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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. Councillors indicates seat up for re-election. ''*'' indicates incumbent councillor. Elections since 2010 May 2022 May 2021 May 2019 May 2018 May 2016 May 2015 May 2014 May 2012 May 2011 May 2010 See also *Listed buildings in Leeds (Gipton and Harehills Ward) Gipton and Harehills (ward), Gipton and Harehills is a Ward (electoral subdivision), ward in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It contains eight Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are ... Notes References {{reflist Wards of Leeds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Leeds
The City of Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Leeds and the towns of Farsley, Garforth, Guiseley, Horsforth, Morley, Otley, Pudsey, Rothwell, Wetherby and Yeadon. It has a population of (), making it technically the second largest city in England by population behind Birmingham, since London is not a single local government entity. It is governed by Leeds City Council. The current city boundaries were set on 1 April 1974 by the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, as part a reform of local government in England. The city is a merger of eleven former local government districts; the unitary City and County Borough of Leeds combined with the municipal boroughs of Morley and Pudsey, the urban districts of Aireborough, Garforth, Horsforth, Otley and Rothwell, and parts of the rural districts of Tadcaster, Wharfedale and Wetherby from the West Riding of Yorkshire. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Leeds City Council Election
The 2010 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 6 May 2010 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as the 2010 general election and other local elections across the UK. As per the election cycle, one third of the council's seats were up for election. The subsequently elected councillors replaced those elected when their individual seats were previously contested in 2006. The result of the election saw the Labour Party gain five council seats and take minority control of the council. They held 48 of the 99 total seats and negotiated a confidence-and-supply agreement with the two Green Party councillors to achieve a majority. It replaced a six-year coalition between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives, which had also been supported by the three Green councillors before the election. Election result This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alaric Hall
Alaric Hall (born 1979) is a British philologist who is an associate professor of English and director of the Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds. He has, since 2009, been the editor of the academic journal '' Leeds Studies in English'' and its successor ''Leeds Medieval Studies''. Biography Hall received his B.A. in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic from the University of Cambridge, his M.Phil. in Medieval Studies from the University of Glasgow, and his Ph.D. in English from the University of Glasgow. His Ph.D. thesis was on elves in Anglo-Saxon England. He has subsequently become an associate professor of English and director of the Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds. Hall researches and teaches the languages, cultures and history of Northwest Europe in the Middle Ages. He has written and edited several works on these subjects. Hall is also an authority on Icelandic language and literature. His 2007 book ''Elves in Anglo-Saxon England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Leeds City Council Election
The 2022 Leeds City Council election is due to take place on 5 May 2022. One third—33 of 99—of councillors will be elected. The election will take place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. In the previous council election in 2021, Labour maintained its control of the council, holding 54 seats after the election. The Conservatives formed the main opposition with twenty-four seats, with the remaining seats held by the Liberal Democrats, Green Party and independent councillors. Background The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Leeds was a district of the West Yorkshire metropolitan county. The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The West Yorkshire Combined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Leeds City Council Election
The 2021 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 6 May 2021 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections across England and the rest of the UK, including the inaugural West Yorkshire mayoral election. The election was originally scheduled for 7 May 2020, alongside the later cancelled 2020 West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner election and other local elections across the UK, but was delayed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As per the election cycle, both one third of the council's 99 seats and an additional casual vacancy in Roundhay ward were contested. Following the postponement of the original election in 2020, the incumbent councillors' terms have been extended for an additional year to their initial two-year term granted in 2018. All councillors elected in 2021 will serve a one-off three-year term, instead of the usual four-year term, to retain their original term end date of 2024. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Leeds City Council Election
The 2019 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other UK local elections across England and Northern Ireland. As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were up for election. This followed the re-election of all of the 99 council seats in the 2018 all-out council election. It had resulted from an electoral ward boundary review and saw the election of three councillors for each of the 33 electoral wards and their new ward boundaries. The third-placed candidate elected in every ward was granted a single year term and their seats are up for election this year. Elected councillors were granted the usual four-year term until 2023 in order to return to the typical election cycle of elections in three of every four years. The Labour Party maintained their majority control of the council despite losing four seats, also retaining their one Calverley and Farsl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Leeds City Council Election
The 2016 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2016 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was on the same day as other local elections. As per the election cycle, one third of the council's seats were up for election. The councillors subsequently elected replaced those elected when their individual seats were previously contested in 2012. The Labour Party retained all 21 of their contested council seats, maintaining their majority control of the council with a total of 63 of the 99 elected councillors. It was the second election in a row in which no party gained or lost any seats. Election summary This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: Councillors who did not stand for re-election Incumbent Labour councillors, Debra Coupar ( Cross Gates & Whinmoor), Roger Harington ( Gipton & Harehills) and Janette Walker (Headingley), all stood for new wards. Coupar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Leeds City Council Election
The 2015 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 7 May 2015 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as the 2015 general election and other local elections across the UK. As per the election cycle, one third of the council's seats were up for election. The councillors subsequently elected replaced those elected when their individual seats were previously contested in 2011. No political party gained or lost any seats and the Labour Party retained all 22 of their contested council seats and their majority control of the council since 2011. Election summary This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: Councillors who did not stand for re-election Ward results The electoral division results listed below are based on the changes from the 2011 elections, not taking into account any mid-term by-elections or party defections. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Leeds City Council Election
The 2014 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 22 May 2014 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as the 2014 European Parliament election and other local elections across the UK. As per the election cycle, one third of the council's seats were up for election. The councillors subsequently elected replaced those elected when their individual seats were previously contested in 2010. The Labour Party had been in overall control of the council since 2011 and their majority was unchanged following this election after winning 20 of the 33 seats contested. Leeds City Council Election summary This result had the following consequences for the total n ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Leeds City Council Election
The 2012 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members to Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections across the UK. As per the election cycle, one third of the council's seats were up for election. The councillors subsequently elected replaced those elected when their individual seats were previously contested in 2008. Since taking majority control of the council in 2011, the Labour council administration increased their total number of councillors from 55 to 63. They won eight more seats at the election, including six from the Liberal Democrats. Leeds City Council Electio ...
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2011 Leeds City Council Election
The 2011 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections across the UK. As per the election cycle, one third of the council's seats were up for election. The councillors subsequently elected replaced those elected when their individual seats were previously contested in 2007. After forming a minority administration following the 2010 election, the Labour Party regained overall control of the council for the first time since the council had been in no overall control in 2004. Labour gained seven seats, including four from the Liberal Democrats. Election summary This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: Councillors who did not stand for re-election Ward results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Leeds City Council Election
The 2008 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 1 May 2008 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were contested, plus an additional vacancy in Calverley and Farsley ward as Amanda Carter stood down. Those seats up for election were those of the first-placed candidate elected for every ward at the 2004 all-out election, who had been granted a four-year term to expire in 2008. It saw the Liberal Democrat and Conservative coalition administration continue their control of the council. Despite both Labour and the Liberal Democrats winning more seats, the Conservatives won the majority of votes cast for the first time since 1992. The Liberal Democrats regained a total of 24 seats on the council by defeating former Liberal Democrat-turn-independent and then Conservative councillor for Weetwood ward, Brian Jennings. This had followed Hyde Park and Woodhouse councillor, Kabeer Hussain, defectin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
