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Kippax and Methley
Kippax and Methley highlighted within Leeds
Population16,441 (2019 electorate)[1]
Metropolitan borough
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Kippax and Methley is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in south east Leeds, West Yorkshire, including the villages and civil parishes of Allerton Bywater, Kippax and Methley.

Boundaries

The Kippax and Methley ward includes the following civil parishes of:

Councillors

Election Councillor Councillor Councillor
2004 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Keith Parker (Lab)[a][5] style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| James Lewis (Lab)[b] style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Keith Wakefield (Lab)[c][6]
2006 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Keith Parker (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| James Lewis (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Keith Wakefield (Lab)
2007 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Keith Parker (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| James Lewis (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Keith Wakefield (Lab)
2008 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Keith Parker (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| James Lewis (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Keith Wakefield (Lab)
2010 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Keith Parker (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| James Lewis (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Keith Wakefield (Lab)
2011 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Keith Parker (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| James Lewis (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Keith Wakefield (Lab)
2012 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Mary Harland (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| James Lewis (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Keith Wakefield (Lab)
2014 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Mary Harland (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| James Lewis (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Keith Wakefield (Lab)
2015 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Mary Harland (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| James Lewis (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Keith Wakefield (Lab)
2016 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Mary Harland (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| James Lewis (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Keith Wakefield OBE (Lab)[d]
2018 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Mary Harland (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| James Lewis (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Keith Wakefield OBE (Lab)
2019 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Mary Harland* (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| James Lewis* (Lab) style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Mirelle Midgley* (Lab)

  indicates seat up for re-election. * indicates incumbent councillor.

Elections since 2010

May 2019

2019
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mirelle Midgley 2,149 47.4 -7.3
Conservative James Egan 1,155 25.5 +1.8
Green Dylan Brown 950 21.0 +7.8
Liberal Democrats Conrad Hart-Brooke 280 6.2 +6.1
Majority 994 21.9 -9.1
Turnout 4,658 28.3 -4.57
Labour hold Swing -4.6

May 2018

2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Harland* 3,135 54.7 -1.1
Labour James Lewis* 3,027
Labour Keith Wakefield* 2,856
Conservative Chris Calvert 1,355 23.7 +6.2
Conservative Nicholas Fawcett 1,348
Conservative Tess Wheldon 1,049
Green Dylan Brown 758 13.2 +10.0
UKIP Tina Smith 474 8.3 -20.0
UKIP Paul Spivey 439
UKIP Sheila Shippey 323
Liberal Democrats Mitchell Galdas 5 0.08 -3.28
Majority 1,780 31.0 -4.5
Turnout 16,398 32.87 -1.63
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

May 2016

2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Harland* 3,122 55.8 +6.3
UKIP Paul Spivey 1,138 20.3 +3.3
Conservative Ines Newell 978 17.5 7.8
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Hindley 181 3.2 +0.2
Green Stephen Paul Terry 180 3.2 -2.0
Majority 1,984 35.5 +11.2
Turnout 5,599 35.0
Labour hold Swing

May 2015

2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Lewis* 5,639 49.5 -13.8
Conservative Thomas Crosfill 2,878 25.3 +3.6
UKIP Tina Smith 1,934 17.0 +7.7
Green Emma Dobson 590 5.2 +5.2
Liberal Democrats Carmel Harrison 344 3.0 -2.7
Majority 2,761 24.3 -17.2
Turnout 11,385 69.5
Labour hold Swing -8.7

May 2014

2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Wakefield* 2,868
UKIP Tina Smith 1,599
Conservative James Langley 867
Green David Webb 237
Liberal Democrats John Hills 141
Majority 1,269
Turnout 35.63
Labour hold Swing

May 2012

2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Harland 3,543 63.8 +0.6
UKIP Paul Spivey 889 16.0 +6.7
Conservative James Langley 871 15.7 -6.1
Liberal Democrats Audrey Brown 247 4.5 -1.2
Majority 2,654 47.8 +6.3
Turnout 5,550
Labour hold Swing -3.0

May 2011

2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Lewis* 4,156 63.3 +12.0
Conservative James Langley 1,428 21.7 -3.1
UKIP Paul Spivey 609 9.3 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Anne Bagnall 374 5.7 -7.6
Majority 2,728 41.5 +15.0
Turnout 6,567 41
Labour hold Swing +7.5

May 2010

2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Wakefield* 5,748 51.3 +0.7
Conservative Tina Phillips 2,782 24.8 -3.7
Liberal Democrats Matthew Coleman 1,487 13.3 +4.9
BNP Shaun Fitzpatrick 624 5.6 -6.9
UKIP Paul Spivey 571 5.1 +5.1
Majority 2,966 26.5 +4.5
Turnout 11,212 68.9 +31.1
Labour hold Swing +2.2

Notes

  1. ^ Parker had previously represented Barwick and Kippax ward since 1986.
  2. ^ Lewis had been a Barwick and Kippax ward councillor since 2003.
  3. ^ Wakefield had been a Barwick and Kippax ward councillor since 1988.
  4. ^ Wakefield was awarded an OBE in the 2016 New Year Honours.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Leeds City Council election results 2019: Kippax and Methley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Councillor Mary Harland". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Councillor James Lewis". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Councillor Mirelle Midgley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Councillor Keith Parker". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Councillor Keith Wakefield". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  7. ^ "New Year's Honours: Royal recognition for locals who make the difference". Yorkshire Evening Post. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2019.