Kippax and Methley (ward)

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Kippax and Methley
Leeds UK ward map highlighting Kippax and Methley.svg
Kippax and Methley highlighted within Leeds
Population17,509 (2023 electorate)
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
UK Parliament
Councillors
  • Mary Harland [1]
    (Labour)
  • James Lewis [2]
    (Labour)
  • Michael Millar [3]
    (Labour)
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire

Kippax and Methley is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in south east Leeds, West Yorkshire, including the villages and civil parishes of Allerton Bywater, Kippax and Methley.

Contents

Boundaries

The Kippax and Methley ward includes the following civil parishes of:

Councillors

ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
2004 Keith Parker (Lab) [lower-alpha 1] [4] James Lewis (Lab) [lower-alpha 2] Keith Wakefield (Lab) [lower-alpha 3] [5]
2006 Keith Parker (Lab)James Lewis (Lab) Keith Wakefield (Lab)
2007 Keith Parker (Lab)James Lewis (Lab) Keith Wakefield (Lab)
2008 Keith Parker (Lab)James Lewis (Lab) Keith Wakefield (Lab)
2010 Keith Parker (Lab)James Lewis (Lab) Keith Wakefield (Lab)
2011 Keith Parker (Lab)James Lewis (Lab) Keith Wakefield (Lab)
2012 Mary Harland (Lab)James Lewis (Lab) Keith Wakefield (Lab)
2014 Mary Harland (Lab)James Lewis (Lab) Keith Wakefield (Lab)
2015 Mary Harland (Lab)James Lewis (Lab) Keith Wakefield (Lab)
2016 Mary Harland (Lab)James Lewis (Lab) Keith Wakefield OBE (Lab) [lower-alpha 4]
2018 Mary Harland (Lab)James Lewis (Lab) Keith Wakefield OBE (Lab)
2019 Mary Harland (Lab)James Lewis (Lab)Mirelle Midgley (Lab) [7]
2021 Mary Harland (Lab)James Lewis (Lab)Mirelle Midgley (Lab)
2022 Mary Harland (Lab)James Lewis (Lab)Mirelle Midgley (Lab)
2023 Mary Harland (Lab)James Lewis (Lab)Michael Millar (Lab)
2024 Mary Harland* (Lab)James Lewis* (Lab)Michael Millar* (Lab)

  indicates seat up for re-election. * indicates incumbent councillor.

Elections since 2010

May 2024

2024
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Lewis* 3,570 65.1 +5.0
Conservative Connor Mulhall1,06719.5−6.4
Green Angela Oldershaw4498.2+0.5
Liberal Democrats Greg Holden4017.3+1.6
Majority2,50345.6+11.4
Turnout 5,56331.6+1.5
Labour hold Swing +5.7

May 2023

2023
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Millar 3,163 60.1 −3.0
Conservative Connor Mulhall1,36225.9−0.7
Green Alan Martin4067.7+2.0
Liberal Democrats Lesley McIntee3015.7+1.6
Majority1,80134.2−2.4
Turnout 5,26330.1−3.6
Labour hold Swing

May 2022

2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Harland* 3,673 63.1 +10.9
Conservative Connor Mulhall1,54526.6−9.0
Green Keith Hale3305.7−2.7
Liberal Democrats Christine Golton2434.1+2.0
Majority2,12836.6+20.0
Turnout 5,81933.7%−5.7
Labour hold Swing

May 2021

2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Lewis* 3,500 52.2 +4.8
Conservative Connor Mulhall2,38835.6+10.1
Green Dylan Brown5127.6−13.4
Liberal Democrats Sara Howell1432.1−4.1
Reform UK Kristian Wilkinson1160.2N/A
SDP Thomas Foster220.0N/A
Majority1,11216.6−5.3
Turnout 6,71139.4+11.1
Labour hold Swing

May 2019

2019
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mirelle Midgley 2,149 47.4 −7.3
Conservative James Egan1,15525.5+1.8
Green Dylan Brown95021.0+7.8
Liberal Democrats Conrad Hart-Brooke2806.2+6.1
Majority99421.9−9.1
Turnout 4,65828.3−4.57
Labour hold Swing -4.6

May 2018

2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Harland* 3,135 54.7 −1.1
Labour James Lewis* 3,027
Labour Keith Wakefield* 2,856
Conservative Chris Calvert1,35523.7+6.2
Conservative Nicholas Fawcett1,348
Conservative Tess Wheldon1,049
Green Dylan Brown75813.2+10.0
UKIP Tina Smith4748.3−20.0
UKIP Paul Spivey439
UKIP Sheila Shippey323
Liberal Democrats Mitchell Galdas50.08−3.28
Majority1,78031.0−4.5
Turnout 16,39832.87−1.63
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

May 2016

2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Harland* 3,122 55.8 +6.3
UKIP Paul Spivey1,13820.3+3.3
Conservative Ines Newell97817.57.8
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Hindley1813.2+0.2
Green Stephen Paul Terry1803.2−2.0
Majority1,98435.5+11.2
Turnout 5,59935.0
Labour hold Swing

May 2015

2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Lewis* 5,639 49.5 −13.8
Conservative Thomas Crosfill2,87825.3+3.6
UKIP Tina Smith1,93417.0+7.7
Green Emma Dobson5905.2+5.2
Liberal Democrats Carmel Harrison3443.0−2.7
Majority2,76124.3−17.2
Turnout 11,38569.5
Labour hold Swing -8.7

May 2014

2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Wakefield* 2,868
UKIP Tina Smith1,599
Conservative James Langley867
Green David Webb237
Liberal Democrats John Hills141
Majority1,269
Turnout 35.63
Labour hold Swing

May 2012

2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Harland 3,543 63.8 +0.6
UKIP Paul Spivey88916.0+6.7
Conservative James Langley87115.7−6.1
Liberal Democrats Audrey Brown2474.5−1.2
Majority2,65447.8+6.3
Turnout 5,550
Labour hold Swing -3.0

May 2011

2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Lewis* 4,156 63.3 +12.0
Conservative James Langley1,42821.7−3.1
UKIP Paul Spivey6099.3+4.2
Liberal Democrats Anne Bagnall3745.7−7.6
Majority2,72841.5+15.0
Turnout 6,56741
Labour hold Swing +7.5

May 2010

2010
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Wakefield* 5,748 51.3 +0.7
Conservative Tina Phillips2,78224.8−3.7
Liberal Democrats Matthew Coleman1,48713.3+4.9
BNP Shaun Fitzpatrick6245.6−6.9
UKIP Paul Spivey5715.1+5.1
Majority2,96626.5+4.5
Turnout 11,21268.9+31.1
Labour hold Swing +2.2

Notes

  1. Parker had previously represented Barwick and Kippax ward since 1986.
  2. Lewis had been a Barwick and Kippax ward councillor since 2003.
  3. Wakefield had been a Barwick and Kippax ward councillor since 1988.
  4. Wakefield was awarded an OBE in the 2016 New Year Honours. [6]

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References

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  2. "Councillor James Lewis". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  3. "Councillor Michael Millar". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 19 July 2024.
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