Wetherby | |
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Wetherby highlighted within Leeds | |
Population | 16,730 (2023 electorate) |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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Wetherby is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in north east Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the town of Wetherby and villages including Boston Spa, Bramham and Thorp Arch.
The Wetherby ward includes the following civil parishes:
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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1973 | David Hudson (Con) [3] | Nick Brown (Con) | J. Rolston (Con) | |||
1975 | David Hudson (Con) | Nick Brown (Con) | W. Hill (Con) | |||
1976 | David Hudson (Con) | Nick Brown (Con) [lower-alpha 1] | W. Hill (Con) | |||
1978 | David Hudson (Con) | J. Grange (Con) | W. Hill (Con) | |||
1979 | David Hudson (Con) | J. Grange (Con) | Heather Gardiner (Con) | |||
1980 | David Hudson (Con) | J. Gray (Con) | Heather Gardiner (Con) | |||
1982 | David Hudson (Con) | J. Gray (Con) | Heather Gardiner (Con) | |||
1983 | David Hudson (Con) | J. Gray (Con) | Heather Gardiner (Con) | |||
1984 | David Hudson (Con) | J. Gray (Con) | Heather Gardiner (Con) | |||
1986 | David Hudson (Con) | J. Gray (Con) | Heather Gardiner (Con) | |||
1987 | David Hudson (Con) | John Evans (Con) | Heather Gardiner (Con) | |||
1988 | David Hudson (Con) | John Evans (Con) | Heather Gardiner (Con) | |||
1990 | David Hudson (Con) | John Evans (Con) | Heather Gardiner (Con) | |||
1991 | David Hudson (Con) | John Evans (Con) | Heather Gardiner (Con) | |||
1992 | David Hudson (Con) | John Evans (Con) | Heather Gardiner (Con) | |||
1992 by-election | David Hudson (Con) | John Procter (Con) [6] | Heather Gardiner (Con) | |||
1994 | David Hudson (Con) | John Procter (Con) | Heather Gardiner (Con) | |||
1995 | David Hudson (Con) | John Procter (Con) | Heather Gardiner (Con) | |||
1996 | David Hudson (Con) | John Procter (Con) | David Clark (Con) | |||
1998 | David Hudson (Con) | John Procter (Con) | David Clark (Con) | |||
1999 | David Hudson (Con) | John Procter (Con) | Gerald Wilkinson (Con) [7] | |||
2000 | David Hudson (Con) | John Procter (Con) | Gerald Wilkinson (Con) | |||
2002 | David Hudson (Con) | John Procter (Con) | Gerald Wilkinson (Con) | |||
2003 | Andrew Millard (Con) [8] | John Procter (Con) | Gerald Wilkinson (Con) | |||
2004 | Andrew Millard (Con) | John Procter (Con) | Gerald Wilkinson (Con) | |||
2006 | Andrew Millard (Con) | John Procter (Con) | Gerald Wilkinson (Con) | |||
2007 | Alan Lamb (Con) | John Procter (Con) | Gerald Wilkinson (Con) | |||
2008 | Alan Lamb (Con) | John Procter (Con) | Gerald Wilkinson (Con) | |||
2010 | Alan Lamb (Con) | John Procter (Con) | Gerald Wilkinson (Con) | |||
2011 | Alan Lamb (Con) | John Procter (Con) | Gerald Wilkinson (Con) | |||
2012 | Alan Lamb (Con) | John Procter (Con) | Gerald Wilkinson (Con) | |||
2014 | Alan Lamb (Con) | John Procter (Con) | Gerald Wilkinson (Con) | |||
2015 | Alan Lamb (Con) | John Procter (Con) | Gerald Wilkinson (Con) | |||
2016 | Alan Lamb (Con) | John Procter (Con) [lower-alpha 2] | Gerald Wilkinson (Con) | |||
2018 | Alan Lamb (Con) | Norma Harrington (Con) | Gerald Wilkinson (Con) | |||
2019 | Alan Lamb (Con) | Norma Harrington (Con) | Gerald Wilkinson (Con) | |||
2019 by-election | Alan Lamb (Con) | Norma Harrington (Con) | Linda Richards (Con) [lower-alpha 3] [12] | |||
2021 | Alan Lamb (Con) | Norma Harrington (Con) | Linda Richards (Con) | |||
2022 | Alan Lamb (Con) | Norma Harrington (Con) | Linda Richards (Con) | |||
2023 | Alan Lamb (Con) | Norma Harrington (Con) | Penny Stables (Green) | |||
2024 | Alan Lamb* (Con) | Norma Harrington* (Con) | Penny Stables* (Green) |
indicates seat up for re-election. indicates seat up for election following resignation or death of sitting councillor. * indicates incumbent councillor.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan Lamb* | 3,727 | 49.2 | +10.9 | |
Green | Anna Jacobs | 2,845 | 37.5 | -15.4 | |
Labour | David Bowgett | 736 | 9.7 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lesley McIntee | 229 | 3.0 | +0.9 | |
SDP | Ian Howell | 43 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 82 | 11.7 | -2.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,603 | 45.9 | -0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +13.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Penny Stables | 4,079 | 52.9 | +18.5 | |
Conservative | Linda Richards* | 2,958 | 38.3 | -8.7 | |
Labour Co-op | Lucy Nuttgens | 498 | 6.5 | -5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Prince | 161 | 2.1 | -4.4 | |
Majority | 1,121 | 14.5 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,714 | 46.1 | +1.2 | ||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norma Harrington* | 3,514 | 47.0 | -11.0 | |
Green | Penny Stables | 2,568 | 34.4 | +12.1 | |
Labour Co-op | Luke Dixon-Murrow | 878 | 11.7 | -0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lesley McIntee | 484 | 6.5 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 946 | 12.7 | -23.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,473 | 44.9 | -2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan Lamb* | 4,563 | 58.0 | +1.1 | |
Green | Penny Stables | 1,753 | 22.3 | +12.8 | |
Labour Co-op | Steve Clapcote | 991 | 12.6 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Clark | 527 | 6.7 | -17.1 | |
Majority | 2,810 | 35.7 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 7,874 | 47.8 | +9.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Linda Richards | 7,181 | 57.7 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Hopps | 2,373 | 19.1 | -4.7 | |
Labour | Michael Bailey | 1,906 | 15.3 | +5.6 | |
Green | Judith Dahlgreen | 916 | 7.4 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 4,808 | 38.6 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 12,449 | 75.3 | +36.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gerald Wilkinson* | 3,466 | 56.9 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Hopps | 1,452 | 23.8 | +7.6 | |
Labour | Paul Ratcliffe | 593 | 9.7 | -8.1 | |
Green | Ruth Corry | 580 | 9.5 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 2,014 | 32.1 | -6.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,198 | 38.6 | TBC | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norma Harrington | 4,160 | 56.5 | -1.8 | |
Conservative | Alan Lamb* | 4,126 | |||
Conservative | Gerald Wilkinson* | 4,067 | |||
Labour | John Lynch | 1,308 | 17.8 | -1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Hopps | 1,189 | 16.2 | +9.9 | |
Labour | Jan Egan | 1,069 | |||
Labour | Paul Ratcliffe | 875 | |||
Green | Martin Pearce | 704 | 9.6 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 2,852 | TBC [14] | TBC | ||
Turnout | TBC | TBC | TBC | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gerald Wilkinson* | 3,387 | 58.3 | -0.1 | |
Labour | Adam Ferhani | 1,141 | 19.6 | -1.6 | |
UKIP | Tina Janette Smith | 712 | 12.3 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Mavis Golton | 366 | 6.3 | +0.3 | |
Green | Vasco Santos | 203 | 3.5 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 2,246 | 38.7 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,809 | 37.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan Lamb* | 6,924 | 58.4 | -1.5 | |
Labour | John Lynch | 2,517 | 21.2 | -4.6 | |
UKIP | Bronwen Cole | 1,085 | 9.1 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sara Howell | 709 | 6.0 | -1.7 | |
Green | Sam Murrey | 631 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Majority | 4,407 | 37.1 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 11,866 | 75.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Procter* | 2,995 | 50.2 | -5.7 | |
UKIP | Paul Spivey | 1,096 | 18.4 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Paul Drinkwater | 1,023 | 17.2 | -5.8 | |
Green | Sam Murray | 508 | 8.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sara Howell | 340 | 5.7 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 1,899 | 31.8 | |||
Turnout | 38.38 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gerry Wilkinson* | 3,123 | 55.9 | -4.0 | |
Labour | Scott Nicholson | 1,286 | 23.0 | -2.7 | |
UKIP | David Macey | 838 | 15.0 | +8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Chapman | 338 | 6.1 | -1.7 | |
Majority | 1,837 | 32.9 | -1.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,585 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan Lamb* | 4,524 | 59.9 | +7.0 | |
Labour | James Barber | 1,945 | 25.8 | +5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Bentley | 583 | 7.7 | -10.8 | |
UKIP | David Macey | 497 | 6.6 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 2,579 | 34.2 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,549 | 49 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Procter* | 6,115 | 52.9 | -11.7 | |
Labour | Ashley Walsh | 2,403 | 20.8 | +4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Bentley | 2,142 | 18.5 | +8.8 | |
UKIP | David Macey | 595 | 5.1 | +0.7 | |
BNP | Sam Clayton | 302 | 2.6 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 3,712 | 32.1 | -16.1 | ||
Turnout | 11,557 | 75.0 | +32.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -8.0 | |||
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