2022 Leeds City Council election

2022 Leeds City Council election
5 May 2022
35 of 99 seats on Leeds City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout33.7% ( 3.97%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader James Lewis Andrew Carter
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 19 seats, 42.4% 9 seats, 31.8%
Seats won 22 6
Seats after 58 21
Seat change 3 3
Popular vote 92,818 56,864
Percentage 44.1% 27.0%
Map of the results of the election by ward
Council Control before election

Majority administration
Labour

 Subsequent council control

Majority administration
Labour

The 2022 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2022 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were contested alongside two casual vacancies in the Horsforth and Roundhay wards.

The Labour Party maintained their majority control of the council, with a net gain of three seats. The Social Democratic Party formed in 1990 secured its only council seat in the United Kingdom.

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