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
Seat totals, 1973–2012

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in controlAdministrationYears
No overall controlLabour minority1973–1976
ConservativeConservative majority1976–1979
No overall controlConservative minority1979–1980
LabourLabour majority1980–2004
No overall controlLib Dem-Conservative Coalition2004–2010
Labour minority2010–2011
LabourLabour majority2011–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]

Popular vote shares, 1973–2012
Popular vote figures, 1973–2012


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

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-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning party
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
  1. "Councillors' roles and responsibilities". Leeds City Council. Archived from the original on 19 February 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  2. "Leeds". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  3. "Leeds council". BBC Online. Retrieved 24 September 2008.
  4. "Councillor Gerald Wilkinson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  5. "Wetherby councillor dies after short illness". wetherbynews.co.uk. Wetherby News. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
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