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.
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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). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
editParty | 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 Independent | 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
editCouncillor | Ward | First elected | Party | Reason | Successor | ||
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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
editParty | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rebecca Charlwood | 3,688 | 44.5 | +9.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brenda Lancaster* | 2,834 | 34.2 | −0.1 | |
Conservative | Mark Rowlinson | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morley Borough Independent | 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 Independent hold | Swing | +9.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Neil Dawson | 2,129 | 33.4 | +9.9 | |
Morley Borough Independent | 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 Independent | Swing | +2.0 |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
References
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