Farnley and Wortley (ward)

Farnley and Wortley
Farnley and Wortley
	Farnley and Wortley highlighted within Leeds
Population	18,214 (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 South West and Morley ;
Councillors	David Blackburn(Green); Kate Haigh(Labour); Adrian McCluskey(Labour);
	List of places UK England Yorkshire

Last updated October 13, 2024

Farnley and Wortley is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in west Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the urban areas of Farnley and Wortley.

Councillors since 1980

Election
Wortley (until 2004)
1980	Walter Thurlow (Lab)	Pat Fathers (Lab)	Malcolm Bedford (Lab)
1982	Walter Thurlow (Lab)	Pat Fathers (Lab)	Malcolm Bedford (Lab)
1983	Walter Thurlow (Lab)	Pat Fathers (Lab)	Malcolm Bedford (Lab)
1984	Walter Thurlow (Lab)	Pat Fathers (Lab)	Malcolm Bedford (Lab)
1986	Walter Thurlow (Lab)	Pat Fathers (Lab)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Malcolm Bedford (Lab)
1987	Walter Thurlow (Lab)	Fabian Hamilton (Lab)	Malcolm Bedford (Lab)
1988	Philip Towler (Lab)	Fabian Hamilton (Lab)	Malcolm Bedford (Lab)
1990	Philip Towler (Lab)	Fabian Hamilton (Lab)	Malcolm Bedford (Lab)
1991	Philip Towler (Lab)	Fabian Hamilton (Lab)	Malcolm Bedford (Lab)
1992	Philip Towler (Lab)	Fabian Hamilton (Lab)	Malcolm Bedford (Lab)
1994	Philip Towler (Lab)	Fabian Hamilton (Lab)	Malcolm Bedford (Lab)
1995	Philip Towler (Lab)	Fabian Hamilton (Lab)	Malcolm Bedford (Lab)
1996	Philip Towler (Lab)	Fabian Hamilton (Lab)^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Malcolm Bedford (Lab)
1998	Philip Towler (Lab)	David Blackburn (Green)	Malcolm Bedford (Lab)
1999	Philip Towler (Lab)	David Blackburn (Green)	Malcolm Bedford (Lab)
2000	Claire Nash (Green)	David Blackburn (Green)	Malcolm Bedford (Lab)
2002	Claire Nash (Green)	David Blackburn (Green)	Ann Blackburn (Green)^[4]
2003	Claire Nash (Green)	David Blackburn (Green)	Ann Blackburn (Green)
Farnley and Wortley (2004 to present)
2004	Claire Nash (Green)	David Blackburn (Green)	Ann Blackburn (Green)
2006	Luke Russell (Green)^[5]	David Blackburn (Green)	Ann Blackburn (Green)
2007	Luke Russell (Green)	David Blackburn (Green)	Ann Blackburn (Green)
2008	Luke Russell (Green)	David Blackburn (Green)	Ann Blackburn (Green)
2008 by-election	Andy Parnham (Green)^{[lower-alpha 3]}^[6]	David Blackburn (Green)	Ann Blackburn (Green)
2010	John Hardy (Lab)^[7]	David Blackburn (Green)	Ann Blackburn (Green)
2011	John Hardy (Lab)	David Blackburn (Green)	Ann Blackburn (Green)
2012	John Hardy (Lab)	David Blackburn (Green)	Ann Blackburn (Green)
2014	Terry Wilford (Green)^[8]	David Blackburn (Green)	Ann Blackburn (Green)
2015	Terry Wilford (Green)	David Blackburn (Green)	Ann Blackburn (Green)
2016	Terry Wilford (Green)	David Blackburn (Green)	Ann Blackburn (Green)
2018	Matt Gibson (Lab)^[9]	David Blackburn (Green)	Ann Blackburn (Green)
2019	Ann Forsaith (Green)^[10]	David Blackburn (Green)	Ann Blackburn (Green)
2021	Ann Forsaith (Green)	David Blackburn (Green)	Ann Blackburn (Green)
2022	Ann Forsaith (Green)	David Blackburn (Green)	Mark Sewards (Lab)^[11]
2023	Adrian McCluskey (Lab)	David Blackburn (Green)	Mark Sewards (Lab)
2024	Adrian McCluskey (Lab)	Kate Haigh (Lab)	Mark Sewards (Lab)^{[lower-alpha 4]}
2024 by-election	Adrian McCluskey* (Lab)	Kate Haigh* (Lab)	David Blackburn* (Green)

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

Elections since 2010

October 2024 by-election

10 October 2024
replacing Mark Sewards (resigned)^[13]^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	David Blackburn^{[lower-alpha 5]}	1,450	38.6	+3.2
	Labour	Al Garthwaite^{[lower-alpha 6]}	965	25.7	−20.0
	Reform UK	David Dresser	912	24.3	New
	Conservative	Lalit Suryawanshi	202	5.4	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Andrews	118	3.1	−1.6
	Independent	Peter Allison	70	1.9	New
	SDP	Richard Riley	26	0.7	−0.9
Majority			485	12.9	+2.6
Turnout			3,755	20.2	−6.8
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	11.6

May 2024

2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Kate Haigh	2,222	45.7	−3.1
	Green	David Blackburn*	1,717	35.4	+2.4
	Conservative	Daisy George	613	12.6	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Andrews	229	4.7	+3.4
	SDP	Finley Taylor	76	1.6	+1.3
Majority			505	10.3	−5.5
Turnout			4,907	27.0	−0.3
	Labour Co-op gain from Green		Swing	-2.8

May 2023

2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adrian McCluskey	2,438	48.9	+1.1
	Green	Mark Rollinson	1,648	33.1	−0.8
	Conservative	Natalia Armitage	538	10.8	−7.1
	Reform UK	Andrea Whitehead	201	4.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Golton	65	1.3	N/A
	Independent	Bev Lockwood	61	1.2	N/A
	SDP	Jack Bellfield	17	0.3	N/A
Majority			790	15.8	+1.9
Turnout			4,985	27.3	−2.2
	Labour gain from Green		Swing

May 2022

2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Sewards	2,567	47.8	+11.2
	Green	Ann Blackburn*	1,819	33.9	−5.1
	Conservative	Peter Allison	959	17.9	+0.8
Majority			748	13.9	+11.6
Turnout			5,367	29.5	−2.8
	Labour gain from Green		Swing

May 2021

2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	David Blackburn*	2,293	39.0	−2.1
	Labour	Matt Gibson	2,155	36.6	−0.1
	Conservative	Cormac Trigg	1,004	17.1	+10.3
	Yorkshire	Ian Cowling	315	5.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Frank	77	1.3	−0.7
Majority			138	2.3	−2.1
Turnout			5,884	32.3	+4.9
	Green hold		Swing

May 2019

2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ann Forsaith	2,010	41.1	−2.7
	Labour	Matt Gibson*	1,798	36.7	−0.6
	UKIP	Patrick Woods	659	13.5	+13.5
	Conservative	Hayley Nancolas	332	6.8	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Frank	96	2.0	−0.8
Majority			212	4.4	−1.1
Turnout			4,917	27.4	−2.8
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	-1.1

May 2018

2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ann Blackburn*	2,461	43.8	−3.8
	Green	David Blackburn*	2,424
	Labour	Matt Gibson	2,151	38.3	+8.5
	Labour	Andrea McKenna	1,991
	Labour	Andy Parnham	1,989
	Green	Stuart Haley	1,984
	Conservative	Hayley Nancolas	685	12.2	−2.0
	Conservative	Dorothy Flynn	643
	Conservative	John Hardcastle	615
	For Britain	Sam Melia	162	2.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Spencer	160	2.8	+1.6
Majority			310	5.5	−12.3
Turnout			17,956	30.2	−0.2
	Green hold		Swing
	Green hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Green		Swing

May 2016

2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	David Blackburn*	2,517	47.6	+10.8
	Labour	John Hardy	1,576	29.8	−0.8
	UKIP	Tony Roberts	751	14.2	−4.8
	Conservative	Hayley Laura Nancolas	380	7.2	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Jacques	60	1.2	−0.8
Majority			941	17.8	+11.7
Turnout			5,284	30.4
	Green hold		Swing

May 2015

2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ann Blackburn*	3,851	36.8	−10.6
	Labour	John Hardy	3,208	30.6	−6.7
	UKIP	Gregory McDougall	1,991	19.0	+19.0
	Conservative	Mohammed Rahman	1,156	11.0	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Jacques	212	2.0	−1.2
	TUSC	Maddy Steeds	58	0.6	+0.6
Majority			643	6.1	−4.1
Turnout			10,476	58.7
	Green hold		Swing	-2.0

May 2014

2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Terry Wilford	1,900	34.3
	UKIP	Alan Felber	1,606	29.0
	Labour	John Hardy*	1,506	27.2
	Conservative	Samuel Fisher	416	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Jacques	76	1.4
	TUSC	Michael Johnson	30	0.5
Majority			294
Turnout			5534	31.52
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

May 2012

2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	David Blackburn*	2,516	48.9	+1.5
	Labour	David Dresser	1,608	31.2	−6.0
	UKIP	Mark Thackray	541	10.5	+10.5
	Conservative	Ryan Stephenson	295	5.7	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Bee	118	2.3	−0.9
	Independent	William Croke	69	1.3	+1.3
Majority			908	17.6	+7.4
Turnout			5,147
	Green hold		Swing	+3.7

May 2011

2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ann Blackburn*	2,995	47.4	+23.1
	Labour	Stuart McKenna	2,353	37.3	+4.2
	Conservative	Caroline Oldfield	769	12.2	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Moore	199	3.2	−11.9
Majority			642	10.2	+1.4
Turnout			6,316	35
	Green hold		Swing	+9.4

May 2010

2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hardy	3,488	33.1	+11.0
	Green	Andy Parnham	2,563	24.3	−20.3
	Conservative	Michael Best	1,817	17.2	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Moore	1,590	15.1	+11.0
	BNP	Helen Foster	1,084	10.3	−3.5
Majority			925	8.8	−13.7
Turnout			10,542	58.7	+26.2
	Labour gain from Green		Swing	+15.6

Notes

↑ Prior to the 1986, Fathers was sacked from all of his council committee appointments and de-selected as the Labour candidate for the 1987 election after he was found to be leaking information in December 1985.
↑ Hamilton resigned his council seat ahead of the 1998 council election following his election as Member of Parliament for Leeds North East in 1997.
↑ Parnham lost his seat in 2010. He was later elected as a Labour councillor for Armley in 2023.
↑ Mark Sewards resigned on 28 August 2024 following his election as Member of Parliament for Leeds South West and Morley at the 2024 general election on 4 July.^[12]
↑ Blackburn previously represented Wortley and then Farnley and Wortley from 1998 until he lost his seat in May 2024.
↑ Garthwaite previously represented Headingley and then Headingley and Hyde Park from 2016 until she lost her seat in May 2024. She served as the 129th Lord Mayor of Leeds.

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References

↑ "Councillor David Blackburn". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 3 December 2018.
↑ "Councillor Kate Haigh". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 12 May 2024.
↑ "Councillor Adrian McCluskey". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 19 July 2024.
↑ "Councillor Ann Blackburn". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 13 May 2022.
↑ "Councillor Luke Russell". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 13 December 2018.
↑ "Councillor Andy Parnham". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 13 December 2018.
↑ "Councillor John Hardy". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 3 December 2018.
↑ "Councillor Terry Wilford". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 3 December 2018.
↑ "Councillor Matt Gibson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 13 June 2019.
↑ "Councillor Ann Forsaith". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 13 June 2019.
↑ "Councillor Mark Sewards". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 13 May 2022.
↑ "New MP Mark Sewards resigns as Farnley & Wortley councillor". West Leeds Dispatch. 29 August 2024.
↑ Connolly, James (30 August 2024). "Farnley and Wortley: Leeds set for by-election as MP announces he's standing down from city role". Yorkshire Evening Post .
↑ "Farnley & Wortley: By-election date announced". West Leeds Dispatch. 13 September 2024.
↑ "Farnley & Wortley by-election result: Green Party's David Blackburn retakes seat". West Leeds Dispatch. 11 October 2024.

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[4] Prior to the 1986, Fathers was sacked from all of his council committee appointments and de-selected as the Labour candidate for the 1987 election after he was found to be leaking information in December 1985.

[5] Hamilton resigned his council seat ahead of the 1998 council election following his election as Member of Parliament for Leeds North East in 1997.

[8] Parnham lost his seat in 2010. He was later elected as a Labour councillor for Armley in 2023.

[16] Mark Sewards resigned on 28 August 2024 following his election as Member of Parliament for Leeds South West and Morley at the 2024 general election on 4 July.^[12]

[20] Blackburn previously represented Wortley and then Farnley and Wortley from 1998 until he lost his seat in May 2024.

[21] Garthwaite previously represented Headingley and then Headingley and Hyde Park from 2016 until she lost her seat in May 2024. She served as the 129th Lord Mayor of Leeds.

[1] "Councillor David Blackburn". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 3 December 2018.

[2] "Councillor Kate Haigh". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 12 May 2024.

[3] "Councillor Adrian McCluskey". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 19 July 2024.

[6] "Councillor Ann Blackburn". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[7] "Councillor Luke Russell". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 13 December 2018.

[9] "Councillor Andy Parnham". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 13 December 2018.

[10] "Councillor John Hardy". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 3 December 2018.

[11] "Councillor Terry Wilford". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 3 December 2018.

[12] "Councillor Matt Gibson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 13 June 2019.

[13] "Councillor Ann Forsaith". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 13 June 2019.

[14] "Councillor Mark Sewards". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[15] "New MP Mark Sewards resigns as Farnley & Wortley councillor". West Leeds Dispatch. 29 August 2024.

[17] Connolly, James (30 August 2024). "Farnley and Wortley: Leeds set for by-election as MP announces he's standing down from city role". Yorkshire Evening Post .

[18] "Farnley & Wortley: By-election date announced". West Leeds Dispatch. 13 September 2024.

[19] "Farnley & Wortley by-election result: Green Party's David Blackburn retakes seat". West Leeds Dispatch. 11 October 2024.

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