2022 Leeds City Council election

The 2022 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2022 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

2022 Leeds City Council election

← 2021 5 May 2022 2023 →
35 of 99 seats on Leeds City Council 50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	33.7% ( 3.97%)
First party Second party   Leader James Lewis Andrew Carter Party Labour Conservative Last election 19 seats, 42.4% 9 seats, 31.8% Seats won 22 6 Seats after 58 21 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 92,818 56,864 Percentage 44.1% 27.0%
Map of the results of the election by ward
Council Control before election Majority administration Labour Subsequent council control Majority administration Labour

As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were contested alongside two casual vacancies in the Horsforth and Roundhay wards.

The Labour Party maintained their majority control of the council, with a net gain of three seats. The Social Democratic Party formed in 1990 secured its only council seat in the United Kingdom.^[1][2][3]

Election summary

Leeds City Council Election Result 2022[4]
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	35	22	5	2	3	60.0	44.1	92,818	+1.7
	Conservative	35	6	0	3	3	17.1	27.0	56,864	-4.8
	Green	34	1	1	1		2.9	11.4	24,063	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	33	2	0	1	1	5.7	9.4	19,705	+0.7
	Morley Borough Independent	2	2	0	0		5.7	2.6	5,422	+0.3
	Garforth and Swillington Independents	1	1	0	0		2.9	2.1	4,488	+0.7
	SDP	7	1	1	0	1	2.9	1.5	3,179	+0.2
	Yorkshire	7	0	0	0		0.0	1.0	2,095	-0.2
	Alliance for Green Socialism	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	564	±0.0
	TUSC	5	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	395	±0.0
	Independent	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	376	-0.2
	Freedom Alliance	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	164	±0.0
	NIP	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	147	New
	Women's Equality	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	120	±0.0
Total		167	35	5	5		100.0	100.0	210,400	12,247

The election result had the following consequences for the political composition of the council:

Party		2021 election	Prior to election	New council
	Labour	54	52	58
	Conservative	24	23	21
	Liberal Democrat	8	8	7
	Morley Borough Independents	6	6	6
	Garforth and Swillington Independents	3	3	3
	Green	3	3	3
	SDP	0	0	1
	Independent	1[a]	2[b]	0
	Vacant	0	2[c]	0
Total		99	99	99
Working majority		9	7	17

Councillors who did not stand for re-election

Councillor/s who did not stand for re-election (10)

Councillor	Ward	First elected	Party		Reason	Successor
Jonathan Bentley[11]	Weetwood	2012		Liberal Democrats	stood down[12]		Izaak Wilson (Labour)
Rebecca Charlwood[13]	Moortown	2011		Labour	stood down		Mahalia France-Mir (Labour)
Paul Drinkwater[14]	Killingbeck and Seacroft	2018 (as Labour)		Independent	stood down		John Tudor (Labour)
Judith Elliott[15]	Morley South	2004		Morley Borough Independents	stood down		Oliver Newton (Morley Borough Independents)
Angela Gabriel[16]	Beeston and Holbeck	1996		Labour	deselected[17]		Annie Maloney (Labour)
Jacob Goddard[18]	Roundhay	2018		Labour	resigned office		Jordan Bowden (Labour)
Ronald Grahame[19]	Burmantofts and Richmond Hill	1982, 2010 (as Labour)		Independent	stood down		Luke Farley (Labour)
Kim Groves[20]	Middleton Park	2010		Labour	stood down[21]		Wayne Dixon (SDP)
Graham Latty[22]	Guiseley & Rawdon	2000		Conservative	stood down		Eleanor Thomson (Labour)
Jonathon Taylor[23]	Horsforth	2018		Conservative	resigned office[24]		John Garvani (Labour)

Results by ward

Adel & Wharfedale

Adel & Wharfedale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Anderson*	4,385	56.3	+0.7
	Labour	Chris Bridges	2,104	27.0	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Twitchett	663	8.5	−4.0
	Green	Fiona Love	486	6.2	−0.7
	Yorkshire	Corey Robinson	127	1.6	N/A
Majority			2,281	29.3	−2.0
Turnout			7,793	47.3	−2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alwoodley

Alwoodley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Cohen*	4,466	60.3	+2.8
	Labour	Lucy Nuttgens	2,099	28.3	−2.1
	Green	Alaric Hall	283	3.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Roderic Parker	278	3.8	−0.4
	Yorkshire	Howard Dews	137	1.8	−1.3
	Women's Equality	Louise Jennings	120	1.6	−0.6
Majority			2,367	32.0	+4.9
Turnout			7,408	42.2	−2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ardsley & Robin Hood

Ardsley & Robin Hood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Karen Renshaw*	2,572	45.3	+4.0
	Conservative	Alan Shires	2,246	39.5	−7.5
	Green	Marcus Cain	362	6.4	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Ward	360	6.3	+2.2
	SDP	Andrew Martin	105	1.8	+0.7
Majority			326	5.7	0.0
Turnout			5,679	32.0	−4.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Armley

Armley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alice Smart*	2,653	62.0	+5.7
	Conservative	Tamas Kovacs	666	15.6	−4.6
	Green	Mark Rollinson	642	15.0	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Walker	205	4.8	+0.6
	TUSC	Florian Hynam	85	2.0	+0.4
Majority			1,987	46.5	+10.4
Turnout			4,276	24.9	−4.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Beeston & Holbeck

Beeston & Holbeck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Annie Maloney	2,070	47.2	−5.6
	Green	Mariana Polucciu	971	22.2	+8.0
	Conservative	Natalia Armitage	740	16.9	−2.0
	SDP	Nigel Perry	250	5.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Andrews	179	4.1	+1.9
	NIP	Emily Reaney	147	3.4	N/A
Majority			1,099	25.1	−8.8
Turnout			4,382	24.0	−5.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Bramley & Stanningley

Bramley & Stanningley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Ritchie*	3,230	68.2	+15.3
	Conservative	Adam Cook	819	17.3	−8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Bee	338	7.1	−3.8
	Green	Keith Whittaker	290	6.1	−2.7
	SDP	Daniel Whetstone	36	0.1	−0.7
Majority			2,411	50.9	+23.6
Turnout			4,734	27.6	−2.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Burmantofts & Richmond Hill

Burmantofts & Richmond Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Luke Farley	2,674	66.6	+6.2
	Conservative	Brian Berry	422	10.5	−2.0
	Independent	Geoff Holloran	340	8.5	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Hollingsworth	295	7.3	−0.4
	Green	Richard Wilson	263	6.6	−0.7
Majority			2,252	56.1	+8.2
Turnout			4,015	23.4	−5.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Calverley & Farsley

Calverley & Farsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Carter*	3,539	46.7	−6.9
	Labour Co-op	Craig Timmins	3,243	42.8	+8.8
	Green	Ellen Graham	318	4.2	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Dowling	228	3.0	−0.7
	Yorkshire	Robert Lees	225	3.0	N/A
	SDP	Justin Thomas	14	0.0	N/A
Majority			296	3.9	−15.7
Turnout			7,584	41.3	−3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chapel Allerton

Chapel Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eileen Taylor*	4,650	73.8	+6.4
	Green	Bobak Walker	691	11.0	−1.5
	Conservative	Shazar Ahad	488	7.7	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	James Marshall	278	4.4	−1.4
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Mike Davies	164	3.1	+0.0
Majority			3,959	62.8	+7.9
Turnout			6,303	34.0	−5.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Cross Gates & Whinmoor

Cross Gates & Whinmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauleen Grahame*	2,915	51.2	+7.9
	Conservative	John Kennedy	1,929	33.9	−7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Wood	421	7.4	+5.2
	Green	Martin Hemingway	401	7.0	+1.2
Majority			986	17.3	+15.2
Turnout			5,688	30.8	−4.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Farnley & Wortley

Farnley & Wortley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Sewards	2,567	47.8	+11.2
	Green	Ann Blackburn*	1,819	33.9	−5.1
	Conservative	Peter Allison	959	17.9	+0.8
Majority			748	13.9	+11.6
Turnout			5,367	29.5	−2.8
	Labour gain from Green		Swing

Garforth & Swillington

Garforth & Swillington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Garforth and Swillington Independents	Mark Dobson*	4,488	63.0	+14.2
	Conservative	Peter Youngs	1,133	15.9	−11.3
	Labour	David Nagle	1,107	15.5	−1.5
	Green	Stephen Beer	258	3.6	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jake Knox	117	1.6	+0.6
Majority			3,355	47.1	+25.5
Turnout			7,127	43.9	−3.6
	Garforth and Swillington Independents hold		Swing

Gipton & Harehills

Gipton & Harehills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Salma Arif*	2,722	60.5	−12.9
	Green	Mothin Ali	1,001	22.3	+16.2
	Conservative	Robert Harris	454	10.1	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Aqila Choudhry	206	4.6	+0.5
	TUSC	Tanis Belsham-Wray	82	1.8	−0.8
Majority			1,721	38.3	−23.3
Turnout			4,498	25.3	−4.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Guiseley & Rawdon

Guiseley & Rawdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Eleanor Thomson	3,957	47.8	+11.9
	Conservative	Pete Gable	3,024	36.5	−9.1
	Yorkshire	Bob Buxton	703	8.5	−0.9
	Green	Richard Firth	290	3.5	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart McLeod	278	3.4	+0.3
Majority			933	11.3	+1.6
Turnout			8,281	44.5	−3.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Harewood

Harewood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Robinson*	4,062	61.4	−5.9
	Labour	Michael Millar	1,489	22.5	+4.6
	Green	Claire Evans	596	9.0	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Cook	441	6.7	+1.6
Majority			2,573	38.9	−10.6
Turnout			6,616	44.2	−6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Headingley & Hyde Park

Headingley & Hyde Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Pryor*	2,210	54.1	−2.1
	Green	Tim Goodall	1,432	35.0	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Brandon Ashford	179	4.4	+0.2
	Conservative	Steven Rowley	145	3.5	−1.5
	TUSC	Anthony Bracuti	70	1.7	+0.5
	Independent	Anthony Greaux	36	0.8	+0.3
Majority			778	19.0	−7.6
Turnout			4,086	16.7	−5.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Horsforth

Horsforth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emmie Bromley	3,402	44.7	+14.0
	Labour	John Garvani	3,166	41.6	+10.9
	Conservative	Dawn Collins*	2,673	35.2	−3.1
	Conservative	Tracy Stones	2,492	32.8	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Dowling	1,292	17.0	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Becky Heaviside	974	12.8	−7.6
	Green	Gideon Jones	569	7.5	+0.4
	Green	Ian Shaw	330	4.3	−2.8
	Yorkshire	Ian Cowling	330	4.3	+1.8
Majority			729	9.6	+2.1
Turnout			7,603	42.3	−5.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Hunslet & Riverside

Hunslet & Riverside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ed Carlisle	2,441	50.9	+9.2
	Labour	Elizabeth Nash*	1,947	40.6	−5.2
	Conservative	Samson Adeyemi	253	5.3	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Benedict Turner-Chastney	53	1.1	−0.5
	Freedom Alliance	Nick Cottle	42	0.9	N/A
	SDP	Thomas Foster	33	0.7	−0.1
Majority			494	10.3	+6.1
Turnout			4,793	27.2	−4.3
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Killingbeck & Seacroft

Killingbeck & Seacroft

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Tudor	2,510	61.7	−0.3
	Conservative	Cormac Trigg	803	19.7	−4.4
	Green	David Anthoney	293	7.2	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Otley	229	5.6	+1.9
	Freedom Alliance	Suzanne Harbourne	122	3.0	N/A
	TUSC	Iain Dalton	96	2.3	+2.2
Majority			1,707	41.9	+4.0
Turnout			4,071	22.6	−4.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Kippax & Methley

Kippax & Methley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Harland*	3,673	63.1	+10.9
	Conservative	Connor Mulhall	1,545	26.6	−9.0
	Green	Keith Hale	330	5.7	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Golton	243	4.1	+2.0
Majority			2,128	36.6	+20.0
Turnout			5,819	33.7	−5.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Kirkstall

Kirkstall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hannah Bithell*	3,346	67.1	0.0
	Green	Victoria Smith	797	16.0	+1.5
	Conservative	Reiss Capitano	511	10.2	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Belcher	287	5.8	+2.6
Majority			2,549	51.1	−1.5
Turnout			4,986	30.8	−4.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Little London & Woodhouse

Little London & Woodhouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kayleigh Brooks*	2,033	71.7	+6.5
	Green	Talia Ellis	404	14.3	−3.7
	Conservative	Owen Rutherford	204	7.2	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	François Van Cauwenbergh	112	4.0	−0.8
	TUSC	Michael Johnson	62	2.2	+2.0
Majority			1,629	57.5	+9.3
Turnout			2,834	16.3	−4.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Middleton Park

Middleton Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	Wayne Dixon	2,687	50.5	+15.8
	Labour	Peter Chambers	1,910	36.0	−4.9
	Conservative	Taiwo Adeyemi	408	7.7	−8.5
	Green	Kay-Lee Asquith	207	3.9	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jude Arbuckle	82	1.5	−0.6
Majority			777	14.6	−0.1
Turnout			5,317	26.3	−1.5
	SDP gain from Labour		Swing

Moortown

Moortown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mahalia France-Mir	3,980	55.6	+2.4
	Conservative	Rob Speed	1,357	19.0	−4.5
	Green	Rachel Hartshorne	1,086	15.2	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	George Sykes	690	9.6	+3.3
Majority			2,623	36.6	+5.9
Turnout			7,157	41.1	−5.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Morley North

Morley North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Morley Borough Independents	Bob Gettings*	3,101	50.4	+8.4
	Labour	Patrick Davey	1,373	22.3	+0.6
	Conservative	Lidia Smith	1,052	17.1	−10.7
	Green	Aisling Dolan	506	8.2	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Spencer	98	1.6	−0.3
Majority			1,728	28.0	+13.8
Turnout			6,153	33.7	−4.3
	Morley Borough Independents hold		Swing

Morley South

Morley South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Morley Borough Independents	Oliver Newton	2,321	39.6	+6.5
	Labour	Bailey Bradley	1,769	30.2	+4.9
	Conservative	Lalit Suryawanshi	1,150	19.6	−7.7
	Green	Chris Bell	470	8.0	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Goodman	137	2.3	+0.6
Majority			552	9.4	+3.6
Turnout			5,857	32.2	−3.3
	Morley Borough Independents hold		Swing

Otley & Yeadon

Otley & Yeadon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Campbell*	3,546	47.0	+2.0
	Labour Co-op	Steve Clapcote	1,695	22.5	+1.1
	Conservative	Lee Farmer	939	12.5	−4.3
	Green	Mick Bradley	928	12.3	+0.7
	Yorkshire	Claire Buxton	405	5.4	+0.8
Majority			1,851	24.5	+1.0
Turnout			7,542	42.4	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pudsey

Pudsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Seary*	4,145	55.0	−1.5
	Labour	Ryan Holroyd-Case	2,825	37.2	+5.8
	Green	Suzanne Ward	386	5.1	0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Jacques	210	2.8	−0.2
Majority			1,320	17.4	−7.6
Turnout			7,598	39.8	−2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rothwell

Rothwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Golton*	3,304	54.3	+19.9
	Labour	Karen Bruce	1,735	28.5	−4.4
	Conservative	Joe Boycott	737	12.1	−10.9
	Yorkshire	Sean McDonald	168	2.8	−2.5
	Green	Ali Aliremzioglu	137	2.2	−1.3
Majority			1,569	25.8	+24.3
Turnout			6,090	38.1	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Roundhay

Roundhay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Zara Hussain*	4,165	60.7	+4.6
	Labour	Jordan Bowden	3,898	56.8	−1.4
	Green	Paul Ellis	1,650	24.1	+7.7
	Conservative	Elayna Cohen	1,418	20.7	−0.5
	Conservative	Spencer Weiner	1,261	18.4	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Hannah	942	13.7	+1.1
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Malcolm Christie	400	5.8	+0.9
Majority			2,515	36.7	−0.4
Turnout			6,859	39.2	−8.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Temple Newsam

Temple Newsam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Debra Coupar*	2,920	49.6	+5.1
	Conservative	Jonathan Firth	2,350	39.9	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Norman	305	5.2	−0.2
	Green	Shahab Adris	281	4.8	−0.3
Majority			570	9.7	+9.7
Turnout			5,885	35.3	−2.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Weetwood

Weetwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Izaak Wilson	3,331	48.9	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Slinger	2,251	33.1	+3.7
	Green	Christopher Foren	577	8.5	−1.6
	Conservative	Angelo Basu	575	8.4	−4.2
	SDP	Rob Walker	54	0.8	N/A
Majority			1,080	15.9	−1.9
Turnout			6,807	42.6	−3.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Wetherby

Wetherby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norma Harrington*	3,514	47.0	−11.0
	Green	Penny Stables	2,568	34.4	+12.1
	Labour	Luke Dixon-Murrow	878	11.7	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley McIntee	484	6.5	−0.2
Majority			946	12.7	−23.0
Turnout			7,473	44.9	−2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Notes

1. Former Labour councillor, Ronald Grahame (Burmantofts and Richmond Hill), was charged with historic child sex offences in December 2020 and was "suspended from the Labour party pending the outcome of the case."^[5][6]
2. Labour councillor Paul Drinkwater (Killingbeck and Seacroft) resigned from the party on 10 May 2021. The Yorkshire Evening Post reported he cited "institutionalised bullying" in the ruling Labour council group and argued for a change to the council's decision-making structures. He did not seek re-election in 2022.^[7][8]
3. Conservative councillor, Jonathon Taylor (Horsforth), resigned from office on 15 March 2022 to take up a politically restricted job and Labour councillor, Jacob Goddard (Roundhay), also resigned on 23 March 2022. Two replacement councillors were elected on 5 May 2022.^[9][10]