Leslie Freeman was a solicitor and Conservative Party politician. With a legal practice Ruislip, Middlesex, Freeman was elected as a councillor to both Ruislip-Northwood Urban District Council and Middlesex County Council. With the imminent abolition of both urban district and county council in 1965, Freeman stood as a candidate for the new Greater London Council (GLC) in the Hillingdon area in 1964. He did not win a seat but did become an alderman on the GLC, holding the post until aldermen were abolished in 1977. Chairman of the Greater London Council 1969-70.