Killingbeck and Seacroft (ward)

Killingbeck and Seacroft is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in east Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering both of the outer city suburb areas of Killingbeck and Seacroft and the north west part of Cross Gates.

Killingbeck and Seacroft
Killingbeck and Seacroft highlighted within Leeds
Population18,297 (2023 electorate)
Metropolitan borough
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Region
CountryEngland
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Councillors since 1973

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Kenneth Woolmer represented Seacroft ward on the City of Leeds Council (1970-1974) and Leeds City Council (1974-1978). Later Member of Parliament for Batley and Morley (1979-1983).
Election Councillor Councillor Councillor
Seacroft (1973 to 2004)
1973 Kenneth Woolmer (Lab)[a] F. Stringer (Lab)[b] George Mudie (Lab)[c]
1975 Kenneth Woolmer (Lab) F. Stringer (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1976 Kenneth Woolmer (Lab)[d] F. Stringer (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1978 I. Adams (Lab) F. Stringer (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1979 I. Adams (Lab) F. Stringer (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1980 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab)[e] Arthur Vollans (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1982 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab) Arthur Vollans (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1983 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab) Arthur Vollans (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1984 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab) Arthur Vollans (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1986 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab) Arthur Vollans (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1987 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab) Arthur Vollans (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1988 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab) Arthur Vollans (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1988 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab) Arthur Vollans (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1990 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab) Arthur Vollans (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1987 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab) Arthur Vollans (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1992 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab) Arthur Vollans (Lab) Graham Hyde (Lab)[5]
1994 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab) Arthur Vollans (Lab) Graham Hyde (Lab)
1995 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab) Arthur Vollans (Lab) Graham Hyde (Lab)
1996 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab) Arthur Vollans (Lab) Graham Hyde (Lab)
1998 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab) Arthur Vollans (Lab) Graham Hyde (Lab)
1999 Brian Selby (Lab)[6] Arthur Vollans (Lab) Graham Hyde (Lab)
2000 Brian Selby (Lab) Arthur Vollans (Lab) Graham Hyde (Lab)
2002 Brian Selby (Lab) Michael Davey (Lab) Graham Hyde (Lab)
2003 Brian Selby (Lab) Michael Davey (Lab) Graham Hyde (Lab)
Killingbeck and Seacroft (2004 to present)
2004 Brian Selby (Lab) Michael Davey (Lab) Graham Hyde (Lab)
2006 Brian Selby (Lab) Vonnie Morgan (Lab)[7] Graham Hyde (Lab)
2007 Brian Selby (Lab) Vonnie Morgan (Lab) Graham Hyde (Lab)
2008 Brian Selby (Lab) Vonnie Morgan (Lab) Graham Hyde (Lab)
2010 Brian Selby (Lab) Vonnie Morgan (Lab) Graham Hyde (Lab)
2011 Brian Selby (Lab) Vonnie Morgan (Lab) Graham Hyde (Lab)
2012 Brian Selby (Lab) Vonnie Morgan (Lab) Graham Hyde (Lab)
2014 Brian Selby (Lab) Vonnie Morgan (Lab) Graham Hyde (Lab)
2015 Brian Selby (Lab) Catherine Dobson (Lab)[8] Graham Hyde (Lab)
2016 Brian Selby (Lab) Catherine Dobson (Lab) Graham Hyde (Lab)
October 2017 Brian Selby (Lab) Catherine Dobson (ELI)[f] Graham Hyde (Lab)
2018 Paul Drinkwater (Lab)[10] David Jenkins (Lab) Katie Dye (Lab)
2019 Paul Drinkwater (Lab) David Jenkins (Lab) Katie Dye (Lab)
2021 Paul Drinkwater (Lab) David Jenkins (Lab) Katie Dye (Lab)
May 2021 Paul Drinkwater (Ind)[g] David Jenkins (Lab) Katie Dye (Lab)
2022 John Tudor (Lab) David Jenkins (Lab) Katie Dye (Lab)
2023 John Tudor (Lab) David Jenkins (Lab) Katie Dye (Lab)
2024 John Tudor* (Lab) David Jenkins* (Lab) Katie Dye* (Lab)

  indicates seat up for re-election.   indicates seat up for election following resignation or death of sitting councillor.   indicates councillor defection. * indicates incumbent councillor.

Elections since 2010

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May 2024

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2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Jenkins* 2,551 61.3 −2.8
Conservative Rosemary Gaskell 481 11.6 −6.1
Reform UK Jayne Dresser 435 10.5 New
Green John Arnison 407 9.8 +0.1
Liberal Democrats John Otley 183 4.4 −3.3
SDP Catherine Dobson 106 2.5 New
Majority 2,070 49.7 +3.3
Turnout 4,190 22.7 +1.9
Labour hold Swing +1.7

May 2023

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2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Katie Dye* 2,446 64.1 +2.7
Conservative Bradley Chandler 676 17.7 −2.0
Green David Anthoney 369 9.7 +2.5
Liberal Democrats John Otley 295 7.7 +2.1
Majority 1,770 46.4 +4.5
Turnout 3,814 20.8 −1.8
Labour hold Swing

May 2022

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2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Tudor 2,510 61.7 −0.3
Conservative Cormac Trigg 803 19.7 −4.4
Green David Anthoney 293 7.2 −1.0
Liberal Democrats John Otley 229 5.6 +1.9
Freedom Alliance Suzanne Harbourne 122 3.0 N/A
TUSC Iain Dalton 96 2.3 +2.2
Majority 1,707 41.9 +4.0
Turnout 4,071 22.6% −4.0
Labour hold Swing

May 2021

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2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Jenkins* 2,946 62.0 +15.7
Conservative David Frame 1,145 24.1 +14.1
Green Alan Anthoney 391 8.2 +2.2
Liberal Democrats John Otley 174 3.7 N/A
SDP Hafizur Rahman 32 0.1 N/A
Majority 1,801 37.9 +9.4
Turnout 4,755 26.6 +4.4
Labour hold Swing

May 2019

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2019
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Katie Dye* 1,751 46.3 −5.3
East Leeds Independents Catherine Dobson 672 17.8 −1.3
UKIP Peter Morgan 579 15.3 +15.3
Conservative Andrew Martin 378 10.0 −1.7
Green Colin Noble 227 6.0 −5.7
Yorkshire Matthew Clover 131 3.5 −6.7
For Britain Adam Ramoth 41 1.1 +1.1
Majority 1,079 28.5 −4.0
Turnout 3,802 22.2 −3.5
Labour hold Swing -2.0

May 2018

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2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Drinkwater 2,718 51.6 −10.7
Labour David Jenkins 2,602
Labour Katie Dye 2,585
East Leeds Independents Catherine Dobson* 1,005 19.1 N/A
Conservative Marilyn Coen 619 11.7 +2.1
Yorkshire John Otley 538 10.2 +7.7
Conservative Anne Palmer 478
Conservative Fiona Robertson 445
Liberal Democrats Kate Langwick 389 7.4 +3.7
Majority 1,713 32.5 −11.5
Turnout 16,989 25.7 −2.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

May 2016

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2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Hyde* 2,811 62.3 +7.5
UKIP Steve Leak 828 18.3 −5.3
Conservative Elizabeth Hayes 431 9.5 −4.6
Liberal Democrats Adam Douglas 166 3.7 +0.2
Green Jaimes Moran 124 2.7 −1.3
Yorkshire First John Otley 111 2.5 +2.5
TUSC Iain Dalton 44 1.0 +1.0
Majority 1983 44.0 +12.8
Turnout 4,515 27.8
Labour hold Swing

May 2015

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2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Catherine Dobson 4,792 54.8 −18.7
UKIP Phil Moore 2,061 23.6 +23.6
Conservative Beatrice Greenwood 1,235 14.1 −2.5
Green Louise Winrow 350 4.0 +4.0
Liberal Democrats Joanne Binns 304 3.5 −6.4
Majority 2,731 31.2 −25.8
Turnout 8,742 53.2
Labour hold Swing 21.2

May 2014

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2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Selby* 2,927
Conservative Dorothy Flynn 623
Green Louise Richardson 617
Liberal Democrats Joanne Binns 311
Majority 2,304
Turnout 29.2
Labour hold Swing

May 2012

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2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Hyde* 3,240 73.8 +0.3
English Democrat Sam Kelly 487 11.1 +11.1
Conservative Elizabeth Hayes 439 10.0 −6.6
Liberal Democrats Harriet Chapman 223 5.1 −4.8
Majority 2,753 62.7 +5.7
Turnout 4,389
Labour hold Swing +3.4

May 2011

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2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Veronica Morgan* 3,761 73.5 +19.5
Conservative William Flynn 847 16.6 −0.1
Liberal Democrats Joanne Binns 508 9.9 −6.8
Majority 2,914 57.0 +19.7
Turnout 5,116 31
Labour hold Swing +9.8

May 2010

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2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Selby* 4,711 54.0 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Joanne Binns 1,459 16.7 +6.5
Conservative William Flynn 1,450 16.6 +1.8
BNP Bernard Allen 962 11.0 −3.0
Alliance for Green Socialism Simon Fearn 147 1.7 −0.7
Majority 3,252 37.3 +2.3
Turnout 8,729 52.8 +21.4
Labour hold Swing +1.1

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Woolmer had previously represented Seacroft as a City of Leeds Councillor since 1970.
  2. ^ Stringer had previously represented Seacroft as a City of Leeds Councillor since 1972.
  3. ^ Mudie had previously represented Seacroft as a City of Leeds Councillor since 1971.
  4. ^ Woolmer would serve as Batley and Morley from 1979 to 1983.
  5. ^ Gabb previously represented Osmondthorpe from 1954 to 1971 and again between 1974 and 1980. He was elected as an Alderman between 1971 and 1974 and awarded an OBE in the 1975 Birthday Honours.[4]
  6. ^ Dobson resigned the Labour whip and became Leader of the East Leeds Independents group on the council, joining previous defector and Cross Gates and Whinmoor councillor Janette Walker. The Yorkshire Evening Post quoted Dobson stating, "I am not prepared to stand by while the Labour Council withdraws basic services to my community while bankrolling vanity projects”.[9]
  7. ^ Days after the 2021 council election, Drinkwater resigned from the Labour Party on 10 May, citing "institutionalised bullying" in the ruling Labour council group and argued for a change to the council's decision-making structures. He did not stand for re-election in 2022.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Councillor Katie Dye". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Councillor David Jenkins". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Councillor John Tudor". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  4. ^ Meadowcroft, Michael. "Alderman Douglas Gabb OBE". /beemeadowcroft.uk. Michael Meadowcroft & Liz Bee. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Councillor Graham Hyde". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Councillor Brian Selby". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Councillor Vonnie Morgan". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Councillor Catherine Dobson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  9. ^ Staff writer (25 October 2017). "Culture bid schism opens in Leeds as another councillor quits Labour". Yorkshire Evening Post.
  10. ^ "Councillor Paul Drinkwater". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  11. ^ Richard Beecham, 'Leeds councillor quits Labour over "institutionalised bullying", and calls for committee governance system', Yorkshire Evening Post (10 May 2021).