Alwoodley (ward)

Alwoodley is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in the north of Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the urban suburb areas of Alwoodley, the majority of Moor Allerton (above the Leeds Outer Ring Road) and Slaid Hill.

Alwoodley
Alwoodley highlighted within Leeds
Population	17,522 (2023 electorate)
Metropolitan borough	City of Leeds
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Leeds North East
Councillors	Lyn Buckley[1] (Conservative) Neil Buckley[2] (Conservative) Dan Cohen[3] (Conservative)
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Boundaries

The Alwoodley ward includes Slaid Hill and Wigton, the south western and most populous parts of the civil parish of Harewood. Its predecessor, the North ward, also contained the actual village of Harewood and surrounding villages in the parish, including Wike. They currently sit in the neighbouring Harewood ward.

Councillors since 1980

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
North (1980 to 2004)
1980		A.D. Redmond (Con)[a]		Ronald Feldman (Con)[b][4]		K. Sibbald (Con)[c]
1982		A.D. Redmond (Con)		Ronald Feldman (Con)		K. Sibbald (Con)
1982 by-election		Geoffrey Shaffner (SDP)		Ronald Feldman (Con)		K. Sibbald (Con)
1983		Geoffrey Shaffner (SDP)		Ronald Feldman (Con)		K. Sibbald (Con)
1984		A. O'Brien (Con)		Ronald Feldman (Con)		K. Sibbald (Con)
1986		A. O'Brien (Con)		Ronald Feldman (Con)		K. Sibbald (Con)
1987		A. O'Brien (Con)		Ronald Feldman (Con)		K. Sibbald (Con)
1988		S. Morris (Con)		Ronald Feldman (Con)		K. Sibbald (Con)
1990		Peter Harrand (Con)[5]		Ronald Feldman (Con)		Richard Manning (Con)
1991		Peter Harrand (Con)		Ronald Feldman (Con)		Richard Manning (Con)
1992		Peter Harrand (Con)		Ronald Feldman (Con)		Richard Manning (Con)
1994		Peter Harrand (Con)		Ronald Feldman (Con)		Richard Manning (Con)
1995		Peter Harrand (Con)[d]		John Sully (Lab)[e]		Richard Manning (Con)
1996		Jonathan Brown (LD)		John Sully (Lab)		Richard Manning (Con)
1998		Jonathan Brown (LD)		John Sully (Lab)		Ronald Feldman (Con)
1999		Jonathan Brown (LD)		Ruth Feldman (Con)[6]		Ronald Feldman (Con)
2000		Jonathan Brown (LD)		Ruth Feldman (Con)		Ronald Feldman (Con)
2002		Jonathan Brown (LD)		Ruth Feldman (Con)		Ronald Feldman (Con)
2003		Jonathan Brown (LD)		Ruth Feldman (Con)		Ronald Feldman (Con)
Alwoodley (2004 to present)
2004		Peter Harrand (Con)		Ruth Feldman (Con)		Ronald Feldman (Con)
2006		Peter Harrand (Con)		Ruth Feldman (Con)		Ronald Feldman (Con)
2007		Peter Harrand (Con)		Ruth Feldman (Con)		Ronald Feldman (Con)
2008		Peter Harrand (Con)		Ruth Feldman (Con)		Ronald Feldman (Con)
2010		Peter Harrand (Con)		Ruth Feldman (Con)		Ronald Feldman (Con)
2011		Peter Harrand (Con)		Dan Cohen (Con)		Ronald Feldman (Con)
2012		Peter Harrand (Con)		Dan Cohen (Con)		Neil Buckley (Con)
2014		Peter Harrand (Con)		Dan Cohen (Con)		Neil Buckley (Con)
2015		Peter Harrand (Con)		Dan Cohen (Con)		Neil Buckley (Con)
2016		Peter Harrand (Con)		Dan Cohen (Con)		Neil Buckley (Con)
2018		Peter Harrand (Con)		Dan Cohen (Con)		Neil Buckley (Con)
2019		Peter Harrand (Con)		Dan Cohen (Con)		Neil Buckley (Con)
2021		Peter Harrand (Con)		Dan Cohen (Con)		Neil Buckley (Con)
2022		Peter Harrand (Con)		Dan Cohen (Con)		Neil Buckley (Con)
2023		Lyn Buckley (Con)		Dan Cohen (Con)		Neil Buckley (Con)
2024		Lyn Buckley* (Con)		Dan Cohen* (Con)		Neil Buckley* (Con)

  indicates seat up for re-election.   indicates seat up for election following resignation or death of sitting councillor. * indicates incumbent councillor.

Elections since 2010

May 2024

2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Buckley*	3,390	48.9	−0.9
	Labour	Jackie Ellis	2,368	34.1	−1.9
	Green	Louise Jennings	520	7.5	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Foreman	481	6.9	+0.6
	Yorkshire	Rio Goldhammer	176	2.5	±0.0
Majority			1,022	14.8	+1.0
Turnout			6,971	40.4	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.5

May 2023

2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lyn Buckley	3,253	49.8	−10.5
	Labour	Jackie Ellis	2,350	36.0	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jared Levy	419	6.3	+2.5
	Green	Louise Jennings	340	5.2	+1.4
	Yorkshire	Howard Dews	164	2.5	+0.7
Majority			903	13.8	−18.2
Turnout			6,541	37.3	−4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2022

2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Cohen*	4,466	60.3	+2.8
	Labour	Lucy Nuttgens	2,099	28.3	−2.1
	Green	Alaric Hall	283	3.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Roderic Parker	278	3.8	−0.4
	Yorkshire	Howard Dews	137	1.8	−1.3
	Women's Equality	Louise Jennings	120	1.6	−0.6
Majority			2,367	32.0	+4.9
Turnout			7,408	42.2	−2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2021

2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Buckley*	4,481	57.5	+2.7
	Labour	Amy Hegan	2,370	30.4	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roderic Parker	328	4.2	−5.0
	Yorkshire	Graham Dews	245	3.1	N/A
	Women's Equality	Louise Jennings	174	2.2	−0.8
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Brian Jackson	152	2.0	+1.0
Majority			2,111	27.1	−1.0
Turnout			7,794	44.3	+8.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2019

2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Harrand*	3,417	54.8	+2.2
	Labour	Andrea McKenna	1,663	26.7	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Taylor	577	9.2	+1.4
	Green	Gideon Jones	335	5.4	−2.5
	Women's Equality	Louise Jennings	186	3.0	+3.0
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Brian Jackson	60	1.0	−1.4
Majority			1,754	+28.1	+6.5
Turnout			6,290	36	−5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.1

May 2018

2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Cohen*	4,209	52.2	+0.1
	Conservative	Neil Buckley*	4,111
	Conservative	Peter Harrand*	3,896
	Labour	Keith White	2,389	29.6	−0.4
	Labour	Claude Hendrickson	2,141
	Labour	Mumtaz Khan	2,019
	Green	Miriam Moss	639	7.9	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Roderic Parker	633	7.8	+5.5
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Brian Jackson	194	2.4	+1.1
Majority			1,722	21.6	−0.5
Turnout			17,605	41.5	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2016

2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Buckley*	3,443	52.1	+0.7
	Labour	Keith White	1,982	30.0	−1.0
	UKIP	Warren Hendon	534	8.1	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Roderic Parker	348	5.3	−0.2
	Green	Miriam Leontine Moss	223	3.4	+0.3
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Brian Jackson	83	1.3	+0.5
Majority			1,461	22.1	+1.7
Turnout			6,613	38.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2015

2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Cohen*	6,472	51.4	−1.9
	Labour	Keith White	3,907	31.0	−4.4
	UKIP	Carl McGuire	943	7.5	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Dowling	698	5.5	+5.5
	Green	Miriam Moss	471	3.7	+3.7
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Brian Jackson	97	0.8	−3.6
Majority			2,565	20.4	+2.5
Turnout			12,588	70.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.2

May 2014

2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Harrand*	3,227	48.2	−1.2
	Labour	Keith White	1,910	28.5	+1.3
	UKIP	Warren Hendon	891	13.3	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Knights	309	4.6	−12.9
	Green	Miriam Moss	290	4.3	+4.3
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Brian Jackson	67	1.0	−0.2
Majority			1,317
Turnout			6,694	38.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2012

2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Buckley	3,079	48.3	−5.0
	Labour	Alison Garthwaite	2,121	33.3	−2.2
	UKIP	Warren Hendon	558	8.8	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Whelan	401	6.3	+6.3
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Brian Jackson	217	3.4	−1.0
Majority			958	15.0	−2.9
Turnout			6,376
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.4

May 2011

2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Cohen	4,254	53.3	+3.9
	Labour	Katy Sian	2,837	35.4	+8.2
	UKIP	Warren Hendon	547	6.9	+4.1
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Brian Jackson	351	4.4	+3.2
Majority			1,417	17.9	−4.3
Turnout			7,979	45
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.1

May 2010

2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Harrand*	6,225	49.4	−7.4
	Labour	Rosie Pickard	3,426	27.2	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Knights	2,207	17.5	+2.9
	UKIP	Warren Hendon	343	2.7	−0.8
	BNP	Wayne Taylor	246	2.0	−1.2
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Brian Jackson	152	1.2	−1.2
Majority			2,799	22.2	−15.2
Turnout			12,599	72.1	+31.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.5

Notes

1. Redmond had previously represented Moortown ward since 1968.
2. Feldman had served as a councillor for Talbot ward from 1971.
3. Sibbald had previously represented Moortown ward since 1976.
4. Harrand lost his seat at the next election in 1996. He later represented Roundhay ward from 1998 until he was elected to represent the new Alwoodley ward in 2004.
5. Sully represented Burley ward between 1971 and 1973. He was later elected for Halton in 1990 and served until 1994. Sully then stood unsuccessfully for North ward in 1994 but was successful in 1995.

References

1. "Councillor Lyn Buckley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
2. "Councillor Neil Buckley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
3. "Councillor Dan Cohen". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
4. "Ronnie Feldman". www.alwoodleyward.co.uk. Alwoodley Ward Councillors. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
5. "Councillor Peter Harrand". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
6. "Councillor Ruth Feldman". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 20 June 2022.