Armley (ward)

Armley is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in the west of Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the district of the same name.

Armley
Armley highlighted within Leeds
Population	17,343 (2023 electorate)
Metropolitan borough	Leeds
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Leeds West and Pudsey
Councillors	Lou Cunningham[1] (Green) Andy Parnham[2] (Labour) Alice Smart[3] (Labour)
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Councillors since 1980

Michael Meadowcroft represented Castleton ward (1968-1973), Armley and Castleton ward (1973-1980) and Armley ward (1980-1983). Member of Parliament for Leeds West (1983-1987).

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
1980		Michael Meadowcroft (Lib)[a]		David Selby (Lib)		B. Nelson (Lib)[b]
1982		Michael Meadowcroft (Lib)		David Selby (Lib)		M.P. Roberts (Lib)
1983		Michael Meadowcroft (Lib)		David Selby (Lib)		M.P. Roberts (Lib)
1983 by-election		Sandy Melville (Lib)[c]		David Selby (Lib)		M.P. Roberts (Lib)
1984		Sandy Melville (Lib)		David Selby (Lib)		M.P. Roberts (Lib)
January 1986		Sandy Melville (Ind)[d]		David Selby (Lib)		M.P. Roberts (Lib)
1986		Sandy Melville (Ind)		David Selby (Lib)		M.P. Roberts (Lib)
1987		Sandy Melville (Ind)		David Selby (Lib)		M.P. Roberts (Lib)
1988		James McKenna (Lab)		David Selby (SLD)		M.P. Roberts (SLD)
1988 by-election		James McKenna (Lab)		Paul Paley (Lab)		M.P. Roberts (SLD)
1990		James McKenna (Lab)		Paul Paley (Lab)		Alison Lowe (Lab)[4]
1991		James McKenna (Lab)		Paul Paley (Lab)		Alison Lowe (Lab)
1992		James McKenna (Lab)		Paul Paley (Lab)		Alison Lowe (Lab)
1994		James McKenna (Lab)		Paul Paley (Lab)		Alison Lowe (Lab)
1995		James McKenna (Lab)		Paul Paley (Lab)		Alison Lowe (Lab)
1996		James McKenna (Lab)		Paul Paley (Lab)		Alison Lowe (Lab)
1998		James McKenna (Lab)		Paul Paley (Lab)		Alison Lowe (Lab)
1999		James McKenna (Lab)		Janet Harper (Lab)[e][5]		Alison Lowe (Lab)
2000		James McKenna (Lab)		Janet Harper (Lab)		Alison Lowe (Lab)
2002		James McKenna (Lab)		Janet Harper (Lab)		Alison Lowe (Lab)
2003		James McKenna (Lab)		Janet Harper (Lab)		Alison Lowe (Lab)
2004		James McKenna (Lab)		Janet Harper (Lab)		Alison Lowe (Lab)
2006		James McKenna (Lab)		Janet Harper (Lab)		Alison Lowe (Lab)
2007		James McKenna (Lab)		Janet Harper (Lab)		Alison Lowe (Lab)
2008		James McKenna (Lab)		Janet Harper (Lab)		Alison Lowe (Lab)
2010		James McKenna (Lab)		Janet Harper (Lab)		Alison Lowe (Lab)
2011		James McKenna (Lab)		Janet Harper (Lab)		Alison Lowe (Lab)
2012		James McKenna (Lab)		Janet Harper (Lab)		Alison Lowe (Lab)
2014		James McKenna (Lab)		Alice Smart (Lab)		Alison Lowe (Lab)
2015		James McKenna (Lab)		Alice Smart (Lab)		Alison Lowe (Lab)
2016		James McKenna (Lab)		Alice Smart (Lab)		Alison Lowe (Lab)
2018		James McKenna (Lab)		Alice Smart (Lab)		Alison Lowe (Lab)
2019		James McKenna (Lab)		Alice Smart (Lab)		Lou Cunningham (Lab)[6]
2021		James McKenna (Lab)		Alice Smart (Lab)		Lou Cunningham (Lab)
2022		James McKenna (Lab)		Alice Smart (Lab)		Lou Cunningham (Lab)
December 2022		James McKenna (Lab)		Alice Smart (Lab)		Lou Cunningham (Green)[f]
2023		James McKenna (Lab)		Alice Smart (Lab)		Andy Parnham (Lab)[g]
2024		Lou Cunningham* (Green)		Alice Smart* (Lab)		Andy Parnham* (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 2024

2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Lou Cunningham	2,113	43.8	+4.0
	Labour	Richard Banks	2,041	42.3	−1.8
	Conservative	Adam Westwood	321	6.7	−3.0
	Yorkshire	Rachel Martins	205	4.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Walker	105	2.2	−0.2
	SDP	Warwick Bettney	41	0.8	New
Majority			72	1.5	−2.8
Turnout			4,861	28.5	+3.6
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	+2.9

May 2023

2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy Parnham	1,897	44.1	−17.9
	Green	Lou Cunningham*	1,712	39.8	+24.8
	Conservative	Tamas Kovacs	419	9.7	−5.9
	Yorkshire	Edana McDonald	129	3.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Walker	105	2.4	−2.4
	Independent	Jim Miller	39	0.9	N/A
Majority			185	4.3	−42.2
Turnout			4,316	24.9	±0.0
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2022

2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alice Smart*	2,653	62.0	+5.7
	Conservative	Tamas Kovacs	666	15.6	−4.6
	Green	Mark Rollinson	642	15.0	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Walker	205	4.8	+0.6
	TUSC	Florian Hynam	85	2.0	+0.4
Majority			1,987	46.5	+10.4
Turnout			4,276	24.9	−4.4
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2021

2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim McKenna*	2,858	56.3	−4.4
	Conservative	Tamas Kovacs	1,026	20.2	+10.0
	Green	Mark Rollinson	815	16.1	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Walker	211	4.2	−1.3
	TUSC	Richard Chaves-Sanderson	83	1.6	N/A
	SDP	Andrew Martin	43	0.1	N/A
Majority			1,832	36.1	−11.3
Turnout			5,074	29.3	+4.4
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2019

2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lou Cunningham	2,477	60.7	+7.3
	Green	Keith Whittaker	544	13.3	−0.9
	Conservative	Cormac Trigg	415	10.2	−2.6
	For Britain	Jim Miller	366	8.9	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Walker	226	5.5	+2.0
	Socialist Alternative	Nina Brown	53	1.3	−2.1
Majority			1,933	47.4	+8.2
Turnout			4,111	24.7	−2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.1

May 2018

2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alice Smart*	2,747	53.4	−2.3
	Labour	James McKenna*	2,632
	Labour	Alison Lowe*	2,447
	Green	Andrea Binns	732	14.2	+4.9
	Conservative	Matthew Leech	657	12.8	+5.0
	Conservative	Nicola Tinsley	565
	Green	Gideon Jones	545
	Conservative	Robert Murphy-Fell	522
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Walker	387	7.5	+3.8
	For Britain	James Miller	261	5.1	N/A
	Democrats and Veterans	John Withill	184	3.6	N/A
	TUSC	Rob Hooper	175	3.4	+2.4
Majority			2,015	39.2	+6.1
Turnout			16,704	26.8	−2.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2016

2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alison Lowe*	2,726	55.7	+7.4
	UKIP	David Caldwell	1,104	22.6	+1.3
	Green	David Smith	453	9.3	−2.3
	Conservative	Shane Morgan	380	7.8	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Glover	181	3.7	−0.3
	TUSC	Beth Sutcliffe	47	1.0	−0.1
Majority			1,622	33.1	+6.2
Turnout			4,891	29.1
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2015

2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim McKenna*	4,612	48.3	−14.5
	UKIP	Dave Caldwell	2,040	21.3	+21.3
	Conservative	Shane Mogan	1,314	13.7	−2.9
	Green	Nick Crawley	1,108	11.6	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Glover	381	4.0	−3.0
	TUSC	Carole O'Keefe	103	1.1	+1.1
Majority			2,572	26.9	−19.4
Turnout			9,558	54.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-17.9

May 2014

2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alice Smart	2,269	43.8
	UKIP	John Withill	1,548	29.9
	Green	Yvonne Clarke	669	12.9
	Conservative	Mohammed Rahman	392	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Glover	236	4.6
	TUSC	Iain Dalton	65	1.3
Majority			721
Turnout			5,179	30.54
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2012

2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alison Lowe*	2,686	61.2	−1.6
	Green	Jane Morrison	596	13.6	−0.1
	Conservative	Ross Burgham	554	12.6	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Arnott	326	7.4	+0.4
	TUSC	Stephen Hobson	229	5.2	+5.2
Majority			2,090	47.6	+1.3
Turnout			4,391
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.7

May 2011

2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim McKenna*	3,428	62.8	+16.6
	Conservative	Ross Burgham	901	16.5	+1.3
	Green	Jane Morrison	748	13.7	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Pecher	382	7.0	−15.6
Majority			2,527	46.3	+22.7
Turnout			5,459	31
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.6

May 2010

2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Harper*	4,475	46.2	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Arnott	2,186	22.5	+12.1
	Conservative	Gregory Rodwell	1,478	15.2	−3.4
	BNP		921	9.5	−5.9
	Green	Robert Simpson	635	6.5	−6.0
Majority			2,289	23.6	−0.7
Turnout			9,695	57.1	+29.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.4

See also

• Listed buildings in Leeds (Armley Ward)

Notes

1. Meadowcroft had previously been a ward councillor for Castleton ward from 1968 and then Armley and Castleton ward since 1973.
2. Nelson had been an Armley and Castleton ward councillor since 1973.
3. The by-election was called to replace Michael Meadowcroft, who resigned after becoming Member of Parliament for Leeds West at the 1983 general election. Meadowcroft later contested Bramley ward in 1990 and 1991.
4. Melville left the Liberal Party to sit as an independent councillor.
5. Harper had previously been a Pudsey North ward councillor from 1994 until losing her seat in 1998.
6. Cunningham left the Labour Party and joined the Green Party on 17 December 2022. She had previously announced that she would not stand again as the Labour candidate for Armley ward in the 2023 election; upon her defection she announced that she would be the Green Party candidate for the ward in the election.^[7]
7. Parnham previously represented Farnley and Wortley for the Green Party from September 2008 to 2010.^[8]

References

1. "Councillor Lou Cunningham". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
2. "Councillor Andy Parnham". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
3. "Councillor Alice Smart". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
4. "Councillor Alison Lowe". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
5. "Councillor Janet Harper". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
6. "Councillor Lou Cunningham". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
7. Baron, John (17 December 2022). "Armley councillor Lou Cunningham leaves Labour for Green Party". westleedsdispatch.com. West Leeds Dispatch.
8. "Councillor Andy Parnham". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.