Wetherby (ward)

Wetherby
Wetherby
Population	16,063 (2019 electorate)
Metropolitan borough	City of Leeds;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Elmet and Rothwell;
Councillors	Norma Harrington (Conservative); Alan Lamb (Conservative); Gerald Wilkinson (Conservative);
	List of places United Kingdom

Wetherby is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in north east Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the town of Wetherby and villages including Boston Spa, Bramham and Thorp Arch.

Boundaries

The Wetherby ward includes the civil parishes of:

Boston Spa
Bramham cum Oglethorpe (Bramham Parish Council)
Clifford
Walton
Thorp Arch
Wetherby (Wetherby Town Council)

Councillors

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
1973	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)^[5]	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Nick Brown (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	J. Rolston (Con)
1975	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Nick Brown (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	W. Hill (Con)
1976	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Nick Brown (Con)^[a]	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	W. Hill (Con)
1978	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	J. Grange (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	W. Hill (Con)
1979	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	J. Grange (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Heather Gardiner (Con)
1980	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	J. Gray (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Heather Gardiner (Con)
1982	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	J. Gray (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Heather Gardiner (Con)
1983	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	J. Gray (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Heather Gardiner (Con)
1984	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	J. Gray (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Heather Gardiner (Con)
1986	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	J. Gray (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Heather Gardiner (Con)
1987	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Evans (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Heather Gardiner (Con)
1988	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Evans (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Heather Gardiner (Con)
1990	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Evans (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Heather Gardiner (Con)
1991	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Evans (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Heather Gardiner (Con)
1992	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Evans (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Heather Gardiner (Con)
1992 by-election	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Procter (Con)^[8]	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Heather Gardiner (Con)
1994	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Procter (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Heather Gardiner (Con)
1995	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Procter (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Heather Gardiner (Con)
1996	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Procter (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Clark (Con)
1998	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Procter (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Clark (Con)
1999	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Procter (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Gerald Wilkinson (Con)
2000	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Procter (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Gerald Wilkinson (Con)
2002	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Hudson (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Procter (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Gerald Wilkinson (Con)
2003	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Andrew Millard (Con)^[9]	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Procter (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Gerald Wilkinson (Con)
2004	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Andrew Millard (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Procter (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Gerald Wilkinson (Con)
2006	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Andrew Millard (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Procter (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Gerald Wilkinson (Con)
2007	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Alan Lamb (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Procter (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Gerald Wilkinson (Con)
2008	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Alan Lamb (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Procter (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Gerald Wilkinson (Con)
2010	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Alan Lamb (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Procter (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Gerald Wilkinson (Con)
2011	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Alan Lamb (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Procter (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Gerald Wilkinson (Con)
2012	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Alan Lamb (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Procter (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Gerald Wilkinson (Con)
2014	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Alan Lamb (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Procter (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Gerald Wilkinson (Con)
2015	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Alan Lamb (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Procter (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Gerald Wilkinson (Con)
2016	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Alan Lamb (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Procter (Con)^[b]	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Gerald Wilkinson (Con)
2018	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Alan Lamb (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Norma Harrington (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Gerald Wilkinson (Con)
2019	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Alan Lamb* (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Norma Harrington* (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Gerald Wilkinson* (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

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2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Wilkinson*	3,466	56.9	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Hopps	1,452	23.8	+7.6
	Labour	Paul Ratcliffe	593	9.7	-8.1
	Green	Ruth Corry	580	9.5	-0.1
Majority			2,014	32.1	-6.6
Turnout			6,198	38.6	TBC
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.6

May 2018

2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norma Harrington	4,160	56.5	-1.8
	Conservative	Alan Lamb*	4,126
	Conservative	Gerald Wilkinson*	4,067
	Labour	John Lynch	1,308	17.8	-1.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Hopps	1,189	16.2	+9.9
	Labour	Jan Egan	1,069
	Labour	Paul Ratcliffe	875
	Green	Martin Pearce	704	9.6	+6.1
Majority			2,852	TBC^[11]	TBC
Turnout			TBC	TBC	TBC
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2016

2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Wilkinson*	3,387	58.3	-0.1
	Labour	Adam Ferhani	1,141	19.6	-1.6
	UKIP	Tina Janette Smith	712	12.3	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Mavis Golton	366	6.3	+0.3
	Green	Vasco Santos	203	3.5	-1.8
Majority			2,246	38.7	+1.6
Turnout			5,809	37.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2015

2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Lamb*	6,924	58.4	-1.5
	Labour	John Lynch	2,517	21.2	-4.6
	UKIP	Bronwen Cole	1,085	9.1	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Howell	709	6.0	-1.7
	Green	Sam Murrey	631	5.3	+5.3
Majority			4,407	37.1	+2.9
Turnout			11,866	75.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.6

May 2014

2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Procter*	2,995
	UKIP	Paul Spivey	1,096
	Labour	Paul Drinkwater	1,023
	Green	Sam Murray	508
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Howell	340
Majority
Turnout				38.38
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2012

2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerry Wilkinson*	3,123	55.9	-4.0
	Labour	Scott Nicholson	1,286	23.0	-2.7
	UKIP	David Macey	838	15.0	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Chapman	338	6.1	-1.7
Majority			1,837	32.9	-1.3
Turnout			5,585
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.6

May 2011

2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Lamb*	4,524	59.9	+7.0
	Labour	James Barber	1,945	25.8	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Bentley	583	7.7	-10.8
	UKIP	David Macey	497	6.6	+1.4
Majority			2,579	34.2	+2.1
Turnout			7,549	49
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

May 2010

2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Procter*	6,115	52.9	-11.7
	Labour	Ashley Walsh	2,403	20.8	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Bentley	2,142	18.5	+8.8
	UKIP	David Macey	595	5.1	+0.7
	BNP	Sam Clayton	302	2.6	-2.2
Majority			3,712	32.1	-16.1
Turnout			11,557	75.0	+32.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.0

Notes

^ Brown resigned his seat before the next election in 1978. He would later become a Harrogate Borough Councillor in 2008.^[6]^[7]
^ Procter became a Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber in November 2016.

References

^ "Leeds City Council election results 2019: Wetherby". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ "Councillor Norma Harrington". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^ "Councillor Alan Lamb". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^ "Councillor Gerald Wilkinson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^ "David Hudson". bramley.demon.co.uk. Michael Meadowcroft & Liz Bee. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^ "Politics". cllrnickbrown.wordpress.com. Nick Brown. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^ "New Mayor And Deputy Mayor For The Borough Of Harrogate". harrogate-news.co.uk. Harrogate Informer. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^ "Councillor John Procter". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^ "Councillor Andrew Millard". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^ https://www.leeds.gov.uk/your-council/elections/leeds-city-council-election-results?ward=Wetherby
^ https://www.leeds.gov.uk/your-council/elections/election-results?ward=Wetherby

[8] Brown resigned his seat before the next election in 1978. He would later become a Harrogate Borough Councillor in 2008.^[6]^[7]

[11] Procter became a Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber in November 2016.

[1] "Leeds City Council election results 2019: Wetherby". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

[2] "Councillor Norma Harrington". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

[3] "Councillor Alan Lamb". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

[4] "Councillor Gerald Wilkinson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

[5] "David Hudson". bramley.demon.co.uk. Michael Meadowcroft & Liz Bee. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

[6] "Politics". cllrnickbrown.wordpress.com. Nick Brown. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

[7] "New Mayor And Deputy Mayor For The Borough Of Harrogate". harrogate-news.co.uk. Harrogate Informer. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

[9] "Councillor John Procter". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

[10] "Councillor Andrew Millard". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

[12] ttps://www.leeds.gov.uk/your-council/elections/leeds-city-council-election-results?ward=Wetherby

[13] ttps://www.leeds.gov.uk/your-council/elections/election-results?ward=Wetherby

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