Leeds City Council

Place

Council Climate Action Scorecard

50%

This score represents how many of Climate Emergency UK’s recommended climate actions this council has taken.

Councils are marked on over 90 different actions, across 7 topic areas. In 2025, the average council scored around 40% overall, while the best councils scored over 60%.

Buildings & Heating	61%
Biodiversity	50%
Collaboration & Engagement	73%
Goverance & Finance	36%
Planning & Land Use	92%
Transport	5%
Waste Reduction & Food	60%

Data from Climate Emergency UK. Updated 2025.

Council has a Climate Action Plan

Data from mySociety and Climate Emergency UK.

Council has declared a climate emergency

Yes

Data from mySociety.

Council Net Zero target date

2030

2034 national average

Data from mySociety.

Total emissions (ktCO2)

2,822

1,168.3 national average

Data from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy collated by mySociety. Estimated 2020 carbon dioxide emissions within the scope of influence of local authorities. Updated 2020.

Council population

798,786

307,661.9 national average

Data from mySociety. Updated 2020.

Council Control

Labour Party

Data from Open Council Data UK. Updated 2025-06-10.

Council type

Metropolitan District

Data from mySociety. Updated 2024-04-24.

Emissions profile

Urban Mainstream

Data from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy collated and analysed by mySociety. Labels local authorities based on the profile of their 2020 emissions to enable authorities with similar patterns of emissions to be compared. Updated January 2022.

Number of onshore windfarms

2.0 national average

Data from Wikipedia. Updated 2024-04-24.

Country of the UK

England

Data from mySociety. Updated 2024-04-24.

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated and standardised by mySociety. Deciles of deprivation, from 1 (most deprived) to 10 (least deprived). This uses a composite measure of deprivation (including income, employment, education, skills, health, crime, and housing) standardised across the countries of the UK.

Rural Urban Classification

Urban

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated and standardised by mySociety. A composite measure of 'ruralness' (based population density, settlement size, and drive times) standardised across the countries of the UK.

More place data

Public opinion

Should government policy on climate change be going faster or slower?

	This area	National average
Go faster	58.9%	53.7%
Neither	11.6%	11.6%
Go slower	29.5%	29.1%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. This dataset has been automatically converted from a different boundary type. Updated July 2024.

Should the UK have closer economic ties with the EU, even if that means giving up some sovereignty?

	This area	National average
Closer ties with the EU	56.1%	52.0%
Neither	6.7%	6.0%
No closer with the EU	37.2%	36.4%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. This dataset has been automatically converted from a different boundary type. Updated July 2024.

Would you support or oppose the building of onshore wind farms in your area?

	This area	National average
Neither	21.1%	18.3%
Oppose	11.0%	11.5%
Support	67.9%	64.7%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. This dataset has been automatically converted from a different boundary type. Updated July 2024.

Do you think immigration has generally enriched or undermined society?

	This area	National average
Enriched	41.3%	37.5%
Neither	13.1%	12.0%
Undermined	45.6%	44.9%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. This dataset has been automatically converted from a different boundary type. Updated July 2024.

Should the welfare system be expanded to help more people, or reduced to make benefits harder to get?

	This area	National average
Expanded	38.5%	34.8%
Neither	11.9%	11.2%
Reduced	49.6%	48.4%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. This dataset has been automatically converted from a different boundary type. Updated July 2024.

Would you be comfortable paying more tax, if it meant more money were invested in public services like the NHS and education?

	This area	National average
Comfortable	48.0%	44.1%
Neither	6.0%	5.9%
Uncomfortable	46.0%	44.5%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. This dataset has been automatically converted from a different boundary type. Updated July 2024.

Would you be comfortable with government debt going up, provided that money were invested in the economy and local services?

	This area	National average
Comfortable	57.0%	52.3%
Neither	8.2%	7.5%
Uncomfortable	34.8%	34.6%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. This dataset has been automatically converted from a different boundary type. Updated July 2024.

Would you support or oppose the building of new housing in your area?

	This area	National average
Neither	21.2%	19.7%
Oppose	16.3%	15.0%
Support	62.5%	59.8%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. This dataset has been automatically converted from a different boundary type. Updated July 2024.

Consider climate change a high priority

52.9 national average

Public First MRP Polling, commissioned by Onward UK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Estimated percentage of constituents who consider climate change a high priority. Updated July 2022.

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

26 national average

Public First MRP Polling, commissioned by Onward UK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Estimated percentage of constituents who neither support nor oppose net zero. Updated July 2022.

Oppose Net Zero

12.0 national average

Public First MRP Polling, commissioned by Onward UK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Estimated percentage of constituents who oppose net zero. Updated July 2022.

Support Net Zero

59.6 national average

Public First MRP Polling, commissioned by Onward UK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Estimated percentage of constituents who support net zero. Updated July 2022.

Support nuclear energy

58.7%

57.8% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Support offshore wind

85.9%

86.5% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Support renewable energy projects in their local area

85.3%

86.1% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Support solar power

88.8%

88.6% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Support tidal energy

86.1%

87.3% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Support wave energy

87.6%

87.8% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

More public opinion data

Movement

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

0.5 national average

Data from Tearfund. Updated July 2023.

Constituents pledged to meet MP as part of Common Grounds 2024

2.1 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Updated October 2024.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events

5.3 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events Updated October 2022.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events

6.6 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events Updated July 2023.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2024 events

5.7 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of public Great Big Green week 2024 events held in the area. This exludes any private events that were held. Updated September 2024.