Leeds council election, 2026

07/05/2026 · 33 wards · 37 seats contested

Most seats
9
Reform UK
Seats contested
37
across 33 wards
Turnout
41.7%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Reform UK 9 +9 64,020 24.2% +22.9
Labour and Co-operative Party 9 -10 62,034 23.5% -19.9
Green Party 7 +4 57,536 21.8% +5.4
Conservative and Unionist Party 7 +2 41,853 15.8% -4.7
Liberal Democrats 2 +0 20,025 7.6% -1.8
Morley Borough Independents 1 -1 7,364 2.8% +0.5
Garforth and Swillington Independents Party 1 +0 5,007 1.9% +0.1
Social Democratic Party 1 +0 3,270 1.2% -0.4
Independent 0 +0 2,688 1.0% +0.2
Yorkshire Party 0 +0 473 0.2% -1.9
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 138 0.1% -0.3
Your Party 0 +0 62 0.0% —
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party 0 +0 43 0.0% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 +0 17 0.0% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2024. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 37
Reform UK 38
Green Party 37
Conservative and Unionist Party 36
Labour and Co-operative Party 36
Liberal Democrats 36
Social Democratic Party 21
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 6
Independent 5
Morley Borough Independents 3
Yorkshire Party 2
Garforth and Swillington Independents Party 1
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party 1
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 1
Your Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 37 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 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Stoddart-Scott Elected 2,462 29.9% -14.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Lee Anthony Farmer Elected 2,452 29.8% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Jemima Frankie Bostock 1,923 23.4% -11.2
Reform UK Craig Gabbitas 1,874 22.8% —
Reform UK Michael Lowry 1,833 22.3% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Nathan James Ramsden 1,675 20.4% —
Green Party Gordon Richard Howe 1,300 15.8% +9.0
Green Party Dominic Daniel Jack Seaward 1,265 15.4% —
Liberal Democrats Fiona Josephine Allen 1,004 12.2% +0.9
Liberal Democrats Ray Smith 668 8.1% —
Majority529
Turnout50.4%
Registered electors17,043
Ballots cast (estimated)8,228

Conservative and Unionist Party gain · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Alwoodley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Dan Cohen Elected 4,633 57.3% +8.5
Green Party Catherine Taylor 1,133 14.0% +6.5
Labour and Co-operative Party Matthew McGonagle 1,124 13.9% -20.2
Reform UK Howard Anthony Newman 893 11.1% —
Liberal Democrats Robert Hugh Jacques 296 3.7% -3.3
Majority3,500
Turnout47.8%
Registered electors16,953
Ballots cast8,079

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Ardsley & Robin Hood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Robert Stephen Jagger Elected 3,023 41.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mike Foster 1,492 20.5% -6.3
Labour Party Shamim Miah 1,336 18.4% -23.0
Green Party Noah Bentley 802 11.0% +6.2
Liberal Democrats Debra Alison Stretton 476 6.6% -10.2
Social Democratic Party Sian Gardener 135 1.9% -0.0
Majority1,531
Turnout40.9%
Registered electors17,834
Ballots cast7,264

Reform UK gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Armley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Clancy Walker Elected 2,215 41.7% -2.1
Reform UK Paul Bickerdike 1,443 27.2% —
Labour Party Richard Banks 1,137 21.4% -20.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Edmond Daramy-Williams 268 5.0% -1.6
Liberal Democrats Dan Walker 187 3.5% +1.3
Social Democratic Party John Frank Beal 37 0.7% -0.2
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Florian Oscar Alice Hynam 21 0.4% —
Majority772
Turnout32.1%
Registered electors16,681
Ballots cast5,308

Green Party hold

Beeston & Holbeck

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Matt Rogan Elected 1,978 34.6% +11.8
Labour Party Al Garthwaite 1,725 30.2% -22.8
Reform UK Loreen Gulrez Nix 1,245 21.8% —
Social Democratic Party Sasha Watson 284 5.0% -0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex Kettle 280 4.9% -7.1
Liberal Democrats Christopher Thomas Howden 159 2.8% -1.9
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party Nick The Duck Guy 43 0.8% —
Majority253
Turnout31.3%
Registered electors18,361
Ballots cast5,714

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Bramley & Stanningley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kevin Ritchie Elected 2,724 43.8% -17.0
Reform UK Daren David Morrish 2,112 34.0% —
Green Party Annabell Roodi Kesby 883 14.2% +2.4
Conservative and Unionist Party William Michael Gallimore 308 5.0% -9.4
Liberal Democrats Claire Rosemary Spencer 166 2.7% -8.4
Social Democratic Party Ian Robert Howell 20 0.3% -1.5
Majority612
Turnout37.1%
Registered electors16,813
Ballots cast6,213

Labour Party hold

Burmantofts & Richmond Hill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Luke Anthony Farley Elected 1,957 32.2% -33.4
Reform UK Leo Doherty 1,393 22.9% —
Green Party Shahab Adris 1,123 18.5% +9.8
Green Party Shahab Saqib Adris 1,123 18.5% —
Liberal Democrats David Ewan Hollingsworth 252 4.1% -3.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Zoe Metcalfe 183 3.0% -4.8
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Richard Chaves-Sanderson 34 0.6% -1.4
Social Democratic Party Paul Daniel Whestone 19 0.3% -0.4
Majority564
Turnout29.9%
Registered electors16,628
Ballots cast6,084

Labour Party hold

Calverley & Farsley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Carter Elected 3,102 36.6% -5.3
Labour and Co-operative Party Kathryn Sara Penny 2,313 27.3% -19.0
Reform UK Andy North 1,418 16.7% —
Green Party Ellen Graham 1,380 16.3% +7.6
Liberal Democrats Stuart McLeod 258 3.0% -0.0
Majority789
Turnout46.7%
Registered electors18,198
Ballots cast8,471

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

Chapel Allerton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Cristiana Mirosanu Elected 3,520 45.1% +24.0
Labour and Co-operative Party Eileen Taylor 2,971 38.0% -24.5
Reform UK Yaseen Saddique 594 7.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kevin Irving Black 382 4.9% -1.3
Liberal Democrats Darren Finlay 287 3.7% +1.2
Social Democratic Party Richard Cowles 55 0.7% -0.4
Majority549
Turnout42.8%
Registered electors18,331
Ballots cast7,809

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Cross Gates & Whinmoor

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Paula-Jane Thackray Elected 3,013 41.1% +32.5
Labour Party Luke Murrow 2,051 28.0% -25.2
Conservative and Unionist Party John Kennedy 902 12.3% -9.3
Green Party Martin Francis Hemingway 706 9.6% +4.1
Liberal Democrats Joshua Patrick Lowthion 260 3.5% -1.8
Independent Mark Nicholson 223 3.0% —
Yorkshire Party Howard Graham Dews 157 2.1% -3.7
Social Democratic Party Paul Anthony Whetsone 14 0.2% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Ali Mansfield 11 0.1% —
Majority962
Turnout40.6%
Registered electors18,116
Ballots cast7,337

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Farnley & Wortley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Wenzdae Robbins Elected 2,397 37.2% +12.9
Green Party Ann Blackburn 1,635 25.4% -13.3
Labour and Co-operative Party Charlotte Hill 983 15.3% -10.5
Independent Peter Edward Allison 922 14.3% +12.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Shikha Chaturvedi 304 4.7% -0.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Richard Andrews 178 2.8% -0.4
Social Democratic Party Richard David Riley 19 0.3% -0.4
Majority762
Turnout35.4%
Registered electors18,165
Ballots cast6,438

Reform UK gain from Green Party

Garforth & Swillington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Garforth and Swillington Independents Party Mark David Dobson Elected 5,007 62.4% +8.1
Reform UK David Ian Butterfield 1,582 19.7% +14.5
Labour Party David Patrick Nagle 542 6.8% -12.4
Green Party Alexander James Bull 433 5.4% +1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Bentley 362 4.5% -7.7
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Cecilia Phillips 92 1.1% -2.1
Majority3,425
Turnout48.8%
Registered electors16,462
Ballots cast8,018

Garforth and Swillington Independents Party hold

Gipton & Harehills

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Salma Arif Elected 2,345 36.9% -2.1
Green Party Khizer Qayyum 1,936 30.5% -21.1
Independent Arif Hussain 1,108 17.4% —
Reform UK Callum Daniel Bushrod 612 9.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Patricia Helen Jones 174 2.7% -2.0
Liberal Democrats Jack Glover 104 1.6% -1.0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Iain Alaistair Dalton 30 0.5% -1.5
Social Democratic Party Andrew Alexander Martin 29 0.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Andy Nix 17 0.3% —
Majority409
Turnout36.3%
Registered electors17,583
Ballots cast6,355

Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Green Party

Guiseley & Rawdon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Eleanor Frances Thomson Elected 3,469 37.7% -8.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul James Alderson 2,407 26.2% -9.8
Reform UK Robert Andrew Harder 1,813 19.7% —
Green Party Eliza Ainley 918 10.0% +5.3
Yorkshire Party Bob Buxton 316 3.4% -5.3
Liberal Democrats Helen Page 279 3.0% -1.1
Majority1,062
Turnout50.3%
Registered electors18,334
Ballots cast9,202

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Harewood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Angela Jane Bond Wallis Elected 3,380 44.1% -14.7
Reform UK John Cowling 1,911 24.9% —
Labour Party David John Bowgett 1,007 13.1% -12.2
Green Party Claire Anne Evans 842 11.0% +0.0
Liberal Democrats John William Hills 300 3.9% -0.9
Independent Patrick Wright 224 2.9% —
Majority1,469
Turnout51.3%
Registered electors14,982
Ballots cast7,664

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Headingley & Hyde Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Nilesh Chohan Elected 4,334 70.6% +18.6
Labour and Co-operative Party Jonathan David Pryor 1,278 20.8% -20.9
Reform UK Andrew Robert Wilde 225 3.7% —
Liberal Democrats Brandon Ashford 139 2.3% +0.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Della Heptinstall 97 1.6% -0.8
Your Party Ryan Richards 62 1.0% —
Majority3,056
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors22,004
Ballots cast6,135

Green Party hold

Horsforth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Emmie Bromley Elected 3,018 34.1% -22.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Calvert 2,063 23.3% -2.1
Green Party Khadijah Akhtar 1,719 19.4% +12.1
Reform UK Michael Meston 1,450 16.4% —
Liberal Democrats Ivan Petrovich Brookes 570 6.4% +1.7
Social Democratic Party Catherine Frances Dobson 25 0.3% -0.2
Majority955
Turnout49.3%
Registered electors17,991
Ballots cast8,845

Labour Party hold

Hunslet & Riverside

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Ed Carlisle Elected 3,202 56.3% +14.3
Labour and Co-operative Party Sarata Sawo 1,422 25.0% -21.2
Reform UK Ayesha Shamim 700 12.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Taiwo Funmilayo Adeyemi 199 3.5% -1.5
Liberal Democrats Roderic Parker 112 2.0% -1.8
Social Democratic Party Paul Thomas 57 1.0% -1.2
Majority1,780
Turnout33.8%
Registered electors16,891
Ballots cast5,692

Green Party gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Killingbeck & Seacroft

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK David Stephen Dresser Elected 2,371 41.1% +30.6
Labour Party John Tudor 1,794 31.1% -30.2
Green Party Nosheen Majid 899 15.6% +5.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Rosemary Gaskell 446 7.7% -3.8
Liberal Democrats Ben Turner-Chastney 214 3.7% -0.7
Social Democratic Party Thomas Peter Foster 50 0.9% -1.7
Majority577
Turnout31.4%
Registered electors18,493
Ballots cast5,774

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Kippax & Methley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mary Elizabeth Harland Elected 3,336 41.8% -23.2
Reform UK Chris Weightman 3,038 38.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Connor Mulhall 717 9.0% -10.5
Green Party Andy Phillips 674 8.5% +0.3
Liberal Democrats Thomas Leadley 208 2.6% -4.7
Majority298
Turnout44.4%
Registered electors18,002
Ballots cast7,973

Labour Party hold

Kirkstall

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Joe Ingham Elected 2,922 45.2% +24.6
Labour Party Hannah Louise Bithell 1,958 30.3% -32.0
Reform UK Jacob Andrew Holmes 946 14.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dawn Julia Collins 240 3.7% -2.1
Independent Stuart Long 211 3.3% -0.4
Liberal Democrats Chris Read 178 2.8% -2.4
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition George Phillips 16 0.2% -2.2
Majority964
Turnout41.6%
Registered electors15,617
Ballots cast6,471

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Little London & Woodhouse

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Eden Hills Elected 2,617 60.2% +38.1
Labour and Co-operative Party Kayleigh Brooks 1,001 23.0% -36.8
Reform UK Bradley Evan Holmes 326 7.5% —
Liberal Democrats George Sykes 255 5.9% -1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Jonathan Paul Burkitt 125 2.9% -5.2
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition TJ Diniz Mota 26 0.6% -2.4
Majority1,616
Turnout28.8%
Registered electors15,232
Ballots cast4,350

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Middleton Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Social Democratic Party Wayne Alan Dixon Elected 2,203 38.2% -4.7
Reform UK James Kendall 1,936 33.5% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Innocent Igiehon 773 13.4% -23.9
Green Party Ciaran Lee Head 545 9.4% +0.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Samson Roberts Adeyemi 206 3.6% -4.0
Liberal Democrats Kristof Szecsi 108 1.9% -1.3
Majority267
Turnout29.5%
Registered electors19,618
Ballots cast5,771

Social Democratic Party hold

Moortown

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Laura Jane Fisher Elected 2,758 29.4% -24.1
Green Party Rachel Elizabeth Hartshorne 2,447 26.1% +8.0
Liberal Democrats Sharon Margaret Slinger 1,277 13.6% +4.2
Reform UK Muhammad Sajjad Raja 1,011 10.8% —
Reform UK Sajjad Raja 1,011 10.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rob Speed 838 8.9% -4.8
Social Democratic Party Sarah Welbourne 43 0.5% -0.1
Majority311
Turnout49.1%
Registered electors17,094
Ballots cast9,385

Labour Party hold

Morley North 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Morley Borough Independents Terry Grayshon Elected 2,780 36.5% -1.4
Reform UK Jonathan Graves Elected 2,707 35.5% —
Morley Borough Independents Simon William Kimberley 2,627 34.5% —
Reform UK Dinah Rose Jones 2,515 33.0% —
Labour Party Edward John Brown 892 11.7% -13.3
Labour Party Jonny Kelsey 743 9.7% —
Green Party Amber Conyers-Davies 736 9.7% +5.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Pauline Barron 678 8.9% -3.8
Green Party Kasim Rasool 657 8.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Louisa Mary Singh 407 5.3% —
Liberal Democrats James Trueman 313 4.1% +0.9
Liberal Democrats Mihai Marcelin Barticel 173 2.3% —
Social Democratic Party Nigel Perry 21 0.3% -0.0
Majority80
Turnout42.8%
Registered electors18,485
Ballots cast (estimated)7,624

Morley Borough Independents hold · Reform UK gain

Morley South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Michael Burnham Elected 2,564 51.9% +15.1
Reform UK Michael Burnham Elected 2,564 51.9% —
Morley Borough Independents Darren Mark Senior 1,957 39.6% +14.4
Liberal Democrats Michael James Fox 992 20.1% +2.6
Green Party Matthew Ball 793 16.1% +10.6
Labour and Co-operative Party Adrian Blake 594 12.0% +1.0
Conservative and Unionist Party John Barron 402 8.1% +4.1
Social Democratic Party Cordelia Lynan 12 0.2% —
Majority607
Turnout40.5%
Registered electors18,115
Ballots cast (estimated)4,939

Reform UK gain from Morley Borough Independents · Reform UK gain

Otley & Yeadon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Colin Andrew Campbell Elected 3,189 36.4% -10.5
Reform UK Scott Michael Richmond 2,195 25.0% —
Green Party Mick Bradley 1,746 19.9% +4.9
Labour Party Simon Mark Dowling 1,038 11.8% -14.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul John Spencer Wadsworth 600 6.8% +0.2
Majority994
Turnout50.4%
Registered electors17,428
Ballots cast8,768

Liberal Democrats hold

Pudsey

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon Anthony Seary Elected 4,415 51.8% +6.7
Reform UK Richard James Robinson 1,531 17.9% +12.1
Labour Party Stephen McBarron 1,304 15.3% -24.8
Green Party Arlan Jones 1,105 13.0% +7.1
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Ann Wilson 176 2.1% -1.2
Majority2,884
Turnout44.9%
Registered electors19,050
Ballots cast8,531

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Rothwell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Stewart Golton Elected 3,772 52.5% -9.6
Reform UK Lindon Dove 1,929 26.9% —
Green Party Mikey Sykes 638 8.9% +5.5
Labour Party Archie Sykes 495 6.9% -15.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Stewart Peter Harper 293 4.1% -1.9
Social Democratic Party Mark Daniels 52 0.7% -0.0
Majority1,843
Turnout45.3%
Registered electors15,859
Ballots cast7,179

Liberal Democrats hold

Roundhay

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kathleen Johnstone Elected 3,316 38.1% -17.2
Green Party Brannoc Stevenson 3,242 37.3% +10.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Rachel Lynda Cohen 918 10.6% -1.0
Reform UK Steven Michael Robinson 851 9.8% —
Liberal Democrats Najeeb Iqbal 316 3.6% -1.0
Social Democratic Party Carl Clements Richman 56 0.6% -1.2
Majority74
Turnout50.1%
Registered electors17,405
Ballots cast8,699

Labour Party hold

Temple Newsam 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Richard Barker Elected 2,456 37.7% +27.4
Reform UK Kieran Richard Thomas White Elected 2,253 34.6% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Julia Almond 1,990 30.5% -21.8
Labour and Co-operative Party Tim Dowd 1,809 27.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Maggie Taylor 1,172 18.0% -5.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Max Holley 992 15.2% —
Green Party Joshua Benjamin Alston 813 12.5% +5.3
Green Party Keely Bannister 768 11.8% —
Liberal Democrats Keith Cecil Norman 355 5.4% -0.6
Liberal Democrats Noah Allerton 317 4.9% —
Social Democratic Party Kimberley Ruth Reid 60 0.9% +0.3
Social Democratic Party Rajiv Kumar Thukral 49 0.8% —
Majority263
Turnout41.8%
Registered electors16,650
Ballots cast (estimated)6,517

Reform UK gain from Labour and Co-operative Party · Reform UK gain

Weetwood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Izaak Wilson Elected 2,684 33.9% -15.7
Liberal Democrats Chris Howley 2,213 27.9% -4.7
Green Party Simon Christopher Dixon 1,901 24.0% +12.7
Reform UK Peter Young 821 10.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Brijesh Virola 270 3.4% -2.1
Social Democratic Party Rob Walker 30 0.4% -0.6
Majority471
Turnout50.4%
Registered electors15,771
Ballots cast7,919

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Wetherby

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Norma Harrington Elected 3,684 43.5% -5.6
Green Party Fran Murphy 2,586 30.5% -7.0
Reform UK Stuart David Burdekin 1,464 17.3% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Alex Riddell 549 6.5% -3.2
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Jared Levy 182 2.2% -0.9
Majority1,098
Turnout51.6%
Registered electors16,467
Ballots cast8,465

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

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