2026 Leeds City Council election

2026 Leeds City Council election

7 May 2026
36 of 99 seats on Leeds City Council 50 seats needed for a majority
Registered	576,656
Turnout	41.5% (7.3%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader James Lewis Trish Smith Alan Lamb Party Labour Reform Conservative Leader's seat Kippax and Methley Pudsey Wetherby Last election 19 seats, 43.3% 0 seats, 1.3% 5 seats, 20.5% Seats before 56 2 13 Seats won 9 8 7 Seats after 48 10 14 Seat change 8 8 1 Popular vote 62,034 60,445 41,853 Percentage 23.9% 23.3% 16.1% Swing 19.4pp 22.0pp 4.4pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Penny Stables Stewart Golton Wayne Dixon Party Green Liberal Democrats SDP Leader's seat Wetherby Rothwell Middleton Park Last election 3 seats, 16.3% 2 seats, 9.4% 1 seat, 1.6% Seats before 6 6 3 Seats won 7 2 1 Seats after 11 6 3 Seat change 5 Popular vote 56,413 20,025 3,270 Percentage 21.7% 7.7% 1.3% Swing 5.4pp 1.7pp 0.3pp   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Oliver Newton (retiring) Mark Dobson N/A Party Morley Borough Independents Garforth and Swillington Independents Independent Leader's seat Morley South Garforth and Swillington N/A Last election 2 seats, 2.3% 1 seat, 1.8% 0 seats, 0.8% Seats before 3 3 3 Seats won 1 1 0 Seats after 3 3 1 Seat change 2 Popular vote 7,364 5,007 2,688 Percentage 2.8% 1.9% 1.0% Swing 0.5pp 0.1pp 1.3pp
Results by Ward Map
Council Control before election Majority administration Labour Subsequent council control Minority administration Labour

Main article: Leeds City Council elections

The 2026 Leeds City Council election took place on 7 May 2026 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.

Councillors not standing for re-election

Councillor	Ward	First elected	Party		Reason
Barry Anderson	Adel and Wharfedale	1999		Conservative	standing down
David Blackburn	Farnley and Wortley	1998, 2024		Green	standing down
Annie Maloney	Beeston and Holbeck	2022		Labour	standing down
Alice Smart	Armley	2014		Labour	standing down

Council composition

Overall council composition

After 2024 election			Before 2026 election			After 2026 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	61		Labour	56		Labour	48
	Conservative	15		Conservative	13		Conservative	14
	Liberal Democrats	6		Liberal Democrats	6		Green	11
	Green	5		Green	6		Reform	10
	Morley Borough Independents	4		Morley Borough Independents	3		Liberal Democrats	6
	Garforth and Swillington Independents	3		Garforth and Swillington Independents	3		Garforth and Swillington Independents	3
	SDP	3		SDP	3		Morley Borough Independents	3
	Reform	0		Reform	2		SDP	3
	Independent	2		Independent	3		Independent	0
	Vacant	N/A		Vacant	4		Vacant	N/A

Composition of seats up for election

As elected			Prior to the election			After the election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	21		Labour	17		Labour	9
	Conservative	7		Conservative	6		Reform	8
	Morley Borough Independents	3		Green	2		Conservative	7
	Liberal Democrats	2		Liberal Democrats	2		Green	7
	Garforth and Swillington Independents	1		Garforth and Swillington Independents	1		Liberal Democrats	2
	Green	1		Morley Borough Independents	1		Garforth and Swillington Independents	1
	SDP	1		SDP	1		Morley Borough Independents	1
	Reform	0		Reform	0		SDP	1
	Independent	0		Independent	2		Independent	0
	Vacant	N/A		Vacant	4		Vacant	N/A

Incumbents

Ward	Incumbent councillor	Party		Re-standing
Adel & Wharfedale	Barry Anderson		Conservative	No
Alwoodley	Dan Cohen		Conservative	Yes
Ardsley & Robin Hood	Karen Renshaw		Labour	No
Armley	Alice Smart		Labour	No
Beeston & Holbeck	Annie Maloney		Labour	No
Bramley & Stanningley	Kevin Ritchie		Labour	Yes
Burmantofts & Richmond Hill	Luke Farley		Labour	Yes
Calverley & Farsley	Andrew Carter		Conservative	Yes
Chapel Allerton	Eileen Taylor		Labour	Yes
Cross Gates & Whinmoor	Pauleen Grahame		Labour	No
Farnley & Wortley	David Blackburn		Green	No
Garforth & Swillington	Mark Dobson		G&SI	Yes
Gipton & Harehills	Salma Arif		Labour	Yes
Guiseley & Rawdon	Eleanor Thomson		Labour	Yes
Harewood	Matthew Robinson		Conservative	No
Headingley & Hyde Park	Jonathan Pryor		Labour	Yes
Horsforth	Emmie Bromley		Labour	Yes
Hunslet & Riverside	Ed Carlisle		Green	Yes
Killingbeck & Seacroft	John Tudor		Labour	Yes
Kippax & Methley	Mary Harland		Labour	Yes
Kirkstall	Hannah Bithell		Labour	Yes
Little London & Woodhouse	Kayleigh Brooks		Labour	Yes
Middleton Park	Wayne Dixon		SDP	Yes
Moortown	Vacant		n/a
Morley North	Bob Gettings		Independent	No
Morley South	Oliver Newton		Morley Borough Independents	No
Otley & Yeadon	Colin Campbell		Liberal Democrats	Yes
Pudsey	Simon Seary		Conservative	Yes
Rothwell	Stewart Golton		Liberal Democrats	Yes
Roundhay	Zara Hussain		Independent	No
Temple Newsam	Debra Coupar		Labour	No
Weetwood	Izaak Wilson		Labour	Yes
Wetherby	Norma Harrington		Conservative	Yes

Election summary

2026 Leeds City Council election election
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	36	9	0	12	12	25.0	23.9	62,034	19.4
	Reform	36	8	8	0	8	22.2	23.3	60,445	22.0
	Green	36	7	6	0	6	19.4	21.7	56,413	5.4
	Conservative	36	7	0	0	0	19.4	16.1	41,853	4.4
	Liberal Democrats	36	2	0	0	0	5.6	7.7	20,025	1.7
	Morley Borough Independents	3	1	0	2	2	2.8	2.8	7,364	0.5
	Garforth and Swillington Independents	1	1	0	0	0	2.8	1.9	5,007	0.1
	SDP	21	1	0	0	0	2.8	1.3	3,270	0.3
	Independent	5	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	2,688	1.3
	Yorkshire	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	473	1.9
	TUSC	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	138	0.2
	Your Party	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	62	New
	Monster Raving Loony	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	43	New
	UKIP	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	17	New
Total		221	36	14	14		100.0	100.0	259,832	N/A
Rejected ballots								0.2	546
Total								100.0	260,378
Turnout/registered electors								41.5	576,656	7.3

Results by ward

Source:

Adel and Wharfedale

Two seats were up to election due to the resignation of councillor Caroline Anderson.

Adel and Wharfedale (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Stoddart-Scott	2,462	28.7	15.3
	Conservative	Lee Farmer	2,452	28.6	15.4
	Labour Co-op	Jemima Bostock	1,923	22.4	12.0
	Reform	Craig Gabbitas	1,874	21.8	New
	Reform	Michael Lowry	1,833	21.3	New
	Labour Co-op	Nathan Ramsden	1,675	19.5	14.9
	Green	Gordon Howe	1,300	15.1	8.3
	Green	Dominic Seaward	1,265	14.7	8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Allen	1,004	11.7	0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Smith	668	7.8	3.5
Majority			529	6.3	3.3
Turnout			8,588	50.4	6.0
Rejected ballots			18	0.2
Registered electors			17,043
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alwoodley

Alwoodley returned the Conservatives’ strongest result of the election, with 57.3% of the vote.

Alwoodley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Cohen*	4,633	57.3	8.4
	Green	Catherine Taylor	1,133	14.0	6.5
	Labour Co-op	Matthen McGonagle	1,124	13.9	20.2
	Reform	Howard Newman	893	11.1	New
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Jacques	296	3.7	3.2
Majority			3,500	43.3	19.5
Turnout			8,096	47.8	7.4
Rejected ballots			17	0.2
Registered electors			16,953
	Conservative hold		Swing	14.3

Ardsley and Robin Hood

The ward recorded Reform UK’s highest vote share, with the party winning 41.6% of the vote.

Ardsley & Robin Hood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Robert Jagger	3,023	41.6	New
	Conservative	Mike Foster	1,492	20.5	6.4
	Labour	Shamim Miah	1,336	18.4	23.0
	Green	Noah Bentley	802	11.0	6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Debra Stretton	476	6.6	10.3
	SDP	Sian Gardener	135	1.9	0.0
Majority			1,531	21.1	N/A
Turnout			7,280	40.8	9.9
Rejected ballots			16	0.2
Registered electors			17,834
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing	32.3

Armley

Armley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Clancy Walker	2,215	41.7	2.1
	Reform	Paul Bickerdike	1,443	27.2	New
	Labour	Richard Banks	1,137	21.4	20.9
	Conservative	Edmond Daramy-Williams	268	5.0	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Walker	187	3.5	1.3
	SDP	John Beal	37	0.7	0.1
	TUSC	Florian Hynam	21	0.4	New
Majority			772	14.5	N/A
Turnout			5,329	32.0	3.6
Rejected ballots			21	0.4
Registered electors			16,681
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	11.5

Beeston and Holbeck

Beeston and Holbeck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Matt Rogan	1,978	34.6	11.8
	Labour	Al Garthwaite	1,725	30.2	22.8
	Reform	Loreen Nix	1,245	21.8	New
	SDP	Sasha Watson	284	5.0	0.2
	Conservative	Alex Kettle	280	4.9	7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Howden	159	2.8	1.9
	Monster Raving Loony	Nick The Duck Guy	43	0.8	New
Majority			253	4.4	N/A
Turnout			5,731	31.3	5.4
Rejected ballots			17	0.3
Registered electors			18,361
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	17.3

Bramley and Stanningley

Bramley and Stanningley recorded Labour’s best performance, where it won 43.8% of the vote, compared with 65.5% in Burmantofts and Richmond Hill at the previous election in 2024.

Bramley and Stanningley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Ritchie*	2,724	43.8	17.0
	Reform	Daren Morrish	2,112	34.0	New
	Green	Annabell Kesby	883	14.2	1.4
	Conservative	William Gallimore	308	5.0	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Spencer	166	2.7	8.4
	SDP	Ian Howell	20	0.3	1.6
Majority			612	9.8	36.6
Turnout			6,221	37.0	10.7
Rejected ballots			8	0.1
Registered electors			16,813
	Labour hold		Swing	25.5

Burmantofts and Richmond Hill

Burmantofts and Richmond Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Luke Farley*	1,957	39.4	26.1
	Reform	Leo Doherty	1,393	28.1	New
	Green	Shahab Adris	1,123	22.6	14.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Hollingsworth	252	5.1	2.4
	Conservative	Zoe Metcalfe	183	3.7	4.1
	TUSC	Richard Chaves-Sanderson	34	0.7	1.2
	SDP	Daniel Whetstone	19	0.4	0.3
Majority			564	11.3	45.6
Turnout			4,974	29.9	5.0
Rejected ballots			13	0.3
Registered electors			16,628
	Labour hold		Swing	27.1

Calverley and Farsley

Calverley and Farsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Carter*	3,102	36.6	5.3
	Labour Co-op	Kathryn Penny	2,313	27.3	19.0
	Reform	Andy North	1,418	16.7	New
	Green	Ellen Graham	1,380	16.3	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart McLeod	258	3.0	0.1
Majority			789	9.3	4.9
Turnout			8,490	46.7	4.8
Rejected ballots			19	0.2
Registered electors			18,198
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.9

Chapel Allerton

The Green gain from Labour represented the largest majority overturned at the election. In 2022, Labour had won the ward by 3,959 votes, a majority of 62.8 percentage points.

Chapel Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Cristiana Mirosanu	3,520	45.1	24.1
	Labour Co-op	Eileen Taylor*	2,971	38.0	24.7
	Reform	Yaseen Saddique	594	7.6	N/A
	Conservative	Kevin Black	382	4.9	1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Finlay	287	3.7	1.2
	SDP	Richard Cowles	55	0.7	0.4
Majority			549	7.1	N/A
Turnout			7,838	42.8	6.1
Rejected ballots			29	0.4
Registered electors			18,331
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	24.4

Cross Gates and Whinmoor

Cross Gates and Whinmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Paula-Jane Thackray	3,013	41.1	32.5
	Labour	Luke Murrow	2,051	28.0	25.2
	Conservative	John Kennedy	902	12.3	9.3
	Green	Martin Hemingway	706	9.6	4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Joshua Lowthion	260	3.5	1.8
	Independent	Mark Nicholson	223	3.0	New
	Yorkshire	Howard Dews	157	2.1	3.7
	SDP	Paul Whetstone	14	0.2	New
	TUSC	Ali Mansfield	11	0.1	New
Majority			962	13.1	N/A
Turnout			7,342	40.5	10.5
Rejected ballots			5	0.1
Registered electors			18,116
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing	28.9

Farnley and Wortley

Farnley and Wortley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Wenzdae Robbins	2,397	37.2	New
	Green	Ann Blackburn	1,635	25.4	10.0
	Labour Co-op	Charlotte Hill	983	15.3	30.4
	Independent	Peter Allison	922	14.3	New
	Conservative	Shikha Chaturvedi	304	4.7	7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Andrews	178	2.8	1.9
	SDP	Richard Riley	19	0.3	1.3
Majority			762	11.8	N/A
Turnout			6,443	35.4	8.4
Rejected ballots			5	0.1
Registered electors			18,165
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing	33.8

Garforth and Swillington

The ward recorded the Green Party’s and Liberal Democrats’ lowest vote shares of the election, with the parties receiving 5.4% and 1.1% of the vote respectively.

Garforth and Swillington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Garforth and Swillington Independents	Mark Dobson*	5,007	62.4	8.1
	Reform	David Butterfield	1,582	19.7	14.4
	Labour	David Nagle	542	6.8	12.4
	Green	Alexander Bull	433	5.4	1.2
	Conservative	Peter Bentley	362	4.5	8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Phillips	92	1.1	2.2
Majority			3,425	42.7	7.6
Turnout			8,034	48.8	8.9
Rejected ballots			16	0.2
Registered electors			16,462
	Garforth and Swillington Independents hold		Swing	10.3

Gipton and Harehills

Gipton and Harehills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Salma Arif*	2,345	36.9	2.1
	Green	Khizer Quayyum	1,936	30.5	21.1
	Independent	Arif Hussain	1,108	17.4	New
	Reform	Callum Bushrod	612	9.6	New
	Conservative	Patricia Jones	174	2.7	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Glover	104	1.6	1.0
	TUSC	Iain Dalton	30	0.5	1.5
	SDP	Andrew Martin	29	0.5	New
	UKIP	Andrew Nix	17	0.3	New
Majority			409	6.4	6.4
Turnout			6,382	36.3	3.2
Rejected ballots			27	0.4
Registered electors			17,583
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	9.5

Guiseley and Rawdon

Guiseley and Rawdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Eleanor Thomson*	3,469	37.7	8.9
	Conservative	Paul Alderson	2,407	26.2	9.8
	Reform	Robert Harder	1,813	19.7	New
	Green	Eliza Ainley	918	10.0	5.3
	Yorkshire	Bob Buxton	316	3.4	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Page	279	3.0	1.1
Majority			1062	11.5	0.9
Turnout			9,218	50.3	7.9
Rejected ballots			16	0.2
Registered electors			18,334
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	0.5

Harewood

Harewood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Wallis	3,380	44.1	14.8
	Reform	John Cowling	1,911	24.9	New
	Labour	David Bowgett	1,007	13.1	12.3
	Green	Claire Evans	842	11.0	0.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Hills	300	3.9	1.0
	Independent	Patrick Wright	224	2.9	New
Majority			1,469	19.2	14.2
Turnout			7,673	51.2	9.4
Rejected ballots			9	0.1
Registered electors			14,982
	Conservative hold		Swing	19.9

Headingley and Hyde Park

The ward recorded the lowest turnout in the election, at 28.0%. It also returned the highest vote share achieved by any party, with the Green Party winning 70.6% of the vote, and produced the largest percentage majority, at 49.8 percentage points. The Conservatives and Reform UK recorded their lowest vote shares of the election in the ward, receiving 1.6% and 3.7% of the vote respectively.

Headingley and Hyde Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Nilesh Chohan	4,334	70.6	19.4
	Labour Co-op	Jonathan Pryor*	1,278	20.8	20.2
	Reform	Andrew Wilde	225	3.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	Brandon Ashford	139	2.3	0.7
	Conservative	Della Heptinstall	97	1.6	0.7
	Your Party	Ryan Richards	62	1.0	New
Majority			3,056	49.8	N/A
Turnout			6,151	28.0	3.9
Rejected ballots			16	0.3
Registered electors			22,004
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	19.8

Horsforth

Horsforth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emmie Bromley*	3,018	34.1	22.5
	Conservative	Chris Calvert	2,063	23.3	2.1
	Green	Khadijah Akhtar	1,719	19.4	12.1
	Reform	Michael Meston	1,450	16.4	New
	Liberal Democrats	Ivan Brookes	570	6.4	1.7
	SDP	Catherine Dobson	25	0.3	0.2
Majority			955	11.8	19.4
Turnout			8,869	49.3	5.5
Rejected ballots			24	0.3
Registered electors			17,991
	Labour hold		Swing	10.2

Hunslet and Riverside

Hunslet and Riverside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ed Carlisle	3,202	56.3	14.3
	Labour Co-op	Sarata Sawo	1,422	25.0	21.2
	Reform	Ayesha Shamim	700	12.3	New
	Conservative	Taiwo Adeyemi	199	3.5	1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Roderic Parker	112	2.0	1.8
	SDP	Paul Thomas	57	1.0	1.2
Majority			1,780	31.3	27.1
Turnout			5,711	33.8	5.3
Rejected ballots			19	0.3
Registered electors			16,891
	Green hold		Swing	17.8

Killingbeck and Seacroft

Killingbeck and Seacroft

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	David Dresser	2,371	41.1	30.6
	Labour	John Tudor*	1,794	31.1	30.2
	Green	Nosheen Majid	899	15.6	5.8
	Conservative	Rosemary Gaskell	446	7.7	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Turner-Chastney	214	3.7	0.7
	SDP	Thomas Foster	50	0.9	1.6
Majority			577	10.0	N/A
Turnout			5,793	31.3	8.6
Rejected ballots			19	0.3
Registered electors			18,493
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing	30.4

Kippax and Methley

Kippax and Methley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Harland	3,336	41.8	23.3
	Reform	Chris Weightman	3,038	38.1	New
	Conservative	Connor Mulhall	717	9.0	10.5
	Green	Andy Phillips	674	8.5	0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Leadley	208	2.6	4.7
Majority			298	3.7	41.9
Turnout			7,991	44.4	12.8
Rejected ballots			18	0.2
Registered electors			18,002
	Labour hold		Swing	30.7

Kirkstall

Kirkstall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Joe Ingham	2,922	45.2	24.7
	Labour	Hannah Bithell*	1,958	30.3	32.0
	Reform	Jacob Holmes	946	14.6	New
	Conservative	Dawn Collins	240	3.7	2.1
	Independent	Stuart Long	211	3.3	0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Read	178	2.8	2.4
	TUSC	George Phillips	16	0.2	2.3
Majority			964	14.9	N/A
Turnout			6,486	41.5	6.4
Rejected ballots			15	0.2
Registered electors			15,617
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	28.4

Little London and Woodhouse

The ward recorded the largest swing of the election, with a 37.5% swing from Labour to Green Party. The ward also saw the largest increase in vote share, with the Greens gaining 38.2 percentage points, and the largest decrease, with Labour’s vote share falling by 36.8 percentage points.

Little London and Woodhouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Eden Hills	2,617	60.2	38.2
	Labour	Kayleigh Brooks*	1,001	23.0	36.8
	Reform	Bradley Holmes	326	7.5	New
	Liberal Democrats	George Sykes	255	5.9	1.2
	Conservative	Jonathan Burkitt	125	2.9	5.2
	TUSC	TJ Diniz Mota	26	0.6	2.4
Majority			1,616	37.1	N/A
Turnout			4,365	28.7	5.4
Rejected ballots			15	0.3
Registered electors			15,232
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	37.5

Middleton Park

Middleton Park was the SDP’s only victory of the election, with the party retaining the ward despite a reduced vote share.

Middleton Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	Wayne Dixon*	2,203	38.2	4.6
	Reform	James Kendall	1,936	33.5	New
	Labour Co-op	Innocent Igiehon	773	13.4	23.9
	Green	Ciaran Head	545	9.4	0.2
	Conservative	Samson Adeyemi	206	3.6	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kristof Szecsi	108	1.9	1.3
Majority			267	4.7	0.9
Turnout			5,783	29.5	7.3
Rejected ballots			12	0.3
Registered electors			19,618
	SDP hold		Swing	19.1

Moortown

Moortown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laura Fisher*	2,758	32.9	20.6
	Green	Rachel Hartshorne	2,447	29.2	11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Slinger	1,277	15.2	5.8
	Reform	Sajjad Raja	1,011	12.1	New
	Conservative	Rob Speed	838	10.0	3.8
	SDP	Sarah Welbourne	43	0.5	0.0
Majority			311	3.7	31.8
Turnout			8,407	49.2	6.9
Rejected ballots			33	0.4
Registered electors			17,094
	Labour hold		Swing	15.9

Morley North

Two seats were up to election due to the resignation of councillor Robert Finnigan.

Morley North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Morley Borough Independents	Terry Grayshon	2,780
	Reform	Jonathan Graves	2,707
	Morley Borough Independents	Simon Kimberley	2,627
	Reform	Dinah Jones	2,515
	Labour	Edward Brown	892
	Labour	Jonny Kelsey	743
	Green	Amber Conyers-Davies	736
	Conservative	Pauline Barron	678
	Green	Kasim Rasool	657
	Conservative	Louisa Singh	407
	Liberal Democrats	James Trueman	313
	Liberal Democrats	Mihai Barticel	173
	SDP	Nigel Perry	21
Majority
Turnout				42.8	9.1
Rejected ballots			13
Registered electors			18,485
	Morley Borough Independents hold		Swing
	Reform gain from Morley Borough Independents		Swing

Morley South

Morley South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Michael Burnham	2,564	35.1	28.1
	Morley Borough Independents	Darren Senior	1,957	26.8	11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Fox	992	13.6	12.0
	Green	Matthew Ball	793	10.8	1.9
	Labour Co-op	Adrian Blake	594	8.1	23.1
	Conservative	John Barron	402	5.5	4.1
	SDP	Cordelia Lynan	12	0.2	0.1
Majority			607	8.3	N/A
Turnout			7,328	40.5	8.8
Rejected ballots			14	0.2
Registered electors			18,115
	Reform gain from Morley Borough Independents		Swing	19.7

Otley and Yeadon

Otley and Yeadon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Campbell*	3,189	36.4	10.5
	Reform	Scott Richmond	2,195	25.0	New
	Green	Mick Bradley	1,746	19.9	4.9
	Labour	Simon Dowling	1,038	11.8	14.3
	Conservative	Paul Wadsworth	600	6.8	0.1
Majority			994	11.4	9.4
Turnout			8,783	50.4	8.2
Rejected ballots			15	0.2
Registered electors			17,428
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	17.8

Pudsey

Pudsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Anthony Seary*	4,415	51.8	6.2
	Reform	Richard James Robinson	1,531	17.9	12.0
	Labour	Stephen McBarron	1,304	15.3	25.2
	Green	Arlan Jones	1,105	13.0	7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Ann Wilson	176	2.1	1.2
Majority			2,884	33.9	28.8
Turnout			8,550	44.9	5.7
Rejected ballots			19	0.2
Registered electors			19,050
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.9

Rothwell

Despite a sizeable decrease, the ward recorded the Liberal Democrats’ highest vote share in the election, at 52.5%

Rothwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Golton*	3,772	52.5	9.6
	Reform	Lindon Dove	1,929	26.9	New
	Green	Mikey Sykes	638	8.9	5.6
	Labour	Archie Sykes	495	6.9	15.1
	Conservative	Stewart Peter Harper	293	4.1	1.9
	SDP	Mark Daniels	52	0.7	0.1
Majority			1,843	25.6	14.5
Turnout			7,189	45.3	5.2
Rejected ballots			10	0.1
Registered electors			15,859
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	18.3

Roundhay

Roundhay was the closest contest of the election, with Labour retaining the ward by just 74 votes, a majority of 0.8 percentage points, over the Green Party.

Roundhay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen Johnstone	3,316	38.1	17.3
	Green	Brannoc Stevenson	3,242	37.3	10.6
	Conservative	Rachel Lynda Cohen	918	10.6	0.9
	Reform	Steven Michael Robinson	851	9.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	Najeeb Iqbal	316	3.6	1.1
	SDP	Carl Clements Richman	56	0.6	1.2
Majority			74	0.8	27.9
Turnout			8,722	50.1	8.2
Rejected ballots			23	0.3
Registered electors			17,405
	Labour hold		Swing	14.0

Temple Newsam

Two seats were up to election due to the resignation of councillor Nicole Sharpe.

Temple Newsam (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Richard Barker	2,456
	Reform	Kieran Richard Thomas White	2,253
	Labour Co-op	Julia Almond	1,990
	Labour Co-op	Tim Dowd	1,809
	Conservative	Maggie Taylor	1,172
	Conservative	Max Holley	992
	Green	Joshua Benjamin Alston	813
	Green	Keely Bannister	768
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Cecil Norman	355
	Liberal Democrats	Noah Allerton	317
	SDP	Kimberley Ruth Reid	60
	SDP	Rajiv Kumar Thukral	49
Majority
Turnout				41.8
Rejected ballots			10
Registered electors			16,650
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing

Weetwood

Weetwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Izaak Wilson*	2,684	33.9	15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Howley	2,213	27.9	4.7
	Green	Simon Christopher Dixon	1,901	24.0	12.7
	Reform	Peter Young	821	10.4	New
	Conservative	Brijesh Virola	270	3.4	2.1
	SDP	Rob Walker	30	0.4	0.6
Majority			471	6.0	11.0
Turnout			7,939	50.3	7.0
Rejected ballots			20	0.3
Registered electors			15,771
	Labour hold		Swing	5.5

Wetherby

The ward recorded the highest turnout in the election, with 51.5% of registered electors casting a ballot, and Labour’s lowest vote share, at 6.5%.

Wetherby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norma Harrington*	3,684	43.5	5.7
	Green	Fran Murphy	2,586	30.5	7.0
	Reform	Stuard David Burdekin	1,464	17.3	New
	Labour Co-op	Alex Riddell	549	6.5	3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Jared Levy	182	2.2	0.8
Majority			1,098	13.0	1.3
Turnout			8,480	51.5	5.6
Rejected ballots			15	0.2
Registered electors			16,467
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.6

• - Indicated an incumbent councillor.