Elections to
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 ...
were held on 1 May 1975. One third of the seats, as well as an extra vacancy in
Aireborough
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, were up for election.
Labour
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had gained a seat from a by-election in
Burley in the interim, prompted by the arrest of incumbent
Conservative
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Ray Forbes in connection with arms smuggling.
The election resulted in a substantial swing to the Conservatives, helping them gain six seats in total, with four from Labour (Burley,
Kirkstall
Kirkstall is a north-western suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, on the eastern side of the River Aire. The area sits in the Kirkstall ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds West parliamentary constituency, represented by Rachel Reeves. Th ...
, ''
Pudsey
Pudsey is a market town in the City of Leeds, City of Leeds Borough in West Yorkshire, England. It is located midway between Bradford, Bradford city centre and Leeds city centre. Historic counties of England, Historically in the West Riding of ...
South'' and
Wortley) and two from the
Liberals (
Horsforth
Horsforth is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish within the City of Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England, lying about five miles north-west of Leeds city centre. Historically a village within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a p ...
and
Otley
Otley is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish at a bridging point on the River Wharfe, in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. Historic counties of England, Historically a part of the West Ridi ...
). This established the Conservatives as the largest party on the council, but with the council remaining under
no overall control.
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Election result
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Ward results
References
{{Leeds Council elections
1975 English local elections
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
1970s in Leeds