What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Emma Pogson-Golden has won Middleton Park ward for the SDP, defeating Labour’s Lauren Summers by almost 400 votes in the Leeds City Council elections held yesterday (4 May 2023). Emma Pogson-Golden joins Wayne Dixon with the SDP now holding two out of the three seats in the ward. Labour won
Last night (26 April 2022) South Leeds Life hosted an online hustings meeting as part of our local elections coverage. All the candidates standing in the Middleton Park ward were invited to attend and take questions from our readers. Subjects covered included: what issues they were most concerned about and
As part of our election coverage South Leeds Life is hosting three online hustings meeting again this year. All the candidates standing in the Leeds City Council elections for our three wards have been invited and we would like you to join us too. This is your opportunity to put
The candidates for the 2023 Leeds City Council elections have been announced. We’ve published full lists of the candidates on separate pages for Beeston & Holbeck ward, Hunslet & Riverside ward and Middleton Park ward. We’re writing to all the candidates to ask them about why they are standing and
We asked your three new South Leeds Councillors to introduce themselves: Cllr Wayne Dixon – Middleton Park ward I stood for election because I realised that after decades of Labour running our area, little was changing in terms of the basics getting done. I believe that Labour are no longer
The Labour Party has lost two of the three seats in South Leeds as Ed Carlisle won the Hunslet & Riverside seat for the Green Party and Wayne Dixon won in Middleton Park for the SDP. Both candidates have campaigned for a number of years and came close to winning
Last night (27 April 2022) South Leeds Life hosted an online hustings meeting as part of our local elections coverage. All the candidates standing in the ward were invited to attend and take questions from our readers. Subjects covered included: mental health, actions to help the local community, anti social
Labour candidates have held all three south Leeds wards in the Leeds City Council election with Gohar Almass winning in Beeston & Holbeck; Mohammed Iqbal winning in Hunslet & Riverside and Sharon Burke winning in Middleton Park. Both Hunslet & Riverside and Middleton Park wards were being tipped in the
Last night (28 April 2021) South Leeds Life hosted an online hustings meeting as part of our local elections coverage. All the candidates standing in the ward were invited to attend and take questions from our readers. Subjects covered included: mental health, actions to help the local community, what should
The candidates for the 2021 Leeds City Council elections, and the West Yorkshire Mayor election have been announced. We’ve published full lists of the candidates on separate pages for Beeston & Holbeck ward, Hunslet & Riverside ward and Middleton Park ward and for the West Yorkshire Mayor. We’re writing to