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2024 Leeds City Council election
← 2023 2 May 2024 2026 →
33 of 99 seats on Leeds City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout34.2% (Increase 3.0%)
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader James Lewis Alan Lamb[1] Stewart Golton
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 22 seats, 44.4% 4 seats, 22.3% 2 seats, 10.6%
Seats before 61 18 6
Seats won 19 5 2
Seats after 61 15[2] 6
Seat change Steady Decrease3 Steady
Popular vote 85,055 40,327 18,527
Percentage 43.3% 20.5% 9.4%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader David Blackburn Robert Finnigan Mark Dobson
Party Green Morley Borough Independents Garforth and Swillington Independents
Last election 1 seat, 14.2% 2 seats, 2.5% 1 seat, 1.9%
Seats before 3 4 3
Seats won 3 2 1
Seats after 5 4 3
Seat change Increase2 Steady Steady
Popular vote 32,085 4,538 3,469
Percentage 16.3% 2.3% 1.8%
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Wayne Dixon n/a
Party SDP Independent
Last election 1 seat, 1.4% 0 seats, 0.4%
Seats before 2 2
Seats won 1 0
Seats after 3 2
Seat change Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 3,173 1,554
Percentage 1.6% 0.8%
Map of Leeds City Council wards
Leader before election

James Lewis
Labour

Leader after election

James Lewis
Labour

The 2024 Leeds City Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024. It was held on the same day as the second West Yorkshire mayoral election and other local elections across the United Kingdom.[3]

The Labour Party maintained control of the council, with their seat count holding steady. For the third year in a row, the Conservative Party lost three seats, all to Labour; the party would additionally lose a seat in Pudsey two days after the election when Trish Smith, re-elected the previous year, resigned to sit as an independent.[4] The Green Party also succeeded in taking three seats from Labour and saw the largest popular vote share increase out of any of the parties, though Labour in turn unseated Green group leader David Blackburn, preventing the Greens from equalling the Liberal Democrats as the third-largest group on the council. The Social Democratic Party took the third seat in Middleton Park, wiping out the Labour Party's representation in the ward, and all other parties held level in their seat count.[5]

Election summary

Leeds City Council Election Result 2024[6]
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Labour 33 19 4 4 Steady 57.6 43.3 85,055 -1.1
  Conservative 33 5 0 3 Decrease 3 15.2 20.5 40,327 -1.8
  Green 33 3 3 1 Increase 2 9.1 16.3 32,085 +2.1
  Liberal Democrats 33 2 0 0 Steady 6.1 9.4 18,527 -1.2
  Morley Borough Independent 2 2 0 0 Steady 6.1 2.3 4,538 -0.2
  Yorkshire 12 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.1 4,064 +1.0
  Garforth and Swillington Independents 1 1 0 0 Steady 3.0 1.8 3,469 -0.1
  SDP 19 1 1 0 Increase 1 3.0 1.6 3,173 +0.2
  Reform UK 6 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.3 2,613 +0.9
  Independent 5 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.8 1,554 +0.4
  TUSC 7 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.3 675 ±0.0
  Alliance for Green Socialism 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 222 ±0.0
Total 185 33 4 4 Steady 100% 100% 197,671[a]

The election result had the following consequences for the political composition of the council:

Party 2023 election Prior to election New council
Labour 61 61 61
Conservative 18 18 15
Liberal Democrat 6 6 6
Morley Borough Independents 6 4 4
Garforth and Swillington Independents 3 3 3
Green 3 3 5
SDP 2 2 3
Independent 0 2[b] 2
Total 99 99 99
Working majority  23   23   23 

Councillors not standing for re-election

Councillor/s not standing for re-election (4)
Councillor Ward First elected Party Reason Successor
Gohar Almass[10] Beeston & Holbeck 2018 Labour stood down Shaf Ali (Labour)
Caroline Gruen[11] Bramley & Stanningley 2011 Labour stood down Adele Rae (Labour)
Andy Hutchison[12] Morley North 2018 Morley Borough Independents stood down Simon Brown (Morley Borough Independent)
James McKenna[13] Armley 1988 Labour stood down Lou Cunningham (Green)

Results

Adel & Wharfedale

Adel & Wharfedale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Anderson* 3,274 44.0 +0.2
Labour Jane Orton 2,563 34.4 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Sharon Slinger 838 11.3 −7.8
Green Fiona Love 503 6.8 −1.1
Yorkshire Corey Robinson 228 3.1 New
Majority 711 5.6 −8.9
Turnout 7,442 44.4 +1.8
Conservative hold Swing -2.4

Alwoodley

Alwoodley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Buckley* 3,390 48.9 −0.9
Labour Jackie Ellis 2,368 34.1 −1.9
Green Louise Jennings 520 7.5 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Howard Foreman 481 6.9 +0.6
Yorkshire Rio Goldhammer 176 2.5 ±0.0
Majority 1,022 14.8 +1.0
Turnout 6,971 40.4 +3.1
Conservative hold Swing +0.5

Ardsley & Robin Hood

Ardsley & Robin Hood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Karen Bruce 2,240 41.4 −2.1
Conservative Mike Foster* 1,455 26.9 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Tom Leadley 907 16.8 −8.7
Yorkshire Claire Buxton 449 8.3 New
Green Alaric Hall 261 4.8 ±0.0
SDP Mark Daniels 102 1.9 ±0.0
Majority 785 14.5 −3.5
Turnout 5,446 30.9 +1.3
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing +0.6

Armley

Armley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Lou Cunningham 2,113 43.8 +4.0
Labour Richard Banks 2,041 42.3 −1.8
Conservative Adam Westwood 321 6.7 −3.0
Yorkshire Rachel Martins 205 4.2 New
Liberal Democrats Dan Walker 105 2.2 −0.2
SDP Warwick Bettney 41 0.8 New
Majority 72 1.5 −2.8
Turnout 4,861 28.5 +3.6
Green gain from Labour Swing +2.9

Beeston & Holbeck

Beeston & Holbeck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shaf Ali 2,533 53.0 −9.9
Green Matt Rogan 1,092 22.8 +6.1
Conservative Bradley Chandler 572 12.0 +0.7
SDP Sasha Watson 247 5.2 +2.5
Liberal Democrats George Sykes 226 4.7 −0.6
TUSC Louie Fulton 113 2.4 +1.3
Majority 1,441 30.2 −16.0
Turnout 4,783 25.9 +4.5
Labour hold Swing -8.0

Bramley & Stanningley

Bramley & Stanningley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adele Rae 2,675 60.8 −1.4
Conservative Adam Cook 632 14.4 −1.9
Green Keith Whittaker 521 11.8 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Liz Bee 487 11.1 −0.1
SDP Richard Riley 82 1.9 +0.5
Majority 2,043 46.4 +0.5
Turnout 4,442 26.3 +1.2
Labour hold Swing +0.3

Burmantofts & Richmond Hill

Burmantofts & Richmond Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Asghar Khan* 2,752 65.5 −1.3
Green Robert Wolff 363 8.6 −2.2
Yorkshire Rob Lees 329 7.8 New
Conservative Taiwo Adeyemi 328 7.8 +0.1
Liberal Democrats David Hollingsworth 317 7.5 −2.8
TUSC Richard Chaves-Sanderson 81 1.9 −0.4
SDP Paul Whetstone 30 0.7 −0.8
Majority 2,389 56.9 +0.8
Turnout 4,231 24.9 +2.5
Labour hold Swing +0.5

Calverley & Farsley

Calverley & Farsley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Craig Timmins 3,514 46.3 −8.3
Conservative Amanda Carter* 3,182 41.9 +6.6
Green Ellen Graham 663 8.7 +5.2
Liberal Democrats Stuart McLeod 234 3.1 +0.2
Majority 332 4.4 −14.9
Turnout 7,642 41.9 +3.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -7.5

Chapel Allerton

Chapel Allerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Rafique* 4,139 62.6 −10.8
Green Bobak Walker 1,392 21.0 +9.2
Conservative Kevin Black 409 6.2 −0.2
Alliance for Green Socialism Mike Davies 222 3.4 +0.4
Yorkshire Ryan Kett 212 3.2 New
Liberal Democrats Majd Qahwaji 166 2.5 −1.5
SDP Richard Cowles 75 1.1 +0.3
Majority 2,747 41.6 −20.1
Turnout 6,711 36.7 +3.5
Labour hold Swing -10.0

Cross Gates & Whinmoor

Cross Gates & Whinmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Gibson* 2,865 53.2 −0.4
Conservative Max Holley 1,164 21.6 −7.9
Reform UK Graham Sunley 461 8.6 New
Yorkshire Howard Dews 314 5.8 New
Green Martin Hemingway 296 5.5 −0.2
Liberal Democrats Noah Allerton 288 5.3 +0.9
Majority 1,701 31.6 +2.8
Turnout 5,418 30.0 +1.2
Labour hold Swing +3.8

Farnley & Wortley

Farnley & Wortley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Kate Haigh 2,222 45.7 −3.1
Green David Blackburn* 1,717 35.4 +2.4
Conservative Daisy George 613 12.6 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Andrews 229 4.7 +3.4
SDP Finley Taylor 76 1.6 +1.3
Majority 505 10.3 −5.5
Turnout 4,907 27.0 −0.3
Labour Co-op gain from Green Swing -2.8

Garforth & Swillington

Garforth & Swillington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Garforth and Swillington Independents Sarah Field* 3,469 54.3 +0.3
Labour Alex Rayment 1,223 19.2 −0.6
Conservative Peter Bentley 778 12.8 −1.6
Reform UK Kieran White 336 5.3 New
Green Patrick Lynott 266 4.2 −1.9
Liberal Democrats Jake Knox 209 3.3 +0.2
Independent Tyler Wilson-Kerr 105 1.6 −0.8
Majority 2,246 35.1 +0.9
Turnout 6,424 39.9 +0.7
Garforth and Swillington Independents hold Swing +0.5

Gipton & Harehills

Gipton & Harehills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Mothin Ali 3,070 51.6 +20.4
Labour Arif Hussain* 2,323 39.0 −16.9
Conservative Liam Roberts 285 4.8 −2.1
Liberal Democrats Thomas Race 156 2.6 −0.7
TUSC Iain Dalton 120 2.0 −0.5
Majority 747 12.6 −12.0
Turnout 5,954 33.1 +6.6
Green gain from Labour Swing +18.7

Guiseley & Rawdon

Guiseley & Rawdon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Sonia Leighton 3,604 46.6 −0.2
Conservative Paul Alderson* 2,782 36.0 −1.3
Yorkshire Bob Buxton 672 8.7 +1.2
Green Lucy Wheeler 363 4.7 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Helen Page 316 4.1 +0.4
Majority 822 10.6 +1.1
Turnout 3,639 42.4 +0.2
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing +0.6

Harewood

Harewood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sam Firth* 3,619 58.8 −0.8
Labour Simon Dowling 1,560 25.4 +1.9
Green Claire Evans 675 11.0 +1.0
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Levy 299 4.9 −1.6
Majority 2,059 33.4 −2.8
Turnout 6,212 41.8 +0.2
Conservative hold Swing -1.4

Headingley & Hyde Park

Headingley & Hyde Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Tim Goodall 2,668 51.2 +9.4
Labour Al Garthwaite* 2,138 41.0 −7.5
Liberal Democrats Amar Karim 158 3.0 −0.5
Conservative Steven Rowley 120 2.3 −0.5
TUSC Florian Hynam 71 1.4 +0.3
Independent Anthony Greaux 55 1.1 +0.5
Majority 530 10.2 +3.5
Turnout 5,247 24.2 +7.6
Green gain from Labour Swing +8.5

Horsforth

Horsforth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Garvani* 4,388 56.6 +5.2
Conservative Chris Calvert 1,971 25.4 −5.6
Green William Jones 565 7.3 −0.5
Yorkshire Ian Cowling 414 5.3 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Roderic Parker 367 4.7 −1.8
SDP Nathan Wright 41 0.5 New
Majority 2,417 31.2 +11.0
Turnout 7,776 43.8 +2.2
Labour hold Swing +5.4

Hunslet & Riverside

Hunslet & Riverside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Mohammed Iqbal* 2,274 46.2 −2.2
Green Omar Mushtaq 2,067 42.0 +0.2
Conservative Tamas Kovacs 247 5.0 −0.3
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Dale 185 3.8 +1.7
SDP Daniel Whetstone 107 2.2 +1.1
TUSC Oisín Duncan 43 0.9 +0.3
Majority 207 4.2 −2.4
Turnout 4,965 28.5 +4.2
Labour hold Swing -1.2

Killingbeck & Seacroft

Killingbeck & Seacroft
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Jenkins* 2,551 61.3 −2.8
Conservative Rosemary Gaskell 481 11.6 −6.1
Reform UK Jayne Dresser 435 10.5 New
Green John Arnison 407 9.8 +0.1
Liberal Democrats John Otley 183 4.4 −3.3
SDP Catherine Dobson 106 2.5 New
Majority 2,070 49.7 +3.3
Turnout 4,190 22.7 +1.9
Labour hold Swing +1.7

Kippax & Methley

Kippax & Methley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Lewis* 3,570 65.1 +5.0
Conservative Connor Mulhall 1,067 19.5 −6.4
Green Angela Oldershaw 449 8.2 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Greg Holden 401 7.3 +1.6
Majority 2,503 45.6 +11.4
Turnout 5,563 31.6 +1.5
Labour hold Swing +5.7

Kirkstall

Kirkstall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fiona Venner* 3,451 62.3 −1.7
Green Victoria Smith 1,137 20.5 +1.7
Conservative Lyall Ainscow 321 5.8 −2.7
Liberal Democrats Adam Belcher 288 5.2 −0.9
Independent Stuart Long 204 3.7 +1.7
TUSC John Tival 138 2.5 New
Majority 2,314 41.8 −3.4
Turnout 5,586 35.1 +5.9
Labour hold Swing -1.7

Little London & Woodhouse

Little London & Woodhouse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Javaid Akhtar* 2,194 59.8 −6.5
Green Leon Zadok 808 22.0 +6.8
Conservative Pauline Barron 297 8.1 −1.0
Liberal Democrats Ghaffar Karim 260 7.1 +1.4
TUSC Anthony Bracuti 109 3.0 −0.3
Majority 1386 37.8 −13.3
Turnout 3715 23.3 +5.6
Labour hold Swing -6.7

Middleton Park

Middleton Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SDP Rob Chesterfield 1,882 42.8 −3.1
Labour Sharon Burke* 1,638 37.3 +0.6
Green Julie Gill 402 9.2 +4.9
Conservative Samson Adeyemi 332 7.6 −1.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Follows 139 3.2 +1.2
Majority 244 5.5 −3.7
Turnout 4,423 22.2 +0.8
SDP gain from Labour Swing -1.8

Moortown

Moortown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Sharon Hamilton* 3,849 53.5 −4.0
Green Rachel Hartshorne 1,298 18.0 +5.0
Conservative Lee Farmer 992 13.8 −3.9
Liberal Democrats Darren Finlay 678 9.4 +1.3
Yorkshire David Stephens 344 4.8 +1.5
SDP Cordelia Lynan 39 0.5 New
Majority 2,551 35.5 −3.9
Turnout 7,266 42.3 +2.9
Labour hold Swing -4.5

Morley North

Morley North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Morley Borough Independent Simon Brown 2,317 37.8 −5.8
Labour Co-op Stuart Bruce 1,529 25.0 +0.1
Independent Jill Gettings-Bellhouse 998 16.3 New
Conservative Lalit Suryawanshi 780 12.7 −2.4
Green Evelyn Jeffries 285 4.7 −0.9
Liberal Democrats James Trueman 197 3.2 −2.5
SDP Thomas Foster 19 0.3 −0.1
Majority 788 12.8 −5.8
Turnout 6,154 33.7 +3.0
Morley Borough Independent hold Swing -2.9

Morley South

Morley South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Morley Borough Independent Jane Senior* 2,221 38.0 −3.4
Labour Co-op Charlotte Hill 1,824 31.2 +1.4
Conservative Alexander Giles 560 9.6 −5.2
Green Chris Bell 521 8.9 ±0.0
Reform UK James Kendall 407 7.0 New
Independent Phil Bennett 192 3.3 New
Liberal Democrats Mihai Barticel 93 1.6 −2.2
SDP Nigel Perry 8 0.1 −0.7
Majority 397 6.8 −4.7
Turnout 5,878 32.4 +4.7
Morley Borough Independents hold Swing -2.4

Otley & Yeadon

Otley & Yeadon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sandy Lay* 3,455 46.9 +1.6
Labour Co-op Ian McCargo 1,924 26.1 +1.6
Green Mick Bradley 1,106 15.0 +1.6
Conservative Jas Singh 491 6.7 −4.5
Yorkshire Noah Libbish 392 5.3 +2.5
Majority 1,531 20.8 ±0.0
Turnout 7,403 42.2 +3.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing ±0.0

Pudsey

Pudsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dawn Seary* 3,349 45.6 +1.5
Labour Riaz Ahmed 2,977 40.5 −1.3
Green Suzanne Ward 436 5.9 +0.1
Reform UK Andrea Whitehead 431 5.9 +3.0
Liberal Democrats Amy Glover 242 3.3 −1.8
Majority 372 5.1 +2.8
Turnout 7,462 39.2 +3.0
Conservative hold Swing +1.4

Rothwell

Rothwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Conrad Hart-Brooke* 3,540 62.1 +0.7
Labour Co-op Timothy Dowd 1,253 22.0 +0.4
Conservative Louisa Singh 340 6.0 −0.7
Yorkshire Sean McDonald 329 5.8 +0.9
Green Allen Sikoryn 193 3.3 −1.4
SDP Sarah Welbourne 43 0.8 +0.4
Majority 2,287 40.1 +0.3
Turnout 5,731 36.7 +1.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +0.2

Roundhay

Roundhay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lisa Martin* 4,040 55.4 −0.3
Green Alan Anthoney 1,946 26.7 +4.8
Conservative Shazar Ahad 840 11.5 −3.2
Liberal Democrats Najeeb Iqbal 340 4.7 −2.4
SDP Carl Richman 132 1.8 New
Majority 2,094 28.7 −5.1
Turnout 7,349 42.0 +3.9
Labour hold Swing -2.6

Temple Newsam

Temple Newsam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Helen Hayden* 2,760 52.4 +0.6
Conservative Cormac Trigg 1,237 23.5 −8.9
Reform UK David Dresser 543 10.3 New
Green Nicola Dos Santos 379 7.2 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Keith Norman 319 6.1 −1.3
SDP Wendy Whetstone 33 0.6 −0.6
Majority 1,523 28.9 +9.5
Turnout 5,317 31.8 +1.5
Labour hold Swing +4.8

Weetwood

Weetwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Emma Flint* 3,337 49.6 +3.0
Liberal Democrats Chris Howley 2,195 32.6 −5.5
Green Chris Foren 758 11.3 +3.0
Conservative Luca Perricone 371 5.5 −0.7
SDP Rob Walker 67 1.0 +0.3
Majority 1,142 17.0 +8.5
Turnout 6,762 43.3 +1.1
Labour hold Swing +4.3

Wetherby

Wetherby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Lamb* 3,727 49.2 +10.9
Green Anna Jacobs 2,845 37.5 −15.4
Labour David Bowgett 736 9.7 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Lesley McIntee 229 3.0 +0.9
SDP Ian Howell 43 0.6 New
Majority 82 11.7 −2.8
Turnout 7,603 45.9 −0.2
Conservative hold Swing +13.2

Changes 2024–2026

  • Trish Smith, elected as a Conservative, left the party immediately after the election.[14]

Notes

  1. ^ Total votes includes 1,370 blank and invalid votes.
  2. ^ Two former Morley Borough Independents currently sit as independents: Wyn Kidger (Morley South) since March 2024 and Bob Gettings MBE (Morley North) since April.[7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ Spereall, David (19 May 2023). "End of an era as Leeds Conservative party group leader Andrew Carter steps down after 43 years". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  2. ^ Seat count includes Pudsey councillor Trish Smith, who resigned from the Conservative Party two days after the election.
  3. ^ "Local elections 2024: What can't I do in a polling station?". BBC News. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  4. ^ Pudsey councillor Trish Smith quits Conservative party
  5. ^ Connolly, James (3 May 2024). "Leeds City Council election results 2024 in full as count confirms who has been elected in every ward". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Leeds City Council election results 2024". Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Councillors and Committees". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Councillor Wyn Kidger". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Councillor Bob Gettings JP". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Councillor Gohar Almass". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Councillor Caroline Gruen". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Councillor Andy Hutchison". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Councillor James McKenna". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  14. ^ Connolly, James (13 May 2024). "Leeds City Council: Pudsey councillor quits Conservative Party saying she had 'no option' but to resign". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
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