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2024 Leeds City Council election
33 of 99 seats on Leeds City Council; 50 seats needed for a majority
	Map of Leeds City Council wards
Incumbent Leader; James Lewis; Labour	; ;

The 2024 Leeds City Council election is due to take place on Thursday 2 May 2024. It will be held on the same day as the second West Yorkshire mayoral election and other local elections across the United Kingdom.^[3]

Current council composition[edit]

Party		2023 election	Prior to election	New council
	Labour	61	61	TBD
	Conservative	18	18	TBD
	Liberal Democrat	6	6	TBD
	Morley Borough Independents	6	4	TBD
	Garforth and Swillington Independents	3	3	TBD
	Green	3	3	TBD
	SDP	2	2	TBD
	Independent	0	2^[a]	TBD
Total		99	99	99
Working majority		23	23	TBD

Councillors not standing for re-election[edit]

Councillor/s not standing for re-election (4)
Councillor	Ward	First elected		Reason
Gohar Almass^[7]	Beeston & Holbeck	2018	Labour	stood down
Caroline Gruen^[8]	Bramley & Stanningley	2011	Labour	stood down
Andy Hutchison^[9]	Morley North	2018	Morley Borough Independents	stood down
James McKenna^[10]	Armley	1988	Labour	stood down

Candidates[edit]

Adel & Wharfedale[edit]

Adel & Wharfedale
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Anderson*
	Labour	Jane Orton
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Slinger
	Green	Fiona Love
	Yorkshire	Corey Robinson		New
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Alwoodley[edit]

Alwoodley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Neil Buckley*
	Labour	Jackie Ellis
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Foreman
	Yorkshire	Rio Goldhammer
	Green	Louise Jennings
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Ardsley & Robin Hood[edit]

Ardsley & Robin Hood
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Conservative	Mike Foster*
	Labour Co-op	Karen Bruce
	Green	Alaric Hall
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Leadley
	SDP	Mark Daniels
	Yorkshire	Claire Buxton		New
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Armley[edit]

Armley
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Labour	Richard Banks
	Conservative	Adam Westwood
	Green	Lou Cunningham
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Walker
	SDP	Warwick Bettney		New
	Yorkshire	Rachel Martins		New
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Beeston & Holbeck[edit]

Beeston & Holbeck
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Shaf Ali
	Conservative	Bradley Chandler
	Green	Matt Rogan
	Liberal Democrats	George Sykes
	TUSC	Louie Fulton
	SDP	Sasha Watson
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Bramley & Stanningley[edit]

Bramley & Stanningley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Adele Rae
	Conservative	Adam Cook
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Bee
	Green	Keith Whittaker
	SDP	Richard Riley
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Burmantofts & Richmond Hill[edit]

Burmantofts & Richmond Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Labour	Asghar Khan*
	Conservative	Taiwo Adeyemi
	Liberal Democrats	David Hollingsworth
	Green	Robert Wolff
	TUSC	Richard Chaves-Sanderson
	SDP	Paul Whetstone
	Yorkshire	Rob Lees		New
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Calverley & Farsley[edit]

Calverley & Farsley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Amanda Carter*
	Labour	Craig Timmins
	Green	Ellen Graham
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart McLeod
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Chapel Allerton[edit]

Chapel Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Rafique*
	Green	Bobak Walker
	Conservative	Kevin Black
	Liberal Democrats	Majd Qahwaji
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Mike Davies
	SDP	Richard Cowles
	Yorkshire	Ryan Kett		New
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Cross Gates & Whinmoor[edit]

Cross Gates & Whinmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Labour	James Gibson*
	Conservative	Max Holley
	Green	Martin Hemingway
	Liberal Democrats	Noah Allerton
	Yorkshire	Howard Dews		New
	Reform UK	Graham Sunley		New
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Farnley & Wortley[edit]

Farnley & Wortley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	David Blackburn*
	Labour Co-op	Kate Haigh
	Conservative	Daisy George
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Andrews
	SDP	Finley Taylor
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Garforth & Swillington[edit]

Garforth & Swillington
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Garforth and Swillington Independents	Sarah Field*
	Conservative	Peter Bentley
	Labour	Alex Rayment
	Green	Patrick Lynott
	Liberal Democrats	Jake Knox
	Independent	Tyler Wilson-Kerr
	Reform UK	Kieran White		New
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Gipton & Harehills[edit]

Gipton & Harehills
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Arif Hussain*
	Conservative	Liam Roberts
	Green	Mothin Ali
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Race
	TUSC	Iain Dalton
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Guiseley & Rawdon[edit]

Guiseley & Rawdon
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Paul Alderson*
	Labour Co-op	Sonia Leighton
	Yorkshire	Bob Buxton
	Green	Lucy Wheeler
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Page
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Harewood[edit]

Harewood
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Sam Firth*
	Labour	Simon Dowling
	Green	Claire Evans
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Levy
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Headingley & Hyde Park[edit]

Headingley & Hyde Park
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Al Garthwaite*
	Green	Tim Goodall
	Conservative	Steven Rowley
	Liberal Democrats	Amar Karim
	TUSC	Florian Hynam
	Independent	Anthony Greaux
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Horsforth[edit]

Horsforth
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Conservative	Chris Calvert
	Labour	John Garvani*
	Liberal Democrats	Roderic Parker
	Green	William Jones
	Yorkshire	Ian Cowling
	SDP	Nathan Wright		New
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Hunslet & Riverside[edit]

Hunslet & Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour Co-op	Mohammed Iqbal*
	Green	Omar Mushtaq
	Conservative	Tamas Kovacs
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Dale
	TUSC	Oisín Duncan
	SDP	Daniel Whetstone
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Killingbeck & Seacroft[edit]

Killingbeck & Seacroft
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Labour	David Jenkins*
	Conservative	Rosemary Gaskell
	Green	John Arnison
	Liberal Democrats	John Otley
	SDP	Catherine Dobson		New
	Reform UK	Jayne Dresser		New
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Kippax & Methley[edit]

Kippax & Methley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	James Lewis*
	Conservative	Connor Mulhall
	Green	Angela Oldershaw
	Liberal Democrats	Greg Holden
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Kirkstall[edit]

Kirkstall
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Labour	Fiona Venner*
	Green	Victoria Smith
	Conservative	Lyall Ainscow
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Belcher
	TUSC	John Tival		New
	Independent	Stuart Long
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Little London & Woodhouse[edit]

Little London & Woodhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Javaid Akhtar*
	Green	Leon Zadok
	Conservative	Pauline Barron
	Liberal Democrats	Ghaffar Karim
	TUSC	Anthony Bracuti
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Middleton Park[edit]

Middleton Park
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Sharon Burke*
	SDP	Rob Chesterfield
	Conservative	Samson Adeyemi
	Green	Julie Gill
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Follows
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Moortown[edit]

Moortown
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sharon Hamilton*
	Conservative	Lee Farmer
	Green	Rachel Hartshorne
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Finlay
	Yorkshire	David Stephens
	SDP	Cordelia Lynan		New
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Morley North[edit]

Morley North
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Morley Borough Independent	Simon Brown
	Conservative	Lalit Suryawanshi
	Labour Co-op	Stuart Bruce
	Green	Evelyn Jeffries
	Liberal Democrats	James Trueman
	SDP	Thomas Foster
	Independent	Jill Gettings-Bellhouse		New
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Morley South[edit]

Morley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Morley Borough Independent	Jane Senior*
	Conservative	Alexander Giles
	Labour Co-op	Charlotte Hill
	Green	Chris Bell
	Liberal Democrats	Mihai Barticel
	SDP	Nigel Perry
	Independent	Phil Bennett		New
	Reform UK	James Kendall		New
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Otley & Yeadon[edit]

Otley & Yeadon
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Sandy Lay*
	Labour	Ian McCargo
	Conservative	Jas Singh
	Green	Mick Bradley
	Yorkshire	Noah Libbish
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Pudsey[edit]

Pudsey
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Dawn Seary*
	Labour	Riaz Ahmed
	Green	Suzanne Ward
	Liberal Democrats	Amy Glover
	Reform UK	Andrea Whitehead
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Rothwell[edit]

Rothwell
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Conrad Hart-Brooke*
	Labour Co-op	Timothy Dowd
	Conservative	Louisa Singh
	Yorkshire	Sean McDonald
	Green	Allen Sikoryn
	SDP	Sarah Welbourne
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Roundhay[edit]

Roundhay
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Labour	Lisa Martin*
	Conservative	Shazar Ahad
	Green	Alan Anthoney
	Liberal Democrats	Najeeb Iqbal
	SDP	Carl Richman		New
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Temple Newsam[edit]

Temple Newsam
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Labour Co-op	Helen Hayden*
	Conservative	Cormac Trigg
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Norman
	Green	Nicola Dos Santos
	SDP	Wendy Whetstone
	Reform UK	David Dresser		New
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Weetwood[edit]

Weetwood
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour Co-op	Emma Flint*
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Howley
	Conservative	Luca Perricone
	Green	Chris Foren
	SDP	Rob Walker
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Wetherby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alan Lamb*
	Green	Anna Jacobs
	Labour	David Bowgett
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley McIntee
	SDP	Ian Howell
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Notes[edit]

^ Two former Morley Borough Independents currently sit as independents: Wyn Kidger (Morley South) since March 2024 and Bob Gettings MBE (Morley North) since April.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References[edit]

^ Spereall, David (19 May 2023). "End of an era as Leeds Conservative party group leader Andrew Carter steps down after 43 years". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Leader was elected to their seat in 2022 or 2023, and is not contesting this election cycle.
^ "Local elections 2024: What can't I do in a polling station?". BBC News. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
^ "Councillors and Committees". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
^ "Councillor Wyn Kidger". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
^ "Councillor Bob Gettings JP". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
^ "Councillor Gohar Almass". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
^ "Councillor Caroline Gruen". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
^ "Councillor Andy Hutchison". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
^ "Councillor James McKenna". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

[7] Two former Morley Borough Independents currently sit as independents: Wyn Kidger (Morley South) since March 2024 and Bob Gettings MBE (Morley North) since April.^[4]^[5]^[6]

[1] Spereall, David (19 May 2023). "End of an era as Leeds Conservative party group leader Andrew Carter steps down after 43 years". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

[NotContesting-2] Leader was elected to their seat in 2022 or 2023, and is not contesting this election cycle.

[3] "Local elections 2024: What can't I do in a polling station?". BBC News. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

[4] "Councillors and Committees". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

[5] "Councillor Wyn Kidger". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

[6] "Councillor Bob Gettings JP". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

[8] "Councillor Gohar Almass". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

[9] "Councillor Caroline Gruen". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

[10] "Councillor Andy Hutchison". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

[11] "Councillor James McKenna". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

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