Kirkstall | |
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![]() Kirkstall highlighted within Leeds | |
Population | 16,138 (2023 electorate) |
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Metropolitan county | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
UK Parliament | |
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Kirkstall is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in west Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering Burley, Hawksworth, Kirkstall and the south west corner of West Park. It contains three rail stations: Burley Park, Headingley and Kirkstall Forge.
Councillors since 1973
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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1973 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab)[a][4] | Bernard Atha (Lab)[b][5] | K. Fenwick (Lab) | |||
1975 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Hamilton (Con) | |||
1976 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Hamilton (Con) | |||
1978 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Hamilton (Con)[c] | |||
1979 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab)[6] | |||
1980 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
1982 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
1983 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
1984 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
1986 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
1987 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab)[d] | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
1988 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab)[7] | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
1990 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
1991 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
1992 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
1994 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
1995 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
1996 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
1998 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
1999 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
2000 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
2002 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
2003 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
2004 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
2006 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
2007 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
2008 | Lucinda Yeadon (Lab)[8] | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
2010 | Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
2011 | Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
2012 | Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
2014 | Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) | Fiona Venner (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
2015 | Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) | Fiona Venner (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
2016 | Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) | Fiona Venner (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
2018 | Hannah Bithell (Lab) | Fiona Venner (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
2019 | Hannah Bithell (Lab) | Fiona Venner (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
2021 | Hannah Bithell (Lab) | Fiona Venner (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
2022 | Hannah Bithell (Lab) | Fiona Venner (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) | |||
2023 | Hannah Bithell (Lab) | Fiona Venner (Lab) | Andy Rontree (Lab) | |||
2024 | Hannah Bithell* (Lab) | Fiona Venner* (Lab) | Andy Rontree* (Lab) |
indicates seat up for re-election. * indicates incumbent councillor.
Elections since 2010
May 2024
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Fiona Venner* | 3,451 | 62.3 | −1.7 | |
Green | Victoria Smith | 1,137 | 20.5 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Lyall Ainscow | 321 | 5.8 | −2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adam Belcher | 288 | 5.2 | −0.9 | |
Independent | Stuart Long | 204 | 3.7 | +1.7 | |
TUSC | John Tival | 138 | 2.5 | New | |
Majority | 2,314 | 41.8 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,586 | 35.1 | +5.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.7 |
May 2023
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andy Rontree | 3,018 | 64.0 | −3.1 | |
Green | Victoria Smith | 886 | 18.8 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Reiss Capitano | 402 | 8.5 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adam Belcher | 288 | 6.1 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Stuart Long | 95 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,132 | 42.2 | −8.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,718 | 29.2 | −1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
May 2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hannah Bithell* | 3,346 | 67.1 | 0.0 | |
Green | Victoria Smith | 797 | 16.0 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Reiss Capitano | 511 | 10.2 | −3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adam Belcher | 287 | 5.8 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 2,549 | 51.1 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,986 | 30.8 | −4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
May 2021
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Fiona Venner* | 3,922 | 67.1 | +4.6 | |
Green | Victoria Smith | 845 | 14.5 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Reiss Capitano | 773 | 13.2 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Edwards | 186 | 3.2 | −3.4 | |
TUSC | James Ellis | 72 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,077 | 52.6 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,845 | 35.1 | +4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
May 2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Illingworth* | 2,959 | 62.5 | −3.3 | |
Green | Victoria Smith | 682 | 14.4 | −1.8 | |
UKIP | David Barlow | 497 | 10.5 | +10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edward Anthony Richardson | 312 | 6.6 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | Liam Michael Kenrick-Bailey | 283 | 6.0 | −4.7 | |
Majority | 2,277 | 48.1 | −8.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,753 | 30.7 | −1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.8 |
May 2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hannah Bithell | 3,977 | 65.8 | −2.7 | |
Labour | Fiona Venner* | 3,850 | |||
Labour | John Illingworth* | 3,634 | |||
Green | Ben Goldthorp | 978 | 16.2 | +7.9 | |
Conservative | Liam Kenrick-Bailey | 645 | 10.7 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Amaad Amin | 471 | |||
Conservative | Eleni Nicolaou | 454 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Maria Frank | 445 | 7.3 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 2,999 | 56.2 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,341 | 32.2 | −2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
May 2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lucinda Yeadon* | 3,453 | 68.5 | +16.8 | |
UKIP | Cain Arron Weber | 547 | 10.9 | +0.3 | |
Green | Morgan Rhys Tatchell-Evans | 420 | 8.3 | −10.0 | |
Conservative | George William Andrew Rear | 313 | 6.2 | −6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Gareth Hughes | 212 | 4.2 | −1.5 | |
Independent | Stuart William Long | 53 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
TUSC | Maddy Steeds | 43 | 0.9 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 5,040 | 57.6 | +24.2 | ||
Turnout | 5041 | 34.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
May 2015
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Illingworth* | 4,957 | 51.7 | −12.8 | |
Green | Meadow Hudson | 1,755 | 18.3 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | Matthew Wharton | 1,184 | 12.3 | +0.2 | |
UKIP | Paul Denner | 1,017 | 10.6 | +10.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Johathan Heap | 548 | 5.7 | −5.6 | |
TUSC | Dean Meehan | 133 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 3,202 | 33.4 | −19.0 | ||
Turnout | 9,594 | 61.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 10.9 |
May 2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Fiona Venner | 2,696 | |||
UKIP | Kevin Reid | 907 | |||
Green | Morgan Tatchell-Evans | 724 | |||
Conservative | Matthew Wharton | 379 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Hughes | 252 | |||
TUSC | Ben Mayor | 56 | |||
Independent | Stuart Long | 55 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 33.77 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
May 2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lucinda Yeadon* | 3,006 | 67.7 | +3.2 | |
Green | Morgan Tatchell-Evans | 437 | 9.8 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Annabel Gooch | 398 | 9.0 | −3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tom Mead | 293 | 6.6 | −4.7 | |
Independent | Stuart Long | 173 | 3.9 | +1.1 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Simon Fearn | 136 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 2,569 | 57.8 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,443 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 |
May 2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Illingworth* | 3,634 | 64.5 | +22.1 | |
Conservative | Daniel Whitehouse | 680 | 12.1 | −2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Lovell | 636 | 11.3 | −21.7 | |
Green | Morgan Tatchell-Evans | 527 | 9.4 | +4.4 | |
Independent | Stuart Long | 157 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 2,954 | 52.4 | +43.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,634 | 35 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +12.5 |
May 2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bernard Atha* | 4,012 | 42.4 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ruth Coleman | 3,125 | 33.0 | −3.6 | |
Conservative | Matthew Wharton | 1,420 | 15.0 | +5.2 | |
Green | Morgan Tatchell-Evans | 469 | 5.0 | −1.7 | |
BNP | Keven Nicholson | 447 | 4.7 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 887 | 9.4 | +6.7 | ||
Turnout | 9,473 | 60.0 | +29.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.3 |
See also
Notes
- ^ Nash had been a Kirkstall ward councillor since 1972.
- ^ Atha had previously represented City ward from 1957 to 1968, when he lost his bid to be re-elected to council for the new West Hunslet ward. He was then a councillor for Holbeck ward from 1969 until his election for Kirkstall ward in 1973.
- ^ After losing his re-election bid for Kirkstall ward at the next election in 1979, Hamilton was later elected as a Weetwood ward councillor in 1980 and held the seat until 1990.
- ^ Nash did not stand at the next election in 1988. She later represented City and Holbeck ward (1989-2004), City and Hunslet (2004-2018) and Hunslet and Riverside (2018-2022).
References
- ^ "Councillor Hannah Bithell". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Andy Rontree". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Councillor Fiona Venner". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Elizabeth Nash". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Bernard Atha". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ "Councillor John Illingworth". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Elizabeth Minkin". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Lucinda Yeadon". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 25 December 2018.