Calverley and Farsley (ward)

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.

Calverley and Farsley

Calverley and Farsley highlighted within Leeds
Population18,123 (2019 electorate)[1]
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
Councillors

Councillors
ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
2004 Andrew Carter (Con)[lower-alpha 1] Amanda Carter (Con)[lower-alpha 2] Frank Robinson (Con)[lower-alpha 3][5]
2006 Andrew Carter (Con) Amanda Carter (Con) Frank Robinson (Con)
2007 Andrew Carter (Con) Amanda Carter (Con) Frank Robinson (Con)
2008 Andrew Carter (Con) Joe Marjoram (Con)[6] Frank Robinson (Con)
2010 Andrew Carter (Con) Joe Marjoram (Con) Rod Wood (Con)[7]
2011 Andrew Carter (Con) Joe Marjoram (Con) Rod Wood (Con)
2012 Andrew Carter (Con) Joe Marjoram (Con) Rod Wood (Con)
July 2013 Andrew Carter (Con) Joe Marjoram (Ind)[lower-alpha 4] Rod Wood (Con)
2014 Andrew Carter (Con) Joe Marjoram (Ind) Rod Wood (Con)
2015 Andrew Carter CBE (Con)[9] Amanda Carter (Con) Rod Wood (Con)
2016 Andrew Carter CBE (Con) Amanda Carter (Con) Rod Wood (Con)
2018 Andrew Carter CBE (Con) Amanda Carter (Con) Peter Carlill (Lab)
2019 Andrew Carter CBE* (Con) Amanda Carter* (Con) Peter Carlill* (Lab)

     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 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

Notes
  1. Andrew Carter had been a councillor for Pudsey North ward since 1973.
  2. Amanda Carter had been a councillor for Pudsey North ward since 1999.
  3. Robinson had been a councillor for Pudsey North ward since 1998.
  4. Joe Marjoram (Calverley & Farsley 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. "Leeds City Council election results 2019: Calverley and Farsley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  2. "Councillor Peter Carlill". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  3. "Councillor Amanda Carter". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  4. "Councillor Andrew Carter CBE". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 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". theguardian.com. The Guardian. 13 June 2014.
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