The 2006 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 4 May 2006 to elect members of

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. As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were contested, plus an additional vacancy in Killingbeck & Seacroft

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. Those seats up for election were those of the third-placed candidate elected for every ward at the 2004 all-out election, who had been granted a two-year term to expire in 2006. The only party to gain a seat was the

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, defeating the

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in Morley South to elect their first and only councillor to date. With the council remaining in no overall control, the election result saw the

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and

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coalition administration continue their control of the council.

Election result

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

Councillors who did not stand for re-election

Incumbent

councillor, Stewart Golton (

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), was elected to represent a new ward, succeeding Mitchell Galdas in Rothwell.

Ward results

References

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