Metropolitan borough council · England
Leeds
Leeds is a metropolitan borough council. It is a single-tier authority, so it runs both local and larger services.
What this council is responsible for
Leeds
Metropolitan borough council · E08000035
- Planning applications
- Bin and recycling collection
- Council tax and business rates collection
- Housing and homelessness
- Licensing
- Environmental health
- Parks and leisure
- Local elections
- Schools and education
- Adult social care
- Children’s services
- Roads and highways
- Waste disposal
- Libraries
- Trading standards
- Public health
Type
Metropolitan borough council
Single tier
Official code
E08000035
ONS GSS code
Nation
England
Local planning authority
Yes. Decides planning applications in its area.
Combined authority
West Yorkshire
Strategic transport, economic development, skills
Other bodies covering this area
West Yorkshire
Combined authority
- Strategic transport
- Economic development
- Skills
West Yorkshire
Fire and rescue authority
- Fire and rescue
132
Postcode sectors
33
Wards
10
Constituencies
11 of these postcode sectors are shared with a neighbouring council. Postcode sectors are a Royal Mail construct and do not follow council boundaries.
Boundary
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Ultra-generalised boundary (500 m) from the ONS Open Geography Portal, Open Government Licence v3. Indicative at this scale; not for legal or planning use. See it among its neighbours on the UK map →
Parliamentary constituencies
- Leeds Central and HeadingleyFind the MP on parliament.uk
- Leeds EastFind the MP on parliament.uk
- Leeds North EastFind the MP on parliament.uk
- Leeds North WestFind the MP on parliament.uk
- Leeds SouthFind the MP on parliament.uk
- Leeds South West and MorleyFind the MP on parliament.uk
- Leeds West and PudseyFind the MP on parliament.uk
- SelbyFind the MP on parliament.uk
- Wakefield and RothwellFind the MP on parliament.uk
- Wetherby and EasingwoldFind the MP on parliament.uk
Wards
33 wards recorded in this council area.
Adel & Wharfedale · Alwoodley · Ardsley & Robin Hood · Armley · Beeston & Holbeck · Bramley & Stanningley · Burmantofts & Richmond Hill · Calverley & Farsley · Chapel Allerton · Cross Gates & Whinmoor · Farnley & Wortley · Garforth & Swillington · Gipton & Harehills · Guiseley & Rawdon · Harewood · Headingley & Hyde Park · Horsforth · Hunslet & Riverside · Killingbeck & Seacroft · Kippax & Methley · Kirkstall · Little London & Woodhouse · Middleton Park · Moortown · Morley North · Morley South · Otley & Yeadon · Pudsey · Rothwell · Roundhay · Temple Newsam · Weetwood · Wetherby
Postcode sectors
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Sources: ONS Open Geography Portal (boundaries and names, retrieved 2026-09-05, Open Government Licence v3); National Statistics Postcode Lookup May 2026; Wikidata (official website, CC0). Official code E08000035.