Kirkstall
Kirkstall highlighted within Leeds
Population16,138 (2023 electorate)
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
Councillors
  • Hannah Bithell[1]
    (Labour)
  • Andy Rontree (Labour)
  • Fiona Venner[2]
    (Labour)
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire

Kirkstall is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in west Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering Burley, Hawksworth, Kirkstall and the south west corner of West Park. It contains three rail stations: Burley Park, Headingley and Kirkstall Forge.

Councillors since 1973

Election Councillor Councillor Councillor
1973 Elizabeth Nash (Lab)[a][3] Bernard Atha (Lab)[b][4] K. Fenwick (Lab)
1975 Elizabeth Nash (Lab) Bernard Atha (Lab) John Hamilton (Con)
1976 Elizabeth Nash (Lab) Bernard Atha (Lab) John Hamilton (Con)
1978 Elizabeth Nash (Lab) Bernard Atha (Lab) John Hamilton (Con)[c]
1979 Elizabeth Nash (Lab) Bernard Atha (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)[5]
1980 Elizabeth Nash (Lab) Bernard Atha (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
1982 Elizabeth Nash (Lab) Bernard Atha (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
1983 Elizabeth Nash (Lab) Bernard Atha (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
1984 Elizabeth Nash (Lab) Bernard Atha (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
1986 Elizabeth Nash (Lab) Bernard Atha (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
1987 Elizabeth Nash (Lab)[d] Bernard Atha (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
1988 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab)[6] Bernard Atha (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
1990 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
1991 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
1992 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
1994 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
1995 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
1996 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
1998 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
1999 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
2000 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
2002 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
2003 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
2004 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
2006 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
2007 Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
2008 Lucinda Yeadon (Lab)[7] Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
2010 Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
2011 Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
2012 Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
2014 Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) Fiona Venner (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
2015 Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) Fiona Venner (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
2016 Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) Fiona Venner (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
2018 Hannah Bithell (Lab) Fiona Venner (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
2019 Hannah Bithell (Lab) Fiona Venner (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
2021 Hannah Bithell (Lab) Fiona Venner (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
2022 Hannah Bithell (Lab) Fiona Venner (Lab) John Illingworth (Lab)
2023 Hannah Bithell* (Lab) Fiona Venner* (Lab) Andy Rontree* (Lab)

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

Elections since 2010

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May 2023

2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andy Rontree 3,018 64.0 -3.1
Green Victoria Smith 886 18.8 +2.8
Conservative Reiss Capitano 402 8.5 -1.7
Liberal Democrats Adam Belcher 288 6.1 +0.3
Independent Stuart Long 95 2.0 N/A
Majority 2,132 42.2 -8.9
Turnout 4,718 29.2 -1.6
Labour hold Swing

May 2022

2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hannah Bithell* 3,346 67.1 0.0
Green Victoria Smith 797 16.0 +1.5
Conservative Reiss Capitano 511 10.2 -3.0
Liberal Democrats Adam Belcher 287 5.8 +2.6
Majority 2,549 51.1 -1.5
Turnout 4,986 30.8 -4.3
Labour hold Swing

May 2021

2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fiona Venner* 3,922 67.1 +4.6
Green Victoria Smith 845 14.5 +0.1
Conservative Reiss Capitano 773 13.2 +7.2
Liberal Democrats Thomas Edwards 186 3.2 -3.4
TUSC James Ellis 72 1.2 N/A
Majority 3,077 52.6 +4.5
Turnout 5,845 35.1 +4.4
Labour hold Swing

May 2019

2019
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Illingworth* 2,959 62.5 -3.3
Green Victoria Smith 682 14.4 -1.8
UKIP David Barlow 497 10.5 +10.5
Liberal Democrats Edward Anthony Richardson 312 6.6 -0.7
Conservative Liam Michael Kenrick-Bailey 283 6.0 -4.7
Majority 2,277 48.1 -8.1
Turnout 4,753 30.7 -1.5
Labour hold Swing -0.8

May 2018

2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hannah Bithell 3,977 65.8 -2.7
Labour Fiona Venner* 3,850
Labour John Illingworth* 3,634
Green Ben Goldthorp 978 16.2 +7.9
Conservative Liam Kenrick-Bailey 645 10.7 +4.5
Conservative Amaad Amin 471
Conservative Eleni Nicolaou 454
Liberal Democrats Maria Frank 445 7.3 +3.1
Majority 2,999 56.2 -1.4
Turnout 5,341 32.2 -2.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

May 2016

2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lucinda Yeadon* 3,453 68.5 +16.8
UKIP Cain Arron Weber 547 10.9 +0.3
Green Morgan Rhys Tatchell-Evans 420 8.3 -10.0
Conservative George William Andrew Rear 313 6.2 -6.1
Liberal Democrats Martin Gareth Hughes 212 4.2 -1.5
Independent Stuart William Long 53 1.1 +1.1
TUSC Maddy Steeds 43 0.9 -0.5
Majority 5,040 57.6 +24.2
Turnout 5041 34.5
Labour hold Swing

May 2015

2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Illingworth* 4,957 51.7 -12.8
Green Meadow Hudson 1,755 18.3 +8.9
Conservative Matthew Wharton 1,184 12.3 +0.2
UKIP Paul Denner 1,017 10.6 +10.6
Liberal Democrats Johathan Heap 548 5.7 -5.6
TUSC Dean Meehan 133 1.4 +1.4
Majority 3,202 33.4 -19.0
Turnout 9,594 61.6
Labour hold Swing 10.9

May 2014

2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fiona Venner 2,696
UKIP Kevin Reid 907
Green Morgan Tatchell-Evans 724
Conservative Matthew Wharton 379
Liberal Democrats Martin Hughes 252
TUSC Ben Mayor 56
Independent Stuart Long 55
Majority
Turnout 33.77
Labour hold Swing

May 2012

2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lucinda Yeadon* 3,006 67.7 +3.2
Green Morgan Tatchell-Evans 437 9.8 +0.5
Conservative Annabel Gooch 398 9.0 -3.1
Liberal Democrats Tom Mead 293 6.6 -4.7
Independent Stuart Long 173 3.9 +1.1
Alliance for Green Socialism Simon Fearn 136 3.1 +3.1
Majority 2,569 57.8 +5.4
Turnout 4,443
Labour hold Swing +1.3

May 2011

2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Illingworth* 3,634 64.5 +22.1
Conservative Daniel Whitehouse 680 12.1 -2.9
Liberal Democrats Chris Lovell 636 11.3 -21.7
Green Morgan Tatchell-Evans 527 9.4 +4.4
Independent Stuart Long 157 2.8 +2.8
Majority 2,954 52.4 +43.0
Turnout 5,634 35
Labour hold Swing +12.5

May 2010

2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bernard Atha* 4,012 42.4 +3.0
Liberal Democrats Ruth Coleman 3,125 33.0 -3.6
Conservative Matthew Wharton 1,420 15.0 +5.2
Green Morgan Tatchell-Evans 469 5.0 -1.7
BNP Keven Nicholson 447 4.7 -2.8
Majority 887 9.4 +6.7
Turnout 9,473 60.0 +29.9
Labour hold Swing +3.3

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Nash had been a Kirkstall ward councillor since 1972.
  2. ^ Atha had previously represented City ward from 1957 to 1968, when he lost his bid to be re-elected to council for the new West Hunslet ward. He was then a councillor for Holbeck ward from 1969 until his election for Kirkstall ward in 1973.
  3. ^ After losing his re-election bid for Kirkstall ward at the next election in 1979, Hamilton was later elected as a Weetwood ward councillor in 1980 and held the seat until 1990.
  4. ^ Nash did not stand at the next election in 1988. She later represented City and Holbeck ward (1989-2004), City and Hunslet (2004-2018) and Hunslet and Riverside (2018-2022).

References

  1. ^ "Councillor Hannah Bithell". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Councillor Fiona Venner". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Councillor Elizabeth Nash". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Councillor Bernard Atha". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Councillor John Illingworth". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Councillor Elizabeth Minkin". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Councillor Lucinda Yeadon". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
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