Horsforth (ward)
Horsforth | |
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![]() Horsforth highlighted within Leeds | |
Population | 17,411 (2019 electorate)[1] |
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Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
UK Parliament | |
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Horsforth is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in north west Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the suburb of the same name and a southern part of Rawdon.
Boundaries[]
The Horsforth ward includes the civil parish of the same name, also overseen by Horsforth Town Council.
Councillors[]
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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1973 | Morris Crossfield (Lib) | R. Morrish (Lib) | H. Stuttard (Lib) | |||
1975 | Morris Crossfield (Lib) | R. Morrish (Lib) | M. Frame (Con) | |||
1976 | Morris Crossfield (Lib) | A. Foyston (Con) | M. Frame (Con) | |||
1978 | Morris Crossfield (Lib) | A. Foyston (Con) | M. Frame (Con) | |||
By-election | Morris Crossfield (Lib) | Unknown (Con) | M. Frame (Con) | |||
1979 | Morris Crossfield (Lib) | Unknown (Con) | R. Howe (Lib) | |||
1980 | Morris Crossfield (Lib) | S.J. Cooksey (Lib) | Valerie Stephens (Con) | |||
1982 | Morris Crossfield (Lib) | S.J. Cooksey (Lib) | Julian Cummins (Lib) | |||
1983 | Valerie Stephens (Con) | S.J. Cooksey (Lib) | Julian Cummins (Lib) | |||
1984 | Valerie Stephens (Con) | S.J. Cooksey (Lib) | Julian Cummins (Lib) | |||
1986 | Valerie Stephens (Con) | S.J. Cooksey (Lib) | Julian Cummins (Lib) | |||
1987 | B. Rich (Lib) | S.J. Cooksey (Lib) | Julian Cummins (Lib) | |||
1988 | B. Rich (SLD) | S.J. Cooksey (SLD) | Julian Cummins (SLD) | |||
1989 by-election | John Meade (SLD) | Andrew McCaig (SLD) | Julian Cummins (SLD) | |||
1990 | John Meade (LD) | Andrew McCaig (LD) | Michael Shaw (LD)[a] | |||
1991 | John Meade (LD) | Christopher Townsley (LD)[6] | Michael Shaw (LD) | |||
1992 | John Meade (LD) | Mary Addison (Con) | Michael Shaw (LD) | |||
1994 | John Meade (LD) | Mary Addison (Con) | Christopher Townsley (LD) | |||
1995 | Brian Cleasby (LD)[7] | Mary Addison (Con) | Christopher Townsley (LD) | |||
1996 | Brian Cleasby (LD) | Roger Harris (LD) | Christopher Townsley (LD) | |||
1998 | Brian Cleasby (LD) | Roger Harris (LD) | Christopher Townsley (LD) | |||
1999 | Brian Cleasby (LD) | Tom Nossiter (LD)[b] | Christopher Townsley (LD) | |||
2000 | Brian Cleasby (LD) | Andrew Barker (LD)[8] | Christopher Townsley (LD) | |||
2002 | Brian Cleasby (LD) | Andrew Barker (LD) | Christopher Townsley (LD) | |||
2003 | Brian Cleasby (LD) | Andrew Barker (LD) | Christopher Townsley (LD) | |||
2004 | Brian Cleasby (LD) | Andrew Barker (LD) | Christopher Townsley (LD) | |||
2006 | Brian Cleasby (LD) | Andrew Barker (LD) | Christopher Townsley (LD) | |||
2007 | Brian Cleasby (LD) | Andrew Barker (LD) | Christopher Townsley (LD) | |||
2008 | Brian Cleasby (LD) | Andrew Barker (LD) | Christopher Townsley (LD) | |||
2010 | Brian Cleasby (LD) | Andrew Barker (LD) | Christopher Townsley (LD) | |||
2011 | Brian Cleasby (LD) | Dawn Collins (Con) | Christopher Townsley (LD) | |||
2012 | Brian Cleasby (LD) | Dawn Collins (Con) | Christopher Townsley (LD) | |||
2014 | Brian Cleasby (LD) | Dawn Collins (Con) | Christopher Townsley (LD) | |||
2015 | Brian Cleasby (LD) | Dawn Collins (Con) | Christopher Townsley (LD) | |||
2016 | Brian Cleasby (LD) | Dawn Collins (Con) | Christopher Townsley (LD) | |||
2018 | Jonathon Taylor (Con) | Dawn Collins (Con) | Jackie Shemilt (Con) | |||
2019 | Jonathon Taylor (Con) | Dawn Collins (Con) | Jackie Shemilt (Con) | |||
2021 | Jonathon Taylor* (Con) | Dawn Collins* (Con) | Jackie Shemilt* (Con) |
indicates seat up for re-election. indicates seat up for election following resignation or death of sitting councillor. * indicates incumbent councillor.
Elections since 2010[]
May 2021[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jonathon Taylor* | 3,292 | 38.3 | +0.9 | |
Labour | John Garvani | 2,642 | 30.7 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Dowling | 1,750 | 20.4 | +1.3 | |
Green | William Jones | 609 | 7.1 | -4.8 | |
Yorkshire | Roland Gilmore | 219 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Freedom Alliance. No Lockdowns. No Curfews. | Anne Mutch | 45 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 650 | 7.5 | -3.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,593 | 47.8 | +7.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
May 2019[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jackie Shemilt* | 2,625 | 37.4 | +0.9 | |
Labour | John Garvani | 1,878 | 26.7 | -1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Mark Dowling | 1,339 | 19.1 | -3.5 | |
Green | Rosa Shaw | 838 | 11.9 | -1.0 | |
UKIP | Paul Hellyer | 337 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 747 | 10.7 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,065 | 40.6 | -3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 |
May 2018[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Dawn Collins* | 3,195 | 36.5 | +9.3 | |
Conservative | Jonathon Taylor | 2,770 | |||
Conservative | Jackie Shemilt | 2,660 | |||
Labour | John Garvani | 2,453 | 28.0 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Briony Sloan | 2,380 | |||
Labour | Nathalie Bethesda | 2,208 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Dowling | 1,976 | 22.6 | -10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Becky Heaviside | 1,903 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Read | 1,288 | |||
Green Party - Save Our Green Space | Caroline Tomes | 1,132 | 12.9 | +7.0 | |
Majority | 742 | 8.5 | +3.1 | ||
Turnout | 17,539 | 43.8 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
May 2016[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Chris Townsley* | 2,329 | 32.9 | +13.4 | |
Labour | Ian McCargo | 1,945 | 27.5 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Richard John O'Callaghan | 1,923 | 27.2 | -12.9 | |
UKIP | Roger Facer Tattersall | 462 | 6.5 | -1.8 | |
Green | Ben Hall | 421 | 5.9 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 384 | 5.4 | -10.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,080 | 42.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
May 2015[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Dawn Collins* | 5,082 | 40.1 | +6.4 | |
Labour | Jake Kelly | 3,081 | 24.3 | -3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Gareth Hughes | 2,480 | 19.5 | -11.5 | |
UKIP | Paul Hellyer | 1,047 | 8.3 | +3.0 | |
Green | Harriet Regina Barry | 873 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
TUSC | Gary McVeigh-Kaye | 125 | 1.0 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 2,001 | 15.8 | +13.1 | ||
Turnout | 12,688 | 73.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.0 |
May 2014[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Brian Cleasby* | 2,037 | 28.6 | -11.4 | |
Conservative | Richard O’Callaghan | 1,880 | 26.4 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Rob Wilkinson | 1,644 | 23.1 | +2.1 | |
UKIP | Paul Hellyer | 1,059 | 14.9 | +8.0 | |
Green | Timothy Goodall | 446 | 6.3 | +1.5 | |
TUSC | Benjamin Dixon | 56 | 0.8 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 157 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 7,122 | 40.88 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
May 2012[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Chris Townsley* | 2,636 | 40.0 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | Richard Hardcastle | 1,725 | 26.2 | -7.6 | |
Labour | Gary Kaye | 1,381 | 21.0 | -6.9 | |
UKIP | Paul Hellyer | 453 | 6.9 | +1.6 | |
Green | Andrea Binns | 317 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
TUSC | Andrew Smith | 77 | 1.2 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 911 | 13.8 | +11.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,589 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +8.3 |
May 2011[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Dawn Collins | 2,680 | 33.7 | +8.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kate Arbuckle | 2,466 | 31.0 | -16.8 | |
Labour | Robert Wilkinson | 2,213 | 27.9 | +8.9 | |
UKIP | Paul Hellyer | 421 | 5.3 | +2.7 | |
TUSC | Andrew Smith | 164 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 214 | 2.7 | -20.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,944 | 45 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +12.6 |
May 2010[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Brian Cleasby* | 5,959 | 47.9 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Dawn Collins | 3,138 | 25.2 | -12.7 | |
Labour | Rebecca Brady | 2,356 | 18.9 | +11.1 | |
BNP | Ian Asquith | 358 | 2.9 | -1.8 | |
UKIP | Paul Hellyer | 326 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Green | Andrea Binns | 316 | 2.5 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 2,821 | 22.7 | +14.8 | ||
Turnout | 12,453 | 71.2 | +29.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +7.3 |
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "Leeds City Council election results 2019: Horsforth". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "Councillor Dawn Collins". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Jackie Shemilt". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Jonathon Taylor". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ "Dr Julian Cummins". bramley.demon.co.uk. Michael Meadowcroft & Liz Bee. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Chris Townsley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Brian Cleasby". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Andrew Barker". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
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