Kirkstall (ward)

Kirkstall
Kirkstall
	Kirkstall highlighted within Leeds
Population	16,138 (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 Central and Headingley ;
Councillors	Hannah Bithell(Labour); Andy Rontree(Labour); Fiona Venner(Labour);
	List of places UK England Yorkshire

Last updated May 07, 2025

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.

Councillors since 1973

Election
1973	Elizabeth Nash (Lab)^[a]^[4]	Bernard Atha (Lab)^[b]^[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)^[c]
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)^[d]	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fiona Venner*	3,451	62.3	−1.7
	Green	Victoria Smith	1,137	20.5	+1.7
	Conservative	Lyall Ainscow	321	5.8	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Belcher	288	5.2	−0.9
	Independent	Stuart Long	204	3.7	+1.7
	TUSC	John Tival	138	2.5	New
Majority			2,314	41.8	−3.4
Turnout			5,586	35.1	+5.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.7

May 2023

2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy Rontree	3,018	64.0	−3.1
	Green	Victoria Smith	886	18.8	+2.8
	Conservative	Reiss Capitano	402	8.5	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Belcher	288	6.1	+0.3
	Independent	Stuart Long	95	2.0	N/A
Majority			2,132	42.2	−8.9
Turnout			4,718	29.2	−1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2022

2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hannah Bithell*	3,346	67.1	0.0
	Green	Victoria Smith	797	16.0	+1.5
	Conservative	Reiss Capitano	511	10.2	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Belcher	287	5.8	+2.6
Majority			2,549	51.1	−1.5
Turnout			4,986	30.8	−4.3
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2021

2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fiona Venner*	3,922	67.1	+4.6
	Green	Victoria Smith	845	14.5	+0.1
	Conservative	Reiss Capitano	773	13.2	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Edwards	186	3.2	−3.4
	TUSC	James Ellis	72	1.2	N/A
Majority			3,077	52.6	+4.5
Turnout			5,845	35.1	+4.4
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2019

2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Illingworth*	2,959	62.5	−3.3
	Green	Victoria Smith	682	14.4	−1.8
	UKIP	David Barlow	497	10.5	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Anthony Richardson	312	6.6	−0.7
	Conservative	Liam Michael Kenrick-Bailey	283	6.0	−4.7
Majority			2,277	48.1	−8.1
Turnout			4,753	30.7	−1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.8

May 2018

2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hannah Bithell	3,977	65.8	−2.7
	Labour	Fiona Venner*	3,850
	Labour	John Illingworth*	3,634
	Green	Ben Goldthorp	978	16.2	+7.9
	Conservative	Liam Kenrick-Bailey	645	10.7	+4.5
	Conservative	Amaad Amin	471
	Conservative	Eleni Nicolaou	454
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Frank	445	7.3	+3.1
Majority			2,999	56.2	−1.4
Turnout			5,341	32.2	−2.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2016

2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lucinda Yeadon*	3,453	68.5	+16.8
	UKIP	Cain Arron Weber	547	10.9	+0.3
	Green	Morgan Rhys Tatchell-Evans	420	8.3	−10.0
	Conservative	George William Andrew Rear	313	6.2	−6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Gareth Hughes	212	4.2	−1.5
	Independent	Stuart William Long	53	1.1	+1.1
	TUSC	Maddy Steeds	43	0.9	−0.5
Majority			5,040	57.6	+24.2
Turnout			5041	34.5
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2015

2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Illingworth*	4,957	51.7	−12.8
	Green	Meadow Hudson	1,755	18.3	+8.9
	Conservative	Matthew Wharton	1,184	12.3	+0.2
	UKIP	Paul Denner	1,017	10.6	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Johathan Heap	548	5.7	−5.6
	TUSC	Dean Meehan	133	1.4	+1.4
Majority			3,202	33.4	−19.0
Turnout			9,594	61.6
	Labour hold		Swing	10.9

May 2014

2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Fiona Venner	2,696
	UKIP	Kevin Reid	907
	Green	Morgan Tatchell-Evans	724
	Conservative	Matthew Wharton	379
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Hughes	252
	TUSC	Ben Mayor	56
	Independent	Stuart Long	55
Majority
Turnout				33.77
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2012

2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lucinda Yeadon*	3,006	67.7	+3.2
	Green	Morgan Tatchell-Evans	437	9.8	+0.5
	Conservative	Annabel Gooch	398	9.0	−3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Mead	293	6.6	−4.7
	Independent	Stuart Long	173	3.9	+1.1
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Simon Fearn	136	3.1	+3.1
Majority			2,569	57.8	+5.4
Turnout			4,443
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.3

May 2011

2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Illingworth*	3,634	64.5	+22.1
	Conservative	Daniel Whitehouse	680	12.1	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Lovell	636	11.3	−21.7
	Green	Morgan Tatchell-Evans	527	9.4	+4.4
	Independent	Stuart Long	157	2.8	+2.8
Majority			2,954	52.4	+43.0
Turnout			5,634	35
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.5

May 2010

2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Atha*	4,012	42.4	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Coleman	3,125	33.0	−3.6
	Conservative	Matthew Wharton	1,420	15.0	+5.2
	Green	Morgan Tatchell-Evans	469	5.0	−1.7
	BNP	Keven Nicholson	447	4.7	−2.8
Majority			887	9.4	+6.7
Turnout			9,473	60.0	+29.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.3

Notes

↑ Nash had been a Kirkstall ward councillor since 1972.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ 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).

References

↑ "Councillor Hannah Bithell". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 25 December 2018.
↑ "Councillor Andy Rontree". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 19 July 2024.
↑ "Councillor Fiona Venner". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 25 December 2018.
↑ "Councillor Elizabeth Nash". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 25 December 2018.
↑ "Councillor Bernard Atha". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 25 December 2018.
↑ "Councillor John Illingworth". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 25 December 2018.
↑ "Councillor Elizabeth Minkin". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 25 December 2018.
↑ "Councillor Lucinda Yeadon". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 25 December 2018.

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[4] Nash had been a Kirkstall ward councillor since 1972.

[6] 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.

[8] 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.

[10] 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).

[1] "Councillor Hannah Bithell". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 25 December 2018.

[2] "Councillor Andy Rontree". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 19 July 2024.

[3] "Councillor Fiona Venner". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 25 December 2018.

[5] "Councillor Elizabeth Nash". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 25 December 2018.

[7] "Councillor Bernard Atha". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 25 December 2018.

[9] "Councillor John Illingworth". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 25 December 2018.

[11] "Councillor Elizabeth Minkin". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 25 December 2018.

[12] "Councillor Lucinda Yeadon". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 25 December 2018.

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