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2004 Leeds City Council election

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FieldValue
election_name2004 Leeds City Council election
countryEngland
typeParliamentary
ongoingno
party_colouryes
previous_election2003
previous_year2003
next_election2006
next_year2006
seats_for_electionAll 99 seats on Leeds City Council
majority_seats50
election_date10 June 2004
leader1Keith Wakefield
party1Labour Party (UK)
seats140
seat_change112
popular_vote170,441
percentage129.1%
leader2Mark Harris
party2Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats226
seat_change26
popular_vote256,752
percentage223.4%
leader3Andrew Carter
party3Conservative Party (UK)
seats324
seat_change32
popular_vote365,204
percentage326.9%
map_imageLeeds UK local election 2004 map.svg
map_size300px
map_captionLabour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Morley Borough Independents in dark green and Greens in light green
titleCouncil control
posttitleCouncil control after election
before_electionMajority administration
before_partyLabour
after_electionNo Overall Control
after_partyLiberal 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.

Election result

|seats % = 40.4 |votes % = 29.1 |plus/minus = -6.4 |seats % = 26.3 |votes % = 23.4 |plus/minus = -1.6 |seats % = 24.2 |votes % = 26.9 |plus/minus = -2.2 |seats % = 6.1 |votes % = 2.6 |plus/minus = +2.6 |seats % = 3.0 |votes % = 6.0 |plus/minus = +1.7 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 7.7 |plus/minus = +4.9 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.9 |plus/minus = +0.0 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.6 |plus/minus = +0.5 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.4 |plus/minus = +0.4 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.2 |plus/minus = +0.2 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = -0.1 |seats % = 100.0 |votes % = 100.0 |plus/minus = 87,002

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew councilLabour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Liberal Democrats (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Conservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Morley Borough Independent}}; width: 3px;"Green Party of England and Wales}}; width: 3px;"Total9999Working majority
Labour5240
Liberal Democrat2026
Conservative2224
Morley Borough Independent26
Green33

Ward results

By-elections between 2004 and 2006

References

References

  1. "Local elections". BBC News.
  2. "Declaration of Result of Poll". leeds.gov.uk.
  3. "Candidates to face grilling from public". [[Yorkshire Evening Post]].
  4. "Local Authority Byelection Results". gwydir.demon.co.uk.
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