Weetwood is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in north west Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering suburban areas including Far Headingley, Ireland Wood, Tinshill, Weetwood and West Park.
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![]() Weetwood highlighted within Leeds | |
Population | 14,964 (2019 electorate)[1] |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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1980 | David Hall (Con)[lower-alpha 1] | Sheila Gill (Con) | John Hamilton (Con)[lower-alpha 2] | |||
1982 | David Hall (Con) | Sheila Gill (Con) | John Hamilton (Con) | |||
1983 | David Hall (Con) | Sheila Gill (Con) | John Hamilton (Con) | |||
1984 | A.J.A. Lodge (Con) | Sheila Gill (Con) | John Hamilton (Con) | |||
1986 | A.J.A. Lodge (Con) | Sheila Gill (Con) | John Hamilton (Con) | |||
1987 | A.J.A. Lodge (Con) | Sheila Gill (Con) | John Hamilton (Con) | |||
1988 | Ann Castle (Con)[5] | Sheila Gill (Con) | John Hamilton (Con) | |||
1990 | Ann Castle (Con) | Sheila Gill (Con) | Eileen Moxon (Lab)[6] | |||
1991 | Ann Castle (Con) | Sheila Gill (Con) | Eileen Moxon (Lab) | |||
1992 | Ann Castle (Con) | Sheila Gill (Con) | Eileen Moxon (Lab) | |||
1994 | Ann Castle (Con) | Sheila Gill (Con) | Eileen Moxon (Lab) | |||
1995 | Ann Castle (Con)[lower-alpha 3] | Graham Platt (Lab)[lower-alpha 4] | Eileen Moxon (Lab) | |||
1996 | Judith Blake (Lab)[7] |
Graham Platt (Lab) | Eileen Moxon (Lab)[lower-alpha 5] | |||
1998 | Judith Blake (Lab) | Graham Platt (Lab) | Stewart Golton (LD)[8] | |||
1999 | Judith Blake (Lab)[lower-alpha 6] | Brian Jennings (LD)[9] | Stewart Golton (LD) | |||
2000 | James Souper (LD) | Brian Jennings (LD) | Stewart Golton (LD) | |||
2002 | James Souper (LD) | Brian Jennings (LD) | Stewart Golton (LD) | |||
2003 | James Souper (LD) | Brian Jennings (LD) | Stewart Golton (LD) | |||
2004 | Sue Bentley (LD)[10] | Brian Jennings (LD) | Stewart Golton (LD)[lower-alpha 7] | |||
2006 | Sue Bentley (LD) | Brian Jennings (LD) | Judith Chapman (LD)[11] | |||
TBC | Sue Bentley (LD) | Brian Jennings (Ind)[lower-alpha 8] | Judith Chapman (LD) | |||
2007 | Sue Bentley (LD) | Brian Jennings (Ind) | Judith Chapman (LD) | |||
May 2007 | Sue Bentley (LD) | Brian Jennings (Con)[lower-alpha 9][12] | Judith Chapman (LD) | |||
2008 | Sue Bentley (LD) | Ben Chastney (LD)[13] | Judith Chapman (LD) | |||
2010 | Sue Bentley (LD) | Ben Chastney (LD) | Judith Chapman (LD) | |||
2011 | Sue Bentley (LD) | Ben Chastney (LD) | Judith Chapman (LD) | |||
2012 | Sue Bentley (LD) | Jonathan Bentley (LD)[14] | Judith Chapman (LD) | |||
2014 | Sue Bentley (LD) | Jonathan Bentley (LD) | Judith Chapman (LD) | |||
2015 | Sue Bentley (LD) | Jonathan Bentley (LD) | Judith Chapman (LD) | |||
2016 | Sue Bentley (LD) | Jonathan Bentley (LD) | Judith Chapman (LD) | |||
2018 | Christine Knight (Lab)[15] | Jonathan Bentley (LD) | James Gibson (Lab)[lower-alpha 10][16] | |||
2019 | Christine Knight (Lab) | Jonathan Bentley (LD) | Chris Howley (LD) | |||
2021 | Emma Flint (Lab) | Jonathan Bentley (LD) | Chris Howley (LD) | |||
2022 | Emma Flint* (Lab) | Izaak Wilson* (Lab) | Chris Howley* (LD) |
indicates seat up for re-election. indicates councillor defection. * indicates incumbent councillor.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Izaak Wilson | 3,331 | 48.9 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sharon Slinger | 2,251 | 33.1 | +3.7 | |
Green | Christopher Foren | 577 | 8.5 | -1.6 | |
Conservative | Angelo Basu | 575 | 8.4 | -4.2 | |
SDP | Rob Walker | 54 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,080 | 15.9 | -1.9 | ||
Turnout | 6,807 | 42.6 | -3.3 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Emma Flint | 3,540 | 47.2 | +11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sharon Slinger | 2,207 | 29.4 | -12.0 | |
Conservative | Angelo Basu | 943 | 12.6 | +6.6 | |
Green | Christopher Foren | 758 | 10.1 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 1,333 | 17.8 | +14.6 | ||
Turnout | 7,496 | 45.9 | +4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Chris Howley | 2,574 | 41.4 | +1.2 | |
Labour | James Gibson* | 2,379 | 38.2 | +1.0 | |
Green | Martin Hemingway | 521 | 8.4 | -4.7 | |
UKIP | John Parsons | 377 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Angelo Basu | 373 | 6.0 | -3.5 | |
Majority | 195 | +3.2 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,208 | 41.5 | +0.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +0.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Bentley* | 2,934 | 40.2 | -4.1 | |
Labour | Christine Knight | 2,717 | 37.2 | +4.7 | |
Labour | James Gibson | 2,699 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Jennings | 2,488 | |||
Labour | John McMahon | 2,418 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Lynda Sebire | 2,241 | |||
Green | Martin Hemingway | 955 | 13.1 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | Angelo Basu | 695 | 9.5 | -0.3 | |
Conservative | David Jessop | 694 | |||
Conservative | Howard Kiernan | 674 | |||
Majority | 217 | 3.3 | -8.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,493 | 40.8 | -0.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Bentley* | 2,701 | 44.3 | +9.0 | |
Labour | Roger Harington | 1,982 | 32.5 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Angelo Basu | 597 | 9.8 | -6.9 | |
Green | Martin Francis Hemingway | 415 | 6.8 | -6.2 | |
UKIP | Mike Cullen | 398 | 6.5 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 719 | 11.8 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,093 | 41.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sue Bentley* | 3,790 | 35.3 | -3.8 | |
Labour | Alison Garthwaite | 2,901 | 27.0 | -4.1 | |
Conservative | Dorothy Flynn | 1,802 | 16.7 | -2.6 | |
Green | Martin Hemingway | 1,400 | 13.0 | +4.0 | |
UKIP | Mike Cullen | 812 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
TUSC | Max Cussons | 56 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 889 | 8.3 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 10,761 | 68.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Judith Chapman* | 2,155 | |||
Labour | Julie Heselwood | 1,768 | |||
Conservative | Thomas McMeeking | 806 | |||
UKIP | Mike Cullen | 737 | |||
Green | Martin Hemingway | 646 | |||
TUSC | Max Cussons | 40 | |||
Majority | 387 | ||||
Turnout | 39.57 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Bentley | 2,119 | 38.6 | -0.6 | |
Labour | Doreen Illingworth | 1,762 | 32.1 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Billy Flynn | 818 | 14.9 | -4.4 | |
Green | Martin Hemingway | 468 | 8.5 | -0.4 | |
English Democrat | Alan Procter | 236 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Declan Normaschild | 88 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 357 | 6.5 | -1.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,491 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -0.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sue Bentley* | 2,605 | 39.1 | -4.1 | |
Labour | Caroline Gruen | 2,072 | 31.1 | +7.9 | |
Conservative | Natalie Oliver | 1,282 | 19.3 | -4.8 | |
Green | Martin Hemingway | 596 | 9.0 | +3.8 | |
Independent | Alan Procter | 99 | 1.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 533 | 8.0 | -11.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,654 | 39 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -6.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Judith Chapman* | 4,716 | 43.2 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Matt Baker | 2,622 | 24.0 | -5.0 | |
Labour | Carol Hughes | 2,537 | 23.3 | +7.1 | |
Green | Martin Hemingway | 559 | 5.1 | -0.1 | |
BNP | Peter Askins | 287 | 2.6 | -2.5 | |
Independent | Alan Procter | 106 | 1.0 | -0.1 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Keith Nathan | 78 | 0.7 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 2,094 | 19.2 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,905 | 64.5 | +29.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +3.5 | |||