Politics
Seacroft falls in the Seacroft and Killingbeck ward for the Leeds City Council local elections, in 2007 it voted for a Labour representative. Seacroft is also in the Leeds North East Constituency, which is represented by Labour MP Fabian Hamilton. Other estates on the fringes of Leeds in the Seacroft area come under Elmet which is also a Labour Stronghold and represented by former Foxwood School history teacher Colin Burgon, however there is a proposal to alter the boundaries, bringing these areas in with Seacroft and focusing Elmet on Wetherby, Garforth and Rothwell. The results of the 2007 local elections for the Seacroft and Killingbeck Ward were as follows:
- 1st - Vonnie Morgan (Lab) 2,789 (54.18%)
- 2nd - John Michael Powell (BNP) 862 (16.74%)
- 3rd - Sadie Fisher (Lib Dem) 799 (15.52%)
- 4th - Donald Holford Townsley (Con) 698 (13.56%)
Total Votes Cast:5148
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