1983 Leeds City Council election

Elections to Leeds City Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1983, with one third of the council to be elected.

[1] The unwinding of much of Alliance's momentum helped Labour defend most of their 1982 losses, with the Conservative and Alliance gains restricted to a seat apiece in Morley North and Burmantofts respectively.

The Conservative ousted by the Alliance gain in ultra-marginal Horsforth the year before won his way back onto the council with the only other gain of the night.

[1] This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

Map of the results for the 1983 Leeds council election.