Calverley and Farsley (ward)

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Calverley and Farsley
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Population18,466 (2023 electorate)
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Calverley and Farsley is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in west Leeds, West Yorkshire, including the village of Calverley and town of Farsley.

Contents

Councillors

ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
Pudsey North (1973 to 2004)
1973 Andrew Carter (Con)J. Finnigan (Lib)C. Thompson (Con)
1975 Andrew Carter (Con)J. Finnigan (Lib)C. Thompson (Con)
1976 Andrew Carter (Con)James Bashall (Con)C. Thompson (Con)
1978 Andrew Carter (Con)James Bashall (Con)C. Thompson (Con)
1979 Andrew Carter (Con)James Bashall (Con)Iris Favell (Con)
1980 Andrew Carter (Con)James Bashall (Con)Iris Favell (Con)
1982 Andrew Carter (Con)James Bashall (Con)Iris Favell (Con)
1983 Andrew Carter (Con)James Bashall (Con)Iris Favell (Con)
1984 Andrew Carter (Con)James Bashall (Con)Iris Favell (Con)
1986 Andrew Carter (Con)James Bashall (Con)Iris Favell (Con)
1987 Andrew Carter (Con)James Bashall (Con)Iris Favell (Con)
1988 Andrew Carter (Con)James Bashall (Con)Iris Favell (Con)
1990 Andrew Carter (Con)Angus Ross (Lab)Iris Favell (Con)
1991 Andrew Carter (Con)Angus Ross (Lab)Iris Favell (Con)
1992 Andrew Carter (Con)Angus Ross (Lab) [lower-alpha 1] Iris Favell (Con)
1994 Andrew Carter (Con)Janet Harper (Lab) [4] Iris Favell (Con)
1995 Andrew Carter (Con)Janet Harper (Lab)Thomas Spamer (Lab)
1996 Andrew Carter (Con)Janet Harper (Lab) [lower-alpha 2] Thomas Spamer (Lab)
1998 Andrew Carter (Con)Frank Robinson (Con) [5] Thomas Spamer (Lab)
1999 Andrew Carter (Con)Frank Robinson (Con)Amanda Carter (Con)
2000 Andrew Carter (Con)Frank Robinson (Con)Amanda Carter (Con)
2002 Andrew Carter (Con)Frank Robinson (Con)Amanda Carter (Con)
2003 Andrew Carter (Con)Frank Robinson (Con)Amanda Carter (Con)
Calverley and Farsley (2004 to present)
2004 Andrew Carter (Con)Frank Robinson (Con)Amanda Carter (Con)
2006 Andrew Carter (Con)Frank Robinson (Con)Amanda Carter (Con)
2007 Andrew Carter (Con)Frank Robinson (Con)Amanda Carter (Con)
2008 Andrew Carter (Con)Frank Robinson (Con)Joe Marjoram (Con) [6]
2010 Andrew Carter (Con)Rod Wood (Con) [7] Joe Marjoram (Con)
2011 Andrew Carter (Con)Rod Wood (Con)Joe Marjoram (Con)
2012 Andrew Carter (Con)Rod Wood (Con)Joe Marjoram (Con)
July 2013Andrew Carter (Con)Rod Wood (Con)Joe Marjoram (Ind) [lower-alpha 3]
2014 Andrew Carter (Con)Rod Wood (Con)Joe Marjoram (Ind)
2015 Andrew Carter CBE (Con) [9] Rod Wood (Con)Amanda Carter (Con)
2016 Andrew Carter CBE (Con)Rod Wood (Con)Amanda Carter (Con)
2018 Andrew Carter CBE (Con)Peter Carlill (Lab)Amanda Carter (Con)
2019 Andrew Carter CBE (Con)Peter Carlill (Lab)Amanda Carter (Con)
2021 Andrew Carter CBE (Con)Peter Carlill (Lab)Amanda Carter (Con)
2022 Andrew Carter CBE (Con)Peter Carlill (Lab)Amanda Carter (Con)
2023 Andrew Carter CBE (Con)Peter Carlill (Lab)Amanda Carter (Con)
2024 Andrew Carter CBE* (Con)Peter Carlill* (Lab)Craig Timmins* (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

May 2024

2024
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Craig Timmins 3,514 46.3 -8.3
Conservative Amanda Carter*3,18241.9+6.6
Green Ellen Graham6638.7+5.2
Liberal Democrats Stuart McLeod2343.1+0.2
Majority3324.4-14.9
Turnout 7,64241.9+3.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -7.5

May 2023

2023
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Peter Carlill* 3,926 54.6 +11.8
Conservative Jas Singh2,53635.3-11.4
Green Ellen Graham2513.5-0.7
Yorkshire Robert Lees2503.5+0.5
Liberal Democrats Stuart McLeod2052.9-0.1
Majority1,39019.3+15.4
Turnout 7,18638.9-2.4
Labour hold Swing

May 2022

2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Carter* 3,539 46.7 -6.9
Labour Craig Timmins3,24342.8+8.8
Green Ellen Graham3184.2-3.8
Liberal Democrats Ian Dowling2283.0-0.7
Yorkshire Robert Lees2253.0N/A
SDP Justin Thomas140.0N/A
Majority2963.9-15.7
Turnout 7,58441.3-3.1
Conservative hold Swing

May 2021

2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Amanda Carter* 4,424 53.6 +10.5
Labour Naheem Alam2,80834.0-9.5
Green Ellen Graham6648.0-1.7
Liberal Democrats Ian Dowling3123.7+0.1
Majority1,61619.6+19.2
Turnout 8,25444.4+7.5
Conservative hold Swing

May 2019

2019
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Carlill* 2,891 43.5 +5.8
Conservative Jas Singh2,86443.1-5.5
Green Ellen Graham6439.7+0.7
Liberal Democrats Kate Arbuckle2423.6-1.1
Majority270.4-10.5
Turnout 6,69536.9-3.7
Labour hold Swing +5.7

May 2018

2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Carter* 3,972 48.6 -4.3
Conservative Amanda Carter* 3,716
Labour Peter Carlill 3,086 37.7 +5.0
Conservative Roderic Wood*3,039
Labour Nicole Sharpe2,597
Labour Naheem Alam2,483
Green Ellen Graham7339.0+6.7
Liberal Democrats Kate Arbuckle3874.7+1.1
Liberal Democrats Robert Jacques220
Liberal Democrats Benedict Chastney190
Majority88610.9-9.3
Turnout 18,19440.6+1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

May 2016

2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Carter* 3,674 52.9 +5.9
Labour Peter Carlill2,26932.7+3.7
UKIP Malcolm Steele5968.6-0.2
Liberal Democrats Kate Arbuckle2493.6+0.2
Green Clive Lord 1612.3+2.1
Majority1,40520.2+9.6
Turnout 6,94939.6
Conservative hold Swing

May 2015

2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Amanda Carter* 6,005 47.0 -1.1
Labour John James Bracken4,65136.4-6.2
UKIP Joe Murgatroyd1,1198.8+8.8
Green Clive Lord 5604.4+4.4
Liberal Democrats Kate Arbuckle4313.4-5.8
Majority1,35410.6+5.1
Turnout 12,76671.2
Conservative hold Swing +2.6

May 2014

2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roderic Wood* 2,670 38.2
Labour John Bracken2,47635.4
UKIP Joseph Murgatroyd1,24217.8
Green Clive Lord 3495.0
Liberal Democrats Kate Arbuckle2563.7
Majority194
Turnout 6,99339.75
Conservative hold Swing

May 2012

2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Carter* 3,436 52.7 +4.5
Labour Rachel Seabright2,14232.8-9.8
UKIP Alistair McDowall4336.6+6.6
Green Clive Lord 2974.6+4.6
Liberal Democrats Kate Arbuckle2183.3-5.9
Majority1,29419.8+14.3
Turnout 6,526
Conservative hold Swing +7.1

May 2011

2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Marjoram* 3,568 48.1 +8.4
Labour Carol Hughes3,15842.6+8.0
Liberal Democrats Jude Arbuckle6859.2-10.0
Majority4105.5+0.3
Turnout 7,41142
Conservative hold Swing +0.2

May 2010

2010
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roderic Wood 4,964 39.8 -20.4
Labour Andrew Jarosz4,31834.6+16.0
Liberal Democrats Kate Arbuckle2,40319.3+7.5
BNP Robert Leary7906.3-3.0
Majority6465.2-36.4
Turnout 12,47571.2+34.2
Conservative hold Swing -18.2

See also

Notes

  1. Ross stood down at the 1994 election. He later served as a councillor for Bramley ward from 1994 to 1998.
  2. Harper lost her seat in 1998 and was later elected as an Armley ward councillor from 1999 to 2014.
  3. Marjoram resigned from the Conservative council group to sit as an independent. He had previously publicly criticised David Cameron and other prominent Conservative politicians on social media. [8]

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  2. "Councillor Craig Timmins". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 12 May 2024.
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