2014 Leeds City Council election (original) (raw)

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2014 Leeds City Council election
← 2012 22 May 2014 2015 →
33 of the 99 seats on Leeds City Council50 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party Leader Keith Wakefield Andrew Carter Stewart Golton Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 21 seats, 46.0% 6 seats, 22.0% 3 seats, 13.0% Seats won 20 6 4 Seats after 63 18 9 Seat change Steady Steady Decrease 1 Popular vote 71,602 39,953 18,867 Percentage 38.6 21.5 10.2
Labour in red (20), Conservatives in blue (6), Liberal Democrats in yellow (4), Morley Borough Independents in dark green (2) and Greens in light green (1).
Council control before election Majority administration Labour Council control after election Majority administration Labour

The 2014 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 22 May 2014 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as the 2014 European Parliament election and other local elections across the UK.

As per the election cycle, one third of the council's seats were up for election. The councillors subsequently elected replaced those elected when their individual seats were previously contested in 2010.

The Labour Party had been in overall control of the council since 2011 and their majority was unchanged following this election after winning 20 of the 33 seats contested.[1][2][3]

Leeds City Council Election Result 2014

Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
Labour 20 1 1 Steady 60.6 38.6 71,602
Conservative 6 0 0 Steady 18.2 21.5 39,953
UKIP 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 16.7 31,077
Liberal Democrats 4 0 1 Decrease 1 12.1 10.2 18,867
Green 1 1 0 Increase 1 3.0 9.1 16,868
Morley Borough Independent 2 0 0 Steady 6.1 2.5 4,726
Alliance for Green Socialism 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.6 1,125
Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.3 537
TUSC 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.3 527
British Democrats 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 358

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:[2]

Party 2012 election Prior to election New council
Labour 63 63
Conservative 19 18[a]
Liberal Democrat 10 10
Morley Borough Independent 5 5
Green 2 2
Independent 0 1[b]
Total 99 99 99
Working majority 27 27 27

Councillors who did not stand for re-election

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Councillor/s who did not stand for re-election (6) | Councillor | Ward | First elected | Party | Reason | Successor | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Bernard Atha CBE[5] | Kirkstall | 1957, 1969 | | Labour | stood down | | Fiona Venner (Labour) | | Clive Fox[6] | Adel & Wharfedale | 2000 | | Conservative | died in office[c] | | Billy Flynn (Conservative) | | Martin Hamilton[7] | Headingley | 2002 | | Liberal Democrats | stood down | | Jonathan Pryor (Labour) | | Janet Harper[8] | Armley | 1999 | | Labour | stood down | | Alice Smart (Labour) | | Thomas Murray[9] | Garforth & Swillington | 1992 | | Labour | stood down | | Stuart McKenna (Labour) | | Neil Taggart[10] | Bramley & Stanningley | 1980 | | Labour | stood down | | Kevin Ritchie (Labour) |

  1. ^ Calverley and Farsley councillor Joe Marjoram resigned from the Conservative council group to sit as an independent. He had previously publicly criticised David Cameron and other prominent Conservative politicians on social media.[4]

  2. ^ Joe Marjoram (Calverley and Farsley) resigned from the Conservatives in July 2013.

  3. ^ Fox died on 8 April 2014 and no by-election was called.

  4. ^ Statement of Persons Nominated Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine Leeds City Council

  5. ^ a b "Vote 2014 Leeds". BBC News Online. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

  6. ^ "Leeds City Council Election Results 3 May 2012". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

  7. ^ "Calverley & Farsley Councillor Joe Marjoram has quit the Conservative Group of Leeds City Council". facebook.com. Farsley Community What's On. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

  8. ^ "Councillor Bernard Atha". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

  9. ^ "Councillor Clive Fox". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 10 October 2018.

  10. ^ "Councillor Martin Hamilton". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

  11. ^ "Councillor Janet Harper". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

  12. ^ "Councillor Thomas Murray". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 10 December 2018.

  13. ^ "Councillor Neil Taggart". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.