Weetwood (ward)

Weetwood is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire. It encompasses suburban areas including Far Headingley, Ireland Wood, Tinshill, Weetwood and West Park.

Weetwood
Weetwood highlighted within Leeds
Population	15,776 (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 Central and Headingley
Councillors	Emma Flint[1] (Labour) Jools Heselwood[2] (Labour) Izaak Wilson[3] (Labour)
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Councillors since 1980

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
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)[4]		Sheila Gill (Con)		John Hamilton (Con)
1990		Ann Castle (Con)		Sheila Gill (Con)		Eileen Moxon (Lab)[5]
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)[6]		Graham Platt (Lab)		Eileen Moxon (Lab)[lower-alpha 5]
1998		Judith Blake (Lab)		Graham Platt (Lab)		Stewart Golton (LD)[7]
1999		Judith Blake (Lab)[lower-alpha 6]		Brian Jennings (LD)[8]		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)[9]		Brian Jennings (LD)		Stewart Golton (LD)[lower-alpha 7]
2006		Sue Bentley (LD)		Brian Jennings (LD)		Judith Chapman (LD)[10]
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][11]		Judith Chapman (LD)
2008		Sue Bentley (LD)		Ben Chastney (LD)[12]		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)[13]		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)[14]		Jonathan Bentley (LD)		James Gibson (Lab)[lower-alpha 10][15]
2019		Christine Knight (Lab)		Jonathan Bentley (LD)		Chris Howley (LD)[16]
2021		Emma Flint (Lab)		Jonathan Bentley (LD)		Chris Howley (LD)
2022		Emma Flint (Lab)		Izaak Wilson (Lab)		Chris Howley* (LD)
2023		Emma Flint (Lab)		Izaak Wilson (Lab)		Jools Heselwood (Lab)[lower-alpha 11]
2024		Emma Flint* (Lab)		Izaak Wilson* (Lab)		Jools Heselwood* (Lab)

  indicates seat up for re-election.   indicates councillor defection. * indicates incumbent councillor.

Elections since 2010

May 2024

2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Emma Flint*	3,337	49.6	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Howley	2,195	32.6	−5.5
	Green	Chris Foren	758	11.3	+3.0
	Conservative	Luca Perricone	371	5.5	−0.7
	SDP	Rob Walker	67	1.0	+0.3
Majority			1,142	17.0	+8.5
Turnout			6,762	43.3	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.3

May 2023

2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jools Heselwood	3,103	46.6	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Howley*	2,534	38.1	+5.0
	Green	Christopher Foren	550	8.3	−0.2
	Conservative	Angelo Basu	411	6.2	−2.2
	SDP	Rob Walker	47	0.7	−0.1
Majority			569	8.5	−7.4
Turnout			6,657	42.2	−0.4
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

May 2022

2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	0.8	N/A
Majority			1,080	15.9	−1.9
Turnout			6,807	42.6	−3.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

May 2021

2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

May 2019

2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

May 2018

2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

May 2016

2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

May 2015

2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

May 2014

2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

May 2012

2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

May 2011

2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

May 2010

2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

See also

• Listed buildings in Leeds (Weetwood Ward)

Notes

1. Hall was previously a councillor for Far Headingley ward from 1967, Weetwood from 1968 and then Cookridge and Weetwood ward from 1973.
2. Hamilton was previously a Kirkstall ward councillor from 1975 until he lost his seat in 1979.
3. Castle lost her seat in 1996 but rejoined the council in 2000 on her election for Roundhay ward.
4. Platt had previously been a Whinmoor ward councillor from 1980 and 1990.
5. Moxon lost her re-election bid at the next election in 1998 and a second attempt in 1999. She was elected for Chapel Allerton ward in 2000.
6. Blake lost her seat at the next election in 2000. She later served as a Hunslet ward councillor from 2002 till her election for Middleton Park ward at the 2004 election.
7. Golton did not run for re-election in Weetwood ward at the next election in 2006 and successfully ran for Rothwell ward instead.
8. Jennings left the Liberal Democrat group to sit as an independent before the 2007 election.
9. Following the recent election, Jennings joined the Conservatives as he felt "I can serve my ward better as part of a group rather than sitting as an independent." Now a Conservative, he lost his seat to the Liberal Democrats at the next election in 2008. Jennings would later rejoin the Liberal Democrats and stand for them again in Weetwood ward in 2018.
10. Gibson lost his seat at the next election in 2019. He was elected to council again to represent Cross Gates and Whinmoor ward in 2021.
11. Heselwood had previously represented Bramley and Stanningley ward from 2016 to 2023.^[17]

References

1. "Councillor Emma Flint". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
2. "Councillor Julie Heselwood". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
3. "Councillor Izaak Wilson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
4. "Councillor Ann Castle". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
5. "Eileen Moxon". The Guardian. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
6. "Councillor Judith Blake". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
7. "Councillor Stewart Golton". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
8. "Councillor Brian Jennings". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
9. "Councillor Sue Bentley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
10. "Councillor Judith Chapman". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
11. "Rainbow is over as Greens quit". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
12. "Councillor Ben Chastney". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
13. "Councillor Jonathan Bentley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
14. "Councillor Christine Knight". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
15. "Councillor James Gibson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
16. "Councillor Chris Howley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
17. "Candidates selected to fight in Armley, Bramley & Stanningley, Kirkstall and Pudsey wards feature returning and new faces". westleedsdispatch.com. West Leeds Dispatch. 20 October 2022.