2011 Leeds City Council election

The 2011 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections across the UK.

2011 Leeds City Council election

5 May 2011
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 Leader's seat Kippax & Methley Calverley & Farsley Rothwell Last election 20 seats, 35.7% 6 seats, 26.6% 5 seats, 24.5% Seats won 21 7 2 Seats after 55 21 16 Seat change 7 1 5 Popular vote 99,955 57,927 28,985 Percentage 46.8% 27.1% 13.6%
Labour in red (21), Conservatives in blue (7), Liberal Democrats in yellow (2), Greens in light green (1) and Morley Borough Independents in dark green (1).
Council control before election Minority 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 2007.

After forming a minority administration following the 2010 election, the Labour Party regained overall control of the council for the first time since the council had been in no overall control in 2004. Labour gained seven seats, including four from the Liberal Democrats.[1][2][3][4]

Election summary

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 Democrats	2	0	5	5	6.1	13.6	28,985	-10.9
	Green	1	0	0		3.0	4.8	10,298	+2.4
	Morley Borough Independents	1	0	1	1	3.0	2.7	5,718	+0.7
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	2.0	4,383	+1.1
	English Democrat	0	0	0		0.0	1.3	2,698	+1.3
	Alliance for Green Socialism	0	0	0		0.0	0.8	1,727	+0.1
	BNP	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	1,105	-6.3
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	582	-0.1
	TUSC	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

Councillors who did not stand for re-election

Councillor/s who did not stand for re-election (2)

Councillor	Ward	First elected	Party		Reason	Successor
Andrew Barker[5]	Horsforth	2000		Liberal Democrats	stood down		Dawn Collins (Conservative)
Ruth Feldman[6]	Alwoodley	1999		Conservative	stood down		Dan Cohen (Conservative)

Ward results

Adel & Wharfedale[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Les Carter*	4,144	50.2	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrat	Joanna Beverley	880	15.0	+15.0
	UKIP	Karen Foster	384	6.6	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats		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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats		Swing	+17.9

Horsforth[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Dawn Collins	2,680	33.7	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats		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 Democrats	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	Billy Flynn	847	16.6	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats		Swing	+4.7

Morley North[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Morley Borough Independents	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 Democrat	Tom Redmond	573	8.3	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Andrews	199	2.9	-8.6
Majority			2,043	29.7	+19.1
Turnout			6,887	39
	Morley Borough Independents hold		Swing	+9.5

Morley South[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Neil Dawson	2,129	33.4	+9.9
	Morley Borough Independents	Terry Grayshon*	2,076	32.6	+5.9
	English Democrat	Chris Beverley	1,245	19.6	+19.6
	Conservative	Neil Hunt	736	11.6	-6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Jacques	180	2.8	-8.0
Majority			53	0.8	-2.4
Turnout			6,366	38
	Labour gain from Morley Borough Independents		Swing	+2.0

Otley & Yeadon[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Campbell*	3,185	38.6	-6.3
	Labour	John Eveleigh	3,026	36.7	+12.8
	Conservative	Nigel Francis	2,034	24.7	-0.4
Majority			159	1.9	-17.9
Turnout			8,245	47
	Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats		Swing	+5.0

Roundhay[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Christine MacNiven	4,307	50.3	+11.6
	Conservative	Valerie Kendall*	2,850	33.3	-0.3
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats 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 Democrats	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

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