Harewood (ward)

Harewood
Harewood
	Harewood highlighted within Leeds
Population	14,942 (2023 electorate)
Metropolitan borough	City of Leeds;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Wetherby and Easingwold;
Councillors	Sam Firth; (Conservative); Matthew Robinson; (Conservative); Ryan Stephenson; (Conservative);
	List of places UK England Yorkshire

Harewood is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in north east Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering rural villages including Barwick-in-Elmet, Collingham, Harewood, Scholes and Shadwell.

Boundaries

The Harewood ward includes the following civil parishes:

Aberford (part of Aberford and District Parish Council)
Barwick-in-Elmet and Scholes
Bardsey cum Rigton
Collingham (Collingham with Linton Parish Council)
East Keswick
Harewood (majority - although south western section of Wigton, including Slaid Hill, sits in Alwoodley ward)
Lotherton cum Aberford (Aberford and District Parish Council)
Parlington (Aberford and District Parish Council)
Scarcroft
Shadwell
Thorner
Wothersome

Election
2004	Ann Castle (Con)^[a]^[4]	Rachael Procter (Con)^[5]	Alec Shelbrooke (Con)^[6]
2006	Ann Castle (Con)	Rachael Procter (Con)	Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
2007	Ann Castle (Con)	Rachael Procter (Con)	Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
2008	Ann Castle (Con)	Rachael Procter (Con)	Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
2010	Ann Castle (Con)	Rachael Procter (Con)	Matthew Robinson (Con)
2011	Ann Castle (Con)	Rachael Procter (Con)	Matthew Robinson (Con)
2012	Ann Castle (Con)	Rachael Procter (Con)	Matthew Robinson (Con)
2014	Ann Castle (Con)	Rachael Procter (Con)	Matthew Robinson (Con)
2015	Ann Castle (Con)	Rachael Procter (Con)	Matthew Robinson (Con)
2016	Ryan Stephenson (Con)	Rachael Procter (Con)^[b]	Matthew Robinson (Con)
2018	Ryan Stephenson (Con)	Sam Firth (Con)	Matthew Robinson (Con)
2019	Ryan Stephenson (Con)	Sam Firth (Con)	Matthew Robinson (Con)
2021	Ryan Stephenson (Con)	Sam Firth (Con)	Matthew Robinson (Con)
2022	Ryan Stephenson (Con)	Sam Firth (Con)	Matthew Robinson (Con)
2023	Ryan Stephenson (Con)	Sam Firth (Con)	Matthew Robinson (Con)
2024	Ryan Stephenson* (Con)	Sam Firth* (Con)	Matthew Robinson* (Con)

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

2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sam Firth*	3,619	58.8	−0.8
	Labour	Simon Dowling	1,560	25.4	+1.9
	Green	Claire Evans	675	11.0	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Levy	299	4.9	−1.6
Majority			2,059	33.4	−2.8
Turnout			6,212	41.8	+0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.4

2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ryan Stephenson*	3,708	59.6	−1.8
	Labour	Oliver Gill	1,459	23.5	+1.0
	Green	Claire Evans	627	10.0	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Cook	406	6.5	−0.2
Majority			2,249	36.2	−2.7
Turnout			6,217	41.6	−2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Robinson*	4,062	61.4	−5.9
	Labour	Michael Millar	1,489	22.5	+4.6
	Green	Claire Evans	596	9.0	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Cook	441	6.7	+1.6
Majority			2,573	38.9	−10.6
Turnout			6,616	44.2	−6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sam Firth*	5,080	67.3	−2.1
	Labour	Michael Millar	1,347	17.9	+6.7
	Green	Claire Evans	662	8.8	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Cook	383	5.1	−0.6
Majority			3,733	49.5	−6.2
Turnout			7,543	50.2	+11.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ryan Stephenson*	3,891	69.4	+8.8
	Green	David Corry	768	13.7	+1.2
	Labour	Zahid Noor	627	11.2	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Cook	321	5.7	−5.9
Majority			3,264	55.7	+10.4
Turnout			5,710	38.6	−3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.8

2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Robinson*	4,461	60.6	+2.8
	Conservative	Samuel Firth	4,039
	Conservative	Ryan Stephenson*	4,003
	Labour	Adrian Duthie	1,126	15.3	+1.3
	Green	David Corry	918	12.5	+5.8
	Labour	Kathryn Stainburn	912
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Cook	852	11.6	+4.1
	Labour	Zahid Noor	757
Majority			3,335	45.3	+3.1
Turnout			14,949	41.6	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ryan Stephenson	3,295	57.8	−3.0
	Labour	Leo Verity	946	16.6	−0.8
	UKIP	Rosemary O'Dea	706	12.4	+1.4
	Green	David Corry	382	6.7	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Howell	371	6.5	+1.0
Majority			2,349	41.2	−2.2
Turnout			5,700	38.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rachael Procter*	7,103	60.8	+1.3
	Labour	Tosin Abbey-Philip	2,035	17.4	+1.8
	UKIP	Ian Greenberg	1,289	11.0	−8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Golton	638	5.5	+1.3
	Green	Janet Heath	624	5.3	+4.3
Majority			5,068	43.4	−2.5
Turnout			11,689	76.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.3

2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Matthew Robinson*	3,542	59.5
	UKIP	Peter Morgan	1,176	19.8
	Labour	David Joyce	928	15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Golton	249	4.2
	Green	Paul Matthews	58	1.0
Majority			2,366	5953
Turnout				42.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Castle*	3,555	60.0	−7.1
	Labour	Richard Beacham	1,156	19.5	−1.7
	UKIP	Peter Morgan	636	10.7	+10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Howell	312	5.3	−1.1
	Green	Patricia Capstick	262	4.4	−0.9
Majority			2,399	40.5	−5.4
Turnout			5,921
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.7

2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rachael Procter*	5,003	67.1	+7.5
	Labour	Joshua Blower	1,581	21.2	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Howell	472	6.3	−10.8
	Green	Patricia Capstick	400	5.4	+3.0
Majority			3,442	45.9	+3.9
Turnout			7,456	51
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.9

2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Robinson	6,910	59.6	−13.7
	Labour	Stuart McKenna	2,038	17.6	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Pearcey	1,990	17.2	+10.8
	BNP	Martin Gibson	382	3.3	−2.3
	Green	Patricia Capstick	275	2.4	−0.7
Majority			4,872	42.0	−20.4
Turnout			11,595	78.4	+32.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-10.2

^ Castle had been a Weetwood ward councillor from 1988 until she lost her seat in 1996. She then represented Roundhay ward from 2000 until her 2004 election for the new Harewood ward.
^ Procter was not re-selected by her local Elmet and Rothwell Conservative Association to stand again in her council ward at the 2018 election. The Yorkshire Evening Post reported Procter "felt 'bullied and intimidated' in a Conservative Party [selection] interview" and unsuccessfully appealed the decision.^[7]

^ "Councillor Sam Firth". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
^ "Councillor Matthew Robinson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
^ "Councillor Ryan Stephenson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
^ "Councillor Ann Castle". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
^ "Councillor Rachael Procter". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
^ "Councillor Alec Shelbrooke". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
^ "Leeds Tory councillor frozen out amid bullying and intimidation claims". yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk. Yorkshire Evening Post. 18 September 2017.