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 Labour Party maintained their majority control of the council, with a net gain of three seats. The Social Democratic Party formed in 1990 secured its only council seat in the United Kingdom.
Election summary
|- style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;" ! scope="row" colspan="2" | Total | 167 | 35 | 5 | 5 | | 100.0 | 100.0 | 210,400 | 12,247
The election result had the following consequences for the political composition of the council:
Party2021 electionPrior to electionNew council Labour 54 52 58 Conservative 24 23 21 Liberal Democrat 8 8 7 Morley Borough Independents 6 6 6 Garforth and Swillington Independents 3 3 3 Green 3 3 3 SDP 0 0 1 Independent 1 2 0 Vacant 0 2 0 Total 99 99 99 Working majority
Councillors who did not stand for re-election +Councillor/s who did not stand for re-election (10) Councillor Ward First elected Party Reason Successor Weetwood 2012 Liberal Democrats stood down Izaak Wilson (Labour) Moortown 2011 Labour stood down Mahalia France-Mir (Labour) Killingbeck and Seacroft 2018 (as Labour) Independent stood down John Tudor (Labour) Morley South 2004 Morley Borough Independents stood down Oliver Newton (Morley Borough Independents) Beeston and Holbeck 1996 Labour deselected Annie Maloney (Labour) Roundhay 2018 Labour resigned office Jordan Bowden (Labour) Burmantofts and Richmond Hill 1982, 2010 (as Labour) Independent stood down Luke Farley (Labour) Middleton Park 2010 Labour stood down Wayne Dixon (SDP) Guiseley & Rawdon 2000 Conservative stood down Eleanor Thomson (Labour) Horsforth 2018 Conservative resigned office John Garvani (Labour)
Results by ward 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
Morley South
Otley & Yeadon
Pudsey
Rothwell
Roundhay
Temple Newsam
Weetwood
Wetherby
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