2003 Leeds City Council election

none October 2019 August 2018 2003 Leeds City Council election Yorkshire Parliamentary no yes 2002 Leeds City Council election 2002 2004 Leeds City Council election 2004 33 of the 99 seats on Leeds City Council 50 1 May 2003 UK 100 Labour Party (UK) 19 seats, 41.4% 16 52 5 55,032 35.5% 5.9pp UK 100 Conservative Party (UK) 7 seats, 29.2% 8 22 4 45,113 29.1% 0.1pp UK 100 Liberal Democrats (UK) 5 seats, 22.3% 7 20 38,831 25.0% 2.7pp UK 100 Green Party of England and Wales 1 seat, 4.5% 1 3 6,674 4.3% 0.2% Leeds UK local election 2003 map.png 300px Map of the results for the 2003 Leeds council election. The 2003 Leeds City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/148.stm Local elections 6 August 2018 BBC News Online Election result The results saw Labour just keep a majority on the council with 52 of the 99 seats. http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Labour-just-cling-on.496233.jp Labour just cling on 6 August 2018 2 May 2003 Yorkshire Evening Post They suffered a net loss of 5 seats, including the leader of the council for the past 7 years, Brian Walker, who was defeated by the Liberal Democrats in Rothwell ward. Peter Hetherington English local elections: Labour hit by tax rises and 'Baghdad backlash': England: Disaffection boosts Tories and Lib Dems The Guardian 16 3 May 2003 0261-3077 The Conservatives gained the most seats to become the second largest party on the council with 22 seats, after making 4 gains in Aireborough, Halton, Otley and Wharfedale and Roundhay wards. As well as the gain in Rothwell, the Liberal Democrats also picked up a seat from Labour in Burmantofts but lost seats in Bramley and Otley and Wharfedale to Labour and Conservatives respectively. Elsewhere independent Tom Leadley gained a seat from Labour in Morley North, while the Greens held their seat in Wortley. Turnout in the election dropped to just over 30% https://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/content/articles/2006/04/26/civic_life_local_elections_2006_feature.shtml Local elections 2006 27 May 2007 6 August 2018 BBC News Online with some wards seeing under 20% voting, while the lowest turnout came in Headingley at only 15%. Turned out bad again... Yorkshire Evening Post 3 May 2003 0963-2255 Following the election the deputy leader of the council, Keith Wakefield, became leader unopposed after a meeting of the Labour group on the council. Life force Yorkshire Evening Post 7 May 2003 0963-2255 Leeds local election result 2003 http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc03/pages/Leeds/application_election2003.html Local Elections 2003 6 August 2018 Political Science Resources https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044352/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc03/pages/Leeds/application_election2003.html 4 March 2016 dead Labour Party (UK) 16 1 6 -5 48.5 35.5 55,032 -5.9 Conservative Party (UK) 8 4 0 +4 24.2 29.1 45,113 -0.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) 7 2 2 0 21.2 25.0 38,831 +2.7 Green Party of England and Wales 1 0 0 0 3.0 4.3 6,674 -0.2 Independent (politician) 1 1 0 +1 3.0 1.9 2,875 +0.5 British National Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.8 4,310 +2.7 Alliance for Green Socialism 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.1 1,633 +0.3 Socialist Alliance (England) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 428 +0.1 Socialist Party (England and Wales) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 234 +0.1 This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: Local elections 2003 The Times 16 2 May 2003 0140-0460 PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 57 52 Conservative 18 22 Liberal Democrat 20 20 Green 3 3 Independent 1 2 Total 99 99 Working majority #FFBF00 15 darkgray #FFBF00 5 darkgray Ward results Aireborough Conservative Party (UK) Stuart Andrew 2,899 44.0 -0.4 Labour Party (UK) Mike King 2,652 40.2 +2.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Hutton 1,043 15.8 -2.1 247 3.8 -2.9 6,594 34.0 -3.9 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -1.4 Armley Labour Party (UK) Janet Harper 1,676 49.3 -6.7 Conservative Party (UK) Glenn Broadbent 572 16.8 -1.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen McBarron 562 16.5 +3.8 Green Party of England and Wales Luke Russell 523 15.4 +2.5 Socialist Alliance (England) Isaac Lyne 66 1.9 +1.9 1,104 32.5 -5.0 3,399 23.0 -0.8 Labour Party (UK) -2.5 Barwick & Kippax Labour Party (UK) James Lewis 2,950 44.2 -11.6 Conservative Party (UK) Alec Shelbrooke 2,364 35.4 +3.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Natasha De Vere 622 9.3 +0.6 British National Party Christopher Andrews 535 8.0 +8.0 Green Party of England and Wales Elizabeth Holmes 210 3.1 +0.3 586 8.8 -15.4 6,681 36.0 -2.3 Labour Party (UK) -7.7 Beeston Labour Party (UK) Adam Ogilvie 1,492 44.2 -7.0 Conservative Party (UK) William Birch 987 29.3 -1.1 British National Party Thomas Linden 368 10.9 +10.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kathleen Fenton 366 10.9 -1.6 Green Party of England and Wales Irene Draycup 80 2.4 -0.6 Socialist Alliance (England) Philip Goodfield 79 2.3 -0.7 505 14.9 -5.9 3,372 28.5 -0.4 Labour Party (UK) -2.9 Bramley Labour Party (UK) Ted Hanley 1,763 45.9 -6.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Julian Cummins 1,520 39.5 +5.8 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Best 394 10.2 +0.7 Green Party of England and Wales Francis Gray 167 4.3 +0.2 243 6.4 -12.6 3,844 23.5 -0.4 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) -6.3 Burmantofts Liberal Democrats (UK) Ralph Pryke 1,706 49.6 +5.6 Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Holloran 1,530 44.5 -2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Hyde 203 5.9 -0.2 176 5.1 +2.3 3,439 28.3 +0.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) +3.9 Chapel Allerton Labour Party (UK) Norma Hutchinson 1,697 41.9 -10.7 Alliance for Green Socialism Garth Frankland 947 23.4 +2.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sitara Khan 816 20.1 +8.3 Conservative Party (UK) Roger Illingworth 590 14.6 +0.4 750 18.5 -12.7 4,050 28.1 -3.3 Labour Party (UK) -5.3 City & Holbeck Labour Party (UK) Mohammed Iqbal 1,292 48.1 -13.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Eric Scott 525 19.5 +9.0 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Wheeler 421 15.7 -5.5 Socialist Party (England and Wales) David Jones 234 8.7 +2.0 Green Party of England and Wales Janet Pritchard 216 8.0 +8.0 767 28.6 -11.8 2,688 18.0 -2.0 Labour Party (UK) -11.2 Cookridge Conservative Party (UK) Barry Anderson 3,336 52.8 -1.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sue Bentley 1,903 30.1 +10.4 Labour Party (UK) Patrick Hennigan 1,083 17.1 -5.7 1,433 22.7 -8.3 6,322 38.0 +1.0 Conservative Party (UK) -5.7 Garforth & Swillington Labour Party (UK) Andrea Harrison 2,876 46.0 -5.6 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Semple 1,631 26.1 -4.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Dowling 1,095 17.5 -0.1 British National Party Tracy Andrews 656 10.5 +10.5 1,245 19.9 -0.8 6,258 33.0 -0.8 Labour Party (UK) -0.4 Halton Conservative Party (UK) David Schofield 2,902 48.2 +7.1 Labour Party (UK) Doris McGee 2,134 35.4 -8.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Hollingsworth 989 16.4 +4.4 768 12.8 +10.5 6,025 34.0 +0.1 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +7.5 Harehills Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Taylor 2,683 59.9 +20.3 Labour Party (UK) John Clare 1,491 33.3 -18.5 Conservative Party (UK) Karl Steenson 174 3.9 +0.9 Alliance for Green Socialism Azar Iqbal 128 2.9 +2.9 1,192 26.6 +14.4 4,476 33.4 -7.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) +19.4 Headingley Liberal Democrats (UK) Gregory Mulholland 1,668 52.4 +3.7 Labour Party (UK) Safdar Hussain 764 24.0 -5.8 Green Party of England and Wales Lesley Jeffries 351 11.0 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Smith 241 7.6 +0.1 Socialist Alliance (England) Katherine Owen 158 5.0 +1.0 904 28.4 +9.5 3,182 15.5 -3.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) +4.7 Horsforth Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Cleasby 2,404 43.2 -1.0 Conservative Party (UK) Neil Hunt 1,997 35.9 +1.6 Labour Party (UK) Tony Addison 884 15.9 -1.9 Green Party of England and Wales Andrea Binns 280 5.0 +1.3 407 7.3 -2.6 5,565 33.1 -2.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) -1.3 Hunslet Labour Party (UK) John Erskine 1,264 63.3 -4.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ann Norman 320 16.0 +2.5 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Larvin 290 14.5 +2.1 Green Party of England and Wales Catherine Harmer 122 6.1 +2.3 944 47.3 -7.4 1,996 18.6 -2.0 Labour Party (UK) -3.7 Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) John Illingworth 1,580 45.7 -11.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Toby Fursdon 1,080 31.2 +15.4 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Moore 406 11.7 -2.0 Green Party of England and Wales Martin Reed 391 11.3 -1.6 500 14.5 -27.4 3,457 22.9 -2.1 Labour Party (UK) -13.6 Middleton Labour Party (UK) Stuart Bruce 1,630 55.0 -8.6 Conservative Party (UK) David Boynton 697 23.5 +5.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sadie Fisher 445 15.0 +1.9 Green Party of England and Wales Patricia Capstick 191 6.4 +0.7 933 31.5 -14.5 2,963 19.9 -1.8 Labour Party (UK) -7.2 Moortown Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Harker 2,637 51.8 -3.4 Labour Party (UK) David Dresser 1,303 25.6 -0.9 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Knowles 936 18.4 +2.4 Alliance for Green Socialism Michael Davies 215 4.2 +0.9 1,334 26.2 -2.5 5,091 31.6 -3.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) -1.2 Morley North Independent (politician) Thomas Leadley 2,473 42.3 +4.5 Labour Party (UK) Alex Sobel 1,809 30.9 +1.0 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Kearns 1,126 19.2 -3.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Golton 442 7.6 +0.7 664 11.4 +3.5 5,850 30.3 -0.2 Independent (politician) Labour Party (UK) +1.7 Morley South Labour Party (UK) Debra Coupar 2,033 36.3 -16.9 Conservative Party (UK) Judith Elliott 1,484 26.5 -2.5 British National Party Christopher Beverley 1,064 19.0 +19.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rochelle Harris 621 11.1 -6.7 Independent (politician) Charles Slingsby 402 7.2 +7.2 549 9.8 -14.4 5,604 25.1 +2.7 Labour Party (UK) -7.2 North Conservative Party (UK) Ruth Feldman 2,561 43.5 -2.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Judith Chapman 2,272 38.6 +3.3 Labour Party (UK) Doreen Illingworth 957 16.3 -1.9 Alliance for Green Socialism Brian Jackson 95 1.6 +0.8 289 4.9 -5.5 5,885 35.0 -3.8 Conservative Party (UK) -2.7 Otley & Wharfedale Conservative Party (UK) Gerard Francis 2,790 38.1 -6.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Graham Kirkland 2,581 35.2 +12.0 Labour Party (UK) John Eveleigh 1,615 22.1 -7.2 Green Party of England and Wales Paul Marchant 338 4.6 +1.2 209 2.9 -12.0 7,324 38.4 -2.4 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) -9.0 Pudsey North Conservative Party (UK) Amanda Carter 3,827 63.2 +11.1 Labour Party (UK) Tina Davy 1,383 22.8 -9.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Glover 850 14.0 +1.6 2,444 40.4 +20.5 6,060 34.0 -3.7 Conservative Party (UK) +10.2 Pudsey South Labour Party (UK) Josephine Jarosz 2,270 42.9 -5.2 Conservative Party (UK) Jason Aldiss 1,768 33.4 -2.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Burke 637 12.0 +0.4 British National Party Richard Warrington 437 8.3 +8.3 Green Party of England and Wales Yvonne Clarke 179 3.4 -0.8 502 9.5 -2.4 5,291 31.8 -1.5 Labour Party (UK) -1.2 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) Marlene Lyons 1,509 54.5 -16.6 British National Party Mark Collett 550 19.9 +19.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Keith Norman 483 17.5 +1.8 Conservative Party (UK) Simon Church 225 8.1 -1.8 959 44.6 -10.8 2,767 23.3 -3.6 Labour Party (UK) -18.2 Rothwell Liberal Democrats (UK) Steve Smith 2,495 49.4 +1.2 Labour Party (UK) Brian Walker 2,109 41.7 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) Caroline Judge 451 8.9 -2.1 386 7.7 +0.3 5,055 31.5 -2.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) +0.1 Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) Matthew Lobley 2,417 39.6 -1.4 Labour Party (UK) Michael Fox 2,347 38.4 -1.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Skinner 901 14.8 +1.0 Green Party of England and Wales Paul Ellis 260 4.3 +0.7 Alliance for Green Socialism Malcolm Christie 180 2.9 +1.0 70 1.1 -0.2 6,105 37.2 -2.1 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -0.0 Seacroft Labour Party (UK) Brian Selby 2,003 66.3 -13.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Pauline Davies 403 13.3 -5.0 British National Party Alistair Ingham 356 11.8 +11.8 Conservative Party (UK) Donald Townsley 261 8.6 +7.1 1,600 52.9 -9.0 3,023 26.0 +2.5 Labour Party (UK) -4.4 University Labour Party (UK) Gerald Harper 1,000 41.8 -15.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Joan Ewens 930 38.9 +18.7 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Winfield 185 7.7 -5.9 Green Party of England and Wales Bluebell Eikonoklastes 153 6.4 -2.8 Socialist Alliance (England) Steven Skinner 125 5.2 +5.2 70 2.9 -33.8 2,393 15.3 -1.3 Labour Party (UK) -16.9 Weetwood Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Jennings 2,196 45.5 +0.8 Labour Party (UK) Dudley Parker 1,336 27.7 -4.0 Conservative Party (UK) Timothy Metcalfe 922 19.1 +1.6 Green Party of England and Wales David Webb 370 7.7 +1.6 860 17.8 +4.8 4,824 29.5 -4.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) +2.4 Wetherby Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Millard 4,644 66.0 +0.0 Labour Party (UK) Reginald Steel 1,493 21.2 +0.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Edmund Conybeare 899 12.8 +0.0 3,151 44.8 -0.1 7,036 34.3 -2.3 Conservative Party (UK) -0.0 Whinmoor Labour Party (UK) Peter Gruen 1,868 49.7 -4.8 Conservative Party (UK) Graeme Shaw 989 26.3 -7.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Colin Campbell 486 12.9 +1.2 British National Party Marten Gibson 344 9.2 +9.2 Alliance for Green Socialism Amanda Munro 68 1.8 +1.8 879 23.4 +2.7 3,755 30.2 -2.1 Labour Party (UK) +1.3 Wortley Green Party of England and Wales David Blackburn 2,843 59.8 +5.8 Labour Party (UK) Jane Dowson 1,239 26.1 -5.7 Conservative Party (UK) Victoria Richmond 423 8.9 -1.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Leanne Winfield 251 5.3 +1.0 1,604 33.7 +11.5 4,756 27.9 -1.8 Green Party of England and Wales +5.7 References expanded Category:2003 English local elections 2003 Category:2000s in Leeds