It has been a decisive victory in Leeds for the Labour Party, with them increasing their majority on the council by five seats, but a smaller party was also a winner today.
Labour held on to its majority on the council and even gained seats at the expense of the Greens and the Conservatives, but they also lost a seat to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in some shock results. The Conservatives also lost a couple of seats such as Horsforth, but kept others like Wetherby.
Ann Blackburn, the Green Party Group Whip, was one of this election's casualties as she lost her seat to the Labour Party’s Mark Sewards in Farnley and Wortley. However, the Greens then went on to unseat Labour’s Elizabeth Nash with Ed Carlisle becoming the new councillor for Hunslet and Riverside.
