2021 Leeds City Council election
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The 2021 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 6 May 2021 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections across England and the rest of the UK, including the inaugural West Yorkshire mayoral election.
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The election was originally scheduled for 7 May 2020, alongside the later cancelled 2020 West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner election and other local elections across the UK, but was delayed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
As per the election cycle, both one third of the council's 99 seats and an additional casual vacancy in Roundhay ward were contested.[2] Following the postponement of the original election in 2020, the incumbent councillors' terms have been extended for an additional year to their initial two-year term granted in 2018. All councillors elected in 2021 will serve a one-off three-year term, instead of the usual four-year term, to retain their original term end date of 2024.
The Labour Party maintained their majority control of the council despite losing two seats. The closest contest saw Labour hold Temple Newsam ward by 12 votes ahead of the Conservatives.
Election summary
| Leeds City Council Election Result 2021[3] | |||||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
| Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
| Labour | 34 | 19 | 0 | 2 |  2 |
55.9 | 42.4 | 94,391 | +4.0 | ||||||
| Conservative | 34 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
26.5 | 31.8 | 70,798 | +3.6 | ||||||
| Green | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  |
2.9 | 9.2 | 20,473 | -2.4 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
5.9 | 8.7 | 19,350 | -3.0 | ||||||
| Morley Borough Independent | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5.9 | 2.3 | 5,049 | -1.0 | ||||||
| Garforth and Swillington Independents | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
2.9 | 1.7 | 3,740 | -0.6 | ||||||
| SDP | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 1.3 | 2,791 | +0.6 | ||||||
| Yorkshire | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 1.2 | 2,729 | +0.6 | ||||||
| Independent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.4 | 870 | -0.2 | ||||||
| Alliance for Green Socialism | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.3 | 742 | +0.1 | ||||||
| Save Our Beeston and Holbeck Independents | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.3 | 611 | -0.3 | ||||||
| TUSC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.2 | 527 | New | ||||||
| Freedom Alliance. No Lockdowns. No Curfews. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.1 | 225 | New | ||||||
| Women's Equality | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.1 | 174 | -0.3 | ||||||
| UKIP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.1 | 157 | -4.7 | ||||||
| Reform | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.1 | 116 | New | ||||||
| For Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.0 | 47 | -1.0 | ||||||
| Total | 183 | 34 | 2 | 2 | |
100.0 | 100.0 | 222,647 | 50,061 | ||||||
The election result had the following consequences for the political composition of the council:
Councillors who did not stand for re-election
| Councillor | Ward | First elected | Party | Reason | Successor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judith Blake[10] |
Middleton Park | 1996, 2002 | Labour | stood down[11] | Sharon Burke (Labour) | ||
| Neil Dawson[12] | Morley South | 2011 | Labour | stood down[13] | Jane Senior (Morley Borough Independents) | ||
| Peter Gruen[14] | Cross Gates & Whinmoor | 1983 (as Conservative), 1997 (as Labour) | Labour | stood down[15] | James Gibson (Labour) | ||
| Carmel Hall[4] | Rothwell | 2018 | Liberal Democrats | died in office[5] | Conrad Hart-Brooke (Liberal Democrats) | ||
| Mark Harrison[16] | Pudsey | 2018 | Conservative | stood down[17] | Dawn Seary (Conservative) | ||
| Christine Knight[18] | Weetwood | 2018 | Labour | stood down[19] | Emma Flint (Labour) | ||
| Pat Latty[20] |
Guiseley & Rawdon | 2010 | Conservative | stood down[21] | Paul Alderson (Conservative) | ||
| Eleanor Tunnicliffe[22] | Roundhay | 2016 | Labour | resigned office[23] | Zara Hussain (Labour) | ||
| Angela Wenham[24] | Roundhay | 2018 | Labour | deselected, later resigned office[9][23] | Lisa Martin (Labour) | ||
Ward results
Adel & Wharfedale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Caroline Anderson* | 4,527 | 55.6 | +9.0 | |
| Labour | Chris Bridges | 1,975 | 24.3 | +4.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael White | 1,022 | 12.5 | −5.8 | |
| Green | Lesley Jeffries | 566 | 6.9 | −0.9 | |
| Majority | 2,552 | 31.3 | +4.2 | ||
| Turnout | 8,144 | 50.0 | +9.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
Alwoodley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Neil Buckley* | 4,481 | 57.5 | +2.7 | |
| Labour | Amy Hegan | 2,370 | 30.4 | +3.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roderic Parker | 328 | 4.2 | −5.0 | |
| Yorkshire | Graham Dews | 245 | 3.1 | N/A | |
| Women's Equality | Louise Jennings | 174 | 2.2 | −0.8 | |
| Alliance for Green Socialism | Brian Jackson | 152 | 2.0 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 2,111 | 27.1 | −1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 7,794 | 44.3 | +8.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.5 | |||
Ardsley & Robin Hood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mike Foster | 3,006 | 47.0 | +21.6 | |
| Labour Co-op | Ben Garner* | 2,639 | 41.3 | +5.6 | |
| Green | Colin Noble | 372 | 5.8 | +0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Ward | 260 | 4.1 | −0.5 | |
| SDP | David Creasser | 71 | 1.1 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 367 | 5.7 | −4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 6,396 | 36.0 | +7.9 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour Co-op | Swing | +8.0 | |||
Armley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jim McKenna* | 2,858 | 56.3 | −4.4 | |
| Conservative | Tamas Kovacs | 1,026 | 20.2 | +10.0 | |
| Green | Mark Rollinson | 815 | 16.1 | +2.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Dan Walker | 211 | 4.2 | −1.3 | |
| TUSC | Richard Chaves-Sanderson | 83 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| SDP | Andrew Martin | 43 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,832 | 36.1 | −11.3 | ||
| Turnout | 5,074 | 29.3 | +4.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -7.2 | |||
Beeston & Holbeck
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gohar Almass* | 2,777 | 52.8 | +5.3 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Martin | 996 | 18.9 | +11.3 | |
| Green | Becky Kellett | 748 | 14.2 | +7.1 | |
| Save Our Beeston and Holbeck Independents | Francesca Robinson | 468 | 8.8 | −16.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Jaques | 117 | 2.2 | −2.2 | |
| Freedom Alliance. No Lockdowns. No Curfews. | Bill Palfreman | 82 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Jay Slayton-Joslin | 34 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,781 | 33.9 | +11.6 | ||
| Turnout | 5,260 | 29.4 | +4.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -3.0 | |||
Bramley & Stanningley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Caroline Gruen* | 2,779 | 52.9 | +4.3 | |
| Conservative | Adam Cook | 1,342 | 25.5 | +15.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Liz Bee | 571 | 10.9 | +1.2 | |
| Green | Clive Lord | 461 | 8.8 | +0.0 | |
| SDP | Daniel Whetstone | 40 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,437 | 27.3 | −6.8 | ||
| Turnout | 5,255 | 30.5 | +6.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -5.9 | |||
Burmantofts & Richmond Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Asghar Khan* | 2,984 | 60.4 | +3.9 | |
| Conservative | Dawn Payne | 619 | 12.5 | +6.7 | |
| Independent | Geoff Holloran | 554 | 11.2 | −8.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Hollingsworth | 378 | 7.7 | −3.1 | |
| Green | Karen Peters | 361 | 7.3 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 2,365 | 47.9 | +11.2 | ||
| Turnout | 4,937 | 29.0 | +6.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -1.4 | |||
Calverley & Farsley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Amanda Carter* | 4,424 | 53.6 | +10.5 | |
| Labour | Naheem Alam | 2,808 | 34.0 | −9.5 | |
| Green | Ellen Graham | 664 | 8.0 | −1.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Dowling | 312 | 3.7 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 1,616 | 19.6 | +19.2 | ||
| Turnout | 8,254 | 44.4 | +7.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +10.0 | |||
Chapel Allerton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mohammed Rafique* | 4,903 | 67.4 | −4.7 | |
| Green | Bobak Walker | 912 | 12.5 | +0.6 | |
| Conservative | Shaz Ahad | 690 | 9.5 | +2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Marshall | 419 | 5.8 | −0.2 | |
| Alliance for Green Socialism | Mike Davies | 227 | 3.1 | +0.0 | |
| SDP | Richard Cowles | 55 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,991 | 54.9 | −5.3 | ||
| Turnout | 7,274 | 39.2 | +5.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.7 | |||
Cross Gates & Whinmoor
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Gibson | 2,826 | 43.3 | −0.5 | |
| Conservative | Philip Moore | 2,687 | 41.2 | +20.4 | |
| Green | Keith Hale | 378 | 5.8 | −2.4 | |
| Independent | Mark Nicholson | 286 | 4.4 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Harvey Alexander | 157 | 2.4 | −17.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Aqila Choudhry | 145 | 2.2 | −3.8 | |
| SDP | Jack Newcombe | 21 | 0.0 | −1.2 | |
| Majority | 139 | 2.1 | −20.9 | ||
| Turnout | 6,530 | 35.2 | +8.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -10.5 | |||
Farnley & Wortley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | David Blackburn* | 2,293 | 39.0 | −2.1 | |
| Labour | Matt Gibson | 2,155 | 36.6 | −0.1 | |
| Conservative | Cormac Trigg | 1,004 | 17.1 | +10.3 | |
| Yorkshire | Ian Cowling | 315 | 5.4 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Maria Frank | 77 | 1.3 | −0.7 | |
| Majority | 138 | 2.3 | −2.1 | ||
| Turnout | 5,884 | 32.3 | +4.9 | ||
| Green hold | Swing | -1.1 | |||
Garforth & Swillington
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garforth and Swillington Independents | Sarah Field* | 3,780 | 48.8 | −14.1 | |
| Conservative | Mark Barratt | 2,105 | 27.2 | +14.1 | |
| Labour | Michael Bailey | 1,317 | 17.0 | +0.1 | |
| Green | Steve Beer | 420 | 5.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jake Knox | 79 | 1.0 | −1.9 | |
| Majority | 1,675 | 21.6 | −24.4 | ||
| Turnout | 7,749 | 47.5 | +7.8 | ||
| Garforth and Swillington Independents hold | Swing | -14.1 | |||
Gipton & Harehills
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Arif Hussain* | 3,854 | 73.4 | −4.2 | |
| Conservative | Sandy Goodall | 616 | 11.7 | +5.4 | |
| Green | Alaric Hall | 318 | 6.1 | −0.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Darren Finlay | 214 | 4.1 | −0.5 | |
| TUSC | Iain Dalton | 139 | 2.6 | +0.0 | |
| SDP | Shaff Sheikh | 113 | 2.2 | −0.2 | |
| Majority | 3,238 | 61.6 | −9.6 | ||
| Turnout | 5,254 | 29.9 | +3.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.8 | |||
Guiseley & Rawdon
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Alderson | 4,069 | 45.6 | +5.0 | |
| Labour Co-op | Eleanor Thomson | 3,200 | 35.9 | +9.8 | |
| Yorkshire | Bob Buxton | 840 | 9.4 | −2.5 | |
| Green | Nick Hodgkinson | 458 | 5.1 | −5.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Mcleod | 274 | 3.1 | −2.4 | |
| For Britain | Tom Hollings | 47 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 869 | 9.7 | −4.8 | ||
| Turnout | 8,925 | 47.7 | +9.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -2.4 | |||
Harewood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sam Firth* | 5,080 | 67.3 | −2.1 | |
| Labour | Michael Millar | 1,347 | 17.9 | +6.7 | |
| Green | Claire Evans | 662 | 8.8 | −3.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Dan Cook | 383 | 5.1 | −0.6 | |
| Majority | 3,733 | 49.5 | −6.2 | ||
| Turnout | 7,543 | 50.2 | +11.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -4.4 | |||
Headingley & Hyde Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Al Garthwaite* | 3,087 | 56.2 | +2.4 | |
| Green | Tim Goodall | 1,628 | 29.7 | +1.8 | |
| Conservative | Isaac Woolmer | 274 | 5.0 | +1.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Brandon Ashford | 232 | 4.2 | −6.9 | |
| Yorkshire | Tyler Wilson | 99 | 1.8 | ±0.0 | |
| TUSC | Florian Hynam | 65 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Independent | Anthony Greaux | 30 | 0.5 | N/A'"`UNIQ−−ref−000000B5−QINU`"' | |
| SDP | Michael Bellfield | 10 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,459 | 26.6 | +0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 5,490 | 22.3 | −0.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Horsforth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jonathon Taylor* | 3,292 | 38.3 | +0.9 | |
| Labour | John Garvani | 2,642 | 30.7 | +4.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Dowling | 1,750 | 20.4 | +1.3 | |
| Green | William Jones | 609 | 7.1 | −4.8 | |
| Yorkshire | Roland Gilmore | 219 | 2.5 | N/A | |
| Freedom Alliance. No Lockdowns. No Curfews. | Anne Mutch | 45 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 650 | 7.5 | −3.2 | ||
| Turnout | 8,593 | 47.8 | +7.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -1.7 | |||
Hunslet & Riverside
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mohammed Iqbal* | 2,535 | 45.8 | −0.5 | |
| Green | Ed Carlisle | 2,303 | 41.7 | −1.2 | |
| Conservative | Paul Rowden | 456 | 8.2 | +2.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Benedict Turner-Chastney | 90 | 1.6 | −2.0 | |
| TUSC | Nina Brown | 52 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| SDP | Cordelia Lynan | 43 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 232 | 4.2 | −1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 5,529 | 31.5 | +5.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
Killingbeck & Seacroft
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Jenkins* | 2,946 | 62.0 | +15.7 | |
| Conservative | David Frame | 1,145 | 24.1 | +14.1 | |
| Green | Alan Anthoney | 391 | 8.2 | +2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Otley | 174 | 3.7 | N/A | |
| SDP | Hafizur Rahman | 32 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,801 | 37.9 | +9.4 | ||
| Turnout | 4,755 | 26.6 | +4.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Kippax & Methley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Lewis* | 3,500 | 52.2 | +4.8 | |
| Conservative | Connor Mulhall | 2,388 | 35.6 | +10.1 | |
| Green | Dylan Brown | 512 | 7.6 | −13.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sara Howell | 143 | 2.1 | −4.1 | |
| Reform | Kristian Wilkinson | 116 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| SDP | Thomas Foster | 22 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,112 | 16.6 | −5.3 | ||
| Turnout | 6,711 | 39.4 | +11.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.7 | |||
Kirkstall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Fiona Venner* | 3,922 | 67.1 | +4.6 | |
| Green | Victoria Smith | 845 | 14.5 | +0.1 | |
| Conservative | Reiss Capitano | 773 | 13.2 | +7.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Edwards | 186 | 3.2 | −3.4 | |
| TUSC | James Ellis | 72 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,077 | 52.6 | +4.5 | ||
| Turnout | 5,845 | 35.1 | +4.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
Little London & Woodhouse
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Javaid Akhtar* | 2,641 | 65.2 | −3.0 | |
| Green | Marcus Cain | 689 | 17.0 | +2.2 | |
| Conservative | Jordan Young | 393 | 9.7 | +4.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Iulian Biris | 196 | 4.8 | −0.7 | |
| TUSC | Michael Johnson | 82 | 2.0 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 1,952 | 48.2 | +5.2 | ||
| Turnout | 4,048 | 20.8 | +0.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.6 | |||
Middleton Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sharon Burke | 2,313 | 40.9 | −2.3 | |
| SDP | Wayne Dixon | 1,963 | 34.7 | +11.1 | |
| Conservative | Samantha Bennett | 913 | 16.2 | +10.2 | |
| Green | Kay-Lee Asquith | 306 | 5.4 | +0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Spencer | 119 | 2.1 | −1.1 | |
| Majority | 350 | 6.2 | −13.4 | ||
| Turnout | 5,653 | 27.8 | +5.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -6.7 | |||
Moortown
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Sharon Hamilton* | 4,375 | 54.2 | +6.0 | |
| Conservative | Rob Speed | 1,900 | 23.5 | +4.6 | |
| Green | Rachel Hartshorne | 1,133 | 14.0 | −2.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Dresser | 511 | 6.3 | −10.0 | |
| SDP | Steve Wright | 74 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,475 | 30.7 | −1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 8,070 | 46.1 | +10.08 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
Morley North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morley Borough Independent | Andy Hutchinson* | 2,922 | 42.0 | −18.0 | |
| Conservative | Alan Shires | 1,930 | 27.8 | +13.3 | |
| Labour Co-op | Luke Mitchell | 1,506 | 21.7 | +5.4 | |
| Green | Eunice Agbemafle | 389 | 5.6 | −1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Penelope Goodman | 134 | 1.9 | −0.6 | |
| SDP | Nigel Perry | 33 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 992 | 14.2 | −29.5 | ||
| Turnout | 6,953 | 38.0 | +7.7 | ||
| Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | -15.7 | |||
Morley South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morley Borough Independent | Jane Senior | 2,127 | 33.1 | −17.4 | |
| Conservative | Michael Burnham | 1,754 | 27.3 | +14.7 | |
| Labour | Bailey Bradley | 1,689 | 26.3 | +0.1 | |
| Green | Chris Bell | 608 | 9.5 | +2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Richard Andrews | 110 | 1.7 | −1.1 | |
| SDP | Joshua Sturgeon | 104 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 373 | 5.8 | −18.5 | ||
| Turnout | 6,431 | 35.5 | +8.0 | ||
| Morley Borough Independent gain from Labour | Swing | -16.1 | |||
Otley & Yeadon
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sandy Lay* | 3,766 | 45.0 | −4.6 | |
| Labour | Lucy Nuttgens | 1,793 | 21.4 | +1.9 | |
| Conservative | Stewart Harper | 1,408 | 16.8 | +7.5 | |
| Green | Mick Bradley | 978 | 11.6 | −1.4 | |
| Yorkshire | Claire Jane Buxton | 387 | 4.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,973 | 23.5 | −7.6 | ||
| Turnout | 8,378 | 46.9 | +7.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -3.3 | |||
Pudsey
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Dawn Seary | 4,609 | 56.5 | +15.1 | |
| Labour | Mark Sewards | 2,567 | 31.4 | −6.2 | |
| Green | Suzanne Ward | 419 | 5.1 | −2.1 | |
| Yorkshire | Dan Woodlock | 265 | 3.2 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Cynthia Dowling | 248 | 3.0 | −0.8 | |
| SDP | Daniel Walker | 15 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 2,042 | 25.0 | +21.2 | ||
| Turnout | 8,164 | 42.6 | +8.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +10.7 | |||
Rothwell
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Conrad Hart-Brooke | 2,313 | 34.4 | −7.6 | |
| Labour | Karen Bruce | 2,212 | 32.9 | +0.0 | |
| Conservative | Joe Boycott | 1,543 | 23.0 | +11.1 | |
| Yorkshire | Sean McDonald | 359 | 5.3 | N/A | |
| Green | Ali Aliremzioglu | 235 | 3.5 | −2.0 | |
| SDP | Christopher Dudley | 16 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 101 | 1.5 | −7.6 | ||
| Turnout | 6,716 | 41.7 | +8.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -3.8 | |||
Roundhay
A casual vacancy was contested alongside the regular election following the resignation of Eleanor Tunnicliffe (Labour Party) in March 2021. The highest-placed candidate, Lisa Martin, received the full term and the second-placed candidate, Zara Hussain, filled the vacancy to complete Tunnicliffe's term of office until 2022.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lisa Martin | 4,357 | 58.2 | +14.3 | |
| Labour | Zara Hussain | 4,198 | 56.1 | +12.2 | |
| Conservative | Elayna Cohen | 1,583 | 21.2 | +8.5 | |
| Conservative | Spencer Weiner | 1,486 | 19.9 | +7.2 | |
| Green | Richard Miles Wilson | 1,225 | 16.4 | +4.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Quinn | 941 | 12.6 | −1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kavi Norris | 575 | 7.7 | −0.7 | |
| Alliance for Green Socialism | Malcolm Christie | 363 | 4.9 | +3.7 | |
| SDP | Max Partington | 106 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Freedom Alliance. No Lockdowns. No Curfews. | Darryl Bickler | 98 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| SDP | Paul Whetstone | 30 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,774 | 37.1 | +6.9 | ||
| Turnout | 7,481 | 47.5 | +7.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Temple Newsam
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Helen Hayden* | 2,785 | 44.5 | +5.8 | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Firth | 2,773 | 44.3 | +13.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Norman | 338 | 5.4 | −1.2 | |
| Green | Shahab Saqib Adris | 320 | 5.1 | −2.3 | |
| Majority | 12 | 0.0 | −7.9 | ||
| Turnout | 6,256 | 37.4 | +6.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -3.9 | |||
Weetwood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Emma Flint | 3,540 | 47.2 | +11.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sharon Slinger | 2,207 | 29.4 | −12.0 | |
| Conservative | Angelo Basu | 943 | 12.6 | +6.6 | |
| Green | Christopher Foren | 758 | 10.1 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 1,333 | 17.8 | +14.6 | ||
| Turnout | 7,496 | 45.9 | +4.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -11.5 | |||
Wetherby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alan Lamb* | 4,563 | 58.0 | +1.1 | |
| Green | Penny Stables | 1,753 | 22.3 | +12.8 | |
| Labour Co-op | Steve Clapcote | 991 | 12.6 | +2.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Clark | 527 | 6.7 | −17.1 | |
| Majority | 2,810 | 35.7 | +3.6 | ||
| Turnout | 7,874 | 47.8 | +9.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -5.9 | |||
Notes
- Rothwell ward councillor, Carmel Hall, died in office in July 2020. In accordance with UK government regulations in response to COVID-19, no by-election was called as all local government by-elections were postponed to take place on the same date as the 2021 council election, when Hall's council term was due to expire.[4][5][6]
- Ronald Grahame (Burmantofts and Richmond Hill, Labour) was charged with historic child sex offences in late 2020 and is currently "suspended from the Labour Party pending the outcome of the case."[7][8]
- In addition to the vacancy created following the death of Carmel Hall, both Eleanor Tunnicliffe and Angela Wenham resigned from their offices "over the weekend" of 20 and 21 March 2021. Tunnicliffe's term was due to expire in 2022, whereas Wenham resigned prior to the expiry of her term on 6 May 2021. In October 2019, Wenham had been de-selected by her Constituency Labour Party and therefore unable to recontest her seat as the Labour candidate. Two replacement councillors will be elected on 6 May.[2][9]