Armley_(ward)
Armley (ward)
Electoral ward in Leeds, England
Armley is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in the west of Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the district of the same name.
Quick Facts Population, Metropolitan borough ...
Armley | |
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Armley highlighted within Leeds | |
Population | 17,343 (2023 electorate) |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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More information Election, Councillor ...
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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1980 | Michael Meadowcroft (Lib)[lower-alpha 1] | David Selby (Lib) | B. Nelson (Lib)[lower-alpha 2] | |||
1982 | Michael Meadowcroft (Lib) | David Selby (Lib) | M.P. Roberts (Lib) | |||
1983 | Michael Meadowcroft (Lib) | David Selby (Lib) | M.P. Roberts (Lib) | |||
1983 by-election | Sandy Melville (Lib)[lower-alpha 3] | David Selby (Lib) | M.P. Roberts (Lib) | |||
1984 | Sandy Melville (Lib) | David Selby (Lib) | M.P. Roberts (Lib) | |||
January 1986 | Sandy Melville (Ind)[lower-alpha 4] | David Selby (Lib) | M.P. Roberts (Lib) | |||
1986 | Sandy Melville (Ind) | David Selby (Lib) | M.P. Roberts (Lib) | |||
1987 | Sandy Melville (Ind) | David Selby (Lib) | M.P. Roberts (Lib) | |||
1988 | James McKenna (Lab) | David Selby (SLD) | M.P. Roberts (SLD) | |||
1988 by-election | James McKenna (Lab) | Paul Paley (Lab) | M.P. Roberts (SLD) | |||
1990 | James McKenna (Lab) | Paul Paley (Lab) | Alison Lowe (Lab)[3] | |||
1991 | James McKenna (Lab) | Paul Paley (Lab) | Alison Lowe (Lab) | |||
1992 | James McKenna (Lab) | Paul Paley (Lab) | Alison Lowe (Lab) | |||
1994 | James McKenna (Lab) | Paul Paley (Lab) | Alison Lowe (Lab) | |||
1995 | James McKenna (Lab) | Paul Paley (Lab) | Alison Lowe (Lab) | |||
1996 | James McKenna (Lab) | Paul Paley (Lab) | Alison Lowe (Lab) | |||
1998 | James McKenna (Lab) | Paul Paley (Lab) | Alison Lowe (Lab) | |||
1999 | James McKenna (Lab) | Janet Harper (Lab)[lower-alpha 5][4] | Alison Lowe (Lab) | |||
2000 | James McKenna (Lab) | Janet Harper (Lab) | Alison Lowe (Lab) | |||
2002 | James McKenna (Lab) | Janet Harper (Lab) | Alison Lowe (Lab) | |||
2003 | James McKenna (Lab) | Janet Harper (Lab) | Alison Lowe (Lab) | |||
2004 | James McKenna (Lab) | Janet Harper (Lab) | Alison Lowe (Lab) | |||
2006 | James McKenna (Lab) | Janet Harper (Lab) | Alison Lowe (Lab) | |||
2007 | James McKenna (Lab) | Janet Harper (Lab) | Alison Lowe (Lab) | |||
2008 | James McKenna (Lab) | Janet Harper (Lab) | Alison Lowe (Lab) | |||
2010 | James McKenna (Lab) | Janet Harper (Lab) | Alison Lowe (Lab) | |||
2011 | James McKenna (Lab) | Janet Harper (Lab) | Alison Lowe (Lab) | |||
2012 | James McKenna (Lab) | Janet Harper (Lab) | Alison Lowe (Lab) | |||
2014 | James McKenna (Lab) | Alice Smart (Lab) | Alison Lowe (Lab) | |||
2015 | James McKenna (Lab) | Alice Smart (Lab) | Alison Lowe (Lab) | |||
2016 | James McKenna (Lab) | Alice Smart (Lab) | Alison Lowe (Lab) | |||
2018 | James McKenna (Lab) | Alice Smart (Lab) | Alison Lowe (Lab) | |||
2019 | James McKenna (Lab) | Alice Smart (Lab) | Lou Cunningham (Lab)[5] | |||
2021 | James McKenna (Lab) | Alice Smart (Lab) | Lou Cunningham (Lab) | |||
2022 | James McKenna (Lab) | Alice Smart (Lab) | Lou Cunningham (Lab) | |||
December 2022 | James McKenna (Lab) | Alice Smart (Lab) | Lou Cunningham (Green)[lower-alpha 6] | |||
2023 | James McKenna (Lab) | Alice Smart (Lab) | Andy Parnham (Lab)[lower-alpha 7] | |||
2024 | Lou Cunningham* (Green) | Alice Smart* (Lab) | Andy Parnham* (Lab) |
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indicates seat up for re-election. indicates seat up for election following resignation or death of sitting councillor. indicates councillor defection. * indicates incumbent councillor.
May 2024
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Lou Cunningham | 2,113 | 43.8 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Richard Banks | 2,041 | 42.3 | -1.8 | |
Conservative | Adam Westwood | 321 | 6.7 | -3.0 | |
Yorkshire | Rachel Martins | 205 | 4.2 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Dan Walker | 105 | 2.2 | -0.2 | |
SDP | Warwick Bettney | 41 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 72 | 1.5 | -2.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,861 | 28.5 | +3.6 | ||
Green gain from Labour | Swing | +2.9 | |||
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May 2023
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andy Parnham | 1,897 | 44.1 | -17.9 | |
Green | Lou Cunningham* | 1,712 | 39.8 | +24.8 | |
Conservative | Tamas Kovacs | 419 | 9.7 | -5.9 | |
Yorkshire | Edana McDonald | 129 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Dan Walker | 105 | 2.4 | -2.4 | |
Independent | Jim Miller | 39 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 185 | 4.3 | -42.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,316 | 24.9 | ±0.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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May 2022
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alice Smart* | 2,653 | 62.0 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Tamas Kovacs | 666 | 15.6 | -4.6 | |
Green | Mark Rollinson | 642 | 15.0 | -1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dan Walker | 205 | 4.8 | +0.6 | |
TUSC | Florian Hynam | 85 | 2.0 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 1,987 | 46.5 | +10.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,276 | 24.9 | -4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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May 2021
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jim McKenna* | 2,858 | 56.3 | -4.4 | |
Conservative | Tamas Kovacs | 1,026 | 20.2 | +10.0 | |
Green | Mark Rollinson | 815 | 16.1 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dan Walker | 211 | 4.2 | -1.3 | |
TUSC | Richard Chaves-Sanderson | 83 | 1.6 | N/A | |
SDP | Andrew Martin | 43 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,832 | 36.1 | -11.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,074 | 29.3 | +4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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May 2019
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lou Cunningham | 2,477 | 60.7 | +7.3 | |
Green | Keith Whittaker | 544 | 13.3 | -0.9 | |
Conservative | Cormac Trigg | 415 | 10.2 | -2.6 | |
For Britain | Jim Miller | 366 | 8.9 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dan Walker | 226 | 5.5 | +2.0 | |
Socialist Alternative | Nina Brown | 53 | 1.3 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 1,933 | 47.4 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,111 | 24.7 | -2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.1 | |||
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May 2018
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alice Smart* | 2,747 | 53.4 | -2.3 | |
Labour | James McKenna* | 2,632 | |||
Labour | Alison Lowe* | 2,447 | |||
Green | Andrea Binns | 732 | 14.2 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Matthew Leech | 657 | 12.8 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Nicola Tinsley | 565 | |||
Green | Gideon Jones | 545 | |||
Conservative | Robert Murphy-Fell | 522 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Dan Walker | 387 | 7.5 | +3.8 | |
For Britain | James Miller | 261 | 5.1 | N/A | |
Democrats and Veterans | John Withill | 184 | 3.6 | N/A | |
TUSC | Rob Hooper | 175 | 3.4 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 2,015 | 39.2 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 16,704 | 26.8 | -2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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May 2016
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alison Lowe* | 2,726 | 55.7 | +7.4 | |
UKIP | David Caldwell | 1,104 | 22.6 | +1.3 | |
Green | David Smith | 453 | 9.3 | -2.3 | |
Conservative | Shane Morgan | 380 | 7.8 | +4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Glover | 181 | 3.7 | -0.3 | |
TUSC | Beth Sutcliffe | 47 | 1.0 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 1,622 | 33.1 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,891 | 29.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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May 2015
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jim McKenna* | 4,612 | 48.3 | -14.5 | |
UKIP | Dave Caldwell | 2,040 | 21.3 | +21.3 | |
Conservative | Shane Mogan | 1,314 | 13.7 | -2.9 | |
Green | Nick Crawley | 1,108 | 11.6 | -2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Glover | 381 | 4.0 | -3.0 | |
TUSC | Carole O'Keefe | 103 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 2,572 | 26.9 | -19.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,558 | 54.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -17.9 | |||
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May 2014
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alice Smart | 2,269 | 43.8 | ||
UKIP | John Withill | 1,548 | 29.9 | ||
Green | Yvonne Clarke | 669 | 12.9 | ||
Conservative | Mohammed Rahman | 392 | 7.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christine Glover | 236 | 4.6 | ||
TUSC | Iain Dalton | 65 | 1.3 | ||
Majority | 721 | ||||
Turnout | 5,179 | 30.54 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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May 2012
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alison Lowe* | 2,686 | 61.2 | -1.6 | |
Green | Jane Morrison | 596 | 13.6 | -0.1 | |
Conservative | Ross Burgham | 554 | 12.6 | -3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Arnott | 326 | 7.4 | +0.4 | |
TUSC | Stephen Hobson | 229 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 2,090 | 47.6 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,391 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.7 | |||
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May 2011
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jim McKenna* | 3,428 | 62.8 | +16.6 | |
Conservative | Ross Burgham | 901 | 16.5 | +1.3 | |
Green | Jane Morrison | 748 | 13.7 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ruth Pecher | 382 | 7.0 | -15.6 | |
Majority | 2,527 | 46.3 | +22.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,459 | 31 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.6 | |||
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May 2010
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Janet Harper* | 4,475 | 46.2 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Arnott | 2,186 | 22.5 | +12.1 | |
Conservative | Gregory Rodwell | 1,478 | 15.2 | -3.4 | |
BNP | 921 | 9.5 | -5.9 | ||
Green | Robert Simpson | 635 | 6.5 | -6.0 | |
Majority | 2,289 | 23.6 | -0.7 | ||
Turnout | 9,695 | 57.1 | +29.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.4 | |||
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- Meadowcroft had previously been a ward councillor for Castleton ward from 1968 and then Armley and Castleton ward since 1973.
- The by-election was called to replace Michael Meadowcroft, who resigned after becoming Member of Parliament for Leeds West at the 1983 general election. Meadowcroft later contested Bramley ward in 1990 and 1991.
- Melville left the Liberal Party to sit as an independent councillor.
- Harper had previously been a Pudsey North ward councillor from 1994 until losing her seat in 1998.
- Cunningham left the Labour Party and joined the Green Party on 17 December 2022. She had previously announced that she would not stand again as the Labour candidate for Armley ward in the 2023 election; upon her defection she announced that she would be the Green Party candidate for the ward in the election.[6]
- Parnham previously represented Farnley and Wortley for the Green Party from September 2018 to 2010.[7]
- "Councillor Lou Cunningham". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- "Councillor Alice Smart". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- "Councillor Alison Lowe". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- "Councillor Janet Harper". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- "Councillor Lou Cunningham". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- Baron, John (17 December 2022). "Armley councillor Lou Cunningham leaves Labour for Green Party". westleedsdispatch.com. West Leeds Dispatch.
- "Councillor Andy Parnham". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.