1999 Leeds City Council election

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.^[1] Overall turnout in the election was 27.3%.^[2]

Election result

Leeds Local Election Result 1999^[2]^[3]
	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:^[4]

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

Aireborough^[2]
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

Armley^[2]
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

Barwick & Kippax^[2]
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

Beeston^[2]
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

Bramley^[2]
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

Burmantofts^[2]
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

Chapel Allerton^[2]
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

City & Holbeck^[2]
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

Cookridge^[2]
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

Garforth & Swillington^[2]
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

Halton^[2]
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

Harehills^[2]
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

Headingley^[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

Horsforth^[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

Hunslet^[2]
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

Kirkstall^[2]
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

Middleton^[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

Moortown^[2]
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

Morley North^[2]
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

Morley South^[2]
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

North^[2]
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

Otley & Wharfedale^[2]
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

Pudsey North^[2]
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

Pudsey South^[2]
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

Richmond Hill^[2]
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

Rothwell^[2]
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

Roundhay^[2]
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

Seacroft^[2]
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

University^[2]
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

Weetwood^[2]
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

Wetherby^[2]
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

Whinmoor^[2]
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

Wortley^[2]
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

Harehills by-election 13 April 2000^[5]
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

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