Roundhay (ward)

Roundhay is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in north east Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the suburb of the same name, Gledhow and Oakwood.

Roundhay
Roundhay highlighted within Leeds
Population	17,684 (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	Jordan Bowden[1] (Labour) Zara Hussain[2] (Labour) Lisa Martin[3] (Labour)
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The ward's boundaries run the A6120 Leeds Outer Ring Road to the north and the A58 Wetherby Road to the south and east. The boundary also follows Gledhow Valley Road to the west before heading north-east to the A6120.^[4]

Councillors since 1980

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
1980		Patrick Crotty OBE (Con)[a][5]		J. Challenor (Con)[b]		Peggy White CBE (Con)[c][6]
1982		Patrick Crotty OBE (Con)		J. Challenor (Con)		Peggy White CBE (Con)
1983		Patrick Crotty OBE KCSG (Con)[d]		Peter Gruen (Con)[8]		Peggy White CBE (Con)
1984		Patrick Crotty OBE KCSG (Con)		Peter Gruen (Con)		Peggy White CBE (Con)
1986		Patrick Crotty OBE KCSG (Con)		Peter Gruen (Con)		Peggy White CBE (Con)
1987		Patrick Crotty OBE KCSG (Con)		Peter Gruen (Con)		Peggy White CBE (Con)
1988		Patrick Crotty OBE KCSG (Con)		Peter Gruen (Con)		Peggy White CBE (Con)
1990		Patrick Crotty OBE KCSG (Con)		Peter Gruen (Con)		Peggy White CBE (Con)
1991		Patrick Crotty OBE KCSG (Con)		Peter Gruen (Con)		Peggy White CBE (Con)
1992		Patrick Crotty OBE KCSG (Con)		Peter Gruen (Con)		Peggy White CBE (Con)
1994		Patrick Crotty OBE KCSG (Con)[e]		Peter Gruen (Con)[f]		Peggy White CBE (Con)
1995		Jean White (Lab)		Doreen Lewis (Lab)		Peggy White CBE (Con)
1996		Jean White (Lab)		Doreen Lewis (Lab)		Peggy White CBE (Con)
1998		Jean White (Lab)		Doreen Lewis (Lab)		Peter Harrand (Con)[g][10]
1999		Jean White (Lab)		Michael Fox (Lab)		Peter Harrand (Con)
2000		Ann Castle (Con)[h][11]		Michael Fox (Lab)		Peter Harrand (Con)
2002		Ann Castle (Con)		Michael Fox (Lab)		Peter Harrand (Con)
2003		Ann Castle (Con)[i]		Matthew Lobley (Con)		Peter Harrand (Con)[j]
2004		Valerie Kendall (Con)[12]		Matthew Lobley (Con)		Paul Wadsworth (Con)[13]
2006		Valerie Kendall (Con)		Matthew Lobley (Con)		Paul Wadsworth (Con)
2007		Valerie Kendall (Con)		Matthew Lobley (Con)		Paul Wadsworth (Con)
2008		Valerie Kendall (Con)		Matthew Lobley (Con)		Paul Wadsworth (Con)[k]
2010		Valerie Kendall (Con)[l]		Matthew Lobley (Con)		Ghulam Hussain (Lab)[15]
2011		Christine MacNiven (Lab)[16]		Matthew Lobley (Con)		Ghulam Hussain (Lab)
2012		Christine MacNiven (Lab)		Bill Urry (Lab)[17]		Ghulam Hussain (Lab)
2014		Christine MacNiven (Lab)		Bill Urry (Lab)		Ghulam Hussain (Lab)
2015		Christine MacNiven (Lab)		Bill Urry (Lab)		Ghulam Hussain (Lab)
2016		Christine MacNiven (Lab)		Eleanor Tunnicliffe (Lab)[18]		Ghulam Hussain (Lab)
2018		Angela Wenham (Lab)[19]		Eleanor Tunnicliffe (Lab)		Jacob Goddard (Lab)[20]
2019		Angela Wenham (Lab)[m]		Eleanor Tunnicliffe (Lab)		Jacob Goddard (Lab)
2021		Lisa Martin (Lab)		Zara Hussain (Lab)		Jacob Goddard (Lab)
2022		Lisa Martin (Lab)		Zara Hussain (Lab)		Jordan Bowden (Lab)
2023		Lisa Martin (Lab)		Zara Hussain (Lab)		Jordan Bowden (Lab)
2024		Lisa Martin* (Lab)		Zara Hussain* (Lab)		Jordan Bowden* (Lab)

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

Elections since 2010

May 2024

2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lisa Martin*	4,040	55.4	−0.3
	Green	Alan Anthoney	1,946	26.7	+4.8
	Conservative	Shazar Ahad	840	11.5	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Najeeb Iqbal	340	4.7	−2.4
	SDP	Carl Richman	132	1.8	New
Majority			2,094	28.7	−5.1
Turnout			7,349	42.0	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.6

May 2023

2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jordan Bowden*	3,758	55.7	−5.0'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000007D−QINU`"'
	Green	Paul Ellis	1,475	21.9	−2.2
	Conservative	Shazar Ahad	992	14.7	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Finlay	482	7.1	−6.6
Majority			2,283	33.9	−2.8
Turnout			6,742	38.1	−1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2022

2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Zara Hussain*	4,165	60.7	+4.6
	Labour	Jordan Bowden	3,898	56.8	−1.4
	Green	Paul Ellis	1,650	24.1	+7.7
	Conservative	Elayna Cohen	1,418	20.7	−0.5
	Conservative	Spencer Weiner	1,261	18.4	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Hannah	942	13.7	+1.1
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Malcolm Christie	400	5.8	+0.9
Majority			2,515	36.7	−0.4
Turnout			6,859	39.2	−8.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2021

2021 (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lisa Martin	4,357	58.2	+14.3
	Labour	Zara Hussain	4,198	56.1	+12.2
	Conservative	Elayna Cohen	1,583	21.2	+8.5
	Conservative	Spencer Weiner	1,486	19.9	+7.2
	Green	Richard Miles Wilson	1,225	16.4	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Quinn	941	12.6	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kavi Norris	575	7.7	−0.7
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Malcolm Christie	363	4.9	+3.7
	SDP	Max Partington	106	1.4	N/A
	Freedom Alliance. No Lockdowns. No Curfews.	Darryl Bickler	98	1.3	N/A
	SDP	Paul Whetstone	30	0.4	N/A
Majority			2,774	37.1	+6.9
Turnout			7,481	47.5	+7.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2019

2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacob Goddard*	3,021	43.9	−0.4
	Independent	Tony Quinn	945	13.7	−0.5
	Conservative	Elayna Cohen	876	12.7	−4.8
	Green	Paul Ellis	807	11.7	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Hannah	575	8.4	−1.0
	Women's Equality	Hannah Barham-Brown	365	5.3	+5.3
	UKIP	Tony Roberts	212	3.0	+3.0
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Malcolm Christie	80	1.2	−2.9
Majority			2,076	30.2	−2.2
Turnout			6,900	39.7	−5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.1

May 2018

2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eleanor Tunnicliffe*	4,203	44.3	−13.4
	Labour	Angela Wenham	4,165
	Labour	Jacob Goddard	4,131
	Conservative	Elayna Cohen	1,661	17.5	−4.5
	Conservative	Farzana Arif	1,612
	Independent	Tony Quinn	1,348	14.2	N/A
	Conservative	Aftab Khan	1,318
	Green	Paul Ellis	1,007	10.6	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Hannah	888	9.4	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rory Mason	621
	Liberal Democrats	Najeeb Iqbal	598
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Malcolm Christie	390	4.1	+1.4
Majority			2,542	32.4	−3.3
Turnout			7,849	45.1	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2016

2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eleanor Tunnicliffe	4,161	57.7	+8.1
	Conservative	Michael Lowry	1,584	22.0	−6.1
	Green	Paul Ellis	461	6.4	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Najeeb Iqbal	417	5.8	+0.2
	UKIP	Steven Leslie Benjamin Bell	395	5.5	+0.7
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Malcolm Christie	196	2.7	+0.5
Majority			2,577	35.7	+14.3
Turnout			7,214	41.8
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2015

2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine MacNiven*	6,178	49.6	−0.7
	Conservative	Andy Paraskos	3,506	28.1	−5.2
	Green	Paul Ellis	1,021	8.2	+1.5
	UKIP	Warren Hendon	773	6.2	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Najeeb Iqbal	702	5.6	−1.1
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Malcolm Christie	277	2.2	−1.0
Majority			2,672	21.4	+4.4
Turnout			12,457	71.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.3

May 2014

2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ghulam Hussain*	3,229
	Conservative	Andy Paraskos	1,952
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Whelan	528
	Green	Paul Ellis	820
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Malcolm Christie	355
Majority			1,277
Turnout				40.96
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2012

2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Urry	3,556	52.4	+2.2
	Conservative	Andy Paraskos	1,965	29.0	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hurley	487	7.2	+0.4
	Green	Paul Ellis	486	7.2	+0.6
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Malcolm Scott	288	4.2	+1.1
Majority			1,591	23.5	+6.5
Turnout			6,782
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.2

May 2011

2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine MacNiven	4,307	50.3	+11.6
	Conservative	Valerie Kendall*	2,850	33.3	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Douglas	578	6.7	−14.7
	Green	Paul Ellis	559	6.5	+6.5
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Malcolm Scott	273	3.2	−0.4
Majority			1,457	17.0	+11.8
Turnout			8,567	49
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.9

May 2010

2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ghulam Hussain	4,769	38.7	+8.5
	Conservative	Paul Wadsworth*	4,134	33.6	−13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Douglas	2,647	21.5	+10.0
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Malcolm Christie	446	3.6	−0.3
	BNP	Bernadette Herbert	320	2.6	−0.6
Majority			635	5.2	−11.6
Turnout			12,316	72.3	+30.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.9

See also

• Listed buildings in Leeds (Roundhay Ward)

Notes

1. Crotty was previously a councillor for Harehills ward between 1949 and 1954 and again from 1959 until then serving Harehills and Roundhay ward from 1973 to 1980. He was awarded an OBE in 1972.
2. Challenor was previously a councillor for the Roundhay ward from 1970 and then Harehills and Roundhay ward from 1973 to 1980.
3. White was previously a councillor for Whinmoor ward from 1968 to 1972 and then Harehills and Roundhay ward from 1973 to 1980. She was awarded a CBE in 1978.
4. Crotty was created a Knight Commander of the Order of St Gregory the Great (KCSG) by the Holy See in 1982.^[7]
5. Paddy Crotty died in office in January 1995.^[9]
6. Gruen stepped down at the next election in 1995 and, after leaving the Conservatives to join Labour, was elected for Whinmoor ward in an August 1997 by-election. He currently serves as a Cross Gates and Whinmoor ward councillor.
7. Harrand had previously been a councillor for North ward from 1990 until losing his seat in 1996.
8. Castle had previously been a councillor for Weetwood ward from 1988 until losing her seat in 1996.
9. Castle stood successfully for Harewood ward at the next election in 2004.
10. Harrand stood successfully for Alwoodley ward at the next election in 2004.
11. Wadsworth lost his seat at the next election in 2010 and then won the October 2010 by-election to fill the vacancy for Guiseley and Rawdon ward following the resignation of Stuart Andrew.
12. Kendall lost her seat at the next election in 2011 and is now an Eden District Councillor.^[14]
13. The Yorkshire Evening Post reported both Eleanor Tunnicliffe and Angela Wenham resigned from their offices "over the weekend" of 20 and 21 March 2021. Tunnicliffe's term was due to expire in 2022, whereas Wenham resigned prior to the expiry of her term at the 2021 council election. In October 2019, Zara Hussain had previously been selected over Wenham by the Leeds North East Constituency Labour Party and Wenham was also unable to recontest her seat as the Labour candidate in 2021.^[21][22]

References

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2. "Councillor Zara Hussain". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
3. "Councillor Lisa Martin". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
4. Leeds Metropolitan Ward Boundaries Archived 31 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
5. "Patrick Crotty". beemeadowcroft.uk. Michael Meadowcroft & Liz Bee. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
6. "Peggy White". beemeadowcroft.uk. Michael Meadowcroft & Liz Bee. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
7. Michael Meadowcroft. "Patrick Crotty". beemeadowcroft.uk. Michael Meadowcroft & Liz Bee. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
8. "Councillor Peter Gruen". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
9. "Yorkshire Diary: Leeds Catenians celebrate centenary". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
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11. "Councillor Ann Castle". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
12. "Councillor Valerie Kendall". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
13. "Councillor Paul Wadsworth". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
14. "Councillor Valerie Kendall". democracy.eden.gov.uk. Eden District Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
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16. "Councillor Christine MacNiven". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
17. "Councillor Bill Urry". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
18. "Councillor Eleanor Tunnicliffe". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
19. "Councillor Angela Wenham". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
20. "Councillor Jacob Goddard". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
21. Beecham, Richard (22 March 2021). "Two Leeds Labour councillors resign from city council". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
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