Cross Gates and Whinmoor (ward)
| Cross Gates and Whinmoor | |
|---|---|
 Cross Gates and Whinmoor highlighted within Leeds | |
| Population | 18,287 (2023 electorate) |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| UK Parliament | |
| Councillors | |
Cross Gates and Whinmoor is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in east Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the outer city suburb areas of Cross Gates, Manston, Swarcliffe and Whinmoor. Austhorpe is also shared with Temple Newsam ward to the south.
Councillors[edit]
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Suzi Armitage (Lab)[a][4] | Pauleen Grahame (Lab)[b] | Peter Gruen (Lab)[c][5] | |||
| 2006 | Suzi Armitage (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2007 | Suzi Armitage (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2008 | Suzi Armitage (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2010 | Suzi Armitage (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2011 | Suzi Armitage (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2012 | Suzi Armitage (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2013 by-election | Debra Coupar (Lab)[d][8] | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2014 | Debra Coupar (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2015 | Debra Coupar (Lab)[e] | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2016 | Janette Walker (Lab)[f][9] | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| February 2017 | Janette Walker (ELI)[g] | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2018 | Jessica Lennox (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2019 | Jessica Lennox (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2021 | Jessica Lennox (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | James Gibson (Lab)[h] | |||
| 2022 | Jessica Lennox (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | James Gibson (Lab) | |||
| 2023 | Jessica Lennox* (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame* (Lab) | James Gibson* (Lab) | |||
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[edit]
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May 2023[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jess Lennox* | 2,823 | 53.6 | +2.4 | |
| Conservative | John Kennedy | 1,557 | 29.5 | -4.4 | |
| Independent | Mark Nicholson | 339 | 6.4 | N/A | |
| Green | Martin Hemingway | 302 | 5.7 | -1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia Cooper | 233 | 4.4 | -3.0 | |
| Majority | 1,266 | 24.0 | +6.7 | ||
| Turnout | 5,271 | 28.8 | -2.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
May 2022[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Pauleen Grahame* | 2,915 | 51.2 | +7.9 | |
| Conservative | John Kennedy | 1,929 | 33.9 | -7.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Wood | 421 | 7.4 | +5.2 | |
| Green | Martin Hemingway | 401 | 7.0 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 986 | 17.3 | +15.2 | ||
| Turnout | 5,688 | 30.8 | -4.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
May 2021[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Gibson | 2,826 | 43.3 | -0.5 | |
| Conservative | Philip Moore | 2,687 | 41.2 | +20.4 | |
| Green | Keith Hale | 378 | 5.8 | -2.4 | |
| Independent | Mark Nicholson | 286 | 4.4 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Harvey Alexander | 157 | 2.4 | -17.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Aqila Choudhry | 145 | 2.2 | -3.8 | |
| SDP | Jack Newcombe | 21 | 0.0 | -1.2 | |
| Majority | 139 | 2.1 | -20.9 | ||
| Turnout | 6,530 | 35.2 | +8.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
May 2019[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jessica Lennox* | 2,095 | 43.8 | +7.4 | |
| Conservative | Paula Hayes | 995 | 20.8 | +1.6 | |
| UKIP | Harvey Alexander | 960 | 20.1 | +12.9 | |
| Green | Ben Goldthorp | 391 | 8.2 | +1.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roderic Parker | 286 | 6.0 | +1.6 | |
| SDP | David Creasser | 58 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 1,100 | 23.0 | +6.3 | ||
| Turnout | 4,823 | 26.4 | -5.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.9 | |||
May 2018[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Pauline Grahame* | 2,815 | 36.4 | -12.2 | |
| Labour | Peter Gruen* | 2,501 | |||
| Labour | Jessica Lennox | 2,175 | |||
| East Leeds Independents | Janette Walker* | 1,525 | 19.7 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Dorothy Schofield | 1,485 | 19.2 | +1.6 | |
| Conservative | Paula Hayes | 1,340 | |||
| Conservative | Andrew Martin | 1,142 | |||
| Green | Elizabeth Fellows | 557 | |||
| UKIP | Harvey Alexander | 519 | 7.2 | -18.0 | |
| UKIP | Peter Morgan | 414 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Shakespeare | 340 | 4.4 | +0 | |
| Democrats and Veterans | Mark Maniatt | 261 | 3.4 | N/A | |
| For Britain | Stuart Nicholson | 238 | 3.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,290 | 16.7 | -6.7 | ||
| Turnout | 18,247 | 31.8 | -0.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
May 2016[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Janette Walker | 2,789 | 48.6 | +2.8 | |
| UKIP | Mark Maniatt | 1,446 | 25.2 | +3.6 | |
| Conservative | Matthew Gale | 1,088 | 18.8 | -5.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kate Langwick | 245 | 4.3 | +0.6 | |
| Green | Florence Scott | 165 | 3.1 | -1.4 | |
| Majority | 1,343 | 23.4 | +2.0 | ||
| Turnout | 5,733 | 32.4 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
May 2015[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Pauleen Grahame* | 5,012 | 45.8 | -11.1 | |
| Conservative | David Schofield | 2,669 | 24.4 | +1.5 | |
| UKIP | Darren Oddy | 2,363 | 21.6 | +13.7 | |
| Green | Ben Goldthorpe | 489 | 4.5 | +0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kate Langwick | 400 | 3.7 | -0.5 | |
| Majority | 2,343 | 21.4 | -12.6 | ||
| Turnout | 10,933 | 61.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | -6.3 | |||
May 2014[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Peter Gruen* | 2,555 | 44.6 | ||
| UKIP | Darren Oddy | 1,808 | 31.6 | ||
| Conservative | Elizabeth Hayes | 907 | 15.8 | ||
| Green | Ben Goldthorp | 319 | 5.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Morris | 136 | 2.4 | ||
| Majority | 747 | ||||
| Turnout | 5725 | 33.11 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
May 2013 by-election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Debra Coupar | 2,481 | 49.4 | -20.4 | |
| UKIP | Darren Oddy | 1,582 | 31.5 | +19.5 | |
| Conservative | William Flynn | 587 | 11.7 | +5.4 | |
| Green | Martin Hemingway | 229 | 4.6 | -0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Norman | 145 | 2.9 | -0.9 | |
| Majority | 899 | 17.9 | -39.9 | ||
| Turnout | 5,024 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
May 2012[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Suzi Armitage* | 3,597 | 69.8 | +12.9 | |
| UKIP | Darren Oddy | 619 | 12.0 | +4.1 | |
| Conservative | Dorothy Flynn | 323 | 6.3 | -16.7 | |
| Green | Ben Goldthorp | 243 | 4.7 | +0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Norman | 195 | 3.8 | -0.4 | |
| English Democrat | John Ashton | 176 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
| Majority | 2,978 | 57.8 | +23.8 | ||
| Turnout | 5,153 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
May 2011[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Pauleen Grahame* | 3,653 | 56.9 | +10.9 | |
| Conservative | Patrick Hennigan | 1,472 | 22.9 | -4.7 | |
| UKIP | Darren Oddy | 510 | 7.9 | +7.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Norman | 271 | 4.2 | -13.7 | |
| Independent | David Hudson | 257 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
| Green | Ben Goldthorp | 253 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
| Majority | 2,181 | 34.0 | +15.6 | ||
| Turnout | 6,416 | 37 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +7.8 | |||
May 2010[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Peter Gruen* | 4,921 | 46.1 | +9.2 | |
| Conservative | Caroline Anderson | 2,955 | 27.7 | -7.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Norman | 1,915 | 17.9 | +9.0 | |
| BNP | Michael Mee | 895 | 8.4 | -6.8 | |
| Majority | 1,966 | 18.4 | +16.3 | ||
| Turnout | 10,686 | 62.1 | +24.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +8.1 | |||
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Armitage had been a councillor for Whinmoor ward since 1988.
- ^ Grahame had been a councillor for Whinmoor ward since 2002.
- ^ Gruen had been a Conservative councillor for Roundhay ward from 1983 to 1995 and, after switching parties, became a Labour councillor for Whinmoor ward after a 1997 by-election to replace Elaine Pickard.
- ^ The by-election was called following the death of Suzi Armitage in February 2013. Coupar, a former councillor for Middleton Park and Morley South wards, replaced Armitage as the Labour candidate.[6][7]
- ^ For the next election in 2016, Coupar did not seek re-selection as the Labour candidate for the ward, standing successfully as their candidate for Temple Newsam ward.
- ^ Walker had been a councillor for Headingley ward since 2012.
- ^ Walker resigned the Labour whip to run under a new East Leeds Independents banner at the upcoming 2018 election. The Yorkshire Evening Post quoted Walker saying, "there is a toxic atmosphere of mistrust, bullying, cronyism, whispers and unfairness endemic within the controlling elite of the Leeds Labour Group" and it had forced her decision. At the time, she was subject to an internal group disciplinary investigation "over inappropriate social media postings" and her claims were dismissed by the group as “completely fanciful”. Walker stated "she was facing “sanctions” for publicly criticising fellow councillors who had failed to pay their council tax”.[10]
- ^ Gibson was previously a councillor for Weetwood ward from 2018 to 2019.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ "Councillor James Gibson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Councillor Pauleen Grahame". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Jessica Lennox". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Suzi Armitage". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Peter Gruen". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Labour hold Leeds council seat in by-election". BBC. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ^ "Results of Leeds City Council by-election for Cross Gates & Whinmoor". Leeds City Council. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Debra Coupar". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Janette Walker". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ Staff writer (22 February 2017). "Leeds council in turmoil? Third councillor walks out on ruling Labour group claiming "bullying and a toxic atmosphere"". Yorkshire Evening Post.
- ^ "Councillor James Gibson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Labour hold Leeds council seat in by-election". BBC. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ^ "Results of Leeds City Council by-election for Cross Gates & Whinmoor". Leeds City Council. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.