradley Chandler57212.0+0.7
SDP Sasha Watson2475.2+2.5
Liberal Democrats George Sykes2264.7−0.6
TUSC Louie Fulton1132.4+1.3
Majority 1,44130.2−16.0
Turnout 4,78325.9+4.5
Labour hold Swing -8.0

Bramley & Stanningley

Bramley & Stanningley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adele Rae 2,675 60.8 −1.4
Conservative Adam Cook63214.4−1.9
Green Keith Whittaker52111.8+2.8
Liberal Democrats Liz Bee48711.1−0.1
SDP Richard Riley821.9+0.5
Majority 2,04346.4+0.5
Turnout 4,44226.3+1.2
Labour hold Swing +0.3

Burmantofts & Richmond Hill

Burmantofts & Richmond Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Asghar Khan* 2,752 65.5 −1.3
Green Robert Wolff3638.6−2.2
Yorkshire Rob Lees3297.8New
Conservative Taiwo Adeyemi3287.8+0.1
Liberal Democrats David Hollingsworth3177.5−2.8
TUSC Richard Chaves-Sanderson811.9−0.4
SDP Paul Whetstone300.7−0.8
Majority 2,38956.9+0.8
Turnout 4,23124.9+2.5
Labour hold Swing +0.5

Calverley & Farsley

Calverley & Farsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Craig Timmins 3,514 46.3 −8.3
Conservative Amanda Carter*3,18241.9+6.6
Green Ellen Graham6638.7+5.2
Liberal Democrats Stuart McLeod2343.1+0.2
Majority 3324.4−14.9
Turnout 7,64241.9+3.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -7.5

Chapel Allerton

Chapel Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Rafique* 4,139 62.6 −10.8
Green Bobak Walker1,39221.0+9.2
Conservative Kevin Black4096.2−0.2
Alliance for Green Socialism Mike Davies2223.4+0.4
Yorkshire Ryan Kett2123.2New
Liberal Democrats Majd Qahwaji1662.5−1.5
SDP Richard Cowles751.1+0.3
Majority 2,74741.6−20.1
Turnout 6,71136.7+3.5
Labour hold Swing -10.0

Cross Gates & Whinmoor

Cross Gates & Whinmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Gibson* 2,865 53.2 −0.4
Conservative Max Holley1,16421.6−7.9
Reform UK Graham Sunley4618.6New
Yorkshire Howard Dews3145.8New
Green Martin Hemingway2965.5−0.2
Liberal Democrats Noah Allerton2885.3+0.9
Majority 1,70131.6+2.8
Turnout 5,41830.0+1.2
Labour hold Swing +3.8

Farnley & Wortley

Farnley & Wortley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Kate Haigh 2,222 45.7 −3.1
Green David Blackburn*1,71735.4+2.4
Conservative Daisy George61312.6+1.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Andrews2294.7+3.4
SDP Finley Taylor761.6+1.3
Majority 50510.3−5.5
Turnout 4,90727.0−0.3
Labour Co-op gain from Green Swing -2.8

Garforth & Swillington

Garforth & Swillington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Garforth and Swillington Independents Sarah Field* 3,469 54.3 +0.3
Labour Alex Rayment1,22319.2−0.6
Conservative Peter Bentley77812.8−1.6
Reform UK Kieran White3365.3New
Green Patrick Lynott2664.2−1.9
Liberal Democrats Jake Knox2093.3+0.2
Independent Tyler Wilson-Kerr1051.6−0.8
Majority 2,24635.1+0.9
Turnout 6,42439.9+0.7
Garforth and Swillington Independents hold Swing +0.5

Gipton & Harehills

Gipton & Harehills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Mothin Ali 3,070 51.6 +20.4
Labour Arif Hussain*2,32339.0−16.9
Conservative Liam Roberts2854.8−2.1
Liberal Democrats Thomas Race1562.6−0.7
TUSC Iain Dalton1202.0−0.5
Majority 74712.6−12.0
Turnout 5,95433.1+6.6
Green gain from Labour Swing +18.7

Guiseley & Rawdon

Guiseley & Rawdon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Sonia Leighton 3,604 46.6 −0.2
Conservative Paul Alderson*2,78236.0−1.3
Yorkshire Bob Buxton6728.7+1.2
Green Lucy Wheeler3634.7+0.3
Liberal Democrats Helen Page3164.1+0.4
Majority 82210.6+1.1
Turnout 3,63942.4+0.2
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing +0.6

Harewood

Harewood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sam Firth* 3,619 58.8 −0.8
Labour Simon Dowling1,56025.4+1.9
Green Claire Evans67511.0+1.0
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Levy2994.9−1.6
Majority 2,05933.4−2.8
Turnout 6,21241.8+0.2
Conservative hold Swing -1.4

Headingley & Hyde Park

Headingley & Hyde Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Tim Goodall 2,668 51.2 +9.4
Labour Al Garthwaite*2,13841.0−7.5
Liberal Democrats Amar Karim1583.0−0.5
Conservative Steven Rowley1202.3−0.5
TUSC Florian Hynam711.4+0.3
Independent Anthony Greaux551.1+0.5
Majority 53010.2+3.5
Turnout 5,24724.2+7.6
Green gain from Labour Swing +8.5

Horsforth

Horsforth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Garvani* 4,388 56.6 +5.2
Conservative Chris Calvert1,97125.4−5.6
Green William Jones5657.3−0.5
Yorkshire Ian Cowling4145.3+2.1
Liberal Democrats Roderic Parker3674.7−1.8
SDP Nathan Wright410.5New
Majority 2,41731.2+11.0
Turnout 7,77643.8+2.2
Labour hold Swing +5.4

Hunslet & Riverside

Hunslet & Riverside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Mohammed Iqbal* 2,274 46.2 −2.2
Green Omar Mushtaq2,06742.0+0.2
Conservative Tamas Kovacs2475.0−0.3
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Dale1853.8+1.7
SDP Daniel Whetstone1072.2+1.1
TUSC Oisín Duncan430.9+0.3
Majority 2074.2−2.4
Turnout 4,96528.5+4.2
Labour hold Swing -1.2

Killingbeck & Seacroft

Killingbeck & Seacroft
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Jenkins* 2,551 61.3 −2.8
Conservative Rosemary Gaskell48111.6−6.1
Reform UK Jayne Dresser43510.5New
Green John Arnison4079.8+0.1
Liberal Democrats John Otley1834.4−3.3
SDP Catherine Dobson1062.5New
Majority 2,07049.7+3.3
Turnout 4,19022.7+1.9
Labour hold Swing +1.7

Kippax & Methley

Kippax & Methley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Lewis* 3,570 65.1 +5.0
Conservative Connor Mulhall1,06719.5−6.4
Green Angela Oldershaw4498.2+0.5
Liberal Democrats Greg Holden4017.3+1.6
Majority 2,50345.6+11.4
Turnout 5,56331.6+1.5
Labour hold Swing +5.7

Kirkstall

Kirkstall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fiona Venner* 3,451 62.3 −1.7
Green Victoria Smith1,13720.5+1.7
Conservative Lyall Ainscow3215.8−2.7
Liberal Democrats Adam Belcher2885.2−0.9
Independent Stuart Long2043.7+1.7
TUSC John Tival1382.5New
Majority 2,31441.8−3.4
Turnout 5,58635.1+5.9
Labour hold Swing -1.7

Little London & Woodhouse

Little London & Woodhouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Javaid Akhtar* 2,194 59.8 −6.5
Green Leon Zadok80822.0+6.8
Conservative Pauline Barron2978.1−1.0
Liberal Democrats Ghaffar Karim2607.1+1.4
TUSC Anthony Bracuti1093.0−0.3
Majority 138637.8−13.3
Turnout 371523.3+5.6
Labour hold Swing -6.7

Middleton Park

Middleton Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SDP Rob Chesterfield 1,882 42.8 −3.1
Labour Sharon Burke*1,63837.3+0.6
Green Julie Gill4029.2+4.9
Conservative Samson Adeyemi3327.6−1.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Follows1393.2+1.2
Majority 2445.5−3.7
Turnout 4,42322.2+0.8
SDP gain from Labour Swing -1.8

Moortown

Moortown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Sharon Hamilton* 3,849 53.5 −4.0
Green Rachel Hartshorne1,29818.0+5.0
Conservative Lee Farmer99213.8−3.9
Liberal Democrats Darren Finlay6789.4+1.3
Yorkshire David Stephens3444.8+1.5
SDP Cordelia Lynan390.5New
Majority 2,55135.5−3.9
Turnout 7,26642.3+2.9
Labour hold Swing -4.5

Morley North

Morley North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Morley Borough Independent Simon Brown 2,317 37.8 −5.8
Labour Co-op Stuart Bruce1,52925.0+0.1
Independent Jill Gettings-Bellhouse99816.3New
Conservative Lalit Suryawanshi78012.7−2.4
Green Evelyn Jeffries2854.7−0.9
Liberal Democrats James Trueman1973.2−2.5
SDP Thomas Foster190.3−0.1
Majority 78812.8−5.8
Turnout 6,15433.7+3.0
Morley Borough Independent hold Swing -2.9

Morley South

Morley South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Morley Borough Independent Jane Senior* 2,221 38.0 −3.4
Labour Co-op Charlotte Hill1,82431.2+1.4
Conservative Alexander Giles5609.6−5.2
Green Chris Bell5218.9±0.0
Reform UK James Kendall4077.0New
Independent Phil Bennett1923.3New
Liberal Democrats Mihai Barticel931.6−2.2
SDP Nigel Perry80.1−0.7
Majority 3976.8−4.7
Turnout 5,87832.4+4.7
Morley Borough Independents hold Swing -2.4

Otley & Yeadon

Otley & Yeadon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sandy Lay* 3,455 46.9 +1.6
Labour Co-op Ian McCargo1,92426.1+1.6
Green Mick Bradley1,10615.0+1.6
Conservative Jas Singh4916.7−4.5
Yorkshire Noah Libbish3925.3+2.5
Majority 1,53120.8±0.0
Turnout 7,40342.2+3.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing ±0.0

Pudsey

Pudsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dawn Seary* 3,349 45.6 +1.5
Labour Riaz Ahmed2,97740.5−1.3
Green Suzanne Ward4365.9+0.1
Reform UK Andrea Whitehead4315.9+3.0
Liberal Democrats Amy Glover2423.3−1.8
Majority 3725.1+2.8
Turnout 7,46239.2+3.0
Conservative hold Swing +1.4

Rothwell

Rothwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Conrad Hart-Brooke* 3,540 62.1 +0.7
Labour Co-op Timothy Dowd1,25322.0+0.4
Conservative Louisa Singh3406.0−0.7
Yorkshire Sean McDonald3295.8+0.9
Green Allen Sikoryn1933.3−1.4
SDP Sarah Welbourne430.8+0.4
Majority 2,28740.1+0.3
Turnout 5,73136.7+1.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +0.2

Roundhay

Roundhay
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lisa Martin* 4,040 55.4 −0.3
Green Alan Anthoney1,94626.7+4.8
Conservative Shazar Ahad84011.5−3.2
Liberal Democrats Najeeb Iqbal3404.7−2.4
SDP Carl Richman1321.8New
Majority 2,09428.7−5.1
Turnout 7,34942.0+3.9
Labour hold Swing -2.6

Temple Newsam

Temple Newsam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Helen Hayden* 2,760 52.4 +0.6
Conservative Cormac Trigg1,23723.5−8.9
Reform UK David Dresser54310.3New
Green Nicola Dos Santos3797.2+0.7
Liberal Democrats Keith Norman3196.1−1.3
SDP Wendy Whetstone330.6−0.6
Majority 1,52328.9+9.5
Turnout 5,31731.8+1.5
Labour hold Swing +4.8

Weetwood

Weetwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Emma Flint* 3,337 49.6 +3.0
Liberal Democrats Chris Howley2,19532.6−5.5
Green Chris Foren75811.3+3.0
Conservative Luca Perricone3715.5−0.7
SDP Rob Walker671.0+0.3
Majority 1,14217.0+8.5
Turnout 6,76243.3+1.1
Labour hold Swing +4.3

Wetherby

Wetherby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Lamb* 3,727 49.2 +10.9
Green Anna Jacobs2,84537.5−15.4
Labour David Bowgett7369.7+3.2
Liberal Democrats Lesley McIntee2293.0+0.9
SDP Ian Howell430.6New
Majority 88211.7−2.8
Turnout 7,60345.9−0.2
Conservative hold Swing +13.2

By-elections between 2024 and 2026

Farnley and Wortley by-election 10 October 2024
replacing Mark Sewards (resigned) [14] [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green David Blackburn [d] 1,450 38.6 +3.2
Labour Al Garthwaite [e] 96525.7−20.0
Reform UK David Dresser91224.3N/A
Conservative Lalit Suryawanshi2025.4−7.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Andrews1183.1−1.6
Independent Peter Allison701.9N/A
SDP Richard Riley260.7−0.9
Majority 48512.9+2.6
Turnout 3,75520.2−6.8
Green gain from Labour Swing +11.6
Morley South by-election 12 June 2025
replacing Wyn Kidger (resigned) [17] [18] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Ryan Taylor 2,119 36.7 +29.7
Morley Borough Independents Terry Grayshon1,45025.1−13.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Fox1,00917.5+15.9
Labour Co-op Charlotte Hill63411.0−20.2
Green Chris Bell [20] 3135.4−3.5
Conservative Liam Roberts2304.0−5.6
Majority 66911.6+4.8
Turnout 5,76731.7−0.7
Reform UK gain from Morley Borough Independent Swing +21.4

Notes

  1. Seat count includes Trish Smith (Pudsey), who resigned from the Conservatives the day following the election. [2]
  2. Total votes includes 1,370 blank and invalid votes.
  3. Two former Morley Borough Independents currently sit as independents: Wyn Kidger (Morley South) since March 2024 and Bob Gettings MBE (Morley North) since April. [7] [8] [9]
  4. Blackburn previously represented Wortley and then Farnley and Wortley from 1998 until he lost his seat in May 2024.
  5. Garthwaite previously represented Headingley and then Headingley and Hyde Park from 2016 until she lost her seat in May 2024. She served as the 129th Lord Mayor of Leeds.

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