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2011 Leeds City Council election

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FieldValue
election_name2011 Leeds City Council election
countryEngland
typeParliamentary
ongoingno
party_colouryes
previous_election2010
previous_year2010
next_election2012
next_year2012
seats_for_election33 of the 99 seats on Leeds City Council
majority_seats50
election_date5 May 2011
leader1Keith Wakefield
party1Labour Party (UK)
last_election120 seats, 35.7%
seats121
seats_after155
seat_change17
popular_vote199,955
percentage146.8%
leader2Andrew Carter
party2Conservative Party (UK)
last_election26 seats, 26.6%
seats27
seats_after221
seat_change21
popular_vote257,927
percentage227.1%
leader3Stewart Golton
party3Liberal Democrats (UK)
last_election35 seats, 24.5%
seats32
seats_after316
seat_change35
popular_vote328,985
percentage313.6%
map_imageLeeds UK local election 2011 map.svg
map_size300px
map_captionLabour in red (21), Conservatives in blue (7), Liberal Democrats in yellow (2), Greens in light green (1) and Morley Borough Independents in dark green (1).
titleCouncil control
posttitleCouncil control after election
before_electionMinority administration
before_partyLabour
after_electionMajority administration
after_partyLabour

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.

Election summary

|seats % = 66.7 |votes % = 46.8 |plus/minus = +11.1 |seats % = 21.2 |votes % = 27.1 |plus/minus = +0.5 |seats % = 6.1 |votes % = 13.6 |plus/minus = -10.9 |seats % = 3.0 |votes % = 4.8 |plus/minus = +2.4 |seats % = 3.0 |votes % = 2.7 |plus/minus = +0.7 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 2.0 |plus/minus = +1.1 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.3 |plus/minus = +1.3 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.8 |plus/minus = +0.1 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.5 |plus/minus = -6.3 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.3 |plus/minus = -0.1 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = +0.1

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;"Conservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Liberal Democrats (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Morley Borough Independent}}; width: 3px;"Green Party of England and Wales}}; width: 3px;"Total9999Working majority
Labour4855
Conservative2221
Liberal Democrat2116
Morley Borough Independent65
Green22

Councillors who did not stand for re-election

CouncillorWardFirst electedPartyReasonSuccessor
Andrew BarkerHorsforth2000Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"Liberal Democratsstood down
Ruth FeldmanAlwoodley1999Conservative Party (UK)}}"Conservativestood down

Ward results

References

References

  1. "News: Leeds Council Election Results 2011: Labour Takes Control {{!}} What's on in Leeds {{!}} Eating Out in Leeds {{!}} Listings {{!}} Leeds Guide Magazine".
  2. "Elections 2011: England council elections - Leeds". BBC News.
  3. "Leeds local election 2011: Results in full". [[Yorkshire Evening Post]].
  4. "Local Elections 2011: Leeds". andrewteale.me.uk.
  5. "Councillor Andrew Barker". [[Leeds City Council]].
  6. "Councillor Ruth Feldman". [[Leeds City Council]].
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