The 1999 Leeds City Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election, as well as a vacancy each in Horsforth, Moortown and Wetherby. Prior to the election, the Liberal Democrats had gained a seat in Bramley from Labour, and Hunslet councillor, Mark Davies, had defected from Labour to Independent Socialist.
Labour stayed in overall control of the council.[1] Overall turnout in the election was 27.3%.[2]
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- ^ "Election of Councillors : 6th May 1999". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 October 1999. Retrieved 6 August 2018.