# 2012 Leeds City Council election

The 2012 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members to Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections across the UK.
As per the election cycle, one third of the council's seats were up for election. The councillors subsequently elected replaced those elected when their individual seats were previously contested in 2008.
Since taking majority control of the council in 2011, the Labour council administration increased their total number of councillors from 55 to 63. They won eight more seats at the election, including six from the Liberal Democrats.

## Election result

Leeds City Council Election Result 2012 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 21 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 63.6 | 46.0 | 80,312 | -0.8 |
| Conservative | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18.2 | 22.0 | 38,376 | -5.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9.1 | 13.0 | 22,619 | -0.6 |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 3.0 | 5.4 | 9,390 | +0.6 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 4.6 | 8,064 | +2.6 |
| Morley Borough Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 6.1 | 3.9 | 6,833 | +1.2 |
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.6 | 4,594 | +1.3 |
| Alliance for Green Socialism | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1,865 | +0.3 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1,028 | +0.3 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.5 | 893 | +0.0 |
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.3 | 564 | +0.2 |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
| Party | Party | 2011 election | New council |
| | Labour | 55 | 63 |
| | Conservative | 21 | 19 |
| | Liberal Democrat | 16 | 10 |
| | Morley Borough Independent | 5 | 5 |
| | Green | 2 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 99 | 99 | 99 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 11 | 27 |

## Councillors who did not stand for re-election

Councillor/s who did not stand for re-election (9) :
| Councillor | Ward | First elected | Party | Reason | Successor |
| Denise Atkinson MBE | Bramley & Stanningley | 1980 | Labour | stood down | Caroline Gruen (Labour) |
| Ben Chastney | Weetwood | 2008 | Liberal Democrats | stood down | Jonathan Bentley (Liberal Democrats) |
| Geoff Driver | Middleton Park | 1978 | Labour | stood down | Paul Truswell (Labour) |
| Penny Ewens | Hyde Park & Woodhouse | 2008 | Liberal Democrats | stood down | Christine Towler (Labour) |
| Ronald Feldman | Alwoodley | 1971 | Conservative | stood down | Neil Buckley (Conservative) |
| Graham Kirkland | Otley & Yeadon | 1973, 1980, 2004 | Liberal Democrats | stood down | Sandy Lay (Liberal Democrats) |
| Matthew Lobley | Roundhay | 2003 | Conservative | stood down | Bill Urry (Labour) |
| Keith Parker | Kippax & Methley | 1986 | Labour | stood down | Mary Harland (Labour) |
| Alan Taylor | Gipton & Harehills | 1999 | Liberal Democrats | stood down | Roger Harington (Labour) |

## Ward results

Adel & Wharfedale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Barry Anderson* | 3,674 | 52.9 | +2.7 |
| | Labour | Nigel Gill | 1,301 | 18.7 | −1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christina Shaw | 1,202 | 17.3 | −4.0 |
| | UKIP | Claire Wilson-Sharp | 486 | 7.0 | +3.2 |
| | Green | Paul Marchant | 217 | 3.1 | −1.0 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Gareth Christie | 71 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,373 | 34.1 | +5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,951 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.3 | |
Alwoodley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Neil Buckley | 3,079 | 48.3 | −5.0 |
| | Labour | Alison Garthwaite | 2,121 | 33.3 | −2.2 |
| | UKIP | Warren Hendon | 558 | 8.8 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Whelan | 401 | 6.3 | +6.3 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Brian Jackson | 217 | 3.4 | −1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 958 | 15.0 | −2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,376 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -1.4 | |
Ardsley & Robin Hood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Karen Renshaw* | 2,318 | 50.2 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative | Sophie Tempest | 884 | 19.2 | −4.4 |
| | English Democrat | Joanna Beverley | 787 | 17.1 | +2.0 |
| | Morley Borough Independent | Wyn Kidger | 626 | 13.6 | +13.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,434 | 31.1 | +6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,615 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.9 | |
Armley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alison Lowe* | 2,686 | 61.2 | −1.6 |
| | Green | Jane Morrison | 596 | 13.6 | −0.1 |
| | Conservative | Ross Burgham | 554 | 12.6 | −3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Arnott | 326 | 7.4 | +0.4 |
| | TUSC | Stephen Hobson | 229 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,090 | 47.6 | +1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,391 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.7 | |
Beeston and Holbeck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Angela Gabriel* | 2,389 | 62.1 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative | Robert Winfield | 443 | 11.5 | −6.3 |
| | UKIP | Wilfred Woodhouse | 349 | 9.1 | +0.0 |
| | English Democrat | Ian Gibson | 298 | 7.7 | +7.7 |
| | Green | David Smith | 256 | 6.7 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rory Laing | 113 | 2.9 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,946 | 50.6 | +7.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,848 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.5 | |
Bramley & Stanningley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Caroline Gruen | 2,343 | 55.1 | −5.7 |
| | UKIP | Anne Murgatroyd | 655 | 15.4 | +15.4 |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Rahman | 323 | 7.6 | −12.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nathan Fossey | 323 | 7.6 | −1.4 |
| | English Democrat | Dean Loke | 307 | 7.2 | +7.2 |
| | Green | Kate Bisson | 304 | 7.1 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,688 | 39.7 | −0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,255 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -10.5 | |
Burmantofts & Richmond Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Maureen Ingham | 2,107 | 52.8 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ralph Pryke* | 1,426 | 35.7 | −0.8 |
| | Green | Peter Exley | 312 | 7.8 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Michael Wheeler | 149 | 3.7 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 681 | 17.1 | +2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,994 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +1.0 | |
Calverley & Farsley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Carter* | 3,436 | 52.7 | +4.5 |
| | Labour | Rachel Seabright | 2,142 | 32.8 | −9.8 |
| | UKIP | Alistair McDowall | 433 | 6.6 | +6.6 |
| | Green | Clive Lord | 297 | 4.6 | +4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kate Arbuckle | 218 | 3.3 | −5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,294 | 19.8 | +14.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,526 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +7.1 | |
Chapel Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eileen Taylor* | 3,588 | 67.4 | +3.7 |
| | Conservative | David Myers | 550 | 10.3 | −3.1 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Mike Davies | 483 | 9.1 | +1.3 |
| | Green | Colin Noble | 409 | 7.7 | +0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adam Slack | 297 | 5.6 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,038 | 57.0 | +6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,327 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 | |
City & Hunslet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Nash* | 2,402 | 67.4 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Wharton | 473 | 13.3 | −3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jahangir Aziz | 357 | 10.0 | −10.3 |
| | Green | Neil Seepujak | 331 | 9.3 | +9.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,929 | 54.1 | +11.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,563 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.2 | |
Cross Gates & Whinmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Suzi Armitage* | 3,597 | 69.8 | +12.9 |
| | UKIP | Darren Oddy | 619 | 12.0 | +4.1 |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Flynn | 323 | 6.3 | −16.7 |
| | Green | Ben Goldthorp | 243 | 4.7 | +0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Norman | 195 | 3.8 | −0.4 |
| | English Democrat | John Ashton | 176 | 3.4 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,978 | 57.8 | +23.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,153 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.4 | |
Farnley & Wortley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | David Blackburn* | 2,516 | 48.9 | +1.5 |
| | Labour | David Dresser | 1,608 | 31.2 | −6.0 |
| | UKIP | Mark Thackray | 541 | 10.5 | +10.5 |
| | Conservative | Ryan Stephenson | 295 | 5.7 | −6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Bee | 118 | 2.3 | −0.9 |
| | Independent | William Croke | 69 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 908 | 17.6 | +7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,147 | | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | +3.7 | |
Garforth & Swillington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andrea McKenna* | 3,499 | 58.0 | −6.2 |
| | Conservative | Louise Turner | 1,785 | 29.6 | −2.8 |
| | English Democrat | Stephen Elliot | 544 | 9.0 | +9.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Golton | 208 | 3.4 | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,714 | 28.4 | −3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,036 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.7 | |
Gipton & Harehills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roger Harington | 3,900 | 71.7 | −8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Abdul Abedin | 997 | 18.3 | +9.9 |
| | Conservative | Beatrice Greenwood | 325 | 6.0 | −1.7 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Azar Iqbal | 217 | 4.0 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,903 | 53.4 | −18.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,439 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | -9.2 | |
Guiseley & Rawdon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Graham Latty* | 2,750 | 43.7 | +0.9 |
| | Labour | Mike King | 2,526 | 40.1 | +2.8 |
| | Green | Colin Avison | 621 | 9.9 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Jacques | 397 | 6.3 | −3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 224 | 3.6 | −1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,294 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -0.9 | |
Harewood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ann Castle* | 3,555 | 60.0 | −7.1 |
| | Labour | Richard Beacham | 1,156 | 19.5 | −1.7 |
| | UKIP | Peter Morgan | 636 | 10.7 | +10.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sara Howell | 312 | 5.3 | −1.1 |
| | Green | Patricia Capstick | 262 | 4.4 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,399 | 40.5 | −5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,921 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -2.7 | |
Headingley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Janette Walker | 1,053 | 38.2 | −1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jamie Matthews* | 1,021 | 37.0 | +8.7 |
| | Green | Christopher Foren | 457 | 16.6 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative | Diane Fox | 147 | 5.3 | −4.2 |
| | TUSC | Iain Dalton | 82 | 3.0 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 32 | 1.2 | −10.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,760 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | -5.0 | |
Horsforth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Townsley* | 2,636 | 40.0 | +9.0 |
| | Conservative | Richard Hardcastle | 1,725 | 26.2 | −7.6 |
| | Labour | Gary Kaye | 1,381 | 21.0 | −6.9 |
| | UKIP | Paul Hellyer | 453 | 6.9 | +1.6 |
| | Green | Andrea Binns | 317 | 4.8 | +4.8 |
| | TUSC | Andrew Smith | 77 | 1.2 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 911 | 13.8 | +11.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,589 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +8.3 | |
Hyde Park & Woodhouse :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Christine Towler | 1,686 | 63.0 | +5.7 |
| | Green | David Webb | 387 | 14.5 | −2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lance Ibiador-Moses | 212 | 7.9 | −9.0 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Martin | 183 | 6.8 | −1.9 |
| | Independent | Ghaffar Karim | 132 | 4.9 | +4.9 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Dil Nawaz | 75 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,299 | 48.6 | +8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,675 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +4.1 | |
Killingbeck & Seacroft :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Graham Hyde* | 3,240 | 73.8 | +0.3 |
| | English Democrat | Sam Kelly | 487 | 11.1 | +11.1 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Hayes | 439 | 10.0 | −6.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Harriet Chapman | 223 | 5.1 | −4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,753 | 62.7 | +5.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,389 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 | |
Kippax & Methley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mary Harland | 3,543 | 63.8 | +0.6 |
| | UKIP | Paul Spivey | 889 | 16.0 | +6.7 |
| | Conservative | James Langley | 871 | 15.7 | −6.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Audrey Brown | 247 | 4.5 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,654 | 47.8 | +6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,550 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.0 | |
Kirkstall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lucinda Yeadon* | 3,006 | 67.7 | +3.2 |
| | Green | Morgan Tatchell-Evans | 437 | 9.8 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Annabel Gooch | 398 | 9.0 | −3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Mead | 293 | 6.6 | −4.7 |
| | Independent | Stuart Long | 173 | 3.9 | +1.1 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Simon Fearn | 136 | 3.1 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,569 | 57.8 | +5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,443 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 | |
Middleton Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Truswell | 2,696 | 64.3 | −0.2 |
| | BNP | Kevin Meeson | 893 | 21.3 | +3.9 |
| | Conservative | James McFarland | 412 | 9.8 | −3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sadie Fisher | 191 | 4.6 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,803 | 43.0 | −4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,192 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.0 | |
Moortown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Alex Sobel | 3,045 | 44.6 | +0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Harris* | 2,265 | 33.1 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | Mark Rowlinson | 804 | 11.8 | −4.9 |
| | UKIP | Jeff Miles | 430 | 6.3 | +6.3 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Allan House | 290 | 4.2 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 780 | 11.4 | +1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,834 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +0.5 | |
Morley North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Morley Borough Independent | Robert Finnigan* | 3,517 | 61.3 | +8.5 |
| | Labour | Margaret Foster | 1,240 | 21.6 | −1.6 |
| | Conservative | David Schofield | 519 | 9.1 | −3.6 |
| | English Democrat | Tom Redmond | 458 | 8.0 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,277 | 39.7 | +10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,734 | | |
| | Morley Borough Independent hold | Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | +5.0 | |
Morley South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Morley Borough Independent | Judith Elliott* | 2,690 | 50.0 | +17.4 |
| | Labour | Kathryn Rose | 1,507 | 28.0 | −5.5 |
| | English Democrat | Chris Beverley | 811 | 15.1 | −4.5 |
| | Conservative | John McKee | 376 | 7.0 | −4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,183 | 22.0 | +21.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,384 | | |
| | Morley Borough Independent hold | Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | +11.4 | |
Otley & Yeadon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandy Lay | 3,259 | 43.6 | +5.0 |
| | Labour | John Eveleigh | 2,615 | 35.0 | −1.7 |
| | Conservative | Makhan Thakur | 947 | 12.7 | −12.0 |
| | Green | Steven Crossan | 474 | 6.3 | +6.3 |
| | TUSC | Ryan Preston | 176 | 2.4 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 644 | 8.6 | +6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,471 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +3.3 | |
Pudsey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Josie Jarosz* | 3,312 | 59.2 | +5.9 |
| | Conservative | Jason Aldiss | 1,147 | 20.5 | −8.4 |
| | UKIP | Paul Denner | 811 | 14.5 | +5.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jude Arbuckle | 320 | 5.7 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,165 | 38.7 | +14.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,590 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.1 | |
Rothwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Nagle | 2,564 | 47.7 | +1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Don Wilson* | 1,926 | 35.8 | −1.9 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Farrell | 399 | 7.4 | −8.8 |
| | UKIP | David Daniel | 366 | 6.8 | +6.8 |
| | English Democrat | Bernie Allen | 120 | 2.2 | +2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 638 | 11.9 | +3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,375 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +1.7 | |
Roundhay :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bill Urry | 3,556 | 52.4 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative | Andy Paraskos | 1,965 | 29.0 | −4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Hurley | 487 | 7.2 | +0.4 |
| | Green | Paul Ellis | 486 | 7.2 | +0.6 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Malcolm Scott | 288 | 4.2 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,591 | 23.5 | +6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,782 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.2 | |
Temple Newsam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Judith Cummins | 3,137 | 53.6 | −0.8 |
| | Conservative | Bill Hyde* | 1,505 | 25.7 | −13.1 |
| | Independent | David Rudge | 654 | 11.2 | +11.2 |
| | English Democrat | Jordan Fawcett | 370 | 6.3 | +6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Dowling | 192 | 3.3 | −3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,632 | 27.9 | +12.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,858 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.1 | |
Weetwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Bentley | 2,119 | 38.6 | −0.6 |
| | Labour | Doreen Illingworth | 1,762 | 32.1 | +0.9 |
| | Conservative | Billy Flynn | 818 | 14.9 | −4.4 |
| | Green | Martin Hemingway | 468 | 8.5 | −0.4 |
| | English Democrat | Alan Procter | 236 | 4.3 | +4.3 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Declan Normaschild | 88 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 357 | 6.5 | −1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,491 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -0.7 | |
Wetherby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gerry Wilkinson* | 3,123 | 55.9 | −4.0 |
| | Labour | Scott Nicholson | 1,286 | 23.0 | −2.7 |
| | UKIP | David Macey | 838 | 15.0 | +8.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Chapman | 338 | 6.1 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,837 | 32.9 | −1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,585 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -0.6 | |

## By-elections between 2012 and 2014

Cross Gates & Whinmoor by-election 2 May 2013 replacing Suzi Armitage (deceased) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Debra Coupar | 2,481 | 49.4 | −20.4 |
| | UKIP | Darren Oddy | 1,582 | 31.5 | +19.5 |
| | Conservative | Billy Flynn | 587 | 11.7 | +5.4 |
| | Green | Martin Hemingway | 229 | 4.6 | −0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Norman | 145 | 2.9 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 899 | 17.9 | −39.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,024 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |