Ardsley and Robin Hood
Ardsley and Robin Hood highlighted within Leeds
Population17,762 (2023 electorate)
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Ardsley and Robin Hood is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in the south of Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering suburb areas and villages including Robin Hood, Tingley as well as both West and East Ardsley.

Councillors

Election Councillor Councillor Councillor
2004 Karen Renshaw (Lab) Jack Dunn (Lab)[a][3] Lisa Mulherin (Lab)[4]
2006 Karen Renshaw (Lab) Jack Dunn (Lab) Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2007 Karen Renshaw (Lab) Jack Dunn (Lab) Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2008 Karen Renshaw (Lab) Jack Dunn (Lab) Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2010 Karen Renshaw (Lab) Jack Dunn (Lab) Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2011 Karen Renshaw (Lab) Jack Dunn (Lab) Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2012 Karen Renshaw (Lab) Jack Dunn (Lab) Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2014 Karen Renshaw (Lab) Jack Dunn (Lab) Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2015 Karen Renshaw (Lab) Jack Dunn (Lab) Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2016 Karen Renshaw (Lab) Jack Dunn (Lab) Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
January 2018 Karen Renshaw (Lab) Jack Dunn (Ind)[b] Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2018 Karen Renshaw (Lab) Ben Garner (Lab)[6]
 Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2019 Karen Renshaw (Lab) Ben Garner (Lab) Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2021 Karen Renshaw (Lab) Mike Foster (Con) Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2022 Karen Renshaw (Lab) Mike Foster (Con) Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2023 Karen Renshaw* (Lab) Mike Foster* (Con) Stephen Holroyd-Case* (Lab)

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

Elections since 2010

May 2023

2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Stephen Holroyd-Case 2,284 43.5 −1.8
Liberal Democrats Tom Leadley 1,338 25.5 +19.2
Conservative Lalit Suryawanshi 1,237 23.6 −15.9
Green Leon Zadok 254 4.8 −1.6
SDP Daniel Whetstone 101 1.9 +0.1
Majority 946 18.0 +12.3
Turnout 5,249 29.6 −2.4
Labour hold Swing

May 2022

2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Karen Renshaw* 2,572 45.3 +4.0
Conservative Alan Shires 2,246 39.5 −7.5
Green Marcus Cain 362 6.4 +0.6
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Ward 360 6.3 +2.2
SDP Andrew Martin 105 1.8 +0.7
Majority 326 5.7 0.0
Turnout 5,679 32.0 −4.0
Labour hold Swing

May 2021

2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Foster 3,006 47.0 +21.6
Labour Co-op Ben Garner* 2,639 41.3 +5.6
Green Colin Noble 372 5.8 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Ward 260 4.1 −0.5
SDP David Creasser 71 1.1 +0.5
Majority 367 5.7 −4.6
Turnout 6,396 36.0 +7.9
Conservative gain from Labour Co-op Swing

May 2019

2019
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Lisa Mulherin* 1,738 35.7 +0.8
Conservative Mike Foster 1,238 25.4 −2.5
Independent Tom Leadley[c] 798 16.4 +16.4
UKIP Lindon Dove 596 12.2 +12.2
Green Rich Daley 249 5.1 −2.3
Liberal Democrats Ben Ward 225 4.6 −0.3
SDP Daniel Whetstone 28 0.6 +0.6
Majority 500 10.3 +3.3
Turnout 4,902 28.1 −2.8
Labour Co-op hold Swing +1.7

May 2018

2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Karen Renshaw* 2,371 34.9 −11.2
Labour Co-op Ben Garner 2,074
Labour Co-op Lisa Mulherin* 2,013
Conservative Mike Foster 1,897 27.9 +4.1
Independent Jack Dunn* 1,694 24.9 N/A
Conservative Kirsty Baldwin 1,686
Conservative Cameron Stephenson 1,610
Green Emma Carter 503 7.4 +4.5
Liberal Democrats George Hall 332 4.9 +0.3
Majority 474 7.0 −15.3
Turnout 17,530 30.9 +2.4
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

May 2016

2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Karen Renshaw* 2,248 46.1 +6.6
Conservative Tim Atkin 1,161 23.8 −9.1
UKIP Lindon Dove 1,096 22.5 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Lloyd Ward 225 4.6 +1.2
Green Lyssie Page 143 2.9 +0.8
Majority 1,087 22.3 +15.7
Turnout 4,873 28.5
Labour hold Swing

May 2015

2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Dunn* 4,301 39.5 −9.2
Conservative Timothy Atkin 3,582 32.9 +9.4
UKIP David Daniel 2,238 20.5 +13.9
Green Jude Omidiran 399 3.7 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Victoria Bishop-Rowe 373 3.4 −2.8
Majority 719 6.6 −18.5
Turnout 10,893 62.3
Labour hold Swing −9.3

May 2014

2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lisa Mulherin* 1,865 36.0
UKIP David Daniel 1,593 30.7
Conservative Tim Atkin 929 17.9
Independent Wyn Kidger 482 9.3
Green Carl James 176 3.4
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Ward 139 2.7
Majority 272
Turnout 5,184 30.18
Labour hold Swing

May 2012

2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Karen Renshaw* 2,318 50.2 +1.5
Conservative Sophie Tempest 884 19.2 −4.4
English Democrat Joanna Beverley 787 17.1 +2.0
Morley Borough Independent Wyn Kidger 626 13.6 +13.6
Majority 1,434 31.1 +6.0
Turnout 4,615
Labour hold Swing +2.9

May 2011

2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Dunn* 2,847 48.7 +7.5
Conservative Robert Buxton 1,377 23.5 −1.3
English Democrat Joanna Beverley 880 15.0 +15.0
UKIP Karen Foster 384 6.6 +2.6
Liberal Democrats Katherine Bavage 360 6.2 −10.0
Majority 1,470 25.1 +8.7
Turnout 5,848 34
Labour hold Swing +4.4

May 2010

2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lisa Mulherin* 4,437 41.2 +11.4
Conservative Stewart McArdle 2,671 24.8 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Katherine Bavage 1,742 16.2 +9.2
BNP Joanna Beverley 1,490 13.8 −15.7
UKIP David Daniel 424 3.9 +0.4
Majority 1,766 16.4 +16.2
Turnout 10,764 63.2 +27.7
Labour hold Swing +4.7

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Dunn had served as a ward councillor for Middleton ward since 1996.
  2. ^ Having not been re-selected as one of the three Labour Party candidates for the ward in the run-up to the May 2018 election, Dunn resigned from the party to stand for re-election as an independent. The Yorkshire Evening Post reported he believed a “predetermined” selection of candidates and disagreements over a local greenbelt development led to him being de-selected.[5]
  3. ^ Leadley was one of the three Morley Borough Independent councillors for Morley North ward and his campaign was supported by the Morley Borough Independents.

References

  1. ^ "Councillor Mike Foster". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Councillor Karen Renshaw". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Councillor Jack Dunn". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Councillor Lisa Mulherin". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Long-serving councillor resigns from Leeds Labour group amid "fit-up" claims". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Councillor Ben Garner". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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