Little London and Woodhouse (ward)

Little London and Woodhouse
Little London and Woodhouse
	Little London and Woodhouse highlighted within Leeds
Population	16,301 (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 Central;
Councillors	Javaid Akhtar; (Labour); Kayleigh Brooks; (Labour); Abigail Marshall Katung; (Labour);
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Little London and Woodhouse is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the urban areas of Little London and Woodhouse to the north of the city centre. It was created in advance of the 2018 council election.

Councillors[edit]

Election
2018	Kayleigh Brooks (Lab)	Javaid Akhtar (Lab)^[a]	Gerry Harper (Lab)^[b]^[4]
2019	Kayleigh Brooks (Lab)	Javaid Akhtar (Lab)	Abigail Marshall Katung (Lab)
2021	Kayleigh Brooks (Lab)	Javaid Akhtar (Lab)	Abigail Marshall Katung (Lab)
2022	Kayleigh Brooks (Lab)	Javaid Akhtar (Lab)	Abigail Marshall Katung (Lab)
2023	Kayleigh Brooks* (Lab)	Javaid Akhtar* (Lab)	Abigail Marshall Katung* (Lab)

indicates seat up for election. * indicates current incumbent councillor.

2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Abigail Marshall Katung*	1,908	66.3	-5.4
	Green	Nick Lalvani	437	15.2	+0.9
	Conservative	Muhammad Raja	261	9.1	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Arbuckle	163	5.7	+1.7
	TUSC	Anthony Bracuti	96	3.3	+1.1
Majority			1,471	51.1	-6.4
Turnout			2,880	17.7	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing

2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kayleigh Brooks*	2,033	71.7	+6.5
	Green	Talia Ellis	404	14.3	-3.7
	Conservative	Owen Rutherford	204	7.2	-2.5
	Liberal Democrats	François van Cauwenbergh	112	4.0	-0.8
	TUSC	Michael Johnson	62	2.2	+2.0
Majority			1,629	57.5	+9.3
Turnout			2,834	16.3	-4.5
	Labour hold		Swing

2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Javaid Akhtar*	2,641	65.2	-3.0
	Green	Marcus Cain	689	17.0	+2.2
	Conservative	Jordan Young	393	9.7	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Iulian Biris	196	4.8	-0.7
	TUSC	Michael Johnson	82	0.2	+0.1
Majority			1,952	48.2	+5.2
Turnout			4,048	20.8	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abigail Marshall Katung	1,749	68.2	-1.6
	Green	Gavin Andrews	391	15.2	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Thomas Mock	142	5.5	-2.2
	Conservative	Amy Green	140	5.5	-1.7
	UKIP	Chris Jackson	124	4.8	+4.8
	Socialist Alternative	Michael Johnson	18	0.7	+0.7
Majority			1,358	43.0	-20.1
Turnout			2,573	20.6	+5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.9

2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kayleigh Brooks	2,425	69.8	*N/A*
	Labour	Javaid Akhtar*	2,415
	Labour	Gerry Harper*	2,126
	Green	Christopher Foren	530	15.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Lorna Campbell	268	7.7	N/A
	Conservative	Brandon Ashford	249	7.2	N/A
	Conservative	Stewart Harper	166
Majority			1,895	63.1	N/A
Turnout			3,004	15.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

^ Akhtar had previously been a Liberal Democrat councillor for Harehills ward from April 2000 and then Gipton and Harehills ward from 2004 until he lost his seat in 2007. He later left the Liberal Democrats to join Labour and was elected for Hyde Park and Woodhouse ward in 2010 and then represented Little London and Woodhouse ward from 2018.
^ Harper had been a councillor for University ward between 1994 and 2004, when he ran unsuccessfully for Roundhay ward. He was later elected for Hyde Park and Woodhouse ward in a by-election in February 2010 and held the seat until his election for Little London and Woodhouse ward.

^ "Councillor Javaid Akhtar". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
^ "Councillor Kayleigh Brooks". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
^ "Councillor Abigail Marshall Katung". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
^ "Councillor Gerry Harper". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 25 December 2018.