2016 Leeds City Council election

The 2016 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2016 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England.[1] It was on the same day as other local elections.

2016 Leeds City Council election

5 May 2016
33 of the 99 seats on Leeds City Council 50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	34.7% ( 29.39%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Judith Blake Andrew Carter Stewart Golton Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Middleton Park Calverley & Farsley Rothwell Last election 22 seats, 39.8% 6 seats, 27.4% 3 seats, 8.4% Seats won 21 6 3 Seats after 63 19 9 Seat change Popular vote 79,442 42,465 18,525 Percentage 43.0% 23.0% 10.0%
Labour in red (21), Conservatives in blue (6), Liberal Democrats in yellow (3), Morley Borough Independents in dark green (2) and Greens in light green (1).
Council control before election Majority 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 2012.

The Labour Party retained all 21 of their contested council seats, maintaining their majority control of the council with a total of 63 of the 99 elected councillors. It was the second election in a row in which no party gained or lost any seats.

Election summary

Leeds City Council Election Result 2016[2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	21	0	0		63.6	43.0	79,442	+4.4%
	Conservative	6	0	0		18.2	23.0	42,465	+1.5%
	UKIP	0	0	0		0	12.5	23,166	-4.2%
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	0		9.1	10.0	18,525	-0.2%
	Green	1	0	0		3.0	7.1	13,021	-2.0%
	Morley Borough Independents	2	0	0		6.1	2.8	5,079	+0.3%
	Yorkshire First	0	0	0		0	0.6	1,063	+0.6%
	Independent	0	0	0		0	0.5	987	+0.2%
	Alliance for Green Socialism	0	0	0		0	0.3	541	-0.3%
	TUSC	0	0	0		0	0.2	387	-0.1%
	Total	99				100%	100%	184,676

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:[2][3]

Party		2015 election	New council
	Labour	63	63
	Conservative	19	19
	Liberal Democrat	9	9
	Morley Borough Independent	5	5
	Green	3	3
Total		99	99
Working majority		27	27

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
Ann Castle[4]	Harewood	1988, 2000		Conservative	stood down		Ryan Stephenson (Conservative)
Judith Cummins[5]	Temple Newsam	2012		Labour	stood down		Debra Coupar (Labour)
Maureen Ingham[6]	Armley	2012		Labour	stood down		Denise Ragan (Labour)
Andrea McKenna[7]	Garforth & Swillington	2003		Labour	stood down		Sarah Field (Labour)
Bill Urry[8]	Roundhay	2012		Labour	stood down		Eleanor Tunnicliffe (Labour)

Incumbent Labour councillors, Debra Coupar (Cross Gates & Whinmoor), Roger Harington (Gipton & Harehills) and Janette Walker (Headingley), all stood for new wards. Coupar was elected to represent Temple Newsam and Walker replaced Coupar as a councillor for Cross Gates & Whinmoor. Harington lost to the Liberal Democrats in Weetwood.[9]

Ward results

Adel & Wharfedale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Barry Anderson*	4,125	58.4	+12.3
	Labour	Paul Wray	1,270	18.0	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Cheryl Kebede	948	13.4	-8.4
	UKIP	Glenn Morley	440	6.2	-1.5
	Green	Emma Louise Carter	281	4.0	-1.8
Majority			2,855	40.4	+16.0
Turnout			7,064	45.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alwoodley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Neil Buckley*	3,443	52.1	+0.7
	Labour	Keith White	1,982	30.0	-1.0
	UKIP	Warren Hendon	534	8.1	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Roderic Parker	348	5.3	-0.2
	Green	Miriam Moss	223	3.4	+0.3
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Brian Jackson	83	1.3	+0.5
Majority			1,461	22.1	+1.7
Turnout			6,613	38.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ardsley & Robin Hood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Karen Renshaw*	2,248	46.1	+6.6
	Conservative	Tim Atkin	1,161	23.8	-9.1
	UKIP	Lindon Dove	1,096	22.5	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Lloyd Ward	225	4.6	+1.2
	Green	Lyssie Page	143	2.9	+0.8
Majority			1,087	22.3	+15.7
Turnout			4,873	28.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Armley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alison Lowe*	2,726	55.7	+7.4
	UKIP	David Caldwell	1,104	22.6	+1.3
	Green	David Michael Smith	453	9.3	-2.3
	Conservative	Shane Morgan	380	7.8	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Glover	181	3.7	-0.3
	TUSC	Beth Sutcliffe	47	1.0	-0.1
Majority			1,622	33.1	+6.2
Turnout			4,891	29.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Beeston & Holbeck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Angela Gabriel*	2,547	61.4	+8.3
	UKIP	Luke Senior	833	20.1	-2.9
	Conservative	Robert Winfield	429	10.3	-3.9
	Green	Adam Dent	232	5.6	-0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Gagen	84	2.0	-0.4
	TUSC	Kevin Pattison	26	0.6	-0.9
Majority			1,714	+40.3	+10.2
Turnout			4,151	28.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Bramley & Stanningley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Caroline Gruen*	2,370	51.2	+5.4
	UKIP	Anne Murgatroyd	1,152	24.9	+2.3
	Conservative	Alex Nancolas	484	10.5	+7.8
	Green	Kate Bisson	453	9.8	-1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Serena Glover	171	3.7	+0.5
Majority			1,218	26.3	+3.1
Turnout			4,630	29.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Burmantofts & Richmond Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Denise Ragan	2,279	57.4	+3.6
	UKIP	Geoff Holloran	766	19.3	-1.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Hollingsworth	464	11.7	+2.3
	Green	Penny Gilg	223	5.6	+0.5
	Conservative	Peter Lord	189	4.8	+4.3
	TUSC	James Ellis	47	1.2	+0.7
Majority			1,513	38.1	+5.0
Turnout			3,968	27.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Calverley & Farsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Andrew Carter*	3,674	52.9	+5.9
	Labour	Peter Carlill	2,269	32.7	+3.7
	UKIP	Malcolm Steele	596	8.6	-0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Arbuckle	249	3.6	+0.2
	Green	Clive Lord	161	2.3	+2.1
Majority			1,405	20.2	+9.6
Turnout			6,949	39.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chapel Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Eileen Taylor*	4,169	69.5	+11.5
	Conservative	David Myers	541	9.0	+6.2
	Green	Keith Mollison	464	7.7	+6.4
	UKIP	Sheila Valerie Store	290	4.8	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Finlay	275	4.6	+3.3
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Mike Davies	262	4.4	-0.6
Majority			3,628	60.5	+17.7
Turnout			6,001	36.0
	Labour hold		Swing

City & Hunslet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Elizabeth Nash*	2,483	49.1	+4.2
	Green	Ed Carlisle	1,397	27.6	+4.8
	Conservative	Amy Green	443	8.8	10.8
	UKIP	Brian Weatherill	425	8.4	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jahangir Aziz	252	4.9	+0
	TUSC	Mary Rosamund Finch	54	1.2	+1.2
Majority			1,086	21.5	-0.5
Turnout			5,054	25.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Cross Gates & Whinmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Janette Walker	2,789	48.6	+2.8
	UKIP	Mark Maniatt	1,446	25.2	+3.6
	Conservative	Matthew Gale	1,088	18.8	-5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Langwick	245	4.3	+0.6
	Green	Florence Scott	165	3.1	-1.4
Majority			1,343	23.4	+2.0
Turnout			5,733	32.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Farnley & Wortley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Green	David Blackburn*	2,517	47.6	+10.8
	Labour	John Hardy	1,576	29.8	-0.8
	UKIP	Tony Roberts	751	14.2	-4.8
	Conservative	Hayley Nancolas	380	7.2	-3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Jacques	60	1.2	-0.8
Majority			941	17.8	+11.7
Turnout			5,284	30.4
	Green hold		Swing

Garforth & Swillington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Sarah Field	3,582	55.2	-2.0
	Conservative	Daniel Farrell	1,726	26.6	-0.1
	UKIP	Terry Harkin	862	13.3	+2.3
	Green	Kieran White	175	2.7	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mitchell Galdas	147	2.3	+0
Majority			1,856	28.6	-4.0
Turnout			6,492	40.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Gipton & Harehills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Salma Arif	3,972	79.0	+5.1
	UKIP	Khalil Kungulilo	360	7.2	-3.6
	Conservative	Beatrice Greenwood	263	5.2	-1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Tait	245	4.9	+0.0
	Green	Rhian Williams	130	2.6	-1.2
	TUSC	Tanis Belsham-Wray	60	1.2	+1.2
Majority			3,612	71.8	+8.7
Turnout			5,030	32.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Guiseley & Rawdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Graham Latty*	3,177	44.0	-2.6
	Labour	David Bowe	2,114	29.3	-2.0
	Yorkshire First	Bob Buxton	741	10.3	+10.3
	UKIP	Lynn Parker	571	7.9	3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Dowling	367	5.1	-3.9
	Green	Lesley Jeffries	255	3.5	-2.4
Majority			1,063	14.7	-4.6
Turnout			7,225	40.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harewood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ryan Stephenson	3,295	57.8	-3.0
	Labour	Leo Verity	946	16.6	-0.8
	UKIP	Rosemary O'Dea	706	12.4	+1.4
	Green	David Corry	382	6.7	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Howell	371	6.5	+1.0
Majority			2,349	41.2	-2.2
Turnout			5,700	38.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Headingley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Al Garthwaite	1,516	50.1	+10.1
	Green	Joe Salmon	705	23.7	-7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Goodman	556	18.7	+6.3
	Conservative	Diane Elaine Fox	113	3.8	-8.6
	UKIP	Paul William Thomas Denner	73	2.5	+0.6
	TUSC	Jack Andrew Niddrie	14	0.5	-0.4
Majority			811	26.4	+18.0
Turnout			2,922	28.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Horsforth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Townsley*	2,329	32.9	+13.4
	Labour Co-op	Ian McCargo	1,945	27.5	+3.2
	Conservative	Richard John O'Callaghan	1,923	27.2	-12.9
	UKIP	Roger Facer Tattersall	462	6.5	-1.8
	Green	Ben Hall	421	5.9	-1.0
Majority			384	5.4	-10.4
Turnout			7,080	42.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hyde Park & Woodhouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Christine Towler*	2,075	65.0	+15.3
	Green	Christopher Mark Foren	509	15.9	-10.4
	Conservative	Constance Mary Campbell	215	6.7	-6.6
	UKIP	Joe Murgatroyd	179	5.6	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Dowling	163	5.1	±0
	TUSC	Ben Mayor	52	1.6	+0.3
Majority			1,566	49.1	+25.6
Turnout			3,193	23.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Killingbeck & Seacroft

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Graham Hyde*	2,811	62.3	+7.5
	UKIP	Steve Leak	828	18.3	-5.3
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hayes	431	9.5	-4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Douglas	166	3.7	+0.2
	Green	Jaimes Moran	124	2.7	-1.3
	Yorkshire First	John Otley	111	2.5	+2.5
	TUSC	Iain Alaistair Dalton	44	1.0	+1.0
Majority			1983	44.0	+12.8
Turnout			4,515	27.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Kippax & Methley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mary Harland*	3,122	55.8	+6.3
	UKIP	Paul Spivey	1,138	20.3	+3.3
	Conservative	Ines Newell	978	17.5	7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Hindley	181	3.2	+0.2
	Green	Stephen Paul Terry	180	3.2	-2.0
Majority			1,984	35.5	+11.2
Turnout			5,599	35.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Kirkstall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Lucinda Yeadon*	3,453	68.5	+16.8
	UKIP	Cain Weber	547	10.9	+0.3
	Green	Morgan Tatchell-Evans	420	8.3	-10.0
	Conservative	George Rear	313	6.2	-6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Hughes	212	4.2	-1.5
	Independent	Stuart William Long	53	1.1	+1.1
	TUSC	Maddy Steeds	43	0.9	-0.5
Majority			5,040	57.6	+24.2
Turnout			5041	34.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Middleton Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Paul Truswell*	2,285	48.9	-1.3
	UKIP	Craig Sweaton	1,278	27.4	-2.7
	Independent	Wayne Dixon	605	13.0	+13.0
	Conservative	Hugh Findlay	300	6.4	-5.9
	Green	Fiona Love	104	2.2	-0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sadie Fisher	99	2.1	-0.3
Majority			1007	21.6	-0.5
Turnout			4,671	25.3	+4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Moortown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Alex Sobel*	3,517	53.5	+8.8
	Conservative	Mark Dodsworth	1,349	20.5	-7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Howley	692	10.5	+0.6
	UKIP	Harvey Alexander	565	8.3	+0.4
	Green	Tim Goodall	455	6.7	+1.2
Majority			2,168	33.0	+16.2
Turnout			6,578	38.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Morley North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Morley Borough Independents	Robert Finnigan*	2,891	50.6	+13.3
	Labour	Andrew Scopes	1,245	21.8	-0.1
	Conservative	Jason Aldiss	816	14.3	-7.5
	UKIP	Peter Morgan	537	9.4	+3.6
	Green	Mickayla Ireland	122	2.1	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Andrews	108	1.9	-0.4
Majority			1,646	28.8	+13.4
Turnout			5,719	32.8
	Morley Borough Independents hold		Swing

Morley South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Morley Borough Independents	Judith Elliott*	2,188	43.2	+18.0
	Labour	Sarah Keig	1,445	28.5	+2.0
	UKIP	David Michael Kent	687	13.6	-3.3
	Conservative	Jane Eastwood	547	10.8	+10.0
	Green	Christopher James Bell	145	2.9	-0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Aqila Choudhry	55	1.1	-0.9
Majority			743	14.7	+9.3
Turnout			5.067	30.8
	Morley Borough Independents hold		Swing

Otley & Yeadon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Sandy Lay*	3,737	48.1	+12.6
	Labour	Nik Rutherford	1,825	23.5	-2.6
	Conservative	Jonathon David Taylor	702	9.0	-9.0
	UKIP	Tom Hollings	675	8.7	-2.7
	Green	Mick Bradley	501	6.5	-2.5
	Independent	Jackie Brown	323	4.1	+4.1
Majority			1,912	24.6	+15.2
Turnout			7,763	45.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pudsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Josie Jarosz*	2,884	45.4	+3.8
	Conservative	Simon Seary	2,120	33.3	-2.6
	UKIP	Kath Tattersall	751	11.8	-1.8
	Green	Laura Rosemary Johnson	220	3.5	-1.8
	Yorkshire First	Conor Andrew O'Neill	211	3.3	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jude Patrick Arbuckle	167	2.6	-0.4
Majority			764	12.3	+6.7
Turnout			6,353	36.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Rothwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Nagle*	2,026	36.1	-2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Carmel Harrison	1,728	30.1	+10.5
	Conservative	Steve Ellis	912	16.2	-8.7
	UKIP	David Daniel	750	13.3	±0
	Green	Emma Dobson	203	3.6	-0.1
Majority			298	6.0	-7.7
Turnout			5,619	36.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Roundhay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Eleanor Tunnicliffe	4,161	57.7	+8.1
	Conservative	Michael Lowry	1,584	22.0	-6.1
	Green	Paul Charles Ellis	461	6.4	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Najeeb Iqbal	417	5.8	+0.2
	UKIP	Steven Leslie Benjamin Bell	395	5.5	+0.7
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Malcolm Christie	196	2.7	+0.5
Majority			2,577	35.7	+14.3
Turnout			7,214	41.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Temple Newsam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Debra Coupar	2,690	46.6	+3.7
	Conservative	David Schofield	1,430	24.8	-4.4
	UKIP	Phil Moore	1,259	21.8	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Norman	216	3.7	-0.3
	Green	Sarah Ann Crossland	179	3.1	-0.7
Majority			1,260	21.8	+8.1
Turnout			5,774	36.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Weetwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Bentley*	2,701	44.3	+9.0
	Labour	Roger Harington	1,982	32.5	+5.5
	Conservative	Angelo Basu	597	9.8	-6.9
	Green	Martin Hemingway	415	6.8	-6.2
	UKIP	Mike Cullen	398	6.5	-1.0
Majority			719	11.8	+3.5
Turnout			6,093	41.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wetherby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gerald Wilkinson*	3,387	58.3	-0.1
	Labour	Adam Ferhani	1,141	19.6	-1.6
	UKIP	Tina Smith	712	12.3	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Golton	366	6.3	+0.3
	Green	Vasco Santos	203	3.5	-1.8
Majority			2,246	38.7	+1.6
Turnout			5,809	37.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

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