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. Overall turnout in the election was 27.3%.
Election result
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:
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
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
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
- "Leeds". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "Election of Councillors : 6th May 1999". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 October 1999. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- "Local Councils: Results round-up". The Times. 7 May 1999. p. 4. ISSN 0140-0460.
- "Britain votes: Local Council Election Results". The Independent. 7 May 1999. p. 12. ISSN 0951-9467.
- "Harehills By-Election 13th April 2000". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 11 May 2000. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
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