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2003 Leeds City Council election

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2003 Leeds City Council election

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Map of the results for the 2003 Leeds council election.

The 2003 Leeds City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

Election result

The results saw Labour just keep a majority on the council with 52 of the 99 seats. They suffered a net loss of 5 seats, The Conservatives gained the most seats to become the second largest party on the council with 22 seats, after making 4 gains in Aireborough, Halton, Otley and Wharfedale and Roundhay wards. As well as the gain in Rothwell, the Liberal Democrats also picked up a seat from Labour in Burmantofts but lost seats in Bramley and Otley and Wharfedale to Labour and Conservatives respectively.

Elsewhere independent Tom Leadley gained a seat from Labour in Morley North, while the Greens held their seat in Wortley. with some wards seeing under 20% voting, while the lowest turnout came in Headingley at only 15%.

Following the election the deputy leader of the council, Keith Wakefield, became leader unopposed after a meeting of the Labour group on the council.

|seats % = 48.5 |votes % = 35.5 |plus/minus = -5.9 |seats % = 24.2 |votes % = 29.1 |plus/minus = -0.1 |seats % = 21.2 |votes % = 25.0 |plus/minus = +2.7 |seats % = 3.0 |votes % = 4.3 |plus/minus = -0.2 |seats % = 3.0 |votes % = 1.9 |plus/minus = +0.5 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 2.8 |plus/minus = +2.7 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.1 |plus/minus = +0.3 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.3 |plus/minus = +0.1 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.2 |plus/minus = +0.1

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew councilLabour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Conservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Liberal Democrats (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Green Party of England and Wales}}; width: 3px;"Independent (politician)}}; width: 3px;"Total9999Working majority
Labour5752
Conservative1822
Liberal Democrat2020
Green33
Independent12

Ward results

References

References

  1. "Local elections". [[BBC News Online]].
  2. (2 May 2003). "Labour just cling on". [[Yorkshire Evening Post]].
  3. Hetherington, Peter. (3 May 2003). "English local elections: Labour hit by tax rises and 'Baghdad backlash': England: Disaffection boosts Tories and Lib Dems". [[The Guardian]].
  4. (3 May 2003). "Turned out bad again...". [[Yorkshire Evening Post]].
  5. (7 May 2003). "Life force". [[Yorkshire Evening Post]].
  6. "Local Elections 2003". Political Science Resources.
  7. (2 May 2003). "Local elections 2003". [[The Times]].
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