2014 Leeds City Council election

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.

2014 Leeds City Council election
22 May 2014
33 of the 99 seats on Leeds City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Keith Wakefield Andrew Carter Stewart Golton
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 21 seats, 46.0% 6 seats, 22.0% 3 seats, 13.0%
Seats won 20 6 4
Seats after 63 18 9
Seat change Steady Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 71,602 39,953 18,867
Percentage 38.6 21.5 10.2
Labour in red (20), Conservatives in blue (6), Liberal Democrats in yellow (4), 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

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
Leeds City Council Election Result 2014
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 20 1 1 Steady 60.6 38.6 71,602
  Conservative 6 0 0 Steady 18.2 21.5 39,953
  UKIP 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 16.7 31,077
  Liberal Democrats 4 0 1 Decrease 1 12.1 10.2 18,867
  Green 1 1 0 Increase 1 3.0 9.1 16,868
  Morley Borough Independent 2 0 0 Steady 6.1 2.5 4,726
  Alliance for Green Socialism 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.6 1,125
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.3 537
  TUSC 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.3 527
  British Democratic 0 0 0 Steady 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[lower-alpha 1] 18
Liberal Democrat 10 10 9
Morley Borough Independent 5 5 5
Green 2 2 3
Independent 0 1[lower-alpha 2] 1
Total 99 99 99
Working majority  27   27   27 

Councillors who did not stand for re-election
Councillor/s who did not stand for re-election (6)
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[lower-alpha 3] 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
Adel & Wharfedale
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
Alwoodley
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
Ardsley & Robin Hood
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
Armley
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
Beeston & Holbeck
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
Bramley & Stanningley
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
Burmantofts & Richmond Hill
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
Calverley & Farsley
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
Chapel Allerton
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
City & Hunslet
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
Cross Gates & Whinmoor
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
Farnley & Wortley
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
Garforth & Swillington
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
Gipton & Harehills
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
Guiseley & Rawdon
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
Harewood
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
Headingley
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
Horsforth
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
Hyde Park & Woodhouse
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
Killingbeck & Seacroft
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
Kippax & Methley
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
Kirkstall
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
Middleton Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kim Groves* 2,489
UKIP Craig Sweaton 1,756
British Democratic Kevin Meeson 358
Conservative Barbara Harpham 287
Green Austen Thompson 219
Liberal Democrats Sadie Fisher 79
Majority
Turnout 28.04
Labour hold Swing
Moortown
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
Morley North
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
Morley South
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
Otley & Yeadon
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
Pudsey
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
Rothwell
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
Roundhay
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
Temple Newsam
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
Weetwood
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
Wetherby
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
  1. 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]
  2. Joe Marjoram (Calverley and Farsley) resigned from the Conservatives in July 2013.
  3. Fox died on 8 April 2014 and no by-election was called.

References
  1. Statement of Persons Nominated Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine Leeds City Council
  2. "Vote 2014 Leeds". BBC News Online. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  3. "Leeds City Council Election Results 3 May 2012". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  4. "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.
  5. "Councillor Bernard Atha". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  6. "Councillor Clive Fox". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  7. "Councillor Martin Hamilton". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  8. "Councillor Janet Harper". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  9. "Councillor Thomas Murray". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  10. "Councillor Neil Taggart". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
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