Leeds City Council election, 2014

Map of the results of the 2014 Leeds council election.

Leeds City Council elections took place on 22 May 2014, the same day as the European elections. One third of the council was up for election to replace the councillors elected in 2010.^[1] Prior to the election Calverley & Farsley councillor, Joseph Marjoram, had defected from the Conservatives to Independent.Labour had overall control of the council since the 2011 election and their majority was unchanged following this election. ^[2]^[3]

Election result

Leeds City Council Election Result 2014
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	20	1	1	0	60.6%	38.6%	71,602
	Conservative	6	0	0	0	18.2%	21.5%	39,953
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0%	16.7%	31,077
	Liberal Democrat	4	0	1	-1	12.1%	10.2%	18,867
	Green	1	1	0	+1	3.0%	9.1%	16,868
	Morley Borough Independent	2	0	0	0	6.1%	2.5%	4,726
	Alliance for Green Socialism	0	0	0	0	0%	0.6%	1,125
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0%	0.3%	537
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0%	0.3%	527
	Brit Dems stop immigration leave EU	0	0	0	0	0%	0.2%	358

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	63	63
	Conservative	18	18
	Liberal Democrat	10	9
	Morley Borough Independent	5	5
	Green	2	3
	Independent	1	1
Total		99	99
Working majority		27	27

Ward results

Adel & Wharfedale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Billy Flynn	3,018	44.5	-1.0
	Labour	Mark Henley	1,312	19.3	+3.5
	Liberal Democrat	Cheryl Kebede	1,154	17.0	-20.7
	UKIP	Mal Steele	966	14.2	+13.5
	Green	Paul Marchant	336	5.0	+2.3
Majority			1,706
Turnout			6,786
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alwoodley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Harrand	3,227	48.2	-1.2
	Labour	Keith White	1,910	28.5	+1.3
	UKIP	Warren Hendon	891	13.3	+10.6
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Knights	309	4.6	-12.9
	Green	Miriam Moss	290	4.3	+4.3
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Brian Jackson	67	1.0	-0.2
Majority			1,317
Turnout			6,694	38.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ardsley & Robin Hood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lisa Mulherin	1,865	36.0
	UKIP	David Daniel	1,593	30.7
	Conservative	Tim Atkin	929	17.9
	Independent	Wyn Kidger	482	9.3
	Green	Carl James	176	3.4
	Liberal Democrat	Benjamin Ward	139	2.7
Majority			272
Turnout			5,184	30.18
	Labour hold		Swing

Armley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alice Smart	2,269	43.8
	UKIP	John Withill	1,548	29.9
	Green	Yvonne Clarke	669	12.9
	Conservative	Mohammed Rahman	392	7.6
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Glover	236	4.6
	TUSC	Iain Dalton	65	1.3
Majority			721
Turnout			5,179	30.54
	Labour hold		Swing

Beeston & Holbeck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Congreve	2,063	48.4
	UKIP	Tony Roberts	1,288	30.2
	Conservative	Robert Winfield	499	11.7
	Green	David Smith	284	6.7
	Liberal Democrat	Victoria Bishop-Rowe	130	3.0
Majority			775
Turnout			4,264	28.72
	Labour hold		Swing

Bramley & Stanningley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kevin Ritchie	2,092	43.9
	UKIP	Anne Murgatroyd	1,600	33.6
	Conservative	Alexander Nancolas	454	9.5
	Green	Kate Bisson	358	7.5
	Liberal Democrat	Serena Glover	219	4.6
	TUSC	Kevin Pattison	44	0.9
Majority			492
Turnout			4,767	29.98
	Labour hold		Swing

Burmantofts & Richmond Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ron Grahame	1,864	43.0
	UKIP	Geoff Holloran	1,150	26.6
	Liberal Democrat	David Hollingsworth	843	19.5
	Green	Pete Exley	318	7.3
	Conservative	Hayley Laura	156	3.6
Majority			714
Turnout			4,331	28.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Calverley & Farsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rod Wood	2,670	38.2
	Labour	John Bracken	2,476	35.4
	UKIP	Joseph Murgatroyd	1,242	17.8
	Green	Clive Lord	349	5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Kate Arbuckle	256	3.7
Majority			194
Turnout			6,993	39.75
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chapel Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jane Dowson	3,683	61.3
	Conservative	Farzana Arif	746	12.4
	Green	Emma Carter	736	12.3
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Mike Davies	515	8.6
	Liberal Democrat	Aqila Choudhry	326	5.4
Majority			2,937
Turnout			6,006	34.59
	Labour hold		Swing

City & Hunslet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mohammed Iqbal	2,434	49.2
	UKIP	Nigel Buckland	785	15.9
	Green	Glen Jankowski	659	13.3
	Conservative	Richard Salt	631	12.7
	Liberal Democrat	Jahangir Aziz	354	7.2
	TUSC	Mary Finch	87	1.8
Majority			1,649
Turnout			4,950	22.84
	Labour hold		Swing

Cross Gates & Whinmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Gruen	2,555	44.6
	UKIP	Darren Oddy	1,808	31.6
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hayes	907	15.8
	Green	Ben Goldthorp	319	5.6
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Morris	136	2.4
Majority			747
Turnout			5725	33.11
	Labour hold		Swing

Farnley & Wortley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Terry Wilford	1,900	34.3
	UKIP	Alan Felber	1,606	29.0
	Labour	John Hardy	1,506	27.2
	Conservative	Samuel Fisher	416	7.5
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Jacques	76	1.4
	TUSC	Michael Johnson	30	0.5
Majority			294
Turnout			5534	31.52
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Garforth & Swillington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stuart McKenna	3,172	51.7
	Conservative	Ryan Stephenson	2,027	33.0
	Green	Yvonne Murray	709	11.6
	Liberal Democrat	Mitch Gladas	227	3.7
Majority			1,145
Turnout			6,135	38.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Gipton & Harehills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kamila Maqsood	3,756	76.1
	Liberal Democrat	Adam Douglas	403	8.2
	Conservative	Beatrice Greenwood	393	8.0
	Green	Neil Seepujak	381	7.7
Majority			3,353
Turnout			4933	31.55
	Labour hold		Swing

Guiseley & Rawdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Pat Latty	2,811	39.8
	Labour	David Bowe	1,871	26.5
	UKIP	Roger Tattersall	1,444	20.5
	Green	Colin Avison	541	7.7
	Liberal Democrat	Cindy Cleasby	389	5.5
Majority			940
Turnout			7056	38.65
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harewood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Matthew Robinson	3,542	59.5
	UKIP	Peter Morgan	1,176	19.8
	Labour	David Joyce	928	15.6
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Golton	249	4.2
	Green	Paul Matthews	58	1.0
Majority			2,366	5953
Turnout				42.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Headingley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jonathan Pryor	1,296
	Green	Joe Salmon	1,036
	Liberal Democrat	Ghaffar Karim	747
	Conservative	Diane Fox	228
	UKIP	Alistair McDowall	146
Majority			260
Turnout				30.12
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Horsforth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Cleasby	2,037
	Conservative	Richard O’Callaghan	1,880
	Labour	Rob Wilkinson	1,644
	UKIP	Paul Hellyer	1,059
	Green	Timothy Goodall	446
	TUSC	Benjamin Dixon	56
Majority			157
Turnout				40.88
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hyde Park & Woodhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Javaid Akhtar	2,099
	Green	Chris Foren	865
	Conservative	Edward Hardy	295
	UKIP	Glenn Morley	288
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Andrews	207
	TUSC	Tanis Belsham-Wray	98
Majority			1,234
Turnout				24.89
	Labour hold		Swing

Killingbeck & Seacroft
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Selby	2,927
	Conservative	Dorothy Flynn	623
	Green	Louise Richardson	617
	Liberal Democrat	Joanne Binns	311
Majority			2,304
Turnout				29.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Kippax & Methley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	John Hills	141
	Conservative	James Langley	867
	UKIP	Tina Smith	1,599
	Labour	Keith Wakefield	2,868
	Green	David Webb	237
Majority
Turnout				35.63
	Labour hold		Swing

Kirkstall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Hughes	252
	Independent	Stuart Long	55
	TUSC	Ben Mayor	56
	UKIP	Kevin Reid	907
	Green	Morgan Tatchell-Evans	724
	Labour	Fiona Venner	2,696
	Conservative	Matthew Wharton	379
Majority
Turnout				33.77
	Labour hold		Swing

Middleton Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Sadie Fisher	79
	Labour	Kim Groves	2,489
	Conservative	Barbara Harpham	287
	British Democratic	Kevin Meeson	358
	UKIP	Craig Sweaton	1,756
	Green	Austen Thompson	219
Majority
Turnout				28.04
	Labour hold		Swing

Moortown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Ros Campbell	188
	Conservative	Mark Dodsworth	1,282
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Finlay	781
	Labour	Sharon Hamilton	2,923
	UKIP	Alan Procter	821
	Green	Christopher Smith	806
Majority
Turnout				39.87
	Labour hold		Swing

Morley North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Morley Borough Independent	Thomas Leadley	2,759
	Labour	Charlotte Hill	1,181
	UKIP	Luke Senior	1,150
	Conservative	Sophie Tempest	675
	Green	Deborah Fenney	180
	Liberal Democrat	John MacArthur	74
Majority			1,578
Turnout			6,019	34.56
	Morley Borough Independent hold		Swing

Morley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Morley Borough Independent	Shirley Varley	1,967
	Labour	Mark Sewards	1,293
	UKIP	Lindon Dove	1,279
	Conservative	Kathleen Tempest	489
	Green	Bluebell Eikonoklastes	116
	Liberal Democrat	Kathryn Gagen	71
	TUSC	Neil Cussons	51
Majority			674
Turnout			5,266	31.93
	Morley Borough Independent hold		Swing

Otley & Yeadon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Owen Brear	490
	Liberal Democrat	Ryk Downes	2,916
	Conservative	Gerard Francis	921
	UKIP	Tom Hollings	1,306
	Labour	Carl Morris	1,916
Majority
Turnout				43.65
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Pudsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Jude Arbuckle	205
	UKIP	Phil Banks	1,785
	Conservative	Amanda Carter	1,356
	Labour	Mick Coulson	2,182
	Green	Irene Dracup	390
Majority
Turnout				35.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Rothwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Ellis	723
	Liberal Democrat	Stewart Golton	2,429
	Green	Gordon Haycock	385
	Labour	Angela Kellett	2,018
Majority
Turnout				36.04
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Roundhay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Malcolm Christie	355
	Green	Paul Ellis	820
	Labour	Ghulam Hussain	3,229
	Conservative	Andy Paraskos	1,952
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Whelan	528
Majority
Turnout				40.96
	Labour hold		Swing

Temple Newsam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Nathan Allen	335
	Labour	Mick Lyons	2,294
	UKIP	Bruce Naylor	1,599
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Norman	148
	Conservative	David Schofield	1,377
Majority
Turnout				35.38
	Labour hold		Swing

Weetwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Judith Chapman	2,155
	UKIP	Mike Cullen	737
	TUSC	Max Cussons	40
	Green	Martin Hemingway	646
	Labour	Julie Heselwood	1,768
	Conservative	Thomas McMeeking	806
Majority
Turnout				39.57
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Wetherby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Drinkwater	1,023
	Liberal Democrat	Sara Howell	340
	Green	Sam Murray	508
	Conservative	John Procter	2,995
	UKIP	Paul Spivey	1,096
Majority
Turnout				38.38
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ Statement of Persons Nominated Leeds City Council
1 2 "Vote 2014 Leeds". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
↑ "Leeds City Council Election Results 3 May 2012". leeds.gov.uk. Retrieved 2014-05-29.

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