| Election Name: | 2012 Leeds City Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2011 |
| Previous Year: | 2011 |
| Next Election: | 2014 |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Majority Seats: | 50 |
| Election Date: | 3 May 2012 |
| Leader1: | Keith Wakefield |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 22 seats, 46.8% |
| Seats1: | 21 |
| Seats After1: | 63 |
| Seat Change1: | 8 |
| Popular Vote1: | 80,312 |
| Percentage1: | 46.0% |
| Leader2: | Andrew Carter |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 7 seats, 27.1% |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seats After2: | 19 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 38,376 |
| Percentage2: | 22.0% |
| Leader3: | Stewart Golton |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 2 seats, 13.6% |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Seats After3: | 10 |
| Seat Change3: | 6 |
| Popular Vote3: | 22,619 |
| Percentage3: | 13.0% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Majority administration |
| Before Party: | Labour |
| After Election: | Majority administration |
| After Party: | Labour |
The 2012 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members to Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as 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 2008.
Since taking majority control of the council in 2011, the Labour council administration increased their total number of councillors from 55 to 63. They won eight more seats at the election, including six from the Liberal Democrats.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
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" | 2011 election | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 55 | 63 | |||
| Conservative | 21 | 19 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 16 | 10 | |||
| Morley Borough Independent | 5 | 5 | |||
| Green | 2 | 2 | |||
| Total | 99 | 99 | |||
| Working majority | |||||
| Councillor | Ward | First elected | Party | Reason | Successor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denise Atkinson MBE[6] | Bramley & Stanningley | 1980 | Labour | stood down | Caroline Gruen (Labour) | ||
| Ben Chastney[7] | Weetwood | 2008 | Liberal Democrats | stood down | Jonathan Bentley (Liberal Democrats) | ||
| Geoff Driver[8] | Middleton Park | 1978 | Labour | stood down | Paul Truswell (Labour) | ||
| Penny Ewens[9] | Hyde Park & Woodhouse | 2008 | Liberal Democrats | stood down | Christine Towler (Labour) | ||
| Ronald Feldman[10] | Alwoodley | 1971 | Conservative | stood down | Neil Buckley (Conservative) | ||
| Graham Kirkland[11] | Otley & Yeadon | 1973, 1980, 2004 | Liberal Democrats | stood down | Sandy Lay (Liberal Democrats) | ||
| Matthew Lobley | Roundhay | 2003 | Conservative | stood down | Bill Urry (Labour) | ||
| Keith Parker[12] | Kippax & Methley | 1986 | Labour | stood down | Mary Harland (Labour) | ||
| Alan Taylor[13] | Gipton & Harehills | 1999 | Liberal Democrats | stood down | Roger Harington (Labour) | ||