2014 Leeds City Council election

The 2014 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 22 May 2014 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as the 2014 European Parliament election and other local elections across the UK.

2014 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 21 seats, 46.0% 6 seats, 22.0% 3 seats, 13.0% Seats won 20 6 4 Seats after 63 18 9 Seat change 1 Popular vote 71,602 39,953 18,867 Percentage 38.6 21.5 10.2
Labour in red (20), Conservatives in blue (6), Liberal Democrats in yellow (4), Morley Borough Independents in dark green (2) and Greens in light green (1).
Council control before election Majority administration Labour Council control after election Majority administration Labour

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 2010.

The Labour Party had been in overall control of the council since 2011 and their majority was unchanged following this election after winning 20 of the 33 seats contested.^[1][2][3]

Election summary

Leeds City Council Election Result 2014

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	20	1	1		60.6	38.6	71,602
	Conservative	6	0	0		18.2	21.5	39,953
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	16.7	31,077
	Liberal Democrats	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		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
	British Democrats	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		2012 election	Prior to election	New council
	Labour	63	63	63
	Conservative	19	18[lower-alpha 1]	18
	Liberal Democrat	10	10	9
	Morley Borough Independent	5	5	5
	Green	2	2	3
	Independent	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	1
Total		99	99	99
Working majority		27	27	27

Councillors who did not stand for re-election

Councillor/s who did not stand for re-election (6)

Councillor	Ward	First elected	Party		Reason	Successor
Bernard Atha CBE[5]	Kirkstall	1957, 1969		Labour	stood down		Fiona Venner (Labour)
Clive Fox[6]	Adel & Wharfedale	2000		Conservative	died in office[lower-alpha 3]		Billy Flynn (Conservative)
Martin Hamilton[7]	Headingley	2002		Liberal Democrats	stood down		Jonathan Pryor (Labour)
Janet Harper[8]	Armley	1999		Labour	stood down		Alice Smart (Labour)
Thomas Murray[9]	Garforth & Swillington	1992		Labour	stood down		Stuart McKenna (Labour)
Neil Taggart[10]	Bramley & Stanningley	1980		Labour	stood down		Kevin Ritchie (Labour)

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 Democrats	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	43.75
	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	Ghaffar Karim	747
	Conservative	Diane Fox	228
	UKIP	Alistair McDowall	146
Majority			260
Turnout				30.12
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Horsforth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats 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 Democrats	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 Democrats	Joanne Binns	311
Majority			2,304
Turnout				29.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Kippax & Methley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Wakefield*	2,868
	UKIP	Tina Smith	1,599
	Conservative	James Langley	867
	Green	David Webb	237
	Liberal Democrats	John Hills	141
Majority			1,269
Turnout				35.63
	Labour hold		Swing

Kirkstall

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

Middleton Park

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

Moortown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Hamilton*	2,923
	Conservative	Mark Dodsworth	1,282
	UKIP	Alan Procter	821
	Green	Christopher Smith	806
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Finlay	781
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Ros Campbell	188
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 Democrats	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 Democrats	Kathryn Gagen	71
	TUSC	Neil Cussons	51
Majority			674
Turnout			5,266	31.93
	Morley Borough Independent hold		Swing

Otley & Yeadon

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

Pudsey

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

Rothwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Golton*	2,429
	Labour	Angela Kellett	2,018
	Conservative	Stephen Ellis	723
	Green	Gordon Haycock	385
Majority			411
Turnout				36.04
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Roundhay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ghulam Hussain*	3,229
	Conservative	Andy Paraskos	1,952
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Whelan	528
	Green	Paul Ellis	820
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Malcolm Christie	355
Majority			1,277
Turnout				40.96
	Labour hold		Swing

Temple Newsam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mick Lyons*	2,294
	UKIP	Bruce Naylor	1,599
	Conservative	David Schofield	1,377
	Green	Nathan Allen	335
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Norman	148
Majority			695
Turnout				35.38
	Labour hold		Swing

Weetwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Chapman*	2,155
	Labour	Julie Heselwood	1,768
	Conservative	Thomas McMeeking	806
	UKIP	Mike Cullen	737
	Green	Martin Hemingway	646
	TUSC	Max Cussons	40
Majority			387
Turnout				39.57
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wetherby

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

Notes

1. Calverley and Farsley councillor Joe Marjoram resigned from the Conservative council group to sit as an independent. He had previously publicly criticised David Cameron and other prominent Conservative politicians on social media.^[4]
2. Joe Marjoram (Calverley and Farsley) resigned from the Conservatives in July 2013.
3. Fox died on 8 April 2014 and no by-election was called.

References

1. Statement of Persons Nominated Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine Leeds City Council
2. "Vote 2014 Leeds". BBC News Online. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
3. "Leeds City Council Election Results 3 May 2012". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
4. "Calverley & Farsley Councillor Joe Marjoram has quit the Conservative Group of Leeds City Council". facebook.com. Farsley Community What's On. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
5. "Councillor Bernard Atha". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
6. "Councillor Clive Fox". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
7. "Councillor Martin Hamilton". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
8. "Councillor Janet Harper". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
9. "Councillor Thomas Murray". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
10. "Councillor Neil Taggart". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.