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Riordan in 2019. Tom Riordan is an English civil servant. He was Chief Executive of Leeds City Council from August 2010 until September 2024, [1] and spent three months working part-time for the UK government from May 2020 leading the Contain strand within COVID-19 NHS Test and Trace programme, setting out the framework for managing local COVID-19 outbreaks.
The 2024 Leeds City Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024. It was held on the same day as the second West Yorkshire mayoral election and other local elections across the United Kingdom. [3] The Labour Party maintained control of the council, with their seat count holding
The modern city council was established in 1974, with the first elections being held in advance in 1973. Under the Local Government Act 1972, the area of the County Borough of Leeds was combined with those of the Municipal Borough of Morley, the Municipal Borough of Pudsey, Aireborough Urban District, Horsforth Urban District, Otley Urban District, Garforth Urban District, Rothwell Urban ...
The 2022 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2022 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom. As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were contested alongside two casual vacancies in the Horsforth and Roundhay wards.
The council announced that a total of 225 voters were turned away from the polls for a lack of ID and did not return. As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were contested. The Labour Party maintained their majority control of the council, repeating the net gain of 3 seats they achieved in 2022.
Following a period supporting the Labour Party, Ali joined the Green Party, and began campaigning for election as the Green Party candidate for the Gipton and Harehills ward of Leeds City Council in 2022; [1] this was one of the UK's poorest areas, 40% of whose population was Muslim, with over 65% coming from minority ethnic groups. [2]
The first election to the reconstituted city council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. West Yorkshire County Council was abolished in 1986 and Leeds became a unitary authority. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties: [2] [3]
Alison Natalie Kay Lowe OBE is a British Labour politician and deputy mayor of West Yorkshire for Policing and Crime. She was the first black woman Leeds city councillor, serving from 1990 to 2019, and has served as the chief executive of Touchstone, a mental health charity based in Leeds, from 2004 to 2021.