1999 Leeds City Council election

The 1999 Leeds City Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election, as well as a vacancy each in Horsforth, Moortown and Wetherby. Prior to the election, the Liberal Democrats had gained a seat in Bramley from Labour, and Hunslet councillor, Mark Davies, had defected from Labour to Independent Socialist.

Map of the results for the 1999 Leeds council election.

Labour stayed in overall control of the council.[1] Overall turnout in the election was 27.3%.[2]

Election result
Leeds Local Election Result 1999[2][3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 21 0 7 -7 58.3 46.1 67,734 -3.2%
  Liberal Democrats 9 4 0 +4 25.0 22.2 32,644 +2.5%
  Conservative 5 3 0 +3 13.9 27.6 40,585 -0.2%
  Green 1 0 0 0 2.8 3.6 5,227 +1.3%
  Leeds Left Alliance 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 522 +0.1%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 163 -0.4%
  Seacroft Community Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 96 +0.1%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:[4]

Party Previous council New council
Labour 78 71
Liberal Democrat 10 14
Conservative 9 12
Green 1 1
Independent Socialist 1 1
Total 99 99
Working majority  57   43 

Ward results
Aireborough[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Dunn 2,919 43.6 -3.1
Conservative Graham Latty 2,719 40.6 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Ian Hutton 1,055 15.8 -1.0
Majority 200 3.0 -7.2
Turnout 6,693 33.8 +2.8
Labour hold Swing -3.6
Armley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Harper 2,032 61.1 -1.5
Conservative Glenn Broadbent 558 16.8 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Davies 516 15.5 -1.3
Green Yvonne Clarke 218 6.6 +6.6
Majority 1,474 44.3 -1.5
Turnout 3,324 20.9 +2.4
Labour hold Swing -1.1
Barwick & Kippax[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marian Monks 3,592 60.8 -0.9
Conservative Jack Stott 1,592 26.9 +1.0
Liberal Democrats Natasha De Vere 725 12.3 -0.1
Majority 2,000 33.9 -1.9
Turnout 5,909 32.9 +5.1
Labour hold Swing -0.9
Beeston[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adam Ogilvie 1,515 56.7 +1.5
Conservative William Birch 751 28.1 +8.2
Liberal Democrats Shaun Dolan 405 15.2 -4.1
Majority 764 28.6 -6.7
Turnout 2,671 21.5 +1.8
Labour hold Swing -3.3
Bramley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Howell 1,587 47.6 +32.1
Labour Stephen Simpson 1,493 44.7 -24.6
Conservative Michael Best 257 7.7 -7.5
Majority 94 2.8 -51.0
Turnout 3,337 20.3 +4.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +28.3
Burmantofts[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tina Davy 1,859 67.3 -1.8
Liberal Democrats Margaret Betteridge 522 18.9 -4.0
Conservative Jean Higham 231 8.4 +0.4
Leeds Left Alliance Malcolm Christie 150 5.4 +5.4
Majority 1,337 48.4 +2.2
Turnout 2,762 21.0 +1.5
Labour hold Swing +1.1
Chapel Allerton[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norma Hutchinson 2,347 59.2 -9.7
Conservative Arshad Ali 853 21.5 +3.9
Liberal Democrats Rochelle Harris 505 12.7 -0.8
Green Martin Reed 259 6.5 +6.5
Majority 1,494 37.7 -13.6
Turnout 3,964 26.9 +6.0
Labour hold Swing -6.8
City & Holbeck[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Iqbal 1,744 61.2 -5.1
Conservative Stephen McBarron 413 14.5 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Ann Norman 417 14.6 +4.5
Leeds Left Alliance (Socialist Alternative) David Jones 161 5.6 -1.7
Green Colin Johnston 116 4.1 +0.4
Majority 1,327 46.5 -7.2
Turnout 2,851 19.2 +2.0
Labour hold Swing -3.5
Cookridge[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Anderson 2,888 51.6 -2.8
Labour John Garvani 1,688 30.2 +1.5
Liberal Democrats Darren Finlay 875 15.6 -1.3
Green Paul Marchant 147 2.6 +2.6
Majority 1,200 21.4 -4.3
Turnout 5,598 33.4 +2.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -2.1
Garforth & Swillington[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Groves 3,269 61.4 -1.9
Conservative Alan Lamb 1,283 24.1 +1.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Dowling 776 14.6 +0.5
Majority 1,986 37.3 -3.4
Turnout 5,328 28.5 +2.4
Labour hold Swing -1.7
Halton[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Doris McGee 2,262 44.9 -1.4
Conservative David Schofield 2,112 41.9 +1.6
Liberal Democrats David Hollingsworth 666 13.2 -0.2
Majority 150 3.0 -3.0
Turnout 5,040 28.0 +2.7
Labour hold Swing -1.5
Harehills[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Taylor 2,395 51.4 +28.5
Labour John Clare 2,083 44.7 -16.0
Conservative Donald Townsley 178 3.8 -5.5
Majority 312 6.7 -31.1
Turnout 4,656 33.0 +13.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +22.2
Headingley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Pratt 1,801 44.0 +20.2
Labour Paul Moxon 1,573 38.4 -10.3
Green Lesley Jeffries 391 9.6 -1.4
Conservative Thomas McMeeking 328 8.0 -8.5
Majority 228 5.6 -19.2
Turnout 4,093 20.0 +7.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +15.2
Horsforth[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Cleasby 2,694 46.6 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Thomas Nossiter 2,510
Conservative John Hardcastle 1,541 26.7 -0.8
Conservative Sheila Jackson 1,414
Labour Edmund Hanley 1,287 22.3 -0.5
Labour David Marsh 1,273
Green Irene Dracup 254 4.4 +2.5
Majority 969 20.0 +1.3
Turnout 5,776 33.3 +1.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +0.6
Hunslet[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Erskine 1,586 75.6 -2.6
Conservative Anthony Larvin 233 11.1 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Christine Glover 222 10.6 +2.1
Green Charles Price 58 2.8 -1.1
Majority 1,353 64.5 -4.3
Turnout 2,099 18.6 +1.4
Labour hold Swing -2.1
Kirkstall[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Illingworth 2,246 66.7 -0.5
Conservative David Higgott 460 13.7 -0.9
Liberal Democrats Barbara Thompson 399 11.9 +1.0
Green Janet Pritchard 260 7.7 +0.4
Majority 1,786 53.0 +0.4
Turnout 3,365 21.7 +3.1
Labour hold Swing +0.2
Middleton[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stuart Bruce 1,848 65.3 -8.9
Conservative Susan Nicholls 617 21.8 +8.1
Liberal Democrats Pauline Davies 366 12.9 +0.8
Majority 1,231 43.5 -17.0
Turnout 2,831 19.7 +1.3
Labour hold Swing -8.5
Moortown[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Brett 2,576 48.6 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Brenda Lancaster 2,286
Labour Leonard Fineberg 1,689 31.9 -1.8
Labour Sheila Saunders 1,589
Conservative Valerie Kendall 1,030 19.5 +1.2
Conservative William Hyde 992
Majority 597 16.8 +2.4
Turnout 5,295 34.7 +3.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.1
Morley North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip Jones 2,582 55.1 +1.3
Conservative Robert Tesseyman 1,424 30.4 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Christine Golton 504 10.8 +1.3
Green Andrea Binns 174 3.7 +3.7
Majority 1,158 24.7 +0.9
Turnout 4,684 25.0 +2.0
Labour hold Swing +0.4
Morley South[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Raymond Mitchell 2,460 59.2 -2.8
Conservative Robert Allen 1,063 25.6 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Harris 629 15.1 +2.0
Majority 1,397 33.6 -3.6
Turnout 4,152 19.3 +0.9
Labour hold Swing -1.8
North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ruth Feldman 2,315 41.5 +3.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Bell 1,841 33.0 -2.1
Labour John Sully 1,417 25.4 -1.4
Majority 474 8.5 +5.5
Turnout 5,573 32.8 -0.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +2.7
Otley & Wharfedale[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Kirkland 3,000 40.9 +9.2
Conservative Christine Smith 2,421 33.0 -0.6
Labour Ruth Blackwell 1,918 26.1 -8.6
Majority 579 7.9 +6.8
Turnout 7,339 38.7 +4.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +4.9
Pudsey North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Amanda Carter 3,475 54.6 +8.4
Labour Thomas Spamer 2,230 35.1 -8.3
Liberal Democrats Jim Souper 656 10.3 -0.1
Majority 2,245 19.5 +16.7
Turnout 6,361 35.6 +3.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +8.3
Pudsey South[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Josephine Jarosz 2,219 51.4 -3.7
Conservative Audrey Smith 1,589 36.8 +11.5
Liberal Democrats Pauline Bardon 359 8.3 -9.1
Green Graham Illingworth 150 3.5 +1.3
Majority 630 14.6 -15.1
Turnout 4,317 26.5 +2.2
Labour hold Swing -7.6
Richmond Hill[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marlene Lyons 1,769 75.2 -2.2
Liberal Democrats Keith Norman 349 14.8 +0.8
Conservative David Boynton 235 10.0 +1.4
Majority 1,420 60.4 -3.0
Turnout 2,353 18.6 +2.5
Labour hold Swing -1.5
Rothwell[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Walker 2,181 57.0 -3.2
Liberal Democrats Mitchell Galdas 942 24.6 +5.1
Conservative John Cowling 705 18.4 -1.9
Majority 1,239 32.4 -7.5
Turnout 3,828 24.6 +2.3
Labour hold Swing -4.1
Roundhay[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Fox 2,666 45.2 +8.4
Conservative Ann Castle 2,391 40.5 -3.1
Liberal Democrats Ann Skinner 841 14.3 -5.3
Majority 275 4.7 -2.1
Turnout 5,898 35.6 +4.1
Labour hold Swing +5.7
Seacroft[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Selby 2,042 77.7 +2.3
Conservative Roy Jones 234 8.9 -1.4
Liberal Democrats Sadie Fisher 168 6.4 -1.0
Seacroft Community Party Raymond Northgreaves 96 3.7 -1.1
Green Michael Bolton 87 3.3 +1.2
Majority 1,808 68.8 +3.7
Turnout 2,627 21.5 +0.1
Labour hold Swing +1.8
University[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gerald Harper 1,461 55.6 -7.4
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Tebbutt 645 24.5 +10.8
Conservative Robert Winfield 227 8.6 -1.7
Green Paul Eade 173 6.6 +0.4
Leeds Left Alliance (Socialist Alternative) Christopher Hill 122 4.6 -2.3
Majority 816 31.1 -18.2
Turnout 2,628 16.7 +3.8
Labour hold Swing -9.1
Weetwood[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Jennings 2,266 39.6 -0.5
Labour Eileen Moxon 2,241 39.2 +3.5
Conservative Graham Castle 954 16.7 -4.4
Green David Webb 261 4.6 +1.5
Majority 25 0.4 -4.0
Turnout 5,722 35.0 +0.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing -2.0
Wetherby[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Hudson 4,327 57.9 -4.3
Conservative Gerald Wilkinson 4,257
Labour Reginald Steel 1,883 25.2 -3.2
Labour Pauline Birch 1,519
Liberal Democrats Michael Welby 1,265 16.9 +7.4
Majority 2,374 32.7 -1.1
Turnout 7,475 36.0 +5.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing -0.5
Whinmoor[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Gruen 1,886 54.2 -3.9
Conservative Richard Williams 1,021 29.4 -0.8
Liberal Democrats Graham Roberts 319 9.2 -2.6
Independent Anthony Thorpe 163 4.7 +4.7
Leeds Left Alliance Amanda Munro 89 2.6 +2.6
Majority 1,567 24.8 -3.1
Turnout 3,478 25.5 +4.8
Labour hold Swing -1.5
Wortley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green David Blackburn 2,679 54.2 +14.9
Labour Daphne Riley 1,747 35.3 -7.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Cutress 358 7.2 +0.5
Conservative Ruby Patel 160 3.2 -8.3
Majority 932 18.9 +15.8
Turnout 4,944 29.1 +4.6
Green hold Swing +11.0

By-elections between 1999 and 2000
Harehills by-election 13 April 2000[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Javaid Akhtar 2,236 50.9 -0.5
Labour John Clare 2,002 45.6 +0.9
Conservative Donald Townsley 125 2.8 -1.0
Leeds Left Alliance Jane Young 26 0.6 +0.6
Majority 234 5.3 -1.4
Turnout 4,389 31.5 -1.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing -0.7

References
  1. "Leeds". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  2. "Election of Councillors : 6th May 1999". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 October 1999. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  3. "Local Councils: Results round-up". The Times. 7 May 1999. p. 4. ISSN 0140-0460.
  4. "Britain votes: Local Council Election Results". The Independent. 7 May 1999. p. 12. ISSN 0951-9467.
  5. "Harehills By-Election 13th April 2000". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 11 May 2000. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
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