2014 Leeds City Council election

2014 Leeds City Council election

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33 of the 99 seats on Leeds City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Keith Wakefield Andrew Carter Stewart Golton
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 21 seats, 46.0% 6 seats, 22.0% 3 seats, 13.0%
Seats won 20 6 4
Seats after 63 18 9
Seat change Steady Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 71,602 39,953 18,867
Percentage 38.6 21.5 10.2

Labour in red (20), Conservatives in blue (6), Liberal Democrats in yellow (4), Morley Borough Independents in dark green (2) and Greens in light green (1).

Council control before election

Majority administration
Labour

Council control after election

Majority administration
Labour

The 2014 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 22 May 2014 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as the 2014 European Parliament election and other local elections across the UK.

As per the election cycle, one third of the council's seats were up for election. The councillors subsequently elected replaced those elected when their individual seats were previously contested in 2010.

The Labour Party had been in overall control of the council since 2011 and their majority was unchanged following this election after winning 20 of the 33 seats contested.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Statement of Persons Nominated Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine Leeds City Council
  2. ^ "Vote 2014 Leeds". BBC News Online. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Leeds City Council Election Results 3 May 2012". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.