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Sebastian McCormick

All the candidates and parties standing for election in your area of Leeds this May

Local council elections are due to be held across Leeds next month alongside a number of parish and town council elections.

On May 5 elections are to be held across the city with candidates standing from the major parties in all wards and candidates from other parties also standing. There are also two different town council elections taking place on the same day.

More people are allowed to vote in local elections than in Parliamentary elections with anyone over the age of 18 who holds UK, Irish, Commonwealth or EU citizenship all allowed to vote for their local councillors. Here is a list, in alphabetical order, of all the wards holding elections next month, those in italics are the current incumbents and the number next to the ward represents how many seats are facing election.

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Leeds City Council Elections

Adel and Wharfedale (1)

  • Anderson, Barry John - Conservative

  • Bridges, Chris - Labour

  • Love, Fiona Sarah Heather - Green

  • Robinson, Corey - Yorkshire Party

  • Twitchett, Mark John - Liberal Democrat

Alwoodley (1)

  • Cohen, Dan - Conservative

  • Dews, Howard Graham - Yorkshire Party

  • Hall, Alaric Timothy Peter - Green

  • Jennings, Louise Mary - Women’s Equality Party

  • Nuttgens, Lucy Kathleen - Labour

  • Parker, Roderic - Liberal Democrat

Ardsley and Robin Hood (1)

  • Cain, Marcus Scott - Green

  • Martin, Andrew Alexander - Social Democratic Party

  • Renshaw, Karen - Labour and Co-operative Party

  • Shires, Alan Jean-Luke - Conservative

  • Ward, Benjamin Lloyd - Liberal Democrats

Armley (1)

  • Hynam, Florian - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

  • Kovacs, Tamas - Conservative

  • Rollinson, Mark Terence - Green

  • Smart, Alice Ellen Schofield - Labour

  • Walker, Dan - Liberal Democrat

Beeston and Holbeck (1)

  • Andrews, Peter Richard - Liberal Democrat

  • Armitage, Natalia - Conservative

  • Maloney, Annie - Labour

  • Perry, Nigel - Social Democratic Party

  • Polucciu, Mariana - Green

  • Reaney, Emily Louise - Northern Independence Party

Bramley and Stanningley (1)

  • Bee, Elizabeth Anne - Liberal Democrat

  • Cook, Adam Daniel - Conservative

  • Ritchie, Kevin Mark - Labour

  • Whetstone, Daniel Paul - Social Democratic Party

  • Whittaker, Keith Duncan - Green

Burmantofts and Richmond Hill (1)

  • Berry, Brian Patrick - Conservative

  • Farley, Luke Anthony - Labour

  • Hollingsworth, David Ewan - Liberal Democrat

  • Holloran, Geoff - Independent

  • Wilson, Richard Miles - Green

Calverley and Farsley (1)

  • Carter, Andrew - Conservative

  • Dowling, Ian George - Liberal Democrat

  • Graham, Ellen Jean - Green

  • Lees, Robert Andrew - Yorkshire Party

  • Thomas, Justin - Social Democratic Party

  • Timmins, Craig Lee - Labour and Co-operative Party

Chapel Allerton (1)

  • Ahad, Shazar - Conservative

  • Davies, Mike - Alliance for Green Socialism

  • Marshall, James Alleyne Cuthbert - Liberal Democrat

  • Taylor, Eileen - Labour

  • Walker, Bobak - Green

Cross Gates and Whinmoor (1)

  • Grahame, Pauleen Margaret - Labour

  • Hemingway, Martin Francis - Green

  • Kennedy, John - Conservative

  • Wood, Benjamin - Liberal Democrats

Farnley and Wortley (1)

  • Allison, Peter Edward - Conservative

  • Blackburn, Ann - Green

  • Sewards, Mark James - Labour

Garforth and Swillington (1)

  • Beer, Stephen Paul - Green

  • Dobson, Mark David - Garforth and Swillington Independents Party

  • Knox, Jake - Liberal Democrats

  • Nagle, David Patrick - Labour

  • Young, Peter Jeremy - Conservative

Gipton and Harehills (1)

  • Ali, Mothin - Green

  • Arif, Salma - Labour

  • Belsham-Wray, Tanis Izabelle - Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

  • Choudry, Aqila - Liberal Democrats

  • Harris, Robert David Winston - Conservative

Guiseley and Rawdon (1)

  • Buxton, Bob - Yorkshire Party

  • Firth, Richard James - Green

  • Gable, Peter - Conservative

  • McLeod, Stuart - Liberal Democrats

  • Thomson, Eleanor Frances - Labour and Co-operative Party

Harewood (1)

  • Cook, Dan - Liberal Democrat

  • Evans, Claire Anne - Green

  • Millar, Michael Thomas - Labour

  • Robinson, Matthew James - Conservative

Headingley and Hyde Park (1)

  • Ashford, Brandon John - Liberal Democrat

  • Bracuti, Anthony Joseph Ello - Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

  • Goodall, Tim - Green

  • Greaux, Anthony Joseph - Independent

  • Pryor, Jonathan David - Labour

  • Rowley, Steven Malcolm - Conservative

Horsforth (2)

  • Bromley, Emmie - Labour

  • Collins, Dawn Julia - Local Conservatives

  • Cowling, Ian - Yorkshire Party

  • Dowling, Simon Mark - Liberal Democrat

  • Garvani, John - Labour

  • Heaviside, Becky - Liberal Democrat

  • Jones, Gideon Matthew William - Green

  • Shaw, Ian Williams - Green

  • Stones, Tracy Kathryn - Local Conservatives

Hunsley and Riverside (1)

  • Adeyemi, Samson Roberts - Conservative

  • Carlisle, Ed - Green

  • Cottle, Nick - Freedom Alliance

  • Foster, Thomas Peter - Social Democratic Party

  • Nash, Elizabeth Anne - Labour

  • Turner-Chastney, Benedict - Liberal Democrat

Killingbeck and Seacroft (1)

  • Anthoney, David Alan - Green

  • Dalton, Iain Alaistair - Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

  • Harbourne, Suzanne Mary - Freedom Alliance

  • Otley, John - Liberal Democrats

  • Trigg, Cormac John - Conservative

  • Tudor, John William - Labour

Kippax and Methley (1)

  • Golton, Christine Mavis - Liberal Democrat

  • Hale, Keith Edward - Green

  • Harland, Mary Elizabeth - Labour

  • Mulhall, Connor Joseph Paul - Conservative

Kirkstall (1)

  • Belcher, Adam James - Liberal Democrat

  • Bithell, Hannah Louise - Labour

  • Capitano, Reiss Lewis - Conservative

  • Smith, Victoria Helen - Green

Little London and Woodhouse (1)

  • Brooks, Kayleigh - Labour

  • Ellis, Talia - Green

  • Johnson, Michael James - Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

  • Rutherford, Owen Scott - Conservative

  • Van Cauwenbergh, François - Liberal Democrat

Middleton Park (1)

  • Adeyemi, Taiwo Funmilayo - Conservative

  • Arbuckle, Jude Patrick - Liberal Democrats

  • Asquith, Kay-Lee Anne - Green

  • Chambers, Peter - Labour

  • Dixon, Wayne Alan - Social Democratic Party

Moortown (1)

  • France-Mir, Mahalia Hema - Labour

  • Hartshorne, Rachel Elizabeth - Green

  • Speed, Rob - Conservative

  • Sykes, George - Liberal Democrat

Morley North (1)

  • Davey, Patrick Gerard - Labour

  • Dolan, Aisling Margaret - Green

  • Gettings, Bob - Morley Borough Independents

  • Smith, Lidia - Conservative

  • Spencer, James Michael - Liberal Democrats

Morley South (1)

  • Bell, Chris - Green

  • Bradley, Bailey Jacob Statton - Labour

  • Goodman, Penny - Liberal Democrats

  • Newton, Oliver Scott - Morley Borough Independents

  • Suryawanshi, Lalit Raghunath - Conservative

Otley and Yeadon (1)

  • Bradley, Mick - Green

  • Buxton, Claire Jane - Yorkshire Party

  • Campbell, Colin Andrew - Liberal Democrat

  • Clapcote, Steve - Labour and Co-operative Party

  • Farmer, Lee Anthony Conservative

Pudsey (1)

  • Holroyd-Case, Ryan - Labour

  • Jacques, Robert Hugh - Liberal Democrats

  • Seary, Simon Anthony - Conservative

  • Ward, Suzanne Elizabeth - Green

Rothwell (1)

  • Aliremzioglu, Ali - Green

  • Boycott, Joe - Conservative

  • Bruce, Karen - Labour

  • Golton, Stewart - Liberal Democrat

  • McDonald, Sean Francis - Yorkshire Party

Roundhay (2)

  • Bowden, Jordan Daniel - Labour

  • Christie, Malcolm Scott - Alliance for Green Socialism

  • Cohen, Elayna Beverley - Conservative

  • Ellis, Paul Charles - Green

  • Hannah, Jon - Liberal Democrats

  • Hussain, Zara - Labour

  • Weiner, Spencer Elliot - Conservative

Temple Newsam (1)

  • Adris, Shahab - Green

  • Coupar, Debra Ann - Labour

  • Firth, Jonathan Charles - Conservative

  • Norman, Keith Cecil - Liberal Democrats

Weetwood (1)

  • Basu, Angelo - Conservative

  • Foren, Christopher Mark - Green

  • Slinger, Sharon Margaret - Liberal Democrat

  • Walker, Rob - Social Democratic Party

  • Wilson, Izaak William - Labour and Co-operative Party

Wetherby (1)

  • Dixon-Murrow, Luke - Labour

  • Harrington, Norma Agnes - Conservative

  • McIntee, Lesley Ann - Liberal Democrats

  • Stables, Penny - Green

Town and Parish Council Elections

Ashfield - Otley Town Council (1)

  • Eve, Alex - Labour

  • Harper, Stewart Peter - Conservative

  • Hughes, Sarah Jane - Liberal Democrat

  • James, Nickie - Green

Victoria - Horsforth Town Council (1)

  • Buxton, Bob - Yorkshire Party

  • Dowling, Ian George - Liberal Democrats

  • Fletcher, Mark John - Labour

  • Hardcastle, Kath - Local Conservatives

If you want more information on the people standing for election click here to go to the Leeds City Council Website.

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