Helen Hayden - Councillor for Leeds (Temple Newsam)

Councillor Helen Hayden

Labour Temple Newsam Executive Member for Children and Families

Email: helen.hayden@leeds.gov.uk

Council: Leeds

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Council (Committee Member) Employment Committee (Committee Member) Executive Board (Committee Member) Outer East Community Committee (Committee Member) Health and Wellbeing Board (Committee Member) West Yorkshire Adoption Joint Committee (Chair) Leeds School Forum (Guest) Consultative Meeting of the West Yorkshire Adoption Joint Committee (Committee Member)

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

52 meetings · Page 2 of 11

Council Committee Member

Extraordinary Council Meeting, Council - Friday, 19th December, 2025 10.00 am

December 19, 2025
Executive Board Committee Member

Executive Board - Wednesday, 17th December, 2025 1.00 pm

December 17, 2025
Employment Committee Committee Member

Employment Committee - Thursday, 4th December, 2025 3.30 pm

December 04, 2025
Outer East Community Committee Committee Member

Outer East Community Committee - Tuesday, 2nd December, 2025 4.00 pm

December 02, 2025
Health and Wellbeing Board Committee Member

Health and Wellbeing Board - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 9.00 am

November 20, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

117 decisions · Page 1 of 24

Burial Space Strategy for Leeds

From: Executive Board - Wednesday, 17th December, 2025 1.00 pm - December 17, 2025

...to approve a short, medium, and long-term strategy for ensuring adequate burial space in Leeds, including expanding Cottingley, Whinmoor, and Guiseley cemeteries, and identifying new sites, while also amending policies regarding advance plot purchases and burials of non-viable fetuses.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 52

Average per Month: 2.4

Decisions Recorded: 117