Rothwell (ward)

Rothwell
Rothwell
	Rothwell highlighted within Leeds
Population	15,821 (2023 electorate)
Metropolitan borough	City of Leeds ;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire ;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Wakefield and Rothwell ;
Councillors	Diane Chapman; (Liberal Democrats); Stewart Golton; (Liberal Democrats); Conrad Hart-Brooke; (Liberal Democrats);
	List of places UK England Yorkshire

Last updated April 05, 2025

Rothwell is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in south east Leeds, West Yorkshire, including the town of the same name and the villages of Carlton, Oulton and Woodlesford.

Councillors

Election
1973	Rose Lund (Lab)	A. Benson (Lab)	J. De Carieret (Lab)
1975	Rose Lund (Lab)	A. Benson (Lab)	S. Arran (Lab)
1976	Rose Lund (Lab)	A. Benson (Lab)	S. Arran (Lab)
1978	Rose Lund (Lab)	A. Benson (Lab)	S. Arran (Lab)
1979	Rose Lund (Lab)	A. Benson (Lab)	Brian Walker (Lab)
1980	Rose Lund (Lab)	Alec Hudson (Lab)	Brian Walker (Lab)
1982	Rose Lund (Lab)	Alec Hudson (Lab)	Brian Walker (Lab)
1983	Rose Lund (Lab)	Alec Hudson (Lab)	Brian Walker (Lab)
1984	Rose Lund (Lab)	Alec Hudson (Lab)	Brian Walker (Lab)
1986	Rose Lund (Lab)	Alec Hudson (Lab)	Brian Walker (Lab)
1987	Rose Lund (Lab)	Alec Hudson (Lab)	Brian Walker (Lab)
1988	Rose Lund (Lab)	Alec Hudson (Lab)	Brian Walker (Lab)
1990	Rose Lund (Lab)	Alec Hudson (Lab)	Brian Walker (Lab)
1991	Rose Lund (Lab)	Alec Hudson (Lab)	Brian Walker (Lab)
1992	Rose Lund (Lab)	Alec Hudson (Lab)	Brian Walker (Lab)
1994	Rose Lund (Lab)	Alec Hudson (Lab)	Brian Walker (Lab)
1995	Rose Lund (Lab)	Alec Hudson (Lab)	Brian Walker (Lab)
1996	Lorna Cohen (Lab)^[a]	Alec Hudson (Lab)	Brian Walker (Lab)
1998	Lorna Cohen (Lab)	Alec Hudson (Lab)	Brian Walker (Lab)
1999	Lorna Cohen (Lab)	Alec Hudson (Lab)	Brian Walker (Lab)
2000	Donald Wilson (LD)^[4]	Alec Hudson (Lab)	Brian Walker (Lab)
2002	Donald Wilson (LD)	Keith Willey (LD)^[5]	Brian Walker (Lab)
2003	Donald Wilson (LD)	Keith Willey (LD)	Steve Smith (LD)^[6]^[7]
2004 ^[8]	Donald Wilson (LD)	Mitchell Galdas (LD)^[9]	Steve Smith (LD)
2006	Donald Wilson (LD)	Stewart Golton (LD)^[b]	Steve Smith (LD)
2007	Donald Wilson (LD)	Stewart Golton (LD)	Steve Smith (LD)
2008	Donald Wilson (LD)	Stewart Golton (LD)	Steve Smith (LD)
2010	Donald Wilson (LD)	Stewart Golton (LD)	Steve Smith (LD)
2011	Donald Wilson (LD)	Stewart Golton (LD)	Karen Bruce (Lab)^[c]^[10]
2012	David Nagle (Lab)^[11]	Stewart Golton (LD)	Karen Bruce (Lab)
2014	David Nagle (Lab)	Stewart Golton (LD)	Karen Bruce (Lab)
2015	David Nagle (Lab)	Stewart Golton (LD)	Karen Bruce (Lab)
2016	David Nagle (Lab)	Stewart Golton (LD)	Karen Bruce (Lab)
2018	Carmel Harrison (LD)^[12]	Stewart Golton (LD)	Karen Bruce (Lab)
2019	Carmel Harrison (LD)^[d]	Stewart Golton (LD)	Diane Chapman (LD)
July 2020	Vacant^[e]	Stewart Golton (LD)	Diane Chapman (LD)
2021	Conrad Hart-Brooke (LD)	Stewart Golton (LD)	Diane Chapman (LD)
2022	Conrad Hart-Brooke (LD)	Stewart Golton (LD)	Diane Chapman (LD)
2023	Conrad Hart-Brooke (LD)	Stewart Golton (LD)	Diane Chapman (LD)
2024	Conrad Hart-Brooke* (LD)	Stewart Golton* (LD)	Diane Chapman* (LD)

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

Elections since 2010

May 2024

2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Conrad Hart-Brooke*	3,540	62.1	+0.7
	Labour Co-op	Timothy Dowd	1,253	22.0	+0.4
	Conservative	Louisa Singh	340	6.0	−0.7
	Yorkshire	Sean McDonald	329	5.8	+0.9
	Green	Allen Sikoryn	193	3.3	−1.4
	SDP	Sarah Welbourne	43	0.8	+0.4
Majority			2,287	40.1	+0.3
Turnout			5,731	36.7	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.2

May 2023

2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Chapman*	3,409	61.4	+7.1
	Labour	James Driver	1,200	21.6	−6.9
	Conservative	Babatunde Gbolade	372	6.7	−5.4
	Yorkshire	Sean McDonald	274	4.9	+2.1
	Green	Tim Moorson	260	4.7	+2.5
	SDP	Sarah Welbourne	21	0.4	N/A
Majority			2,209	39.8	+14.0
Turnout			5,552	35.1	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

May 2022

2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Golton*	3,304	54.3	+19.9
	Labour	Karen Bruce	1,735	28.5	−4.4
	Conservative	Joe Boycott	737	12.1	−10.9
	Yorkshire	Sean McDonald	168	2.8	−2.5
	Green	Ali Aliremzioglu	137	2.2	−1.3
Majority			1,569	25.8	+24.3
Turnout			6,090	38.1	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

May 2021

2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Conrad Hart-Brooke	2,313	34.4	−7.6
	Labour	Karen Bruce	2,212	32.9	+0.0
	Conservative	Joe Boycott	1,543	23.0	+11.1
	Yorkshire	Sean McDonald	359	5.3	N/A
	Green	Ali Aliremzioglu	235	3.5	−2.0
	SDP	Christopher Dudley	16	0.0	N/A
Majority			101	1.5	−7.6
Turnout			6,716	41.7	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

May 2019

2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Chapman	2,206	42.0	−2.6
	Labour	Karen Bruce*	1,731	32.9	+0.2
	Conservative	Joe Boycott	623	11.9	−5.7
	For Britain	Simon Michael Crowe	409	7.8	+7.8
	Green	Ali Aliremzioglu	288	5.5	+0.5
Majority			475	9.1	−4.5
Turnout			5,306	33.1	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	-1.4

May 2018

2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Golton*	3,167	44.6	+14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Carmel Harrison	2,338
	Labour	Karen Bruce*	2,326	32.7	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Yates	2,157
	Labour	David Nagle*	1,857
	Labour	Sharon Burke	1,645
	Conservative	Joe Boycott	1,254	17.6	+1.4
	Conservative	Melieha Long	855
	Conservative	Shazar Ahad	686
	Green	Ali Aliremzioglu	358	5.0	+2.4
Majority			841	13.6	+7.6
Turnout			6,071	37.7	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2016

2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Nagle*	2,026	36.1	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Carmel Harrison	1,728	30.1	+10.5
	Conservative	Steve Ellis	912	16.2	−8.7
	UKIP	David Daniel	750	13.3	±0
	Green	Emma Dobson	203	3.6	−0.1
Majority			298	6.0	−7.7
Turnout			5,619	36.4
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2015

2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Bruce*	4,206	38.6	−7.5
	Conservative	Steve Ellis	2,715	24.9	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Ward	2,133	19.6	−18.1
	UKIP	Paul Spivey	1,447	13.3	+13.3
	Green	Stephen Paul Terry	408	3.7	+3.7
Majority			1,491	13.7	+5.3
Turnout			10,909	68.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.1

May 2014

2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Golton*	2,429
	Labour	Angela Kellett	2,018
	Conservative	Stephen Ellis	723
	Green	Gordon Haycock	385
Majority			411
Turnout				36.04
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

May 2012

2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Nagle	2,564	47.7	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Don Wilson*	1,926	35.8	−1.9
	Conservative	Daniel Farrell	399	7.4	−8.8
	UKIP	David Daniel	366	6.8	+6.8
	English Democrat	Bernie Allen	120	2.2	+2.2
Majority			638	11.9	+3.5
Turnout			5,375
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+1.7

May 2011

2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Bruce	2,889	46.1	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Smith*	2,365	37.7	+0.0
	Conservative	Louise Turner	1,018	16.2	−3.1
Majority			524	8.4	+6.7
Turnout			6,272	40
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+5.0

May 2010

2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Golton*	3,938	37.7	−5.9
	Labour	Alec Hudson	3,756	35.9	+2.4
	Conservative	Caroline Oldfield	2,018	19.3	+7.2
	BNP	Robert Peel	736	7.0	−3.7
Majority			182	1.7	−8.3
Turnout			10,448	67.1	+29.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-4.1

Notes

↑ Cohen had been a councillor for Burley from 1978 to 1980 and Harehills ward from 1980 to 1996.
↑ Golton had previously been a councillor for Weetwood ward from 1998 to 2006.
↑ Bruce had previously been a Garforth and Swillington ward councillor from 1998 until losing her seat at the 2004 election.
↑ Following the 2019 election, Harrison changed her surname to Hall.
↑ Carmel Hall died in office in July 2020. No by-election was required as her term of office was to end and her successor to be elected on 6 May 2021 at the next council election as, in accordance with UK government regulations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it would have been scheduled for the same date.^[13]^[14]

References

↑ "Councillor Diane Chapman". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
↑ "Councillor Stewart Golton". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 30 December 2018.
↑ "Councillor Conrad Hart-Brooke". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 17 May 2021.
↑ "Councillor Donald Wilson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 30 December 2018.
↑ "Conservative delight as Francis surges to a stunning victory". thetelegraphandargus.co.uk. Telegraph & Argus. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
↑ John Thorpe (12 May 2003). "Power of the people". Yorkshire Evening Post . Retrieved 30 December 2018.
↑ "Councillor Steve Smith". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 30 December 2018.
↑ "Double whammy, make no bones about it". wakefieldexpress.co.uk. Wakefield Express. 18 June 2004. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
↑ "Council role at last for Lib Dem stalwart". wakefieldexpress.co.uk. Wakefield Express. 2 July 2004. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
↑ "Councillor Karen Bruce". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 30 December 2018.
↑ "Councillor David Nagle". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 30 December 2018.
↑ "Councillor Carmel Hall". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 21 April 2020.
↑ Maclure, Abbey (12 July 2020). "Tributes pour in for 'strong, compassionate and dedicated' Leeds councillor Carmel Hall". The Yorkshire Post . Retrieved 13 July 2020.
↑ Johnston, Neil (6 May 2020). "Coronavirus: FAQs on postponed elections". House of Commons Library . Retrieved 13 July 2020.

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[4] Cohen had been a councillor for Burley from 1978 to 1980 and Harehills ward from 1980 to 1996.

[11] Golton had previously been a councillor for Weetwood ward from 1998 to 2006.

[12] Bruce had previously been a Garforth and Swillington ward councillor from 1998 until losing her seat at the 2004 election.

[16] Following the 2019 election, Harrison changed her surname to Hall.

[19] Carmel Hall died in office in July 2020. No by-election was required as her term of office was to end and her successor to be elected on 6 May 2021 at the next council election as, in accordance with UK government regulations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it would have been scheduled for the same date.^[13]^[14]

[1] "Councillor Diane Chapman". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 16 June 2019.

[2] "Councillor Stewart Golton". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 30 December 2018.

[3] "Councillor Conrad Hart-Brooke". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[5] "Councillor Donald Wilson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 30 December 2018.

[6] "Conservative delight as Francis surges to a stunning victory". thetelegraphandargus.co.uk. Telegraph & Argus. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 30 December 2018.

[7] John Thorpe (12 May 2003). "Power of the people". Yorkshire Evening Post . Retrieved 30 December 2018.

[8] "Councillor Steve Smith". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 30 December 2018.

[9] "Double whammy, make no bones about it". wakefieldexpress.co.uk. Wakefield Express. 18 June 2004. Retrieved 30 December 2018.

[10] "Council role at last for Lib Dem stalwart". wakefieldexpress.co.uk. Wakefield Express. 2 July 2004. Retrieved 30 December 2018.

[13] "Councillor Karen Bruce". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 30 December 2018.

[14] "Councillor David Nagle". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 30 December 2018.

[15] "Councillor Carmel Hall". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council . Retrieved 21 April 2020.

[17] Maclure, Abbey (12 July 2020). "Tributes pour in for 'strong, compassionate and dedicated' Leeds councillor Carmel Hall". The Yorkshire Post . Retrieved 13 July 2020.

[18] Johnston, Neil (6 May 2020). "Coronavirus: FAQs on postponed elections". House of Commons Library . Retrieved 13 July 2020.

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