Leeds City Council election, 2011

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Map of the results of the 2011 Leeds council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Greens in light green and Morley Borough Independent in dark green.

The Leeds City Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party regained overall control of the council.[1][2][3][4]

Election result

Leeds City Council Election Result 2011[4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 22 7 0 +7 66.7 46.8 99,955 +11.1
  Conservative 7 1 2 -1 21.2 27.1 57,927 +0.5
  Liberal Democrat 2 0 5 -5 6.1 13.6 28,985 -10.9
  Green 1 0 0 0 3.0 4.8 10,298 +2.4
  Morley Borough Independent 1 0 1 -1 3.0 2.7 5,718 +0.7
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 4,383 +1.1
  English Democrats 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.3 2,698 +1.3
  Alliance for Green Socialism 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.8 1,727 +0.1
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 1,105 -6.3
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 582 -0.1
  TUSC 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 252 +0.1

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:[2]

Party Previous council New council
Labour 48 55
Conservative 22 21
Liberal Democrat 21 16
Morley Borough Independent 6 5
Green 2 2
Total 99 99
Working majority  -3   11 

Ward results

Adel & Wharfedale[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Les Carter 4,144 50.2 +7.0
Liberal Democrat Christine Shaw 1,758 21.3 -15.5
Labour Nigel Gill 1,701 20.6 +5.7
Green Paul Marchant 337 4.1 +1.7
UKIP Claire Wilson-Sharp 315 3.8 +3.8
Majority 2,386 28.9 +22.5
Turnout 8,255 52
Conservative hold Swing +11.2
Alwoodley[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dan Cohen 4,254 53.3 +3.9
Labour Katy Sian 2,837 35.4 +8.2
UKIP Warren Hendon 547 6.9 +4.1
Alliance for Green Socialism Brian Jackson 351 4.4 +3.2
Majority 1,417 17.9 -4.3
Turnout 7,979 45
Conservative hold Swing -2.1
Ardsley & Robin Hood[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Dunn 2,847 48.7 +7.5
Conservative Robert Buxton 1,377 23.5 -1.3
English Democrats Joanna Beverley 880 15.0 +15.0
UKIP Karen Foster 384 6.6 +2.6
Liberal Democrat Katherine Bavage 360 6.2 -10.0
Majority 1,470 25.1 +8.7
Turnout 5,848 34
Labour hold Swing +4.4
Armley[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim McKenna 3,428 62.8 +16.6
Conservative Ross Burgham 901 16.5 +1.3
Green Jane Morrison 748 13.7 +7.2
Liberal Democrat Ruth Pecher 382 7.0 -15.6
Majority 2,527 46.3 +22.7
Turnout 5,459 31
Labour hold Swing +7.6
Beeston & Holbeck[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adam Ogilvie 2,880 61.3 +13.9
Conservative Robert Winfield 838 17.8 -1.8
UKIP Wilfred Woodhouse 425 9.1 +4.8
Green David Smith 308 6.6 +4.2
Liberal Democrat Paul Swain 245 5.2 -10.2
Majority 2,042 43.5 +15.8
Turnout 4,696 31
Labour hold Swing +7.8
Bramley & Stanningley[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ted Hanley 3,121 60.8 +19.7
Conservative Alistair McDowall 1,040 20.2 +1.1
Green Kate Bisson 514 10.0 +6.8
Liberal Democrat Nathan Fossey 462 9.0 -14.9
Majority 2,081 40.5 +23.4
Turnout 5,137 31
Labour hold Swing +9.3
Burmantofts & Richmond Hill[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Asghar Khan 2,515 51.6 +7.7
Liberal Democrat David Hollingsworth 1,779 36.5 +2.6
Green Peter Exley 356 7.3 +4.8
Conservative Michael Wheeler 226 4.6 -3.7
Majority 736 15.1 +5.1
Turnout 4,876 32
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing +2.5
Calverley & Farsley[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Marjoram 3,568 48.1 +8.4
Labour Carol Hughes 3,158 42.6 +8.0
Liberal Democrat Jude Arbuckle 685 9.2 -10.0
Majority 410 5.5 +0.3
Turnout 7,411 42
Conservative hold Swing +0.2
Chapel Allerton[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Rafique 4,121 63.6 +8.3
Conservative David Myers 868 13.4 -0.6
Alliance for Green Socialism Mike Davies 502 7.8 -0.1
Liberal Democrat Adam Slack 501 7.7 -12.8
Green Colin Noble 484 7.5 +7.5
Majority 3,253 50.2 +15.4
Turnout 6,476 38
Labour hold Swing +4.4
City & Hunslet[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patrick Davey 3,230 62.7 +21.2
Liberal Democrat Jahangir Aziz 1,047 20.3 -8.8
Conservative Matthew Wharton 877 17.0 -0.3
Majority 2,183 42.4 +30.0
Turnout 5,154 25
Labour hold Swing +15.0
Cross Gates & Whinmoor[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pauleen Grahame 3,653 56.9 +10.9
Conservative Patrick Hennigan 1,472 22.9 -4.7
UKIP Darren Oddy 510 7.9 +7.9
Liberal Democrat Keith Norman 271 4.2 -13.7
Independent David Hudson 257 4.0 +4.0
Green Ben Goldthorp 253 3.9 +3.9
Majority 2,181 34.0 +15.6
Turnout 6,416 37
Labour hold Swing +7.8
Farnley & Wortley[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Ann Blackburn 2,995 47.4 +23.1
Labour Stuart McKenna 2,353 37.3 +4.2
Conservative Caroline Oldfield 769 12.2 -5.1
Liberal Democrat Philip Moore 199 3.2 -11.9
Majority 642 10.2 +1.4
Turnout 6,316 35
Green hold Swing +9.4
Garforth & Swillington[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Dobson 4,906 64.1 +20.4
Conservative Ryan Stephenson 2,479 32.4 -2.2
Liberal Democrat Christine Golton 263 3.4 -12.4
Majority 2,427 31.7 +22.5
Turnout 7,648 48
Labour hold Swing +11.3
Gipton & Harehills[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arif Hussain 4,805 80.2 +19.8
Liberal Democrat Qadeer Khan 506 8.4 -16.1
Conservative Beatrice Greenwood 462 7.7 +0.2
Alliance for Green Socialism Azar Iqbal 220 3.7 +1.9
Majority 4,299 71.7 +35.9
Turnout 5,993 38
Labour hold Swing +17.9
Guiseley & Rawdon[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Wadsworth 3,276 42.8 +2.6
Labour Mike King 2,853 37.3 +9.1
Liberal Democrat Cindy Cleasby 778 10.2 -12.9
Green Colin Avison 529 6.9 +3.5
BNP Andrew Gallagher 213 2.8 -2.3
Majority 423 5.5 -6.5
Turnout 7,649 44
Conservative hold Swing -3.2
Harewood[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rachael Procter 5,003 67.1 +7.5
Labour Joshua Blower 1,581 21.2 +3.6
Liberal Democrat Sara Howell 472 6.3 -10.8
Green Patricia Capstick 400 5.4 +3.0
Majority 3,442 45.9 +3.9
Turnout 7,456 51
Conservative hold Swing +1.9
Headingley[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Walshaw 1,536 39.6 +13.2
Liberal Democrat James Monaghan 1,098 28.3 -22.7
Green Christopher Foren 682 17.6 +8.5
Conservative Christina Annesley 370 9.5 -3.0
TUSC Ian Pattison 88 2.3 +2.3
Independent David Rudge 69 1.8 +1.8
UKIP Peter Morgan 39 1.0 +1.0
Majority 438 11.3 -13.3
Turnout 3,882 26
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing +17.9
Horsforth[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dawn Collins 2,680 33.7 +8.5
Liberal Democrat Kate Arbuckle 2,466 31.0 -16.8
Labour Robert Wilkinson 2,213 27.9 +8.9
UKIP Paul Hellyer 421 5.3 +2.7
TUSC Andrew Smith 164 2.1 +2.1
Majority 214 2.7 -20.0
Turnout 7,944 45
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing +12.6
Hyde Park & Woodhouse[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gerry Harper 2,332 57.4 +17.6
Green Robert Simpson 689 16.9 +9.1
Liberal Democrat Karim Abdul-Ghaffer 688 16.9 -21.2
Conservative Shahrukh Malik 356 8.8 -1.5
Majority 1,643 40.4 +38.7
Turnout 4,065 25
Labour hold Swing +4.2
Killingbeck & Seacroft[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vonnie Morgan 3,761 73.5 +19.5
Conservative William Flynn 847 16.6 -0.1
Liberal Democrat Joanne Binns 508 9.9 -6.8
Majority 2,914 57.0 +19.7
Turnout 5,116 31
Labour hold Swing +9.8
Kippax & Methley[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Lewis 4,156 63.3 +12.0
Conservative James Langley 1,428 21.7 -3.1
UKIP Paul Spivey 609 9.3 +4.2
Liberal Democrat Anne Bagnall 374 5.7 -7.6
Majority 2,728 41.5 +15.0
Turnout 6,567 41
Labour hold Swing +7.5
Kirkstall[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Illingworth 3,634 64.5 +22.1
Conservative Daniel Whitehouse 680 12.1 -2.9
Liberal Democrat Chris Lovell 636 11.3 -21.7
Green Morgan Tatchell-Evans 527 9.4 +4.4
Independent Stuart Long 157 2.8 +2.8
Majority 2,954 52.4 +43.0
Turnout 5,634 35
Labour hold Swing +12.5
Middleton Park[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Blake 3,313 64.5 +15.3
BNP Kevin Meeson 892 17.4 -3.2
Conservative James McFarland 679 13.2 -1.0
Liberal Democrat Sadie Fisher 252 4.9 -8.5
Majority 2,421 47.1 +18.5
Turnout 5,136 28
Labour hold Swing +9.2
Moortown[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rebecca Charlwood 3,688 44.5 +9.3
Liberal Democrat Brenda Lancaster 2,834 34.2 -0.1
Conservative Mark Rawlinson 1,380 16.7 -8.7
Alliance for Green Socialism Allan House 381 4.6 +2.2
Majority 854 10.3 +9.4
Turnout 8,283 48
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing +4.7
Morley North[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Morley Borough Independent Bob Gettings 3,642 52.9 +19.5
Labour Kathryn Rose 1,599 23.2 +0.5
Conservative Robin Ghosh 874 12.7 -8.4
English Democrats Tom Redmond 573 8.3 +8.3
Liberal Democrat Peter Andrews 199 2.9 -8.6
Majority 2,043 29.7 +19.1
Turnout 6,887 39
Morley Borough Independent hold Swing +9.5
Morley South[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Dawson 2,129 33.4 +9.9
Morley Borough Independent Terry Grayshon 2,076 32.6 +5.9
English Democrats Chris Beverley 1,245 19.6 +19.6
Conservative Neil Hunt 736 11.6 -6.2
Liberal Democrat Robert Jacques 180 2.8 -8.0
Majority 53 0.8 -2.4
Turnout 6,366 38
Labour gain from Morley Borough Independent Swing +2.0
Otley & Yeadon[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Colin Campbell 3,185 38.6 -6.3
Labour John Eveleigh 3,026 36.7 +12.8
Conservative Nigel Fancis 2,034 24.7 -0.4
Majority 159 1.9 -17.9
Turnout 8,245 47
Liberal Democrat hold Swing -9.5
Pudsey[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Richard Lewis 3,669 53.4 +11.1
Conservative Jason Aldiss 1,987 28.9 -0.3
UKIP Phil Banks 636 9.3 +9.3
Green Irene Dracup 321 4.7 +2.1
Liberal Democrat Brendan Stubbs 262 3.8 -14.3
Majority 1,682 24.5 +11.4
Turnout 6,875 40
Labour hold Swing +5.7
Rothwell[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Karen Bruce 2,889 46.1 +10.1
Liberal Democrat Steve Smith 2,365 37.7 +0.0
Conservative Louise Turner 1,018 16.2 -3.1
Majority 524 8.4 +6.7
Turnout 6,272 40
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing +5.0
Roundhay[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine MacNiven 4,307 50.3 +11.6
Conservative Val Kendall 2,850 33.3 -0.3
Liberal Democrat Adam Douglas 578 6.7 -14.7
Green Paul Ellis 559 6.5 +6.5
Alliance for Green Socialism Malcolm Scott 273 3.2 -0.4
Majority 1,457 17.0 +11.8
Turnout 8,567 49
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.9
Temple Newsam[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Katherine Mitchell 3,707 54.4 +16.8
Conservative David Schofield 2,648 38.8 +11.0
Liberal Democrat Ian Dowling 464 6.8 -7.3
Majority 1,059 15.5 +5.7
Turnout 6,819 42
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.9
Weetwood[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Sue Bentley 2,605 39.1 -4.1
Labour Caroline Gruen 2,072 31.1 +7.9
Conservative Natalie Oliver 1,282 19.3 -4.8
Green Martin Hemingway 596 9.0 +3.8
Independent Alan Procter 99 1.5 +0.5
Majority 533 8.0 -11.2
Turnout 6,654 39
Liberal Democrat hold Swing -6.0
Wetherby[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Lamb 4,524 59.9 +7.0
Labour James Barber 1,945 25.8 +5.0
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Bentley 583 7.7 -10.8
UKIP David Macey 497 6.6 +1.4
Majority 2,579 34.2 +2.1
Turnout 7,549 49
Conservative hold Swing +1.0

References

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