Political Composition
The council is composed of 99 councillors, three for each of the city's wards. Following the 2011 Local Elections, the Council is run by a Labour administration. Between 2004 and 2011 elections in resulted in no overall control. The council was run by a coalition of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats until 2010, latterly with support from the Morley Borough Independents. During this period the leaders of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats took turns to hold the office of Leader for six months. From 2010 to 2011 the council was run by a minority Labour administration with support from two Green Party councillors. It was under no overall control until 1976 when the Conservatives took control until 1979, when it returned to no overall control. From 1980 to 2004 it was under Labour control. Elections are usually by thirds: 2004 saw all seats up for election due to boundary changes.
| Year | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Conservative | Others | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 63 | 10 | 19 | 7 | |||
| 2011 | 55 | 16 | 21 | 7 | |||
| 2010 | 48 | 21 | 22 | 8 | |||
| 2009 | 42 | 23 | 23 | 10 | |||
| 2008 | 43 | 24 | 22 | 10 | |||
| 2007 | 43 | 24 | 22 | 10 | |||
| 2006 | 40 | 26 | 24 | 9 | |||
| 2004 | 40 | 26 | 24 | 9 | |||
| 2003 | 52 | 22 | 20 | 5 | |||
| 2002 | 57 | 20 | 18 | 4 | |||
| 2000 | 61 | 19 | 16 | 3 | |||
| 1999 | 71 | 14 | 12 | 2 | |||
| 1998 | 80 | 9 | 9 | 1 | |||
Read more about this topic: Leeds City Council
Famous quotes containing the words political and/or composition:
“Of all my prosecutors ... not one is my peer, but each and all are my political sovereigns; and had your honor submitted my case to the jury, as was clearly your duty, then I should have had just cause of protest, for not one of those men was my peer; but, native or foreign born, white or black, rich or poor, educated or ignorant, sober or drunk, each and every man of them was my political superior; hence, in no sense, my peer.”
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)
“Boswell, when he speaks of his Life of Johnson, calls it my magnum opus, but it may more properly be called his opera, for it is truly a composition founded on a true story, in which there is a hero with a number of subordinate characters, and an alternate succession of recitative and airs of various tone and effect, all however in delightful animation.”
—James Boswell (1740–1795)