Morley South (ward)

Morley South
Morley South
	Morley South highlighted within Leeds
Population	17,508 (2019 electorate)
Metropolitan borough	City of Leeds;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Morley and Outwood;
Councillors	Neil Dawson; (Labour); Judith Elliott MBE; (Morley Borough Independents); Wyn Kidger; (Morley Borough Independents);
	List of places UK England Yorkshire

Morley South is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in south west Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the town of Morley and west Tingley.

Boundaries

The Morley South ward includes the majority of the civil parish of Morley, except for its north western section sitting in Morley North ward. The entire parish is also overseen by Morley Town Council.

Councillors

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
1973	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bernard Haydn (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Ted Hewitt (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Stuart Welham (Lab)
1975	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bernard Haydn (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Ted Hewitt (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Stuart Welham (Lab)
1976	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bernard Haydn (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	B. Broadbent (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Stuart Welham (Lab)
1978	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bernard Haydn (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	B. Broadbent (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Stuart Welham (Lab)
1979	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bernard Haydn (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	B. Broadbent (Con)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bryan North (Lab)
1980	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bernard Haydn (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Keith Burnley (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bryan North (Lab)
1982	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bernard Haydn (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Keith Burnley (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bryan North (Lab)
1983	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Keith Burnley (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bryan North (Lab)
1984	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Keith Burnley (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bryan North (Lab)
1986	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Keith Burnley (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bryan North (Lab)
1987	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Keith Burnley (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bryan North (Lab)
1988	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Keith Burnley (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bryan North (Lab)
1990	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Keith Burnley (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bryan North (Lab)
1991	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Keith Burnley (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bryan North (Lab)
1992	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Keith Burnley (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bryan North (Lab)
1994	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Sherry Bradley (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bryan North (Lab)
1995	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Sherry Bradley (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bryan North (Lab)
1996	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Sherry Bradley (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bryan North (Lab)
1998	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Sherry Bradley (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bryan North (Lab)
1999	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Sherry Bradley (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bryan North (Lab)
2000	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Sherry Bradley (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bryan North (Lab)
2002	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Sherry Bradley (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bryan North (Lab)
2003	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Debra Coupar (Lab)^[a]^[5]	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Sherry Bradley (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Bryan North (Lab)
2004	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Judith Elliott (MBI)^[b]	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Terry Grayshon (MBI)^[6]	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Gareth Beevers (MBI)
2006	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Judith Elliott (MBI)	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Terry Grayshon (MBI)	style="background-color: Template:British National Party/meta/color"\|	Christopher Beverley (BNP)^[7]
2007	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Judith Elliott (MBI)	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Terry Grayshon (MBI)	style="background-color: Template:British National Party/meta/color"\|	Christopher Beverley (BNP)
2008	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Judith Elliott (MBI)	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Terry Grayshon (MBI)	style="background-color: Template:British National Party/meta/color"\|	Christopher Beverley (BNP)
2010	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Judith Elliott (MBI)	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Terry Grayshon (MBI)	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Shirley Varley (MBI)^[8]
2011	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Judith Elliott (MBI)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Neil Dawson (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Shirley Varley (MBI)
2012	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Judith Elliott (MBI)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Neil Dawson (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Shirley Varley (MBI)
2014	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Judith Elliott MBE (MBI)^[c]	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Neil Dawson (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Shirley Varley (MBI)
2015	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Judith Elliott MBE (MBI)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Neil Dawson (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Shirley Varley (MBI)
2016	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Judith Elliott MBE (MBI)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Neil Dawson (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Shirley Varley (MBI)
2018	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Judith Elliott MBE (MBI)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Neil Dawson (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Wyn Kidger (MBI)
2019	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Judith Elliott MBE* (MBI)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Neil Dawson* (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Morley Borough Independent/meta/color"\|	Wyn Kidger* (MBI)

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

Elections since 2010

May 2019

2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Morley Borough Independent	Wyn Kidger*	2,403	50.5	+10.1
	Labour Co-op	Pete Compton	1,248	26.2	−7.8
	Conservative	Lewis Jones	601	12.6	−1.1
	Green	Chris Bell	375	7.9	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Richard Andrews	129	2.8	+0.4
Majority			1,145	24.3	+16.8
Turnout			4,811	27.5	−3.2
	Morley Borough Independent hold		Swing	+9.1

May 2018

2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Morley Borough Independent	Judith Elliott*	2,500	40.4	−2.8
	Labour Co-op	Neil Dawson*	2,102	34.0	+5.5
	Morley Borough Independent	Wyn Kidger	2,082
	Morley Borough Independent	Robert Finnigan	2,028
	Labour Co-op	Charlotte Hill	1,799
	Labour Co-op	Luke Mitchell	1,712
	Conservative	Rachel Oldham	848	13.7	+2.9
	Conservative	Jermaine Sanwoolu	698
	Green	Chris Bell	583	9.4	+6.5
	Conservative	Jas Singh	547
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Smith	148	2.4	+1.3
Majority			398	7.5	−7.2
Turnout			5,309	30.7	−0.1
	Morley Borough Independent hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Morley Borough Independent hold		Swing

May 2016

2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Morley Borough Independent	Judith Elliott*	2,188	43.2	+18.0
	Labour	Sarah Keig	1,445	28.5	+2.0
	UKIP	David Kent	687	13.6	−3.3
	Conservative	Jane Eastwood	547	10.8	+10.0
	Green	Christopher Bell	145	2.9	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Aqila Choudhry	55	1.1	−0.9
Majority			743	14.7	+9.3
Turnout			5.067	30.8
	Morley Borough Independent hold		Swing

May 2015

2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Dawson*	3,071	30.5	−2.9
	Morley Borough Independent	Wyn Kidger	2,523	25.0	−7.6
	Conservative	Kathleen Tempest	2,096	20.8	+9.2
	UKIP	Lindon Dove	1,708	16.9	+16.9
	Green	Claire Hawker	370	3.7	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Durno MacArthur	203	2.0	−0.8
	TUSC	Neil Cussons	107	1.1	+1.1
Majority			548	5.4	+4.6
Turnout			10,078	60.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.4

May 2014

2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Morley Borough Independent	Shirley Varley*	1,967
	Labour	Mark Sewards	1,293
	UKIP	Lindon Dove	1,279
	Conservative	Kathleen Tempest	489
	Green	Bluebell Eikonoklastes	116
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Gagen	71
	TUSC	Neil Cussons	51
Majority			674
Turnout			5,266	31.93
	Morley Borough Independent hold		Swing

May 2012

2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Morley Borough Independent	Judith Elliott*	2,690	50.0	+17.4
	Labour	Kathryn Rose	1,507	28.0	−5.5
	English Democrat	Chris Beverley	811	15.1	−4.5
	Conservative	John McKee	376	7.0	−4.6
Majority			1,183	22.0	+21.2
Turnout			5,384
	Morley Borough Independent hold		Swing	+11.4

May 2011

2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Dawson	2,129	33.4	+9.9
	Morley Borough Independent	Terry Grayshon*	2,076	32.6	+5.9
	English Democrat	Chris Beverley	1,245	19.6	+19.6
	Conservative	Neil Hunt	736	11.6	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Jacques	180	2.8	−8.0
Majority			53	0.8	−2.4
Turnout			6,366	38
	Labour gain from Morley Borough Independent		Swing	+2.0

May 2010

2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Morley Borough Independent	Shirley Varley	2,837	26.7	−17.0
	Labour	Rob Wilkinson	2,497	23.5	+10.1
	BNP	Chris Beverley*	2,246	21.2	−7.5
	Conservative	Andrew Haigh	1,880	17.7	+9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rowena Skinner	1,149	10.8	+7.6
Majority			340	3.2	−11.9
Turnout			10,609	64.2	+26.5
	Morley Borough Independent gain from BNP		Swing	-13.5

Notes

^ Coupar lost her seat at the next election in 2004. She was elected to council again in 2006 for Middleton Park ward, stepping down in 2010. Coupar went on to be elected as a Cross Gates and Whinmoor ward councillor in the 2013 by-election and has represented Temple Newsam ward since 2016.
^ 'MBI' is an acronym for the Morley Borough Independents.
^ Elliott was awarded an MBE in the 2012 Birthday Honours.^[9]

References

^ "Leeds City Council election results 2019: Morley South". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ "Councillor Neil Dawson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
^ "Councillor Judith Elliott". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
^ "Councillor Wyn Kidger". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
^ "Councillor Debra Coupar". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
^ "Councillor Terrence Grayshon". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
^ "Councillor Christopher James Beverley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
^ "Councillor Shirley Varley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
^ "Queen's Birthday Honours: Yorkshire's unsung heroes are given royal recognition". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[5] Coupar lost her seat at the next election in 2004. She was elected to council again in 2006 for Middleton Park ward, stepping down in 2010. Coupar went on to be elected as a Cross Gates and Whinmoor ward councillor in the 2013 by-election and has represented Temple Newsam ward since 2016.

[7] 'MBI' is an acronym for the Morley Borough Independents.

[12] Elliott was awarded an MBE in the 2012 Birthday Honours.^[9]

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

[2] "Councillor Neil Dawson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[3] "Councillor Judith Elliott". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[4] "Councillor Wyn Kidger". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[6] "Councillor Debra Coupar". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[8] "Councillor Terrence Grayshon". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[9] "Councillor Christopher James Beverley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[10] "Councillor Shirley Varley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[11] "Queen's Birthday Honours: Yorkshire's unsung heroes are given royal recognition". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

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