1998 Leeds City Council election
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The 1998 Leeds City Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council, alongside a vacancy in Wortley (following Fabian Hamilton's election as Leeds North East MP) were up for election.
The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.[1] Overall turnout in the election was 24.66%.[2]
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 25 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 73.5 | 49.3 | 64,368 | -6.9% | |
Conservative | 5 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 14.7 | 27.8 | 36,303 | +3.9% | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.8 | 19.7 | 25,723 | +2.4% | |
Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2,997 | +0.4% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 642 | +0.5% | |
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 433 | +0.2% | |
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 209 | +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 | 82 | 80 | |||
Conservative | 8 | 9 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 9 | 9 | |||
Green | 0 | 1 | |||
Total | 99 | 99 | |||
Working majority | 65 | 61 |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Moira Dunn | 2,862 | 46.7 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Graham Latty | 2,240 | 36.5 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Brown | 1,033 | 16.8 | −3.1 | |
Majority | 622 | 10.1 | −2.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,135 | 31.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alison Lowe | 1,830 | 62.6 | −5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Davies | 491 | 16.8 | +9.6 | |
Conservative | Steven Welsh | 469 | 16.1 | +4.0 | |
Independent | Keith Rushworth | 132 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 1,339 | 45.8 | −10.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,922 | 18.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Parker | 3,103 | 61.7 | −8.5 | |
Conservative | Jack Stott | 1,303 | 25.9 | +5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Lindley | 624 | 12.4 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 1,800 | 35.8 | −13.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,030 | 27.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Angela Gabriel | 1,362 | 55.2 | −18.0 | |
Conservative | William Birch | 490 | 19.9 | +5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Shaun Dolan | 475 | 19.3 | +10.6 | |
Socialist Alternative | Kevin Pattison | 91 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Green | Janet Pritchard | 49 | 2.0 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 872 | 35.3 | −23.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,467 | 19.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -11.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Angela Atkinson | 1,863 | 69.3 | −9.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Revett | 416 | 15.5 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | Michael Best | 409 | 15.2 | +7.2 | |
Majority | 1,447 | 53.8 | −16.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,688 | 16.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm Hardy | 1,820 | 69.1 | −4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Betteridge | 603 | 22.9 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Dorothy Schofield | 211 | 8.0 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 1,217 | 46.2 | −7.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,634 | 19.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil Taggart | 2,204 | 68.9 | −3.9 | |
Conservative | Valerie Kendall | 563 | 17.6 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brenda Lancaster | 432 | 13.5 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 1,641 | 51.3 | −7.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,199 | 20.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christiana Myers | 1,788 | 66.3 | −13.0 | |
Conservative | David Boynton | 339 | 12.6 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Pratt | 272 | 10.1 | −1.1 | |
Socialist Alternative | David Jones | 197 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
Green | Tania Jackson | 100 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 1,449 | 53.7 | −14.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,696 | 17.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Carter | 2,848 | 55.1 | +6.4 | |
Labour | John Garvan | 1,503 | 29.1 | −6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Bates | 822 | 15.9 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 1,345 | 26.0 | +12.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,173 | 31.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Karen Groves | 3,105 | 63.3 | −8.5 | |
Conservative | Alan Lamb | 1,109 | 22.6 | +6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Dowling | 691 | 14.1 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 1,996 | 40.7 | −14.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,905 | 26.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lee Benson | 2,100 | 46.3 | −8.0 | |
Conservative | William Hyde | 1,826 | 40.3 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Hollingsworth | 605 | 13.4 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 274 | 6.0 | −15.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,531 | 25.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Abdul Malik | 1,787 | 60.7 | −11.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Taylor | 674 | 22.9 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | Donald Townsley | 274 | 9.3 | −4.2 | |
Independent Labour | Thomas Wray | 209 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 1,113 | 37.8 | −20.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,944 | 20.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -10.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Doreen Illingworth | 1,223 | 48.7 | −14.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Darren Finlay | 599 | 23.8 | +7.9 | |
Conservative | Paul Mowbray | 414 | 16.5 | +3.5 | |
Green | Lesley Jeffries | 277 | 11.0 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 624 | 24.8 | −22.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,513 | 12.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -11.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Townsley | 2,539 | 46.2 | +17.4 | |
Conservative | Lucy Clapham | 1,513 | 27.5 | −2.3 | |
Labour | Brian Selby | 1,254 | 22.8 | −18.6 | |
Green | Elizabeth Holmes | 105 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Independent | George Williamson | 90 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 1,026 | 18.7 | +7.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,501 | 31.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +9.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Davies | 1,564 | 78.2 | −7.2 | |
Conservative | Anthony Larvin | 188 | 9.4 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Bardon | 170 | 8.5 | +1.4 | |
Green | Susan Brierley | 79 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 1,376 | 68.8 | −9.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,001 | 17.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Atha | 1,993 | 67.2 | −9.0 | |
Conservative | David Higgott | 433 | 14.6 | +5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Thompson | 322 | 10.9 | +4.9 | |
Green | Mark Pedlar | 218 | 7.3 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 1,560 | 52.6 | −14.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,966 | 18.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Linda Middleton | 1,940 | 74.2 | −7.3 | |
Conservative | David Schofield | 359 | 13.7 | +6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Norman | 315 | 12.1 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 1,581 | 60.5 | −9.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,614 | 18.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Bill Winlow | 2,394 | 48.1 | −5.5 | |
Labour | Sheila Saunders | 1,676 | 33.7 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Dibble | 906 | 18.2 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 718 | 14.4 | −8.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,976 | 31.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frances Jones | 2,327 | 53.8 | −4.6 | |
Conservative | Robert Tesseyman | 1,298 | 30.0 | −2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Quentin Brown | 411 | 9.5 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Peter Walsh | 292 | 6.7 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 1,029 | 23.8 | −1.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,328 | 23.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sherry Bradley | 2,368 | 60.7 | −1.4 | |
Conservative | Stephen Kearns | 949 | 24.3 | +9.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Brayshaw | 502 | 14.9 | −8.3 | |
Majority | 1,419 | 36.4 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,819 | 18.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ronald Feldman | 2,122 | 38.1 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jane Abramson | 1,950 | 35.0 | −1.7 | |
Labour | Andrew Bell | 1,494 | 26.8 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 172 | 3.1 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,566 | 32.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Coyne | 2,251 | 34.7 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | Christine Smith | 2,182 | 33.6 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Jennings | 2,058 | 31.7 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 69 | 1.1 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,491 | 34.6 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank Robinson | 2,661 | 46.2 | −4.7 | |
Labour | Janet Harper | 2,501 | 43.4 | +4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Marsay-Smith | 600 | 10.4 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 160 | 2.8 | −9.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,762 | 32.4 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Lewis | 2,262 | 55.1 | −0.6 | |
Conservative | Sheila Jackson | 1,040 | 25.3 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Amor | 716 | 17.4 | −5.9 | |
Green | Graham Illingworth | 90 | 2.2 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 1,222 | 29.7 | −2.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,108 | 24.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eamonn McGee | 1,658 | 77.4 | −7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Norman | 300 | 14.0 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Alan Rhodes | 184 | 8.6 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 1,358 | 63.4 | −10.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,142 | 16.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alec Hudson | 2,015 | 59.1 | −5.6 | |
Conservative | John Cowling | 712 | 20.9 | +7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mitchell Galdas | 682 | 20.0 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 1,303 | 38.2 | −5.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,409 | 22.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Harrand | 2,299 | 43.6 | +7.7 | |
Labour | Mohammed Iqbal | 1,940 | 36.8 | −8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Skinner | 1,031 | 19.6 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 359 | 6.8 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,270 | 31.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Vollans | 1,983 | 75.4 | −11.9 | |
Conservative | Patricia Hyde | 272 | 10.3 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sadie Fisher | 194 | 7.4 | +1.1 | |
Independent | Raymond Northgreaves | 128 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Green | Michael Bolton | 54 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 1,711 | 65.0 | −15.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,631 | 21.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Dale | 1,327 | 63.0 | −10.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Shirley Broadbent | 289 | 13.7 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Robert Winfield | 217 | 10.3 | +1.2 | |
Socialist Alternative | Chris Hill | 145 | 6.9 | −0.7 | |
Green | Paul Eade | 130 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 1,038 | 49.2 | −15.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,108 | 12.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stewart Golton | 2,200 | 40.1 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Eileen Moxon | 1,954 | 35.7 | −4.5 | |
Conservative | Ann Castle | 1,155 | 21.1 | +2.4 | |
Green | David Webb | 171 | 3.1 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 246 | 4.5 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,480 | 34.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Procter | 3,960 | 62.1 | +5.6 | |
Labour | Reginald Steel | 1,807 | 28.4 | −3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah May | 605 | 9.5 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 2,153 | 33.8 | +9.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,372 | 30.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martin Hemingway | 1,644 | 58.1 | −10.2 | |
Conservative | Richard Williams | 854 | 30.2 | +9.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Roberts | 333 | 11.8 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 790 | 27.9 | −20.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,831 | 20.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -10.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm Bedford | 1,860 | 42.4 | −11.7 | |
Green | David Blackburn | 1,724 | 39.3 | +11.0 | |
Labour | Daphne Riley | 1,423 | |||
Green | Claire Nash | 1,106 | |||
Conservative | Glenn Broadbent | 504 | 11.5 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Ruby Patel | 324 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Daly | 295 | 6.7 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 301 | 3.1 | −22.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,383 | 24.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Green gain from Labour | Swing | +11.3 |
By-elections between 1998 and 1999
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Revett | 1,965 | 63.9 | +48.4 | |
Labour | Stephen Simpson | 876 | 28.5 | −40.8 | |
Conservative | Steven Welsh | 142 | 4.6 | −10.6 | |
Socialist Alternative | David Jones | 48 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Green | Paul Eade | 44 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 1,089 | 35.4 | −18.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,075 | 18.6 | +2.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +44.6 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46. ISSN 0140-0460.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai "Election of Councillors : May 1998". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 October 1999. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^ "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16. ISSN 0261-3077.
- ^ "Bramley By-Election 6th August 1998". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 February 1999. Retrieved 20 December 2012.