Английская Википедия:1996 Leeds City Council election

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Map of the results for the 1996 Leeds council election. (Horsforth Requires recolouring)

The Leeds City Council elections were held on Thursday, 2 May 1996, with a third of the council up for election.

The Conservatives suffered another routing, although with a less impressive Labour vote and a slight recovery in their own vote, were able to hold on to three seats. Labour furthered their stranglehold on the council with an additional seven gains, with all but Burmantofts (Liberal Democrat) and Pudsey South (Independent) from the Tories. As a result of the gains, those two wards - along with the Tory losses of Aireborough, Halton, Morley North and Weetwood wards - were now represented entirely by Labour (a first for most). The other Labour gain was snatching the remaining Tory seat in the former Tory-Liberal battleground of Otley & Wharfedale.

The Lib Dems offset their loss to Labour in Burmantofts with gains from the Tories in Horsforth and the newly three-way marginal North ward. The results, however, were a disappointment to the Lib Dems - evidenced by their poor performance in Otley & Wharfedale, and a vote sunk to their 1992 level. Another parallel to the 1992 election was the slump in overall turnout to a record low.

Peter Kersting's decision to forgo defending his seat for Pudsey South seen the absence of Independents from the council for the first time since 1983. The Greens advanced further into a respectable second place in Wortley, in contrast to the stagnant fortunes of the Liberals and the weakened support for the sole Militant Labour candidate.

Election result

Шаблон:Election summary begin Шаблон:Election summary party Шаблон:Election summary party Шаблон:Election summary party Шаблон:Election summary party Шаблон:Election summary party |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | | Militant Labour | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0.0 | align="right" | 0.1 | align="right" | 232 | align="right" | -0.1 |- Шаблон:Election summary party Шаблон:Election box end

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

Party		Previous council	New council
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color; width: 3px;" |	Labour	75	82
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color; width: 3px;" |	Conservative	15	8
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color; width: 3px;" |	Liberal Democrat	8	9
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color; width: 3px;" |	Independent	1	0
Total		99	99
Working majority		Шаблон:Color box	Шаблон:Color box

Ward results

Шаблон:Election box begin Шаблон:Election box winning candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | | Militant Labour | Chris Hill | align="right" | 232 | align="right" | 7.6 | align="right" | -2.6 |- Шаблон:Election box majority Шаблон:Election box turnout Шаблон:Election box hold with party link Шаблон:Election box end

By-elections between 1996 and 1998

Шаблон:Election box begin Шаблон:Election box winning candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | | Militant Labour | | align="right" | 44 | align="right" | 2.0 | align="right" | +2.0 |- Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box majority Шаблон:Election box turnout Шаблон:Election box hold with party link Шаблон:Election box end