Kirkstall (ward)

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Kirkstall
Leeds UK ward map highlighting Kirkstall.svg
Kirkstall highlighted within Leeds
Population16,138 (2023 electorate)
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
UK Parliament
Councillors
  • Hannah Bithell [1]
    (Labour)
  • Andy Rontree [2]
    (Labour)
  • Fiona Venner [3]
    (Labour)
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UK
England
Yorkshire

Kirkstall is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in west Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering Burley, Hawksworth, Kirkstall and the south west corner of West Park. It contains three rail stations: Burley Park, Headingley and Kirkstall Forge.

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Councillors since 1973

ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
1973 Elizabeth Nash (Lab) [lower-alpha 1] [4] Bernard Atha (Lab) [lower-alpha 2] [5] K. Fenwick (Lab)
1975 Elizabeth Nash (Lab) Bernard Atha (Lab)John Hamilton (Con)
1976 Elizabeth Nash (Lab) Bernard Atha (Lab)John Hamilton (Con)
1978 Elizabeth Nash (Lab) Bernard Atha (Lab)John Hamilton (Con) [lower-alpha 3]
1979 Elizabeth Nash (Lab) Bernard Atha (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab) [6]
1980 Elizabeth Nash (Lab) Bernard Atha (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
1982 Elizabeth Nash (Lab) Bernard Atha (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
1983 Elizabeth Nash (Lab) Bernard Atha (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
1984 Elizabeth Nash (Lab) Bernard Atha (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
1986 Elizabeth Nash (Lab) Bernard Atha (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
1987 Elizabeth Nash (Lab) [lower-alpha 4] Bernard Atha (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
1988 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) [7] Bernard Atha (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
1990 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
1991 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
1992 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
1994 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
1995 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
1996 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
1998 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
1999 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
2000 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
2002 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
2003 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
2004 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
2006 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
2007 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
2008 Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) [8] Bernard Atha OBE (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
2010 Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
2011 Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
2012 Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
2014 Lucinda Yeadon (Lab)Fiona Venner (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
2015 Lucinda Yeadon (Lab)Fiona Venner (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
2016 Lucinda Yeadon (Lab)Fiona Venner (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
2018 Hannah Bithell (Lab)Fiona Venner (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
2019 Hannah Bithell (Lab)Fiona Venner (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
2021 Hannah Bithell (Lab)Fiona Venner (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
2022 Hannah Bithell (Lab)Fiona Venner (Lab)John Illingworth (Lab)
2023 Hannah Bithell (Lab)Fiona Venner (Lab)Andy Rontree (Lab)
2024 Hannah Bithell* (Lab)Fiona Venner* (Lab)Andy Rontree* (Lab)

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

Elections since 2010

May 2024

2024
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fiona Venner* 3,451 62.3 −1.7
Green Victoria Smith1,13720.5+1.7
Conservative Lyall Ainscow3215.8−2.7
Liberal Democrats Adam Belcher2885.2−0.9
Independent Stuart Long2043.7+1.7
TUSC John Tival1382.5New
Majority2,31441.8−3.4
Turnout 5,58635.1+5.9
Labour hold Swing -1.7

May 2023

2023
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andy Rontree 3,018 64.0 −3.1
Green Victoria Smith88618.8+2.8
Conservative Reiss Capitano4028.5−1.7
Liberal Democrats Adam Belcher2886.1+0.3
Independent Stuart Long952.0N/A
Majority2,13242.2−8.9
Turnout 4,71829.2−1.6
Labour hold Swing

May 2022

2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hannah Bithell* 3,346 67.1 0.0
Green Victoria Smith79716.0+1.5
Conservative Reiss Capitano51110.2−3.0
Liberal Democrats Adam Belcher2875.8+2.6
Majority2,54951.1−1.5
Turnout 4,98630.8−4.3
Labour hold Swing

May 2021

2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fiona Venner* 3,922 67.1 +4.6
Green Victoria Smith84514.5+0.1
Conservative Reiss Capitano77313.2+7.2
Liberal Democrats Thomas Edwards1863.2−3.4
TUSC James Ellis721.2N/A
Majority3,07752.6+4.5
Turnout 5,84535.1+4.4
Labour hold Swing

May 2019

2019
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Illingworth* 2,959 62.5 −3.3
Green Victoria Smith68214.4−1.8
UKIP David Barlow49710.5+10.5
Liberal Democrats Edward Anthony Richardson3126.6−0.7
Conservative Liam Michael Kenrick-Bailey2836.0−4.7
Majority2,27748.1−8.1
Turnout 4,75330.7−1.5
Labour hold Swing -0.8

May 2018

2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hannah Bithell 3,977 65.8 −2.7
Labour Fiona Venner* 3,850
Labour John Illingworth* 3,634
Green Ben Goldthorp97816.2+7.9
Conservative Liam Kenrick-Bailey64510.7+4.5
Conservative Amaad Amin471
Conservative Eleni Nicolaou454
Liberal Democrats Maria Frank4457.3+3.1
Majority2,99956.2−1.4
Turnout 5,34132.2−2.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

May 2016

2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lucinda Yeadon* 3,453 68.5 +16.8
UKIP Cain Arron Weber54710.9+0.3
Green Morgan Rhys Tatchell-Evans4208.3−10.0
Conservative George William Andrew Rear3136.2−6.1
Liberal Democrats Martin Gareth Hughes2124.2−1.5
Independent Stuart William Long531.1+1.1
TUSC Maddy Steeds430.9−0.5
Majority5,04057.6+24.2
Turnout 504134.5
Labour hold Swing

May 2015

2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Illingworth* 4,957 51.7 −12.8
Green Meadow Hudson1,75518.3+8.9
Conservative Matthew Wharton1,18412.3+0.2
UKIP Paul Denner1,01710.6+10.6
Liberal Democrats Johathan Heap5485.7−5.6
TUSC Dean Meehan1331.4+1.4
Majority3,20233.4−19.0
Turnout 9,59461.6
Labour hold Swing 10.9

May 2014

2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fiona Venner 2,696
UKIP Kevin Reid907
Green Morgan Tatchell-Evans724
Conservative Matthew Wharton379
Liberal Democrats Martin Hughes252
TUSC Ben Mayor56
Independent Stuart Long55
Majority
Turnout 33.77
Labour hold Swing

May 2012

2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lucinda Yeadon* 3,006 67.7 +3.2
Green Morgan Tatchell-Evans4379.8+0.5
Conservative Annabel Gooch3989.0−3.1
Liberal Democrats Tom Mead2936.6−4.7
Independent Stuart Long1733.9+1.1
Alliance for Green SocialismSimon Fearn1363.1+3.1
Majority2,56957.8+5.4
Turnout 4,443
Labour hold Swing +1.3

May 2011

2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Illingworth* 3,634 64.5 +22.1
Conservative Daniel Whitehouse68012.1−2.9
Liberal Democrats Chris Lovell63611.3−21.7
Green Morgan Tatchell-Evans5279.4+4.4
Independent Stuart Long1572.8+2.8
Majority2,95452.4+43.0
Turnout 5,63435
Labour hold Swing +12.5

May 2010

2010
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Atha* 4,012 42.4 +3.0
Liberal Democrats Ruth Coleman3,12533.0−3.6
Conservative Matthew Wharton1,42015.0+5.2
Green Morgan Tatchell-Evans4695.0−1.7
BNP Keven Nicholson4474.7−2.8
Majority8879.4+6.7
Turnout 9,47360.0+29.9
Labour hold Swing +3.3

See also

Notes

  1. Nash had been a Kirkstall ward councillor since 1972.
  2. Atha had previously represented City ward from 1957 to 1968, when he lost his bid to be re-elected to council for the new West Hunslet ward. He was then a councillor for Holbeck ward from 1969 until his election for Kirkstall ward in 1973.
  3. After losing his re-election bid for Kirkstall ward at the next election in 1979, Hamilton was later elected as a Weetwood ward councillor in 1980 and held the seat until 1990.
  4. Nash did not stand at the next election in 1988. She later represented City and Holbeck ward (1989-2004), City and Hunslet (2004-2018) and Hunslet and Riverside (2018-2022).

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