Killingbeck and Seacroft (ward)

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Killingbeck and Seacroft
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Killingbeck and Seacroft is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in east Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering both of the outer city suburb areas of Killingbeck and Seacroft and the north west part of Cross Gates.

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Councillors since 1973

Kenneth Woolmer represented Seacroft ward on the City of Leeds Council (1970-1974) and Leeds City Council (1974-1978). Later Member of Parliament for Batley and Morley (1979-1983). Official portrait of Lord Woolmer of Leeds crop 3.jpg
Kenneth Woolmer represented Seacroft ward on the City of Leeds Council (1970-1974) and Leeds City Council (1974-1978). Later Member of Parliament for Batley and Morley (1979-1983).
ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
Seacroft (1973 to 2004)
1973 Kenneth Woolmer (Lab) [a] F. Stringer (Lab) [b] George Mudie (Lab) [c]
1975 Kenneth Woolmer (Lab)F. Stringer (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1976 Kenneth Woolmer (Lab) [d] F. Stringer (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1978 I. Adams (Lab)F. Stringer (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1979 I. Adams (Lab)F. Stringer (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1980 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab) [e] Arthur Vollans (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1982 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab)Arthur Vollans (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1983 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab)Arthur Vollans (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1984 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab)Arthur Vollans (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1986 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab)Arthur Vollans (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1987 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab)Arthur Vollans (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1988 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab)Arthur Vollans (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1988 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab)Arthur Vollans (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1990 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab)Arthur Vollans (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1987 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab)Arthur Vollans (Lab) George Mudie (Lab)
1992 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab)Arthur Vollans (Lab)Graham Hyde (Lab) [5]
1994 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab)Arthur Vollans (Lab)Graham Hyde (Lab)
1995 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab)Arthur Vollans (Lab)Graham Hyde (Lab)
1996 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab)Arthur Vollans (Lab)Graham Hyde (Lab)
1998 Douglas Gabb OBE (Lab)Arthur Vollans (Lab)Graham Hyde (Lab)
1999 Brian Selby (Lab) [6] Arthur Vollans (Lab)Graham Hyde (Lab)
2000 Brian Selby (Lab)Arthur Vollans (Lab)Graham Hyde (Lab)
2002 Brian Selby (Lab)Michael Davey (Lab)Graham Hyde (Lab)
2003 Brian Selby (Lab)Michael Davey (Lab)Graham Hyde (Lab)
Killingbeck and Seacroft (2004 to present)
2004 Brian Selby (Lab)Michael Davey (Lab)Graham Hyde (Lab)
2006 Brian Selby (Lab)Vonnie Morgan (Lab) [7] Graham Hyde (Lab)
2007 Brian Selby (Lab)Vonnie Morgan (Lab)Graham Hyde (Lab)
2008 Brian Selby (Lab)Vonnie Morgan (Lab)Graham Hyde (Lab)
2010 Brian Selby (Lab)Vonnie Morgan (Lab)Graham Hyde (Lab)
2011 Brian Selby (Lab)Vonnie Morgan (Lab)Graham Hyde (Lab)
2012 Brian Selby (Lab)Vonnie Morgan (Lab)Graham Hyde (Lab)
2014 Brian Selby (Lab)Vonnie Morgan (Lab)Graham Hyde (Lab)
2015 Brian Selby (Lab)Catherine Dobson (Lab) [8] Graham Hyde (Lab)
2016 Brian Selby (Lab)Catherine Dobson (Lab)Graham Hyde (Lab)
October 2017Brian Selby (Lab)Catherine Dobson (ELI) [f] Graham Hyde (Lab)
2018 Paul Drinkwater (Lab) [10] David Jenkins (Lab)Katie Dye (Lab)
2019 Paul Drinkwater (Lab)David Jenkins (Lab)Katie Dye (Lab)
2021 Paul Drinkwater (Lab)David Jenkins (Lab)Katie Dye (Lab)
May 2021Paul Drinkwater (Ind) [g] David Jenkins (Lab)Katie Dye (Lab)
2022 John Tudor (Lab)David Jenkins (Lab)Katie Dye (Lab)
2023 John Tudor (Lab)David Jenkins (Lab)Katie Dye (Lab)
2024 John Tudor* (Lab)David Jenkins* (Lab)Katie Dye* (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 David Jenkins* 2,551 61.3 −2.8
Conservative Rosemary Gaskell48111.6−6.1
Reform UK Jayne Dresser43510.5New
Green John Arnison4079.8+0.1
Liberal Democrats John Otley1834.4−3.3
SDP Catherine Dobson1062.5New
Majority2,07049.7+3.3
Turnout 4,19022.7+1.9
Labour hold Swing +1.7

May 2023

2023
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Katie Dye* 2,446 64.1 +2.7
Conservative Bradley Chandler67617.7−2.0
Green David Anthoney3699.7+2.5
Liberal Democrats John Otley2957.7+2.1
Majority1,77046.4+4.5
Turnout 3,81420.8−1.8
Labour hold Swing

May 2022

2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Tudor 2,510 61.7 −0.3
Conservative Cormac Trigg80319.7−4.4
Green David Anthoney2937.2−1.0
Liberal Democrats John Otley2295.6+1.9
Freedom AllianceSuzanne Harbourne1223.0N/A
TUSC Iain Dalton962.3+2.2
Majority1,70741.9+4.0
Turnout 4,07122.6%−4.0
Labour hold Swing

May 2021

2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Jenkins* 2,946 62.0 +15.7
Conservative David Frame1,14524.1+14.1
Green Alan Anthoney3918.2+2.2
Liberal Democrats John Otley1743.7N/A
SDP Hafizur Rahman320.1N/A
Majority1,80137.9+9.4
Turnout 4,75526.6+4.4
Labour hold Swing

May 2019

2019
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Katie Dye* 1,751 46.3 −5.3
East Leeds Independents Catherine Dobson67217.8−1.3
UKIP Peter Morgan57915.3+15.3
Conservative Andrew Martin37810.0−1.7
Green Colin Noble2276.0−5.7
Yorkshire Matthew Clover1313.5−6.7
For Britain Adam Ramoth411.1+1.1
Majority1,07928.5−4.0
Turnout 3,80222.2−3.5
Labour hold Swing -2.0

May 2018

2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Drinkwater 2,718 51.6 −10.7
Labour David Jenkins 2,602
Labour Katie Dye 2,585
East Leeds Independents Catherine Dobson*1,00519.1N/A
Conservative Marilyn Coen61911.7+2.1
Yorkshire John Otley53810.2+7.7
Conservative Anne Palmer478
Conservative Fiona Robertson445
Liberal Democrats Kate Langwick3897.4+3.7
Majority1,71332.5−11.5
Turnout 16,98925.7−2.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

May 2016

2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Hyde* 2,811 62.3 +7.5
UKIP Steve Leak82818.3−5.3
Conservative Elizabeth Hayes4319.5−4.6
Liberal Democrats Adam Douglas1663.7+0.2
Green Jaimes Moran1242.7−1.3
Yorkshire First John Otley1112.5+2.5
TUSC Iain Dalton441.0+1.0
Majority198344.0+12.8
Turnout 4,51527.8
Labour hold Swing

May 2015

2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine Dobson 4,792 54.8 −18.7
UKIP Phil Moore2,06123.6+23.6
Conservative Beatrice Greenwood1,23514.1−2.5
Green Louise Winrow3504.0+4.0
Liberal Democrats Joanne Binns3043.5−6.4
Majority2,73131.2−25.8
Turnout 8,74253.2
Labour hold Swing 21.2

May 2014

2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Selby* 2,927
Conservative Dorothy Flynn623
Green Louise Richardson617
Liberal Democrats Joanne Binns311
Majority2,304
Turnout 29.2
Labour hold Swing

May 2012

2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Hyde* 3,240 73.8 +0.3
English Democrat Sam Kelly48711.1+11.1
Conservative Elizabeth Hayes43910.0−6.6
Liberal Democrats Harriet Chapman2235.1−4.8
Majority2,75362.7+5.7
Turnout 4,389
Labour hold Swing +3.4

May 2011

2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Veronica Morgan* 3,761 73.5 +19.5
Conservative William Flynn84716.6−0.1
Liberal Democrats Joanne Binns5089.9−6.8
Majority2,91457.0+19.7
Turnout 5,11631
Labour hold Swing +9.8

May 2010

2010
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Selby* 4,711 54.0 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Joanne Binns1,45916.7+6.5
Conservative William Flynn1,45016.6+1.8
BNP Bernard Allen96211.0−3.0
Alliance for Green SocialismSimon Fearn1471.7−0.7
Majority3,25237.3+2.3
Turnout 8,72952.8+21.4
Labour hold Swing +1.1

See also

Notes

  1. Woolmer had previously represented Seacroft as a City of Leeds Councillor since 1970.
  2. Stringer had previously represented Seacroft as a City of Leeds Councillor since 1972.
  3. Mudie had previously represented Seacroft as a City of Leeds Councillor since 1971.
  4. Woolmer would serve as Batley and Morley from 1979 to 1983.
  5. Gabb previously represented Osmondthorpe from 1954 to 1971 and again between 1974 and 1980. He was elected as an Alderman between 1971 and 1974 and awarded an OBE in the 1975 Birthday Honours. [4]
  6. Dobson resigned the Labour whip and became Leader of the East Leeds Independents group on the council, joining previous defector and Cross Gates and Whinmoor councillor Janette Walker. The Yorkshire Evening Post quoted Dobson stating, "I am not prepared to stand by while the Labour Council withdraws basic services to my community while bankrolling vanity projects”. [9]
  7. Days after the 2021 council election, Drinkwater resigned from the Labour Party on 10 May, citing "institutionalised bullying" in the ruling Labour council group and argued for a change to the council's decision-making structures. He did not stand for re-election in 2022. [11]

References

  1. "Councillor Katie Dye". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  2. "Councillor David Jenkins". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  3. "Councillor John Tudor". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  4. Meadowcroft, Michael. "Alderman Douglas Gabb OBE". /beemeadowcroft.uk. Michael Meadowcroft & Liz Bee. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  5. "Councillor Graham Hyde". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  6. "Councillor Brian Selby". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  7. "Councillor Vonnie Morgan". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  8. "Councillor Catherine Dobson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  9. Staff writer (25 October 2017). "Culture bid schism opens in Leeds as another councillor quits Labour". Yorkshire Evening Post.
  10. "Councillor Paul Drinkwater". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  11. Richard Beecham, 'Leeds councillor quits Labour over "institutionalised bullying", and calls for committee governance system', Yorkshire Evening Post (10 May 2021).