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
Population	17,961 (2023 electorate)
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	Asghar Ali[1] (Labour) Mothin Ali[2] (Green) Salma Arif[3] (Labour)
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Councillors

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2004		Alan Taylor (LD)[a][4]		Javaid Akhtar (LD)[b][5]		Roger Harington (Lab)[c][6]
2006		Alan Taylor (LD)		Javaid Akhtar (LD)[d]		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)[8]
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)
2021		Salma Arif (Lab)		Arif Hussain (Lab)		Kamila Maqsood (Lab)
2022		Salma Arif (Lab)		Arif Hussain (Lab)		Kamila Maqsood (Lab)
2023		Salma Arif (Lab)		Arif Hussain (Lab)		Asghar Ali (Lab)
2024		Salma Arif* (Lab)		Mothin Ali* (GPEW)		Asghar Ali* (Lab)

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

Elections since 2010

May 2024

2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Mothin Ali	3,070	51.6	+20.4
	Labour	Arif Hussain*	2,323	39.0	−16.9
	Conservative	Liam Roberts	285	4.8	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Race	156	2.6	−0.7
	TUSC	Iain Dalton	120	2.0	−0.5
Majority			747	12.6	−12.0
Turnout			5,954	33.1	+6.6
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	+18.7

May 2023

2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Asghar Ali	2,655	55.9	−4.6
	Green	Mothin Ali	1,484	31.2	+8.9
	Conservative	Robert Harris	310	6.9	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Twitchett	156	3.3	−1.3
	TUSC	Iain Dalton	121	2.5	+0.7
Majority			1,171	24.6	−13.7
Turnout			4,751	26.5	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2022

2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Salma Arif*	2,722	60.5	−12.9
	Green	Mothin Ali	1,001	22.3	+16.2
	Conservative	Robert Harris	454	10.1	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Aqila Choudhry	206	4.6	+0.5
	TUSC	Tanis Belsham-Wray	82	1.8	−0.8
Majority			1,721	38.3	−23.3
Turnout			4,498	25.3	−4.6
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2021

2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arif Hussain*	3,854	73.4	−4.2
	Conservative	Sandy Goodall	616	11.7	+5.4
	Green	Alaric Hall	318	6.1	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Finlay	214	4.1	−0.5
	TUSC	Iain Dalton	139	2.6	+0.0
	SDP	Shaff Sheikh	113	2.2	−0.2
Majority			3,238	61.6	−9.6
Turnout			5,254	29.9	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2019

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

May 2018

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

May 2016

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

May 2015

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

May 2014

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

May 2012

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

May 2011

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

May 2010

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

See also

• Listed buildings in Leeds (Gipton and Harehills Ward)

Notes

1. Taylor had been a councillor for Harehills ward since 1999.
2. Akhtar had been a Harehills ward councillor since winning a by-election in April 2000.
3. Harington had been a councillor for Harehills ward since 2002.
4. 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.^[7]