# 2008 Leeds City Council election

The 2008 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 1 May 2008 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England.
As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were contested, plus an additional vacancy in Calverley and Farsley ward as Amanda Carter stood down. Those seats up for election were those of the first-placed candidate elected for every ward at the 2004 all-out election, who had been granted a four-year term to expire in 2008.
It saw the Liberal Democrat and Conservative coalition administration continue their control of the council. Despite both Labour and the Liberal Democrats winning more seats, the Conservatives won the majority of votes cast for the first time since 1992.
The Liberal Democrats regained a total of 24 seats on the council by defeating former Liberal Democrat-turn-independent and then Conservative councillor for Weetwood ward, Brian Jennings. This had followed Hyde Park and Woodhouse councillor, Kabeer Hussain, defecting from the Liberal Democrats to Labour in October 2007, who he then left less than six months later to sit as an Independent before the 2008 election.

## Election result

Leeds local election result 2008 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.5 | 31.41 | 59,722 | +4.41 |
| Labour | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.2 | 28.67 | 56,124 | -3.83 |
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.5 | 18.89 | 37,216 | -0.81 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11.35 | 22,094 | +0.15 |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 3.72 | 7,449 | -0.18 |
| Morley Borough Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 3.19 | 6,379 | +0.49 |
| Alliance for Green Socialism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.97 | 1,945 | +0.07 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.77 | 1,532 | -0.03 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1,808 | 0.0 |
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.14 | 276 | -0.16 |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
| Party | Party | 2007 election | Prior to election | New council |
| | Labour | 43 | 43 | 43 |
| | Liberal Democrat | 24 | 23 | 24 |
| | Conservative | 22 | 23 | 22 |
| | Morley Borough Independent | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| | Green | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| | BNP | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 |
| Working majority | Working majority | -13 | -13 | -13 |

## Councillors who did not stand for re-election

Councillor/s who did not stand for re-election (3) :
| Councillor | Ward | First elected | Party | Reason | Successor |
| Amanda Carter | Calverley & Farsley | 1999 | Conservative | stood down | Joe Marjoram (Conservative) |
| Elizabeth Minkin | Kirkstall | 1988 | Labour | stood down | Lucinda Yeadon (Labour) |
| David Morton | Headingley | 2000 | Liberal Democrats | stood down | Jamie Matthews (Liberal Democrats) |
Incumbent Labour councillor, Sharon Hamilton (Chapel Allerton), was selected as her party's candidate for Roundhay ward and lost to the Conservative incumbent. Hamilton was later elected for Moortown in 2010.

## Ward results

Adel & Wharfedale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Barry Anderson* | 4,377 | 57.6 | +5.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christina Shaw | 2,020 | 26.6 | −3.4 |
| | Labour | Doreen Illingworth | 727 | 9.6 | −2.5 |
| | BNP | Jason Harland | 269 | 3.5 | −0.1 |
| | Green | Paul Marchant | 202 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,357 | 31.0 | +9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,595 | 47.6 | −0.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +4.6 | |
Alwoodley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ronnie Feldman* | 4,059 | 56.8 | +4.6 |
| | Labour | Doug Masterton | 1,390 | 19.5 | −2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Clay | 1,041 | 14.6 | −0.9 |
| | UKIP | Warren Hendon | 250 | 3.5 | −0.9 |
| | BNP | Christine Whitaker | 228 | 3.2 | −0.3 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Brian Jackson | 174 | 2.4 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,669 | 37.4 | +6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,142 | 40.7 | −2.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 | |
Ardsley & Robin Hood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Karen Renshaw* | 1,696 | 29.8 | −5.5 |
| | BNP | Joanna Beverley | 1,685 | 29.6 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative | Billy Flynn | 1,298 | 22.8 | +1.6 |
| | Independent | Stewart McArdle | 420 | 7.4 | +7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Moore | 396 | 7.0 | −3.2 |
| | UKIP | David Daniel | 201 | 3.5 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11 | 0.2 | −7.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,696 | 35.5 | −0.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.7 | |
Armley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alison Lowe* | 2,104 | 42.9 | −3.1 |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Kapp | 915 | 18.7 | +2.2 |
| | BNP | Shaun Fitzpatrick | 753 | 15.4 | +2.2 |
| | Green | Michael Croke | 616 | 12.6 | +0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Lovell | 512 | 10.4 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,189 | 24.3 | −6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,900 | 28.0 | −0.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.4 | |
Beeston & Holbeck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Angela Gabriel* | 1,841 | 41.7 | −2.4 |
| | Conservative | Robert Winfield | 1,002 | 22.7 | +3.8 |
| | BNP | Dean Taylor | 663 | 15.0 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Fuller | 462 | 10.5 | −2.1 |
| | Green | Julie Cuthbert | 237 | 5.4 | −0.3 |
| | UKIP | Wilfred Woodhouse | 207 | 4.7 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 839 | 19.0 | −6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,412 | 28.5 | −2.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.1 | |
Bramley & Stanningley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Denise Atkinson* | 2,019 | 42.2 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative | Michael Best | 1,069 | 22.4 | +6.5 |
| | BNP | David Gatenby | 628 | 13.1 | −5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adam Slack | 541 | 11.3 | −0.3 |
| | English Democrat | Dean Locke | 276 | 5.8 | −0.5 |
| | Green | Pamela Brown | 248 | 5.2 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 950 | 19.9 | −2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,781 | 28.9 | −3.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.8 | |
Burmantofts & Richmond Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ralph Pryke* | 1,852 | 41.8 | −6.4 |
| | Labour | Danial Adilypour | 1,330 | 30.0 | +0.0 |
| | BNP | Mark Collett | 919 | 20.7 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative | Caroline Anderson | 241 | 5.4 | +2.0 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Allan House | 93 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 522 | 11.8 | −6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,435 | 29.4 | −2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -3.2 | |
Calverley & Farsley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Carter* | 4,283 | 60.2 | +6.8 |
| | Conservative | Joseph Marjoram | 3,159 | | |
| | Labour | Lorraine Hoy | 1,327 | 18.7 | −4.5 |
| | Labour | Andrew Jarosz | 1,262 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kate Arbuckle | 836 | 11.8 | +0.7 |
| | BNP | Jane Hollings | 666 | 9.4 | −3.0 |
| | BNP | Robert Leary | 637 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Read | 613 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,956 | 41.6 | +11.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,112 | 37.0 | −4.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +5.6 | |
Chapel Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eileen Taylor | 2,415 | 44.2 | −7.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Altaf Hussein | 1,222 | 22.4 | +7.8 |
| | Conservative | Simon Baker | 794 | 14.5 | +1.0 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Beverley Samuels | 496 | 9.1 | −0.3 |
| | Green | Mark Elliot | 359 | 6.6 | −1.0 |
| | BNP | David Whitaker | 177 | 3.2 | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,193 | 21.8 | −15.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,463 | 31.6 | −2.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -7.7 | |
City & Hunslet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Nash* | 1,697 | 46.8 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | Simon Harley | 538 | 14.8 | +8.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pip Sadler | 488 | 13.5 | −1.1 |
| | BNP | John Atkinson | 436 | 12.0 | +0.4 |
| | Independent | Muserat Sujawal | 272 | 7.5 | +7.5 |
| | Green | Andy Parnham | 193 | 5.3 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,159 | 32.0 | +3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,624 | 19.7 | −2.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.0 | |
Cross Gates & Whinmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Suzi Armitage* | 2,368 | 36.8 | −4.9 |
| | Conservative | David Schofield | 2,233 | 34.7 | +3.1 |
| | BNP | John Douglas | 979 | 15.2 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Norman | 577 | 9.0 | −3.4 |
| | UKIP | Darren Oddy | 276 | 4.3 | +4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 135 | 2.1 | −8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,433 | 38.0 | +0.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.0 | |
Farnley & Wortley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | David Blackburn* | 2,556 | 44.6 | +4.9 |
| | Labour | Stephen Towler | 1,264 | 22.0 | −5.9 |
| | Conservative | Glenn Broadbent | 859 | 15.0 | +3.7 |
| | BNP | Helen Foster | 793 | 13.8 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Taylor | 233 | 4.1 | −0.6 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Declan Normaschild | 28 | 0.5 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,292 | 22.5 | +10.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,733 | 32.5 | −1.0 |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | +5.4 | |
Garforth & Swillington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andrea McKenna* | 3,004 | 42.6 | −11.7 |
| | Conservative | Louise Turner | 2,768 | 39.2 | +7.1 |
| | BNP | Winnifred Mowbray | 752 | 10.7 | +3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Jacques | 535 | 7.6 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 236 | 3.3 | −18.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,059 | 44.7 | −4.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -9.4 | |
Gipton & Harehills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Taylor* | 2,584 | 42.9 | +4.9 |
| | Labour | Kamila Maqsood | 2,551 | 42.3 | −8.5 |
| | BNP | Darran Smith | 389 | 6.5 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative | Beatrice Greenwood | 217 | 3.6 | +0.3 |
| | Independent | Katie Wheatley | 110 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| | Green | Martin Reed | 94 | 1.6 | +0.0 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Azar Iqbal | 83 | 1.4 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 33 | 0.5 | −12.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,028 | 38.2 | −4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +6.7 | |
Guiseley & Rawdon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Graham Latty* | 3,456 | 50.8 | +3.4 |
| | Labour | Mike King | 1,664 | 24.5 | −4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cindy Cleasby | 834 | 12.3 | −0.1 |
| | BNP | Wayne Taylor | 436 | 6.4 | +0.5 |
| | Green | Colin Avison | 347 | 5.1 | +0.1 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Gareth Christie | 62 | 0.9 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,792 | 26.4 | +7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,799 | 40.3 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +3.8 | |
Harewood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ann Castle* | 4,940 | 73.3 | +5.2 |
| | Labour | David Nagle | 734 | 10.9 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Chapman | 426 | 6.3 | −0.6 |
| | BNP | Martin Gibson | 376 | 5.6 | −1.0 |
| | Green | Patricia Capstick | 210 | 3.1 | −1.4 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Fiona Christie | 53 | 0.8 | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,206 | 62.4 | +7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,739 | 45.9 | −0.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +3.7 | |
Headingley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jamie Matthews | 1,021 | 41.2 | −6.6 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Azam | 730 | 29.5 | +6.6 |
| | Green | Tim Sunderland | 344 | 13.9 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | Michael Horwood | 318 | 12.8 | +3.4 |
| | BNP | Lawrence Hansard | 40 | 1.6 | −0.1 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Sequoyah de Souza Vigneswaren | 25 | 1.0 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 291 | 11.7 | −13.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,478 | 19.7 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -6.6 | |
Horsforth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Townsley* | 3,321 | 45.9 | +8.8 |
| | Conservative | Richard Hardcastle | 2,746 | 37.9 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | Nigel Gill | 563 | 7.8 | −3.9 |
| | BNP | Ian Asquith | 339 | 4.7 | +0.1 |
| | Green | Andrea Binns | 272 | 3.8 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 575 | 7.9 | +7.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,241 | 41.9 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +3.7 | |
Hyde Park & Woodhouse :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Penny Ewens* | 1,206 | 40.6 | −3.2 |
| | Labour | Gerry Harper | 1,142 | 38.5 | +5.8 |
| | Green | Kate Bisson | 299 | 10.1 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative | Syprian Pitkin | 219 | 7.4 | +1.1 |
| | BNP | Bernard Allen | 102 | 3.4 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 64 | 2.2 | −8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,968 | 19.9 | −1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -4.5 | |
Killingbeck & Seacroft :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Graham Hyde* | 2,576 | 49.8 | −4.4 |
| | Conservative | Donald Townsley | 767 | 14.8 | +1.3 |
| | BNP | Mark Powell | 723 | 14.0 | −2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sadie Fisher | 530 | 10.2 | −5.3 |
| | UKIP | Adam Douglas | 454 | 8.8 | +8.8 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Simon Fearn | 122 | 2.4 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,809 | 35.0 | −2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,172 | 31.4 | −0.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.8 | |
Kippax & Methley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Keith Parker* | 3,048 | 50.6 | −5.3 |
| | Conservative | Tina Phillips | 1,720 | 28.5 | +5.2 |
| | BNP | Peter Maverick | 751 | 12.5 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John MacArthur | 506 | 8.4 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,328 | 22.0 | −10.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,025 | 37.8 | −1.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.2 | |
Kirkstall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lucinda Yeadon | 1,981 | 39.4 | −4.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ruth Coleman | 1,844 | 36.6 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative | Philip Smith | 495 | 9.8 | +2.5 |
| | BNP | Tony Thackwray | 376 | 7.5 | +0.0 |
| | Green | Anne-Marie Hill | 337 | 6.7 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 137 | 2.7 | −6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,033 | 30.1 | −1.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.4 | |
Middleton Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Geoff Driver* | 1,960 | 38.3 | −8.3 |
| | BNP | Kevin Meeson | 1,911 | 37.4 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative | Alastair Gunn | 724 | 14.2 | +5.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Golton | 517 | 10.1 | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49 | 1.0 | −11.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,112 | 29.4 | −2.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.6 | |
Moortown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Harris* | 2,813 | 41.3 | +1.2 |
| | Labour | Linda Cullen | 1,756 | 25.8 | −5.4 |
| | Conservative | Amy Smith | 1,597 | 23.5 | +2.5 |
| | BNP | Anthony Brown | 267 | 3.9 | +0.8 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Michael Davies | 242 | 3.6 | +0.2 |
| | UKIP | Jeff Miles | 131 | 1.9 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,057 | 15.5 | +6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,806 | 39.6 | −5.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +3.3 | |
Morley North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Morley Borough Independent | Robert Finnigan* | 3,665 | 51.7 | +10.7 |
| | BNP | Tom Redmond | 1,388 | 19.6 | +1.8 |
| | Labour | Neil Dawson | 955 | 13.5 | −0.1 |
| | Conservative | Neil Hunt | 861 | 12.1 | +3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Jennings | 224 | 3.2 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,277 | 32.1 | +8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,388 | 40.2 | −3.1 |
| | Morley Borough Independent hold | Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | +4.4 | |
Morley South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Morley Borough Independent | Judith Elliott* | 2,714 | 43.8 | +7.9 |
| | BNP | Mike Mee | 1,779 | 28.7 | −0.3 |
| | Labour | Alec Hudson | 832 | 13.4 | −7.4 |
| | Conservative | Mark Holmes | 517 | 8.3 | +0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nathan Fossey | 202 | 3.3 | +0.2 |
| | Independent | Charles Slingsby | 158 | 2.5 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 935 | 15.1 | +8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,202 | 37.7 | −4.0 |
| | Morley Borough Independent hold | Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | +4.1 | |
Otley and Yeadon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Kirkland* | 2,951 | 38.8 | −5.3 |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Creek | 2,139 | 28.2 | +5.2 |
| | Labour | John Eveleigh | 1,716 | 22.6 | −0.8 |
| | BNP | Richard Warrington | 382 | 5.0 | +0.4 |
| | Green | David Webb | 232 | 3.1 | −0.3 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Francis Denning | 177 | 2.3 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 812 | 10.7 | −10.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,597 | 44.2 | −1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -5.2 | |
Pudsey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Josie Jarosz* | 2,530 | 39.0 | −2.9 |
| | Conservative | Jason Aldiss | 2,220 | 34.2 | +1.8 |
| | BNP | John Hirst | 857 | 13.2 | +1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gregory Hall | 580 | 8.9 | +2.2 |
| | Green | Irene Dracup | 303 | 4.7 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 310 | 4.8 | −4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,490 | 37.8 | −3.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.3 | |
Rothwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Don Wilson* | 2,534 | 43.5 | +2.1 |
| | Labour | Karen Bruce | 1,954 | 33.6 | −3.0 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Robinson | 706 | 12.1 | +1.3 |
| | BNP | Robert Peel | 625 | 10.7 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 580 | 10.0 | +5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,819 | 37.6 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +2.5 | |
Roundhay :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Matthew Lobley* | 3,337 | 47.0 | +6.8 |
| | Labour | Sharon Hamilton | 2,145 | 30.2 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sean Brawley | 820 | 11.5 | −1.0 |
| | Green | Colin Johnston | 294 | 4.1 | −4.0 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Malcolm Christie | 281 | 4.0 | +1.0 |
| | BNP | Mark Ferguson | 228 | 3.2 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,192 | 16.8 | +9.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,105 | 41.4 | −2.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +4.5 | |
Temple Newsam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Hyde* | 2,386 | 33.9 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | Jeff Coupar | 2,083 | 29.6 | −4.4 |
| | BNP | Peter Hollings | 1,560 | 22.2 | −1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Norman | 521 | 7.4 | −2.7 |
| | Independent | David Gale | 487 | 6.9 | +6.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 303 | 4.3 | +3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,037 | 44.0 | −0.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8 | |
Weetwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ben Chastney | 2,436 | 41.3 | −6.2 |
| | Conservative | Brian Jennings* | 1,713 | 29.0 | +4.9 |
| | Labour | Rosie Pickard | 952 | 16.1 | +2.3 |
| | Green | Martin Hemingway | 306 | 5.2 | −2.1 |
| | BNP | Sharon Knight | 302 | 5.1 | +0.6 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Trevor Bavage | 109 | 1.8 | +0.4 |
| | Independent | Alan Procter | 67 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| | Independent | Ercan Hayirioglu | 18 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 723 | 12.2 | −11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,903 | 34.9 | −0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Wetherby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gerald Wilkinson* | 4,208 | 64.6 | +4.3 |
| | Labour | Jolene Cassell | 1,070 | 16.4 | −2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kate Gagen | 631 | 9.7 | −0.5 |
| | BNP | David Craven | 315 | 4.8 | −0.7 |
| | UKIP | Tony Robson | 289 | 4.4 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,138 | 48.2 | +6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,513 | 42.2 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +3.4 | |

## By-elections between 2008 and 2010

Farnley & Wortley by-election 18 September 2008 replacing Luke Russell (resigned) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Andy Parnham | 1,183 | 27.1 | −17.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosie Spencer | 1,151 | 26.3 | +22.2 |
| | Labour | Stephen Towler | 1,009 | 23.1 | +1.1 |
| | BNP | Peter Hollings | 556 | 12.7 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | Glenn Broadbent | 428 | 9.8 | −5.2 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Michael Davies | 45 | 1.0 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 32 | 0.8 | −21.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,372 | 24.8 | −7.7 |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | -19.8 | |
Temple Newsam by-election 2 April 2009 replacing Jacqueline Langdale (resigned) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Schofield | 1,785 | 28.0 | −5.9 |
| | BNP | Tom Redmond | 1,502 | 23.6 | +1.4 |
| | Labour | Danny Adilypour | 1,476 | 23.2 | −6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Dowling | 1,468 | 23.1 | +15.6 |
| | Green | Christopher Foren | 137 | 2.2 | +2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 283 | 4.4 | +0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,368 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -2.2 | |
Hyde Park & Woodhouse by-election 18 February 2010 replacing Kabeer Hussain (deceased) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gerry Harper | 1,054 | 47.8 | +9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mike Taylor | 671 | 30.5 | −10.1 |
| | Conservative | Yasser Khalid | 188 | 8.5 | +1.1 |
| | Independent | Adele Beeson | 150 | 6.8 | +6.8 |
| | Green | Christopher Foren | 140 | 6.4 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 383 | 17.3 | +15.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,203 | 14.8 | −5.1 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +9.7 | |