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in the

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is elected each year, followed by no election in one year out of every four years. A total of 99

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have been elected from 33

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across

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popula ...

since 1980.

Political control

From 1889 until 1974 Leeds was a

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, independent from any county council. Under the Local Government Act 1972 it had its territory enlarged and became a metropolitan borough, with

West Yorkshire County Council West Yorkshire County Council (WYCC) – also known as West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council (WYMCC) – was the top-tier local government administrative body for West Yorkshire from 1974 to 1986. A strategic authority, with responsibilitie ...

providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted city council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. West Yorkshire County Council was abolished in 1986 and Leeds became a unitary authority. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:

Leadership

The first leader of the reformed council in 1974, Albert King, had been the last leader of the old county borough of Leeds. The leaders of the council since 1974 have been: From 2004 until 2010 a coalition agreement between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats saw the leadership alternate every six months between their party leaders.

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 1980 election which increased the number of seats by 3, leading to the whole council being elected in that year. Further boundary changes made in 2004 again required the full council to be elected.
Leeds - vote shares

Borough result maps

File:Leeds1980.png, 1980 results map, with new ward boundaries File:Leeds1982.png, 1982 results map File:Leeds1983.png, 1983 results map File:Leeds1984.png, 1984 results map File:Leeds1986.png, 1986 results map File:Leeds1987.png, 1987 results map File:Leeds UK local election 1988 map.png, 1988 results map File:Leeds UK local election 1990 map.png, 1990 results map File:Leeds UK local election 1991 map.png, 1991 results map File:Leeds UK local election 1992 map.png, 1992 results map File:Leeds UK local election 1994 map.png, 1994 results map File:Leeds UK local election 1995 map.png, 1995 results map File:Leeds UK local election 1996 map.png, 1996 results map File:Leeds UK local election 1998 map.png, 1998 results map, with first

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councillor File:Leeds UK local election 1999 map.png, 1999 results map File:Leeds UK local election 2000 map.png, 2000 results map File:Leeds UK local election 2002 map.png, 2002 results map File:Leeds UK local election 2003 map.png, 2003 results map File:Leeds UK local election 2004 map.svg, 2004 results map, with new ward boundaries File:Leeds UK local election 2006 map.svg, 2006 results map File:Leeds UK local election 2007 map.svg, 2007 results map File:Leeds UK local election 2008 map.svg, 2008 results map File:Leeds UK local election 2010 map.svg, 2010 results map File:Leeds UK local election 2011 map.svg, 2011 results map File:Leeds UK local election 2012 map.svg, 2012 results map File:Leeds UK local election 2014 map.svg, 2014 results map File:Leeds UK local election 2015 map.svg, 2015 results map File:Leeds UK local election 2016 map.svg, 2016 results map File:Leeds (42140585375).png , 2018 results map, with new ward boundaries File:Leeds_UK_local_election_2019_map.svg, 2019 results map File:Leeds UK local election 2021 map.svg, 2021 results map File:2022 Leeds City Council Election.png, 2022 results map

By-election results

Following the death, removal or resignation of an incumbent councillor between council elections, by-elections occur to elect a successor to fill the vacant council seat. The most recent by-election took place on 12 December 2019 after the death of incumbent

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ward councillor, Gerald Wilkinson, in October 2019.

References

External links

Leeds City Council
{{Metropolitan districts of England Council elections in West Yorkshire Local government in Leeds Elections in Leeds