| Election Name: | 2006 Leeds City Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2004 |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2007 |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
| Majority Seats: | 50 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2006 |
| Turnout: | 35.9% |
| Leader1: | Keith Wakefield |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 40 seats, 29.1% |
| Seats1: | 16 |
| Seats After1: | 40 |
| Popular Vote1: | 62,957 |
| Percentage1: | 31.6% |
| Swing1: | 2.5% |
| Leader2: | Mark Harris |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 26 seats, % |
| Seats2: | 8 |
| Seats After2: | 26 |
| Popular Vote2: | 42,554 |
| Percentage2: | 21.4% |
| Swing2: | 2.0% |
| Leader3: | Andrew Carter |
| Party3: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 24 seats, 26.9% |
| Seats3: | 7 |
| Seats After3: | 24 |
| Popular Vote3: | 53,693 |
| Percentage3: | 27.0% |
| Swing3: | 0.1% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Coalition |
| Before Party: | Liberal Democrats and Conservatives |
| After Election: | Coalition |
| After Party: | Liberal Democrats and Conservatives |
The 2006 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 4 May 2006 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England.
As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were contested, plus an additional vacancy in Killingbeck & Seacroft ward. 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 British National Party, defeating the Morley Borough Independents 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 Liberal Democrat and Conservative coalition administration continue their control of the council.[1] [2] [3] [4]
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
| valign=centre colspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 40 | 40 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 26 | 26 | |||
| Conservative | 24 | 24 | |||
| Morley Borough Independent | 6 | 5 | |||
| Green | 3 | 3 | |||
| BNP | 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 99 | 99 | |||
| Working majority | |||||
| Councillor | Ward | First elected | Party | Reason | Successor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gareth Beevers | Morley South | 2004 | Morley Borough Independents | stood down | Christopher Beverley (British National Party) | ||
| Stuart Bruce | Middleton Park | 1999 | Labour | stood down | Debra Coupar (Labour) | ||
| Michael Davey | Killingbeck & Seacroft | 2002 | Labour | stood down | Vonnie Morgan (Labour) | ||
| Mitchell Galdas | Rothwell | 2004 | Liberal Democrats | stood down | Stewart Golton (Liberal Democrats) | ||
| Claire Nash | Farnley & Wortley | 2000 | Green | stood down | Luke Russell (Green) | ||
Incumbent Liberal Democrat councillor, Stewart Golton (Weetwood), was elected to represent a new ward, succeeding Mitchell Galdas in Rothwell.