Labour’sMatt Gibson has lost his seat in Farnley and Wortley Ward at the 2019 Leeds local elections.
Gibson won the seat at the expense of the Green Party in the 2018 Leeds City Council local elections, with a majority of 160.
However Green Party candidate Ann Forsaith regained the seat for the Greens with 2,010 votes to Labour’s 1,798.
Turnout was 27.4%.
Results
FORSAITH Ann Christine, Green Party 2,010 – elected
FRANK Maria Anne, Liberal Democrats 96
GIBSON Matt, Labour Party 1,798
NANCOLAS Hayley Laura, The Conservative Party Candidate 332
WOODS Patrick Thomas, United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) 659
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