Rothwell is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in south east Leeds, West Yorkshire, including the town of the same name and the villages of Carlton, Oulton and Woodlesford.

Rothwell
Rothwell highlighted within Leeds
Population15,821 (2023 electorate)
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
Councillors
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UK
England
Yorkshire

Councillors

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Election Councillor Councillor Councillor
1973 Rose Lund (Lab) A. Benson (Lab) J. De Carieret (Lab)
1975 Rose Lund (Lab) A. Benson (Lab) S. Arran (Lab)
1976 Rose Lund (Lab) A. Benson (Lab) S. Arran (Lab)
1978 Rose Lund (Lab) A. Benson (Lab) S. Arran (Lab)
1979 Rose Lund (Lab) A. Benson (Lab) Brian Walker (Lab)
1980 Rose Lund (Lab) Alec Hudson (Lab) Brian Walker (Lab)
1982 Rose Lund (Lab) Alec Hudson (Lab) Brian Walker (Lab)
1983 Rose Lund (Lab) Alec Hudson (Lab) Brian Walker (Lab)
1984 Rose Lund (Lab) Alec Hudson (Lab) Brian Walker (Lab)
1986 Rose Lund (Lab) Alec Hudson (Lab) Brian Walker (Lab)
1987 Rose Lund (Lab) Alec Hudson (Lab) Brian Walker (Lab)
1988 Rose Lund (Lab) Alec Hudson (Lab) Brian Walker (Lab)
1990 Rose Lund (Lab) Alec Hudson (Lab) Brian Walker (Lab)
1991 Rose Lund (Lab) Alec Hudson (Lab) Brian Walker (Lab)
1992 Rose Lund (Lab) Alec Hudson (Lab) Brian Walker (Lab)
1994 Rose Lund (Lab) Alec Hudson (Lab) Brian Walker (Lab)
1995 Rose Lund (Lab) Alec Hudson (Lab) Brian Walker (Lab)
1996 Lorna Cohen (Lab)[a] Alec Hudson (Lab) Brian Walker (Lab)
1998 Lorna Cohen (Lab) Alec Hudson (Lab) Brian Walker (Lab)
1999 Lorna Cohen (Lab) Alec Hudson (Lab) Brian Walker (Lab)
2000 Donald Wilson (LD)[4] Alec Hudson (Lab) Brian Walker (Lab)
2002 Donald Wilson (LD) Keith Willey (LD)[5] Brian Walker (Lab)
2003 Donald Wilson (LD) Keith Willey (LD) Steve Smith (LD)[6][7]
2004[8] Donald Wilson (LD) Mitchell Galdas (LD)[9] Steve Smith (LD)
2006 Donald Wilson (LD) Stewart Golton (LD)[b] Steve Smith (LD)
2007 Donald Wilson (LD) Stewart Golton (LD) Steve Smith (LD)
2008 Donald Wilson (LD) Stewart Golton (LD) Steve Smith (LD)
2010 Donald Wilson (LD) Stewart Golton (LD) Steve Smith (LD)
2011 Donald Wilson (LD) Stewart Golton (LD) Karen Bruce (Lab)[c][10]
2012 David Nagle (Lab)[11] Stewart Golton (LD) Karen Bruce (Lab)
2014 David Nagle (Lab) Stewart Golton (LD) Karen Bruce (Lab)
2015 David Nagle (Lab) Stewart Golton (LD) Karen Bruce (Lab)
2016 David Nagle (Lab) Stewart Golton (LD) Karen Bruce (Lab)
2018 Carmel Harrison (LD)[12] Stewart Golton (LD) Karen Bruce (Lab)
2019 Carmel Harrison (LD)[d] Stewart Golton (LD) Diane Chapman (LD)
July 2020 Vacant[e] Stewart Golton (LD) Diane Chapman (LD)
2021 Conrad Hart-Brooke Stewart Golton (LD) Diane Chapman (LD)
2022 Conrad Hart-Brooke Stewart Golton (LD) Diane Chapman (LD)
2023 Conrad Hart-Brooke Stewart Golton (LD) Diane Chapman (LD)
2024 Conrad Hart-Brooke* Stewart Golton* (LD) Diane Chapman* (LD)

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

Elections since 2010

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May 2024

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2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Conrad Hart-Brooke* 3,540 62.1 +0.7
Labour Co-op Timothy Dowd 1,253 22.0 +0.4
Conservative Louisa Singh 340 6.0 −0.7
Yorkshire Sean McDonald 329 5.8 +0.9
Green Allen Sikoryn 193 3.3 −1.4
SDP Sarah Welbourne 43 0.8 +0.4
Majority 2,287 40.1 +0.3
Turnout 5,731 36.7 +1.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +0.2

May 2023

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2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Diane Chapman* 3,409 61.4 +7.1
Labour James Driver 1,200 21.6 −6.9
Conservative Babatunde Gbolade 372 6.7 −5.4
Yorkshire Sean McDonald 274 4.9 +2.1
Green Tim Moorson 260 4.7 +2.5
SDP Sarah Welbourne 21 0.4 N/A
Majority 2,209 39.8 +14.0
Turnout 5,552 35.1 −3.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

May 2022

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2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stewart Golton* 3,304 54.3 +19.9
Labour Karen Bruce 1,735 28.5 −4.4
Conservative Joe Boycott 737 12.1 −10.9
Yorkshire Sean McDonald 168 2.8 −2.5
Green Ali Aliremzioglu 137 2.2 −1.3
Majority 1,569 25.8 +24.3
Turnout 6,090 38.1 −3.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

May 2021

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2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Conrad Hart-Brooke 2,313 34.4 −7.6
Labour Karen Bruce 2,212 32.9 +0.0
Conservative Joe Boycott 1,543 23.0 +11.1
Yorkshire Sean McDonald 359 5.3 N/A
Green Ali Aliremzioglu 235 3.5 −2.0
SDP Christopher Dudley 16 0.0 N/A
Majority 101 1.5 −7.6
Turnout 6,716 41.7 +8.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

May 2019

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2019
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Diane Chapman 2,206 42.0 −2.6
Labour Karen Bruce* 1,731 32.9 +0.2
Conservative Joe Boycott 623 11.9 −5.7
For Britain Simon Michael Crowe 409 7.8 +7.8
Green Ali Aliremzioglu 288 5.5 +0.5
Majority 475 9.1 −4.5
Turnout 5,306 33.1 −4.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing -1.4

May 2018

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2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stewart Golton* 3,167 44.6 +14.5
Liberal Democrats Carmel Harrison 2,338
Labour Karen Bruce* 2,326 32.7 −3.6
Liberal Democrats Patricia Yates 2,157
Labour David Nagle* 1,857
Labour Sharon Burke 1,645
Conservative Joe Boycott 1,254 17.6 +1.4
Conservative Melieha Long 855
Conservative Shazar Ahad 686
Green Ali Aliremzioglu 358 5.0 +2.4
Majority 841 13.6 +7.6
Turnout 6,071 37.7 +1.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

May 2016

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2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Nagle* 2,026 36.1 −2.5
Liberal Democrats Carmel Harrison 1,728 30.1 +10.5
Conservative Steve Ellis 912 16.2 −8.7
UKIP David Daniel 750 13.3 ±0
Green Emma Dobson 203 3.6 −0.1
Majority 298 6.0 −7.7
Turnout 5,619 36.4
Labour hold Swing

May 2015

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2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Karen Bruce* 4,206 38.6 −7.5
Conservative Steve Ellis 2,715 24.9 +8.7
Liberal Democrats Ben Ward 2,133 19.6 −18.1
UKIP Paul Spivey 1,447 13.3 +13.3
Green Stephen Paul Terry 408 3.7 +3.7
Majority 1,491 13.7 +5.3
Turnout 10,909 68.7
Labour hold Swing -8.1

May 2014

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2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stewart Golton* 2,429
Labour Angela Kellett 2,018
Conservative Stephen Ellis 723
Green Gordon Haycock 385
Majority 411
Turnout 36.04
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

May 2012

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2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Nagle 2,564 47.7 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Don Wilson* 1,926 35.8 −1.9
Conservative Daniel Farrell 399 7.4 −8.8
UKIP David Daniel 366 6.8 +6.8
English Democrat Bernie Allen 120 2.2 +2.2
Majority 638 11.9 +3.5
Turnout 5,375
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +1.7

May 2011

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2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Karen Bruce 2,889 46.1 +10.1
Liberal Democrats Steve Smith* 2,365 37.7 +0.0
Conservative Louise Turner 1,018 16.2 −3.1
Majority 524 8.4 +6.7
Turnout 6,272 40
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +5.0

May 2010

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2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stewart Golton* 3,938 37.7 −5.9
Labour Alec Hudson 3,756 35.9 +2.4
Conservative Caroline Oldfield 2,018 19.3 +7.2
BNP Robert Peel 736 7.0 −3.7
Majority 182 1.7 −8.3
Turnout 10,448 67.1 +29.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -4.1

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Cohen had been a councillor for Burley from 1978 to 1980 and Harehills ward from 1980 to 1996.
  2. ^ Golton had previously been a councillor for Weetwood ward from 1998 to 2006.
  3. ^ Bruce had previously been a Garforth and Swillington ward councillor from 1998 until losing her seat at the 2004 election.
  4. ^ Following the 2019 election, Harrison changed her surname to Hall.
  5. ^ Carmel Hall died in office in July 2020. No by-election was required as her term of office was to end and her successor to be elected on 6 May 2021 at the next council election as, in accordance with UK government regulations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it would have been scheduled for the same date.[13][14]

References

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  1. ^ "Councillor Diane Chapman". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Councillor Stewart Golton". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Councillor Conrad Hart-Brooke". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Councillor Donald Wilson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Conservative delight as Francis surges to a stunning victory". thetelegraphandargus.co.uk. Telegraph & Argus. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  6. ^ John Thorpe (12 May 2003). "Power of the people". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Councillor Steve Smith". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Double whammy, make no bones about it". wakefieldexpress.co.uk. Wakefield Express. 18 June 2004. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Council role at last for Lib Dem stalwart". wakefieldexpress.co.uk. Wakefield Express. 2 July 2004. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  10. ^ "Councillor Karen Bruce". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  11. ^ "Councillor David Nagle". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Councillor Carmel Hall". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  13. ^ Maclure, Abbey (12 July 2020). "Tributes pour in for 'strong, compassionate and dedicated' Leeds councillor Carmel Hall". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  14. ^ Johnston, Neil (6 May 2020). "Coronavirus: FAQs on postponed elections". House of Commons Library. Retrieved 13 July 2020.