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Electorate : 81799 Turnout : 55.35 % Surname Forename Votes Elected Description BENN Hilary James 24758 ELECTED Labour Party FARIS-WILSON Nicola 7791 The Conservative Party HAYTON Michael 3558 Green Party KITCHING Liz 330 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition SENIOR Luke 7082 UK Independence Party (UKIP) SPRIGGS Emma Janet 1529 Liberal
Bookmaker William Hill is so confident of Hilary Benn winning the Leeds Central seat again that they are only offering odds of 1/100 on his victory – you would have to wager £1,000 just to win a tenner. Where does that leave me on Election Day? Is it a choice
The Hunslet Club kicked off their 75th anniversary celebrations with a packed-out Review of the Year event on Friday evening (24 April 2015) – featuring a clutch of celebrity guests, news and stories from the club over the years, dazzling performances from some of the club’s young dancers and cheer-leaders,
People from the Leeds Central constituency will deliver a ‘Save Our NHS’ petition signed by local people to their MP candidates this Saturday (25 April 2015). The petition will be handed over on the front steps of Leeds Civic Hall in Millennium Square by Peter Haughton, a member of independent
Cross Flatts Parkrun celebrated its second anniversary on Saturday (28 March 2015). The plan had been for a number of gazebos to be erected to host the post run celebrations. Unfortunately, the exaggerated weather reports of a tornado heading towards Beeston meant the tents didn’t make it out of Ed
It’s a pretty straightforward question, but the answer is sometimes anything but. Leeds City Council has just completed its consultation to identify sites around the city but, perhaps understandably, not everyone is happy. And yet, if we don’t provide homes for our children and grandchildren, neighbours and friends and work
130+ people from all walks of life across south Leeds last week gathered for the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of local charity Health for All, and to hear about their wide-ranging work over the past year. The charity – now in its 24th year – started life being run out
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week with Paul Bullivant who has posted a lovely photo of Cad Beeston, the area’s other medieval building on the Friends of Stank Hall Barn Facebook page. On
Today (5 February 2015) is National Voter Registration Day. With changes to the way you register to vote it is feared that many thousands will be denied a vote in May. South Leeds Life does not support any political party, but we do believe everyone should use their vote and
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week with breaking news as fire broke out this afternoon in a block of bedsits on Beeston Road. The Yorkshire Evening Post got the story, but asked to