Nigel Farage set to visit Leeds this month with event at First Direct Arena
Nigel Farage is set to visit Leeds as part of Reform's election campaign tour.
The politician is heading to the city on Tuesday, March 24, ahead of the May local elections. He will hold a rally at the First Direct Arena at 7pm that day.
Leeds Stand Up To Racism will be holding a protest in the city the same day. The counter-rally is due to start at 5pm, according to a post on Facebook.
Residents in the city will be heading to the polls on May 7 in the latest city council election. Find out more here.
Council elections are set to take place every May through to 2029, when the next fallow year is currently scheduled.
On its website, Leeds City Council explains: “Every Leeds City Council ward is represented by 3 councillors who are each elected to serve a 4 year term. Their terms are staggered so that we only select one councillor in each local election.
“This system is called voting by thirds because a third of councillors are elected each year, over a 4 year cycle. Due to this, once every 4 years, there are no local elections. This is called a fallow year. The next fallow year in Leeds is 2029.”
The council continues: “In 2018 we elected 3 councillors in each ward. This is because the ward boundaries had been independently reviewed to reflect changes in population and ensure each ward contains a similar amount of electors.
“It is likely there won’t be another ward boundary review in Leeds for around 15 years.”