Election Name: | 2007 Leeds City Council election |
Country: | England |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2006 |
Previous Year: | 2006 |
Next Election: | 2008 |
Next Year: | 2008 |
Majority Seats: | 50 |
Election Date: | 3 May 2007 |
Turnout: | 37.52% (1.62%) |
Leader1: | Keith Wakefield |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 16 seats, 31.6% |
Seats1: | 15 |
Seats After1: | 43 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Popular Vote1: | 65,260 |
Percentage1: | 32.5% |
Leader2: | Mark Harris |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election2: | 8 seats, 21.4% |
Seats2: | 8 |
Seats After2: | 24 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 39,529 |
Percentage2: | 19.7% |
Leader3: | Andrew Carter |
Party3: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election3: | 7 seats, 27.0% |
Seats3: | 7 |
Seats After3: | 22 |
Seat Change3: | 2 |
Popular Vote3: | 53,829 |
Percentage3: | 27.0% |
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 2007 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England.
As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were contested. Those seats up for election were those of the second-placed candidate elected for every ward at the 2004 all-out election, who had been granted a three year term to expire in 2007.
Despite Labour gaining three council seats, the council remained in no overall control as no political party had an overall majority of councillors. In coalition since 2004, the Liberal Democrat and Conservative council administration continued.[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" | 2006 election | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Prior to election | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 40 | 40 | 43 | ||||
Liberal Democrat | 26 | 25 | 24 | ||||
Conservative | 24 | 24 | 22 | ||||
Morley Borough Independent | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Green | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
BNP | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Independent | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Total | 99 | 99 | 99 | ||||
Working majority |