Election Name: | 2004 Leeds City Council election |
Country: | England |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2003 |
Previous Year: | 2003 |
Next Election: | 2006 |
Next Year: | 2006 |
Majority Seats: | 50 |
Election Date: | 10 June 2004 |
Leader1: | Keith Wakefield |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats1: | 40 |
Seat Change1: | 12 |
Popular Vote1: | 70,441 |
Percentage1: | 29.1% |
Leader2: | Mark Harris |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats2: | 26 |
Seat Change2: | 6 |
Popular Vote2: | 56,752 |
Percentage2: | 23.4% |
Leader3: | Andrew Carter |
Party3: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats3: | 24 |
Seat Change3: | 2 |
Popular Vote3: | 65,204 |
Percentage3: | 26.9% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Majority administration |
Before Party: | Labour |
After Election: | No Overall Control |
After Party: | Liberal Democrat-Conservative Coalition |
The 2004 Leeds City Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in England.
Following a full boundary review of Leeds' electoral wards by the Boundary Committee for England, all of the council's 99 seats were contested on the new ward boundaries. The previous all-out election in Leeds was in 1980.
The election saw the previously Labour-run council falling into no overall control. The Liberal Democrats and Conservatives agreed to take control of the council in a formal coalition, the first non-Labour administration in 24 years since 1980.[1] [2]
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 | 52 | 40 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 20 | 26 | |||
Conservative | 22 | 24 | |||
Morley Borough Independent | 2 | 6 | |||
Green | 3 | 3 | |||
Total | 99 | 99 | |||
Working majority |