Little_London_and_Woodhouse_(ward)
Little London and Woodhouse (ward)
Electoral ward in Leeds, England
Little London and Woodhouse is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the urban areas of Little London and Woodhouse to the north of the city centre. It was created in advance of the 2018 council election.
Quick Facts Population, Metropolitan borough ...
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Little London and Woodhouse highlighted within Leeds | |
Population | 16,301 (2023 electorate) |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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More information Election, Councillor ...
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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2018 | Kayleigh Brooks (Lab) | Javaid Akhtar (Lab)[lower-alpha 1] | Gerry Harper (Lab)[lower-alpha 2][4] | |||
2019 | Kayleigh Brooks (Lab) | Javaid Akhtar (Lab) | Abigail Marshall Katung (Lab) | |||
2021 | Kayleigh Brooks (Lab) | Javaid Akhtar (Lab) | Abigail Marshall Katung (Lab) | |||
2022 | Kayleigh Brooks (Lab) | Javaid Akhtar (Lab) | Abigail Marshall Katung (Lab) | |||
2023 | Kayleigh Brooks (Lab) | Javaid Akhtar (Lab) | Abigail Marshall Katung (Lab) | |||
2024 | Kayleigh Brooks* (Lab) | Javaid Akhtar* (Lab) | Abigail Marshall Katung* (Lab) |
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indicates seat up for election. * indicates current incumbent councillor.
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May 2024
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Javaid Akhtar* | 2,194 | 59.8 | -6.5 | |
Green | Leon Zadok | 808 | 22.0 | +6.8 | |
Conservative | Pauline Barron | 297 | 8.1 | -1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ghaffar Karim | 260 | 7.1 | +1.4 | |
TUSC | Anthony Bracuti | 109 | 3.0 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 1386 | 37.8 | -13.3 | ||
Turnout | 3715 | 23.3 | +5.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.7 | |||
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May 2023
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Abigail Marshall Katung* | 1,908 | 66.3 | -5.4 | |
Green | Nick Lalvani | 437 | 15.2 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Muhammad Raja | 261 | 9.1 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Katherine Arbuckle | 163 | 5.7 | +1.7 | |
TUSC | Anthony Bracuti | 96 | 3.3 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 1,471 | 51.1 | -6.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,880 | 17.7 | +1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.2 | |||
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May 2022
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kayleigh Brooks* | 2,033 | 71.7 | +6.5 | |
Green | Talia Ellis | 404 | 14.3 | -3.7 | |
Conservative | Owen Rutherford | 204 | 7.2 | -2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | François van Cauwenbergh | 112 | 4.0 | -0.8 | |
TUSC | Michael Johnson | 62 | 2.2 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 1,629 | 57.5 | +9.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,834 | 16.3 | -4.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.1 | |||
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May 2021
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Javaid Akhtar* | 2,641 | 65.2 | -3.0 | |
Green | Marcus Cain | 689 | 17.0 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Jordan Young | 393 | 9.7 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Iulian Biris | 196 | 4.8 | -0.7 | |
TUSC | Michael Johnson | 82 | 0.2 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 1,952 | 48.2 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,048 | 20.8 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.6 | |||
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May 2019
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Abigail Marshall Katung | 1,749 | 68.2 | -1.6 | |
Green | Gavin Andrews | 391 | 15.2 | -0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Thomas Mock | 142 | 5.5 | -2.2 | |
Conservative | Amy Green | 140 | 5.5 | -1.7 | |
UKIP | Chris Jackson | 124 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Socialist Alternative | Michael Johnson | 18 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 1,358 | 43.0 | -20.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,573 | 20.6 | +5.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.9 | |||
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May 2018
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kayleigh Brooks | 2,425 | 69.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Javaid Akhtar* | 2,415 | |||
Labour | Gerry Harper* | 2,126 | |||
Green | Christopher Foren | 530 | 15.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Lorna Campbell | 268 | 7.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Brandon Ashford | 249 | 7.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Stewart Harper | 166 | |||
Majority | 1,895 | 63.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,004 | 15.6 | N/A | ||
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Labour win (new seat) |
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- Akhtar had previously been a Liberal Democrat councillor for Harehills ward from April 2000 and then Gipton and Harehills ward from 2004 until he lost his seat in 2007. He later left the Liberal Democrats to join Labour and was elected for Hyde Park and Woodhouse ward in 2010 and then represented Little London and Woodhouse ward from 2018.
- "Councillor Javaid Akhtar". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- "Councillor Kayleigh Brooks". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- "Councillor Abigail Marshall Katung". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- "Councillor Gerry Harper". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- "Leeds City Council Election Results". Leeds City Council Website. Retrieved 4 May 2024.