Local Election Results 2008
Leeds
AGS = Alliance for Green Socialism
EDP = English Democrats Party
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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)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
59722 |
30.7% |
9 |
| Labour |
56124 |
28.8% |
13 |
| Liberal Democrat |
37216 |
19.1% |
9 |
| British National Party |
22094 |
11.4% |
0 |
| Green Party |
7449 |
3.8% |
1 |
| Morley Borough Independents |
6379 |
3.3% |
2 |
| Alliance for Green Socialism |
1945 |
1.0% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
1808 |
0.9% |
0 |
| Independent |
1532 |
0.8% |
0 |
| English Democrats Party |
276 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Barry Anderson |
C |
4377 |
57.6% |
| Christina Shaw |
LD |
2020 |
26.6% |
| Doreen Illingworth |
Lab |
727 |
9.6% |
| Jason Harland |
BNP |
269 |
3.5% |
| Paul Marchant |
Grn |
202 |
2.7% |
| Ronnie Feldman |
C |
4059 |
56.8% |
| Doug Masterton |
Lab |
1390 |
19.5% |
| John Clay |
LD |
1041 |
14.6% |
| Warren Hendon |
UKIP |
250 |
3.5% |
| Christine Whitaker |
BNP |
228 |
3.2% |
| Brian Jackson |
AGS |
174 |
2.4% |
| Karen Renshaw |
Lab |
1696 |
29.8% |
| Joanna Beverley |
BNP |
1685 |
29.6% |
| Billy Flynn |
C |
1298 |
22.8% |
| Stewart McArdle |
Ind |
420 |
7.4% |
| Philip Moore |
LD |
396 |
7.0% |
| David Daniel |
UKIP |
201 |
3.5% |
| Alison Lowe |
Lab |
2104 |
42.9% |
| Jeremy Kapp |
C |
915 |
18.7% |
| Shaun Fitzpatrick |
BNP |
753 |
15.4% |
| Michael Croke |
Grn |
616 |
12.6% |
| Christopher Lovell |
LD |
512 |
10.4% |
| Angela Gabriel |
Lab |
1841 |
41.7% |
| Robert Winfield |
C |
1002 |
22.7% |
| Dean Taylor |
BNP |
663 |
15.0% |
| James Fuller |
LD |
462 |
10.5% |
| Julie Cuthbert |
Grn |
237 |
5.4% |
| Wilfred Woodhouse |
UKIP |
207 |
4.7% |
| Denise Atkinson |
Lab |
2019 |
42.2% |
| Michael Best |
C |
1069 |
22.4% |
| David Gatenby |
BNP |
628 |
13.1% |
| Adam Slack |
LD |
541 |
11.3% |
| Dean Locke |
EDP |
276 |
5.8% |
| Pamela Brown |
Grn |
248 |
5.2% |
| Ralph Pryke |
LD |
1852 |
41.8% |
| Danial Adilypour |
Lab |
1330 |
30.0% |
| Mark Collett |
BNP |
919 |
20.7% |
| Caroline Anderson |
C |
241 |
5.4% |
| Allan House |
AGS |
93 |
2.1% |
| Andrew Carter |
C |
4283 |
60.2% |
| Joseph Marjoram |
C |
3159 |
|
| Lorraine Hoy |
Lab |
1327 |
18.7% |
| Andrew Jarosz |
Lab |
1262 |
|
| Kate Arbuckle |
LD |
836 |
11.8% |
| Jane Hollings |
BNP |
666 |
9.4% |
| Robert Leary |
BNP |
637 |
|
| Chris Read |
LD |
613 |
|
| Eileen Taylor |
Lab |
2415 |
44.2% |
| Altaf Hussein |
LD |
1222 |
22.4% |
| Simon Baker |
C |
794 |
14.5% |
| Beverley Samuels |
AGS |
496 |
9.1% |
| Mark Elliot |
Grn |
359 |
6.6% |
| David Whitaker |
BNP |
177 |
3.2% |
| Elizabeth Nash |
Lab |
1697 |
46.8% |
| Simon Harley |
C |
538 |
14.8% |
| Pip Sadler |
LD |
488 |
13.5% |
| John Atkinson |
BNP |
436 |
12.0% |
| Muserat Sujawal |
Ind |
272 |
7.5% |
| Andy Parnham |
Grn |
193 |
5.3% |
| Suzi Armitage |
Lab |
2368 |
36.8% |
| David Schofield |
C |
2233 |
34.7% |
| John Douglas |
BNP |
979 |
15.2% |
| Ann Norman |
LD |
577 |
9.0% |
| Darren Oddy |
UKIP |
276 |
4.3% |
| David Blackburn |
Grn |
2556 |
44.6% |
| Stephen Towler |
Lab |
1264 |
22.0% |
| Glenn Broadbent |
C |
859 |
15.0% |
| Helen Foster |
BNP |
793 |
13.8% |
| Michael Taylor |
LD |
233 |
4.1% |
| Declan Normaschild |
AGS |
28 |
0.5% |
| Andrea McKenna |
Lab |
3004 |
42.6% |
| Louise Turner |
C |
2768 |
39.2% |
| Winnifred Mowbray |
BNP |
752 |
10.7% |
| Robert Jacques |
LD |
535 |
7.6% |
| Alan Taylor |
LD |
2584 |
42.9% |
| Kamila Maqsood |
Lab |
2551 |
42.3% |
| Darran Smith |
BNP |
389 |
6.5% |
| Beatrice Greenwood |
C |
217 |
3.6% |
| Katie Wheatley |
Ind |
110 |
1.8% |
| Martin Reed |
Grn |
94 |
1.6% |
| Azar Iqbal |
AGS |
83 |
1.4% |
| Graham Latty |
C |
3456 |
50.8% |
| Mike King |
Lab |
1664 |
24.5% |
| Cindy Cleasby |
LD |
834 |
12.3% |
| Wayne Taylor |
BNP |
436 |
6.4% |
| Colin Avison |
Grn |
347 |
5.1% |
| Gareth Christie |
AGS |
62 |
0.9% |
| Ann Castle |
C |
4940 |
73.3% |
| David Nagle |
Lab |
734 |
10.9% |
| Benjamin Chapman |
LD |
426 |
6.3% |
| Martin Gibson |
BNP |
376 |
5.6% |
| Patricia Capstick |
Grn |
210 |
3.1% |
| Fiona Christie |
AGS |
53 |
0.8% |
| Jamie Matthews |
LD |
1021 |
41.2% |
| Mohammed Azam |
Lab |
730 |
29.5% |
| Tim Sunderland |
Grn |
344 |
13.9% |
| Michael Horwood |
C |
318 |
12.8% |
| Lawrence Hansard |
BNP |
40 |
1.6% |
| Sequoyah de Souza Vigneswaren |
AGS |
25 |
1.0% |
| Chris Townsley |
LD |
3321 |
45.9% |
| Richard Hardcastle |
C |
2746 |
37.9% |
| Nigel Gill |
Lab |
563 |
7.8% |
| Ian Asquith |
BNP |
339 |
4.7% |
| Andrea Binns |
Grn |
272 |
3.8% |
| Penny Ewens |
LD |
1206 |
40.6% |
| Gerry Harper |
Lab |
1142 |
38.5% |
| Kate Bisson |
Grn |
299 |
10.1% |
| Syprian Pitkin |
C |
219 |
7.4% |
| Bernard Allen |
BNP |
102 |
3.4% |
| Graham Hyde |
Lab |
2576 |
49.8% |
| Donald Townsley |
C |
767 |
14.8% |
| Mark Powell |
BNP |
723 |
14.0% |
| Sadie Fisher |
LD |
530 |
10.2% |
| Adam Douglas |
UKIP |
454 |
8.8% |
| Simon Fearn |
AGS |
122 |
2.4% |
| Keith Parker |
Lab |
3048 |
50.6% |
| Tina Phillips |
C |
1720 |
28.5% |
| Peter Maverick |
BNP |
751 |
12.5% |
| John MacArthur |
LD |
506 |
8.4% |
| Lucinda Yeadon |
Lab |
1981 |
39.4% |
| Ruth Coleman |
LD |
1844 |
36.6% |
| Philip Smith |
C |
495 |
9.8% |
| Tony Thackwray |
BNP |
376 |
7.5% |
| Anne-Marie Hill |
Grn |
337 |
6.7% |
| Geoff Driver |
Lab |
1960 |
38.3% |
| Kevin Meeson |
BNP |
1911 |
37.4% |
| Alastair Gunn |
C |
724 |
14.2% |
| Christine Golton |
LD |
517 |
10.1% |
| Mark Harris |
LD |
2813 |
41.3% |
| Linda Cullen |
Lab |
1756 |
25.8% |
| Amy Smith |
C |
1597 |
23.5% |
| Anthony Brown |
BNP |
267 |
3.9% |
| Michael Davies |
AGS |
242 |
3.6% |
| Jeff Miles |
UKIP |
131 |
1.9% |
| Robert Finnigan |
Morley |
3665 |
51.7% |
| Tom Redmond |
BNP |
1388 |
19.6% |
| Neil Dawson |
Lab |
955 |
13.5% |
| Neil Hunt |
C |
861 |
12.1% |
| James Jennings |
LD |
224 |
3.2% |
| Judith Elliott |
Morley |
2714 |
43.8% |
| Mike Mee |
BNP |
1779 |
28.7% |
| Alec Hudson |
Lab |
832 |
13.4% |
| Mark Holmes |
C |
517 |
8.3% |
| Nathan Fossey |
LD |
202 |
3.3% |
| Charles Slingsby |
Ind |
158 |
2.5% |
| Graham Kirkland |
LD |
2951 |
38.8% |
| Kenneth Creek |
C |
2139 |
28.2% |
| John Eveleigh |
Lab |
1716 |
22.6% |
| Richard Warrington |
BNP |
382 |
5.0% |
| David Webb |
Grn |
232 |
3.1% |
| Francis Denning |
AGS |
177 |
2.3% |
| Josie Jarosz |
Lab |
2530 |
39.0% |
| Jason Aldiss |
C |
2220 |
34.2% |
| John Hirst |
BNP |
857 |
13.2% |
| Gregory Hall |
LD |
580 |
8.9% |
| Irene Dracup |
Grn |
303 |
4.7% |
| Don Wilson |
LD |
2534 |
43.5% |
| Karen Bruce |
Lab |
1954 |
33.6% |
| Mathew Robinson |
C |
706 |
12.1% |
| Robert Peel |
BNP |
625 |
10.7% |
| Matthew Lobley |
C |
3337 |
47.0% |
| Sharon Hamilton |
Lab |
2145 |
30.2% |
| Sean Brawley |
LD |
820 |
11.5% |
| Colin Johnston |
Grn |
294 |
4.1% |
| Malcolm Christie |
AGS |
281 |
4.0% |
| Mark Ferguson |
BNP |
228 |
3.2% |
| William Hyde |
C |
2386 |
33.9% |
| Jeff Coupar |
Lab |
2083 |
29.6% |
| Peter Hollings |
BNP |
1560 |
22.2% |
| Keith Norman |
LD |
521 |
7.4% |
| David Gale |
Ind |
487 |
6.9% |
| Ben Chastney |
LD |
2436 |
41.3% |
| Brian Jennings |
C |
1713 |
29.0% |
| Rosie Pickard |
Lab |
952 |
16.1% |
| Martin Hemingway |
Grn |
306 |
5.2% |
| Sharon Knight |
BNP |
302 |
5.1% |
| Trevor Bavage |
AGS |
109 |
1.8% |
| Alan Procter |
Ind |
67 |
1.1% |
| Ercan Hayirioglu |
Ind |
18 |
0.3% |
| Gerald Wilkinson |
C |
4208 |
64.6% |
| Jolene Cassell |
Lab |
1070 |
16.4% |
| Kate Gagen |
LD |
631 |
9.7% |
| David Craven |
BNP |
315 |
4.8% |
| Tony Robson |
UKIP |
289 |
4.4% |
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