Leeds City Council

Leeds City Council
Coat of arms
Council logo
Type
Type	Metropolitan district
Leadership
Lord Mayor	Abigail Marshall Katung, Labour since 24 May 2024
Leader	James Lewis, Labour since 24 February 2021
Chief Executive	Tom Riordan since August 2010
Structure
Seats	99 councillors
Political groups	Administration (61)   Labour (61) Other parties (38)   Conservative (14)   Liberal Democrats (6)   Green (5)   Morley Borough Ind. (4)   Garforth & Swillington Ind. (3)   SDP (3)   Independents (3)
Joint committees	West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Multiple member first-past-the-post
Last election	2 May 2024
Next election	7 May 2026
Meeting place
Civic Hall, Calverley Street, Leeds, LS1 1UR
Website
www.leeds.gov.uk
Constitution
Constitution

Leeds City Council is the local authority of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in West Yorkshire and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Leeds. It has the second-largest population of any council in the United Kingdom with approximately 800,000 inhabitants living within its area; only Birmingham City Council has more. Since 1 April 2014, it has been a constituent council of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.