The 2007 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members of

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. As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were contested. Those seats up for election were those of the second-placed candidate elected for every ward at the 2004 all-out election, who had been granted a three year term to expire in 2007. Despite

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gaining three council seats, the council remained in no overall control as no

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had an

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since

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, the

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and

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council

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continued.

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

Ward results

Notes

References

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