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Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.

8 cycles in our data
33.0% all-time seats elected below the quota (111 of 336)
18.8% all-time seats unfairly awarded (63 of 336 across 8 cycles)

Cycles

Council composition as of 2026

101 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2026 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.

Most recent election (2026)

In 2026, 36 seats were up across 33 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 36 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Labour Party62,03423.9%925.0%925.0%0
Reform UK60,44523.3%822.2%925.0%-1
Green Party56,41321.7%719.4%822.2%-1
Conservative Party41,85316.1%719.4%616.7%+1
Liberal Democrats20,0257.7%25.6%38.3%-1
Morley Borough Independents7,3642.8%12.8%12.8%0
Garforth and Swillington Independents Party5,0071.9%12.8%00.0%+1
Social Democratic Party3,2701.3%12.8%00.0%+1
Independent2,6881.0%00.0%00.0%0
Yorkshire Party4730.2%00.0%00.0%0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition1380.1%00.0%00.0%0
Your Party620.0%00.0%00.0%0
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party430.0%00.0%00.0%0
UK Independence Party (UKIP)170.0%00.0%00.0%0
Total259,832100.0%36100.0%36100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Full ward-by-ward results for 2026 →

Composition history

One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.

2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

Ward by ward

Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.

Ward20162018201920212022202320242026
Adel and Wharfedale58%71%47%56%56%44%44%30%
Alwoodley52%62%55%58%60%50%49%57%
Ardsley and Robin Hood46%50%36%47%46%44%41%42%
Armley56%70%61%57%62%44%44%42%
Beeston and Holbeck61%59%48%53%48%63%53%35%
Bramley and Stanningley51%74%48%54%69%62%61%44%
Burmantofts and Richmond Hill57%79%56%61%67%67%66%39%
Calverley and Farsley53%58%44%54%47%55%46%37%
Chapel Allerton69%77%72%68%74%74%63%45%
City and Hunslet49%
Cross Gates and Whinmoor49%55%44%43%51%54%53%41%
Farnley and Wortley48%48%41%39%48%49%46%37%
Garforth and Swillington55%70%63%49%63%54%54%62%
Gipton and Harehills79%88%78%73%61%56%52%37%
Guiseley and Rawdon44%50%41%46%48%47%47%38%
Harewood58%78%69%68%62%60%59%44%
Headingley51%
Headingley and Hyde Park70%54%57%54%49%51%71%
Horsforth33%44%37%38%45%51%57%34%
Hunslet and Riverside59%49%46%51%49%46%56%
Hyde Park and Woodhouse65%
Killingbeck and Seacroft62%72%46%63%62%65%61%41%
Kippax and Methley56%62%47%52%63%60%65%42%
Kirkstall68%83%63%68%68%64%62%45%
Little London and Woodhouse87%68%66%72%67%60%60%
Middleton Park49%87%43%41%51%46%43%38%
Moortown53%61%48%55%56%58%53%33%
Morley North51%62%60%42%51%44%38%36%
Morley South44%50%51%33%40%42%38%35%
Otley and Yeadon48%51%50%45%47%46%47%36%
Pudsey45%51%41%57%55%44%45%52%
Rothwell36%57%42%35%54%62%62%53%
Roundhay58%57%44%58%61%56%55%38%
Temple Newsam47%54%39%45%50%52%52%38%
Weetwood44%48%42%48%49%47%50%34%
Wetherby58%71%57%58%47%53%49%44%