The 2022 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2022 to elect members of

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. It was held on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom. As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were contested alongside two

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and

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wards. The Labour Party maintained their majority control of the council, with a net gain of three seats. The

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formed in 1990 secured its only council seat in the

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Election summary

, - style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;" ! scope="row" colspan="2" , Total , 167 , 35 , 5 , 5 , , 100.0 , 100.0 , 210,400 , 12,247 The election result had the following consequences for the political composition of the council:

Councillors who did not stand for re-election

Results by ward

Adel & Wharfedale

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Ardsley & Robin Hood

Armley Armley is a district in the west of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It starts less than from Leeds city centre. Like much of Leeds, Armley grew in the Industrial Revolution and had several mills, one of which now houses the Leeds Industrial ...

Beeston & Holbeck

Bramley & Stanningley

Burmantofts & Richmond Hill

Calverley & Farsley

Chapel Allerton Chapel Allerton is an inner suburb of north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, from the city centre. It sits within the Chapel Allerton ward of Leeds City Council and had a population of 18,206 and 23,536 at the 2001 and 2011 census respe ...

Cross Gates & Whinmoor

Farnley & Wortley

Garforth & Swillington

Gipton & Harehills

Guiseley & Rawdon

Harewood

Headingley & Hyde Park

Horsforth Horsforth is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, five miles north-west of Leeds city centre. Historically a village within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 18,895 ...

Hunslet & Riverside

Killingbeck & Seacroft

Kippax & Methley

Kirkstall Kirkstall is a north-western suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, on the eastern side of the River Aire. The area sits in the Kirkstall (ward), Kirkstall electoral ward, ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds Central and Headingley (UK Parl ...

Little London & Woodhouse

Middleton Park

Moortown

Morley North

Morley South

Otley & Yeadon

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Rothwell

Roundhay Roundhay is a large suburb in north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Roundhay had a population of 22,546 in 2011. It sits in the Roundhay (ward), Roundhay electoral, ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds North East (UK Parliament constituen ...

Temple Newsam Temple Newsam (historically Temple Newsham), is a Tudor- Jacobean house in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, with grounds landscaped by Capability Brown. The house is a Grade I listed building, one of nine Leeds Museums and Galleries sites and ...

Weetwood Weetwood is an area between Headingley and Meanwood in north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is bounded on the north by the A6120 (Outer Ring Road), on the west by the A660 (Otley Road), on the east by Meanwood Beck and to the sout ...

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Notes

References

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Leeds City Council election, 2022