2004 Leeds City Council election explained

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]

Election result

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"Partyvalign=top style="width: 30px"Previous councilvalign=top style="width: 30px"New council
Labour5240
Liberal Democrat2026
Conservative2224
Morley Borough Independent26
Green33
Total9999
Working majority

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Local elections . 2013-01-11 . BBC News Online.
  2. Web site: Declaration of Result of Poll . leeds.gov.uk . 2013-01-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101011031953/http://www.leeds.gov.uk/files/2004/week1/DB6E9FF685E3BD9280256EC3002A6374.pdf . 2010-10-11.