Leeds City Council elections
One third of Leeds City Council in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England is elected each year, followed by no election in one year out of every four years. A total of 99 councillors have been elected from 33 electoral wards across Leeds since 1980.[1]
Political control[]
Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
Party in control | Administration | Years |
---|---|---|
No overall control | Labour minority | 1973–1976 |
Conservative | Conservative majority | 1976–1979 |
No overall control | Conservative minority | 1979–1980 |
Labour | Labour majority | 1980–2004 |
No overall control | Lib Dem-Conservative Coalition | 2004–2010 |
Labour minority | 2010–2011 | |
Labour | Labour majority | 2011–present |
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.[3]
Year | Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrats | Independent | Greens | Morley Borough Independents | BNP | |||||||
1973 | 44 | 38 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1975 | 41 | 43 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1976 | 38 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1978 | 39 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1979 | 44 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1980 | 62 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1982 | 56 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1983 | 54 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1984 | 53 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1986 | 58 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1987 | 58 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1988 | 59 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1990 | 66 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1991 | 68 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1992 | 67 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1994 | 67 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1995 | 75 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1996 | 83 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1998 | 80 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1999 | 71 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
2000 | 61 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
2002 | 57 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
2003 | 52 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
2004 | 40 | 24 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
2006 | 40 | 24 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
2007 | 43 | 22 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
2008 | 43 | 22 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
2010 | 48 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
2011 | 55 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
2012 | 63 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
2014 | 63 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
2015 | 63 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
2016 | 63 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
2018 | 61 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
2019 | 57 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Borough result maps[]
1980 results map, with new ward boundaries
1982 results map
1983 results map
1984 results map
1986 results map
1987 results map
1988 results map
1990 results map
1991 results map
1992 results map
1994 results map
1995 results map
1996 results map
1998 results map, with first Green councillor
1999 results map
2000 results map
2002 results map
2003 results map
2004 results map, with new ward boundaries
2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2010 results map
2011 results map
2012 results map
2014 results map
2015 results map
2016 results map
2018 results map, with new ward boundaries
2019 results map
2021 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 Wetherby ward councillor, Gerald Wilkinson, in October 2019.[4][5]
Ward by-election | Date | Incumbent party | Winning party | ||
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Headingley by-election | 28 February 1974 | Conservative | Conservative | ||
Burley by-election | 21 November 1974 | Conservative | Labour | ||
Burley by-election | 8 January 1975 | Labour | Labour | ||
Beeston by-election | 27 September 1984 | Labour | Labour | ||
Aireborough by-election | 18 August 1986 | Conservative | Alliance | ||
Armley by-election | 8 December 1988 | SLD | Labour | ||
Burmantofts by-election | 15 June 1989 | SLD | Labour | ||
Morley North by-election | Labour | Labour | |||
City & Holbeck by-election | 30 November 1989 | Labour | Labour | ||
Wetherby by-election | 23 July 1992 | Conservative | Conservative | ||
Richmond Hill by-election | 26 October 1995 | Labour | Labour | ||
Beeston by-election | 14 November 1996 | Labour | Labour | ||
Headingley by-election | 10 July 1997 | Labour | Labour | ||
Whinmoor by-election | 21 August 1997 | Labour | Labour | ||
Bramley by-election | 6 August 1998 | Labour | Liberal Democrats | ||
Harehills by-election | 13 April 2000 | Labour | Liberal Democrats | ||
Morley North by-election | 7 June 2001 | Labour | Labour | ||
University by-election | Labour | Labour | |||
Moortown by-election | 19 July 2001 | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats | ||
Headingley by-election | 28 July 2005 | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats | ||
Farnley & Wortley by-election | 18 September 2008 | Green | Green | ||
Temple Newsam by-election | 2 April 2009 | Labour | Conservative | ||
Hyde Park & Woodhouse by-election | 18 February 2010 | Liberal Democrats | Labour | ||
Guiseley & Rawdon by-election | 14 October 2010 | Conservative | Conservative | ||
Cross Gates & Whinmoor by-election | 2 May 2013 | Labour | Labour | ||
Wetherby by-election | 12 December 2019 | Conservative | Conservative |
References[]
- ^ "Councillors' roles and responsibilities". Leeds City Council. Archived from the original on 19 February 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ "Leeds". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ "Leeds council". BBC Online. Retrieved 24 September 2008.
- ^ "Councillor Gerald Wilkinson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Wetherby councillor dies after short illness". wetherbynews.co.uk. Wetherby News. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
External links[]
- Leeds City Council elections
- Council elections in West Yorkshire
- Local government in Leeds
- Elections in Leeds
- Metropolitan borough council elections in England