# 1999 Leeds City 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. Overall turnout in the election was 27.3%.

## Election result

Leeds Local Election Result 1999 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 21 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 58.3 | 46.1 | 67,734 | -3.2% |
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 25.0 | 22.2 | 32,644 | +2.5% |
| Conservative | 5 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 13.9 | 27.6 | 40,585 | -0.2% |
| Green | 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 | 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:
| Party | Party | Previous council | New council |
| | Labour | 78 | 71 |
| | Liberal Democrat | 10 | 14 |
| | Conservative | 9 | 12 |
| | Green | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent Socialist | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 99 | 99 | 99 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 57 | 43 |

## Ward results

Aireborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Dunn | 2,919 | 43.6 | −3.1 |
| | Conservative | Graham Latty | 2,719 | 40.6 | +4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Hutton | 1,055 | 15.8 | −1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 200 | 3.0 | −7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,693 | 33.8 | +2.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.6 | |
Armley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Janet Harper | 2,032 | 61.1 | −1.5 |
| | Conservative | Glenn Broadbent | 558 | 16.8 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Davies | 516 | 15.5 | −1.3 |
| | Green | Yvonne Clarke | 218 | 6.6 | +6.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,474 | 44.3 | −1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,324 | 20.9 | +2.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.1 | |
Barwick & Kippax :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Marian Monks | 3,592 | 60.8 | −0.9 |
| | Conservative | Jack Stott | 1,592 | 26.9 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Natasha De Vere | 725 | 12.3 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,000 | 33.9 | −1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,909 | 32.9 | +5.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.9 | |
Beeston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Adam Ogilvie | 1,515 | 56.7 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative | William Birch | 751 | 28.1 | +8.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shaun Dolan | 405 | 15.2 | −4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 764 | 28.6 | −6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,671 | 21.5 | +1.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.3 | |
Bramley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Howell | 1,587 | 47.6 | +32.1 |
| | Labour | Stephen Simpson | 1,493 | 44.7 | −24.6 |
| | Conservative | Michael Best | 257 | 7.7 | −7.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 94 | 2.8 | −51.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,337 | 20.3 | +4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +28.3 | |
Burmantofts :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tina Davy | 1,859 | 67.3 | −1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Betteridge | 522 | 18.9 | −4.0 |
| | Conservative | Jean Higham | 231 | 8.4 | +0.4 |
| | Leeds Left Alliance | Malcolm Christie | 150 | 5.4 | +5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,337 | 48.4 | +2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,762 | 21.0 | +1.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.1 | |
Chapel Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Norma Hutchinson | 2,347 | 59.2 | −9.7 |
| | Conservative | Arshad Ali | 853 | 21.5 | +3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rochelle Harris | 505 | 12.7 | −0.8 |
| | Green | Martin Reed | 259 | 6.5 | +6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,494 | 37.7 | −13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,964 | 26.9 | +6.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -6.8 | |
City & Holbeck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohammed Iqbal | 1,744 | 61.2 | −5.1 |
| | Conservative | Stephen McBarron | 413 | 14.5 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Norman | 417 | 14.6 | +4.5 |
| | Leeds Left Alliance (Socialist Alternative) | David Jones | 161 | 5.6 | −1.7 |
| | Green | Colin Johnston | 116 | 4.1 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,327 | 46.5 | −7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,851 | 19.2 | +2.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.5 | |
Cookridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Barry Anderson | 2,888 | 51.6 | −2.8 |
| | Labour | John Garvani | 1,688 | 30.2 | +1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Darren Finlay | 875 | 15.6 | −1.3 |
| | Green | Paul Marchant | 147 | 2.6 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,200 | 21.4 | −4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,598 | 33.4 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -2.1 | |
Garforth & Swillington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Groves | 3,269 | 61.4 | −1.9 |
| | Conservative | Alan Lamb | 1,283 | 24.1 | +1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Dowling | 776 | 14.6 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,986 | 37.3 | −3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,328 | 28.5 | +2.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.7 | |
Halton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Doris McGee | 2,262 | 44.9 | −1.4 |
| | Conservative | David Schofield | 2,112 | 41.9 | +1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Hollingsworth | 666 | 13.2 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 150 | 3.0 | −3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,040 | 28.0 | +2.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 | |
Harehills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Taylor | 2,395 | 51.4 | +28.5 |
| | Labour | John Clare | 2,083 | 44.7 | −16.0 |
| | Conservative | Donald Townsley | 178 | 3.8 | −5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 312 | 6.7 | −31.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,656 | 33.0 | +13.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +22.2 | |
Headingley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Pratt | 1,801 | 44.0 | +20.2 |
| | Labour | Paul Moxon | 1,573 | 38.4 | −10.3 |
| | Green | Lesley Jeffries | 391 | 9.6 | −1.4 |
| | Conservative | Thomas McMeeking | 328 | 8.0 | −8.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 228 | 5.6 | −19.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,093 | 20.0 | +7.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +15.2 | |
Horsforth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Cleasby | 2,694 | 46.6 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Nossiter | 2,510 | | |
| | Conservative | John Hardcastle | 1,541 | 26.7 | −0.8 |
| | Conservative | Sheila Jackson | 1,414 | | |
| | Labour | Edmund Hanley | 1,287 | 22.3 | −0.5 |
| | Labour | David Marsh | 1,273 | | |
| | Green | Irene Dracup | 254 | 4.4 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 969 | 20.0 | +1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,776 | 33.3 | +1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +0.6 | |
Hunslet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Erskine | 1,586 | 75.6 | −2.6 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Larvin | 233 | 11.1 | +1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Glover | 222 | 10.6 | +2.1 |
| | Green | Charles Price | 58 | 2.8 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,353 | 64.5 | −4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,099 | 18.6 | +1.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.1 | |
Kirkstall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Illingworth | 2,246 | 66.7 | −0.5 |
| | Conservative | David Higgott | 460 | 13.7 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Thompson | 399 | 11.9 | +1.0 |
| | Green | Janet Pritchard | 260 | 7.7 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,786 | 53.0 | +0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,365 | 21.7 | +3.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 | |
Middleton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stuart Bruce | 1,848 | 65.3 | −8.9 |
| | Conservative | Susan Nicholls | 617 | 21.8 | +8.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Davies | 366 | 12.9 | +0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,231 | 43.5 | −17.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,831 | 19.7 | +1.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -8.5 | |
Moortown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Brett | 2,576 | 48.6 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brenda Lancaster | 2,286 | | |
| | Labour | Leonard Fineberg | 1,689 | 31.9 | −1.8 |
| | Labour | Sheila Saunders | 1,589 | | |
| | Conservative | Valerie Kendall | 1,030 | 19.5 | +1.2 |
| | Conservative | William Hyde | 992 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 597 | 16.8 | +2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,295 | 34.7 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.1 | |
Morley North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Philip Jones | 2,582 | 55.1 | +1.3 |
| | Conservative | Robert Tesseyman | 1,424 | 30.4 | +0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Golton | 504 | 10.8 | +1.3 |
| | Green | Andrea Binns | 174 | 3.7 | +3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,158 | 24.7 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,684 | 25.0 | +2.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.4 | |
Morley South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Raymond Mitchell | 2,460 | 59.2 | −2.8 |
| | Conservative | Robert Allen | 1,063 | 25.6 | +0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Harris | 629 | 15.1 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,397 | 33.6 | −3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,152 | 19.3 | +0.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.8 | |
North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ruth Feldman | 2,315 | 41.5 | +3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Bell | 1,841 | 33.0 | −2.1 |
| | Labour | John Sully | 1,417 | 25.4 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 474 | 8.5 | +5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,573 | 32.8 | −0.1 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +2.7 | |
Otley & Wharfedale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Kirkland | 3,000 | 40.9 | +9.2 |
| | Conservative | Christine Smith | 2,421 | 33.0 | −0.6 |
| | Labour | Ruth Blackwell | 1,918 | 26.1 | −8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 579 | 7.9 | +6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,339 | 38.7 | +4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +4.9 | |
Pudsey North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Amanda Carter | 3,475 | 54.6 | +8.4 |
| | Labour | Thomas Spamer | 2,230 | 35.1 | −8.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jim Souper | 656 | 10.3 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,245 | 19.5 | +16.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,361 | 35.6 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +8.3 | |
Pudsey South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Josephine Jarosz | 2,219 | 51.4 | −3.7 |
| | Conservative | Audrey Smith | 1,589 | 36.8 | +11.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Bardon | 359 | 8.3 | −9.1 |
| | Green | Graham Illingworth | 150 | 3.5 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 630 | 14.6 | −15.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,317 | 26.5 | +2.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -7.6 | |
Richmond Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Marlene Lyons | 1,769 | 75.2 | −2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Norman | 349 | 14.8 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative | David Boynton | 235 | 10.0 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,420 | 60.4 | −3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,353 | 18.6 | +2.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 | |
Rothwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Brian Walker | 2,181 | 57.0 | −3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mitchell Galdas | 942 | 24.6 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | John Cowling | 705 | 18.4 | −1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,239 | 32.4 | −7.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,828 | 24.6 | +2.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.1 | |
Roundhay :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Fox | 2,666 | 45.2 | +8.4 |
| | Conservative | Ann Castle | 2,391 | 40.5 | −3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Skinner | 841 | 14.3 | −5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 275 | 4.7 | −2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,898 | 35.6 | +4.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.7 | |
Seacroft :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Brian Selby | 2,042 | 77.7 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative | Roy Jones | 234 | 8.9 | −1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sadie Fisher | 168 | 6.4 | −1.0 |
| | Seacroft Community Party | Raymond Northgreaves | 96 | 3.7 | −1.1 |
| | Green | Michael Bolton | 87 | 3.3 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,808 | 68.8 | +3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,627 | 21.5 | +0.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.8 | |
University :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gerald Harper | 1,461 | 55.6 | −7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Tebbutt | 645 | 24.5 | +10.8 |
| | Conservative | Robert Winfield | 227 | 8.6 | −1.7 |
| | Green | Paul Eade | 173 | 6.6 | +0.4 |
| | Leeds Left Alliance (Socialist Alternative) | Christopher Hill | 122 | 4.6 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 816 | 31.1 | −18.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,628 | 16.7 | +3.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -9.1 | |
Weetwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Jennings | 2,266 | 39.6 | −0.5 |
| | Labour | Eileen Moxon | 2,241 | 39.2 | +3.5 |
| | Conservative | Graham Castle | 954 | 16.7 | −4.4 |
| | Green | David Webb | 261 | 4.6 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25 | 0.4 | −4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,722 | 35.0 | +0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -2.0 | |
Wetherby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Hudson | 4,327 | 57.9 | −4.3 |
| | Conservative | Gerald Wilkinson | 4,257 | | |
| | Labour | Reginald Steel | 1,883 | 25.2 | −3.2 |
| | Labour | Pauline Birch | 1,519 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Welby | 1,265 | 16.9 | +7.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,374 | 32.7 | −1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,475 | 36.0 | +5.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -0.5 | |
Whinmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Gruen | 1,886 | 54.2 | −3.9 |
| | Conservative | Richard Williams | 1,021 | 29.4 | −0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Roberts | 319 | 9.2 | −2.6 |
| | Independent | Anthony Thorpe | 163 | 4.7 | +4.7 |
| | Leeds Left Alliance | Amanda Munro | 89 | 2.6 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,567 | 24.8 | −3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,478 | 25.5 | +4.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 | |
Wortley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | David Blackburn | 2,679 | 54.2 | +14.9 |
| | Labour | Daphne Riley | 1,747 | 35.3 | −7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Cutress | 358 | 7.2 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Ruby Patel | 160 | 3.2 | −8.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 932 | 18.9 | +15.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,944 | 29.1 | +4.6 |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | +11.0 | |

## By-elections between 1999 and 2000

Harehills by-election 13 April 2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Javaid Akhtar | 2,236 | 50.9 | −0.5 |
| | Labour | John Clare | 2,002 | 45.6 | +0.9 |
| | Conservative | Donald Townsley | 125 | 2.8 | −1.0 |
| | Leeds Left Alliance | Jane Young | 26 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 234 | 5.3 | −1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,389 | 31.5 | −1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -0.7 | |