Before (end of 1995) (3 seats, our estimate)
Labour 2 · Liberal Democrats 1
After (end of 1996) (4 seats, our estimate)
Labour 4
Ward results
Aireborough1 seat · turnout 37.8%
| T. Addison | Labour | 3,405 ✓ |
| R. Hughes-Rowlands | Conservative | 2,512 |
| J. Brown | Liberal Democrats | 1,476 |
Armley1 seat · turnout 24.1%
| J. McKenna | Labour | 2,568 ✓ |
| G. Broadbent | Conservative | 457 |
| G Lawson | LIB | 334 |
| A. Davies | Liberal Democrats | 274 |
| Q Cooper | Green | 145 |
Barwick & Kippax1 seat · turnout 35.5%
| K. Wakefield | Labour | 4,481 ✓ |
| C Ward | Conservative | 1,320 |
| D Lindley | Liberal Democrats | 580 |
Beeston1 seat · turnout 23.3%
| D. Congreve | Labour | 2,165 ✓ |
| W Wild | Conservative | 427 |
| S Sadler | Liberal Democrats | 257 |
| T. Jackson | Green | 110 |
Bramley1 seat · turnout 22.3%
| C. Cliff | Labour | 2,788 ✓ |
| Birdi J. | Conservative | 285 |
| N Amor | Liberal Democrats | 252 |
| E. Bee | LIB | 232 |
Burmantofts1 seat · turnout 24.5%
| R. Grahame | Labour | 2,441 ✓ |
| S. Fisher | Liberal Democrats | 680 |
| Gordon Castle | Conservative | 190 |
Chapel Allerton1 seat · turnout 28.9%
| J. Frankland | Labour | 3,215 ✓ |
| Val Kendall | Conservative | 630 |
| I Findlay | Liberal Democrats | 374 |
| A Begg | Green | 195 |
City & Holbeck1 seat · turnout 19.9%
| E. Nash | Labour | 2,435 ✓ |
| P. Bardon | Liberal Democrats | 342 |
| D. Boynton | Conservative | 292 |
Cookridge1 seat · turnout 38.5%
| K. Loudon | Conservative | 3,120 ✓ |
| N. Cummings | Labour | 2,250 |
| Janet Bates | Liberal Democrats | 1,045 |
Garforth & Swillington1 seat · turnout 32.4%
| T. Murray | Labour | 4,326 ✓ |
| J Stott | Conservative | 1,000 |
| Ian Dowling | Liberal Democrats | 699 |
Halton1 seat
| R Haggerty | Labour | 2,946 |
| D. Schofield | Conservative | 1,779 |
| A Appleyard | Liberal Democrats | 537 |
| D Harbud | Green | 159 |
Harehills1 seat · turnout 21.7%
| M Khan | Labour | 2,259 ✓ |
| ANN CARMELL Norman | Liberal Democrats | 439 |
| W Buckland | Conservative | 421 |
Headingley1 seat · turnout 21.4%
| S. Perrigo | Labour | 2,667 ✓ |
| BARBARA HANDLEY Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 675 |
| M Gledhill | Conservative | 552 |
| P. Alexander | Green | 348 |
Horsforth1 seat · turnout 34.8%
| R. Harris | Labour | 2,530 ✓ |
| M. Addison | Conservative | 1,823 |
| R Cross | Liberal Democrats | 1,759 |
Hunslet1 seat · turnout 24.4%
| G. Driver | Labour | 2,295 ✓ |
| A. Larvin | Conservative | 202 |
| S Buckingham | Liberal Democrats | 191 |
Kirkstall1 seat · turnout 25.6%
| E. Minkin | Labour | 3,060 ✓ |
| S. Welsh | Conservative | 364 |
| Pattenden M. | Liberal Democrats | 241 |
| A. Mander | Green | 240 |
| N Nowosielski | LIB | 111 |
Middleton1 seat · turnout 23.3%
| J. Dunn | Labour | 2,630 ✓ |
| S Dolan | Liberal Democrats | 360 |
| S McBarron | Conservative | 235 |
Moortown1 seat · turnout 36.0%
| M. Harris | Liberal Democrats | 3,014 ✓ |
| M Hardy | Labour | 1,705 |
| E. Dibble | Conservative | 908 |
Morley North1 seat · turnout 27.7%
| M Dawson | Labour | 3,026 ✓ |
| A. Barraclough | Conservative | 1,696 |
| Q Brown | Liberal Democrats | 465 |
Morley South1 seat · turnout 24.0%
| B. North | Labour | 3,103 ✓ |
| T Leadley | Liberal Democrats | 1,163 |
| J Galek | Conservative | 731 |
North1 seat
| J. Brown | Liberal Democrats | 2,221 ✓ |
| P. Harrand | Conservative | 1,936 |
| B. Selby | Labour | 1,883 |
| R Adcock | Liberal Democrats | 643 ✓ |
| A. Price | Labour | 542 |
| C. Browning | Conservative | 195 |
Otley & Wharfedale1 seat · turnout 38.4%
| J. Eveleigh | Labour | 2,648 ✓ |
| C. Hindle | Conservative | 2,574 |
| D. Merrick | Liberal Democrats | 1,943 |
Pudsey North1 seat · turnout 39.4%
| A. Carter | Conservative | 3,566 ✓ |
| S. Womack | Labour | 2,717 |
| R Cam | Liberal Democrats | 731 |
Pudsey South1 seat · turnout 29.9%
| E. Coulson | Labour | 2,748 ✓ |
| R Keighley | Liberal Democrats | 1,154 |
| S. Jackson | Conservative | 896 |
| G Illingworth | Green | 138 |
Richmond Hill1 seat · turnout 21.2%
| Marlene Lyons | Labour | 2,453 ✓ |
| Norman K. | Liberal Democrats | 304 |
| W Birch | Conservative | 149 |
Rothwell1 seat · turnout 27.0%
| L. Cohen | Labour | 2,736 ✓ |
| M Galdas | Liberal Democrats | 908 |
| A. Heeson | Conservative | 582 |
Roundhay1 seat · turnout 36.9%
| J. White | Labour | 2,712 ✓ |
| M. Burnell | Conservative | 2,173 |
| W Pickard | Liberal Democrats | 1,031 |
| Ketchin A. | Green | 138 |
Seacroft1 seat · turnout 26.9%
| G. Hyde | Labour | 3,050 ✓ |
| R Jones | Conservative | 227 |
| M. Betteridge | Liberal Democrats | 218 |
University1 seat · turnout 18.0%
| M. Giles-Hill | Labour | 2,264 ✓ |
| D Freeman | Liberal Democrats | 290 |
| R. Winfield | Conservative | 279 |
| C Hill | MILT Lab | 232 |
Weetwood1 seat · turnout 39.5%
| Judith Blake | Labour | 2,569 ✓ |
| Joan Ewens | Liberal Democrats | 2,455 |
| Ann Castle | Conservative | 1,195 |
| C. Nash | Green | 171 |
Wetherby1 seat · turnout 38.2%
| D Clark | Conservative | 4,451 ✓ |
| R. Steel | Labour | 2,523 |
| G Melnick | Liberal Democrats | 892 |
Whinmoor1 seat · turnout 26.9%
| Suzi Armitage | Labour | 2,568 ✓ |
| R. Williams | Conservative | 767 |
| Gareth Roberts | Liberal Democrats | 326 |
| A Thorpe | Ind Lab | 98 |
Wortley1 seat · turnout 28.0%
| P. Towler | Labour | 2,640 ✓ |
| D. Blackburn | Green | 1,382 |
| M. Best | Conservative | 490 |
| D Brayshaw | Liberal Democrats | 366 |
