2006 Leeds City Council election

2006 Leeds City Council election

← 2004 4 May 2006 2007 →
33 of the 99 seats on Leeds City Council 50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	35.9%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Keith Wakefield Mark Harris Andrew Carter Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Last election 40 seats, 29.1% 26 seats, % 24 seats, 26.9% Seats won 16 8 7 Seats after 40 26 24 Seat change Popular vote 62,957 42,554 53,693 Percentage 31.6% 21.4% 27.0% Swing 2.5% 2.0% 0.1%
Labour in red (16), Liberal Democrats in yellow (8), Conservatives in blue (7), BNP in dark blue, Greens in light green (1) and Morley Borough Independents in dark green (1).
Council control before election Coalition Liberal Democrats and Conservatives Council control after election Coalition Liberal Democrats and Conservatives

The 2006 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 4 May 2006 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England.

As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were contested, plus an additional vacancy in Killingbeck & Seacroft ward. Those seats up for election were those of the third-placed candidate elected for every ward at the 2004 all-out election, who had been granted a two-year term to expire in 2006.

The only party to gain a seat was the British National Party, defeating the Morley Borough Independents in Morley South to elect their first and only councillor to date.

With the council remaining in no overall control, the election result saw the Liberal Democrat and Conservative coalition administration continue their control of the council.^[1][2][3][4]