2011 Leeds City Council election
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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
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 Increase 7 Decrease 1 Decrease 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

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.

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 Increase 7 66.7 46.8 99,955 +11.1
  Conservative 7 1 2 Decrease 1 21.2 27.1 57,927 +0.5
  Liberal Democrats 2 0 5 Decrease 5 6.1 13.6 28,985 -10.9
  Green 1 0 0 Steady 3.0 4.8 10,298 +2.4
  Morley Borough Independent 1 0 1 Decrease 1 3.0 2.7 5,718 +0.7
  UKIP 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.0 4,383 +1.1
  English Democrat 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.3 2,698 +1.3
  Alliance for Green Socialism 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.8 1,727 +0.1
  BNP 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.5 1,105 -6.3
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.3 582 -0.1
  TUSC 0 0 0 Steady 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 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
Morley North[3][4]
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
Morley South[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
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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