Morley North (ward)
Morley North is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in south west Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering Churwell to the north of Morley town and villages of Drighlington and Gildersome.
| Morley North | |
|---|---|
 Morley North highlighted within Leeds | |
| Population | 17,950 (2019 electorate)[1] |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| UK Parliament | |
| Councillors |
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Boundaries
The Morley North ward includes the civil parishes of:
- Drighlington
- Gildersome
- Morley (north western section including Churwell, part of Morley Town Council)
Councillors
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | B.B. Barker (Con) | R.J.W. Binks (Con) | R. Verity (Con) | |||
| 1975 | B.B. Barker (Con) | R.J.W. Binks (Con) | R. Verity (Con) | |||
| 1976 | B.B. Barker (Con) | B. Senior (Con) | R. Verity (Con) | |||
| 1978 | B.B. Barker (Con) | B. Senior (Con) | R. Verity (Con) | |||
| 1979 | B.B. Barker (Con) | B. Senior (Con) | Philip Jones (Lab) | |||
| 1980 | Roger Cordingley (Lab) | B.L. Cook (Lab) | Philip Jones (Lab) | |||
| 1982 | Roger Cordingley (Lab) | R. Verity (Con) | Philip Jones (Lab) | |||
| 1983 | Graham Marshall (Con) | R. Verity (Con) | Philip Jones (Lab) | |||
| 1984 | Graham Marshall (Con) | R. Verity (Con) | Philip Jones (Lab) | |||
| 1986 | Graham Marshall (Con) | Philippa Fitzpatrick (Lab) | Philip Jones (Lab) | |||
| 1987 | R.J.W. Binks (Con) | Philippa Fitzpatrick (Lab) | Philip Jones (Lab) | |||
| 1988 | R.J.W. Binks (Con) | Philippa Fitzpatrick (Lab) | Philip Jones (Lab) | |||
| 1989 by-election | R.J.W. Binks (Con) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Philip Jones (Lab) | |||
| 1990 | R.J.W. Binks (Con) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Philip Jones (Lab) | |||
| 1991 | Gordon Morrison (Lab) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Philip Jones (Lab) | |||
| 1992 | Gordon Morrison (Lab) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Alan Barraclough (Con) | |||
| 1994 | Gordon Morrison (Lab) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Alan Barraclough (Con) | |||
| 1995 | Philip Jones (Lab) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Alan Barraclough (Con) | |||
| 1996 | Philip Jones (Lab) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Michael Dawson (Lab) | |||
| 1998 | Philip Jones (Lab) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Michael Dawson (Lab) | |||
| 1999 | Philip Jones (Lab) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Michael Dawson (Lab) | |||
| 2000 | Philip Jones (Lab) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Michael Dawson (Lab)[lower-alpha 1] | |||
| 2001 by-election[6] | Philip Jones (Lab) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Jayne Hill (Lab) | |||
| 2002 | Philip Jones (Lab) | Robert Finnigan (Ind)[lower-alpha 2][7] | Jayne Hill (Lab) | |||
| 2003 | Thomas Leadley (Ind)[8] | Robert Finnigan (Ind) | Jayne Hill (Lab) | |||
| 2004 | Thomas Leadley (MBI)[lower-alpha 3] | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Stewart McArdle (MBI)[9] | |||
| May 2005 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Stewart McArdle (Ind)[lower-alpha 4] | |||
| 2006 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Stewart McArdle (Ind) | |||
| 2007 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Bob Gettings (MBI) | |||
| 2008 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Bob Gettings (MBI) | |||
| 2010 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Bob Gettings (MBI) | |||
| 2011 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Bob Gettings (MBI) | |||
| 2012 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Bob Gettings (MBI) | |||
| 2014 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Bob Gettings (MBI) | |||
| 2015 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Bob Gettings (MBI) | |||
| 2016 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Robert Finnigan (MBI)[lower-alpha 5] | Bob Gettings (MBI) | |||
| 2018 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Andrew Hutchison (MBI) | Bob Gettings (MBI) | |||
| 2019 | Robert Finnigan* (MBI) | Andrew Hutchison* (MBI) | Bob Gettings* (MBI) | |||
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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morley Borough Independents | Robert Finnigan | 3,238 | 60.0 | +7.4 | |
| Labour Co-op | Johnathan Leng | 881 | 16.3 | -9.4 | |
| Conservative | Cameron Stephenson | 782 | 14.5 | -2.9 | |
| Green | Fiona Love | 362 | 6.7 | +6.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Michael Spencer | 137 | 2.5 | -1.8 | |
| Majority | 2,357 | 43.7 | +1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 5,445 | 30.3 | -3.2 | ||
| Morley Borough Independents hold | Swing | +8.4 | |||
May 2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morley Borough Independents | Bob Gettings* | 3,480 | 52.6 | +2.0 | |
| Morley Borough Independents | Andy Hutchison | 2,945 | |||
| Morley Borough Independents | Thomas Leadley* | 2,767 | |||
| Labour Co-op | Pete Compton | 1,701 | 25.7 | +3.9 | |
| Labour Co-op | Steve Clapcote | 1,345 | |||
| Labour Co-op | Johnathan Leng | 1,269 | |||
| Conservative | Jason Aldiss | 1,149 | 17.4 | +3.1 | |
| Conservative | Christopher Dilworth | 1,146 | |||
| Conservative | Louisa Singh | 695 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Mellor | 284 | 4.3 | +2.4 | |
| Majority | 2,529 | 42.1 | +13.3 | ||
| Turnout | 6,009 | 33.5 | +0.7 | ||
| Morley Borough Independents hold | Swing | ||||
| Morley Borough Independents hold | Swing | ||||
| Morley Borough Independents hold | Swing | ||||
May 2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morley Borough Independents | Robert Finnigan* | 2,891 | 50.6 | +13.3 | |
| Labour | Andrew Timothy Scopes | 1,245 | 21.8 | -0.1 | |
| Conservative | Jason Karl Aldiss | 816 | 14.3 | -7.5 | |
| UKIP | Peter Morgan | 537 | 9.4 | +3.6 | |
| Green | Mickayla Ireland | 122 | 2.1 | -1.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Richard Andrews | 108 | 1.9 | -0.4 | |
| Majority | 1,646 | 28.8 | +13.4 | ||
| Turnout | 5,719 | 32.8 | |||
| Morley Borough Independents hold | Swing | ||||
May 2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morley Borough Independents | Bob Gettings* | 4,271 | 37.3 | -15.6 | |
| Labour | Mark Sewards | 2,505 | 21.9 | -1.3 | |
| Conservative | Sophie Tempest | 2,496 | 21.8 | +9.1 | |
| UKIP | Samuel Stead | 1,487 | 13.0 | +13.0 | |
| Green | Deborah Fenney | 354 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Andrews | 263 | 2.3 | -0.6 | |
| TUSC | Karen Cussons | 78 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 1,766 | 15.4 | -14.3 | ||
| Turnout | 11,454 | 64.9 | |||
| Morley Borough Independents hold | Swing | -7.2 | |||
May 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morley Borough Independents | Thomas Leadley* | 2,759 | |||
| Labour | Charlotte Hill | 1,181 | |||
| UKIP | Luke Senior | 1,150 | |||
| Conservative | Sophie Tempest | 675 | |||
| Green | Deborah Fenney | 180 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John MacArthur | 74 | |||
| Majority | 1,578 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,019 | 34.56 | |||
| Morley Borough Independents hold | Swing | ||||
May 2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morley Borough Independents | Robert Finnigan* | 3,517 | 61.3 | +8.5 | |
| Labour | Margaret Foster | 1,240 | 21.6 | -1.6 | |
| Conservative | David Schofield | 519 | 9.1 | -3.6 | |
| English Democrat | Tom Redmond | 458 | 8.0 | -0.3 | |
| Majority | 2,277 | 39.7 | +10.0 | ||
| Turnout | 5,734 | ||||
| Morley Borough Independents hold | Swing | +5.0 | |||
May 2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morley Borough Independents | Bob Gettings* | 3,642 | 52.9 | +19.5 | |
| Labour | Kathryn Rose | 1,599 | 23.2 | +0.5 | |
| Conservative | Robin Ghosh | 874 | 12.7 | -8.4 | |
| English Democrat | Tom Redmond | 573 | 8.3 | +8.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Andrews | 199 | 2.9 | -8.6 | |
| Majority | 2,043 | 29.7 | +19.1 | ||
| Turnout | 6,887 | 39 | |||
| Morley Borough Independents hold | Swing | +9.5 | |||
May 2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morley Borough Independents | Thomas Leadley* | 4,063 | 33.4 | -18.3 | |
| Labour | David Nagle | 2,767 | 22.7 | +9.3 | |
| Conservative | Robin Ghosh | 2,571 | 21.1 | +9.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Lovell | 1,397 | 11.5 | +8.3 | |
| BNP | Tom Redmond | 1,378 | 11.3 | -8.3 | |
| Majority | 1,296 | 10.6 | -21.5 | ||
| Turnout | 12,176 | 68.2 | +28.0 | ||
| Morley Borough Independents hold | Swing | -13.8 | |||
Notes
- In the next year, Dawson resigned as a councillor and a by-election was called for the same day as the 2001 general election.[5]
- Finnigan had previously been a Labour councillor for Middleton ward from 1995 to 1999.
- 'MBI' is an acronym for the Morley Borough Independents.
- McArdle resigned from the Morley Borough Independents to sit as an independent, citing being "cheesed off... [with an] utter lack of communication" but there was no animosity between him and his former party colleagues.[10]
- Finnigan chose not to stand again for the ward at the next election in 2018 to stand - albeit unsuccessfully - for Morley South ward.
References
- "Leeds City Council election results 2019: Morley North". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- "Councillor Robert Finnigan". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- "Councillor Andy Hutchison". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- "Councillor Bob Gettings JP". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- "Local ballot can't escape voter apathy". Yorkshire Evening Post. 9 June 2001.
- "Local ballot can't escape voter apathy". Yorkshire Evening Post. 9 June 2001.
- "Councillor Robert Finnigan". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- "Councillor Thomas Leadley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- "Councillor Stewart McArdle". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- "MBI councillor in resignation shock". morleyobserver.co.uk. Morley Observer. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
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