Leeds.
Labour Party-controlled metropolitan_borough. £866m net revenue. 33 wards across 10 parliamentary constituencies.
29 Jun 2026
Labour Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Leeds is a metropolitan_borough controlled by Labour Party (49 of 99 seats). Net revenue is £866m for 2025-26. It covers 33 wards spanning 10 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 49% · last contested 7 May 2026
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Stoddart-Scott | Con | Adel & Wharfedale | 2026 |
| Lee Anthony Farmer | Con | Adel & Wharfedale | 2026 |
| Caroline Helen Anderson | Con | Adel & Wharfedale | 2024 |
| Dan Cohen | Con | Alwoodley | 2026 |
| Neil Alan Buckley | Con | Alwoodley | 2024 |
| Lyn Buckley | Con | Alwoodley | 2023 |
| Robert Stephen Jagger | Ref | Ardsley & Robin Hood | 2026 |
| Karen Bruce | Lab | Ardsley & Robin Hood | 2024 |
| Stephen Holroyd-Case | Lab | Ardsley & Robin Hood | 2023 |
| Clancy Walker | Grn | Armley | 2026 |
| Lou Cunningham | Grn | Armley | 2024 |
| Andy Parnham | Lab | Armley | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax councils (metropolitan_borough): 51% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (44%).
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £1,813 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £263 |
| Fire & rescue | £84 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £11 |
| Total Band-D | £2,172 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Leeds split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (metropolitan_borough)-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.
The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.
Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.
Every invoice over £500, published under the Local Government Transparency Code. Best-effort, not statutory — counts and totals net negatives (refunds/reversals).
Top by total — last 180 days
| Supplier | Paid | Share | Pmts |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOUSING BENEFIT | £31.59m | 5.5% | 27 |
| WEST YORKSHIRE COMBINED AUTHORITY | £27.84m | 4.9% | 24 |
| BRADFORD METROPOLITAN COUNCIL | £25.47m | 4.5% | 8 |
| REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £22.31m | 3.9% | 10,324 |
| THE SECRETARY OF STATE | £18.03m | 3.2% | 2 |
| FOSTER CARE - BACS | £12.54m | 2.2% | 654 |
| KIRKLEES COUNCIL | £11.32m | 2.0% | 34 |
| ASPIRE COMMUNITY BENEFIT SOCIETY LIMITED | £10.56m | 1.8% | 63 |
| COMMUNITY CARE PAYMENTS | £9.55m | 1.7% | 6 |
| LEEDS COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST | £8.29m | 1.4% | 60 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate And Central | BRADFORD METROPOLITAN COUNCIL | £19.04m |
| Housing And Homelessness | HOUSING BENEFIT | £16.09m |
| Childrens Services | FOSTER CARE - BACS | £10.49m |
| Adult Social Care | COMMUNITY CARE PAYMENTS | £7.09m |
| Planning And Economic | TAY VALLEY LIGHTING ( LEEDS ) LTD | £2.95m |
Leeds’s territory crosses 10 Westminster constituencies, with 2 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds East | 5 | 15% | Richard Burgon | Lab |
| Leeds Central and Headingley | 4 | 12% | Alex Sobel | Ind |
| Leeds North East | 4 | 12% | Fabian Hamilton | Lab |
| Leeds North West | 4 | 12% | Katie White | Lab |
| Leeds South | 4 | 12% | Hilary Benn | Lab |
| Leeds South West and Morley | 4 | 12% | Mark Sewards | Lab |
| Leeds West and Pudsey | 4 | 12% | Rachel Reeves | Lab |
| Wetherby and Easingwold | 2 | 6% | Alec Shelbrooke | Con |
| Selby | 1 | 3% | Keir Mather | Lab |
| Wakefield and Rothwell | 1 | 3% | Simon Lightwood | Ind |
This council holds 7 Lab and 1 Con MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Labour Party-controlled metropolitan_borough — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 35 other councils (metropolitan_borough)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
95,012 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level