The 2004 Leeds City Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of

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Council in England. Following a full boundary review of Leeds'

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by the

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, all of the council's 99 seats were contested on the new

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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

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agreed to take control of the council in a formal

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, the first non-Labour administration in 24 years since 1980.

Election result

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

Ward results

By-elections between 2004 and 2006

References

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