1999 Leeds City Council election

1999 UK local government election August 2018 August 2018 1999 Leeds City Council election Yorkshire Parliamentary no yes 1998 Leeds City Council election 1998 2000 Leeds City Council election 2000 33 of the 99 seats on Leeds City Council 50 6 May 1999 UK 100 Labour Party (UK) 21 seats, 49.3% 21 71 7 67,734 46.1% 3.2pp UK 100 Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 seats, 19.7% 9 14 4 32,644 22.2% 2.5pp UK 100 Conservative Party (UK) 5 seats, 27.8% 9 12 3 40,585 27.6% 0.2pp UK 100 Green Party of England and Wales 1 seat, 2.3% 1 1 5,227 3.6% 1.3% Leeds UK local election 1999 map.png 300px Map of the results for the 1999 Leeds council election. The 1999 Leeds City Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election, as well as a vacancy each in Horsforth, Moortown and Wetherby. Prior to the election, the Liberal Democrats had gained a seat in Bramley from Labour, and Hunslet councillor, Mark Davies, had defected from Labour to Independent Socialist. Labour stayed in overall control of the council. https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote_99/locals_99/html/constituency/134.stm Leeds 6 August 2018 BBC News Online Overall turnout in the election was 27.3%. http://www.leeds.gov.uk/lcc/cncllrs/elect_99/elecmain.html Election of Councillors : 6th May 1999 leeds.gov.uk 6 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/19991002182534/http://www.leeds.gov.uk/lcc/cncllrs/elect_99/elecmain.html 2 October 1999 Election result Leeds local election result 1999 Local Councils: Results round-up The Times 4 7 May 1999 0140-0460 Labour Party (UK) 21 0 7 -7 58.3 46.1 67,734 -3.2% Liberal Democrats (UK) 9 4 0 +4 25.0 22.2 32,644 +2.5% Conservative Party (UK) 5 3 0 +3 13.9 27.6 40,585 -0.2% Green Party of England and Wales 1 0 0 0 2.8 3.6 5,227 +1.3% Leeds Left Alliance 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 522 +0.1% Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 163 -0.4% Seacroft Community Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 96 +0.1% This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: Britain votes: Local Council Election Results The Independent 12 7 May 1999 0951-9467 PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 78 71 Liberal Democrat 10 14 Conservative 9 12 Green 1 1 Independent Socialist 1 1 Total 99 99 Working majority #FFBF00 57 darkgray #FFBF00 43 darkgray Ward results Aireborough Labour Party (UK) Michael Dunn 2,919 43.6 -3.1 Conservative Party (UK) Graham Latty 2,719 40.6 +4.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Hutton 1,055 15.8 -1.0 200 3.0 -7.2 6,693 33.8 +2.8 Labour Party (UK) -3.6 Armley Labour Party (UK) Janet Harper 2,032 61.1 -1.5 Conservative Party (UK) Glenn Broadbent 558 16.8 +0.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Davies 516 15.5 -1.3 Green Party of England and Wales Yvonne Clarke 218 6.6 +6.6 1,474 44.3 -1.5 3,324 20.9 +2.4 Labour Party (UK) -1.1 Barwick & Kippax Labour Party (UK) Marian Monks 3,592 60.8 -0.9 Conservative Party (UK) Jack Stott 1,592 26.9 +1.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Natasha De Vere 725 12.3 -0.1 2,000 33.9 -1.9 5,909 32.9 +5.1 Labour Party (UK) -0.9 Beeston Labour Party (UK) Adam Ogilvie 1,515 56.7 +1.5 Conservative Party (UK) William Birch 751 28.1 +8.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Shaun Dolan 405 15.2 -4.1 764 28.6 -6.7 2,671 21.5 +1.8 Labour Party (UK) -3.3 Bramley Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Howell 1,587 47.6 +32.1 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Simpson 1,493 44.7 -24.6 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Best 257 7.7 -7.5 94 2.8 -51.0 3,337 20.3 +4.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) +28.3 Burmantofts Labour Party (UK) Tina Davy 1,859 67.3 -1.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Betteridge 522 18.9 -4.0 Conservative Party (UK) Jean Higham 231 8.4 +0.4 Leeds Left Alliance Malcolm Christie 150 5.4 +5.4 1,337 48.4 +2.2 2,762 21.0 +1.5 Labour Party (UK) +1.1 Chapel Allerton Labour Party (UK) Norma Hutchinson 2,347 59.2 -9.7 Conservative Party (UK) Arshad Ali 853 21.5 +3.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rochelle Harris 505 12.7 -0.8 Green Party of England and Wales Martin Reed 259 6.5 +6.5 1,494 37.7 -13.6 3,964 26.9 +6.0 Labour Party (UK) -6.8 City & Holbeck Labour Party (UK) Mohammed Iqbal 1,744 61.2 -5.1 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen McBarron 413 14.5 +1.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ann Norman 417 14.6 +4.5 Leeds Left Alliance Socialist Party (England and Wales) David Jones 161 5.6 -1.7 Green Party of England and Wales Colin Johnston 116 4.1 +0.4 1,327 46.5 -7.2 2,851 19.2 +2.0 Labour Party (UK) -3.5 Cookridge Conservative Party (UK) Barry Anderson 2,888 51.6 -2.8 Labour Party (UK) John Garvani 1,688 30.2 +1.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Darren Finlay 875 15.6 -1.3 Green Party of England and Wales Paul Marchant 147 2.6 +2.6 1,200 21.4 -4.3 5,598 33.4 +2.2 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -2.1 Garforth & Swillington Labour Party (UK) Alan Groves 3,269 61.4 -1.9 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Lamb 1,283 24.1 +1.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Dowling 776 14.6 +0.5 1,986 37.3 -3.4 5,328 28.5 +2.4 Labour Party (UK) -1.7 Halton Labour Party (UK) Doris McGee 2,262 44.9 -1.4 Conservative Party (UK) David Schofield 2,112 41.9 +1.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Hollingsworth 666 13.2 -0.2 150 3.0 -3.0 5,040 28.0 +2.7 Labour Party (UK) -1.5 Harehills Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Taylor 2,395 51.4 +28.5 Labour Party (UK) John Clare 2,083 44.7 -16.0 Conservative Party (UK) Donald Townsley 178 3.8 -5.5 312 6.7 -31.1 4,656 33.0 +13.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) +22.2 Headingley Liberal Democrats (UK) David Pratt 1,801 44.0 +20.2 Labour Party (UK) Paul Moxon 1,573 38.4 -10.3 Green Party of England and Wales Lesley Jeffries 391 9.6 -1.4 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas McMeeking 328 8.0 -8.5 228 5.6 -19.2 4,093 20.0 +7.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) +15.2 Horsforth Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Cleasby 2,694 46.6 +0.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Thomas Nossiter 2,510 Conservative Party (UK) John Hardcastle 1,541 26.7 -0.8 Conservative Party (UK) Sheila Jackson 1,414 Labour Party (UK) Edmund Hanley 1,287 22.3 -0.5 Labour Party (UK) David Marsh 1,273 Green Party of England and Wales Irene Dracup 254 4.4 +2.5 969 20.0 +1.3 5,776 33.3 +1.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) +0.6 Hunslet Labour Party (UK) John Erskine 1,586 75.6 -2.6 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Larvin 233 11.1 +1.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Glover 222 10.6 +2.1 Green Party of England and Wales Charles Price 58 2.8 -1.1 1,353 64.5 -4.3 2,099 18.6 +1.4 Labour Party (UK) -2.1 Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) John Illingworth 2,246 66.7 -0.5 Conservative Party (UK) David Higgott 460 13.7 -0.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Barbara Thompson 399 11.9 +1.0 Green Party of England and Wales Janet Pritchard 260 7.7 +0.4 1,786 53.0 +0.4 3,365 21.7 +3.1 Labour Party (UK) +0.2 Middleton Labour Party (UK) Stuart Bruce 1,848 65.3 -8.9 Conservative Party (UK) Susan Nicholls 617 21.8 +8.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Pauline Davies 366 12.9 +0.8 1,231 43.5 -17.0 2,831 19.7 +1.3 Labour Party (UK) -8.5 Moortown Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Brett 2,576 48.6 +0.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Brenda Lancaster 2,286 Labour Party (UK) Leonard Fineberg 1,689 31.9 -1.8 Labour Party (UK) Sheila Saunders 1,589 Conservative Party (UK) Valerie Kendall 1,030 19.5 +1.2 Conservative Party (UK) William Hyde 992 597 16.8 +2.4 5,295 34.7 +3.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) +1.1 Morley North Labour Party (UK) Philip Jones 2,582 55.1 +1.3 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Tesseyman 1,424 30.4 +0.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Golton 504 10.8 +1.3 Green Party of England and Wales Andrea Binns 174 3.7 +3.7 1,158 24.7 +0.9 4,684 25.0 +2.0 Labour Party (UK) +0.4 Morley South Labour Party (UK) Raymond Mitchell 2,460 59.2 -2.8 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Allen 1,063 25.6 +0.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Dorothy Harris 629 15.1 +2.0 1,397 33.6 -3.6 4,152 19.3 +0.9 Labour Party (UK) -1.8 North Conservative Party (UK) Ruth Feldman 2,315 41.5 +3.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Bell 1,841 33.0 -2.1 Labour Party (UK) John Sully 1,417 25.4 -1.4 474 8.5 +5.5 5,573 32.8 -0.1 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +2.7 Otley & Wharfedale Liberal Democrats (UK) Graham Kirkland 3,000 40.9 +9.2 Conservative Party (UK) Christine Smith 2,421 33.0 -0.6 Labour Party (UK) Ruth Blackwell 1,918 26.1 -8.6 579 7.9 +6.8 7,339 38.7 +4.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) +4.9 Pudsey North Conservative Party (UK) Amanda Carter 3,475 54.6 +8.4 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Spamer 2,230 35.1 -8.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jim Souper 656 10.3 -0.1 2,245 19.5 +16.7 6,361 35.6 +3.2 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +8.3 Pudsey South Labour Party (UK) Josephine Jarosz 2,219 51.4 -3.7 Conservative Party (UK) Audrey Smith 1,589 36.8 +11.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Pauline Bardon 359 8.3 -9.1 Green Party of England and Wales Graham Illingworth 150 3.5 +1.3 630 14.6 -15.1 4,317 26.5 +2.2 Labour Party (UK) -7.6 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) Marlene Lyons 1,769 75.2 -2.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Keith Norman 349 14.8 +0.8 Conservative Party (UK) David Boynton 235 10.0 +1.4 1,420 60.4 -3.0 2,353 18.6 +2.5 Labour Party (UK) -1.5 Rothwell Labour Party (UK) Brian Walker 2,181 57.0 -3.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mitchell Galdas 942 24.6 +5.1 Conservative Party (UK) John Cowling 705 18.4 -1.9 1,239 32.4 -7.5 3,828 24.6 +2.3 Labour Party (UK) -4.1 Roundhay Labour Party (UK) Michael Fox 2,666 45.2 +8.4 Conservative Party (UK) Ann Castle 2,391 40.5 -3.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ann Skinner 841 14.3 -5.3 275 4.7 -2.1 5,898 35.6 +4.1 Labour Party (UK) +5.7 Seacroft Labour Party (UK) Brian Selby 2,042 77.7 +2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Roy Jones 234 8.9 -1.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sadie Fisher 168 6.4 -1.0 Seacroft Community Party Raymond Northgreaves 96 3.7 -1.1 Green Party of England and Wales Michael Bolton 87 3.3 +1.2 1,808 68.8 +3.7 2,627 21.5 +0.1 Labour Party (UK) +1.8 University Labour Party (UK) Gerald Harper 1,461 55.6 -7.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kathleen Tebbutt 645 24.5 +10.8 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Winfield 227 8.6 -1.7 Green Party of England and Wales Paul Eade 173 6.6 +0.4 Leeds Left Alliance Socialist Party (England and Wales) Christopher Hill 122 4.6 -2.3 816 31.1 -18.2 2,628 16.7 +3.8 Labour Party (UK) -9.1 Weetwood Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Jennings 2,266 39.6 -0.5 Labour Party (UK) Eileen Moxon 2,241 39.2 +3.5 Conservative Party (UK) Graham Castle 954 16.7 -4.4 Green Party of England and Wales David Webb 261 4.6 +1.5 25 0.4 -4.0 5,722 35.0 +0.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) -2.0 Wetherby Conservative Party (UK) David Hudson 4,327 57.9 -4.3 Conservative Party (UK) Gerald Wilkinson 4,257 Labour Party (UK) Reginald Steel 1,883 25.2 -3.2 Labour Party (UK) Pauline Birch 1,519 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Welby 1,265 16.9 +7.4 2,374 32.7 -1.1 7,475 36.0 +5.2 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -0.5 Whinmoor Labour Party (UK) Peter Gruen 1,886 54.2 -3.9 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Williams 1,021 29.4 -0.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Graham Roberts 319 9.2 -2.6 Independent (politician) Anthony Thorpe 163 4.7 +4.7 Leeds Left Alliance Amanda Munro 89 2.6 +2.6 1,567 24.8 -3.1 3,478 25.5 +4.8 Labour Party (UK) -1.5 Wortley Green Party of England and Wales David Blackburn 2,679 54.2 +14.9 Labour Party (UK) Daphne Riley 1,747 35.3 -7.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Cutress 358 7.2 +0.5 Conservative Party (UK) Ruby Patel 160 3.2 -8.3 932 18.9 +15.8 4,944 29.1 +4.6 Green Party of England and Wales +11.0 By-elections between 1999 and 2000 Harehills by-election 13 April 2000 http://www.leeds.gov.uk/lcc/cncllrs/elect_2000/hare_by.html Harehills By-Election 13th April 2000 leeds.gov.uk 6 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20000511082534/http://www.leeds.gov.uk/lcc/cncllrs/elect_2000/hare_by.html 11 May 2000 Liberal Democrats (UK) Javaid Akhtar 2,236 50.9 -0.5 Labour Party (UK) John Clare 2,002 45.6 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) Donald Townsley 125 2.8 -1.0 Leeds Left Alliance Jane Young 26 0.6 +0.6 234 5.3 -1.4 4,389 31.5 -1.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) -0.7 References expanded Category:1999 English local 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