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
Population17,961 (2023 electorate)
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
Councillors
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England
Yorkshire

Councillors

ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
2004Alan Taylor (LD)[a][3]Javaid Akhtar (LD)[b][4]Roger Harington (Lab)[c][5]
2006Alan Taylor (LD)Javaid Akhtar (LD)[d]Roger Harington (Lab)
2007Alan Taylor (LD)Arif Hussain (Lab)Roger Harington (Lab)
2008Alan Taylor (LD)Arif Hussain (Lab)Roger Harington (Lab)
2010Alan Taylor (LD)Arif Hussain (Lab)Kamila Maqsood (Lab)[7]
2011Alan Taylor (LD)Arif Hussain (Lab)Kamila Maqsood (Lab)
2012Roger Harington (Lab)Arif Hussain (Lab)Kamila Maqsood (Lab)
2014Roger Harington (Lab)Arif Hussain (Lab)Kamila Maqsood (Lab)
2015Roger Harington (Lab)Arif Hussain (Lab)Kamila Maqsood (Lab)
2016Salma Arif (Lab)Arif Hussain (Lab)Kamila Maqsood (Lab)
2018Salma Arif (Lab)Arif Hussain (Lab)Kamila Maqsood (Lab)
2019Salma Arif (Lab)Arif Hussain (Lab)Kamila Maqsood (Lab)
2021Salma Arif (Lab)Arif Hussain (Lab)Kamila Maqsood (Lab)
2022Salma Arif (Lab)Arif Hussain (Lab)Kamila Maqsood (Lab)
2023Salma Arif (Lab)Arif Hussain (Lab)Asghar Ali (Lab)
2024Salma Arif* (Lab)Mothin Ali* (Grn)Asghar Ali* (Lab)

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

Elections since 2010

May 2024

2024
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
GreenMothin Ali 3,070 51.6 +20.4
LabourArif Hussain*2,32339.0-16.9
ConservativeLiam Roberts2854.8-2.1
Liberal DemocratsThomas Race1562.6-0.7
TUSCIain Dalton1202.0-0.5
Majority74712.6-12.0
Turnout5,95433.1+6.6
Green gain from LabourSwing+18.7

May 2023

2023
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourAsghar Ali 2,655 55.9 -4.6
GreenMothin Ali1,48431.2+8.9
ConservativeRobert Harris3106.9-3.2
Liberal DemocratsMark Twitchett1563.3-1.3
TUSCIain Dalton1212.5+0.7
Majority1,17124.6-13.7
Turnout4,75126.5+1.2
Labour holdSwing

May 2022

2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourSalma Arif* 2,722 60.5 -12.9
GreenMothin Ali1,00122.3+16.2
ConservativeRobert Harris45410.1-1.6
Liberal DemocratsAqila Choudhry2064.6+0.5
TUSCTanis Belsham-Wray821.8-0.8
Majority1,72138.3-23.3
Turnout4,49825.3-4.6
Labour holdSwing

May 2021

2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourArif Hussain* 3,854 73.4 -4.2
ConservativeSandy Goodall61611.7+5.4
GreenAlaric Hall3186.1-0.4
Liberal DemocratsDarren Finlay2144.1-0.5
TUSCIain Dalton1392.6+0.0
SDPShaff Sheikh1132.2-0.2
Majority3,23861.6-9.6
Turnout5,25429.9+3.3
Labour holdSwing

May 2019

2019
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourKamila Maqsood* 3,426 77.6 +8.1
GreenLynne Caulfield2866.5-0.3
ConservativeRobert Harris2766.3-0.8
Liberal DemocratsAshley Mark Cresswell2064.7-1.7
Socialist AlternativeIain Dalton1132.6-3.5
SDPShaff Sheikh1082.4+2.4
Majority3,14071.1+8.7
Turnout4,47526.6-4.7
Labour holdSwing+4.2

May 2018

2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourSalma Arif* 4,020 69.5 -9.5
LabourArif Hussain* 3,797
LabourKamila Maqsood* 3,524
ConservativeRobert Harris4117.1+1.9
GreenColin Noble3946.8+4.2
Liberal DemocratsHeidi Farrar3706.4+1.5
TUSCIain Dalton3576.1+4.9
ConservativeMatthew Labbee323
IndependentShaff Sheikh2694.6N/A
ConservativeVajinder Singh218
Majority3,60962.4-9.4
Turnout16,56431.3-1.3
Labour holdSwing
Labour holdSwing
Labour holdSwing

May 2016

2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourSalma Arif 3,972 79.0 +5.1
UKIPKhalil Mohammed Kungulilo3607.2-3.6
ConservativeBeatrice Greenwood2635.2-1.4
Liberal DemocratsMargaret Sandra Tait2454.9+0.0
GreenRhian Margaret Williams1302.6-1.2
TUSCTanis Izabelle Belsham-Wray601.2+1.2
Majority3,61271.8+8.7
Turnout5,03032.6
Labour holdSwing

May 2015

2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourArif Hussain* 6,187 73.9 -6.3
UKIPMarvin Kushman90410.8+10.8
ConservativeJoshua Harvey5546.6-1.1
Liberal DemocratsAdam Douglas4134.9-3.5
GreenPeter Phizacklea3193.8+3.8
Majority5,28363.1-8.6
Turnout8,37751.5
Labour holdSwing-8.6

May 2014

2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourKamila Maqsood* 3,756 76.1
Liberal DemocratsAdam Douglas4038.2
ConservativeBeatrice Greenwood3938.0
GreenNeil Seepujak3817.7
Majority3,353
Turnout493331.55
Labour holdSwing

May 2012

2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourRoger Harington 3,900 71.7 -8.5
Liberal DemocratsAbdul Abedin99718.3+9.9
ConservativeBeatrice Greenwood3256.0-1.7
Alliance for Green SocialismAzar Iqbal2174.0+0.3
Majority2,90353.4-18.3
Turnout5,439
Labour gain from Liberal DemocratsSwing-9.2

May 2011

2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourArif Hussain* 4,805 80.2 +19.8
Liberal DemocratsQadeer Khan5068.4-16.1
ConservativeBeatrice Greenwood4627.7+0.2
Alliance for Green SocialismAzar Iqbal2203.7+1.9
Majority4,29971.7+35.9
Turnout5,99338
Labour holdSwing+17.9

May 2010

2010
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourKamila Maqsood 5,179 60.3 +18.0
Liberal DemocratsTasadaq Hussain2,10524.5-18.3
ConservativeBeatrice Greenwood6427.5+3.9
BNPAnthony Wall5035.9-0.6
Alliance for Green SocialismAzar Iqbal1531.8+0.4
Majority3,07435.8+35.3
Turnout8,58257.5+19.3
Labour holdSwing+18.1

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