Leeds City Council election, 2010

The Leeds City Council election took place on 6 May 2010, the same day as the General Election, to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. Since the last election, there had been a number of by-elections with the Conservatives gaining a Temple Newsam seat from Labour, and after a brief stint sat as an Independent, Kabeer Hussain's return to the Liberal Democrats was cut short by his sudden death, with Labour gaining his vacated Hyde Park & Woodhouse seat in the ensuing by-election. One third of the council was up for election and with support from the two Green Party councillor the Labour party took minority control of the council from the Conservative-Liberal Democrat-Morley Borough Independent Coalition.