2014 Leeds City Council election
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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.
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
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 20 | 1 | 1 | 60.6 | 38.6 | 71,602 | |||
Conservative | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 | 21.5 | 39,953 | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 31,077 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12.1 | 10.2 | 18,867 | ||
Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 9.1 | 16,868 | ||
Morley Borough Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 4,726 | |||
Alliance for Green Socialism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1,125 | |||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 537 | |||
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 527 | |||
British Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 358 |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:[2]
Party | 2012 election | Prior to election | New council | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 63 | 63 | 63 | |
Conservative | 19 | 18[a] | 18 | |
Liberal Democrat | 10 | 10 | 9 | |
Morley Borough Independent | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
Green | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
Independent | 0 | 1[b] | 1 | |
Total | 99 | 99 | 99 | |
Working majority | 27 | 27 | 27 |
Councillors who did not stand for re-election
[edit]Councillor | Ward | First elected | Party | Reason | Successor | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernard Atha CBE[5] | Kirkstall | 1957, 1969 | Labour | stood down | Fiona Venner (Labour) | ||
Clive Fox[6] | Adel & Wharfedale | 2000 | Conservative | died in office[c] | Billy Flynn (Conservative) | ||
Martin Hamilton[7] | Headingley | 2002 | Liberal Democrats | stood down | Jonathan Pryor (Labour) | ||
Janet Harper[8] | Armley | 1999 | Labour | stood down | Alice Smart (Labour) | ||
Thomas Murray[9] | Garforth & Swillington | 1992 | Labour | stood down | Stuart McKenna (Labour) | ||
Neil Taggart[10] | Bramley & Stanningley | 1980 | Labour | stood down | Kevin Ritchie (Labour) |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Billy Flynn | 3,018 | 44.5 | −1.0 | |
Labour | Mark Henley | 1,312 | 19.3 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Cheryl Kebede | 1,154 | 17.0 | −20.7 | |
UKIP | Mal Steele | 966 | 14.2 | +13.5 | |
Green | Paul Marchant | 336 | 5.0 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 1,706 | ||||
Turnout | 6,786 | 43.75 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Harrand* | 3,227 | 48.2 | −1.2 | |
Labour | Keith White | 1,910 | 28.5 | +1.3 | |
UKIP | Warren Hendon | 891 | 13.3 | +10.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sue Knights | 309 | 4.6 | −12.9 | |
Green | Miriam Moss | 290 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Brian Jackson | 67 | 1.0 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 1,317 | ||||
Turnout | 6,694 | 38.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lisa Mulherin* | 1,865 | 36.0 | ||
UKIP | David Daniel | 1,593 | 30.7 | ||
Conservative | Tim Atkin | 929 | 17.9 | ||
Independent | Wyn Kidger | 482 | 9.3 | ||
Green | Carl James | 176 | 3.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Ward | 139 | 2.7 | ||
Majority | 272 | ||||
Turnout | 5,184 | 30.18 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alice Smart | 2,269 | 43.8 | ||
UKIP | John Withill | 1,548 | 29.9 | ||
Green | Yvonne Clarke | 669 | 12.9 | ||
Conservative | Mohammed Rahman | 392 | 7.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christine Glover | 236 | 4.6 | ||
TUSC | Iain Dalton | 65 | 1.3 | ||
Majority | 721 | ||||
Turnout | 5,179 | 30.54 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Congreve* | 2,063 | 48.4 | ||
UKIP | Tony Roberts | 1,288 | 30.2 | ||
Conservative | Robert Winfield | 499 | 11.7 | ||
Green | David Smith | 284 | 6.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Victoria Bishop-Rowe | 130 | 3.0 | ||
Majority | 775 | ||||
Turnout | 4,264 | 28.72 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Ritchie | 2,092 | 43.9 | ||
UKIP | Anne Murgatroyd | 1,600 | 33.6 | ||
Conservative | Alexander Nancolas | 454 | 9.5 | ||
Green | Kate Bisson | 358 | 7.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Serena Glover | 219 | 4.6 | ||
TUSC | Kevin Pattison | 44 | 0.9 | ||
Majority | 492 | ||||
Turnout | 4,767 | 29.98 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ron Grahame* | 1,864 | 43.0 | ||
UKIP | Geoff Holloran | 1,150 | 26.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Hollingsworth | 843 | 19.5 | ||
Green | Pete Exley | 318 | 7.3 | ||
Conservative | Hayley Laura | 156 | 3.6 | ||
Majority | 714 | ||||
Turnout | 4,331 | 28.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rod Wood* | 2,670 | 38.2 | ||
Labour | John Bracken | 2,476 | 35.4 | ||
UKIP | Joseph Murgatroyd | 1,242 | 17.8 | ||
Green | Clive Lord | 349 | 5.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kate Arbuckle | 256 | 3.7 | ||
Majority | 194 | ||||
Turnout | 6,993 | 39.75 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jane Dowson* | 3,683 | 61.3 | ||
Conservative | Farzana Arif | 746 | 12.4 | ||
Green | Emma Carter | 736 | 12.3 | ||
Alliance for Green Socialism | Mike Davies | 515 | 8.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Aqila Choudhry | 326 | 5.4 | ||
Majority | 2,937 | ||||
Turnout | 6,006 | 34.59 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammed Iqbal* | 2,434 | 49.2 | ||
UKIP | Nigel Buckland | 785 | 15.9 | ||
Green | Glen Jankowski | 659 | 13.3 | ||
Conservative | Richard Salt | 631 | 12.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jahangir Aziz | 354 | 7.2 | ||
TUSC | Mary Finch | 87 | 1.8 | ||
Majority | 1,649 | ||||
Turnout | 4,950 | 22.84 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Gruen* | 2,555 | 44.6 | ||
UKIP | Darren Oddy | 1,808 | 31.6 | ||
Conservative | Elizabeth Hayes | 907 | 15.8 | ||
Green | Ben Goldthorp | 319 | 5.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Morris | 136 | 2.4 | ||
Majority | 747 | ||||
Turnout | 5725 | 33.11 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Terry Wilford | 1,900 | 34.3 | ||
UKIP | Alan Felber | 1,606 | 29.0 | ||
Labour | John Hardy | 1,506 | 27.2 | ||
Conservative | Samuel Fisher | 416 | 7.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Jacques | 76 | 1.4 | ||
TUSC | Michael Johnson | 30 | 0.5 | ||
Majority | 294 | ||||
Turnout | 5534 | 31.52 | |||
Green gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stuart McKenna | 3,172 | 51.7 | ||
Conservative | Ryan Stephenson | 2,027 | 33.0 | ||
Green | Yvonne Murray | 709 | 11.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mitch Gladas | 227 | 3.7 | ||
Majority | 1,145 | ||||
Turnout | 6,135 | 38.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kamila Maqsood* | 3,756 | 76.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Adam Douglas | 403 | 8.2 | ||
Conservative | Beatrice Greenwood | 393 | 8.0 | ||
Green | Neil Seepujak | 381 | 7.7 | ||
Majority | 3,353 | ||||
Turnout | 4933 | 31.55 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pat Latty* | 2,811 | 39.8 | ||
Labour | David Bowe | 1,871 | 26.5 | ||
UKIP | Roger Tattersall | 1,444 | 20.5 | ||
Green | Colin Avison | 541 | 7.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Cindy Cleasby | 389 | 5.5 | ||
Majority | 940 | ||||
Turnout | 7056 | 38.65 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matthew Robinson* | 3,542 | 59.5 | ||
UKIP | Peter Morgan | 1,176 | 19.8 | ||
Labour | David Joyce | 928 | 15.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christine Golton | 249 | 4.2 | ||
Green | Paul Matthews | 58 | 1.0 | ||
Majority | 2,366 | 5953 | |||
Turnout | 42.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jonathan Pryor | 1,296 | |||
Green | Joe Salmon | 1,036 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ghaffar Karim | 747 | |||
Conservative | Diane Fox | 228 | |||
UKIP | Alistair McDowall | 146 | |||
Majority | 260 | ||||
Turnout | 30.12 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brian Cleasby* | 2,037 | |||
Conservative | Richard O’Callaghan | 1,880 | |||
Labour | Rob Wilkinson | 1,644 | |||
UKIP | Paul Hellyer | 1,059 | |||
Green | Timothy Goodall | 446 | |||
TUSC | Benjamin Dixon | 56 | |||
Majority | 157 | ||||
Turnout | 40.88 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Javaid Akhtar* | 2,099 | |||
Green | Chris Foren | 865 | |||
Conservative | Edward Hardy | 295 | |||
UKIP | Glenn Morley | 288 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Andrews | 207 | |||
TUSC | Tanis Belsham-Wray | 98 | |||
Majority | 1,234 | ||||
Turnout | 24.89 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Selby* | 2,927 | |||
Conservative | Dorothy Flynn | 623 | |||
Green | Louise Richardson | 617 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Joanne Binns | 311 | |||
Majority | 2,304 | ||||
Turnout | 29.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keith Wakefield* | 2,868 | |||
UKIP | Tina Smith | 1,599 | |||
Conservative | James Langley | 867 | |||
Green | David Webb | 237 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Hills | 141 | |||
Majority | 1,269 | ||||
Turnout | 35.63 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fiona Venner | 2,696 | |||
UKIP | Kevin Reid | 907 | |||
Green | Morgan Tatchell-Evans | 724 | |||
Conservative | Matthew Wharton | 379 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Hughes | 252 | |||
TUSC | Ben Mayor | 56 | |||
Independent | Stuart Long | 55 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 33.77 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kim Groves* | 2,489 | |||
UKIP | Craig Sweaton | 1,756 | |||
British Democrats | Kevin Meeson | 358 | |||
Conservative | Barbara Harpham | 287 | |||
Green | Austen Thompson | 219 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sadie Fisher | 79 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 28.04 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sharon Hamilton* | 2,923 | |||
Conservative | Mark Dodsworth | 1,282 | |||
UKIP | Alan Procter | 821 | |||
Green | Christopher Smith | 806 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Darren Finlay | 781 | |||
Alliance for Green Socialism | Ros Campbell | 188 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 39.87 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morley Borough Independent | Thomas Leadley* | 2,759 | |||
Labour | Charlotte Hill | 1,181 | |||
UKIP | Luke Senior | 1,150 | |||
Conservative | Sophie Tempest | 675 | |||
Green | Deborah Fenney | 180 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John MacArthur | 74 | |||
Majority | 1,578 | ||||
Turnout | 6,019 | 34.56 | |||
Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morley Borough Independent | Shirley Varley* | 1,967 | |||
Labour | Mark Sewards | 1,293 | |||
UKIP | Lindon Dove | 1,279 | |||
Conservative | Kathleen Tempest | 489 | |||
Green | Bluebell Eikonoklastes | 116 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Gagen | 71 | |||
TUSC | Neil Cussons | 51 | |||
Majority | 674 | ||||
Turnout | 5,266 | 31.93 | |||
Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ryk Downes* | 2,916 | |||
Labour | Carl Morris | 1,916 | |||
UKIP | Tom Hollings | 1,306 | |||
Conservative | Gerard Francis | 921 | |||
Green | Owen Brear | 490 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 43.65 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mick Coulson* | 2,182 | |||
UKIP | Phil Banks | 1,785 | |||
Conservative | Amanda Carter | 1,356 | |||
Green | Irene Dracup | 390 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jude Arbuckle | 205 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 35.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stewart Golton* | 2,429 | |||
Labour | Angela Kellett | 2,018 | |||
Conservative | Stephen Ellis | 723 | |||
Green | Gordon Haycock | 385 | |||
Majority | 411 | ||||
Turnout | 36.04 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ghulam Hussain* | 3,229 | |||
Conservative | Andy Paraskos | 1,952 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Whelan | 528 | |||
Green | Paul Ellis | 820 | |||
Alliance for Green Socialism | Malcolm Christie | 355 | |||
Majority | 1,277 | ||||
Turnout | 40.96 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mick Lyons* | 2,294 | |||
UKIP | Bruce Naylor | 1,599 | |||
Conservative | David Schofield | 1,377 | |||
Green | Nathan Allen | 335 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Keith Norman | 148 | |||
Majority | 695 | ||||
Turnout | 35.38 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Judith Chapman* | 2,155 | |||
Labour | Julie Heselwood | 1,768 | |||
Conservative | Thomas McMeeking | 806 | |||
UKIP | Mike Cullen | 737 | |||
Green | Martin Hemingway | 646 | |||
TUSC | Max Cussons | 40 | |||
Majority | 387 | ||||
Turnout | 39.57 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Procter* | 2,995 | |||
UKIP | Paul Spivey | 1,096 | |||
Labour | Paul Drinkwater | 1,023 | |||
Green | Sam Murray | 508 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sara Howell | 340 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 38.38 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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]
- ^ Joe Marjoram (Calverley and Farsley) resigned from the Conservatives in July 2013.
- ^ Fox died on 8 April 2014 and no by-election was called.
References
[edit]- ^ Statement of Persons Nominated Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine Leeds City Council
- ^ a b "Vote 2014 Leeds". BBC News Online. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Leeds City Council Election Results 3 May 2012". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Calverley & Farsley Councillor Joe Marjoram has quit the Conservative Group of Leeds City Council". facebook.com. Farsley Community What's On. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Bernard Atha". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "Councillor Clive Fox". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Martin Hamilton". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "Councillor Janet Harper". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Thomas Murray". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Neil Taggart". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.