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Candidates in Leeds East — Local Elections 2026
These are the people standing in the upcoming local elections on 7 May 2026. Click a candidate to learn more about them.
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Cross Gates & Whinmoor
9 candidates
AM
Ali Mansfield
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Howard Graham Dews
Yorkshire Party
John Kennedy
Conservative
JP
Joshua Patrick Lowthion
Liberal Democrats
Luke Murrow
Labour
MN
Mark Nicholson
Independent
Martin Francis Hemingway
Green Party
PA
Paul Anthony Whetsone
Social Democratic Party
Paula-Jane Thackray
Reform UK
Garforth & Swillington
6 candidates
Gipton & Harehills
9 candidates
AA
Andrew Alexander Martin
Social Democratic Party
AN
Andy Nix
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
AH
Arif Hussain
Independent
Callum Daniel Bushrod
Reform UK
Iain Alaistair Dalton
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Jack Glover
Liberal Democrats
Khizer Qayyum
Green Party
PH
Patricia Helen Jones
Conservative
Salma Arif
Labour
Killingbeck & Seacroft
6 candidates
Temple Newsam
12 candidates
Joshua Benjamin Alston
Green Party
JA
Julia Almond
Labour
KB
Keely Bannister
Green Party
KC
Keith Cecil Norman
Liberal Democrats
Kieran Richard Thomas White
Reform UK
KR
Kimberley Ruth Reid
Social Democratic Party
MT
Maggie Taylor
Conservative
Max Holley
Conservative
Noah Allerton
Liberal Democrats
RK
Rajiv Kumar Thukral
Social Democratic Party
RB
Richard Barker
Reform UK
TD
Tim Dowd
Labour