1996 Leeds City Council election

City council elections November 2019 1996 Leeds City Council election Yorkshire Parliamentary no yes 1995 Leeds City Council election 1995 1998 Leeds City Council election 1998 33 of the 99 seats on Leeds City Council 50 2 May 1996 UK 100 Labour Party (UK) 30 seats, 59.0% 27 82 7 89,806 56.2% 2.8pp UK 100 Conservative Party (UK) 1 seats, 19.4% 3 8 8 38,229 23.9% 4.5pp UK 100 Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 seats, 18.4% 3 9 1 27,662 17.3% 1.1pp Leeds UK local election 1996 map.png 300px Map of the results for the 1996 Leeds council election. (Horsforth Requires recolouring) The 1996 Leeds City Council elections were held on Thursday, 2 May 1996, with a third of the council up for election. The Conservatives suffered another routing, although with a less impressive Labour vote and a slight recovery in their own vote, were able to hold on to three seats. Labour furthered their stranglehold on the council with an additional seven gains, with all but Burmantofts (Liberal Democrat) and Pudsey South (Independent) from the Tories. As a result of the gains, those two wards - along with the Tory losses of Aireborough, Halton, Morley North and Weetwood wards - were now represented entirely by Labour (a first for most). The other Labour gain was snatching the remaining Tory seat in the former Tory-Liberal battleground of Otley & Wharfedale. The Lib Dems offset their loss to Labour in Burmantofts with gains from the Tories in Horsforth and the newly three-way marginal North ward. The results, however, were a disappointment to the Lib Dems - evidenced by their poor performance in Otley & Wharfedale, and a vote sunk to their 1992 level. Another parallel to the 1992 election was the slump in overall turnout to a record low. Peter Kersting's decision to forgo defending his seat for Pudsey South seen the absence of Independents from the council for the first time since 1983. The Greens advanced further into a respectable second place in Wortley, in contrast to the stagnant fortunes of the Liberals and the weakened support for the sole Militant Labour candidate.District results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 3 May 1996 Election result Leeds local election result 1996 Labour Party (UK) 27 7 0 +7 84.8 56.2 89,806 -2.8 Conservative Party (UK) 3 0 8 -8 9.1 23.9 38,229 +4.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 2 1 +1 6.1 17.3 27,662 -1.1 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.9 3,026 -0.4 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 677 +0.0 |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: Socialist Party (England and Wales)" | | Militant Labour | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0.0 | align="right" | 0.1 | align="right" | 232 | align="right" | -0.1 |- Independent Labour 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 98 +0.1 This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 75 82 Conservative 15 8 Liberal Democrat 8 9 Independent 1 0 Total 99 99 Working majority #FFBF00 51 darkgray #FFBF00 65 darkgray Ward results Aireborough Labour Party (UK) Tony Addison 3,405 46.1 -4.4 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Hughes-Rowlands 2,512 34.0 -4.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Janet Brown 1,476 20.0 +8.5 893 12.1 -0.3 7,393 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -0.1 Armley Labour Party (UK) James McKenna 2,568 68.0 -2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Glenn Broadbent 457 12.1 +2.3 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) George Lawson 334 8.8 -0.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Davies 274 7.3 +0.8 Green Party of England and Wales Quentin Cooper 145 3.8 +0.1 2,111 55.9 -4.6 3,778 Labour Party (UK) -2.3 Barwick & Kippax Labour Party (UK) Keith Wakefield 4,481 70.2 -1.0 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Ward 1,320 20.7 +1.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Lindley 580 9.1 -0.7 3,161 49.5 -2.7 6,381 Labour Party (UK) -1.3 Beeston Labour Party (UK) David Congreve 2,165 73.2 -3.9 Conservative Party (UK) William Wild 427 14.4 +2.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Sadler 257 8.7 -0.8 Green Party of England and Wales Tania Jackson 110 3.7 +2.3 1,738 58.7 -6.4 2,959 Labour Party (UK) -3.2 Bramley Labour Party (UK) Cherril Cliff 2,788 78.4 -0.7 Conservative Party (UK) Jagdeep Birdi 285 8.0 -0.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nigel Amor 252 7.1 -0.2 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) Elizabeth Bee 232 6.5 +1.0 2,503 70.4 -0.7 3,557 Labour Party (UK) -0.3 Burmantofts Labour Party (UK) Ronald Grahame 2,441 73.7 +8.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sadie Fisher 680 20.5 -10.9 Conservative Party (UK) Graham Castle 190 5.7 +2.0 1,761 53.2 +19.7 3,311 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) +9.8 Chapel Allerton Labour Party (UK) Garth Frankland 3,215 72.8 -0.8 Conservative Party (UK) Valerie Kendall 630 14.3 +1.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Findlay 374 8.5 -0.6 Green Party of England and Wales Alexander Begg 195 4.4 +1.3 2,585 58.6 -1.9 4,414 Labour Party (UK) -1.0 City & Holbeck Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Nash 2,435 79.3 +2.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Pauline Bardon 342 11.1 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) David Boynton 292 9.5 +2.4 2,093 68.2 +1.4 3,069 Labour Party (UK) +0.7 Cookridge Conservative Party (UK) Keith Loudon 3,120 48.6 +8.9 Labour Party (UK) Naomi Cummings 2,250 35.1 -5.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Janet Bates 1,045 16.3 -3.2 870 13.6 +12.5 6,415 Conservative Party (UK) +7.3 Garforth & Swillington Labour Party (UK) Thomas Murray 4,326 71.8 -1.1 Conservative Party (UK) Jack Stott 1,000 16.6 +3.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Dowling 699 11.6 -2.6 3,326 55.2 -3.5 6,025 Labour Party (UK) -2.4 Halton Labour Party (UK) Randolph Haggerty 2,946 54.3 -3.5 Conservative Party (UK) David Schofield 1,779 32.8 +1.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Appleyard 537 9.9 +1.1 Green Party of England and Wales David Harbud 159 2.9 +0.4 1,167 21.5 -5.4 5,421 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -2.7 Harehills Labour Party (UK) Mohammed Khan 2,259 72.4 -8.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ann Norman 439 14.1 +6.5 Conservative Party (UK) Walter Buckland 421 13.5 +5.8 1,820 58.4 -14.9 3,119 Labour Party (UK) -7.5 Headingley Labour Party (UK) Sarah Perrigo 2,667 62.9 -6.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Barbara Thompson 675 15.9 +2.0 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Gledhill 552 13.0 +2.6 Green Party of England and Wales Peggy Alexander 348 8.2 +1.3 1,992 47.0 -7.9 4,242 Labour Party (UK) -4.0 Horsforth Liberal Democrats (UK) Roger Harris 2,530 41.4 -2.2 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Addison 1,823 29.8 +5.5 Labour Party (UK) Roland Cross 1,759 28.8 -2.1 707 11.6 -1.1 6,112 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +2.5 Hunslet Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Driver 2,295 85.4 -0.3 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Larvin 202 7.5 +2.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Simon Buckingham 191 7.1 +1.1 2,093 77.9 -1.8 2,688 Labour Party (UK) -1.2 Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Minkin 3,060 76.2 -1.1 Conservative Party (UK) Steven Welsh 364 9.1 +3.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Pattenden 241 6.0 +0.2 Green Party of England and Wales Alison Mander 240 6.0 -3.5 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) Noel Nowosielski 111 2.8 +1.0 2,696 67.1 -0.7 4,016 Labour Party (UK) -2.2 Middleton Labour Party (UK) Jack Dunn 2,630 81.6 -1.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Shaun Dolan 360 11.2 +5.2 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen McBarron 235 7.3 -0.7 2,270 70.4 -4.9 3,225 Labour Party (UK) -3.4 Moortown Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Harris 3,014 53.6 +4.0 Labour Party (UK) Malcolm Hardy 1,705 30.3 -1.3 Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Dibble 908 16.1 -0.6 1,309 23.3 +5.4 5,627 Liberal Democrats (UK) +2.6 Morley North Labour Party (UK) Michael Dawson 3,026 58.3 -8.0 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Barraclough 1,696 32.7 +12.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Quentin Brown 465 9.0 +0.0 1,330 25.6 -20.7 5,187 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -10.3 Morley South Labour Party (UK) Bryan North 3,103 62.1 -1.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Thomas Leadley 1,163 23.3 +0.1 Conservative Party (UK) Jan Galek 731 14.6 +1.2 1,940 38.8 -1.4 4,997 Labour Party (UK) -0.7 North Liberal Democrats (UK) Jonathan Brown 2,221 36.8 +7.2 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Harrand 1,936 32.1 -1.6 Labour Party (UK) Brian Selby 1,883 31.2 -4.0 285 4.7 +3.1 6,040 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +4.4 Otley & Wharfedale Labour Party (UK) John Eveleigh 2,648 37.0 +2.8 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Norman Hindle 2,574 35.9 +10.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Dawn Merrick 1,943 27.1 -13.7 74 1.0 -5.7 7,165 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -4.0 Pudsey North Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Carter 3,566 50.8 +16.8 Labour Party (UK) Sandra Womack 2,717 38.7 -12.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rodney Cam 731 10.4 -4.2 849 12.1 -5.1 7,014 Conservative Party (UK) +14.7 Pudsey South Labour Party (UK) Eugene "Mick" Coulson 2,748 55.7 -0.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rodney Keighley 1,154 23.4 -6.9 Conservative Party (UK) Sheila Jackson 896 18.2 +4.9 Green Party of England and Wales Graham Illingworth 138 2.8 +2.8 1,594 32.3 +6.1 4,936 Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) +3.0 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) Michael Lyons 2,453 84.4 -0.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Keith Norman 304 10.5 -0.1 Conservative Party (UK) William Birch 149 5.1 +0.3 2,149 74.0 -0.1 2,906 Labour Party (UK) -0.0 Rothwell Labour Party (UK) Lorna Cohen 2,736 64.7 -8.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mitchell Galdas 908 21.5 +5.2 Conservative Party (UK) Anne Heeson 582 13.8 +2.9 1,828 43.3 -13.2 4,226 Labour Party (UK) -6.6 Roundhay Labour Party (UK) Jean White 2,712 44.8 +1.0 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Burnell 2,173 35.9 +2.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Wilfred Pickard 1,031 17.0 -1.4 Green Party of England and Wales Andrew Ketchin 138 2.3 -1.7 539 8.9 -1.2 6,054 Labour Party (UK) -0.5 Seacroft Labour Party (UK) Graham Hyde 3,050 87.3 +1.9 Conservative Party (UK) Roy Jones 227 6.5 -0.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Malcolm Betteridge 218 6.2 -1.5 2,823 80.8 +3.2 3,495 Labour Party (UK) +1.1 University Labour Party (UK) Maggie Giles-Hill 2,264 73.9 +4.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Freeman 290 9.5 +1.7 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Winfield 279 9.1 +2.4 |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: Socialist Party (England and Wales)" | | Militant Labour | Chris Hill | align="right" | 232 | align="right" | 7.6 | align="right" | -2.6 |- 1,974 64.4 +0.9 3,065 Labour Party (UK) +1.2 Weetwood Labour Party (UK) Judith Blake 2,569 40.2 -2.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Penny Joan Ewens 2,455 38.4 +0.7 Conservative Party (UK) Ann Castle 1,195 18.7 +1.6 Green Party of England and Wales Claire Nash 171 2.7 +0.4 114 1.8 -3.3 6,390 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -1.6 Wetherby Conservative Party (UK) David Clark 4,451 56.6 +10.2 Labour Party (UK) Reginald Steel 2,523 32.1 +0.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Melnick 892 11.3 -10.6 1,928 24.5 +9.9 7,866 Conservative Party (UK) +4.9 Whinmoor Labour Party (UK) Suzanne Armitage 2,568 68.3 -2.7 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Williams 767 20.4 +4.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Graham Roberts 326 8.7 -0.5 Independent Labour Anthony Thorpe 98 2.6 +2.6 1,801 47.9 -6.7 3,759 Labour Party (UK) -3.3 Wortley Labour Party (UK) Philip Towler 2,640 54.1 -7.5 Green Party of England and Wales David Blackburn 1,382 28.3 +6.5 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Best 490 10.0 +1.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Brayshaw 366 7.5 -0.7 1,258 25.8 -13.9 4,878 Labour Party (UK) -7.0 By-elections between 1996 and 1998 Beeston by-election 14 November 1996replacing Jon Trickett (resigned) http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/byelections/index.htm Local Authority Byelection Results gwydir.demon.co.uk 2012-12-13 29 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100329041227/http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/byelections/index.htm dead Labour Party (UK) Angela Gabriel 1,025 47.4 -25.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) 864 40.0 +31.3 Conservative Party (UK) 187 8.7 -5.7 |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: Socialist Party (England and Wales)" | | Militant Labour | | align="right" | 44 | align="right" | 2.0 | align="right" | +2.0 |- Green Party of England and Wales 42 1.9 -1.8 161 7.4 -51.3 2,162 17.0 -6.2 Labour Party (UK) -28.5 Headingley by-election 10 July 1997replacing Paul Truswell (resigned) Labour Party (UK) David Black 919 51.0 -11.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) 647 35.9 +20.0 Conservative Party (UK) 235 13.0 +0.0 272 15.1 -31.9 1,801 9.1 -12.4 Labour Party (UK) -15.9 Whinmoor by-election 21 August 1997replacing Elaine Pickard Labour Party (UK) Peter Gruen 1,569 54.1 -14.2 Conservative Party (UK) 1,077 37.1 +16.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) 225 7.8 -0.9 Independent (politician) 28 1.0 +1.0 492 17.0 -30.9 2,899 21.1 -6.3 Labour Party (UK) -15.4 References 1 expanded Category:1996 English local elections 1996 Category:1990s in Leeds