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 UK local elections across England and Northern Ireland.
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
|- style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;" ! scope="row" colspan="2" | Total | 175 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 172,076 | 366,927
The election result had the following consequences for the political composition of the council: Party2018 electionNew council Labour 61 57 Conservative 22 23 Liberal Democrat 6 8 Morley Borough Independents 5 5 Garforth and Swillington Independents 3 3 Green 2 3 Total 99 99 Working majority
Councillors who did not stand for re-election +Councillor/s who did not stand for re-election (4) Councillor Ward First elected Party Reason Successor Little London & Woodhouse 1995 Labour stood down Abigail Marshall Katung (Labour) Armley 1990 Labour stood down Lou Cunningham (Labour) Temple Newsam 1980 Labour stood down Nicole Sharpe (Labour) Keith Wakefield Kippax & Methley 1988 Labour stood down Mirelle Midgley (Labour)
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
Alwoodley
Ardsley & Robin Hood
Armley
Beeston & Holbeck
Bramley & Stanningley
Burmantofts & Richmond Hill
Calverley & Farsley
Chapel Allerton
Cross Gates & Whinmoor
Farnley & Wortley
Garforth & Swillington
Gipton & Harehills
Guiseley & Rawdon
Harewood
Headingley & Hyde Park
Horsforth
Hunslet & Riverside
Killingbeck & Seacroft
Kippax & Methley
Kirkstall
Little London & Woodhouse
Middleton Park
Moortown
Morley North Since vacating his seat at the 2018 Election 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
Otley & Yeadon
Pudsey
Rothwell
Roundhay
Temple Newsam
Weetwood
Wetherby
By-elections between 2019 and 2020
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