2006 Leeds City Council election

The 2006 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 4 May 2006 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England.

2006 Leeds City Council election
4 May 2006
33 of the 99 seats on Leeds City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout35.9%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Keith Wakefield Mark Harris Andrew Carter
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader's seat Kippax & Methley Moortown Calverley & Farsley
Last election 40 seats, 29.1% 26 seats, % 24 seats, 26.9%
Seats won 16 8 7
Seats after 40 26 24
Seat change
Popular vote 62,957 42,554 53,693
Percentage 31.6% 21.4% 27.0%
Swing 2.5% 2.0% 0.1%
Labour in red (16), Liberal Democrats in yellow (8), Conservatives in blue (7), BNP in dark blue, Greens in light green (1) and Morley Borough Independents in dark green (1).
Council control before election

Coalition
Liberal Democrats and Conservatives

 Council control after election

Coalition
Liberal Democrats and Conservatives

As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were contested, plus an additional vacancy in Killingbeck & Seacroft ward. Those seats up for election were those of the third-placed candidate elected for every ward at the 2004 all-out election, who had been granted a two-year term to expire in 2006.

The only party to gain a seat was the British National Party, defeating the Morley Borough Independents in Morley South to elect their first and only councillor to date.

With the council remaining in no overall control, the election result saw the Liberal Democrat and Conservative coalition administration continue their control of the council.[1][2][3][4]

Election result
Leeds Local Election Result 2006[1][4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 16 0 0 47.0 31.6 62,957 +2.5%
  Conservative 7 0 0 20.6 27.0 53,693 +0.1%
  Liberal Democrats 8 0 0 23.5 21.4 42,554 -2.0%
  BNP 1 1 0 1 2.9 11.4 22,642 +3.7%
  Green 1 0 0 2.9 4.6 9,118 -1.4%
  Morley Borough Independents 1 0 1 1 2.9 2.4 4,749 -0.2%
  Alliance for Green Socialism 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 2,067 -0.6%
  English Democrat 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 563 +0.3%
  Independent 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 254 -1.8%
  Respect 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 252 -0.1%
  Christian Peoples Alliance 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 140 +0.1%
  BPP 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 135 +0.1%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:[3]

Party Previous council New council
Labour 40 40
Liberal Democrat 26 26
Conservative 24 24
Morley Borough Independent 6 5
Green 3 3
BNP 0 1
Total 99 99
Working majority  -19   -19 

Councillors who did not stand for re-election
Councillor/s who did not stand for re-election (5)
Councillor Ward First elected Party Reason Successor
Gareth Beevers Morley South 2004 Morley Borough Independents stood down Christopher Beverley (British National Party)
Stuart Bruce Middleton Park 1999 Labour stood down Debra Coupar (Labour)
Michael Davey Killingbeck & Seacroft 2002 Labour stood down Vonnie Morgan (Labour)
Mitchell Galdas Rothwell 2004 Liberal Democrats stood down Stewart Golton (Liberal Democrats)
Claire Nash Farnley & Wortley 2000 Green stood down Luke Russell (Green)

Incumbent Liberal Democrat councillor, Stewart Golton (Weetwood), was elected to represent a new ward, succeeding Mitchell Galdas in Rothwell.

Ward results
Adel & Wharfedale[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Clive Fox* 4,128 53.5 -0.6
Liberal Democrats Christina Shaw 2,085 27.0 +3.2
Labour John Garvani 941 12.2 -3.6
English Democrat Stephen Elliott 563 7.3 +7.3
Majority 2,042 26.5 -3.8
Turnout 7,718 48.0 -6.4
Conservative hold Swing -1.8
Alwoodley[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Peter Harrand* 3,693 50.4 +5.2
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Brown 1,902 26.0 -4.0
Labour Doug Masterton 1,459 19.9 +2.2
Alliance for Green Socialism Brian Jackson 275 3.8 +0.8
Majority 1,791 24.4 +9.2
Turnout 7,329 41.8 -11.4
Conservative hold Swing +4.6
Ardsley & Robin Hood[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Lisa Mulherin* 1,884 35.8 +4.2
Conservative David Boynton 1,372 26.1 +4.6
BNP John Hirst 1,182 22.5 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Philip Moore 821 15.6 +2.6
Majority 512 9.7 -0.4
Turnout 5,259 33.5 -5.6
Labour hold Swing -0.2
Armley[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Janet Harper* 2,214 42.1 -0.3
BNP Bernard Allen 921 17.5 +4.9
Green Jacqueline Nelson 740 14.1 -1.8
Conservative Glenn Broadbent 713 13.5 -3.7
Liberal Democrats Christine Golton 677 12.9 +1.0
Majority 1,293 24.6 -0.5
Turnout 5,265 30.5 -5.2
Labour hold Swing -2.6
Beeston & Holbeck[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour David Congreve* 1,981 39.6 +8.5
Liberal Democrats James Fuller 1,174 23.5 +6.8
BNP Dean Taylor 899 18.0 +4.5
Conservative Robert Winfield 695 13.9 -2.4
Green Neil Green 254 5.1 -0.4
Majority 807 16.1 +1.7
Turnout 5,003 31.6 -6.0
Labour hold Swing +0.8
Bramley & Stanningley[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Neil Taggart* 2,005 40.5 +0.8
BNP Sandra Cockayne 882 17.8 +5.0
Liberal Democrats Adam Slack 803 16.2 -7.9
Conservative Michael Best 780 15.8 +0.7
Green Pamela Brown 347 7.0 -1.4
BPP Edmond Morrison 135 2.7 +2.7
Majority 1,123 22.7 +7.1
Turnout 4,952 30.2 -7.5
Labour hold Swing -2.1
Burmantofts & Richmond Hill[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats David Hollingsworth* 2,182 42.3 +2.3
Labour John Hardy 1,634 31.7 -0.1
BNP Mark Collett 1,124 21.8 +6.0
Conservative Simon O'Riordan 214 4.2 -0.8
Majority 548 10.6 +2.4
Turnout 5,154 33.8 -5.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.2
Calverley & Farsley[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Frank Robinson* 3,272 46.9 -6.2
Labour Andrew Jarosz 1,773 25.4 +5.3
BNP Robert Leary 987 14.1 +14.1
Liberal Democrats Laura Harmes 944 13.5 -1.8
Majority 1,499 21.5 -11.5
Turnout 6,976 40.5 -6.4
Conservative hold Swing -5.7
Chapel Allerton[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jane Dowson* 2,914 47.1 +10.5
Liberal Democrats Timothy Herberd 1,720 27.8 +2.1
Conservative Simon Baker 647 10.5 +0.1
Alliance for Green Socialism Garth Frankland 558 9.0 -8.2
Green Mark Elliot 352 5.7 -4.4
Majority 1,194 19.3 +8.3
Turnout 6,191 36.5 -1.4
Labour hold Swing +4.2
City & Hunslet[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Mohammed Iqbal* 1,884 46.9 +5.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Swain 1,143 28.5 +6.3
Conservative Simon Church 437 10.9 -3.3
Green Michael Northfield 300 7.5 -2.8
Respect Sally Kincaid 252 6.3 +6.3
Majority 741 18.5 -1.0
Turnout 4,016 26.7 -3.7
Labour hold Swing -0.5
Cross Gates & Whinmoor[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Peter Gruen* 2,455 39.1 -2.0
Conservative Margaret Schofield 1,972 31.4 -0.7
BNP Martin Gibson 924 14.7 +4.0
Liberal Democrats Aqila Choudhry 588 9.4 +0.9
Green Lee Mortimer 347 5.5 +5.5
Majority 483 7.7 -1.3
Turnout 6,286 37.1 -0.7
Labour hold Swing -0.6
Farnley & Wortley[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green Luke Russell 2,324 38.8 -12.2
Labour Stephen Towler 1,657 27.6 +6.4
BNP Peter Maverick 992 16.5 +4.5
Conservative George Firth 630 10.5 -0.5
Liberal Democrats Alistair Bradley 354 5.9 +1.2
Alliance for Green Socialism Declan Normaschild 40 0.7 +0.7
Majority 667 11.1 -18.6
Turnout 5,997 34.3 -6.1
Green hold Swing -9.3
Garforth & Swillington[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Thomas Murray* 3,311 41.5 +7.2
Conservative Alan Lamb 3,043 38.1 +5.1
BNP John Powell 988 12.4 -0.3
Liberal Democrats Ann Norman 643 8.1 -12.0
Majority 268 3.4 +2.2
Turnout 7,985 50.5 +1.4
Labour hold Swing +1.0
Gipton & Harehills[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Roger Harington* 2,76 47.9 +4.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Tear 2,577 44.7 -3.1
Conservative Beatrice Greenwood 262 4.5 +0.1
Alliance for Green Socialism Azar Iqbal 166 2.9 -1.4
Majority 189 3.3 -0.8
Turnout 5,771 37.2 -8.7
Labour hold Swing +3.7
Guiseley & Rawdon[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Bale* 2,901 42.2 +0.3
Labour Michael King 1,813 26.4 +4.6
Liberal Democrats Lucinda Cleasby 1,080 15.7 -1.6
BNP Wayne Taylor 617 9.0 +1.6
Green Colin Avison 412 6.0 -3.2
Alliance for Green Socialism Gareth Christie 55 0.8 -1.7
Majority 1,088 15.8 -4.4
Turnout 6,878 41.3 -6.3
Conservative hold Swing -2.1
Harewood[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Alec Shelbrooke* 4,409 62.3 -1.0
Labour Hayley Johnson 907 12.8 -2.9
BNP Joanna Beverley 767 10.8 +10.8
Liberal Democrats Joanne Hall 680 9.6 -7.2
Green Murray Ford 275 3.9 +3.9
Alliance for Green Socialism Fiona Christie 36 0.5 -3.6
Majority 3,502 49.5 +3.0
Turnout 7,074 48.1 -4.5
Conservative hold Swing +0.5
Headingley[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Martin Hamilton* 1,067 41.7 -2.9
Labour Katherine Mitchell 641 25.0 +5.9
Green Lesley Jeffries 469 18.3 -1.2
Conservative Christopher Wales 299 11.7 +2.5
Alliance for Green Socialism Sequoyah de Souza Vigneswaren 84 3.3 -4.3
Majority 426 16.6 -8.5
Turnout 2,560 18.9 -3.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -4.4
Horsforth[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Brian Cleasby* 2,585 38.4 -2.7
Conservative John Hardcastle 2,488 37.0 +10.0
Labour Lucinda Yeadon 954 14.2 +1.8
Green Andrea Binns 566 8.4 +1.0
Christian Peoples Alliance Paul Hellyer 140 2.1 +2.1
Majority 97 1.4 -12.8
Turnout 6,733 39.3 -8.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -6.3
Hyde Park & Woodhouse[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Linda Rhodes-Clayton* 1,099 38.8 -8.9
Labour Mina Kainyek 1,072 37.9 +8.4
Green Tim Sunderland 501 17.7 +17.7
Alliance for Green Socialism Muhammad Arfan 79 2.8 -9.8
Independent Giles Neafcy 79 2.8 +2.8
Majority 27 1.0 -17.3
Turnout 2,830 18.5 -8.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -8.6
Killingbeck & Seacroft[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Brian Selby* 2,696 52.1 +1.2
Labour Vonnie Morgan 2,417
BNP George Geapin 1,017 19.6 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Margaret Tait 872 16.8 -1.5
BNP Richard Warrington 860
Liberal Democrats Sadie Fisher 848
Conservative Caroline Anderson 592 11.4 -1.5
Conservative Donald Townsley 542
Majority 1,679 32.5 -0.1
Turnout 5,177 15.8 -22.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing -0.3
Kippax & Methley[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Keith Wakefield* 3,422 52.9 -0.2
Conservative Tina Phillips 1,287 19.9 -2.1
BNP Lisa Crossley 1,126 17.4 +4.9
Liberal Democrats Barbara Thompson 635 9.8 -2.6
Majority 2,135 33.0 +1.9
Turnout 6,470 41.2 -2.8
Labour hold Swing +0.9
Kirkstall[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Bernard Atha* 2,149 45.5 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Christine Coleman 1,546 32.7 +2.9
Green Martin Reed 537 11.4 +0.0
Conservative Benjamin Jackson 489 10.4 -1.3
Majority 603 12.8 +2.2
Turnout 4,721 29.2 -8.2
Labour hold Swing +1.1
Middleton Park[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Debra Coupar 2,123 42.6 +1.7
BNP Kevin Meeson 1,424 28.6 +7.5
Conservative Richard Barker 860 17.3 -4.3
Liberal Democrats Benedict Chastney 578 11.6 -4.9
Majority 699 14.0 -5.3
Turnout 4,985 29.4 -4.1
Labour hold Swing -2.9
Moortown[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Richard Harker* 2,385 33.8 -12.5
Labour Gerald Harper 2,241 31.7 +9.8
Conservative Lyn Buckley 2,060 29.2 +3.9
Alliance for Green Socialism Michael Davies 380 5.4 -1.2
Majority 145 2.1 -18.9
Turnout 7,067 41.1 -6.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -11.1
Morley North[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Morley Borough Independents Thomas Leadley* 2,959 42.4 -3.9
BNP Thomas Redmond 1,491 21.4 +8.4
Labour Neil Dawson 1,370 19.7 +3.1
Conservative William Flynn 802 11.5 -2.5
Liberal Democrats Levent Akbulut 350 5.0 -0.3
Majority 1,468 21.0 -8.8
Turnout 6,972 39.9 -4.2
Morley Borough Independents hold Swing -6.1
Morley South[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Christopher Beverley 2,083 32.9 +15.6
Morley Borough Independents Michael Elliott 1,790 28.3 -4.7
Labour Sherry Bradley 1,407 22.3 -3.8
Conservative Keely Jamieson 550 8.7 -0.1
Liberal Democrats John Skinner 317 5.0 -0.7
Independent Charles Slingsby 175 2.8 -6.3
Majority 383 4.6 -2.4
Turnout 6,322 39.1 -1.4
BNP gain from Morley Borough Independents Swing +10.1
Otley & Yeadon[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Ryk Downes* 3,159 38.7 +7.5
Conservative Nigel Francis 2,290 28.1 +5.0
Labour John Eveleigh 1,782 21.8 +0.9
BNP Mark Gates 551 6.7 +1.6
Green David Webb 297 3.6 -13.8
Alliance for Green Socialism Wendy Frankland 84 1.0 -1.2
Majority 869 10.6 +2.4
Turnout 8,163 47.1 -4.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.2
Pudsey[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Mick Coulson* 2,499 36.8 -5.6
Conservative Barry White 2,122 31.2 +0.9
BNP Angela Day 1,115 16.4 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Jason McCartney 678 10.0 -5.2
Green Irene Dracup 377 5.6 +5.6
Majority 377 5.6 -6.5
Turnout 6,791 40.1 -5.5
Labour hold Swing -3.2
Rothwell[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Stewart Golton 2,323 40.7 -2.3
Labour Karen Bruce 1,954 34.2 -0.2
BNP Tracy Andrews 823 14.4 +3.0
Conservative Dorothy Flynn 613 10.7 -0.5
Majority 369 6.5 -2.1
Turnout 5,713 37.2 -7.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -1.0
Roundhay[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Paul Wadsworth* 2,930 39.4 +5.7
Labour Irene O'Grady 2,457 33.1 +6.2
Liberal Democrats Carl Quilliam 1,213 16.3 -6.3
Green Paul Ellis 598 8.1 -3.7
Alliance for Green Socialism Malcolm Christie 230 3.1 -1.8
Majority 473 6.4 -0.5
Turnout 7,428 43.1 -11.1
Conservative hold Swing -0.2
Temple Newsam[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Michael Lyons* 2,394 35.7 +1.1
Conservative Elizabeth Hayes 1,967 29.3 -7.8
BNP Peter Hollings 1,486 22.1 +10.4
Liberal Democrats Keith Norman 867 12.9 -3.6
Majority 427 6.4 +3.9
Turnout 6,714 41.9 -3.8
Labour hold Swing +4.4
Weetwood[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Judith Chapman 2,550 43.6 +8.0
Conservative Guy West 1,334 22.8 -4.3
Labour Anne Cherry 1,089 18.6 -4.7
Green Martin Hemingway 422 7.2 -6.7
BNP Gillian Leake 370 6.3 +6.3
Alliance for Green Socialism Daniel Kennedy 77 1.3 +1.3
Majority 1,216 20.8 +12.3
Turnout 5,842 33.8 -9.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +6.1
Wetherby[1][2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Procter* 3,842 57.0 -6.6
Labour Andrew Robinson 1,069 15.9 -6.9
Liberal Democrats James Matthews 955 14.2 +0.5
BNP Ralph Nutter 873 13.0 +13.0
Majority 2,773 41.1 +0.3
Turnout 6,739 44.0 -5.7
Conservative hold Swing +0.1
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References
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