2023 Leeds City Council election

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2023 Leeds City Council election

 2022
4 May 2023
2024 

33 of 99 seats on Leeds City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout31.17% (Decrease 2.53%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader James Lewis Andrew Carter
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 22 seats, 44.1% 6 seats, 27.0% 2 seats, 9.4%
Seats before 56 21 7
Seats won 22 4 2
Seats after 61 18 6
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 3 Decrease1
Popular vote 81,752 41,078 19,508
Percentage 44.4% 22.3% 10.6%
Swing Increase0.3pp Decrease4.7pp Increase1.2pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Morley Borough Independents Green Garforth and Swillington Independents
Last election 2 seats, 2.6% 1 seats, 11.4% 1 seat, 2.1%
Seats before 6 4[a] 3
Seats won 2 1 1
Seats after 6 3 3
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Popular vote 4,542 26,195 3,469
Percentage 2.5% 14.2% 1.9%
Swing Decrease0.1pp Increase2.8pp Decrease0.2pp

  Seventh party
 
Party SDP
Last election 1 seat, 1.5%
Seats before 1
Seats won 1
Seats after 2
Seat change Increase1
Popular vote 2,622
Percentage 1.4%
Swing Decrease0.1pp

Map of the results of the election by ward

Leader before election

James Lewis
Labour

Leader after election

James Lewis
Labour

The 2023 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 4 May 2023 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

The 2023 elections were the first to be held following the introduction of Voter ID requirements for those voting in person at polling stations across the entire country. The council announced that a total of 225 voters were turned away from the polls for a lack of ID and did not return.

As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were contested.

The Labour Party maintained their majority control of the council, repeating the net gain of 3 seats they achieved in 2022. The Social Democratic Party were the only party to gain a seat from Labour, winning their second council seat in Middleton Park.

As a result of Labour gaining Weetwood, the Liberal Democrats were no longer the clear third party on the council for the first time, equalling the 6 seats of the Morley Borough Independents.[3]

Leeds City Council Election Result 2023[4]
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Labour 33 22 4 1 Increase 3 66.7 44.4 81,752 +0.3
  Conservative 33 4 0 3 Decrease 3 12.1 22.3 41,078 -4.7
  Green 33 1 1 1 Steady 3.0 14.2 26,195 +2.8
  Liberal Democrats 33 2 0 1 Decrease 1 6.1 10.6 19,508 +1.2
  Morley Borough Independent 2 2 0 0 Steady 6.1 2.5 4,542 -0.1
  Garforth and Swillington Independents 1 1 0 0 Steady 3.0 1.9 3,428 -0.2
  SDP 13 1 1 0 Increase 1 3.0 1.4 2,622 -0.1
  Yorkshire 8 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.1 2,072 +0.1
  Independent 6 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.4 713 +0.2
  Reform 3 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.4 654 New
  TUSC 7 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.3 515 +0.1
  Alliance for Green Socialism 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 183 -0.2
  Breakthrough Party 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 156 New
  NIP 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.0 52 -0.1
Total 175 33 6 6 Steady 100.0 100.0 184,242[b]

The election result had the following consequences for the political composition of the council:

Party 2022 election Prior to election New council
Labour 58 56 61
Conservative 21 21 18
Liberal Democrat 7 7 6
Morley Borough Independents 6 6 6
Green 3 4[c] 3
Garforth and Swillington Independents 3 3 3
SDP 1 1 2
Vacant 0 1[d] 0
Total 99 99 99
Working majority  17   14   23 

Councillors who did not stand for re-election

Councillor/s who did not stand for re-election (9)
Councillor Ward First elected Party Reason Successor
Ann Forsaith[9] Farnley and Wortley 2019 Green stood down[10] Adrian McCluskey (Labour)
Peter Harrand[11] Alwoodley 1990 Conservative stood down[12] Lyn Buckley (Conservative)
John Illingworth[13]
Kirkstall 1976 Labour stood down[14] Andy Rontree (Labour)
Kamila Maqsood[15] Gipton and Harehills 2010 stood down[16] Asghar Ali (Labour)
Mirelle Midgley[17] Kippax and Methley 2019 stood down[18] Michael Millar (Labour)
Lisa Mulherin[19] Ardsley and Robin Hood 2004 stood down[20] Stephen Holroyd-Case (Labour)
Denise Ragan[21] Burmantofts and Richmond Hill 2016 stood down[22] Nkele Manaka (Labour)
Paul Truswell[23] Middleton Park 1982, 2012 stood down[24] Emma Pogson-Golden (SDP)
Neil Walshaw[25] Headingley and Hyde Park 2011 resigned office[26][27] Abdul Hannan (Labour)

Incumbent Labour councillor, Julie Heselwood, stood successfully in the Weetwood ward. She did not stand for re-election in Bramley and Stanningley.[28]

Results by ward

Notes

References

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