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 and Headingley;
Councillors	Javaid Akhtar (Labour); Eden Hills (Green); Abigail Marshall Katung (Independent);
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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.

Population16,301 (2023 electorate)

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Election
2018	Kayleigh Brooks (Lab)	Javaid Akhtar (Lab)^[b]	Gerry Harper (Lab)^[c]^[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)
2024	Kayleigh Brooks (Lab)	Javaid Akhtar (Lab)	Abigail Marshall Katung (Lab)
June 2025	Kayleigh Brooks (Lab)	Javaid Akhtar (Lab)	Abigail Marshall Katung (Ind)^[d]
2026	Eden Hills* (GPEW)	Javaid Akhtar* (Lab)	Abigail Marshall Katung* (Ind)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Eden Hills	2,617	60.2	+38.2
	Labour	Kayleigh Brooks*	1,001	23.0	−36.8
	Reform	Bradley Holmes	326	7.5	New
	Liberal Democrats	George Sykes	255	5.9	−1.2
	Conservative	Jonathan Burkitt	125	2.9	−5.2
	TUSC	TJ Diniz Mota	26	0.6	−2.4
Majority			1616	37.1	N/A
Turnout			4365	28.7	+5.4
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	+37.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Javaid Akhtar*	2,194	59.8	−6.5
	Green	Leon Zadok	808	22.0	+6.8
	Conservative	Pauline Barron	297	8.1	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ghaffar Karim	260	7.1	+1.4
	TUSC	Anthony Bracuti	109	3.0	−0.3
Majority			1386	37.8	−13.3
Turnout			3715	23.3	+5.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.7

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	-3.2

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	+5.1

Councillors

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	-2.6

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	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

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)