2012 Leeds City Council election

The 2012 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members to Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections across the UK.

2012 Leeds City Council election
3 May 2012
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 22 seats, 46.8% 7 seats, 27.1% 2 seats, 13.6%
Seats won 21 6 3
Seats after 63 19 10
Seat change 8 2 6
Popular vote 80,312 38,376 22,619
Percentage 46.0% 22.0% 13.0%
Labour in red (21), Conservatives in blue (6), Liberal Democrats in yellow (3), 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

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 2008.

Since taking majority control of the council in 2011, the Labour council administration increased their total number of councillors from 55 to 63. They won eight more seats at the election, including six from the Liberal Democrats.

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