Leeds City Council election, 1998
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Map of the results for the 1998 Leeds council election.
The 1998 Leeds City Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council, alongside a vacancy in Wortley (following Fabian Hamilton's election as Leeds North East MP) were up for election. In the interim Horsforth councillor, Roger Harris, had defected from Labour to the Liberal Democrats.
The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.[1] Overall turnout in the election was 24.66%.[2]
Election result
Leeds Local Election Result 1998[1][2][3] | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Labour | 25 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 73.5 | 49.3 | 64,368 | -6.9% | ||
Conservative | 5 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 14.7 | 27.8 | 36,303 | +3.9% | ||
Liberal Democrat | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.8 | 19.7 | 25,723 | +2.4% | ||
Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2,997 | +0.4% | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 642 | +0.5% | ||
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 433 | +0.2% | ||
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 209 | +0.1% | ||
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:[4]
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
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Labour | 82 | 80 | |||
Conservative | 8 | 9 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 9 | 9 | |||
Green | 0 | 1 | |||
Total | 99 | 99 | |||
Working majority | 65 | 61 |
Ward results
Aireborough[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Moira Dunn | 2,862 | 46.7 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Graham Latty | 2,240 | 36.5 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Janet Brown | 1,033 | 16.8 | -3.1 | |
Majority | 622 | 10.1 | -2.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,135 | 31.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.9 | |||
Armley[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alison Lowe | 1,830 | 62.6 | -5.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Andrew Davies | 491 | 16.8 | +9.6 | |
Conservative | Steven Welsh | 469 | 16.1 | +4.0 | |
Independent | Keith Rushworth | 132 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 1,339 | 45.8 | -10.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,922 | 18.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.4 | |||
Barwick & Kippax[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Parker | 3,103 | 61.7 | -8.5 | |
Conservative | Jack Stott | 1,303 | 25.9 | +5.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Lindley | 624 | 12.4 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 1,800 | 35.8 | -13.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,030 | 27.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.8 | |||
Beeston[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Angela Gabriel | 1,362 | 55.2 | -18.0 | |
Conservative | William Birch | 490 | 19.9 | +5.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Shaun Dolan | 475 | 19.3 | +10.6 | |
Socialist Alternative | Kevin Pattison | 91 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Green | Janet Pritchard | 49 | 2.0 | -1.7 | |
Majority | 872 | 35.3 | -23.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,467 | 19.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -11.7 | |||
Bramley[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Angela Atkinson | 1,863 | 69.3 | -9.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Revett | 416 | 15.5 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | Michael Best | 409 | 15.2 | +7.2 | |
Majority | 1,447 | 53.8 | -16.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,688 | 16.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.2 | |||
Burmantofts[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Malcolm Hardy | 1,820 | 69.1 | -4.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Malcolm Betteridge | 603 | 22.9 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Dorothy Schofield | 211 | 8.0 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 1,217 | 46.2 | -7.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,634 | 19.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.5 | |||
Chapel Allerton[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Neil Taggart | 2,204 | 68.9 | -3.9 | |
Conservative | Valerie Kendall | 563 | 17.6 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Brenda Lancaster | 432 | 13.5 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 1,641 | 51.3 | -7.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,199 | 20.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.6 | |||
City & Holbeck[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Christiana Myers | 1,788 | 66.3 | -13.0 | |
Conservative | David Boynton | 339 | 12.6 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Pratt | 272 | 10.1 | -1.1 | |
Socialist Alternative | David Jones | 197 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
Green | Tania Jackson | 100 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 1,449 | 53.7 | -14.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,696 | 17.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.0 | |||
Cookridge[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Carter | 2,848 | 55.1 | +6.4 | |
Labour | John Garvan | 1,503 | 29.1 | -6.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Janet Bates | 822 | 15.9 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 1,345 | 26.0 | +12.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,173 | 31.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.2 | |||
Garforth & Swillington[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Karen Groves | 3,105 | 63.3 | -8.5 | |
Conservative | Alan Lamby | 1,109 | 22.6 | +6.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ian Dowling | 691 | 14.1 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 1,996 | 40.7 | -14.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,905 | 26.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.2 | |||
Halton[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Lee Benson | 2,100 | 46.3 | -8.0 | |
Conservative | William Hyde | 1,826 | 40.3 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Hollingsworth | 605 | 13.4 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 274 | 6.0 | -15.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,531 | 25.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.7 | |||
Harehills[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Abdul Malik | 1,787 | 60.7 | -11.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alan Taylor | 674 | 22.9 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | Donald Townsley | 274 | 9.3 | -4.2 | |
Independent Labour | Thomas Wray | 209 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 1,113 | 37.8 | -20.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,944 | 20.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -10.2 | |||
Headingley[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Doreen Illingworth | 1,223 | 48.7 | -14.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Darren Finlay | 599 | 23.8 | +7.9 | |
Conservative | Paul Mowbray | 414 | 16.5 | +3.5 | |
Green | Lesley Jeffries | 277 | 11.0 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 624 | 24.8 | -22.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,513 | 12.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -11.0 | |||
Horsforth[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Townsley | 2,539 | 46.2 | +17.4 | |
Conservative | Lucy Clapham | 1,513 | 27.5 | -2.3 | |
Labour | Brian Selby | 1,254 | 22.8 | -18.6 | |
Green | Elizabeth Holmes | 105 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Independent | George Williamson | 90 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 1,026 | 18.7 | +7.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,501 | 31.6 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +9.8 | |||
Hunslet[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Mark Davies | 1,564 | 78.2 | -7.2 | |
Conservative | Anthony Larvin | 188 | 9.4 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Pauline Bardon | 170 | 8.5 | +1.4 | |
Green | Susan Brierley | 79 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 1,376 | 68.8 | -9.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,001 | 17.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.5 | |||
Kirkstall[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Bernard Atha | 1,993 | 67.2 | -9.0 | |
Conservative | David Higgott | 433 | 14.6 | +5.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Barbara Thompson | 322 | 10.9 | +4.9 | |
Green | Mark Pedlar | 218 | 7.3 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 1,560 | 52.6 | -14.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,966 | 18.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.2 | |||
Middleton[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Linda Middleton | 1,940 | 74.2 | -7.3 | |
Conservative | David Schofield | 359 | 13.7 | +6.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ann Norman | 315 | 12.1 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 1,581 | 60.5 | -9.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,614 | 18.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.8 | |||
Moortown[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Bill Winlow | 2,394 | 48.1 | -5.5 | |
Labour | Sheila Saunders | 1,676 | 33.7 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Dibble | 906 | 18.2 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 718 | 14.4 | -8.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,976 | 31.7 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -4.4 | |||
Morley North[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Frances Jones | 2,327 | 53.8 | -4.6 | |
Conservative | Robert Tesseyman | 1,298 | 30.0 | -2.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Quentin Brown | 411 | 9.5 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Peter Walsh | 292 | 6.7 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 1,029 | 23.8 | -1.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,328 | 23.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.9 | |||
Morley South[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Sherry Bradley | 2,368 | 60.7 | -1.4 | |
Conservative | Stephen Kearns | 949 | 24.3 | +9.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Brayshaw | 502 | 14.9 | -8.3 | |
Majority | 1,419 | 36.4 | -2.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,819 | 18.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.5 | |||
North[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Ronald Feldman | 2,122 | 38.1 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jane Abramson | 1,950 | 35.0 | -1.7 | |
Labour | Andrew Bell | 1,494 | 26.8 | -4.3 | |
Majority | 172 | 3.1 | -1.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,566 | 32.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.9 | |||
Otley & Wharfedale[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Philip Coyne | 2,251 | 34.7 | -2.3 | |
Conservative | Christine Smith | 2,182 | 33.6 | -2.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Brian Jennings | 2,058 | 31.7 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 69 | 1.1 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,491 | 34.6 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | +0.0 | |||
Pudsey North[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Frank Robinson | 2,661 | 46.2 | -4.7 | |
Labour | Janet Harper | 2,501 | 43.4 | +4.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Marsay-Smith | 600 | 10.4 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 160 | 2.8 | -9.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,762 | 32.4 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -4.7 | |||
Pudsey South[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Richard Lewis | 2,262 | 55.1 | -0.6 | |
Conservative | Sheila Jackson | 1,040 | 25.3 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Nigel Amor | 716 | 17.4 | -5.9 | |
Green | Graham Illingworth | 90 | 2.2 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 1,222 | 29.7 | -2.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,108 | 24.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.9 | |||
Richmond Hill[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Eamonn McGee | 1,658 | 77.4 | -7.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Keith Norman | 300 | 14.0 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Alan Rhodes | 184 | 8.6 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 1,358 | 63.4 | -10.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,142 | 16.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.2 | |||
Rothwell[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alec Hudson | 2,015 | 59.1 | -5.6 | |
Conservative | John Cowling | 712 | 20.9 | +7.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mitchell Galdas | 682 | 20.0 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 1,303 | 38.2 | -5.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,409 | 22.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.3 | |||
Roundhay[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Peter Harrand | 2,299 | 43.6 | +7.7 | |
Labour | Mohammed Iqbal | 1,940 | 36.8 | -8.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ann Skinner | 1,031 | 19.6 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 359 | 6.8 | -2.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,270 | 31.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.8 | |||
Seacroft[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Arthur Vollans | 1,983 | 75.4 | -11.9 | |
Conservative | Patricia Hyde | 272 | 10.3 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sadie Fisher | 194 | 7.4 | +1.1 | |
Independent | Raymond Northgreaves | 128 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Green | Michael Bolton | 54 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 1,711 | 65.0 | -15.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,631 | 21.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.8 | |||
University[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Brian Dale | 1,327 | 63.0 | -10.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Shirley Broadbent | 289 | 13.7 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Robert Winfield | 217 | 10.3 | +1.2 | |
Socialist Alternative | Chris Hill | 145 | 6.9 | -0.7 | |
Green | Paul Eade | 130 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 1,038 | 49.2 | -15.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,108 | 12.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.5 | |||
Weetwood[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Stewart Golton | 2,200 | 40.1 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Eileen Moxon | 1,954 | 35.7 | -4.5 | |
Conservative | Ann Castle | 1,155 | 21.1 | +2.4 | |
Green | David Webb | 171 | 3.1 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 246 | 4.5 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,480 | 34.1 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | +3.1 | |||
Wetherby[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Procter | 3,960 | 62.1 | +5.6 | |
Labour | Reginald Steel | 1,807 | 28.4 | -3.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sarah May | 605 | 9.5 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 2,153 | 33.8 | +9.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,372 | 30.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.6 | |||
Whinmoor[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Martin Hemingway | 1,644 | 58.1 | -10.2 | |
Conservative | Richard Williams | 854 | 30.2 | +9.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Graham Roberts | 333 | 11.8 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 790 | 27.9 | -20.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,831 | 20.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -10.0 | |||
Wortley[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Malcolm Bedford | 1,860 | 42.4 | -11.7 | |
Green | David Blackburn | 1,724 | 39.3 | +11.0 | |
Labour | Daphne Riley | 1,423 | |||
Green | Claire Nash | 1,106 | |||
Conservative | Glenn Broadbent | 504 | 11.5 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Ruby Patel | 324 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Michael Daly | 295 | 6.7 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 301 | 3.1 | -22.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,383 | 24.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Green gain from Labour | Swing | +11.3 | |||
By-elections between 1998 and 1999
Bramley by-election 6 August 1998[5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | David Revett | 1,965 | 63.9 | +48.4 | |
Labour | Stephen Simpson | 876 | 28.5 | -40.8 | |
Conservative | Steven Welsh | 142 | 4.6 | -10.6 | |
Socialist Alternative | David Jones | 48 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Green | Paul Eade | 44 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 1,089 | 35.4 | -18.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,075 | 18.6 | +2.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | +44.6 | |||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Local Elections results". The Times. 1998-05-09. p. 46.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 "Election of Councillors : May 1998". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 1999-10-23. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
- ↑ "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
- ↑ "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 1998-05-09. p. 16.
- ↑ "Bramley By-Election 6th August 1998". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 1999-02-09. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
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