Farnley and Wortley | |
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Farnley and Wortley highlighted within Leeds | |
Population | 18,214 (2023 electorate) |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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Farnley and Wortley is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in west Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the urban areas of Farnley and Wortley.
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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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 2] | 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 3] | 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 4] [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) | |||
2023 | Adrian McCluskey (Lab) | David Blackburn (Green) | Mark Sewards (Lab) | |||
2024 | Adrian McCluskey (Lab) | Kate Haigh (Lab) | Mark Sewards (Lab) [lower-alpha 5] | |||
2024 by-election | Adrian McCluskey* (Lab) | Kate Haigh* (Lab) | TBD |
indicates seat up for re-election. indicates seat up for election following resignation or death of sitting councillor. * indicates incumbent councillor.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Peter Allison | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Andrews | ||||
Green | David Blackburn [lower-alpha 6] | ||||
Reform UK | David Dresser | ||||
Labour | Al Garthwaite [lower-alpha 7] | ||||
SDP | Richard Riley | ||||
Conservative | Lalit Suryawanshi | ||||
Majority | TBD | ||||
Turnout | TBD |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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