Temple Newsam (ward)

Temple Newsam is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in east Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the outer city suburbs of Colton, Halton, Halton Moor and Whitkirk. Austhorpe is also shared with Cross Gates and Whinmoor ward, whilst the current civil parish boundaries of Austhorpe see its eastern half lie in the western tip of Garforth and Swillington ward.

Temple Newsam
Temple Newsam highlighted within Leeds
Population	16,730 (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 East Leeds South
Councillors	Debra Coupar[1] (Labour) Helen Hayden[2] (Labour) Nicole Sharpe[3] (Labour)
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The ward population at the 2011 Census was 21,543 and ward itself is named after the Temple Newsam estate.^[4]

Boundaries

The Temple Newsam ward includes the civil parish of Austhorpe (west half).

Councillors since 1973

Judith Cummins represented Temple Newsam ward (2012-2016). Member of Parliament for Bradford South since 2015.

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
Halton (1951 to 2004)
1973		Martin Dodgson (Con)[lower-alpha 1]		Bill Hyde (Con)[lower-alpha 2]		Doreen Wood (Con)[lower-alpha 3]
1975		Martin Dodgson (Con)		Bill Hyde (Con)		Doreen Wood (Con)
1976		Martin Dodgson (Con)		Bill Hyde (Con)		Doreen Wood (Con)
1978		Martin Dodgson (Con)		Bill Hyde (Con)		Doreen Wood (Con)
1979		Martin Dodgson (Con)		Bill Hyde (Con)		Doreen Wood (Con)
1980		Martin Dodgson (Con)		Bill Hyde (Con)		Doreen Wood (Con)
1982		Martin Dodgson (Con)		Bill Hyde (Con)		Doreen Wood (Con)
1983		Martin Dodgson (Con)		Bill Hyde (Con)		Doreen Wood (Con)
1984		Martin Dodgson (Con)		Bill Hyde (Con)		Doreen Wood (Con)
1986		David Schofield (Con)[lower-alpha 4][5]		Bill Hyde (Con)		Doreen Wood (Con)
1987		David Schofield (Con)		Bill Hyde (Con)		Doreen Wood (Con)
1988		Donald Townsley (Con)		Bill Hyde (Con)		Doreen Wood (Con)
1990		Donald Townsley (Con)		Bill Hyde (Con)		John Sully (Lab)[lower-alpha 5]
1991		Donald Townsley (Con)		Bill Hyde (Con)		John Sully (Lab)
1992		David Schofield (Con)		Bill Hyde (Con)		John Sully (Lab)[lower-alpha 6]
1994		David Schofield (Con)		Bill Hyde (Con)		Lee Benson (Lab)
1995		David Schofield (Con)		Doris McGee (Lab)		Lee Benson (Lab)
1996		Randolph Haggerty (Lab)		Doris McGee (Lab)		Lee Benson (Lab)
1998		Randolph Haggerty (Lab)		Doris McGee (Lab)		Lee Benson (Lab)
1999		Randolph Haggerty (Lab)		Doris McGee (Lab)		Lee Benson (Lab)
2000		Bill Hyde (Con)		Doris McGee (Lab)		Lee Benson (Lab)
2002		Bill Hyde (Con)		Doris McGee (Lab)		Lee Benson (Lab)
2003		Bill Hyde (Con)		Doris McGee (Lab)		Lee Benson (Lab)
Temple Newsam (2004 to present)
2004		Bill Hyde (Con)		David Schofield (Con)		Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)[lower-alpha 7][8]
2006		Bill Hyde (Con)		David Schofield (Con)		Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2007		Bill Hyde (Con)		Jacqueline Langdale (Lab)[9]		Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2008		Bill Hyde (Con)		Jacqueline Langdale (Lab)[lower-alpha 8]		Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2009 by-election		Bill Hyde (Con)		David Schofield (Con)		Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2010		Bill Hyde (Con)		David Schofield (Con)		Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2011		Bill Hyde (Con)		Katherine Mitchell (Lab)		Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2012		Judith Cummins (Lab)[lower-alpha 9][11]		Katherine Mitchell (Lab)		Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2014		Judith Cummins (Lab)		Katherine Mitchell (Lab)		Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2015		Judith Cummins (Lab)[lower-alpha 10]		Helen Hayden (Lab)		Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2016		Debra Coupar (Lab)[lower-alpha 11]		Helen Hayden (Lab)		Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2018		Debra Coupar (Lab)		Helen Hayden (Lab)		Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2019		Debra Coupar (Lab)		Helen Hayden (Lab)		Nicole Sharpe (Lab)
2021		Debra Coupar (Lab)		Helen Hayden (Lab)		Nicole Sharpe (Lab)
2022		Debra Coupar (Lab)		Helen Hayden (Lab)		Nicole Sharpe (Lab)
2023		Debra Coupar (Lab)		Helen Hayden (Lab)		Nicole Sharpe (Lab)
2024		Debra Coupar* (Lab)		Helen Hayden* (Lab)		Nicole Sharpe* (Lab)

  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	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Helen Hayden*	2,760	52.4	+0.6
	Conservative	Cormac Trigg	1,237	23.5	−8.9
	Reform UK	David Dresser	543	10.3	New
	Green	Nicola Dos Santos	379	7.2	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Norman	319	6.1	−1.3
	SDP	Wendy Whetstone	33	0.6	−0.6
Majority			1,523	28.9	+9.5
Turnout			5,317	31.8	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.8

May 2023

2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicole Sharpe*	2,632	51.8	+2.2
	Conservative	Cormac Trigg	1,647	32.4	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Norman	376	7.4	+2.2
	Green	Geraldine Turver	331	6.5	+1.7
	SDP	Wendy Whetstone	61	1.2	N/A
Majority			985	19.4	+9.7
Turnout			5,077	30.3	−5.0
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2022

2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Debra Coupar*	2,920	49.6	+5.1
	Conservative	Jonathan Firth	2,350	39.9	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Norman	305	5.2	−0.2
	Green	Shahab Adris	281	4.8	−0.3
Majority			570	9.7	+9.7
Turnout			5,885	35.3	−2.1
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2021

2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Hayden*	2,785	44.5	+5.8
	Conservative	Jonathan Firth	2,773	44.3	+13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Norman	338	5.4	−1.2
	Green	Shahab Saqib Adris	320	5.1	−2.3
Majority			12	0.0	−7.9
Turnout			6,256	37.4	+6.7
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2019

2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicole Sharpe	1,947	38.7	−5.3
	Conservative	Liz Hayes	1,549	30.8	−4.4
	UKIP	Ian Greenberg	702	14.0	+14.0
	Green	Shahab Saqib Adris	373	7.4	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Norman	330	6.6	−1.4
	For Britain	Billy Baldwin	126	2.5	+2.5
Majority			398	7.9	0.9
Turnout			5,068	30.7	−4.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.0

May 2018

2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Debra Coupar*	2,641	44.0	−2.6
	Labour	Helen Hayden*	2,603
	Labour	Mick Lyons*	2,482
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hayes	2,113	35.2	+10.4
	Conservative	Neale Deacon	2,062
	Conservative	Robert Hayes	1,739
	Green	Fiona Love	610	10.2	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Norman	478	8.0	+4.3
Majority			528	8.8	−13.0
Turnout			6,002	36.2	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2016

2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Debra Coupar	2,690	46.6	+3.7
	Conservative	David Schofield	1,430	24.8	−4.4
	UKIP	Phil Moore	1,259	21.8	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Cecil Norman	216	3.7	−0.3
	Green	Sarah Ann Crossland	179	3.1	−0.7
Majority			1,260	21.8	+8.1
Turnout			5,774	36.0
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2015

2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Hayden	4,493	42.9	−11.5
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hayes	3,059	29.2	−9.6
	UKIP	Bruce Naylor	2,097	20.0	+20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Norman	420	4.0	−2.8
	Green	Nathan Allen	401	3.8	+3.8
Majority			1,434	13.7	−1.8
Turnout			10,470	63.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.0

May 2014

2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mick Lyons*	2,294
	UKIP	Bruce Naylor	1,599
	Conservative	David Schofield	1,377
	Green	Nathan Allen	335
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Norman	148
Majority			695
Turnout				35.38
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2012

2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Cummins	3,137	53.6	−0.8
	Conservative	Bill Hyde*	1,505	25.7	−13.1
	Independent	David Rudge	654	11.2	+11.2
	English Democrat	Jordan Fawcett	370	6.3	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Dowling	192	3.3	−3.5
Majority			1,632	27.9	+12.4
Turnout			5,858
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.1

May 2011

2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katherine Mitchell	3,707	54.4	+16.8
	Conservative	David Schofield*	2,648	38.8	+11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Dowling	464	6.8	−7.3
Majority			1,059	15.5	+5.7
Turnout			6,819	42
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.9

May 2010

2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mick Lyons*	4,098	37.6	+8.0
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hayes	3,032	27.8	−6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Dowling	1,538	14.1	+6.7
	Independent	David Gale	1,072	9.8	+2.9
	BNP	Ian Gibson	1,041	9.5	−12.6
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Gareth Christie	126	1.2	+1.2
Majority			1,066	9.8	+5.5
Turnout			10,907	67.9	+23.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.0

See also

• Listed buildings in Leeds (Temple Newsam Ward)

Notes

1. Dodgson had served as a Halton councillor since 1968.
2. Hyde had served as a Halton councillor since 1973.
3. Wood had represented Osmondthorpe ward between 1968 and 1973.
4. Schofield previously represented Garforth and Swillington ward between 1982 and 1986.
5. Sully represented Burley ward between 1971 and 1973.
6. Sully stood unsuccessfully for North ward in 1994. He was later elected to represent the ward between 1995 and 1999.
7. Lyons, previously a councillor for Richmond Hill ward from 1980, was awarded an OBE in the 2003 Birthday Honours.^[6][7]
8. Langdale resigned from the council for personal reasons in February 2009, triggering an April 2009 by-election. It was subsequently won by the Conservatives. In October 2008, the Daily Express had reported Langdale had been involved in an extramarital affair with the 2008 Labour candidate for Temple Newsam, Jeff Coupar. Coupar was also married to Middleton Park and later Temple Newsam ward councillor, Debra Coupar.^[10]
9. Cummins was previously a Bradford City Councillor for Royds ward from 2004 to 2007.
10. Cummins was elected as Member of Parliament for Bradford South on the same day as the 2015 council election. She stood down from the council at the 2016 council election.
11. Cross Gates and Whinmoor ward councillor Coupar replaced Judith Cummins. She had previously represented Morley South ward from 2003 to 2004, Middleton Park ward between 2006 and 2010 and Cross Gates and Whinmoor since 2013.

References

1. "Councillor Debra Coupar". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
2. "Councillor Helen Hayden". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
3. "Councillor Nicole Sharpe". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
4. "City of Leeds ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
5. "Councillor David Schofield". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
6. "OBEs L-Z". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 13 June 2003. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
7. "The Queen and I – by Councillor Mick". Yorkshire Evening Post. 1 November 2003. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
8. "Councillor Michael Lyons OBE". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
9. "Councillor Jacqueline Langdale". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
10. "Facing the sack, JP caught cavorting with a councillor". Daily Express. 29 October 2008.
11. "Councillor Judith Cummins". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.