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The 2022 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2022 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. 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 casual vacancies in the Horsforth and Roundhay wards.
The modern city council was established in 1974, with the first elections being held in advance in 1973. Under the Local Government Act 1972, the area of the County Borough of Leeds was combined with those of the Municipal Borough of Morley, the Municipal Borough of Pudsey, Aireborough Urban District, Horsforth Urban District, Otley Urban District, Garforth Urban District, Rothwell Urban ...
The 1959 Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 7 May 1959, [1] with one third of the seats and extra vacancies in East Hunslet and Stanningley up for election. [ 2 ] Mirroring their national recovery, [ 1 ] the Conservatives achieved a 3% swing [ 3 ] to win the popular vote and make the only gain of the night in the marginal Wortley ...
The 1967 Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 11 May 1967, [1] with one third of the council up for election as well as vacancies in the wards of Woodhouse and Wortley. [2] The final election on present boundaries, the Conservatives won a decisive victory on a 3.8% swing [3] to a record share and their highest vote in over fifteen years.
The 1957 Leeds municipal elections were held 9 May 1957, [1] with one third of the council up for election, alongside extra vacancies in the City, Halton and Woodhouse wards. [ 2 ]
The 2024 Leeds City Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024. It was held on the same day as the second West Yorkshire mayoral election and other local elections across the United Kingdom. [3] The Labour Party maintained control of the council, with their seat count holding
Morley town hall, one of the towns forming the borough Leeds Civic Hall on Millennium Square, meeting place of Leeds City Council. Leeds City Council is the local authority of the district. The council is composed of 99 councillors, three for each of the city's 33 wards. Elections are held three years out of four, on the first Thursday of May.
The 1945 Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 1 November 1945. [1] Although a third of the council would ordinarily be up for election, the suspension of elections during World War II meant the council had last held elections in 1938, and with the amount of vacancies and co-options throughout near to two-thirds of the council needed electing.