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Local Election Results 2002

Leeds

One-third of council up for election.

Other results for Leeds: 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
By-elections for Leeds (may be incomplete): 28th July 2005 (Headingley) — 18th September 2008 (Farnley & Wortley) — 2nd April 2009 (Temple Newsam) — 18th February 2010 (Hyde Park & Woodhouse) — 14th October 2010 (Guiseley & Rawdon) — 2nd May 2013 (Cross Gates & Whinmoor) — 12th December 2019 (Wetherby) — 10th October 2024 (Farnley & Wortley)

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Consolidated results — Leeds 2002

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 68049 41.4% 19
Conservative 47951 29.2% 7
Liberal Democrat 36719 22.3% 5
Green Party 7332 4.5% 1
Independent 2228 1.4% 1
Left Alliance 1265 0.8% 0
Socialist Alliance 392 0.2% 0
British National Party 209 0.1% 0
Socialist Alternative 201 0.1% 0
Socialist Labour Party 77 0.0% 0

Aireborough

Makhan Thakur C 3117 44.4%
Tony Addison Lab 2646 37.7%
Ian Hutton LD 1256 17.9%

Armley

Alison Lowe Lab 2031 56.0%
Steven Welsh C 670 18.5%
Luke Russell Grn 468 12.9%
Barbara Thompson LD 459 12.7%

Barwick and Kippax

John Parker Lab 3908 55.8%
Alec Shellbrooke C 2218 31.6%
Anne Bagnall LD 607 8.7%
Elizabeth Holmes Grn 198 2.8%
Paul Dewhirst SocLab 77 1.1%

Beeston

Angela Gabriel Lab 1763 51.2%
William Birch C 1047 30.4%
Kathleen Fenton LD 431 12.5%
Michael Dear SocAll 102 3.0%
Janet Pritchard Grn 102 3.0%

Bramley

Denise Atkinson Lab 2044 52.7%
John Burke LD 1306 33.7%
Michael Best C 368 9.5%
Colin Avison Grn 160 4.1%

Burmantofts

John Garvani Lab 1608 46.8%
Ralph Pryke LD 1513 44.0%
Patricia Hyde C 211 6.1%
Simon Blanchard Grn 107 3.1%

Chapel Allerton

Neil Taggart Lab 2346 52.6%
Garth Frankland LeftAll 957 21.4%
Jacqueline Zander C 632 14.2%
Malcolm Silver LD 527 11.8%

City and Holbeck

Patrick Davey Lab 1856 61.6%
Richard Laycock C 640 21.2%
Sitara Khan LD 317 10.5%
David Jones SocAlt 201 6.7%

Cookridge

John Carter C 3293 53.8%
Ian McCargo Lab 1397 22.8%
Janet Bates LD 1205 19.7%
Peter Scarth Grn 225 3.7%

Garforth and Swillington

Karen Marshall Lab 3244 51.6%
Robert Semple C 1941 30.9%
Ian Dowling LD 1105 17.6%

Halton

Lee Benson Lab 2640 43.4%
David Schofield C 2500 41.1%
David Hollinsworth LD 730 12.0%
Robert Murphy Grn 208 3.4%

Harehills

Roger Harrington Lab 2858 51.8%
Javaid Akhtar LD 2184 39.6%
Mark Collett BNP 209 3.8%
Karl Steenson C 168 3.0%
Christopher Hudson Grn 99 1.8%

Headingley

Martin Hamilton LD 1855 48.3%
Doreen Illingworth Lab 1154 30.0%
Lesley Jeffries Grn 390 10.1%
Daniel Riley C 289 7.5%
Katherine Owen SocAll 156 4.1%

Horsforth

Christopher Townsley LD 2764 44.2%
Richard Hardcastle C 2145 34.3%
Ted Hanley Lab 1110 17.8%
Andrea Binns Grn 230 3.7%

Hunslet

Judith Blake Lab 1535 68.2%
James Graham LD 304 13.5%
Anthony Larvin C 279 12.4%
Francis Gray Grn 86 3.8%
James Jackson SocAll 47 2.1%

Kirkstall

Bernard Atha Lab 2142 57.6%
Natasha de Vere LD 587 15.8%
Ian Richmond C 508 13.7%
Martin Reed Grn 480 12.9%

Middleton

David Langham Lab 2052 63.6%
Robert Allen C 567 17.6%
Sadie Fisher LD 422 13.1%
Patricia Capstick Grn 183 5.7%

Moortown

Brenda Lancaster LD 3132 55.2%
Barry Young Lab 1500 26.5%
Christopher Ingoldby C 907 16.0%
Michael Davies LeftAll 130 2.3%

Morley North

Robert Finnigan Ind 2228 37.8%
Graham Platt Lab 1762 29.9%
Keely Jamieson C 1351 22.9%
Christine Golton LD 405 6.9%
Irene Dracup Grn 150 2.5%

Morley South

Sherry Bradley Lab 2631 53.2%
David Boynton C 1433 29.0%
Rochelle Harris LD 880 17.8%

North

Ronnie Feldman C 2996 45.7%
Judith Chapman LD 2312 35.3%
Debra Coupar Lab 1193 18.2%
Brian Jackson LeftAll 51 0.8%

Otley and Wharfedale

Nigel Francis C 3420 44.2%
John Eveleigh Lab 2268 29.3%
James Hoskins LD 1793 23.2%
Paul Marchant Grn 262 3.4%

Pudsey North

Frank Robinson C 3505 52.1%
Michael King Lab 2167 32.2%
Christine Wilson LD 832 12.4%
Susan Turnbull Grn 220 3.3%

Pudsey South

Richard Lewis Lab 2699 48.1%
Helen Widdas C 2027 36.2%
Christine Glover LD 648 11.6%
Yvonne Clarke Grn 233 4.2%

Richmond Hill

Eamonn McGhee Lab 1839 71.1%
Keith Norman LD 406 15.7%
Michael Wheeler C 255 9.9%
Steven Skinner SocAll 87 3.4%

Rothwell

Keith Willey LD 2658 48.2%
Alec Hudson Lab 2253 40.8%
John Cowling C 606 11.0%

Roundhay

Peter Harrand C 2675 41.0%
Irene O'Grady Lab 2586 39.7%
John Skinner LD 900 13.8%
Colin Johnston Grn 233 3.6%
Malcolm Christie LeftAll 127 1.9%

Seacroft

Michael Davey Lab 2197 80.2%
Pauline Davies LD 502 18.3%
Donald Townsley C 42 1.5%

University

Patrick Hall Lab 1447 56.9%
Arif Hussain LD 514 20.2%
Robert Winfield C 345 13.6%
Bluebell Eikonocklastes Grn 235 9.2%

Weetwood

Stewart Golton LD 2515 44.7%
Alex Sobel Lab 1780 31.7%
Graham Castle C 985 17.5%
David Webb Grn 343 6.1%

Wetherby

John Proctor C 4940 66.0%
James Lewis Lab 1581 21.1%
Edmund Conybeare LD 960 12.8%

Whinmoor

Pauleen Grahame Lab 2211 54.5%
Valerie Kendall C 1370 33.8%
Michael Welby LD 473 11.7%

Wortley

Ann Blackburn Grn 2720 54.0%
Malcolm Bedford Lab 1601 31.8%
Glenn Broadbent C 501 9.9%
John Ewens LD 217 4.3%

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