Calverley and Farsley
Calverley and Farsley highlighted within Leeds
Population18,466 (2023 electorate)
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
Councillors

Calverley and Farsley is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in west Leeds, West Yorkshire, including the village of Calverley and town of Farsley.

Councillors

ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
Pudsey North (1973 to 2004)
1973 Andrew Carter (Con) J. Finnigan (Lib) C. Thompson (Con)
1975 Andrew Carter (Con) J. Finnigan (Lib) C. Thompson (Con)
1976 Andrew Carter (Con) James Bashall (Con) C. Thompson (Con)
1978 Andrew Carter (Con) James Bashall (Con) C. Thompson (Con)
1979 Andrew Carter (Con) James Bashall (Con) Iris Favell (Con)
1980 Andrew Carter (Con) James Bashall (Con) Iris Favell (Con)
1982 Andrew Carter (Con) James Bashall (Con) Iris Favell (Con)
1983 Andrew Carter (Con) James Bashall (Con) Iris Favell (Con)
1984 Andrew Carter (Con) James Bashall (Con) Iris Favell (Con)
1986 Andrew Carter (Con) James Bashall (Con) Iris Favell (Con)
1987 Andrew Carter (Con) James Bashall (Con) Iris Favell (Con)
1988 Andrew Carter (Con) James Bashall (Con) Iris Favell (Con)
1990 Andrew Carter (Con) Angus Ross (Lab) Iris Favell (Con)
1991 Andrew Carter (Con) Angus Ross (Lab) Iris Favell (Con)
1992 Andrew Carter (Con) Angus Ross (Lab)[lower-alpha 1] Iris Favell (Con)
1994 Andrew Carter (Con) Janet Harper (Lab)[4] Iris Favell (Con)
1995 Andrew Carter (Con) Janet Harper (Lab) Thomas Spamer (Lab)
1996 Andrew Carter (Con) Janet Harper (Lab)[lower-alpha 2] Thomas Spamer (Lab)
1998 Andrew Carter (Con) Frank Robinson (Con)[5] Thomas Spamer (Lab)
1999 Andrew Carter (Con) Frank Robinson (Con) Amanda Carter (Con)
2000 Andrew Carter (Con) Frank Robinson (Con) Amanda Carter (Con)
2002 Andrew Carter (Con) Frank Robinson (Con) Amanda Carter (Con)
2003 Andrew Carter (Con) Frank Robinson (Con) Amanda Carter (Con)
Calverley and Farsley (2004 to present)
2004 Andrew Carter (Con) Frank Robinson (Con) Amanda Carter (Con)
2006 Andrew Carter (Con) Frank Robinson (Con) Amanda Carter (Con)
2007 Andrew Carter (Con) Frank Robinson (Con) Amanda Carter (Con)
2008 Andrew Carter (Con) Frank Robinson (Con) Joe Marjoram (Con)[6]
2010 Andrew Carter (Con) Rod Wood (Con)[7] Joe Marjoram (Con)
2011 Andrew Carter (Con) Rod Wood (Con) Joe Marjoram (Con)
2012 Andrew Carter (Con) Rod Wood (Con) Joe Marjoram (Con)
July 2013 Andrew Carter (Con) Rod Wood (Con) Joe Marjoram (Ind)[lower-alpha 3]
2014 Andrew Carter (Con) Rod Wood (Con) Joe Marjoram (Ind)
2015 Andrew Carter CBE (Con)[9] Rod Wood (Con) Amanda Carter (Con)
2016 Andrew Carter CBE (Con) Rod Wood (Con) Amanda Carter (Con)
2018 Andrew Carter CBE (Con) Peter Carlill (Lab) Amanda Carter (Con)
2019 Andrew Carter CBE (Con) Peter Carlill (Lab) Amanda Carter (Con)
2021 Andrew Carter CBE (Con) Peter Carlill (Lab) Amanda Carter (Con)
2022 Andrew Carter CBE (Con) Peter Carlill (Lab) Amanda Carter (Con)
2023 Andrew Carter CBE* (Con) Peter Carlill* (Lab) Amanda Carter* (Con)

  indicates seat up for re-election.   indicates seat up for election following resignation or death of sitting councillor.   indicates councillor defection. * indicates incumbent councillor.

Elections since 2010

May 2023

2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Peter Carlill* 3,926 54.6 +11.8
Conservative Jas Singh 2,536 35.3 -11.4
Green Ellen Graham 251 3.5 -0.7
Yorkshire Robert Lees 250 3.5 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Stuart McLeod 205 2.9 -0.1
Majority 1,390 19.3 +15.4
Turnout 7,186 38.9 -2.4
Labour hold Swing

May 2022

2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Carter* 3,539 46.7 -6.9
Labour Craig Timmins 3,243 42.8 +8.8
Green Ellen Graham 318 4.2 -3.8
Liberal Democrats Ian Dowling 228 3.0 -0.7
Yorkshire Robert Lees 225 3.0 N/A
SDP Justin Thomas 14 0.0 N/A
Majority 296 3.9 -15.7
Turnout 7,584 41.3 -3.1
Conservative hold Swing

May 2021

2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Amanda Carter* 4,424 53.6 +10.5
Labour Naheem Alam 2,808 34.0 -9.5
Green Ellen Graham 664 8.0 -1.7
Liberal Democrats Ian Dowling 312 3.7 +0.1
Majority 1,616 19.6 +19.2
Turnout 8,254 44.4 +7.5
Conservative hold Swing

May 2019

2019
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Carlill* 2,891 43.5 +5.8
Conservative Jas Singh 2,864 43.1 -5.5
Green Ellen Graham 643 9.7 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Kate Arbuckle 242 3.6 -1.1
Majority 27 0.4 -10.5
Turnout 6,695 36.9 -3.7
Labour hold Swing +5.7

May 2018

2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Carter* 3,972 48.6 -4.3
Conservative Amanda Carter* 3,716
Labour Peter Carlill 3,086 37.7 +5.0
Conservative Roderic Wood* 3,039
Labour Nicole Sharpe 2,597
Labour Naheem Alam 2,483
Green Ellen Graham 733 9.0 +6.7
Liberal Democrats Kate Arbuckle 387 4.7 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Robert Jacques 220
Liberal Democrats Benedict Chastney 190
Majority 886 10.9 -9.3
Turnout 18,194 40.6 +1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

May 2016

2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Carter* 3,674 52.9 +5.9
Labour Peter Carlill 2,269 32.7 +3.7
UKIP Malcolm Steele 596 8.6 -0.2
Liberal Democrats Kate Arbuckle 249 3.6 +0.2
Green Clive Lord 161 2.3 +2.1
Majority 1,405 20.2 +9.6
Turnout 6,949 39.6
Conservative hold Swing

May 2015

2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Amanda Carter* 6,005 47.0 -1.1
Labour John James Bracken 4,651 36.4 -6.2
UKIP Joe Murgatroyd 1,119 8.8 +8.8
Green Clive Lord 560 4.4 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Kate Arbuckle 431 3.4 -5.8
Majority 1,354 10.6 +5.1
Turnout 12,766 71.2
Conservative hold Swing +2.6

May 2014

2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roderic Wood* 2,670 38.2
Labour John Bracken 2,476 35.4
UKIP Joseph Murgatroyd 1,242 17.8
Green Clive Lord 349 5.0
Liberal Democrats Kate Arbuckle 256 3.7
Majority 194
Turnout 6,993 39.75
Conservative hold Swing

May 2012

2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Carter* 3,436 52.7 +4.5
Labour Rachel Seabright 2,142 32.8 -9.8
UKIP Alistair McDowall 433 6.6 +6.6
Green Clive Lord 297 4.6 +4.6
Liberal Democrats Kate Arbuckle 218 3.3 -5.9
Majority 1,294 19.8 +14.3
Turnout 6,526
Conservative hold Swing +7.1

May 2011

2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Marjoram* 3,568 48.1 +8.4
Labour Carol Hughes 3,158 42.6 +8.0
Liberal Democrats Jude Arbuckle 685 9.2 -10.0
Majority 410 5.5 +0.3
Turnout 7,411 42
Conservative hold Swing +0.2

May 2010

2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roderic Wood 4,964 39.8 -20.4
Labour Andrew Jarosz 4,318 34.6 +16.0
Liberal Democrats Kate Arbuckle 2,403 19.3 +7.5
BNP Robert Leary 790 6.3 -3.0
Majority 646 5.2 -36.4
Turnout 12,475 71.2 +34.2
Conservative hold Swing -18.2

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Ross stood down at the 1994 election. He later served as a councillor for Bramley ward from 1994 to 1998.
  2. ↑ Harper lost her seat in 1998 and was later elected as an Armley ward councillor from 1999 to 2014.
  3. ↑ Marjoram resigned from the Conservative council group to sit as an independent. He had previously publicly criticised David Cameron and other prominent Conservative politicians on social media.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Councillor Peter Carlill". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Councillor Amanda Carter". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Councillor Andrew Carter CBE". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Councillor Janet Harper". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Councillor Frank Robinson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "Councillor Joseph Marjoram". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Councillor Rod Wood". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "Calverley & Farsley Councillor Joe Marjoram has quit the Conservative Group of Leeds City Council". facebook.com. Farsley Community What's On. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "Queen's birthday honours list 2014: GCB, DBE and CBE". The Guardian. 13 June 2014.
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