Cross Gates and Whinmoor (ward)

Cross Gates and Whinmoor
Cross Gates and Whinmoor
	Cross Gates and Whinmoor highlighted within Leeds
Population	18,287 (2023 electorate)
Metropolitan borough	City of Leeds ;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire ;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Leeds East ;
Councillors	James Gibson(Labour); Pauleen Grahame(Labour); Jessica Lennox(Labour);
	List of places UK England Yorkshire

Last updated May 15, 2024

Cross Gates and Whinmoor is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in east Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the outer city suburb areas of Cross Gates, Manston, Swarcliffe and Whinmoor. Austhorpe is also shared with Temple Newsam ward to the south.

Councillors

Election
2004	Suzi Armitage (Lab)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^[4]	Pauleen Grahame (Lab)^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Peter Gruen (Lab)^{[lower-alpha 3]}^[5]
2006	Suzi Armitage (Lab)	Pauleen Grahame (Lab)	Peter Gruen (Lab)
2007	Suzi Armitage (Lab)	Pauleen Grahame (Lab)	Peter Gruen (Lab)
2008	Suzi Armitage (Lab)	Pauleen Grahame (Lab)	Peter Gruen (Lab)
2010	Suzi Armitage (Lab)	Pauleen Grahame (Lab)	Peter Gruen (Lab)
2011	Suzi Armitage (Lab)	Pauleen Grahame (Lab)	Peter Gruen (Lab)
2012	Suzi Armitage (Lab)	Pauleen Grahame (Lab)	Peter Gruen (Lab)
2013 by-election	Debra Coupar (Lab)^{[lower-alpha 4]}^[8]	Pauleen Grahame (Lab)	Peter Gruen (Lab)
2014	Debra Coupar (Lab)	Pauleen Grahame (Lab)	Peter Gruen (Lab)
2015	Debra Coupar (Lab)^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Pauleen Grahame (Lab)	Peter Gruen (Lab)
2016	Janette Walker (Lab)^{[lower-alpha 6]}^[9]	Pauleen Grahame (Lab)	Peter Gruen (Lab)
February 2017	Janette Walker (ELI)^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Pauleen Grahame (Lab)	Peter Gruen (Lab)
2018	Jessica Lennox (Lab)	Pauleen Grahame (Lab)	Peter Gruen (Lab)
2019	Jessica Lennox (Lab)	Pauleen Grahame (Lab)	Peter Gruen (Lab)
2021	Jessica Lennox (Lab)	Pauleen Grahame (Lab)	James Gibson (Lab)^{[lower-alpha 8]}
2022	Jessica Lennox (Lab)	Pauleen Grahame (Lab)	James Gibson (Lab)
2023	Jessica Lennox (Lab)	Pauleen Grahame (Lab)	James Gibson (Lab)
2024	Jessica Lennox* (Lab)	Pauleen Grahame* (Lab)	James Gibson* (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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Gibson*	2,865	53.2	-0.4
	Conservative	Max Holley	1,164	21.6	-7.9
	Reform UK	Graham Sunley	461	8.6	New
	Yorkshire	Howard Dews	314	5.8	New
	Green	Martin Hemingway	296	5.5	-0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Noah Allerton	288	5.3	+0.9
Majority			1,701	31.6	+2.8
Turnout			5,418	30.0	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.8

May 2023

2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jess Lennox*	2,823	53.6	+2.4
	Conservative	John Kennedy	1,557	29.5	-4.4
	Independent	Mark Nicholson	339	6.4	N/A
	Green	Martin Hemingway	302	5.7	-1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Cooper	233	4.4	-3.0
Majority			1,266	24.0	+6.7
Turnout			5,271	28.8	-2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2022

2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauleen Grahame*	2,915	51.2	+7.9
	Conservative	John Kennedy	1,929	33.9	-7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Wood	421	7.4	+5.2
	Green	Martin Hemingway	401	7.0	+1.2
Majority			986	17.3	+15.2
Turnout			5,688	30.8	-4.4
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2021

2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Gibson	2,826	43.3	-0.5
	Conservative	Philip Moore	2,687	41.2	+20.4
	Green	Keith Hale	378	5.8	-2.4
	Independent	Mark Nicholson	286	4.4	N/A
	UKIP	Harvey Alexander	157	2.4	-17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Aqila Choudhry	145	2.2	-3.8
	SDP	Jack Newcombe	21	0.0	-1.2
Majority			139	2.1	-20.9
Turnout			6,530	35.2	+8.8
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2019

2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jessica Lennox*	2,095	43.8	+7.4
	Conservative	Paula Hayes	995	20.8	+1.6
	UKIP	Harvey Alexander	960	20.1	+12.9
	Green	Ben Goldthorp	391	8.2	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Roderic Parker	286	6.0	+1.6
	SDP	David Creasser	58	1.2	+1.2
Majority			1,100	23.0	+6.3
Turnout			4,823	26.4	-5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.9

May 2018

2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Grahame*	2,815	36.4	-12.2
	Labour	Peter Gruen*	2,501
	Labour	Jessica Lennox	2,175
	East Leeds Independents	Janette Walker*	1,525	19.7	N/A
	Conservative	Dorothy Schofield	1,485	19.2	+1.6
	Conservative	Paula Hayes	1,340
	Conservative	Andrew Martin	1,142
	Green	Elizabeth Fellows	557
	UKIP	Harvey Alexander	519	7.2	-18.0
	UKIP	Peter Morgan	414
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Shakespeare	340	4.4	+0
	Democrats and Veterans	Mark Maniatt	261	3.4	N/A
	For Britain	Stuart Nicholson	238	3.1	N/A
Majority			1,290	16.7	-6.7
Turnout			18,247	31.8	-0.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2016

2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janette Walker	2,789	48.6	+2.8
	UKIP	Mark Maniatt	1,446	25.2	+3.6
	Conservative	Matthew Gale	1,088	18.8	-5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Langwick	245	4.3	+0.6
	Green	Florence Scott	165	3.1	-1.4
Majority			1,343	23.4	+2.0
Turnout			5,733	32.4
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2015

2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauleen Grahame*	5,012	45.8	-11.1
	Conservative	David Schofield	2,669	24.4	+1.5
	UKIP	Darren Oddy	2,363	21.6	+13.7
	Green	Ben Goldthorpe	489	4.5	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Langwick	400	3.7	-0.5
Majority			2,343	21.4	-12.6
Turnout			10,933	61.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.3

May 2014

2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Gruen*	2,555	44.6
	UKIP	Darren Oddy	1,808	31.6
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hayes	907	15.8
	Green	Ben Goldthorp	319	5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Morris	136	2.4
Majority			747
Turnout			5725	33.11
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2013 by-election

2 May 2013
replacing Suzi Armitage (deceased)^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Debra Coupar	2,481	49.4	-20.4
	UKIP	Darren Oddy	1,582	31.5	+19.5
	Conservative	William Flynn	587	11.7	+5.4
	Green	Martin Hemingway	229	4.6	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Norman	145	2.9	-0.9
Majority			899	17.9	-39.9
Turnout			5,024
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2012

2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Suzi Armitage*	3,597	69.8	+12.9
	UKIP	Darren Oddy	619	12.0	+4.1
	Conservative	Dorothy Flynn	323	6.3	-16.7
	Green	Ben Goldthorp	243	4.7	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Norman	195	3.8	-0.4
	English Democrat	John Ashton	176	3.4	+3.4
Majority			2,978	57.8	+23.8
Turnout			5,153
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.4

May 2011

2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauleen Grahame*	3,653	56.9	+10.9
	Conservative	Patrick Hennigan	1,472	22.9	-4.7
	UKIP	Darren Oddy	510	7.9	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Norman	271	4.2	-13.7
	Independent	David Hudson	257	4.0	+4.0
	Green	Ben Goldthorp	253	3.9	+3.9
Majority			2,181	34.0	+15.6
Turnout			6,416	37
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.8

May 2010

2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Gruen*	4,921	46.1	+9.2
	Conservative	Caroline Anderson	2,955	27.7	-7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Norman	1,915	17.9	+9.0
	BNP	Michael Mee	895	8.4	-6.8
Majority			1,966	18.4	+16.3
Turnout			10,686	62.1	+24.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.1

Notes

↑ Armitage had been a councillor for Whinmoor ward since 1988.
↑ Grahame had been a councillor for Whinmoor ward since 2002.
↑ Gruen had been a Conservative councillor for Roundhay ward from 1983 to 1995 and, after switching parties, became a Labour councillor for Whinmoor ward after a 1997 by-election to replace Elaine Pickard.
↑ The by-election was called following the death of Suzi Armitage in February 2013. Coupar, a former councillor for Middleton Park and Morley South wards, replaced Armitage as the Labour candidate.^[6]^[7]
↑ For the next election in 2016, Coupar did not seek re-selection as the Labour candidate for the ward, standing successfully as their candidate for Temple Newsam ward.
↑ Walker had been a councillor for Headingley ward since 2012.
↑ Walker resigned the Labour whip to run under a new East Leeds Independents banner at the upcoming 2018 election. The Yorkshire Evening Post quoted Walker saying, "there is a toxic atmosphere of mistrust, bullying, cronyism, whispers and unfairness endemic within the controlling elite of the Leeds Labour Group" and it had forced her decision. At the time, she was subject to an internal group disciplinary investigation "over inappropriate social media postings" and her claims were dismissed by the group as “completely fanciful”. Walker stated "she was facing “sanctions” for publicly criticising fellow councillors who had failed to pay their council tax”.^[10]
↑ Gibson was previously a councillor for Weetwood ward from 2018 to 2019.^[11]

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References

↑ "Councillor James Gibson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 13 May 2021.
↑ "Councillor Pauleen Grahame". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 30 November 2018.
↑ "Councillor Jessica Lennox". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 30 November 2018.
↑ "Councillor Suzi Armitage". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 30 November 2018.
↑ "Councillor Peter Gruen". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 30 November 2018.
↑ "Labour hold Leeds council seat in by-election". BBC. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
↑ "Results of Leeds City Council by-election for Cross Gates & Whinmoor". Leeds City Council. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
↑ "Councillor Debra Coupar". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 24 December 2018.
↑ "Councillor Janette Walker". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 30 November 2018.
↑ Staff writer (22 February 2017). "Leeds council in turmoil? Third councillor walks out on ruling Labour group claiming "bullying and a toxic atmosphere"". Yorkshire Evening Post.
↑ "Councillor James Gibson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 31 December 2018.
↑ "Labour hold Leeds council seat in by-election". BBC. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
↑ "Results of Leeds City Council by-election for Cross Gates & Whinmoor". Leeds City Council. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

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[4] Armitage had been a councillor for Whinmoor ward since 1988.

[6] Grahame had been a councillor for Whinmoor ward since 2002.

[7] Gruen had been a Conservative councillor for Roundhay ward from 1983 to 1995 and, after switching parties, became a Labour councillor for Whinmoor ward after a 1997 by-election to replace Elaine Pickard.

[11] The by-election was called following the death of Suzi Armitage in February 2013. Coupar, a former councillor for Middleton Park and Morley South wards, replaced Armitage as the Labour candidate.^[6]^[7]

[13] For the next election in 2016, Coupar did not seek re-selection as the Labour candidate for the ward, standing successfully as their candidate for Temple Newsam ward.

[14] Walker had been a councillor for Headingley ward since 2012.

[17] Walker resigned the Labour whip to run under a new East Leeds Independents banner at the upcoming 2018 election. The Yorkshire Evening Post quoted Walker saying, "there is a toxic atmosphere of mistrust, bullying, cronyism, whispers and unfairness endemic within the controlling elite of the Leeds Labour Group" and it had forced her decision. At the time, she was subject to an internal group disciplinary investigation "over inappropriate social media postings" and her claims were dismissed by the group as “completely fanciful”. Walker stated "she was facing “sanctions” for publicly criticising fellow councillors who had failed to pay their council tax”.^[10]

[19] Gibson was previously a councillor for Weetwood ward from 2018 to 2019.^[11]

[1] "Councillor James Gibson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[2] "Councillor Pauleen Grahame". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[3] "Councillor Jessica Lennox". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[5] "Councillor Suzi Armitage". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[8] "Councillor Peter Gruen". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[9] "Labour hold Leeds council seat in by-election". BBC. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2015.

[10] "Results of Leeds City Council by-election for Cross Gates & Whinmoor". Leeds City Council. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[12] "Councillor Debra Coupar". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 24 December 2018.

[15] "Councillor Janette Walker". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[Turmoil-16] Staff writer (22 February 2017). "Leeds council in turmoil? Third councillor walks out on ruling Labour group claiming "bullying and a toxic atmosphere"". Yorkshire Evening Post.

[18] "Councillor James Gibson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 31 December 2018.

[20] "Labour hold Leeds council seat in by-election". BBC. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2015.

[21] "Results of Leeds City Council by-election for Cross Gates & Whinmoor". Leeds City Council. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

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