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2008 Leeds City Council election

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FieldValue
election_name2008 Leeds City Council election
countryEngland
typeParliamentary
ongoingno
party_colouryes
previous_election2007
previous_year2007
next_election2010
next_year2010
seats_for_election33 of the 99 seats on Leeds City Council
(and 1 vacancy)
majority_seats50
election_date1 May 2008
turnout35.76% (1.76%)
leader1Keith Wakefield
party1Labour Party (UK)
last_election115 seats, 32.5%
seats113
seats_after143
seat_change10
popular_vote156,124
percentage128.67%
leader2Richard Brett
party2Liberal Democrats (UK)
last_election28 seats, 19.7%
seats29
seats_after224
seat_change20
popular_vote237,216
percentage218.89%
leader3Andrew Carter
party3Conservative Party (UK)
last_election37 seats, 27.0%
seats38
seats_after322
seat_change30
popular_vote359,722
percentage331.41%
map_imageLeeds UK local election 2008 map.svg
map_size300px
map_captionLabour in red (13), Liberal Democrats in yellow (9), Conservatives in blue (8), Morley Borough Independents in dark green (2) and Greens in light green (1).
titleCouncil control
posttitleCouncil control after election
before_electionCoalition
before_partyLiberal Democrats and Conservatives
after_electionCoalition
after_partyLiberal Democrats and Conservatives

(and 1 vacancy)

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

|seats % = 26.5 |votes % = 31.41 |plus/minus = +4.41 |seats % = 38.2 |votes % = 28.67 |plus/minus = -3.83 |seats % = 26.5 |votes % = 18.89 |plus/minus = -0.81 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 11.35 |plus/minus = +0.15 |seats % = 2.9 |votes % = 3.72 |plus/minus = -0.18 |seats % = 5.9 |votes % = 3.19 |plus/minus = +0.49 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.97 |plus/minus = +0.07 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.77 |plus/minus = -0.03 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.9 |plus/minus = 0.0 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.14 |plus/minus = -0.16

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

Party2007 electionPrior to electionNew councilLabour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Liberal Democrats (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Conservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Morley Borough Independent}}; width: 3px;"Green Party of England and Wales}}; width: 3px;"British National Party}}; width: 3px;"Independent (politician)}}; width: 3px;"Total9999Working majority
Labour434343
Liberal Democrat242324
Conservative222322
Morley Borough Independent555
Green333
BNP111
Independent111

Councillors who did not stand for re-election

CouncillorWardFirst electedPartyReasonSuccessor
Amanda Carter
Calverley & Farsley1999Conservative Party (UK)}}"Conservativestood down
Elizabeth MinkinKirkstall1988Labour Party (UK)}}"Labourstood down
David MortonHeadingley2000Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"Liberal Democratsstood down

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

By-elections between 2008 and 2010

Notes

References

References

  1. "Leeds City Council Election results - 1st May 2008". leeds.gov.uk.
  2. "Elections 2008: Leeds". BBC News.
  3. "Local elections: Leeds results". [[Yorkshire Evening Post]].
  4. "Local Elections 2008: Leeds". andrewteale.me.uk.
  5. "Councillor Amanda Carter". [[Leeds City Council]].
  6. "Councillor Elizabeth Minkin". [[Leeds City Council]].
  7. "Councillor David Morton". [[Leeds City Council]].
  8. "Farnley and Wortley by-election - 18th September 2008". leeds.gov.uk.
  9. (2009-04-03). "Conservatives win city election". BBC News.
  10. Baron, John. (2010-02-19). "Labour wins Leeds by-election seat from Lib Dems". The Guardian.
  11. (2010-02-19). "Labour seal victory in Leeds by-election". BBC News.
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