| Municipal year
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Lord Mayor (party nomination – electoral ward if councillor)
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| 1897-1898
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Sir James Kitson, MP for Colne Valley, 1892 (Lib)
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| 1898-1899
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Thomas Walter Harding (LUP)
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| 1899-1900
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John Gordon (Con)
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| 1900-1901
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Frederick W. Lawson (?)
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| 1901-1902
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Ambrose Edmund Butler (?)
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| 1902-1903
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Sir John Ward[11] (?)
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| 1903-1904
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Arthur Currer Briggs (?)
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| 1904-1905
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Robert Armitage, MP for Leeds Central, 1906 (Lib)
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| 1905-1906
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Edwin Woodhouse (?)
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| 1906-1907
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Joseph Hepworth (?)
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| 1907-1908
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Wilfred Lawrence Hepton (?)
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| 1908-1909
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Frederick J Kitson (Lib)
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| 1909-1910
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William Penrose Green (Con)
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| 1910-1911
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William Middlebrook, MP for Leeds South, 1908 (Lib)
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| 1911-1912
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William Nicholson (?)
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| 1912-1913
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Albert Wellesley Bain (?)
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| 1913-1914
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Edward Brotherton, 1st Baron Brotherton (Con)
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| 1914-1915
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James Edward Bedford (?)
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| 1915-1916
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Sir Charles Lupton (Con)
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| 1916-1917
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Edmund George Arnold (Lib nominated)
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| 1917-1918
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Frank Gott (?)
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| 1918-1919
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Joseph Henry
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| 1919-1920
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Thomas Beveridge Duncan (?)
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| 1920-1921
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Albert Braithwaite (Con)
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| 1921-1922
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Willie Hodgson (?)
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| 1922-1923
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Frank Fountain (?)
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| 1923-1924
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Sir Edwin Airey (Con)
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| 1924-1925
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Charles Granville Gibson (?)
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| 1925-1926
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John Arnott (Lab)
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| 1926-1927
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Hugh Lupton (Con)
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| 1927-1928
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George Ratcliffe (Lib)
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| 1928-1929
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David Blythe Foster (Lab)
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| 1929-1930
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Nathaniel George Morrison (?)
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| 1930-1931
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Arthur Hawkyard (?)
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| 1931-1932
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Fred Simpson, MP for Ashton-under-Lyne, 1935 (Lab)
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| 1932-1933
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Robert Holliday Blackburn (Con)
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| 1933-1934
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Albert Edward Wilkinson (Lib)
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| 1934-1935
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William Hemingway (Lab)
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| 1935-1936
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Percival Tookey Leigh (?)
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| 1936-1937
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Tom Coombs (?)
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| 1937-1938
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John Badlay (Lab)
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| 1938-1939
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Rowland Winn (Con)
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| 1939-1940
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Charles Humphrey Boyle (Lib)
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| 1940-1941
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Willie Withey (?)
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| 1941-1942
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Hyman Morris (Con)
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| 1942-1943
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Arthur Clarke (Lib) died 9 November 1942[12]
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Jessie B Kitson (Ind, Lib nominated)[13]
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| 1943-1944
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Albert Hayes (?)
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| 1944-1945
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Charles Vivian Walker (?)
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| 1945-1946
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David Beevers (Labour)[14]
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| 1946-1947
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Sir George Martin (Con)
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| 1947-1948
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George Brett (Labour)
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| 1948-1949
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| 1949-1950
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Norman Vine (?)
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| 1950-1951
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Francis Hugh O’Donnell (?)
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| 1951-1952
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Francis Eric Tetley (?)
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| 1952-1953
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Frank Barlow Burnley (?)
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| 1953-1954
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Donald George Cowling (?)
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| 1954-1955
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Henry Sidman Vick (?)
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| 1955-1956
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Sir James Croysdale (?)
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| 1956-1957
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Thomas Austin Jessop (?)
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| 1957-1958
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Joseph Hiley (?)
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| 1958-1959
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Mary Pearce (?)
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| 1959-1960
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Gertrude Annie Stevenson (?)
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| 1960-1961
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Lillian Hammond (?)
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| 1961-1962
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Percival Arthur Woorward (?)
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| 1962-1963
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Harold Watson (?)
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| 1963-1964
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Edwin Wooler (?)
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| 1964-1965
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Lizzie Naylor (?)
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| 1965-1966
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William R Hargreave (?)
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| 1966-1967
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Joshua “Jos” Walsh (Lab)
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| 1967-1968
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Lawrence Turnbull (?)
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| 1968-1969
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John Rafferty (?)
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| 1969-1970
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Allan Roberts Bretherick (?)
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| 1970-1971
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Arthur Brown (?)
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| 1971-1972
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John Trevor V Watson (?)
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| 1972-1973
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Albert Smith (Lab)
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| 1973-1974
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Kenneth Davison (Con)
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| 1974-1975
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Joan de Carteret (?)
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| 1975-1976
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Alan Pedley (Con, Headingley)
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| 1976-1977
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Ernest Howard Morris (Lab, City & Woodhouse)
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| 1977-1978
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William Hudson (Con, Aireborough)
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| 1978-1979
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Harry Booth (Lab, Beeston & Holbeck)
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| 1979-1980
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Christine Thomas (Con, Chapel Allerton & Scott Hall)
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| 1980-1981
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Eric Atkinson (Lab, Bramley)
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| 1981-1982
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Patrick “Paddy” Crotty (Con, Roundhay)
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| 1982-1983
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Doreen Jenner (Lab, University)
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| 1983-1984
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Martin Dodgson (Con, Halton)
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| 1984-1985
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Douglas Gabb (Lab, Seacroft)
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| 1985-1986
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Sydney Symmonds (Con, Moortown)
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| 1986-1987
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Rose Lund (Lab, Rothwell)
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| 1987-1988
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Doreen Wood (Con, Halton)
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| 1988-1989
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Arthur Vollans (Lab, Seacroft)
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| 1989-1990
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Leslie “Les” Carter (Con, Cookridge)
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| 1990-1991
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Bill Kilgallon (Lab, University)
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| 1991-1992
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Ronald “Ronnie” Feldman (Con, North)
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| 1992-1993
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Denise Atkinson (Lab, Bramley)
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| 1993-1994
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Keith Loudon (Con, Cookridge)
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| 1994-1995
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Christiana Myers (Lab, City & Holbeck)
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| 1995-1996
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Margaret “Peggy” White (Con, Roundhay)
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| 1996-1997
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Malcolm Bedford (Lab, Wortley)
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| 1997-1998
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Linda Middleton (Lab, Middleton)
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| 1998-1999
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Graham Kirkland (LD, Otley & Wharfedale)
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| 1999-2000
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Keith Parker (Lab, Barwick & Kippax)
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| 2000-2001
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Bernard Atha (Lab, Kirkstall)
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| 2001-2002
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David Hudson (Con, Wetherby)
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| 2002-2003
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Bryan North (Lab, Morley South)
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| 2003-2004
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Neil Taggart (Lab, Chapel Allerton)
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| 2004-2005
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Christopher “Chris” Townsley (LD, Horsforth)
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| 2005-2006
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William “Bill” Hyde (Con, Temple Newsam)
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| 2006-2007
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Mohammed Iqbal (Lab, City & Hunslet)
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| 2007-2008
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Brian Cleasby (LD, Horsforth)
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| 2008-2009
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Frank Robinson (Con, Calverley & Farsley)
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| 2009-2010
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Judith Elliott (MBI, Morley South)
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| 2010-2011
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James “Jim” McKenna (Lab, Armley)
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| 2011-2012
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Revd Alan Taylor (LD, Gipton & Harehills)
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| 2012-2013
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Ann Castle (Con, Harewood)
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| 2013-2014
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Thomas “Tom” Murray (Lab, Garforth & Swillington)
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| 2014-2015
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David Congreve (Lab, Beeston & Holbeck)
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| 2015-2016
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Judith Chapman (LD, Weetwood)
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| 2016-2017
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Gerald “Gerry” Harper (Lab, Hyde Park & Woodhouse)
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| 2017-2018
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Jane Dowson (Lab, Chapel Allerton)
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| 2018-2019
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Graham Latty (Con, Guiseley & Rawdon)
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| 2019-2020
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Eileen Taylor (Lab, Chapel Allerton)[a]
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| 2020-2021
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| 2021-2022
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Asghar Khan (Lab, Burmantofts and Richmond Hill)
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| 2022-2023
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Robert “Bob” Gettings (MBI, Morley North)
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| 2023-2024
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Al Garthwaite (Lab, Headingley and Hyde Park)[16]
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| 2024-2025
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Abigail Marshall Katung (Lab, Little London and Woodhouse)
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| 2025-2026
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Dan Cohen (Con, Alwoodley)
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