2026 Leeds City Council election

2026 Leeds City Council election
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36 of 99 seats on Leeds City Council (including 3 by-elections); 50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	41.49%
	Map of Leeds City Council wards
Incumbent Council Control; Majority administration; Labour	; ;

The 2026 Leeds City Council election took place on 7 May 2026 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.^[1]

Quick facts 36 of 99 seats on Leeds City Council (including 3 by-elections) 50 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

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Councillor	Ward	First elected		Reason
Barry Anderson^[2]	Adel and Wharfedale	1999	Conservative	standing down^[3]
David Blackburn^[4]	Farnley and Wortley	1998, 2024	Green	standing down^[5]
Annie Maloney^[6]	Beeston and Holbeck	2022	Labour	standing down^[7]
Alice Smart^[8]	Armley	2014	Labour	standing down^[9]

After 2024 election			Before 2026 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	61		Labour	56
	Conservative	15		Conservative	13
	Liberal Democrats	6		Liberal Democrats	6
	Green	5		Green	6
	Morley Borough Independents	4		Morley Borough Independents	3
	Garforth and Swillington Independents	3		Garforth and Swillington Independents	3
	SDP	3		SDP	3
	Reform	0		Reform	2
	Independent	2		Independent	3
	Vacant	N/A		Vacant	4

As elected			Before 2026 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	22		Labour	17
	Conservative	7		Conservative	6
	Liberal Democrats	2		Liberal Democrats	2
	Morley Borough Independents	2		Morley Borough Independents	1
	Garforth and Swillington Independents	1		Garforth and Swillington Independents	1
	SDP	1		SDP	1
	Green	0		Green	2
	Reform	0		Reform	0
	Independent	1		Independent	2
	Vacant	N/A		Vacant	4

Ward	Incumbent councillor		Re-standing
Adel & Wharfedale	Barry Anderson	Conservative	No
Alwoodley	Dan Cohen	Conservative	Yes
Ardsley & Robin Hood	Karen Renshaw	Labour	No
Armley	Alice Smart	Labour	No
Beeston & Holbeck	Annie Maloney	Labour	No
Bramley & Stanningley	Kevin Ritchie	Labour	Yes
Burmantofts & Richmond Hill	Luke Farley	Labour	Yes
Calverley & Farsley	Andrew Carter	Conservative	Yes
Chapel Allerton	Eileen Taylor	Labour	Yes
Cross Gates & Whinmoor	Pauleen Grahame	Labour	No
Farnley & Wortley	David Blackburn^[b]	Green	No
Garforth & Swillington	Mark Dobson	G&SI	Yes
Gipton & Harehills	Salma Arif	Labour	Yes
Guiseley & Rawdon	Eleanor Thomson	Labour	Yes
Harewood	Matthew Robinson	Conservative	No
Headingley & Hyde Park	Jonathan Pryor	Labour	Yes
Horsforth	Emmie Bromley	Labour	Yes
Hunslet & Riverside	Ed Carlisle	Green	Yes
Killingbeck & Seacroft	John Tudor	Labour	Yes
Kippax & Methley	Mary Harland	Labour	Yes
Kirkstall	Hannah Bithell	Labour	Yes
Little London & Woodhouse	Kayleigh Brooks	Labour	Yes
Middleton Park	Wayne Dixon	SDP	Yes
Moortown	Vacant^[c]	n/a
Morley North	Bob Gettings	Independent	No
Morley South	Oliver Newton	Morley Borough Independents	No
Otley & Yeadon	Colin Campbell	Liberal Democrats	Yes
Pudsey	Simon Seary	Conservative	Yes
Rothwell	Stewart Golton	Liberal Democrats	Yes
Roundhay	Zara Hussain^[d]	Independent	No
Temple Newsam	Debra Coupar	Labour	No
Weetwood	Izaak Wilson	Labour	Yes
Wetherby	Norma Harrington	Conservative	Yes

2026 Leeds City Council election election

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Reform	35
	Liberal Democrats	33
	Green	33
	Conservative	33
	Labour	33
	SDP	15
	TUSC	6
	Independent	6
	Morley Borough Independents	3
	Yorkshire	3
	Garforth and Swillington Independents	1
	Monster Raving Loony	1
	Your Party	1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Stoddart-Scott	2,462	28.7	−15.3
	Conservative	Lee Farmer	2,452
	Labour Co-op	Jemima Bostock	1,923	22.4	−12.0
	Labour Co-op	Nathan James Ramsden	1,675
	Reform	Craig Gabbitas	1,874	21.8	N/A
	Reform	Michael Lowry	1,833
	Green	Gordon Richard Howe	1,300	15.1	+8.3
	Green	Dominic Daniel Jack Seaward	1,265
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Allen	1,004	11.7	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Smith	668
Majority			529	6.3	−3.3
Turnout			8,588	50.4	+6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Cohen*	4,633	57.3	+8.4
	Green	Catherine Taylor	1,133	14.0	+6.5
	Labour Co-op	Matthen McGonagle	1,124	13.9	−20.2
	Reform	Howard Anthony Newman	893	11.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hugh Jacques	296	3.7	−3.2
Majority			3,500	34.3	+19.5
Turnout			8,096	47.8	+7.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Robert Jagger	3,023	41.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	Mike Foster	1,492	20.5	−6.4
	Labour	Shamim Miah	1,336	18.3	−23.1
	Green	Noah Bentley	802	11.0	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Debra Stretton	476	6.5	−10.3
	SDP	Sian Gardener	135	1.9	±0.0
Majority			1,531	20.9	+6.9
Turnout			7,310	40.9	+10.0
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing	+32.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Clancy Walker	2,215	41.7	2.1
	Reform	Paul Bickerdike	1,443	27.2	N/A
	Labour	Richard Banks	1,137	21.4	20.9
	Conservative	Edmond Daramy-Williams	268	5.0	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Walker	187	3.5	1.3
	SDP	John Frank Beal	37	0.7	0.1
	TUSC	Florian Oscar Alice Hynam	21	0.4	N/A
Majority			772	14.5	13.0
Turnout			5,331	32.1	3.6
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	9.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Matt Rogan	1,978	34.6	11.8
	Labour	Al Garthwaite	1,725	30.2	22.8
	Reform	Loreen Nix	1,245	21.8	N/A
	SDP	Sasha Watson	284	5.0	0.2
	Conservative	Alex Kettle	280	4.9	7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Howden	159	2.8	1.9
	Monster Raving Loony	Nick The Duck Guy	43	0.8	N/A
Majority			253	4.4	25.8
Turnout			5,731	31.3	5.4
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	17.3

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Kevin Ritchie	2,774	43.8%	−17.0%
Reform	Daren David Morrish	2,114	34.0%	N/A
Green	Annabell Roodi Kesby	883	14.2%	+1.4%
Conservative	William Michael Gallimore	308	5.0%	−9.4%
Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Claire Spencer	166	2.7%	−8.4%
SDP	Ian Robert Howell	20	0.3%	−1.6%
Labour hold		Swing	-38.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Shahab Saqib Adris
	TUSC	Richard Chaves-Sanderson
	Reform	Leo Doherty
	Labour	Luke Anthony Farley
	Liberal Democrats	David Ewan Hollingsworth
	Conservative	Zoe Metcalfe
	SDP	Daniel Paul Whetstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Cristiana Mirosanu	3,520	45.1	24.1
	Labour Co-op	Eileen Taylor	2,971	38	24.6
	Reform	Yaseen Saddique	594	7.6	N/A
	Conservative	Kevin Irving Black	382	4.9	1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Finlay	287	3.7	1.2
	SDP	Richard Cowles	55	0.7	0.4
Majority			549	7	34.6
Turnout			7,809	42.6	5.9
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yorkshire	Howard Graham Dews
	Green	Martin Francis Hemingway
	Conservative	John Kennedy
	Liberal Democrats	Joshua Patrick Lowthion
	TUSC	Ali Mansfield
	Labour	Luke Murrow
	Independent	Mark Nicholson
	Reform	Paula-Jane Thackray
	SDP	Paul Anthony Whetstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Edward Allison
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Richard Andrews
	Green	Ann Blackburn
	Conservative	Shikha Chaturvedi
	Labour Co-op	Charlotte Hill
	SDP	Richard David Riley
	Reform	Wenzdae Robbins

Garforth and Swillington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Garforth and Swillington Independents	Mark Dobson	5,007	62.4	+8.1
	Reform	David Ian Butterfield	1,582	19.7	+14.4
	Labour	David Patrick Nagle	542	6.8	−12.4
	Green	Alexander James Bull	433	5.4	+1.2
	Conservative	Peter Bentley	362	4.5	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Cecilia Phillips	92	1.1	−2.2
Majority			3,425	42.7	+7.6
Turnout			8,034	48.8	+8.9
	Garforth and Swillington Independents hold		Swing	+10.3

Moortown (ward) (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laura Jane Fisher
	Green	Rachel Elizabeth Hartshorne
	Reform	Sajjad Raja
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Margaret Slinger
	Conservative	Rob Speed
	SDP	Sarah Welbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Eliza Ainley
	Conservative	Paul James Alderson
	Yorkshire	Bob Buxton
	Reform	Robert Andrew Harder
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Louise Page
	Labour Co-op	Eleanor Frances Thomson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David John Bowgett
	Reform	John Cowling
	Green	Claire Anne Evans
	Liberal Democrats	John William Hills
	Conservative	Angela Jane Bond Wallis
	Independent	Patrick Wright

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Nilesh Chohan	4,334	70.6	19.4
	Labour Co-op	Jonathan David Pryor	1,278	20.8	20.2
	Reform	Andrew Rober Wilde	225	3.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Brandon Ashford	139	2.3	0.7
	Conservative	Della Heptinstall	97	1.6	0.7
	Your Party	Ryan Richards	62	1	N/A
Majority			3,056	49.8	39.6
Turnout			6,135	27.9	3.7
	Green hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Khadijah Akhtar
	Labour	Emmie Bromley
	Liberal Democrats	Ivan Petrovich Brookes
	Conservative	Chris Calvert
	SDP	Catherine Frances Dobson
	Reform	Michael Meston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	David Stephen Dresser
	SDP	Thomas Peter Foster
	Conservative	Rosemary Gaskell
	Green	Nosheen Majid
	Labour	John Tudor
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Turner-Chastney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Elizabeth Harland
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Leadley
	Conservative	Connor Mulhall
	Green	Andy Phillips
	Reform	Chris Weightman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hannah Louise Bithell
	Conservative	Dawn Julia Collins
	Reform	Jacob Andrew Holmes
	Green	Joe Ingham
	Independent	Stuart Long
	TUSC	George Phillips
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Read

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samson Roberts Adeyemi
	SDP	Wayne Alan Dixon
	Green	Ciaran Lee Head
	Labour Co-op	Innocent Igiehon
	Reform	James Kendall
	Liberal Democrats	Kristof Szecsi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline Barron
	Liberal Democrats	Mihai Marcelin Barticel
	Labour	Edward John Brown
	Green	Amber Conyers-Davies
	Reform	Jonathan Graves
	Morley Borough Independents	Terry Grayshon
	Reform	Dinah Rose Jones
	Labour	Jonny Kelsey
	Morley Borough Independents	Simon William Kimberley
	SDP	Nigel Perry
	Green	Kasim Rasool
	Conservative	Louisa Mary Singh
	Liberal Democrats	James Trueman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Matthew Ball
	Conservative	John Barron
	Labour Co-op	Adrian Blake
	Reform	Michael Burnham
	Liberal Democrats	Michael James Fox
	SDP	Cordelia Frances Lynan
	Morley Borough Independents	Darren Mark Senior

Adel and Wharfedale

Alwoodley

Ardsley and Robin Hood

Armley

Beeston and Holbeck

Bramley and Stanningley

Burmantofts and Richmond Hill

Calverley and Farsley

Chapel Allerton

Cross Gates and Whinmoor

Farnley and Wortley

Garforth and Swillington

Gipton and Harehills

Guiseley and Rawdon

Harewood

Headingley and Hyde Park

Horsforth

Hunslet and Riverside

Killingbeck and Seacroft

Kippax and Methley

Kirkstall

Little London and Woodhouse

Middleton Park

Moortown

Morley North

Morley South

Otley and Yeadon

Pudsey

Rothwell

Roundhay

Temple Newsam

Weetwood

Wetherby

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Mick Bradley
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Andrew Campbell
	Labour	Simon Mark Dowling
	Reform	Scott Michael Richmond
	Conservative	Paul John Spencer Wadsworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Arlan Jones
	Labour	Stephen McBarron
	Reform	Richard James Robinson
	Conservative	Simon Anthony Seary
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Ann Wilson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	Mark Daniels
	Reform	Lindon Dove
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Golton
	Conservative	Stewart Peter Harper
	Labour	Archie Sykes
	Green	Mikey Sykes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rachel Lynda Cohen
	Liberal Democrats	Najeeb Iqbal
	Labour	Kathleen Johnstone
	SDP	Carl Clements Richman
	Reform	Steven Michael Robinson
	Green	Brannoc Stevenson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Noah Allerton
	Labour Co-op	Julia Almond
	Green	Joshua Benjamin Alston
	Green	Keely Bannister
	Reform	Richard Barker
	Labour Co-op	Tim Dowd
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Cecil Norman
	SDP	Kimberley Ruth Reid
	Conservative	Maggie Taylor
	SDP	Rajiv Kumar Thukral
	Reform	Kieran Richard Thomas White

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Simon Christopher Dixon
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Howley
	Conservative	Brijesh Virola
	SDP	Rob Walker
	Labour Co-op	Izaak Wilson
	Reform	Peter Young

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Stuard David Burdekin
	Conservative	Norma Harrington
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Jared Levy
	Green	Fran Murphy
	Labour Co-op	Alex Riddell