What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Voters in South Leeds are encouraged to have their say by taking part in the general election this week. Polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm on Thursday 4 July for everyone registered who has not already voted by post to support their candidate in the Leeds South
The recent council elections – and congratulations to all those elected in South Leeds and to Al Garthwaite from Beeston on becoming our city’s new Lord Mayor – was the first after a new law came in requiring us to show voter ID. In Leeds, 601 residents were initially turned
Our right to vote was hard-won and is very precious. This May the way we vote will be changing because we’ll all need to show specified photo ID at the polling station in order to be given a ballot paper. Acceptable forms of ID include a passport, driving licence, a
For the first time, residents in Leeds will need to show photographic ID in order to vote in person at polling stations at this year’s local elections. The new rule only affects those voting in person on election day, postal voters are unaffected. Following the introduction of the Elections Act