2019 Leeds City Council election


The 2019 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections across England and the rest of the UK.
As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were up for election. This followed the re-election of all of the 99 council seats in the 2018 all-out council election. It had resulted from an electoral ward boundary review and saw the election of three councillors for each of the 33 electoral wards and their new ward boundaries. The third-placed candidate elected in every ward was granted a single year term and their seats are up for election this year.
Elected councillors were granted the usual four-year term until 2023 in order to return to the typical election cycle of elections in three of every four years.
The Labour Party maintained their majority control of the council despite losing four seats, also retaining their one Calverley and Farsley councillor by 27 votes.

Election summary

Current council composition

The current composition of the council following the elections stands as:

Councillors who did not stand for re-election

Incumbent Morley Borough Independent councillor, Tom Leadley, did not stand again for Morley North ward, standing unsuccessfully in the neighbouring ward of Ardsley & Robin Hood.

Ward results

Adel & Wharfedale">Adel and Wharfedale (ward)">Adel & Wharfedale

Alwoodley">Alwoodley (ward)">Alwoodley

Ardsley & Robin Hood">Ardsley and Robin Hood (ward)">Ardsley & Robin Hood

Armley">Armley (ward)">Armley

Beeston & Holbeck">Beeston and Holbeck (ward)">Beeston & Holbeck

Bramley & Stanningley">Bramley and Stanningley (ward)">Bramley & Stanningley

[Burmantofts and [Richmond Hill (ward)|Burmantofts & Richmond Hill]]

Calverley & Farsley">Calverley and Farsley (ward)">Calverley & Farsley

Chapel Allerton">Chapel Allerton (ward)">Chapel Allerton

Cross Gates & Whinmoor">Cross Gates and Whinmoor (ward)">Cross Gates & Whinmoor

Farnley & Wortley">Farnley and Wortley (ward)">Farnley & Wortley

Garforth & Swillington">Garforth and Swillington (ward)">Garforth & Swillington

Gipton & Harehills">Gipton and Harehills (ward)">Gipton & Harehills

Guiseley & Rawdon">Guiseley and Rawdon (ward)">Guiseley & Rawdon

Harewood">Harewood (ward)">Harewood

[Headingley and [Hyde Park (ward)|Headingley & Hyde Park]]

Horsforth">Horsforth (ward)">Horsforth

Hunslet & Riverside">Hunslet and Riverside (ward)">Hunslet & Riverside

Killingbeck & Seacroft">Killingbeck and Seacroft (ward)">Killingbeck & Seacroft

Kippax & Methley">Kippax and Methley (ward)">Kippax & Methley

Kirkstall">Kirkstall (ward)">Kirkstall

Little London & Woodhouse">Little London and Woodhouse (ward)">Little London & Woodhouse

Middleton Park">Middleton Park (ward)">Middleton Park

Moortown">Moortown (ward)">Moortown

Morley North">Morley North (ward)">Morley North

Since vacating his seat at the 2018 to stand for Morley South ward, Robert Finnigan was re-elected to the council whilst incumbent MBI councillor Tom Leadley stood in Ardsley & Robin Hood ward.

Morley South">Morley South (ward)">Morley South

Otley & Yeadon">Otley and Yeadon (ward)">Otley & Yeadon

Pudsey">Pudsey (ward)">Pudsey

Rothwell">Rothwell (ward)">Rothwell

Roundhay">Roundhay (ward)">Roundhay

Temple Newsam">Temple Newsam (ward)">Temple Newsam

Weetwood">Weetwood (ward)">Weetwood

Wetherby">Wetherby (ward)">Wetherby

By-elections between 2019 and 2020