Leeds council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 33 wards · 33 seats contested

Most seats
22
Labour and Co-operative Party
Seats contested
33
across 33 wards
Turnout
31.7%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party 22 +0 81,752 44.6% +0.4
Conservative and Unionist Party 4 -2 41,078 22.4% -4.6
Liberal Democrats 2 +0 19,508 10.6% +1.3
Morley Borough Independents 2 +0 4,542 2.5% -0.1
Green Party 1 +0 26,195 14.3% +2.8
Garforth and Swillington Independents Party 1 +0 3,428 1.9% -0.3
Social Democratic Party 1 +0 2,622 1.4% -0.1
Yorkshire Party 0 +0 2,072 1.1% +0.1
Independent 0 +0 713 0.4% +0.2
Reform UK 0 +0 654 0.4% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 515 0.3% +0.1
Alliance For Green Socialism 0 +0 183 0.1% -0.2
Transform Party 0 +0 156 0.1% —
Northern Independence Party 0 +0 52 0.0% -0.0

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 33
Conservative and Unionist Party 33
Green Party 33
Labour and Co-operative Party 33
Liberal Democrats 33
Social Democratic Party 13
Yorkshire Party 8
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 7
Independent 6
Reform UK 3
Morley Borough Independents 2
Alliance For Green Socialism 1
Garforth and Swillington Independents Party 1
Northern Independence Party 1
Transform Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 33 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Adel & Wharfedale

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Billy Flynn Elected 3,087 43.8% -12.7
Labour and Co-operative Party Steve Clapcote 2,064 29.3% +2.2
Liberal Democrats Sharon Margaret Slinger 1,343 19.1% +10.5
Green Party Fiona Sarah Heather Love 554 7.9% +1.6
Majority1,023
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors16,606
Ballots cast7,048

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Alwoodley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Lyn Buckley Elected 3,253 49.8% -10.6
Labour Party Jackie Ellis 2,350 36.0% +7.6
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Jared Levy 419 6.4% +2.7
Green Party Louise Mary Jennings 340 5.2% +1.4
Yorkshire Party Howard Graham Dews 164 2.5% +0.7
Majority903
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors17,522
Ballots cast6,526

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Ardsley & Robin Hood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Stephen Holroyd-Case Elected 2,284 43.8% -1.8
Liberal Democrats Thomas Leadley 1,338 25.7% +19.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Lalit Suryawanshi 1,237 23.7% -16.1
Green Party Leon Zadok 254 4.9% -1.5
Social Democratic Party Paul Daniel Whestone 101 1.9% +0.1
Majority946
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors17,762
Ballots cast5,214

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Armley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Andy Parnham Elected 1,897 44.1% -18.3
Green Party Lou Cunningham 1,712 39.8% +24.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Tamas Kovacs 419 9.7% -5.9
Yorkshire Party Edana Niamh McDonald 129 3.0% —
Liberal Democrats Dan Walker 105 2.4% -2.4
Independent Jim Miller 39 0.9% —
Majority185
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors17,343
Ballots cast4,301

Labour Party hold

Beeston & Holbeck

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Andrew Scopes Elected 2,494 62.9% +15.4
Green Party Mariana Polucciu 662 16.7% -5.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Muhammad Azeem 450 11.3% -5.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Richard Andrews 209 5.3% +1.2
Social Democratic Party Nigel Perry 107 2.7% -3.0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Katherine Alice Gwyther 44 1.1% —
Majority1,832
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors18,712
Ballots cast3,966

Labour Party hold

Bramley & Stanningley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Tom Hinchcliffe Elected 2,662 62.2% -6.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Adam Daniel Cook 696 16.3% -1.1
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Anne Bee 479 11.2% +4.0
Green Party Keith Duncan Whittaker 384 9.0% +2.8
Social Democratic Party Richard David Riley 62 1.4% +0.7
Majority1,966
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors17,176
Ballots cast4,283

Labour Party hold

Burmantofts & Richmond Hill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nkele Charmaine Manaka Elected 2,547 67.2% +0.3
Green Party Rebwar Raouf Sharazur 410 10.8% +4.2
Liberal Democrats David Ewan Hollingsworth 392 10.3% +3.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Taiwo Funmilayo Adeyemi 294 7.8% -2.8
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Richard Chaves-Sanderson 88 2.3% —
Social Democratic Party Paul Anthony Whetsone 59 1.6% —
Majority2,137
Turnout22.0%
Registered electors17,023
Ballots cast3,790

Labour Party hold

Calverley & Farsley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Peter Carlill Elected 3,926 54.8% +11.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Jas Singh 2,536 35.4% -11.4
Green Party Ellen Graham 251 3.5% -0.7
Yorkshire Party Rob Lees 250 3.5% +0.5
Liberal Democrats Stuart McLeod 205 2.9% -0.2
Majority1,390
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors18,466
Ballots cast7,168

Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Chapel Allerton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Jane Dowson Elected 4,505 73.9% -0.2
Green Party Bobak Walker 721 11.8% +0.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Safaraz Ahad 390 6.4% -1.4
Liberal Democrats Aqila Choudhry 246 4.0% -0.4
Alliance For Green Socialism Mike Davies 183 3.0% +0.4
Social Democratic Party Sasha Watson 48 0.8% —
Majority3,784
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors18,455
Ballots cast6,093

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Cross Gates & Whinmoor

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jessica Lennox Elected 2,823 53.7% +2.3
Conservative and Unionist Party John Kennedy 1,557 29.6% -4.4
Independent Mark Nicholson 339 6.5% —
Green Party Martin Francis Hemingway 302 5.7% -1.3
Liberal Democrats Patricia Cooper 233 4.4% -3.0
Majority1,266
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors18,287
Ballots cast5,254

Labour Party hold

Farnley & Wortley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Adrian McCluskey Elected 2,438 49.1% +1.0
Green Party Mark Rollinson 1,648 33.2% -0.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Natalia Armitage 538 10.8% -7.1
Reform UK Andrea Whitehead 201 4.0% —
Liberal Democrats Christine Mavis Golton 65 1.3% —
Independent Bev Lockwood 61 1.2% —
Social Democratic Party Michael Bellfield 17 0.3% —
Majority790
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors18,214
Ballots cast4,968

Labour Party hold

Garforth & Swillington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Garforth and Swillington Independents Party Suzanne McCormack Elected 3,428 54.2% -9.0
Labour Party Luke Anthony Murrow 1,257 19.9% +4.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Bentley 912 14.4% -1.5
Green Party Stephen Paul Beer 384 6.1% +2.4
Liberal Democrats Jake Knox 195 3.1% +1.4
Independent Tyler Callum Wilson-Kerr 152 2.4% —
Majority2,171
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors16,205
Ballots cast6,328

Garforth and Swillington Independents Party hold

Gipton & Harehills

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ashgar Ali Elected 2,655 56.2% -4.8
Green Party Mothin Ali 1,484 31.4% +9.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Harris 310 6.6% -3.6
Liberal Democrats Mark John Twitchett 156 3.3% -1.3
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Iain Alaistair Dalton 121 2.6% +0.7
Majority1,171
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors17,961
Ballots cast4,726

Labour Party hold

Guiseley & Rawdon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Oliver Roland Edwards Elected 3,678 46.9% -1.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul John Spencer Wadsworth 2,934 37.4% +0.8
Yorkshire Party Bob Buxton 591 7.5% -1.0
Green Party Lucy Katherine Wheeler 345 4.4% +0.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Hugh Jacques 293 3.7% +0.4
Majority744
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors18,611
Ballots cast7,841

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Harewood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ryan Stephenson Elected 3,708 59.8% -1.9
Labour Party Oliver Gill 1,459 23.5% +0.9
Green Party Claire Anne Evans 627 10.1% +1.1
Liberal Democrats Dan Cook 406 6.5% -0.1
Majority2,249
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors14,942
Ballots cast6,200

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Headingley & Hyde Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Abdul Hannan Elected 2,029 48.7% -5.6
Green Party Tim Goodall 1,749 42.0% +6.8
Liberal Democrats Brandon Ashford 145 3.5% -0.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Martin 119 2.9% -0.7
Northern Independence Party Molly Tindle 52 1.2% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Florian Oscar Alice Hynam 48 1.2% -0.6
Independent Anthony Joseph Greaux 27 0.6% -0.2
Majority280
Turnout18.0%
Registered electors23,783
Ballots cast4,169

Labour Party hold

Horsforth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Raymond Wyn Jones Elected 3,810 51.4% +6.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Jackie Shemilt 2,302 31.0% -4.1
Green Party Ian William Shaw 581 7.8% +0.4
Liberal Democrats James Spencer 483 6.5% -10.5
Yorkshire Party Ian Cowling 241 3.2% -1.1
Majority1,508
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors17,917
Ballots cast7,417

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Hunslet & Riverside

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Paul Wray Elected 2,095 48.7% +7.9
Green Party Omar Mushtaq 1,809 42.1% -9.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Owen Scott Rutherford 231 5.4% +0.1
Liberal Democrats Ben Turner-Chastney 89 2.1% +1.0
Social Democratic Party Thomas Peter Foster 48 1.1% +0.4
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Oisín Duncan 27 0.6% —
Majority286
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors17,795
Ballots cast4,299

Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Green Party

Killingbeck & Seacroft

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Katie Dye Elected 2,446 64.6% +2.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Bradley Kenneth Chandler 676 17.9% -2.0
Green Party David Alan Anthoney 369 9.7% +2.5
Liberal Democrats John Otley 295 7.8% +2.1
Majority1,770
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors18,297
Ballots cast3,786

Labour Party hold

Kippax & Methley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Michael Thomas Millar Elected 3,163 60.5% -3.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Connor Mulhall 1,362 26.0% -0.6
Green Party Alan Terry Martin 406 7.8% +2.1
Liberal Democrats Lesley Ann McIntee 301 5.8% +1.6
Majority1,801
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors17,509
Ballots cast5,232

Labour Party hold

Kirkstall

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Andy Rontree Elected 3,018 64.4% -3.4
Green Party Victoria Smith 886 18.9% +2.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Reiss Capitano 402 8.6% -1.8
Liberal Democrats Adam James Belcher 288 6.1% +0.3
Independent Stuart Long 95 2.0% —
Majority2,132
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors16,138
Ballots cast4,689

Labour Party hold

Little London & Woodhouse

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Abigail Marshall Katung Elected 1,908 66.6% -5.6
Green Party Nick Lalvani 437 15.3% +0.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Muhammad Sajjad Raja 261 9.1% +1.9
Liberal Democrats Kate Arbuckle 163 5.7% +1.7
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Anthony Joseph Bracuti 96 3.4% +1.1
Majority1,471
Turnout18.0%
Registered electors16,301
Ballots cast2,865

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Middleton Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Social Democratic Party Emma Louise Pogson-Golden Elected 1,985 46.0% -4.7
Labour and Co-operative Party Lauren Alice Summers 1,587 36.8% +0.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Samson Roberts Adeyemi 376 8.7% +1.0
Green Party Eunice Agbemafle 186 4.3% +0.4
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Joelle Donaldson 91 2.1% —
Liberal Democrats Jude Arbuckle 86 2.0% +0.4
Majority398
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors20,215
Ballots cast4,311

Social Democratic Party hold

Moortown

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Mohammed Shahzad Elected 3,938 57.7% +1.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Lee Anthony Farmer 1,210 17.7% -1.3
Green Party Rachel Elizabeth Hartshorne 892 13.1% -2.2
Liberal Democrats George Sykes 557 8.2% -1.5
Yorkshire Party David William Stephens 226 3.3% —
Majority2,728
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors17,363
Ballots cast6,823

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Morley North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Morley Borough Independents Robert Finnigan Elected 2,448 43.6% -6.9
Labour and Co-operative Party Patrick Gerard Davey 1,400 25.0% +2.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Dom Eatwell 848 15.1% -2.0
Liberal Democrats James Trueman 323 5.8% +4.2
Green Party Becky Kellett 313 5.6% -2.7
Reform UK Johnathan Robert Thackray 252 4.5% —
Social Democratic Party Richard Cowles 25 0.4% —
Majority1,048
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors18,282
Ballots cast5,609

Morley Borough Independents hold

Morley South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Morley Borough Independents Wyn Kidger Elected 2,094 41.6% +1.9
Labour Party Bailey Bradley 1,510 30.0% -0.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Charles Henry Jack George 749 14.9% -4.8
Green Party Chris Bell 450 8.9% +0.9
Liberal Democrats Mihai Marcelin Barticel 191 3.8% +1.5
Social Democratic Party Andrew Alexander Martin 41 0.8% —
Majority584
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors18,284
Ballots cast5,035

Morley Borough Independents hold

Otley & Yeadon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ryk Downes Elected 3,189 45.5% -1.7
Labour and Co-operative Party Ian Joseph McCargo 1,727 24.7% +2.1
Green Party Mick Bradley 946 13.5% +1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Stewart Peter Harper 791 11.3% -1.2
Yorkshire Party Claire Jane Buxton 197 2.8% -2.6
Transform Party Elliot Nathan 156 2.2% —
Majority1,462
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors18,283
Ballots cast7,006

Liberal Democrats hold

Pudsey

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Trish Smith Elected 3,050 44.3% -10.5
Labour Party Riaz Ahmed 2,891 41.9% +4.6
Green Party Alaric Timothy Peter Hall 398 5.8% +0.7
Liberal Democrats Christine Amy Glover 352 5.1% +2.3
Reform UK Tom Kelly 201 2.9% —
Majority159
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors19,116
Ballots cast6,892

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Rothwell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Diane Chapman Elected 3,409 61.6% +7.2
Labour and Co-operative Party James Louis Driver 1,200 21.7% -6.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Babatunde Abiodun Gbolade 372 6.7% -5.4
Yorkshire Party Sean Francis McDonald 274 4.9% +2.2
Green Party Tim Moorsom 260 4.7% +2.4
Social Democratic Party Sarah Welbourne 21 0.4% —
Majority2,209
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors15,821
Ballots cast5,536

Liberal Democrats hold

Roundhay

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Jordan Daniel Bowden Elected 3,758 56.0% -4.6
Green Party Paul Ellis 1,475 22.0% -2.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Shazar Ahad 992 14.8% -5.9
Liberal Democrats Darren Finlay 482 7.2% -6.5
Majority2,283
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors17,684
Ballots cast6,707

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Temple Newsam

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nicole Sharpe Elected 2,632 52.1% +2.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Cormac John Trigg 1,647 32.6% -7.5
Liberal Democrats Keith Cecil Norman 376 7.4% +2.2
Green Party Geraldine Mary Turver 331 6.6% +1.8
Social Democratic Party Wendy Vivienne Whetstone 61 1.2% —
Majority985
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors16,730
Ballots cast5,047

Labour Party hold

Weetwood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Julie Heselwood Elected 3,103 46.7% -2.4
Liberal Democrats Chris Howley 2,534 38.1% +5.0
Green Party Chris Foren 550 8.3% -0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Angelo Basu 411 6.2% -2.3
Social Democratic Party Rob Walker 47 0.7% -0.1
Majority569
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors15,776
Ballots cast6,645

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Wetherby

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Penny Stables Elected 4,079 53.0% +18.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Linda Richards 2,958 38.4% -8.8
Labour and Co-operative Party Lucy Nuttgens 498 6.5% -5.3
Liberal Democrats James Andrew Prince 161 2.1% -4.4
Majority1,121
Turnout46.0%
Registered electors16,730
Ballots cast7,696

Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

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