Armley (ward)

Armley
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;
Councillors	James McKenna (Labour); Andy Parnham (Labour); Alice Smart (Labour);
	List of places UK England Yorkshire

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

Councillors since 1980

Election
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)^[3]
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]^[4]	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)^[5]
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]

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 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

Notes

^ Meadowcroft had previously been a ward councillor for Castleton ward from 1968 and then Armley and Castleton ward since 1973.
^ Nelson had been an Armley and Castleton ward councillor since 1973.
^ 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.
^ Melville left the Liberal Party to sit as an independent councillor.
^ Harper had previously been a Pudsey North ward councillor from 1994 until losing her seat in 1998.
^ 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.^[6]
^ Parnham previously represented Farnley and Wortley for the Green Party from September 2018 to 2010.^[7]

References

^ "Councillor James McKenna". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
^ "Councillor Alice Smart". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
^ "Councillor Alison Lowe". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
^ "Councillor Janet Harper". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^ "Councillor Lou Cunningham". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^ Baron, John (17 December 2022). "Armley councillor Lou Cunningham leaves Labour for Green Party". westleedsdispatch.com. West Leeds Dispatch.
^ "Councillor Andy Parnham". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.

[3] Meadowcroft had previously been a ward councillor for Castleton ward from 1968 and then Armley and Castleton ward since 1973.

[4] Nelson had been an Armley and Castleton ward councillor since 1973.

[5] 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.

[6] Melville left the Liberal Party to sit as an independent councillor.

[8] Harper had previously been a Pudsey North ward councillor from 1994 until losing her seat in 1998.

[12] 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.^[6]

[14] Parnham previously represented Farnley and Wortley for the Green Party from September 2018 to 2010.^[7]

[1] "Councillor James McKenna". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

[2] "Councillor Alice Smart". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

[7] "Councillor Alison Lowe". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

[9] "Councillor Janet Harper". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

[10] "Councillor Lou Cunningham". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[11] Baron, John (17 December 2022). "Armley councillor Lou Cunningham leaves Labour for Green Party". westleedsdispatch.com. West Leeds Dispatch.

[13] "Councillor Andy Parnham". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2018.