2004 Leeds City Council election

The 2004 Leeds City Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in England.

2004 Leeds City Council election
10 June 2004
All 99 seats on Leeds City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Keith Wakefield Mark Harris Andrew Carter
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats won 40 26 24
Seat change 12 6 2
Popular vote 70,441 56,752 65,204
Percentage 29.1% 23.4% 26.9%
Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Morley Borough Independents in dark green and Greens in light green
Council control before election

Majority administration
Labour

 Council control after election

No Overall Control
Liberal Democrat-Conservative Coalition

Following a full boundary review of Leeds' electoral wards by the Boundary Committee for England, all of the council's 99 seats were contested on the new ward boundaries. The previous all-out election in Leeds was in 1980.

The election saw the previously Labour-run council falling into no overall control. The Liberal Democrats and Conservatives agreed to take control of the council in a formal coalition, the first non-Labour administration in 24 years since 1980.

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