| Election Name: | 2011 Leeds City Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2010 |
| Previous Year: | 2010 |
| Next Election: | 2012 |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Majority Seats: | 50 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 2011 |
| Leader1: | Keith Wakefield |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 20 seats, 35.7% |
| Seats1: | 21 |
| Seats After1: | 55 |
| Seat Change1: | 7 |
| Popular Vote1: | 99,955 |
| Percentage1: | 46.8% |
| Leader2: | Andrew Carter |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 6 seats, 26.6% |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seats After2: | 21 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 57,927 |
| Percentage2: | 27.1% |
| Leader3: | Stewart Golton |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 5 seats, 24.5% |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 16 |
| Seat Change3: | 5 |
| Popular Vote3: | 28,985 |
| Percentage3: | 13.6% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Minority administration |
| Before Party: | Labour |
| After Election: | Majority administration |
| After Party: | Labour |
The 2011 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect members of 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 2007.
After forming a minority administration following the 2010 election, the Labour Party regained overall control of the council for the first time since the council had been in no overall control in 2004. Labour gained seven seats, including four from the Liberal Democrats.[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 | 48 | 55 | |||
| Conservative | 22 | 21 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 21 | 16 | |||
| Morley Borough Independent | 6 | 5 | |||
| Green | 2 | 2 | |||
| Total | 99 | 99 | |||
| Working majority | |||||
| Councillor | Ward | First elected | Party | Reason | Successor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Barker[5] | Horsforth | 2000 | Liberal Democrats | stood down | Dawn Collins (Conservative) | ||
| Ruth Feldman[6] | Alwoodley | 1999 | Conservative | stood down | Dan Cohen (Conservative) | ||