City of Leeds

This article discusses the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds. For information on the city itself, see Leeds.

{| border=1 cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right" width=300 style=margin-left:10px City of Leeds Geography Status:Metropolitan borough, City (1893) Historic County:Yorkshire (West Riding) Region:Yorkshire and the Humber Ceremonial County:West Yorkshire Area:
- TotalRanked 90th
551.72 km² Admin. HQ:Leeds ONS code:00DA Demographics Population:
- Total ()
- Density Ranked

/ km² Ethnicity:91.8% White
4.5% S.Asian
1.4% Afro-Carib. Politics
Leeds City Council
http://www.leeds.gov.uk/ Leadership:Leader & Cabinet Executive: MPs:John Battle, Hilary Benn, Colin Burgon, Colin Challen, Fabian Hamilton, George Mudie, Greg Mulholland, Paul Truswell The City of Leeds is a metropolitan borough with city status in West Yorkshire in northern England, stretching from Otley in the north, on the border with North Yorkshire, to the border with the district of Wakefield in the south, and from Pudsey on the border with the district of the City of Bradford in the west, to Garforth and Wetherby in the east. It is named after its major settlement, Leeds, which is also the administrative seat. To the south and west, the borders of the district cover mostly urban and suburban areas. To the east and north, the district includes some countryside and many other urban and suburban areas.

History

The metropolitan borough was formed in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from the area of the former County Borough of Leeds, Aireborough Urban District, Horsforth Urban District, the Municipal Borough Morley, Otley Urban District, the Municipal Borough of Pudsey, Rothwell Urban District and parts of Tadcaster Rural District and Wetherby Rural District.

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Leeds at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.