Gipton and Harehills (ward)

Gipton and Harehills
Gipton and Harehills
	; Gipton and Harehills highlighted within Leeds
Population	16,832 (2019 electorate)[1]
Metropolitan borough	City of Leeds;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Leeds East;
Councillors	Salma Arif[2]; (Labour); Arif Hussain[3]; (Labour); Kamila Maqsood[4]; (Labour);

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.

Councillors

Election
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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Taylor had been a councillor for Harehills ward since 1999.
Akhtar had been a Harehills ward councillor since winning a by-election in April 2000.
Harington had been a councillor for Harehills ward since 2002.
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]

"Leeds City Council election results 2019: Gipton and Harehills". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
"Councillor Salma Arif". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
"Councillor Arif Hussain". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
"Councillor Kamila Maqsood". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
"Councillor Alan Taylor". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
"Councillor Javaid Akhtar". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
"Councillor Roger Harington". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
"Councillor Javaid Akhtar". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.

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