Calverley and Farsley (ward)
Calverley and Farsley is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in west Leeds, West Yorkshire, including the village of Calverley and town of Farsley.
| Calverley and Farsley | |
|---|---|
 Calverley and Farsley highlighted within Leeds | |
| Population | 18,123 (2019 electorate)[1] |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| UK Parliament | |
| Councillors |
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Councillors
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pudsey North (1973 to 2004) | ||||||
| 1973 | Andrew Carter (Con) | J. Finnigan (Lib) | C. Thompson (Con) | |||
| 1975 | Andrew Carter (Con) | J. Finnigan (Lib) | C. Thompson (Con) | |||
| 1976 | Andrew Carter (Con) | James Bashall (Con) | C. Thompson (Con) | |||
| 1978 | Andrew Carter (Con) | James Bashall (Con) | C. Thompson (Con) | |||
| 1979 | Andrew Carter (Con) | James Bashall (Con) | Iris Favell (Con) | |||
| 1980 | Andrew Carter (Con) | James Bashall (Con) | Iris Favell (Con) | |||
| 1982 | Andrew Carter (Con) | James Bashall (Con) | Iris Favell (Con) | |||
| 1983 | Andrew Carter (Con) | James Bashall (Con) | Iris Favell (Con) | |||
| 1984 | Andrew Carter (Con) | James Bashall (Con) | Iris Favell (Con) | |||
| 1986 | Andrew Carter (Con) | James Bashall (Con) | Iris Favell (Con) | |||
| 1987 | Andrew Carter (Con) | James Bashall (Con) | Iris Favell (Con) | |||
| 1988 | Andrew Carter (Con) | James Bashall (Con) | Iris Favell (Con) | |||
| 1990 | Andrew Carter (Con) | Angus Ross (Lab) | Iris Favell (Con) | |||
| 1991 | Andrew Carter (Con) | Angus Ross (Lab) | Iris Favell (Con) | |||
| 1992 | Andrew Carter (Con) | Angus Ross (Lab)[lower-alpha 1] | Iris Favell (Con) | |||
| 1994 | Andrew Carter (Con) | Janet Harper (Lab)[5] | Iris Favell (Con) | |||
| 1995 | Andrew Carter (Con) | Janet Harper (Lab) | Thomas Spamer (Lab) | |||
| 1996 | Andrew Carter (Con) | Janet Harper (Lab)[lower-alpha 2] | Thomas Spamer (Lab) | |||
| 1998 | Andrew Carter (Con) | Frank Robinson (Con)[6] | Thomas Spamer (Lab) | |||
| 1999 | Andrew Carter (Con) | Frank Robinson (Con) | Amanda Carter (Con) | |||
| 2000 | Andrew Carter (Con) | Frank Robinson (Con) | Amanda Carter (Con) | |||
| 2002 | Andrew Carter (Con) | Frank Robinson (Con) | Amanda Carter (Con) | |||
| 2003 | Andrew Carter (Con) | Frank Robinson (Con) | Amanda Carter (Con) | |||
| Calverley and Farsley (2004 to present) | ||||||
| 2004 | Andrew Carter (Con) | Frank Robinson (Con) | Amanda Carter (Con) | |||
| 2006 | Andrew Carter (Con) | Frank Robinson (Con) | Amanda Carter (Con) | |||
| 2007 | Andrew Carter (Con) | Frank Robinson (Con) | Amanda Carter (Con) | |||
| 2008 | Andrew Carter (Con) | Frank Robinson (Con) | Joe Marjoram (Con)[7] | |||
| 2010 | Andrew Carter (Con) | Rod Wood (Con)[8] | Joe Marjoram (Con) | |||
| 2011 | Andrew Carter (Con) | Rod Wood (Con) | Joe Marjoram (Con) | |||
| 2012 | Andrew Carter (Con) | Rod Wood (Con) | Joe Marjoram (Con) | |||
| July 2013 | Andrew Carter (Con) | Rod Wood (Con) | Joe Marjoram (Ind)[lower-alpha 3] | |||
| 2014 | Andrew Carter (Con) | Rod Wood (Con) | Joe Marjoram (Ind) | |||
| 2015 | Andrew Carter CBE (Con)[10] | Rod Wood (Con) | Amanda Carter (Con) | |||
| 2016 | Andrew Carter CBE (Con) | Rod Wood (Con) | Amanda Carter (Con) | |||
| 2018 | Andrew Carter CBE (Con) | Peter Carlill (Lab) | Amanda Carter (Con) | |||
| 2019 | Andrew Carter CBE* (Con) | Peter Carlill* (Lab) | Amanda Carter* (Con) | |||
indicates seat up for re-election. indicates seat up for election following resignation or death of sitting councillor. indicates councillor defection. * indicates incumbent councillor.
Elections since 2010
May 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Peter Carlill* | 2,891 | 43.5 | +5.8 | |
| Conservative | Jas Singh | 2,864 | 43.1 | -5.5 | |
| Green | Ellen Graham | 643 | 9.7 | +0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kate Arbuckle | 242 | 3.6 | -1.1 | |
| Majority | 27 | 0.4 | -10.5 | ||
| Turnout | 6,695 | 36.9 | -3.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +5.7 | |||
May 2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Carter* | 3,972 | 48.6 | -4.3 | |
| Conservative | Amanda Carter* | 3,716 | |||
| Labour | Peter Carlill | 3,086 | 37.7 | +5.0 | |
| Conservative | Roderic Wood* | 3,039 | |||
| Labour | Nicole Sharpe | 2,597 | |||
| Labour | Naheem Alam | 2,483 | |||
| Green | Ellen Graham | 733 | 9.0 | +6.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kate Arbuckle | 387 | 4.7 | +1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Jacques | 220 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Benedict Chastney | 190 | |||
| Majority | 886 | 10.9 | -9.3 | ||
| Turnout | 18,194 | 40.6 | +1.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
May 2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Carter* | 3,674 | 52.9 | +5.9 | |
| Labour | Peter Carlill | 2,269 | 32.7 | +3.7 | |
| UKIP | Malcolm Steele | 596 | 8.6 | -0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kate Arbuckle | 249 | 3.6 | +0.2 | |
| Green | Clive Lord | 161 | 2.3 | +2.1 | |
| Majority | 1,405 | 20.2 | +9.6 | ||
| Turnout | 6,949 | 39.6 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
May 2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Amanda Carter* | 6,005 | 47.0 | -1.1 | |
| Labour | John James Bracken | 4,651 | 36.4 | -6.2 | |
| UKIP | Joe Murgatroyd | 1,119 | 8.8 | +8.8 | |
| Green | Clive Lord | 560 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kate Arbuckle | 431 | 3.4 | -5.8 | |
| Majority | 1,354 | 10.6 | +5.1 | ||
| Turnout | 12,766 | 71.2 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
May 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Roderic Wood* | 2,670 | 38.2 | ||
| Labour | John Bracken | 2,476 | 35.4 | ||
| UKIP | Joseph Murgatroyd | 1,242 | 17.8 | ||
| Green | Clive Lord | 349 | 5.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kate Arbuckle | 256 | 3.7 | ||
| Majority | 194 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,993 | 39.75 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
May 2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Carter* | 3,436 | 52.7 | +4.5 | |
| Labour | Rachel Seabright | 2,142 | 32.8 | -9.8 | |
| UKIP | Alistair McDowall | 433 | 6.6 | +6.6 | |
| Green | Clive Lord | 297 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kate Arbuckle | 218 | 3.3 | -5.9 | |
| Majority | 1,294 | 19.8 | +14.3 | ||
| Turnout | 6,526 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +7.1 | |||
May 2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joseph Marjoram* | 3,568 | 48.1 | +8.4 | |
| Labour | Carol Hughes | 3,158 | 42.6 | +8.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jude Arbuckle | 685 | 9.2 | -10.0 | |
| Majority | 410 | 5.5 | +0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 7,411 | 42 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
May 2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Roderic Wood | 4,964 | 39.8 | -20.4 | |
| Labour | Andrew Jarosz | 4,318 | 34.6 | +16.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kate Arbuckle | 2,403 | 19.3 | +7.5 | |
| BNP | Robert Leary | 790 | 6.3 | -3.0 | |
| Majority | 646 | 5.2 | -36.4 | ||
| Turnout | 12,475 | 71.2 | +34.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -18.2 | |||
Notes
- Ross stood down at the 1994 election. He later served as a councillor for Bramley ward from 1994 to 1998.
- Harper lost her seat in 1998 and was later elected as an Armley ward councillor from 1999 to 2014.
- Marjoram resigned from the Conservative council group to sit as an independent. He had previously publicly criticised David Cameron and other prominent Conservative politicians on social media.[9]
References
- "Leeds City Council election results 2019: Calverley and Farsley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- "Councillor Peter Carlill". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- "Councillor Amanda Carter". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- "Councillor Andrew Carter CBE". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- "Councillor Janet Harper". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- "Councillor Frank Robinson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- "Councillor Joseph Marjoram". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- "Councillor Rod Wood". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- "Calverley & Farsley Councillor Joe Marjoram has quit the Conservative Group of Leeds City Council". facebook.com. Farsley Community What's On. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- "Queen's birthday honours list 2014: GCB, DBE and CBE". theguardian.com. The Guardian. 13 June 2014.
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