In the 1970 Leeds City Council election held on May 8, 1970 in Wortley, Labour party candidate J. Sargeant gathered 46.4% of the votes while the candidate from the Conservative party tailed with only almost 2% margin.
The Leeds elections were held on 8 May 1970, with one third of the seats up for election, as well as an extra vacancy in Beeston. Labour J. Sargeant 2,662 46.4 Conservative R. Beal 2,551 44.5 
