1999 Leeds City Council election
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The 1999 Leeds City Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election, as well as a vacancy each in Horsforth, Moortown and Wetherby. Prior to the election, the Liberal Democrats had gained a seat in Bramley from Labour, and Hunslet councillor, Mark Davies, had defected from Labour to Independent Socialist.
Labour stayed in overall control of the council.[1] Overall turnout in the election was 27.3%.[2]
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 21 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 58.3 | 46.1 | 67,734 | -3.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | 9 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 25.0 | 22.2 | 32,644 | +2.5% | |
Conservative | 5 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 13.9 | 27.6 | 40,585 | -0.2% | |
Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 5,227 | +1.3% | |
Leeds Left Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 522 | +0.1% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 163 | -0.4% | |
Seacroft Community Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 96 | +0.1% |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:[4]
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 78 | 71 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 10 | 14 | |||
Conservative | 9 | 12 | |||
Green | 1 | 1 | |||
Independent Socialist | 1 | 1 | |||
Total | 99 | 99 | |||
Working majority | 57 | 43 |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Dunn | 2,919 | 43.6 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | Graham Latty | 2,719 | 40.6 | +4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Hutton | 1,055 | 15.8 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 200 | 3.0 | −7.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,693 | 33.8 | +2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Janet Harper | 2,032 | 61.1 | −1.5 | |
Conservative | Glenn Broadbent | 558 | 16.8 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Davies | 516 | 15.5 | −1.3 | |
Green | Yvonne Clarke | 218 | 6.6 | +6.6 | |
Majority | 1,474 | 44.3 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,324 | 20.9 | +2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Marian Monks | 3,592 | 60.8 | −0.9 | |
Conservative | Jack Stott | 1,592 | 26.9 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Natasha De Vere | 725 | 12.3 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 2,000 | 33.9 | −1.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,909 | 32.9 | +5.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adam Ogilvie | 1,515 | 56.7 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | William Birch | 751 | 28.1 | +8.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Shaun Dolan | 405 | 15.2 | −4.1 | |
Majority | 764 | 28.6 | −6.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,671 | 21.5 | +1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ian Howell | 1,587 | 47.6 | +32.1 | |
Labour | Stephen Simpson | 1,493 | 44.7 | −24.6 | |
Conservative | Michael Best | 257 | 7.7 | −7.5 | |
Majority | 94 | 2.8 | −51.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,337 | 20.3 | +4.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +28.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tina Davy | 1,859 | 67.3 | −1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Betteridge | 522 | 18.9 | −4.0 | |
Conservative | Jean Higham | 231 | 8.4 | +0.4 | |
Leeds Left Alliance | Malcolm Christie | 150 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 1,337 | 48.4 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,762 | 21.0 | +1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norma Hutchinson | 2,347 | 59.2 | −9.7 | |
Conservative | Arshad Ali | 853 | 21.5 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rochelle Harris | 505 | 12.7 | −0.8 | |
Green | Martin Reed | 259 | 6.5 | +6.5 | |
Majority | 1,494 | 37.7 | −13.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,964 | 26.9 | +6.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammed Iqbal | 1,744 | 61.2 | −5.1 | |
Conservative | Stephen McBarron | 413 | 14.5 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Norman | 417 | 14.6 | +4.5 | |
Leeds Left Alliance (Socialist Alternative) | David Jones | 161 | 5.6 | −1.7 | |
Green | Colin Johnston | 116 | 4.1 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 1,327 | 46.5 | −7.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,851 | 19.2 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barry Anderson | 2,888 | 51.6 | −2.8 | |
Labour | John Garvani | 1,688 | 30.2 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Darren Finlay | 875 | 15.6 | −1.3 | |
Green | Paul Marchant | 147 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 1,200 | 21.4 | −4.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,598 | 33.4 | +2.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Groves | 3,269 | 61.4 | −1.9 | |
Conservative | Alan Lamb | 1,283 | 24.1 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Dowling | 776 | 14.6 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 1,986 | 37.3 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,328 | 28.5 | +2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Doris McGee | 2,262 | 44.9 | −1.4 | |
Conservative | David Schofield | 2,112 | 41.9 | +1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Hollingsworth | 666 | 13.2 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 150 | 3.0 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,040 | 28.0 | +2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alan Taylor | 2,395 | 51.4 | +28.5 | |
Labour | John Clare | 2,083 | 44.7 | −16.0 | |
Conservative | Donald Townsley | 178 | 3.8 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 312 | 6.7 | −31.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,656 | 33.0 | +13.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +22.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Pratt | 1,801 | 44.0 | +20.2 | |
Labour | Paul Moxon | 1,573 | 38.4 | −10.3 | |
Green | Lesley Jeffries | 391 | 9.6 | −1.4 | |
Conservative | Thomas McMeeking | 328 | 8.0 | −8.5 | |
Majority | 228 | 5.6 | −19.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,093 | 20.0 | +7.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +15.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brian Cleasby | 2,694 | 46.6 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Nossiter | 2,510 | |||
Conservative | John Hardcastle | 1,541 | 26.7 | −0.8 | |
Conservative | Sheila Jackson | 1,414 | |||
Labour | Edmund Hanley | 1,287 | 22.3 | −0.5 | |
Labour | David Marsh | 1,273 | |||
Green | Irene Dracup | 254 | 4.4 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 969 | 20.0 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,776 | 33.3 | +1.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Erskine | 1,586 | 75.6 | −2.6 | |
Conservative | Anthony Larvin | 233 | 11.1 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Glover | 222 | 10.6 | +2.1 | |
Green | Charles Price | 58 | 2.8 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 1,353 | 64.5 | −4.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,099 | 18.6 | +1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Illingworth | 2,246 | 66.7 | −0.5 | |
Conservative | David Higgott | 460 | 13.7 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Thompson | 399 | 11.9 | +1.0 | |
Green | Janet Pritchard | 260 | 7.7 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 1,786 | 53.0 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,365 | 21.7 | +3.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stuart Bruce | 1,848 | 65.3 | −8.9 | |
Conservative | Susan Nicholls | 617 | 21.8 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Davies | 366 | 12.9 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 1,231 | 43.5 | −17.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,831 | 19.7 | +1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Christine Brett | 2,576 | 48.6 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brenda Lancaster | 2,286 | |||
Labour | Leonard Fineberg | 1,689 | 31.9 | −1.8 | |
Labour | Sheila Saunders | 1,589 | |||
Conservative | Valerie Kendall | 1,030 | 19.5 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | William Hyde | 992 | |||
Majority | 597 | 16.8 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,295 | 34.7 | +3.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Jones | 2,582 | 55.1 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | Robert Tesseyman | 1,424 | 30.4 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Golton | 504 | 10.8 | +1.3 | |
Green | Andrea Binns | 174 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 1,158 | 24.7 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,684 | 25.0 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Raymond Mitchell | 2,460 | 59.2 | −2.8 | |
Conservative | Robert Allen | 1,063 | 25.6 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Harris | 629 | 15.1 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 1,397 | 33.6 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,152 | 19.3 | +0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ruth Feldman | 2,315 | 41.5 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Bell | 1,841 | 33.0 | −2.1 | |
Labour | John Sully | 1,417 | 25.4 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 474 | 8.5 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,573 | 32.8 | −0.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Graham Kirkland | 3,000 | 40.9 | +9.2 | |
Conservative | Christine Smith | 2,421 | 33.0 | −0.6 | |
Labour | Ruth Blackwell | 1,918 | 26.1 | −8.6 | |
Majority | 579 | 7.9 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,339 | 38.7 | +4.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Amanda Carter | 3,475 | 54.6 | +8.4 | |
Labour | Thomas Spamer | 2,230 | 35.1 | −8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jim Souper | 656 | 10.3 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 2,245 | 19.5 | +16.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,361 | 35.6 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +8.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Josephine Jarosz | 2,219 | 51.4 | −3.7 | |
Conservative | Audrey Smith | 1,589 | 36.8 | +11.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Bardon | 359 | 8.3 | −9.1 | |
Green | Graham Illingworth | 150 | 3.5 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 630 | 14.6 | −15.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,317 | 26.5 | +2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Marlene Lyons | 1,769 | 75.2 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Norman | 349 | 14.8 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | David Boynton | 235 | 10.0 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 1,420 | 60.4 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,353 | 18.6 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Walker | 2,181 | 57.0 | −3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mitchell Galdas | 942 | 24.6 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | John Cowling | 705 | 18.4 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 1,239 | 32.4 | −7.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,828 | 24.6 | +2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Fox | 2,666 | 45.2 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | Ann Castle | 2,391 | 40.5 | −3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Skinner | 841 | 14.3 | −5.3 | |
Majority | 275 | 4.7 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,898 | 35.6 | +4.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Selby | 2,042 | 77.7 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Roy Jones | 234 | 8.9 | −1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sadie Fisher | 168 | 6.4 | −1.0 | |
Seacroft Community Party | Raymond Northgreaves | 96 | 3.7 | −1.1 | |
Green | Michael Bolton | 87 | 3.3 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 1,808 | 68.8 | +3.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,627 | 21.5 | +0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerald Harper | 1,461 | 55.6 | −7.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Tebbutt | 645 | 24.5 | +10.8 | |
Conservative | Robert Winfield | 227 | 8.6 | −1.7 | |
Green | Paul Eade | 173 | 6.6 | +0.4 | |
Leeds Left Alliance (Socialist Alternative) | Christopher Hill | 122 | 4.6 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 816 | 31.1 | −18.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,628 | 16.7 | +3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brian Jennings | 2,266 | 39.6 | −0.5 | |
Labour | Eileen Moxon | 2,241 | 39.2 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Graham Castle | 954 | 16.7 | −4.4 | |
Green | David Webb | 261 | 4.6 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 25 | 0.4 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,722 | 35.0 | +0.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Hudson | 4,327 | 57.9 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | Gerald Wilkinson | 4,257 | |||
Labour | Reginald Steel | 1,883 | 25.2 | −3.2 | |
Labour | Pauline Birch | 1,519 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Welby | 1,265 | 16.9 | +7.4 | |
Majority | 2,374 | 32.7 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,475 | 36.0 | +5.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Gruen | 1,886 | 54.2 | −3.9 | |
Conservative | Richard Williams | 1,021 | 29.4 | −0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Roberts | 319 | 9.2 | −2.6 | |
Independent | Anthony Thorpe | 163 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
Leeds Left Alliance | Amanda Munro | 89 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 1,567 | 24.8 | −3.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,478 | 25.5 | +4.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | David Blackburn | 2,679 | 54.2 | +14.9 | |
Labour | Daphne Riley | 1,747 | 35.3 | −7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Cutress | 358 | 7.2 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Ruby Patel | 160 | 3.2 | −8.3 | |
Majority | 932 | 18.9 | +15.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,944 | 29.1 | +4.6 | ||
Green hold | Swing | +11.0 |
By-elections between 1999 and 2000
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Javaid Akhtar | 2,236 | 50.9 | −0.5 | |
Labour | John Clare | 2,002 | 45.6 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Donald Townsley | 125 | 2.8 | −1.0 | |
Leeds Left Alliance | Jane Young | 26 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 234 | 5.3 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,389 | 31.5 | −1.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -0.7 |
References
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