The 2015 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 7 May 2015 to elect members of

Leeds City Council Leeds City Council is the local authority of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in West Yorkshire and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of l ...

in England. It was held on the same day as the 2015 general election and other local elections across the UK. 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

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. No

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gained or lost any seats and the Labour Party retained all 22 of their contested council seats and their majority control of the council since

Election summary

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

The

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results listed below are based on the changes from the 2011 elections, not taking into account any mid-term

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s or party defections.

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References

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2010s in Leeds