Gipton and Harehills (ward)

Gipton and Harehills is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in east Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the inner-city area of Harehills and residential suburb of Gipton.

Gipton and Harehills

Gipton and Harehills highlighted within Leeds
Population16,832 (2019 electorate)[1]
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
Councillors

Councillors
ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
2004 Alan Taylor (LD)[lower-alpha 1][5] Javaid Akhtar (LD)[lower-alpha 2][6] Roger Harington (Lab)[lower-alpha 3][7]
2006 Alan Taylor (LD) Javaid Akhtar (LD)[lower-alpha 4] Roger Harington (Lab)
2007 Alan Taylor (LD) Arif Hussain (Lab) Roger Harington (Lab)
2008 Alan Taylor (LD) Arif Hussain (Lab) Roger Harington (Lab)
2010 Alan Taylor (LD) Arif Hussain (Lab) Kamila Maqsood (Lab)
2011 Alan Taylor (LD) Arif Hussain (Lab) Kamila Maqsood (Lab)
2012 Roger Harington (Lab) Arif Hussain (Lab) Kamila Maqsood (Lab)
2014 Roger Harington (Lab) Arif Hussain (Lab) Kamila Maqsood (Lab)
2015 Roger Harington (Lab) Arif Hussain (Lab) Kamila Maqsood (Lab)
2016 Salma Arif (Lab) Arif Hussain (Lab) Kamila Maqsood (Lab)
2018 Salma Arif (Lab) Arif Hussain (Lab) Kamila Maqsood (Lab)
2019 Salma Arif* (Lab) Arif Hussain* (Lab) Kamila Maqsood* (Lab)

     indicates seat up for re-election. * indicates incumbent councillor.

Elections since 2010

May 2019
2019
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Kamila Maqsood* 3,426 77.6 +8.1
Green Lynne Caulfield 286 6.5 -0.3
Conservative Robert Harris 276 6.3 -0.8
Liberal Democrats Ashley Mark Cresswell 206 4.7 -1.7
Socialist Alternative Iain Dalton 113 2.6 -3.5
SDP Shaff Sheikh 108 2.4 +2.4
Majority 3,140 71.1 +8.7
Turnout 4,475 26.6 -4.7
Labour hold Swing +4.2

May 2018
2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Salma Arif* 4,020 69.5 -9.5
Labour Arif Hussain* 3,797
Labour Kamila Maqsood* 3,524
Conservative Robert Harris 411 7.1 +1.9
Green Colin Noble 394 6.8 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Heidi Farrar 370 6.4 +1.5
TUSC Iain Dalton 357 6.1 +4.9
Conservative Matthew Labbee 323
Independent Shaff Sheikh 269 4.6 N/A
Conservative Vajinder Singh 218
Majority 3,609 62.4 -9.4
Turnout 16,564 31.3 -1.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

May 2016
2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Salma Arif 3,972 79.0 +5.1
UKIP Khalil Mohammed Kungulilo 360 7.2 -3.6
Conservative Beatrice Greenwood 263 5.2 -1.4
Liberal Democrats Margaret Sandra Tait 245 4.9 +0.0
Green Rhian Margaret Williams 130 2.6 -1.2
TUSC Tanis Izabelle Belsham-Wray 60 1.2 +1.2
Majority 3,612 71.8 +8.7
Turnout 5,030 32.6
Labour hold Swing

May 2015
2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Arif Hussain* 6,187 73.9 -6.3
UKIP Marvin Kushman 904 10.8 +10.8
Conservative Joshua Harvey 554 6.6 -1.1
Liberal Democrats Adam Douglas 413 4.9 -3.5
Green Peter Phizacklea 319 3.8 +3.8
Majority 5,283 63.1 -8.6
Turnout 8,377 51.5
Labour hold Swing -8.6

May 2014
2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Kamila Maqsood* 3,756 76.1
Liberal Democrats Adam Douglas 403 8.2
Conservative Beatrice Greenwood 393 8.0
Green Neil Seepujak 381 7.7
Majority 3,353
Turnout 4933 31.55
Labour hold Swing

May 2012
2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Roger Harington 3,900 71.7 -8.5
Liberal Democrats Abdul Abedin 997 18.3 +9.9
Conservative Beatrice Greenwood 325 6.0 -1.7
Alliance for Green Socialism Azar Iqbal 217 4.0 +0.3
Majority 2,903 53.4 -18.3
Turnout 5,439
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing -9.2

May 2011
2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Arif Hussain* 4,805 80.2 +19.8
Liberal Democrats Qadeer Khan 506 8.4 -16.1
Conservative Beatrice Greenwood 462 7.7 +0.2
Alliance for Green Socialism Azar Iqbal 220 3.7 +1.9
Majority 4,299 71.7 +35.9
Turnout 5,993 38
Labour hold Swing +17.9

May 2010
2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Kamila Maqsood 5,179 60.3 +18.0
Liberal Democrats Tasadaq Hussain 2,105 24.5 -18.3
Conservative Beatrice Greenwood 642 7.5 +3.9
BNP Anthony Wall 503 5.9 -0.6
Alliance for Green Socialism Azar Iqbal 153 1.8 +0.4
Majority 3,074 35.8 +35.3
Turnout 8,582 57.5 +19.3
Labour hold Swing +18.1

Notes
  1. Taylor had been a councillor for Harehills ward since 1999.
  2. Akhtar had been a Harehills ward councillor since winning a by-election in April 2000.
  3. Harington had been a councillor for Harehills ward since 2002.
  4. Akhtar lost the next election in 2007 and, after switching parties, was later elected as a Labour councillor for Hyde Park and Woodhouse ward in 2010. He went on to be elected for Little London and Woodhouse ward in 2018.[8]
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References
  1. "Leeds City Council election results 2019: Gipton and Harehills". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  2. "Councillor Salma Arif". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  3. "Councillor Arif Hussain". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  4. "Councillor Kamila Maqsood". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  5. "Councillor Alan Taylor". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  6. "Councillor Javaid Akhtar". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  7. "Councillor Roger Harington". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  8. "Councillor Javaid Akhtar". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
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