Leeds City Council election, 2006
The Leeds City Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election with the council remaining under no overall control. Overall turnout was 35.9%[1][2][3][4]
Election result
Leeds Local Election Result 2006[1][4] | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Labour | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 31.6 | 62,957 | +2.5% | ||
Liberal Democrat | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.5 | 21.4 | 42,554 | -2.0% | ||
Conservative | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.6 | 27.0 | 53,693 | +0.1% | ||
BNP | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.9 | 11.4 | 22,642 | +3.7% | ||
Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 9,118 | -1.4% | ||
Morley Borough Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 4,749 | -0.2% | ||
Alliance for Green Socialism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2,067 | -0.6% | ||
English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 563 | +0.3% | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 254 | -1.8% | ||
Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 252 | -0.1% | ||
Christian Peoples | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 140 | +0.1% | ||
BPP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 135 | +0.1% | ||
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:[3]
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 40 | 40 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 26 | 26 | |||
Conservative | 24 | 24 | |||
Morley Borough Independent | 6 | 5 | |||
Green | 3 | 3 | |||
BNP | 0 | 1 | |||
Total | 99 | 99 | |||
Working majority | -19 | -19 |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Clive Fox | 4,128 | 53.5 | -0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Christina Shaw | 2,085 | 27.0 | +3.2 | |
Labour | John Garvani | 941 | 12.2 | -3.6 | |
English Democrat | Stephen Elliott | 563 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
Majority | 2,042 | 26.5 | -3.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,718 | 48.0 | -6.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Harrand | 3,693 | 50.4 | +5.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jonathan Brown | 1,902 | 26.0 | -4.0 | |
Labour | Richard Masterton | 1,459 | 19.9 | +2.2 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Brian Jackson | 275 | 3.8 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 1,791 | 24.4 | +9.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,329 | 41.8 | -11.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lisa Mulherin | 1,884 | 35.8 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | David Boynton | 1,372 | 26.1 | +4.6 | |
BNP | John Hirst | 1,182 | 22.5 | +4.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Philip Moore | 821 | 15.6 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 512 | 9.7 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,259 | 33.5 | -5.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Janet Harper | 2,214 | 42.1 | -0.3 | |
BNP | Bernard Allen | 921 | 17.5 | +4.9 | |
Green | Jacqueline Nelson | 740 | 14.1 | -1.8 | |
Conservative | Glenn Broadbent | 713 | 13.5 | -3.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Christine Golton | 677 | 12.9 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 1,293 | 24.6 | -0.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,265 | 30.5 | -5.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Congreve | 1,981 | 39.6 | +8.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | James Fuller | 1,174 | 23.5 | +6.8 | |
BNP | Dean Taylor | 899 | 18.0 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Robert Winfield | 695 | 13.9 | -2.4 | |
Green | Neil Green | 254 | 5.1 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 807 | 16.1 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,003 | 31.6 | -6.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil Taggart | 2,005 | 40.5 | +0.8 | |
BNP | Sandra Cockayne | 882 | 17.8 | +5.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Adam Slack | 803 | 16.2 | -7.9 | |
Conservative | Michael Best | 780 | 15.8 | +0.7 | |
Green | Pamela Brown | 347 | 7.0 | -1.4 | |
BPP | Edmond Morrison | 135 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 1,123 | 22.7 | +7.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,952 | 30.2 | -7.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | David Hollingsworth | 2,182 | 42.3 | +2.3 | |
Labour | John Hardy | 1,634 | 31.7 | -0.1 | |
BNP | Mark Collett | 1,124 | 21.8 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Simon O'Riordan | 214 | 4.2 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 548 | 10.6 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,154 | 33.8 | -5.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank Robinson | 3,272 | 46.9 | -6.2 | |
Labour | Andrew Jarosz | 1,773 | 25.4 | +5.3 | |
BNP | Robert Leary | 987 | 14.1 | +14.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Laura Harmes | 944 | 13.5 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 1,499 | 21.5 | -11.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,976 | 40.5 | -6.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jane Dowson | 2,914 | 47.1 | +10.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Timothy Herberd | 1,720 | 27.8 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Simon Baker | 647 | 10.5 | +0.1 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Garth Frankland | 558 | 9.0 | -8.2 | |
Green | Mark Elliot | 352 | 5.7 | -4.4 | |
Majority | 1,194 | 19.3 | +8.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,191 | 36.5 | -1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammed Iqbal | 1,884 | 46.9 | +5.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Paul Swain | 1,143 | 28.5 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | Simon Church | 437 | 10.9 | -3.3 | |
Green | Michael Northfield | 300 | 7.5 | -2.8 | |
Respect | Sally Kincaid | 252 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 741 | 18.5 | -1.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,016 | 26.7 | -3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Gruen | 2,455 | 39.1 | -2.0 | |
Conservative | Margaret Schofield | 1,972 | 31.4 | -0.7 | |
BNP | Martin Gibson | 924 | 14.7 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Aqila Choudhry | 588 | 9.4 | +0.9 | |
Green | Lee Mortimer | 347 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Majority | 483 | 7.7 | -1.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,286 | 37.1 | -0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Luke Russell | 2,324 | 38.8 | -12.2 | |
Labour | Stephen Towler | 1,657 | 27.6 | +6.4 | |
BNP | Peter Maverick | 992 | 16.5 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | George Firth | 630 | 10.5 | -0.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alistair Bradley | 354 | 5.9 | +1.2 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Declan Normaschild | 40 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 667 | 11.1 | -18.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,997 | 34.3 | -6.1 | ||
Green hold | Swing | -9.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Murray | 3,311 | 41.5 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Alan Lamb | 3,043 | 38.1 | +5.1 | |
BNP | John Powell | 988 | 12.4 | -0.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ann Norman | 643 | 8.1 | -12.0 | |
Majority | 268 | 3.4 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,985 | 50.5 | +1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roger Harington | 2,766 | 47.9 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Andrew Tear | 2,577 | 44.7 | -3.1 | |
Conservative | Beatrice Greenwood | 262 | 4.5 | +0.1 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Azar Iqbal | 166 | 2.9 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 189 | 3.3 | -0.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,771 | 37.2 | -8.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Raymond Bale | 2,901 | 42.2 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Michael King | 1,813 | 26.4 | +4.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Lucinda Cleasby | 1,080 | 15.7 | -1.6 | |
BNP | Wayne Taylor | 617 | 9.0 | +1.6 | |
Green | Colin Avison | 412 | 6.0 | -3.2 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Gareth Christie | 55 | 0.8 | -1.7 | |
Majority | 1,088 | 15.8 | -4.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,878 | 41.3 | -6.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alec Shelbrooke | 4,409 | 62.3 | -1.0 | |
Labour | Hayley Johnson | 907 | 12.8 | -2.9 | |
BNP | Joanna Beverley | 767 | 10.8 | +10.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Joanne Hall | 680 | 9.6 | -7.2 | |
Green | Murray Ford | 275 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Fiona Christie | 36 | 0.5 | -3.6 | |
Majority | 3,502 | 49.5 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,074 | 48.1 | -4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Martin Hamilton | 1,067 | 41.7 | -2.9 | |
Labour | Katherine Mitchell | 641 | 25.0 | +5.9 | |
Green | Lesley Jeffries | 469 | 18.3 | -1.2 | |
Conservative | Christopher Wales | 299 | 11.7 | +2.5 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Sequoyah de Souza Vigneswaren | 84 | 3.3 | -4.3 | |
Majority | 426 | 16.6 | -8.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,560 | 18.9 | -3.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -4.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Brian Cleasby | 2,585 | 38.4 | -2.7 | |
Conservative | John Hardcastle | 2,488 | 37.0 | +10.0 | |
Labour | Lucinda Yeadon | 954 | 14.2 | +1.8 | |
Green | Andrea Binns | 566 | 8.4 | +1.0 | |
Christian Peoples | Paul Hellyer | 140 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 97 | 1.4 | -12.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,733 | 39.3 | -8.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -6.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Linda Rhodes-Clayton | 1,099 | 38.8 | -8.9 | |
Labour | Mina Kainyek | 1,072 | 37.9 | +8.4 | |
Green | Tim Sunderland | 501 | 17.7 | +17.7 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Muhammad Arfan | 79 | 2.8 | -9.8 | |
Independent | Giles Neafcy | 79 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 27 | 1.0 | -17.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,830 | 18.5 | -8.1 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -8.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Selby | 2,696 | 52.1 | +1.2 | |
Labour | Veronica Morgan | 2,417 | |||
BNP | George Geapin | 1,017 | 19.6 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Margaret Tait | 872 | 16.8 | -1.5 | |
BNP | Richard Warrington | 860 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Sadie Fisher | 848 | |||
Conservative | Caroline Anderson | 592 | 11.4 | -1.5 | |
Conservative | Donald Townsley | 542 | |||
Majority | 1,679 | 32.5 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,177 | 15.8 | -22.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keith Wakefield | 3,422 | 52.9 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | Tina Phillips | 1,287 | 19.9 | -2.1 | |
BNP | Lisa Crossley | 1,126 | 17.4 | +4.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Barbara Thompson | 635 | 9.8 | -2.6 | |
Majority | 2,135 | 33.0 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 6,470 | 41.2 | -2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Atha | 2,149 | 45.5 | +5.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Christine Coleman | 1,546 | 32.7 | +2.9 | |
Green | Martin Reed | 537 | 11.4 | +0.0 | |
Conservative | Benjamin Jackson | 489 | 10.4 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 603 | 12.8 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,721 | 29.2 | -8.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Debra Coupar | 2,123 | 42.6 | +1.7 | |
BNP | Kevin Meeson | 1,424 | 28.6 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | Richard Barker | 860 | 17.3 | -4.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Benedict Chastney | 578 | 11.6 | -4.9 | |
Majority | 699 | 14.0 | -5.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,985 | 29.4 | -4.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Richard Harker | 2,385 | 33.8 | -12.5 | |
Labour | Gerald Harper | 2,241 | 31.7 | +9.8 | |
Conservative | Lyn Buckley | 2,060 | 29.2 | +3.9 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Michael Davies | 380 | 5.4 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 145 | 2.1 | -18.9 | ||
Turnout | 7,067 | 41.1 | -6.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -11.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morley Borough Independent | Thomas Leadley | 2,959 | 42.4 | -3.9 | |
BNP | Thomas Redmond | 1,491 | 21.4 | +8.4 | |
Labour | Neil Dawson | 1,370 | 19.7 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | William Flynn | 802 | 11.5 | -2.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Levent Akbulut | 350 | 5.0 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 1,468 | 21.0 | -8.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,972 | 39.9 | -4.2 | ||
Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | -6.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Christopher Beverley | 2,083 | 32.9 | +15.6 | |
Morley Borough Independent | Michael Elliott | 1,790 | 28.3 | -4.7 | |
Labour | Sherry Bradley | 1,407 | 22.3 | -3.8 | |
Conservative | Keely Jamieson | 550 | 8.7 | -0.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Skinner | 317 | 5.0 | -0.7 | |
Independent | Charles Slingsby | 175 | 2.8 | -6.3 | |
Majority | 383 | 4.6 | -2.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,322 | 39.1 | -1.4 | ||
BNP gain from Morley Borough Independent | Swing | +10.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Ryk Downes | 3,159 | 38.7 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | Nigel Francis | 2,290 | 28.1 | +5.0 | |
Labour | John Eveleigh | 1,782 | 21.8 | +0.9 | |
BNP | Mark Gates | 551 | 6.7 | +1.6 | |
Green | David Webb | 297 | 3.6 | -13.8 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Wendy Frankland | 84 | 1.0 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 869 | 10.6 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,163 | 47.1 | -4.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eugene Coulson | 2,499 | 36.8 | -5.6 | |
Conservative | Barry White | 2,122 | 31.2 | +0.9 | |
BNP | Angela Day | 1,115 | 16.4 | +4.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jason McCartney | 678 | 10.0 | -5.2 | |
Green | Irene Dracup | 377 | 5.6 | +5.6 | |
Majority | 377 | 5.6 | -6.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,791 | 40.1 | -5.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Barry Golton | 2,323 | 40.7 | -2.3 | |
Labour | Karen Bruce | 1,954 | 34.2 | -0.2 | |
BNP | Tracy Andrews | 823 | 14.4 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Dorothy Flynn | 613 | 10.7 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 369 | 6.5 | -2.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,713 | 37.2 | -7.1 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Wadsworth | 2,930 | 39.4 | +5.7 | |
Labour | Irene O'Grady | 2,457 | 33.1 | +6.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Carl Quilliam | 1,213 | 16.3 | -6.3 | |
Green | Paul Ellis | 598 | 8.1 | -3.7 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Malcolm Christie | 230 | 3.1 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 473 | 6.4 | -0.5 | ||
Turnout | 7,428 | 43.1 | -11.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Lyons | 2,394 | 35.7 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Hayes | 1,967 | 29.3 | -7.8 | |
BNP | Peter Hollings | 1,486 | 22.1 | +10.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Keith Norman | 867 | 12.9 | -3.6 | |
Majority | 427 | 6.4 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 6,714 | 41.9 | -3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Judith Chapman | 2,550 | 43.6 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Guy West | 1,334 | 22.8 | -4.3 | |
Labour | Anne Cherry | 1,089 | 18.6 | -4.7 | |
Green | Martin Hemingway | 422 | 7.2 | -6.7 | |
BNP | Gillian Leake | 370 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Daniel Kennedy | 77 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 1,216 | 20.8 | +12.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,842 | 33.8 | -9.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +6.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Procter | 3,842 | 57.0 | -6.6 | |
Labour | Andrew Robinson | 1,069 | 15.9 | -6.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | James Matthews | 955 | 14.2 | +0.5 | |
BNP | Ralph Nutter | 873 | 13.0 | +13.0 | |
Majority | 2,773 | 41.1 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,739 | 44.0 | -5.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
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