2023 Leeds City Council election
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Turnout | 31.17 ( 2.53%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 4 May 2023 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.
The 2023 elections were the first to be held following the introduction of Voter ID requirements for those voting in person at polling stations across the entire country. The council announced that a total of 225 voters were turned away from the polls for a lack of ID and did not return.
As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were contested.
The Labour Party maintained their majority control of the council, repeating the net gain of 3 seats they achieved in 2022. The Social Democratic Party were the only party to gain a seat from Labour, winning their second council seat in Middleton Park.
As a result of Labour gaining Weetwood, the Liberal Democrats were no longer the clear third party on the council for the first time, equalling the 6 seats of the Morley Borough Independents.[1]
Election summary
[edit]Leeds City Council Election Result 2023[2] | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Labour | 33 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 66.7 | 44.4 | 81,752 | +0.3% | ||||||
Conservative | 33 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12.1 | 22.3 | 41,078 | -4.7% | ||||||
Green | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 14.2 | 26,195 | +2.9% | |||||||
Liberal Democrats | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.1 | 10.6 | 19,508 | +1.2% | ||||||
Morley Borough Independent | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 4,542 | -0.1% | |||||||
Garforth and Swillington Independents | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 3,428 | -0.2% | |||||||
SDP | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 2,622 | -0.1% | ||||||
Yorkshire | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 2,072 | +0.1% | |||||||
Independent | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 713 | +0.2% | |||||||
Reform UK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 654 | New | |||||||
TUSC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 515 | +0.1% | |||||||
Alliance for Green Socialism | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 183 | -0.2% | |||||||
Breakthrough Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 156 | New | |||||||
NIP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 52 | -0.1% | |||||||
Total | 175 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 100% | 100% | 184,242[a] |
The election result had the following consequences for the political composition of the council:
Party | 2022 election | Prior to election | New council | |
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Labour | 58 | 56 | 61 | |
Conservative | 21 | 21 | 18 | |
Liberal Democrat | 7 | 7 | 6 | |
Morley Borough Independents | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
Green | 3 | 4[b] | 3 | |
Garforth and Swillington Independents | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
SDP | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Vacant | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | |
Total | 99 | 99 | 99 | |
Working majority | 17 | 14 | 23 |
Councillors who did not stand for re-election
[edit]Councillor | Ward | First elected | Party | Reason | Successor | ||
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Ann Forsaith[7] | Farnley and Wortley | 2019 | Green | stood down[8] | Adrian McCluskey (Labour) | ||
Peter Harrand[9] | Alwoodley | 1990 | Conservative | stood down[10] | Lyn Buckley (Conservative) | ||
John Illingworth[11] |
Kirkstall | 1976 | Labour | stood down[12] | Andy Rontree (Labour) | ||
Kamila Maqsood[13] | Gipton and Harehills | 2010 | stood down[14] | Asghar Ali (Labour) | |||
Mirelle Midgley[15] | Kippax and Methley | 2019 | stood down[16] | Michael Millar (Labour) | |||
Lisa Mulherin[17] | Ardsley and Robin Hood | 2004 | stood down[18] | Stephen Holroyd-Case (Labour) | |||
Denise Ragan[19] | Burmantofts and Richmond Hill | 2016 | stood down[20] | Nkele Manaka (Labour) | |||
Paul Truswell[21] | Middleton Park | 1982, 2012 | stood down[22] | Emma Pogson-Golden (SDP) | |||
Neil Walshaw[23] | Headingley and Hyde Park | 2011 | resigned office[24][25] | Abdul Hannan (Labour) |
Incumbent Labour councillor, Julie Heselwood, stood successfully in the Weetwood ward. She did not stand for re-election in Bramley and Stanningley.[26]
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Billy Flynn* | 3,087 | 43.8 | −12.5 | |
Labour Co-op | Steve Clapcote | 2,064 | 29.3 | +2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sharon Slinger | 1,343 | 19.1 | +10.6 | |
Green | Fiona Love | 554 | 7.9 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 1,023 | 14.5 | −14.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,076 | 42.6 | −4.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lyn Buckley | 3,253 | 49.8 | −10.5 | |
Labour | Jackie Ellis | 2,350 | 36.0 | +7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jared Levy | 419 | 6.3 | +2.5 | |
Green | Louise Jennings | 340 | 5.2 | +1.4 | |
Yorkshire | Howard Dews | 164 | 2.5 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 903 | 13.8 | −18.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,541 | 37.3 | −4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Stephen Holroyd-Case | 2,284 | 43.5 | −1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tom Leadley | 1,338 | 25.5 | +19.2 | |
Conservative | Lalit Suryawanshi | 1,237 | 23.6 | −15.9 | |
Green | Leon Zadok | 254 | 4.8 | −1.6 | |
SDP | Daniel Whetstone | 101 | 1.9 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 946 | 18.0 | +12.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,249 | 29.6 | −2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andy Parnham | 1,897 | 44.1 | −17.9 | |
Green | Lou Cunningham* | 1,712 | 39.8 | +24.8 | |
Conservative | Tamas Kovacs | 419 | 9.7 | −5.9 | |
Yorkshire | Edana McDonald | 129 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Dan Walker | 105 | 2.4 | −2.4 | |
Independent | Jim Miller | 39 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 185 | 4.3 | −42.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,316 | 24.9 | ±0.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Scopes* | 2,494 | 62.9 | +15.7 | |
Green | Mariana Polucciu | 662 | 16.7 | −5.5 | |
Conservative | Muhammad Azeem | 450 | 11.3 | −5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Andrews | 209 | 5.3 | +1.2 | |
SDP | Nigel Perry | 107 | 2.7 | −3.0 | |
TUSC | Katherine Gwyther | 44 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,832 | 46.2 | +21.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,996 | 21.4 | −2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tom Hinchcliffe | 2,662 | 62.2 | −6.0 | |
Conservative | Adam Cook | 696 | 16.3 | −1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Bee | 479 | 11.2 | +4.1 | |
Green | Keith Whittaker | 384 | 9.0 | +2.9 | |
SDP | Richard Riley | 62 | 1.4 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 1,966 | 45.9 | −5.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,319 | 25.1 | −2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nkele Manaka | 2,547 | 66.8 | +0.2 | |
Green | Rebwar Sharazur | 410 | 10.8 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Hollingsworth | 392 | 10.3 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Taiwo Adeyemi | 294 | 7.7 | −2.8 | |
TUSC | Richard Chaves-Sanderson | 88 | 2.3 | N/A | |
SDP | Paul Whetstone | 59 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,137 | 56.1 | ±0.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,811 | 22.4 | −1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Peter Carlill* | 3,926 | 54.6 | +11.8 | |
Conservative | Jas Singh | 2,536 | 35.3 | −11.4 | |
Green | Ellen Graham | 251 | 3.5 | −0.7 | |
Yorkshire | Robert Lees | 250 | 3.5 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart McLeod | 205 | 2.9 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 1,390 | 19.3 | +15.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,186 | 38.9 | −2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jane Dowson* | 4,505 | 73.4 | −0.4 | |
Green | Bobak Walker | 721 | 11.8 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | Safaraz Ahad | 390 | 6.4 | −1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Aqila Choudhury | 246 | 4.0 | −0.4 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Mike Davies | 183 | 3.0 | −0.1 | |
SDP | Sasha Watson | 48 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,784 | 61.7 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,134 | 33.2 | −0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jess Lennox* | 2,823 | 53.6 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | John Kennedy | 1,557 | 29.5 | −4.4 | |
Independent | Mark Nicholson | 339 | 6.4 | N/A | |
Green | Martin Hemingway | 302 | 5.7 | −1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Cooper | 233 | 4.4 | −3.0 | |
Majority | 1,266 | 24.0 | +6.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,271 | 28.8 | −2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adrian McCluskey | 2,438 | 48.9 | +1.1 | |
Green | Mark Rollinson | 1,648 | 33.1 | −0.8 | |
Conservative | Natalia Armitage | 538 | 10.8 | −7.1 | |
Reform UK | Andrea Whitehead | 201 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Golton | 65 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Bev Lockwood | 61 | 1.2 | N/A | |
SDP | Jack Bellfield | 17 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 790 | 15.8 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,985 | 27.3 | −2.2 | ||
Labour gain from Green | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Garforth and Swillington Independents | Suzanne McCormack* | 3,428 | 54.0 | −9.0 | |
Labour | Luke Murrow | 1,257 | 19.8 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Peter Bentley | 912 | 14.4 | −1.5 | |
Green | Stephen Beer | 384 | 6.1 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jake Knox | 195 | 3.1 | +1.5 | |
Independent | Tyler Wilson-Kerr | 152 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,171 | 34.2 | −12.9 | ||
Turnout | 6,347 | 39.2 | −4.7 | ||
Garforth and Swillington Independents hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Asghar Ali | 2,655 | 55.9 | −4.6 | |
Green | Mothin Ali | 1,484 | 31.2 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | Robert Harris | 310 | 6.9 | −3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Twitchett | 156 | 3.3 | −1.3 | |
TUSC | Iain Dalton | 121 | 2.5 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 1,171 | 24.6 | −13.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,751 | 26.5 | +1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Oliver Edwards | 3,678 | 46.8 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | Paul Wadsworth* | 2,934 | 37.3 | +0.8 | |
Yorkshire | Bob Buxton | 591 | 7.5 | −1.0 | |
Green | Lucy Wheeler | 345 | 4.4 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Jacques | 293 | 3.7 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 744 | 9.5 | −1.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,857 | 42.2 | −2.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ryan Stephenson* | 3,708 | 59.6 | −1.8 | |
Labour | Oliver Gill | 1,459 | 23.5 | +1.0 | |
Green | Claire Evans | 627 | 10.0 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dan Cook | 406 | 6.5 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 2,249 | 36.2 | −2.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,217 | 41.6 | −2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Abdul Hannan | 2,029 | 48.5 | −5.6 | |
Green | Tim Goodall | 1,749 | 41.8 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brandon Ashford | 145 | 3.5 | −0.9 | |
Conservative | Andrew Martin | 119 | 2.8 | −0.7 | |
NIP | Molly Tindle | 52 | 1.2 | N/A | |
TUSC | Florian Hynam | 48 | 1.1 | +0.9 | |
Independent | Anthony Greaux | 27 | 0.6 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 280 | 6.7 | −12.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,185 | 17.6 | +0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Raymond Jones | 3,810 | 51.4 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | Jackie Shemilt* | 2,302 | 31.0 | −4.2 | |
Green | Ian Shaw | 581 | 7.8 | +0.3'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000004D−QINU`"' | |
Liberal Democrats | James Spencer | 483 | 6.5 | −10.5 | |
Yorkshire | Ian Cowling | 241 | 3.2 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 1,508 | 20.2 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 7,448 | 41.6 | −0.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Wray* | 2,095 | 48.4 | +7.8 | |
Green | Omar Mushtaq | 1,809 | 41.8 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Owen Rutherford | 231 | 5.3 | ±0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Benedict Turner-Chastney | 89 | 2.1 | +1.0 | |
SDP | Thomas Foster | 48 | 1.1 | +0.4 | |
TUSC | Oisín Duncan | 27 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 286 | 6.6 | −3.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,330 | 24.3 | −2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Katie Dye* | 2,446 | 64.1 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Bradley Chandler | 676 | 17.7 | −2.0 | |
Green | David Anthoney | 369 | 9.7 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Otley | 295 | 7.7 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 1,770 | 46.4 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,814 | 20.8 | −1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Millar | 3,163 | 60.1 | −3.0 | |
Conservative | Connor Mulhall | 1,362 | 25.9 | −0.7 | |
Green | Alan Martin | 406 | 7.7 | +2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lesley McIntee | 301 | 5.7 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 1,801 | 34.2 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,263 | 30.1 | −3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andy Rontree | 3,018 | 64.0 | −3.1 | |
Green | Victoria Smith | 886 | 18.8 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Reiss Capitano | 402 | 8.5 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adam Belcher | 288 | 6.1 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Stuart Long | 95 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,132 | 42.2 | −8.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,718 | 29.2 | −1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Abigail Marshall Katung* | 1,908 | 66.3 | −5.4 | |
Green | Nick Lalvani | 437 | 15.2 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Muhammad Raja | 261 | 9.1 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Katherine Arbuckle | 163 | 5.7 | +1.7 | |
TUSC | Anthony Bracuti | 96 | 3.3 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 1,471 | 51.1 | −6.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,880 | 17.7 | +1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP | Emma Pogson-Golden | 1,985 | 45.9 | −4.6 | |
Labour Co-op | Lauren Summers | 1,587 | 36.7 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Samson Adeyemi | 376 | 8.7 | +1.0 | |
Green | Eunice Agbemafle | 186 | 4.3 | +0.4 | |
TUSC | Joelle Donaldson | 91 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Jude Arbuckle | 86 | 2.0 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 398 | 13.8 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,320 | 21.4 | −4.9 | ||
SDP gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Mohammed Shahzad* | 3,938 | 57.5 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Lee Farmer | 1,210 | 17.7 | −1.3 | |
Green | Rachel Hartshorne | 892 | 13.0 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Sykes | 557 | 8.1 | −1.5 | |
Yorkshire | David Stephens | 226 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,728 | 39.8 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,848 | 39.4 | −1.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morley Borough Independents | Robert Finnigan* | 2,448 | 43.6 | −6.8 | |
Labour Co-op | Patrick Davey | 1,400 | 24.9 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Dom Eatwell | 848 | 15.1 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Trueman | 323 | 5.7 | +4.1 | |
Green | Rebecca Kellett | 313 | 5.6 | −2.6 | |
Reform UK | Jonathan Thackray | 252 | 4.5 | N/A | |
SDP | Richard Cowles | 25 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,048 | 18.6 | −9.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,620 | 30.7 | −3.0 | ||
Morley Borough Independents hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morley Borough Independents | Wyn Kidger* | 2,094 | 41.4 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Bailey Bradley | 1,510 | 29.8 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | Charles George | 749 | 14.8 | −4.8 | |
Green | Chris Bell | 450 | 8.9 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mihai Barticel | 191 | 3.8 | +1.5 | |
SDP | Andrew Martin | 41 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 584 | 11.5 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,062 | 27.7 | −4.5 | ||
Morley Borough Independents hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ryk Downes* | 3,189 | 45.3 | −1.7 | |
Labour Co-op | Ian McCargo | 1,727 | 24.5 | +2.0 | |
Green | Mick Bradley | 946 | 13.4 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Stewart Harper | 791 | 11.2 | −1.3 | |
Yorkshire | Claire Buxton | 197 | 2.8 | −2.6 | |
Breakthrough Party | Elliot Nathan | 156 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,462 | 20.8 | −3.7 | ||
Turnout | 7,037 | 38.5 | +6.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Trish Smith* | 3,050 | 44.1 | −10.9 | |
Labour | Riaz Ahmed | 2,891 | 41.8 | +4.6 | |
Green | Alaric Hall | 398 | 5.8 | −0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Glover | 352 | 5.1 | +2.3 | |
Reform UK | Tom Kelly | 201 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 159 | 2.3 | −15.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,919 | 36.2 | −3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Diane Chapman* | 3,409 | 61.4 | +7.1 | |
Labour | James Driver | 1,200 | 21.6 | −6.9 | |
Conservative | Babatunde Gbolade | 372 | 6.7 | −5.4 | |
Yorkshire | Sean McDonald | 274 | 4.9 | +2.1 | |
Green | Tim Moorson | 260 | 4.7 | +2.5 | |
SDP | Sarah Welbourne | 21 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,209 | 39.8 | +14.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,552 | 35.1 | −3.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Jordan Bowden* | 3,758 | 55.7 | −5.0 | |
Green | Paul Ellis | 1,475 | 21.9 | −2.2 | |
Conservative | Shazar Ahad | 992 | 14.7 | −6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Darren Finlay | 482 | 7.1 | −6.6 | |
Majority | 2,283 | 33.9 | −2.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,742 | 38.1 | −1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nicole Sharpe* | 2,632 | 51.8 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Cormac Trigg | 1,647 | 32.4 | −7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Norman | 376 | 7.4 | +2.2 | |
Green | Geraldine Turver | 331 | 6.5 | +1.7 | |
SDP | Wendy Whetstone | 61 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 985 | 19.4 | +9.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,077 | 30.3 | −5.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Jools Heselwood[e] | 3,103 | 46.6 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Howley* | 2,534 | 38.1 | +5.0 | |
Green | Christopher Foren | 550 | 8.3 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Angelo Basu | 411 | 6.2 | −2.2 | |
SDP | Rob Walker | 47 | 0.7 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 569 | 8.5 | −7.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,657 | 42.2 | −0.4 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Penny Stables | 4,079 | 52.9 | +18.5 | |
Conservative | Linda Richards* | 2,958 | 38.3 | −8.7 | |
Labour Co-op | Lucy Nuttgens | 498 | 6.5 | −5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Prince | 161 | 2.1 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 1,121 | 14.5 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,714 | 46.1 | +1.2 | ||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Total votes includes 772 blank and invalid votes.
- ^ Labour councillor, Lou Cunningham (Armley), resigned from the party and joined the Green Party on 17 December 2022. On 17 October, Cunningham had announced she would not be seeking re-selection as the Labour candidate for the ward. Upon her defection, Cunningham confirmed her intention to stand for re-election in 2023 as the Green Party's candidate.[3][4]
- ^ Labour councillor, Neil Walshaw (Headingley and Hyde Park), resigned from his council seat on 13 January 2023. Walshaw had previously announced his intention to not stand for re-election in 2023 on 10 October 2022.[5][6]
- ^ Change from highest-placed Green Party candidate (Gideon Jones) in 2022. Ian Shaw increased his personal share of the vote by 3.5%.
- ^ Incumbent Labour councillor, Jools Heselwood, has been selected to stand in Weetwood ward. She will not stand for re-election in Bramley and Stanningley.[27]
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