Guiseley and Rawdon (ward)

Guiseley and Rawdon
Guiseley and Rawdon highlighted within Leeds
Population18,611 (2023 electorate)
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
Councillors
  • Sonia Leighton[1]
    (Labour)
  • Oliver Edwards[2]
    (Labour)
  • Eleanor Thomson[3]
    (Labour)
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire

Guiseley and Rawdon is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in the north west of Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering both the town of Guiseley, the majority of the village of Rawdon and the southern part of the town of Yeadon.

Councillors

Stuart Andrew represented Aireborough ward (2003-2004) and Guiseley and Rawdon ward (2004-2010). Member of Parliament for Pudsey since 2010.
Election Councillor Councillor Councillor
Aireborough (1973 to 2004)
1973 W. Hudson (Con) H. Freeman (Con) R. Cartwright (Con)
1975 W. Hudson (Con) J. Hutchinson (Con) R. Cartwright (Con)
1976 W. Hudson (Con) J. Hutchinson (Con) R. Cartwright (Con)
1978 W. Hudson (Con) J. Hutchinson (Con) R. Cartwright (Con)
1979 W. Hudson (Con) J. Hutchinson (Con) H. Freeman (Con)
1980 W. Hudson (Con) Hugh Barber (Con) T. Hawkins (Con)
1982 W. Hudson (Con) Hugh Barber (Con) T. Hawkins (Con)
1983 W. Hudson (Con) Hugh Barber (Con) T. Hawkins (Con)
1984 W. Hudson (Con) Hugh Barber (Con) T. Hawkins (Con)
1986 W. Hudson (Con) Hugh Barber (Con) J.D. Atkinson (Con)
1986 by-election W. Hudson (Con) Janet Brown (Lib) J.D. Atkinson (Con)
1987 W. Hudson (Con) Janet Brown (Lib) J.D. Atkinson (Con)
1988 Richard Rowland-Hughes (Con) Janet Brown (Lib) J.D. Atkinson (Con)
1990 Richard Rowland-Hughes (Con) Janet Brown (Lib) Moira Dunn (Lab)
1991 Richard Rowland-Hughes (Con) Margaret Atkinson (Con) Moira Dunn (Lab)
1992 Richard Rowland-Hughes (Con) Margaret Atkinson (Con) Moira Dunn (Lab)
1994 Richard Rowland-Hughes (Con) Margaret Atkinson (Con) Moira Dunn (Lab)
1995 Richard Rowland-Hughes (Con) Michael Dunn (Lab) Moira Dunn (Lab)
1996 Tony Addison (Lab) Michael Dunn (Lab) Moira Dunn (Lab)
1998 Tony Addison (Lab) Michael Dunn (Lab) Moira Dunn (Lab)
1999 Tony Addison (Lab) Michael Dunn (Lab) Moira Dunn (Lab)
2000 Graham Latty (Con)[4] Michael Dunn (Lab) Moira Dunn (Lab)
2002 Graham Latty (Con) Michael Dunn (Lab) Makhan Thakur (Con)
2003 Graham Latty (Con) Stuart Andrew (Con)[5] Makhan Thakur (Con)
Guiseley and Rawdon (2004 to present)
2004 Graham Latty (Con) Stuart Andrew (Con) John Bale (Con)[6]
2006 Graham Latty (Con) Stuart Andrew (Con) John Bale (Con)
2007 Graham Latty (Con) Stuart Andrew (Con) John Bale (Con)
2008 Graham Latty (Con) Stuart Andrew (Con) John Bale (Con)
2010 Graham Latty (Con) Stuart Andrew (Con)[a] Pat Latty (Con)[7]
2010 by-election Graham Latty (Con) Paul Wadsworth (Con)[b][8]
 Pat Latty (Con)
2011 Graham Latty (Con) Paul Wadsworth (Con) Pat Latty (Con)
2012 Graham Latty (Con) Paul Wadsworth (Con) Pat Latty (Con)
2014 Graham Latty (Con) Paul Wadsworth (Con) Pat Latty (Con)
2015 Graham Latty (Con) Paul Wadsworth (Con) Pat Latty (Con)
2016 Graham Latty (Con) Paul Wadsworth (Con) Pat Latty (Con)
2018 Graham Latty (Con) Paul Wadsworth (Con) Pat Latty (Con)
2019 Graham Latty (Con) Paul Wadsworth (Con) Pat Latty (Con)
2021 Graham Latty (Con) Paul Wadsworth (Con) Paul Alderson (Con)
2022 Eleanor Thomson (Lab) Paul Wadsworth (Con) Paul Alderson (Con)
2023 Eleanor Thomson (Lab) Oliver Edwards (Lab) Paul Alderson (Con)
2024 Eleanor Thomson* (Lab) Oliver Edwards* (Lab) Sonia Leighton* (Lab)

  indicates seat up for re-election.   indicates seat up for election following resignation or death of sitting councillor. * indicates incumbent councillor.

Elections since 2010

May 2024

2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Sonia Leighton 3,604 46.6 −0.2
Conservative Paul Alderson* 2,782 36.0 −1.3
Yorkshire Bob Buxton 672 8.7 +1.2
Green Lucy Wheeler 363 4.7 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Helen Page 316 4.1 +0.4
Majority 822 10.6 +1.1
Turnout 3,639 42.4 +0.2
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing +0.6

May 2023

2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Oliver Edwards 3,678 46.8 −1.0
Conservative Paul Wadsworth* 2,934 37.3 +0.8
Yorkshire Bob Buxton 591 7.5 −1.0
Green Lucy Wheeler 345 4.4 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Jacques 293 3.7 +0.3
Majority 744 9.5 −1.8
Turnout 7,857 42.2 −2.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

May 2022

2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eleanor Thomson 3,957 47.8 +11.9
Conservative Pete Gable 3,024 36.5 −9.1
Yorkshire Bob Buxton 703 8.5 −0.9
Green Richard Firth 290 3.5 −1.6
Liberal Democrats Stuart McLeod 278 3.4 +0.3
Majority 933 11.3 +1.6
Turnout 8,281 44.5 −3.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

May 2021

2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Alderson 4,069 45.6 +5.0
Labour Co-op Eleanor Thomson 3,200 35.9 +9.8
Yorkshire Bob Buxton 840 9.4 −2.5
Green Nick Hodgkinson 458 5.1 −5.6
Liberal Democrats Stuart Mcleod 274 3.1 −2.4
For Britain Tom Hollings 47 0.1 N/A
Majority 869 9.7 −4.8
Turnout 8,925 47.7 +9.5
Conservative hold Swing

May 2019

2019
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Wadsworth* 2,836 40.6 +2.2
Labour Co-op Eleanor Thomson 1,825 26.1 −1.8
Yorkshire Bob Buxton 899 12.9 −2.9
Green Mark Rollinson 746 10.7 −3.0
Liberal Democrats Christine Glover 386 5.5 +1.4
Independent Roger Tattersall 299 4.3 +4.3
Majority 1,011 14.5 +4.0
Turnout 7,033 38.2 −4.1
Conservative hold Swing +2.0

May 2018

2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Latty* 3,714 38.4 −5.6
Conservative Pat Latty* 3,483
Conservative Paul Wadsworth* 3,286
Labour Co-op Kirsty McKay 2,693 27.9 −1.4
Labour Co-op Andrew Thomson 2,597
Labour Co-op Ian McCargo 2,395
Yorkshire Bob Buxton 1,530 15.8 +5.5
Green Party - Save Our Green Space Mark Rollinson 1,326 13.7 +10.2
Liberal Democrats Cynthia Dowling 401 4.1 −1.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Edwards 396
Liberal Democrats Katherine Bavage 350
Majority 1,021 10.5 −4.2
Turnout 18,495 42.3 +2.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

May 2016

2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Latty* 3,177 44.0 −2.6
Labour David Robert Bowe 2,114 29.3 −2.0
Yorkshire First Bob Buxton 741 10.3 +10.3
UKIP Lynn Christine Parker 571 7.9 3.3
Liberal Democrats Simon Mark Dowling 367 5.1 −3.9
Green Lesley Jeffries 255 3.5 −2.4
Majority 1,063 14.7 −4.6
Turnout 7,225 40.2
Conservative hold Swing

May 2015

2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Wadsworth* 6,268 46.6 +3.8
Labour Suzie Shepherd 3,678 27.3 −10.0
UKIP Katherynne Taylor 1,503 11.2 +11.2
Liberal Democrats Cindy Cleasby 1,206 9.0 −1.2
Green Benjamin Hall 799 5.9 −1.0
Majority 2,590 19.3 +13.8
Turnout 13,454 73.5
Conservative hold Swing +6.9

May 2014

2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pat Latty* 2,811 39.8
Labour David Bowe 1,871 26.5
UKIP Roger Tattersall 1,444 20.5
Green Colin Avison 541 7.7
Liberal Democrats Cindy Cleasby 389 5.5
Majority 940
Turnout 7056 38.65
Conservative hold Swing

May 2012

2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Latty* 2,750 43.7 +0.9
Labour Mike King 2,526 40.1 +2.8
Green Colin Avison 621 9.9 +3.0
Liberal Democrats Robert Jacques 397 6.3 −3.9
Majority 224 3.6 −1.9
Turnout 6,294
Conservative hold Swing -0.9

May 2011

2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Wadsworth* 3,276 42.8 +2.6
Labour Mike King 2,853 37.3 +9.1
Liberal Democrats Cindy Cleasby 778 10.2 −12.9
Green Colin Avison 529 6.9 +3.5
BNP Andrew Gallagher 213 2.8 −2.3
Majority 423 5.5 −6.5
Turnout 7,649 44
Conservative hold Swing -3.2

October 2010 by-election

14 October 2010
replacing Stuart Andrew (resigned)[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Wadsworth 2,075 45.1 +4.9
Labour Mike King 1,708 37.1 +8.9
Liberal Democrats Cindy Cleasby 818 17.8 −5.3
Majority 367 8.0 −4.0
Turnout 4,601 25.0 −47.4
Conservative hold Swing -2.0

May 2010

2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pat Latty 5,090 40.2 −10.6
Labour Mike King 3,574 28.2 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Cindy Cleasby 2,921 23.1 +10.8
BNP Andrew Gallagher 647 5.1 −1.3
Green Colin Avison 432 3.4 −1.7
Majority 1,516 12.0 −14.4
Turnout 12,664 72.4 +32.1
Conservative hold Swing -7.1

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Andrew was also elected as Member of Parliament for the Pudsey constituency on the same day as the 2010 council election, resulting in him later resigning his council seat and a by-election was called for 14 October.
  2. ^ Wadsworth had previously been a Roundhay ward councillor from 2004 until he lost his seat in May 2010.

References

  1. ^ "Councillor Sonia Leighton". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Councillor Oliver Edwards". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Councillor Eleanor Thomson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Councillor Graham Latty". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Councillor Stuart Andrew". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Councillor John Bale". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Councillor Pat Latty". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Councillor Paul Wadsworth". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  9. ^ Wright, Danny (15 October 2010). "Result: Conservatives hold Guiseley and Rawdon in Leeds by-election". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 20 January 2013.