| Election Name: | 2023 Leeds City Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2022 Leeds City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2022 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Leeds City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Seats For Election: | 33 of 99 seats on Leeds City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 50 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2023 |
| Turnout: | 31.17 (2.53%) |
| Leader1: | James Lewis |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 22 seats, 44.1% |
| Seats1: | 22 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Seats After1: | 61 |
| Popular Vote1: | 81,752 |
| Percentage1: | 44.4% |
| Leader2: | Andrew Carter |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 6 seats, 27.0% |
| Seats2: | 4 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Seats After2: | 18 |
| Popular Vote2: | 41,078 |
| Percentage2: | 22.3% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | James Lewis |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Election: | James Lewis |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 2023 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 4 May 2023 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.
The 2023 elections were the first to be held following the introduction of Voter ID requirements for those voting in person at polling stations across the entire country. The council announced that a total of 225 voters were turned away from the polls for a lack of ID and did not return.
As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were contested.
The Labour Party maintained their majority control of the council, repeating the net gain of 3 seats they achieved in 2022. The Social Democratic Party were the only party to gain a seat from Labour, winning their second council seat in Middleton Park.
As a result of Labour gaining Weetwood, the Liberal Democrats were no longer the clear third party on the council for the first time, equalling the 6 seats of the Morley Borough Independents.[1]
|- style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;"! scope="row" colspan="2" | Total| 175| 33| 6| 6| | 100%| 100%| 184,242|
The election result had the following consequences for the political composition of the council:
| Party | 2022 election | Prior to election | New council | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 58 | 56 | 61 | ||
| Conservative | 21 | 21 | 18 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 7 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Morley Borough Independents | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Green | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Garforth and Swillington Independents | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| SDP | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Vacant | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 99 | 99 | 99 | ||
| Working majority | |||||
| Councillor | Ward | First elected | Party | Reason | Successor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [2] | Farnley and Wortley | 2019 | Green | stood down[3] | Adrian McCluskey (Labour) | ||
| [4] | Alwoodley | 1990 | Conservative | stood down[5] | Lyn Buckley (Conservative) | ||
| [6] | Kirkstall | 1976 | Labour | stood down[7] | Andy Rontree (Labour) | ||
| [8] | Gipton and Harehills | 2010 | stood down[9] | Asghar Ali (Labour) | |||
| [10] | Kippax and Methley | 2019 | stood down[11] | Michael Millar (Labour) | |||
| [12] | Ardsley and Robin Hood | 2004 | stood down[13] | Stephen Holroyd-Case (Labour) | |||
| [14] | Burmantofts and Richmond Hill | 2016 | stood down[15] | Nkele Manaka (Labour) | |||
| Paul Truswell[16] | Middleton Park | 1982, 2012 | stood down[17] | Emma Pogson-Golden (SDP) | |||
| [18] | Headingley and Hyde Park | 2011 | resigned office[19] [20] | Abdul Hannan (Labour) | |||
Incumbent Labour councillor, Julie Heselwood, stood successfully in the Weetwood ward. She did not stand for re-election in Bramley and Stanningley.[21]