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.
Horsforth | |
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![]() Horsforth highlighted within Leeds | |
Population | 17,917 (2023 electorate) |
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Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
UK Parliament | |
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Boundaries
editThe Horsforth ward includes the civil parish of the same name, also overseen by Horsforth Town Council.
Councillors
editElection | 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)[5] | 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)[6] | 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)[7] | 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)[8] | 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)[9] | Dawn Collins (Con) | Jackie Shemilt (Con)[10] | |||
2019 | Jonathon Taylor (Con) | Dawn Collins (Con) | Jackie Shemilt (Con) | |||
2021 | Jonathon Taylor (Con)[c] | Dawn Collins (Con) | Jackie Shemilt (Con) | |||
2022 | John Garvani (Lab)[d] | Emmie Bromley (Lab) | Jackie Shemilt (Con) | |||
2023 | John Garvani (Lab) | Emmie Bromley (Lab) | Raymond Jones (Lab) | |||
2024 | John Garvani* (Lab) | Emmie Bromley* (Lab) | Raymond Jones* (Lab) |
indicates seat up for re-election. indicates seat up for election following resignation or death of sitting councillor. * indicates incumbent councillor.
Elections since 2010
editMay 2024
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Garvani* | 4,388 | 56.6 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Chris Calvert | 1,971 | 25.4 | −5.6 | |
Green | William Jones | 565 | 7.3 | −0.5 | |
Yorkshire | Ian Cowling | 414 | 5.3 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roderic Parker | 367 | 4.7 | −1.8 | |
SDP | Nathan Wright | 41 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 2,417 | 31.2 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,776 | 43.8 | +2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
May 2023
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Raymond Jones | 3,810 | 51.4 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | Jackie Shemilt* | 2,302 | 31.0 | −4.2 | |
Green | Ian Shaw | 581 | 7.8 | +0.3'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000003C−QINU`"' | |
Liberal Democrats | James Spencer | 483 | 6.5 | −10.5 | |
Yorkshire | Ian Cowling | 241 | 3.2 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 1,508 | 20.2 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 7,448 | 41.6 | −0.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
May 2022
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Emmie Bromley | 3,402 | 44.7 | +14.0 | |
Labour | John Garvani | 3,166 | 41.6 | +10.9 | |
Conservative | Dawn Collins* | 2,673 | 35.2 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | Tracy Stones | 2,492 | 32.8 | −5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Dowling | 1,292 | 17.0 | −3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Becky Heaviside | 974 | 12.8 | −7.6 | |
Green | Gideon Jones | 569 | 7.5 | +0.4 | |
Green | Ian Shaw | 330 | 4.3 | −2.8 | |
Yorkshire | Ian Cowling | 330 | 4.3 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 729 | 9.6 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,603 | 42.3 | −5.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
May 2021
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editParty | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Chris Townsley* | 2,329 | 32.9 | +13.4 | |
Labour Co-op | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
edit- ^ Incumbent Cummins' "business commitments forced him to stand down".[4]
- ^ Nossiter resigned six months into taking up his seat on the council. His seat was up for re-election at the next election in 2000.
- ^ Taylor resigned his office on 15 March 2022 to take up a "politically restricted role". His successor was elected on the same day as the next council election on 5 May.[11]
- ^ Garvani served as a councillor for Burmantofts ward from 2002 to 2004, when he failed to be re-elected when standing in Gipton and Harehills instead.
- ^ Change from highest-placed Green Party candidate (Gideon Jones) in 2022. Ian Shaw increased his personal share of the vote by 3.5%.
References
edit- ^ "Councillor Emmie Bromley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Councillor John Garvani". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Councillor Raymond Jones". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Councillor Dawn Collins". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Councillor Jonathon Taylor". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Councillor Jackie Shemilt". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ "Horsforth Leeds city councillor to stand down this May". yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk. Yorkshire Evening Post. 15 March 2022.