Campaigning in the most marginal ward in Leeds where no one knows if Labour or the Conservatives will win

With the election only a few days away, campaigners in Leeds’ most marginal seat are working to ensure their candidate is elected.

In the 2021 local elections, Jonathan Firth ran for the Conservative Party in Temple Newsam, losing by 12 votes to Labour’s Helen Hayden. Now he is running in the seat again and aiming to defeat the deputy leader of the council, Councillor Debra Coupar.

Mr Firth, who has been out campaigning in the area alongside his son, Councillor Sam Firth, who represents Harewood ward and Conservative Party volunteers, said: “I didn’t want to lose any momentum so I am running again.”