JanineThe Green Party gained Gipton and Harehills ward from Labour at the Leeds City Council local elections.
Mothin Ali (Green) received 3,070 votes, compared to former Labour councillor Arif Hussain’s 2,323.
In Burmantofts and Richmond Hill, Labour’s Asghar Khan comfortably held his seat and James Gibson also held Cross Gates and Whinmoor for Labour.
Here are the full results from the East Side Story circulation area:
Burmantofts and Richmond Hill – LABOUR HOLD
- Taiwo Funmilayo – The Conservative Party Candidate – 328
- Richard Chaves-Sanderson – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 81
- David Ewan Hollingsworth – Liberal Democrats – 317
- Asghar Khan – Labour and Co-operative Party – 2,752 – ELECTED
- Rob Lees – Yorkshire Party – 329
- Paul Anthony Whetstone – Social Democratic Party – 30
- Robert Florian Wolff – Green Party – 363
Electorate: 16,988; Turnout: 24.9%; Spoilt ballots: 31
Cross Gates and Whinmoor – LABOUR HOLD
- Noah Allerton – Liberal Democrats – 288
- Howard Graham Dews – Yorkshire Party – 314
- James Gibson – Labour Party – 2,865 – ELECTED
- Martin Francis Hemingway – Green Party – 296
- Max George Holley – The Conservative Party Candidate – 1,164
- Graham Keith Sunley – Reform UK – 461
Electorate: 18.048; Turnout: 30%; Spoilt ballots: 30
Gipton and Harehills – GREEN GAIN
- Mothin Ali – Green Party – 3,070 – ELECTED
- Iain Alaistair Dalton – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 120
- Arif Hussain – Labour Party – 2,323
- Thomas Benedict Race – Liberal Democrats – 156
- Liam Scott Roberts – The Conservative Party Candidate – 285
Electorate: 18.095; Turnout: 33.1%; Spoilt ballots: 42
As a result of the local elections in Leeds which saw all 33 wards contested and one councillor elected per ward, the new make-up of the city council is as follows:
Overall political composition (99 seats in total):
Labour [LAB]: 61 seats (unchanged)
Conservative [CON]: 14 seats (down four, including the resignation of Pudsey councilor Trish Smith last night.)
Liberal Democrats [LD]: 6 seats (unchanged)
Green [GR]: 5 seats (up two)
Morley Borough Independents [MBI]: 4 seats (unchanged)
Garforth and Swillington Independents Party [GSIP]: 3 seats (unchanged)
Social Democratic Party [SDP]: 3 seats (up one)
Independents: 3 seats (up one)
The turnout figure for the city was 34.24 per cent.
To see the full results by ward visit Leeds City Council election results
Following the election, Labour remain in control of Leeds City Council.
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