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Horsforth
Population17,411 (2019 electorate)[1]
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
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List of places
United Kingdom

Horsforth is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in north west Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the suburb of the same name and a southern part of Rawdon.

Boundaries

The Horsforth ward includes the civil parish of the same name, also overseen by Horsforth Town Council.

Councillors

Election Councillor Councillor Councillor
1973 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| Morris Crossfield (Lib) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| R. Morrish (Lib) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| H. Stuttard (Lib)
1975 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| Morris Crossfield (Lib) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| R. Morrish (Lib) style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| M. Frame (Con)
1976 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| Morris Crossfield (Lib) style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| A. Foyston (Con) style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| M. Frame (Con)
1978 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| Morris Crossfield (Lib) style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| A. Foyston (Con) style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| M. Frame (Con)
By-election style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| Morris Crossfield (Lib) style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Unknown (Con) style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| M. Frame (Con)
1979 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| Morris Crossfield (Lib) style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Unknown (Con) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| R. Howe (Lib)
1980 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| Morris Crossfield (Lib) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| S.J. Cooksey (Lib) style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Valerie Stephens (Con)
1982 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| Morris Crossfield (Lib) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| S.J. Cooksey (Lib) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| Julian Cummins (Lib)
1983 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Valerie Stephens (Con) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| S.J. Cooksey (Lib) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| Julian Cummins (Lib)
1984 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Valerie Stephens (Con) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| S.J. Cooksey (Lib) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| Julian Cummins (Lib)
1986 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Valerie Stephens (Con) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| S.J. Cooksey (Lib) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| Julian Cummins (Lib)
1987 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| B. Rich (Lib) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| S.J. Cooksey (Lib) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| Julian Cummins (Lib)
1988 style="background-color: Template:Social and Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| B. Rich (SLD) style="background-color: Template:Social and Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| S.J. Cooksey (SLD) style="background-color: Template:Social and Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Julian Cummins (SLD)
1989 by-election style="background-color: Template:Social and Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| John Meade (SLD) style="background-color: Template:Social and Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Andrew McCaig (SLD) style="background-color: Template:Social and Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Julian Cummins (SLD)
1990 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| John Meade (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Andrew McCaig (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Michael Shaw (LD)[a]
1991 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| John Meade (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Christopher Townsley (LD)[6] style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Michael Shaw (LD)
1992 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| John Meade (LD) style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Mary Addison (Con) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Michael Shaw (LD)
1994 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| John Meade (LD) style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Mary Addison (Con) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Christopher Townsley (LD)
1995 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Brian Cleasby (LD)[7] style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Mary Addison (Con) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Christopher Townsley (LD)
1996 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Brian Cleasby (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Roger Harris (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Christopher Townsley (LD)
1998 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Brian Cleasby (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Roger Harris (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Christopher Townsley (LD)
1999 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Brian Cleasby (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Tom Nossiter (LD)[b] style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Christopher Townsley (LD)
2000 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Brian Cleasby (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Andrew Barker (LD)[8] style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Christopher Townsley (LD)
2002 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Brian Cleasby (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Andrew Barker (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Christopher Townsley (LD)
2003 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Brian Cleasby (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Andrew Barker (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Christopher Townsley (LD)
2004 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Brian Cleasby (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Andrew Barker (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Christopher Townsley (LD)
2006 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Brian Cleasby (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Andrew Barker (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Christopher Townsley (LD)
2007 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Brian Cleasby (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Andrew Barker (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Christopher Townsley (LD)
2008 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Brian Cleasby (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Andrew Barker (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Christopher Townsley (LD)
2010 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Brian Cleasby (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Andrew Barker (LD) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Christopher Townsley (LD)
2011 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Brian Cleasby (LD) style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Dawn Collins (Con) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Christopher Townsley (LD)
2012 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Brian Cleasby (LD) style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Dawn Collins (Con) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Christopher Townsley (LD)
2014 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Brian Cleasby (LD) style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Dawn Collins (Con) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Christopher Townsley (LD)
2015 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Brian Cleasby (LD) style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Dawn Collins (Con) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Christopher Townsley (LD)
2016 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Brian Cleasby (LD) style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Dawn Collins (Con) style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Christopher Townsley (LD)
2018 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Jonathan Taylor (Con) style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Dawn Collins (Con) style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Jackie Shemilt (Con)
2019 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Jonathan Taylor* (Con) style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Dawn Collins* (Con) style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Jackie Shemilt* (Con)

  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 2019

2019
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jackie Shemilt* 2,625 37.4 +0.9
Labour John Garvani 1,878 26.7 -1.3
Liberal Democrats Simon Mark Dowling 1,339 19.1 -3.5
Green Rosa Shaw 838 11.9 -1.0
UKIP Paul Hellyer 337 4.8 +4.8
Majority 747 10.7 +2.2
Turnout 7,065 40.6 -3.2
Conservative hold Swing +1.1

May 2018

2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dawn Collins* 3,195 36.5 +9.3
Conservative Jonathon Taylor 2,770
Conservative Jackie Shemilt 2,660
Labour John Garvani 2,453 28.0 +0.5
Labour Briony Sloan 2,380
Labour Nathalie Bethesda 2,208
Liberal Democrats Simon Dowling 1,976 22.6 -10.3
Liberal Democrats Becky Heaviside 1,903
Liberal Democrats Christopher Read 1,288
Green Party - Save Our Green Space Caroline Tomes 1,132 12.9 +7.0
Majority 742 8.5 +3.1
Turnout 17,539 43.8 +1.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

May 2016

2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Townsley* 2,329 32.9 +13.4
Labour Co-op Ian McCargo 1,945 27.5 +3.2
Conservative Richard John O'Callaghan 1,923 27.2 -12.9
UKIP Roger Facer Tattersall 462 6.5 -1.8
Green Ben Hall 421 5.9 -1.0
Majority 384 5.4 -10.4
Turnout 7,080 42.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

May 2015

2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dawn Collins* 5,082 40.1 +6.4
Labour Jake Kelly 3,081 24.3 -3.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Gareth Hughes 2,480 19.5 -11.5
UKIP Paul Hellyer 1,047 8.3 +3.0
Green Harriet Regina Barry 873 6.9 +6.9
TUSC Gary McVeigh-Kaye 125 1.0 -1.1
Majority 2,001 15.8 +13.1
Turnout 12,688 73.1
Conservative hold Swing +5.0

May 2014

2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Cleasby* 2,037 28.6 -11.4
Conservative Richard O’Callaghan 1,880 26.4 +0.2
Labour Rob Wilkinson 1,644 23.1 +2.1
UKIP Paul Hellyer 1,059 14.9 +8.0
Green Timothy Goodall 446 6.3 +1.5
TUSC Benjamin Dixon 56 0.8 -0.4
Majority 157 2.2
Turnout 7,122 40.88
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

May 2012

2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Townsley* 2,636 40.0 +9.0
Conservative Richard Hardcastle 1,725 26.2 -7.6
Labour Gary Kaye 1,381 21.0 -6.9
UKIP Paul Hellyer 453 6.9 +1.6
Green Andrea Binns 317 4.8 +4.8
TUSC Andrew Smith 77 1.2 -0.9
Majority 911 13.8 +11.1
Turnout 6,589
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +8.3

May 2011

2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dawn Collins 2,680 33.7 +8.5
Liberal Democrats Kate Arbuckle 2,466 31.0 -16.8
Labour Robert Wilkinson 2,213 27.9 +8.9
UKIP Paul Hellyer 421 5.3 +2.7
TUSC Andrew Smith 164 2.1 +2.1
Majority 214 2.7 -20.0
Turnout 7,944 45
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +12.6

May 2010

2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Cleasby* 5,959 47.9 +2.0
Conservative Dawn Collins 3,138 25.2 -12.7
Labour Rebecca Brady 2,356 18.9 +11.1
BNP Ian Asquith 358 2.9 -1.8
UKIP Paul Hellyer 326 2.6 +2.6
Green Andrea Binns 316 2.5 -1.2
Majority 2,821 22.7 +14.8
Turnout 12,453 71.2 +29.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +7.3

Notes

  1. ^ Incumbent Cummins' "business commitments forced him to stand down".[5]
  2. ^ Nossiter resigned six months into taking up his seat on the council. His seat was up for re-election at the next election in 2000.

References

  1. ^ "Leeds City Council election results 2019: Horsforth". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Councillor Dawn Collins". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Councillor Jackie Shemilt". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Councillor Jonathon Taylor". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Dr Julian Cummins". bramley.demon.co.uk. Michael Meadowcroft & Liz Bee. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Councillor Chris Townsley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Councillor Brian Cleasby". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Councillor Andrew Barker". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
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