2021 Leeds City Council election

The 2021 Leeds City Council election will be held on Thursday 6 May 2021 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England.

2021 Leeds City Council election
6 May 2021
33 of the 99 seats on Leeds City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Judith Blake Andrew Carter Stewart Golton
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Middleton Park Calverley & Farsley Rothwell
Last election 19 seats, 38.4% 7 seats, 28.2% 3 seats, 11.7%
Current seats 57 23 7[lower-alpha 1]
Seats needed 22 43
Seats up 19 8 2
The map of the 33 electoral wards
Incumbent council control

Majority administration
Labour

The election was originally scheduled for 7 May 2020, alongside the 2020 West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner election and other local elections across the UK, but was delayed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] It is now expected it will also take place on the same day as the inaugural election of the Mayor of West Yorkshire.

As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats are being contested. The second-placed candidate elected for each electoral ward in the 2018 all-out council election was granted an initial two-year term and their seats will be contested in this election. Following the postponement of the election, the incumbent councillors' terms have been extended for an additional year. All councillors subsequently elected in 2021 will serve a one-off three-year term, instead of the usual four-year term, to retain their original term end date of 2024.

In July 2020, Rothwell ward councillor, Carmel Hall, died in office. No by-election will be required. In accordance with UK government regulations in response to COVID-19, all local government by-elections have been postponed to take place on 6 May 2021, the same date as the next council election when Hall's council term was due to expire and her seat to be contested.[3][4]

Councillors not standing for re-election
Councillor/s not standing for re-election (6 confirmed to date)
Councillor Ward First elected Party Reason
Neil Dawson[5] Morley South 2011 Labour standing down[6]
Peter Gruen[7] Cross Gates & Whinmoor 1983 (as Conservative), 1997 (as Labour) Labour standing down[8]
Carmel Hall[9] Rothwell 2018 Liberal Democrats died in office[10]
Mark Harrison[11] Pudsey 2018 Conservative standing down[12]
Christine Knight[13] Weetwood 2018 Labour standing down[14]
Angela Wenham[15] Roundhay 2018 Labour deselected[16]

Notes
    1. Figure does not include the Rothwell ward vacancy created following the death in office of Liberal Democrat councillor, Carmel Hall, in July 2020.[1]
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    References
    1. Maclure, Abbey (12 July 2020). "Tributes pour in for 'strong, compassionate and dedicated' Leeds councillor Carmel Hall". The Yorkshire Post.
    2. "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
    3. Maclure, Abbey (12 July 2020). "Tributes pour in for 'strong, compassionate and dedicated' Leeds councillor Carmel Hall". The Yorkshire Post.
    4. Johnston, Neil (6 May 2020). "Coronavirus: FAQs on postponed elections". House of Commons Library. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
    5. "Councillor Neil Dawson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
    6. "Councillor Neil Dawson". facebook.com. Councillor Neil Dawson. 8 February 2020.
    7. "Councillor Peter Gruen". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
    8. "Leeds councillor Peter Gruen to step down after quarter of a century". yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk. Yorkshire Evening Post. 17 February 2020.
    9. "Councillor Carmel Hall". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
    10. Maclure, Abbey (12 July 2020). "Tributes pour in for 'strong, compassionate and dedicated' Leeds councillor Carmel Hall". The Yorkshire Post.
    11. "Councillor Mark Harrison". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
    12. "Dawn Seary for Pudsey, Swinnow and Tyersal". facebook.com. Dawn Seary for Pudsey, Swinnow and Tyersal. 8 January 2020.
    13. "Councillor Christine Knight". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
    14. "Emma Flint". twitter.com. Emma Flint. 1 February 2020.
    15. "Councillor Angela Wenham". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
    16. "LabourLeedsBAME". twitter.com. LabourLeedsBAME. 17 October 2019.
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