Leeds Council
| Leeds City Council | |
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| Third of council elected three years out of four | |
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Council logo
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| Type | |
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| Houses | Unicameral |
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Term limits
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None |
| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 1974 |
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New session started
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25 May 2017 (Municipal year 2017/2018) |
| Leadership | |
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Leader
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Judith Blake, Labour
Since 21 May 2015 |
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Jane Dowson
Since 25 May 2017 |
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 99 councillors |
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Joint committees
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West Yorkshire Combined Authority |
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60 / 99
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19 / 99
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9 / 99
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5 / 99
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3 / 99
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2 / 99
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1 / 99
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| Elections | |
| Multiple member first-past-the-post | |
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Last election
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5 May 2016 |
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Next election
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2018 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Leeds Civic Hall | |
| Website | |
| www |
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| 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. Since 1 April 2014 it has been a constituent council of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
Leeds (often spelled Leedes) was a manor and then a town, receiving a charter from King Charles I as a 'Free Borough' in 1626 giving it powers of self-government, leading to the formation of the Leeds Corporation to administer it. The leader was an alderman, the first holder being Sir John Savile. A second charter, in 1661 from King Charles II, granted the title Mayor to Thomas Danby, The Corporation continued until 1835 when the Municipal Corporation Act was passed dissolving this and other town corporations and giving a new governance and electoral structure. In 1893 Leeds became a city and in 1897 the leader became Lord Mayor.
The modern city council was established in 1974, with the first elections being held in advance in 1973. Under the Local Government Act 1972, the area of the County Borough of Leeds was combined with those of the Municipal Borough of Morley, the Municipal Borough of Pudsey, Aireborough Urban District, Horsforth Urban District, Otley Urban District, Garforth Urban District, Rothwell Urban District and parts of Tadcaster Rural District, Wetherby Rural District and Wharfedale Rural District from the West Riding. The new Leeds district was one of five metropolitan districts in West Yorkshire. It was granted a borough and city status to become the City of Leeds.
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