1990 Leeds City Council election

1990 UK local government election January 2014 October 2026 right|thumb|500px|Map of the results for the 1990 Leeds council election. The 1990 Leeds City Council elections were held on Thursday, 4 May 1990, with one third of the council and two casual vacancies in Beeston and North to be elected. There had been a number of by-elections in the interim, resulting in two Labour gains in Armley and Burmantofts from the Social and Liberal Democrats and holds elsewhere. The election was held amidst deep unpopularity for the Conservative national government and their poll tax measure, resulting in the party's worst ever performance in the English locals.Tories saved by Poll Tax? The Economist 35 12 May 1990 The effects it had in Leeds were no less severe, with the party obtaining a record low vote share, with their victories confined to just 4 of the 33 wards, restricted to their Northern heartlands – Cookridge, North, Roundhay and Wetherby – losing stalwarts Aireborough, Halton, Pudsey North and Weetwood to Labour for the first time. Both the Conservative vote and the SLD vote were little changed from the previous election; the landslide was caused by a remarkable increase in Labour's vote – over 50% on recent elections – bringing with it a record turnout (with 1979 omitted). The SLD's slate was notably much reduced, fielding their lowest number of candidates since the 1978 election, after their fall-back at their last outing. Similar to the last election, their sole loss was found in Armley to Labour, narrowly holding onto Otley and Wharfedale, but much more comfortably their Horsforth and Moortown seats. In total, Labour's five gains extended their majority by ten, comfortably surpassing party records in votes, vote share and council majority. Elsewhere, the leader of the newly formed Liberal Party Michael Meadowcroft – alongside his fellow candidate in Harehills – won a respectable second place in Bramley. Meanwhile, their fellow SLD defectors, the SDP joined the Communists in producing just one candidate – with both collecting negligible support, suggesting possible demise (with the latter likely adversely impacted by recent international events).District results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 5 May 1990 Election result Leeds local election result 1990 Labour Party (UK) 27 5 0 +5 77.1 56.1 141,610 +9.9 Conservative Party (UK) 5 0 4 -4 14.3 26.7 67,284 -6.3 Social and Liberal Democrats 3 0 1 -1 8.6 14.4 36,325 -2.7 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.4 3,481 +0.6 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 2,623 +1.0 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 626 -1.6 Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 256 -0.8 National Front (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 109 +0.0 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 67 -0.2 This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 61 66 Conservative 25 21 SLD 12 11 Independent 1 1 Total 99 99 Working majority #FFBF00 23 darkgray #FFBF00 33 darkgray Ward results Aireborough Labour Party (UK) M. Dunn 4,672 45.3 +14.1 Conservative Party (UK) M. Atkinson 3,914 38.0 -5.8 Social and Liberal Democrats D. Gowland 1,726 16.7 -8.3 758 7.4 -5.1 10,312 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +9.9 Armley Labour Party (UK) A. Lowe 4,788 67.0 +12.1 Conservative Party (UK) R. Mundell 1,256 17.6 -1.6 Social and Liberal Democrats D. Colton 1,099 15.4 -10.4 3,532 49.4 +22.5 7,143 Labour Party (UK) Social and Liberal Democrats +11.2 Barwick and Kippax Labour Party (UK) J. Parker 6,002 62.7 +3.9 Conservative Party (UK) John Procter 2,532 26.5 -8.7 Social and Liberal Democrats G. Roberts 600 6.3 +0.3 Green Party of England and Wales D. Corry 436 4.6 +4.6 3,470 36.3 +12.6 9,570 Labour Party (UK) +6.3 Beeston Labour Party (UK) Jon Trickett 4,180 72.3 +4.5 Labour Party (UK) D. Congreve 3,690 Conservative Party (UK) A. Rhodes 1,009 17.5 -7.5 Conservative Party (UK) H. Woodhead 929 Green Party of England and Wales D. Blakemore 590 10.2 +10.2 3,171 54.9 +12.0 5,779 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +6.0 Bramley Labour Party (UK) D. Atkinson 4,867 65.9 -2.9 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) Michael Meadowcroft 1,831 24.8 +24.8 Conservative Party (UK) T. Cooper 689 9.3 -7.4 3,036 41.1 -10.9 7,387 Labour Party (UK) -13.8 Burmantofts Labour Party (UK) S. Butterfield 4,267 63.7 +19.4 Social and Liberal Democrats T. Ineson 2,030 30.3 -19.2 Conservative Party (UK) C. Wilson 399 6.0 -0.2 2,237 33.4 +28.3 6,696 Labour Party (UK) +19.3 Chapel Allerton Labour Party (UK) N. Taggart 4,772 72.7 +7.3 Conservative Party (UK) P. Lawton 1,215 18.5 -5.4 Social and Liberal Democrats J. Levy 578 8.8 +3.6 3,557 54.2 +12.8 6,565 Labour Party (UK) +6.4 City and Holbeck Labour Party (UK) C. Myers 4,843 79.1 +2.1 Social and Liberal Democrats A. Davies 701 11.5 +3.8 Conservative Party (UK) D. Boynton 576 9.4 -6.0 4,142 67.7 +6.1 6,120 Labour Party (UK) -0.8 Cookridge Conservative Party (UK) J. Carter 4,143 48.8 -11.5 Labour Party (UK) G. Morrison 3,063 36.1 +13.0 Social and Liberal Democrats E. Brazier 1,278 15.1 +3.8 1,080 12.7 -24.5 8,484 Conservative Party (UK) -12.2 Garforth and Swillington Labour Party (UK) A. Groves 6,239 67.1 +9.7 Conservative Party (UK) C. Jones 2,133 23.0 -13.2 Social and Liberal Democrats R. Hutchinson 921 9.9 +3.6 4,106 44.2 +22.9 9,293 Labour Party (UK) +11.4 Halton Labour Party (UK) J. Sully 3,840 44.9 +11.1 Conservative Party (UK) D. Schofield 3,569 41.7 -12.9 Social and Liberal Democrats D. Hollingsworth 1,149 13.4 +1.7 271 3.2 -17.6 8,558 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +12.0 Harehills Labour Party (UK) U. Ryatt 3,906 64.8 -0.7 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) R. Senior 792 13.1 +13.1 Conservative Party (UK) K. Weightman 708 11.7 -3.7 Independent (politician) S. Prasad 449 7.4 +7.4 Independent (politician) D. Talbot 177 2.9 +2.9 3,114 51.6 +5.2 6,032 Labour Party (UK) -6.9 Headingley Labour Party (UK) Paul Truswell 3,965 55.1 +13.3 Social and Liberal Democrats C. Shaw 1,250 17.4 -12.7 Conservative Party (UK) G. Castle 1,058 14.7 -0.7 Green Party of England and Wales G. Rainford 850 11.8 +2.4 Communist Party of Great Britain B. Cooper 67 0.9 -2.3 2,715 37.8 +26.0 7,190 Labour Party (UK) +13.0 Horsforth Social and Liberal Democrats M. Shaw 3,756 42.4 -2.1 Conservative Party (UK) R. Richardson 3,032 34.2 -5.8 Labour Party (UK) J. Erskine 2,072 23.4 +7.9 724 8.2 +3.7 8,860 Social and Liberal Democrats +1.8 Hunslet Labour Party (UK) John Gunnell 4,619 91.0 +13.1 Conservative Party (UK) D. Thomas 458 9.0 -1.5 4,161 82.0 +14.7 5,077 Labour Party (UK) +7.3 Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) Bernard Atha 5,507 81.8 +15.3 Conservative Party (UK) S. McBarron 1,229 18.2 -0.8 4,278 63.5 +16.1 6,736 Labour Party (UK) +8.0 Middleton Labour Party (UK) L. Middleton 4,876 85.6 +8.2 Conservative Party (UK) A. Wright 823 14.4 -1.4 4,053 71.1 +9.6 5,699 Labour Party (UK) +4.8 Moortown Social and Liberal Democrats W. Winlow 3,737 44.9 -2.7 Conservative Party (UK) C. Thompson 2,430 29.2 -4.9 Labour Party (UK) J. Talbot 2,164 26.0 +7.6 1,307 15.7 +2.2 8,331 Social and Liberal Democrats +1.1 Morley North Labour Party (UK) F. Jones 5,390 66.0 +15.2 Conservative Party (UK) J. Galek 2,772 34.0 -5.6 2,618 32.1 +20.9 8,162 Labour Party (UK) +10.4 Morley South Labour Party (UK) K. Burnley 5,857 67.9 +4.4 Conservative Party (UK) L. Frost 1,858 21.5 -7.8 Social and Liberal Democrats T. Leadley 803 9.3 +2.2 National Front (UK) N. Howard 109 1.3 +1.3 3,999 46.4 +12.2 8,627 Labour Party (UK) +6.1 North Conservative Party (UK) R. Manning 3,795 49.9 -7.7 Conservative Party (UK) P. Harrand 3,621 Labour Party (UK) B. Brady 2,432 32.0 +8.3 Labour Party (UK) J. Lister 2,206 Social and Liberal Democrats R. Barr 1,115 14.7 +1.0 Social and Liberal Democrats D. Dresser 1,091 Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988) B. Finniestone 256 3.4 -1.6 1,363 17.9 -16.0 7,598 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -8.0 Otley and Wharfedale Social and Liberal Democrats C. Campbell 3,681 35.9 +1.2 Conservative Party (UK) G. Francis 3,560 34.7 -11.9 Labour Party (UK) S. Egan 3,009 29.4 +15.8 121 1.2 -10.7 10,250 Social and Liberal Democrats +6.5 Pudsey North Labour Party (UK) A. Ross 4,304 45.3 +15.9 Conservative Party (UK) J. Bashall 3,295 34.7 -17.0 Social and Liberal Democrats J. Heppell 1,897 20.0 +1.1 1,009 10.6 -11.6 9,496 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +16.4 Pudsey South Labour Party (UK) R. Lewis 4,734 56.4 +26.8 Conservative Party (UK) R. Cam 2,147 25.6 +4.6 Social and Liberal Democrats A. Fleet 1,508 18.0 +15.0 2,587 30.8 +14.0 8,389 Labour Party (UK) +11.1 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) E. McGee 5,141 80.1 +1.0 Social and Liberal Democrats K. Norman 787 12.3 +2.6 Conservative Party (UK) W. Birch 490 7.6 -3.5 4,354 67.8 -0.2 6,418 Labour Party (UK) -0.8 Rothwell Labour Party (UK) A. Hudson 4,695 63.1 -3.4 Conservative Party (UK) A. Heeson 1,464 19.7 -6.3 Social and Liberal Democrats A. Barber 1,276 17.2 +9.6 3,231 43.5 +3.0 7,435 Labour Party (UK) +1.4 Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) J. White 3,826 46.8 -10.0 Labour Party (UK) K. Prior 2,844 34.8 +10.2 Social and Liberal Democrats J. Pullan 862 10.5 -3.6 Green Party of England and Wales A. Tear 643 7.9 +3.4 982 12.0 -20.2 8,175 Conservative Party (UK) -10.1 Seacroft Labour Party (UK) A. Vollans 4,729 82.4 +1.1 Conservative Party (UK) H. Gill 591 10.3 -3.3 Social and Liberal Democrats S. Fisher 421 7.3 +2.2 4,138 72.1 +4.4 5,741 Labour Party (UK) +2.2 University Labour Party (UK) B. Dale 3,883 72.8 -2.0 Conservative Party (UK) R. Winfield 553 10.4 -3.4 Green Party of England and Wales A. Begg 491 9.2 +9.2 Social and Liberal Democrats A. Appleyard 405 7.6 -0.3 3,330 62.5 -1.4 5,332 Labour Party (UK) +0.7 Weetwood Labour Party (UK) E. Moxon 3,313 41.0 +11.6 Conservative Party (UK) J. Hamilton 2,794 34.5 -8.0 Social and Liberal Democrats J. Ewens 1,509 18.7 -6.3 Green Party of England and Wales C. Nash 471 5.8 +2.7 519 6.4 -6.7 8,087 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +9.8 Wetherby Conservative Party (UK) J. Evans 5,899 60.3 -6.7 Labour Party (UK) J. Postill 2,612 26.7 +10.7 Social and Liberal Democrats J. Macarthur 1,266 12.9 +2.4 3,287 33.6 -17.3 9,777 Conservative Party (UK) -8.7 Whinmoor Labour Party (UK) M. Hemmingway 4,439 65.4 +8.1 Conservative Party (UK) P. Rayner 1,735 25.6 -10.9 Social and Liberal Democrats C. Ward 615 9.1 +2.8 2,704 39.8 +19.0 6,789 Labour Party (UK) +9.5 Wortley Labour Party (UK) M. Bedford 5,586 67.5 +7.9 Conservative Party (UK) B. Nicol 1,489 18.0 -4.4 Social and Liberal Democrats W. Moss 1,198 14.5 -3.5 4,097 49.5 +12.2 8,273 Labour Party (UK) +6.1 References 1 expanded Category:1990 English local elections 1990 Category:1990s in Leeds