Majority administration Labour Majority administration Labour The 2016 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2016 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England.

The Labour Party retained all 21 of their contested council seats, maintaining their majority control of the council with a total of 63 of the 99 elected councillors.

It was the second election in a row in which no party gained or lost any seats.

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:[2][3] Incumbent Labour councillors, Debra Coupar (Cross Gates & Whinmoor), Roger Harington (Gipton & Harehills) and Janette Walker (Headingley), all stood for new wards.

Harington lost to the Liberal Democrats in Weetwood.