Leeds City Council election, 2003
The Leeds City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
Election result
The results saw Labour just keep a majority on the council with 52 of the 99 seats.[2] They suffered a net loss of 5 seats,[2] including the leader of the council for the past 7 years, Brian Walker, who was defeated by the Liberal Democrats in Rothwell ward.[3] The Conservatives gained the most seats to become the second largest party on the council with 22 seats, after making 4 gains in Aireborough, Halton, Otley and Wharfedale and Roundhay wards.[2] As well as the gain in Rothwell, the Liberal Democrats also picked up a seat from Labour in Burmantofts but lost seats in Bramley and Otley and Wharfedale to Labour and Conservatives respectively.[2]
Elsewhere independent Tom Leadley gained a seat from Labour in Morley North, while the Greens held their seat in Wortley.[2] Turnout in the election dropped to just over 30%[4] with some wards seeing under 20% voting, while the lowest turnout came in Headingley at only 15%.[5]
Following the election the deputy leader of the council, Keith Wakefield, became leader unopposed after a meeting of the Labour group on the council.[6]
Leeds Local Election Result 2003[7][8] | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Labour | 16 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 48.5 | 35.5 | 55,032 | -5.9% | ||
Conservative | 8 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 24.2 | 29.1 | 45,113 | -0.1% | ||
Liberal Democrat | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21.2 | 25.0 | 38,831 | +2.7% | ||
Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 6,674 | -0.2% | ||
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 2,875 | +0.5% | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 4,310 | +2.7% | ||
Alliance for Green Socialism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1,633 | +0.3% | ||
Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 428 | +0.1% | ||
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 234 | +0.1% | ||
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:[7]
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 57 | 52 | |||
Conservative | 18 | 22 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 20 | 20 | |||
Green | 3 | 3 | |||
Independent | 1 | 2 | |||
Total | 99 | 99 | |||
Working majority | 15 | 5 |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stuart Andrew | 2,899 | 44.0 | -0.4 | |
Labour | Mike King | 2,652 | 40.2 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ian Hutton | 1,043 | 15.8 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 247 | 3.8 | -2.9 | ||
Turnout | 6,594 | 34.0 | -3.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -1.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Janet Harper | 1,676 | 49.3 | -6.7 | |
Conservative | Glenn Broadbent | 572 | 16.8 | -1.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stephen McBarron | 562 | 16.5 | +3.8 | |
Green | Luke Russell | 523 | 15.4 | +2.5 | |
Socialist Alliance | Isaac Lyne | 66 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 1,104 | 32.5 | -5.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,399 | 23.0 | -0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Lewis | 2,950 | 44.2 | -11.6 | |
Conservative | Alec Shelbrooke | 2,364 | 35.4 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Natasha De Vere | 622 | 9.3 | +0.6 | |
BNP | Christopher Andrews | 535 | 8.0 | +8.0 | |
Green | Elizabeth Holmes | 210 | 3.1 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 586 | 8.8 | -15.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,681 | 36.0 | -2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adam Ogilvie | 1,492 | 44.2 | -7.0 | |
Conservative | William Birch | 987 | 29.3 | -1.1 | |
BNP | Thomas Linden | 368 | 10.9 | +10.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Kathleen Fenton | 366 | 10.9 | -1.6 | |
Green | Irene Draycup | 80 | 2.4 | -0.6 | |
Socialist Alliance | Philip Goodfield | 79 | 2.3 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 505 | 14.9 | -5.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,372 | 28.5 | -0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ted Hanley | 1,763 | 45.9 | -6.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Julian Cummins | 1,520 | 39.5 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | Michael Best | 394 | 10.2 | +0.7 | |
Green | Francis Gray | 167 | 4.3 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 243 | 6.4 | -12.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,844 | 23.5 | -0.4 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | -6.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Ralph Pryke | 1,706 | 49.6 | +5.6 | |
Labour | Geoffrey Holloran | 1,530 | 44.5 | -2.3 | |
Conservative | Patricia Hyde | 203 | 5.9 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 176 | 5.1 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,439 | 28.3 | +0.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | +3.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norma Hutchinson | 1,697 | 41.9 | -10.7 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Garth Frankland | 947 | 23.4 | +2.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sitara Khan | 816 | 20.1 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | Roger Illingworth | 590 | 14.6 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 750 | 18.5 | -12.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,050 | 28.1 | -3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammed Iqbal | 1,292 | 48.1 | -13.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Eric Scott | 525 | 19.5 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | Michael Wheeler | 421 | 15.7 | -5.5 | |
Socialist Alternative | David Jones | 234 | 8.7 | +2.0 | |
Green | Janet Pritchard | 216 | 8.0 | +8.0 | |
Majority | 767 | 28.6 | -11.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,688 | 18.0 | -2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -11.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barry Anderson | 3,336 | 52.8 | -1.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sue Bentley | 1,903 | 30.1 | +10.4 | |
Labour | Patrick Hennigan | 1,083 | 17.1 | -5.7 | |
Majority | 1,433 | 22.7 | -8.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,322 | 38.0 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrea Harrison | 2,876 | 46.0 | -5.6 | |
Conservative | Robert Semple | 1,631 | 26.1 | -4.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ian Dowling | 1,095 | 17.5 | -0.1 | |
BNP | Tracy Andrews | 656 | 10.5 | +10.5 | |
Majority | 1,245 | 19.9 | -0.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,258 | 33.0 | -0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Schofield | 2,902 | 48.2 | +7.1 | |
Labour | Doris McGee | 2,134 | 35.4 | -8.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Hollingsworth | 989 | 16.4 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 768 | 12.8 | +10.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,025 | 34.0 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +7.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Alan Taylor | 2,683 | 59.9 | +20.3 | |
Labour | John Clare | 1,491 | 33.3 | -18.5 | |
Conservative | Karl Steenson | 174 | 3.9 | +0.9 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Azar Iqbal | 128 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 1,192 | 26.6 | +14.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,476 | 33.4 | -7.1 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +19.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Gregory Mulholland | 1,668 | 52.4 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Safdar Hussain | 764 | 24.0 | -5.8 | |
Green | Lesley Jeffries | 351 | 11.0 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Richard Smith | 241 | 7.6 | +0.1 | |
Socialist Alliance | Katherine Owen | 158 | 5.0 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 904 | 28.4 | +9.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,182 | 15.5 | -3.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +4.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Brian Cleasby | 2,404 | 43.2 | -1.0 | |
Conservative | Neil Hunt | 1,997 | 35.9 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Tony Addison | 884 | 15.9 | -1.9 | |
Green | Andrea Binns | 280 | 5.0 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 407 | 7.3 | -2.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,565 | 33.1 | -2.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -1.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Erskine | 1,264 | 63.3 | -4.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ann Norman | 320 | 16.0 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Anthony Larvin | 290 | 14.5 | +2.1 | |
Green | Catherine Harmer | 122 | 6.1 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 944 | 47.3 | -7.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,996 | 18.6 | -2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Illingworth | 1,580 | 45.7 | -11.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Toby Fursdon | 1,080 | 31.2 | +15.4 | |
Conservative | Charles Moore | 406 | 11.7 | -2.0 | |
Green | Martin Reed | 391 | 11.3 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 500 | 14.5 | -27.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,457 | 22.9 | -2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -13.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stuart Bruce | 1,630 | 55.0 | -8.6 | |
Conservative | David Boynton | 697 | 23.5 | +5.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sadie Fisher | 445 | 15.0 | +1.9 | |
Green | Patricia Capstick | 191 | 6.4 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 933 | 31.5 | -14.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,963 | 19.9 | -1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Richard Harker | 2,637 | 51.8 | -3.4 | |
Labour | David Dresser | 1,303 | 25.6 | -0.9 | |
Conservative | Peter Knowles | 936 | 18.4 | +2.4 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Michael Davies | 215 | 4.2 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 1,334 | 26.2 | -2.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,091 | 31.6 | -3.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -1.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Leadley | 2,473 | 42.3 | +4.5 | |
Labour | Alex Sobel | 1,809 | 30.9 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Stephen Kearns | 1,126 | 19.2 | -3.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Christine Golton | 442 | 7.6 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 664 | 11.4 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,850 | 30.3 | -0.2 | ||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Debra Coupar | 2,033 | 36.3 | -16.9 | |
Conservative | Judith Elliott | 1,484 | 26.5 | -2.5 | |
BNP | Christopher Beverley | 1,064 | 19.0 | +19.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Rochelle Harris | 621 | 11.1 | -6.7 | |
Independent | Charles Slingsby | 402 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
Majority | 549 | 9.8 | -14.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,604 | 25.1 | +2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ruth Feldman | 2,561 | 43.5 | -2.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Judith Chapman | 2,272 | 38.6 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Doreen Illingworth | 957 | 16.3 | -1.9 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Brian Jackson | 95 | 1.6 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 289 | 4.9 | -5.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,885 | 35.0 | -3.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerard Francis | 2,790 | 38.1 | -6.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Graham Kirkland | 2,581 | 35.2 | +12.0 | |
Labour | John Eveleigh | 1,615 | 22.1 | -7.2 | |
Green | Paul Marchant | 338 | 4.6 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 209 | 2.9 | -12.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,324 | 38.4 | -2.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | -9.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Amanda Carter | 3,827 | 63.2 | +11.1 | |
Labour | Tina Davy | 1,383 | 22.8 | -9.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Christine Glover | 850 | 14.0 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 2,444 | 40.4 | +20.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,060 | 34.0 | -3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Josephine Jarosz | 2,270 | 42.9 | -5.2 | |
Conservative | Jason Aldiss | 1,768 | 33.4 | -2.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Burke | 637 | 12.0 | +0.4 | |
BNP | Richard Warrington | 437 | 8.3 | +8.3 | |
Green | Yvonne Clarke | 179 | 3.4 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 502 | 9.5 | -2.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,291 | 31.8 | -1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Marlene Lyons | 1,509 | 54.5 | -16.6 | |
BNP | Mark Collett | 550 | 19.9 | +19.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Keith Norman | 483 | 17.5 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Simon Church | 225 | 8.1 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 959 | 44.6 | -10.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,767 | 23.3 | -3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -18.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Steve Smith | 2,495 | 49.4 | +1.2 | |
Labour | Brian Walker | 2,109 | 41.7 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Caroline Judge | 451 | 8.9 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 386 | 7.7 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,055 | 31.5 | -2.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | +0.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matthew Lobley | 2,417 | 39.6 | -1.4 | |
Labour | Michael Fox | 2,347 | 38.4 | -1.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Skinner | 901 | 14.8 | +1.0 | |
Green | Paul Ellis | 260 | 4.3 | +0.7 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Malcolm Christie | 180 | 2.9 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 70 | 1.1 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,105 | 37.2 | -2.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -0.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Selby | 2,003 | 66.3 | -13.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Pauline Davies | 403 | 13.3 | -5.0 | |
BNP | Alistair Ingham | 356 | 11.8 | +11.8 | |
Conservative | Donald Townsley | 261 | 8.6 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 1,600 | 52.9 | -9.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,023 | 26.0 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerald Harper | 1,000 | 41.8 | -15.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Joan Ewens | 930 | 38.9 | +18.7 | |
Conservative | Robert Winfield | 185 | 7.7 | -5.9 | |
Green | Bluebell Eikonoklastes | 153 | 6.4 | -2.8 | |
Socialist Alliance | Steven Skinner | 125 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 70 | 2.9 | -33.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,393 | 15.3 | -1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -16.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Brian Jennings | 2,196 | 45.5 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Dudley Parker | 1,336 | 27.7 | -4.0 | |
Conservative | Timothy Metcalfe | 922 | 19.1 | +1.6 | |
Green | David Webb | 370 | 7.7 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 860 | 17.8 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,824 | 29.5 | -4.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Millard | 4,644 | 66.0 | +0.0 | |
Labour | Reginald Steel | 1,493 | 21.2 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Edmund Conybeare | 899 | 12.8 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 3,151 | 44.8 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,036 | 34.3 | -2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Gruen | 1,868 | 49.7 | -4.8 | |
Conservative | Graeme Shaw | 989 | 26.3 | -7.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Colin Campbell | 486 | 12.9 | +1.2 | |
BNP | Marten Gibson | 344 | 9.2 | +9.2 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Amanda Munro | 68 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 879 | 23.4 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,755 | 30.2 | -2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | David Blackburn | 2,843 | 59.8 | +5.8 | |
Labour | Jane Dowson | 1,239 | 26.1 | -5.7 | |
Conservative | Victoria Richmond | 423 | 8.9 | -1.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Leanne Winfield | 251 | 5.3 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 1,604 | 33.7 | +11.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,756 | 27.9 | -1.8 | ||
Green hold | Swing | +5.7 | |||
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- ↑ Hetherington, Peter (2003-05-03). "English local elections: Labour hit by tax rises and 'Baghdad backlash': England: Disaffection boosts Tories and Lib Dems". The Guardian. p. 16.
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