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Leeds Museums & Galleries is a museum service run by Leeds City Council. [14] Established in 1821, it is the largest local authority-run museum service in England, with one of the larger and more significant multidisciplinary collections in the UK, looking after 1.3 million objects. [15]
The first election to the reconstituted city council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. West Yorkshire County Council was abolished in 1986 and Leeds became a unitary authority. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties: [2] [3]
It is currently run by a Labour administration. Before the 2011 election, the council had been under no overall control since 2004. The interim Chief Executive of Leeds City Council is Mariana Pexton, and the Leader of the Council is Councillor James Lewis of the Labour Party. As a metropolitan county, West Yorkshire does not have a county ...
The 2022 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2022 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom. As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were contested alongside two casual vacancies in the Horsforth and Roundhay wards.
Four members of staff in Leeds City Council's planning department have been arrested as part of a police investigation into suspected corruption, the BBC understands. As well as the local ...
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 Lord Mayor of Leeds (until 1897 known as the Mayor of Leeds) is a ceremonial post held by a member of Leeds City Council, elected annually by the council. By charter from King Charles I in 1626, the leader of the governing body of the borough of Leeds was an alderman, the first holder being Sir John Savile . [ 1 ]
The 2018 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2018 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. [2] It was held on the same day as other UK local elections across England . Following a full boundary review of Leeds' 33 electoral wards by the Local Government Boundary Commission , the all-out election saw all of the ...