Cross Gates and Whinmooris an electoral ward ofLeeds City Councilin eastLeeds,West Yorkshire,covering the outer city suburb areas ofCross Gates,Manston,SwarcliffeandWhinmoor.Austhorpeis also shared withTemple Newsamward to the south.
| Cross Gates and Whinmoor | |
|---|---|
 Cross Gates and Whinmoor highlighted within Leeds | |
| Population | 18,287 (2023 electorate) |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| UK Parliament | |
| Councillors | |
Councillors
edit| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Suzi Armitage (Lab)[a][4] | Pauleen Grahame (Lab)[b] | Peter Gruen (Lab)[c][5] | |||
| 2006 | Suzi Armitage (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2007 | Suzi Armitage (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2008 | Suzi Armitage (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2010 | Suzi Armitage (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2011 | Suzi Armitage (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2012 | Suzi Armitage (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2013 by-election | Debra Coupar (Lab)[d][8] | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2014 | Debra Coupar (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2015 | Debra Coupar (Lab)[e] | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2016 | Janette Walker (Lab)[f][9] | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| February 2017 | Janette Walker (ELI)[g] | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2018 | Jessica Lennox (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2019 | Jessica Lennox (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | Peter Gruen (Lab) | |||
| 2021 | Jessica Lennox (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | James Gibson (Lab)[h] | |||
| 2022 | Jessica Lennox (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | James Gibson (Lab) | |||
| 2023 | Jessica Lennox (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame (Lab) | James Gibson (Lab) | |||
| 2024 | Jessica Lennox* (Lab) | Pauleen Grahame* (Lab) | James Gibson* (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
editMay 2024
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Gibson* | 2,865 | 53.2 | −0.4 | |
| Conservative | Max Holley | 1,164 | 21.6 | −7.9 | |
| Reform UK | Graham Sunley | 461 | 8.6 | New | |
| Yorkshire | Howard Dews | 314 | 5.8 | New | |
| Green | Martin Hemingway | 296 | 5.5 | −0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Noah Allerton | 288 | 5.3 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 1,701 | 31.6 | +2.8 | ||
| Turnout | 5,418 | 30.0 | +1.2 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | +3.8 | |||
May 2023
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jess Lennox* | 2,823 | 53.6 | +2.4 | |
| Conservative | John Kennedy | 1,557 | 29.5 | −4.4 | |
| Independent | Mark Nicholson | 339 | 6.4 | N/A | |
| Green | Martin Hemingway | 302 | 5.7 | −1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia Cooper | 233 | 4.4 | −3.0 | |
| Majority | 1,266 | 24.0 | +6.7 | ||
| Turnout | 5,271 | 28.8 | −2.0 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
May 2022
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Pauleen Grahame* | 2,915 | 51.2 | +7.9 | |
| Conservative | John Kennedy | 1,929 | 33.9 | −7.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Wood | 421 | 7.4 | +5.2 | |
| Green | Martin Hemingway | 401 | 7.0 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 986 | 17.3 | +15.2 | ||
| Turnout | 5,688 | 30.8 | −4.4 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
May 2021
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Gibson | 2,826 | 43.3 | −0.5 | |
| Conservative | Philip Moore | 2,687 | 41.2 | +20.4 | |
| Green | Keith Hale | 378 | 5.8 | −2.4 | |
| Independent | Mark Nicholson | 286 | 4.4 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Harvey Alexander | 157 | 2.4 | −17.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Aqila Choudhry | 145 | 2.2 | −3.8 | |
| SDP | Jack Newcombe | 21 | 0.0 | −1.2 | |
| Majority | 139 | 2.1 | −20.9 | ||
| Turnout | 6,530 | 35.2 | +8.8 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
May 2019
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jessica Lennox* | 2,095 | 43.8 | +7.4 | |
| Conservative | Paula Hayes | 995 | 20.8 | +1.6 | |
| UKIP | Harvey Alexander | 960 | 20.1 | +12.9 | |
| Green | Ben Goldthorp | 391 | 8.2 | +1.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roderic Parker | 286 | 6.0 | +1.6 | |
| SDP | David Creasser | 58 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 1,100 | 23.0 | +6.3 | ||
| Turnout | 4,823 | 26.4 | −5.4 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | +2.9 | |||
May 2018
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Pauline Grahame* | 2,815 | 36.4 | −12.2 | |
| Labour | Peter Gruen* | 2,501 | |||
| Labour | Jessica Lennox | 2,175 | |||
| East Leeds Independents | Janette Walker* | 1,525 | 19.7 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Dorothy Schofield | 1,485 | 19.2 | +1.6 | |
| Conservative | Paula Hayes | 1,340 | |||
| Conservative | Andrew Martin | 1,142 | |||
| Green | Elizabeth Fellows | 557 | |||
| UKIP | Harvey Alexander | 519 | 7.2 | −18.0 | |
| UKIP | Peter Morgan | 414 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Shakespeare | 340 | 4.4 | +0 | |
| Democrats and Veterans | Mark Maniatt | 261 | 3.4 | N/A | |
| For Britain | Stuart Nicholson | 238 | 3.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,290 | 16.7 | −6.7 | ||
| Turnout | 18,247 | 31.8 | −0.6 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
May 2016
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Janette Walker | 2,789 | 48.6 | +2.8 | |
| UKIP | Mark Maniatt | 1,446 | 25.2 | +3.6 | |
| Conservative | Matthew Gale | 1,088 | 18.8 | −5.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kate Langwick | 245 | 4.3 | +0.6 | |
| Green | Florence Scott | 165 | 3.1 | −1.4 | |
| Majority | 1,343 | 23.4 | +2.0 | ||
| Turnout | 5,733 | 32.4 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
May 2015
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Pauleen Grahame* | 5,012 | 45.8 | −11.1 | |
| Conservative | David Schofield | 2,669 | 24.4 | +1.5 | |
| UKIP | Darren Oddy | 2,363 | 21.6 | +13.7 | |
| Green | Ben Goldthorpe | 489 | 4.5 | +0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kate Langwick | 400 | 3.7 | −0.5 | |
| Majority | 2,343 | 21.4 | −12.6 | ||
| Turnout | 10,933 | 61.5 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | -6.3 | |||
May 2014
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Peter Gruen* | 2,555 | 44.6 | ||
| UKIP | Darren Oddy | 1,808 | 31.6 | ||
| Conservative | Elizabeth Hayes | 907 | 15.8 | ||
| Green | Ben Goldthorp | 319 | 5.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Morris | 136 | 2.4 | ||
| Majority | 747 | ||||
| Turnout | 5725 | 33.11 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
May 2013 by-election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Debra Coupar | 2,481 | 49.4 | −20.4 | |
| UKIP | Darren Oddy | 1,582 | 31.5 | +19.5 | |
| Conservative | William Flynn | 587 | 11.7 | +5.4 | |
| Green | Martin Hemingway | 229 | 4.6 | −0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Norman | 145 | 2.9 | −0.9 | |
| Majority | 899 | 17.9 | −39.9 | ||
| Turnout | 5,024 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
May 2012
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Suzi Armitage* | 3,597 | 69.8 | +12.9 | |
| UKIP | Darren Oddy | 619 | 12.0 | +4.1 | |
| Conservative | Dorothy Flynn | 323 | 6.3 | −16.7 | |
| Green | Ben Goldthorp | 243 | 4.7 | +0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Norman | 195 | 3.8 | −0.4 | |
| English Democrat | John Ashton | 176 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
| Majority | 2,978 | 57.8 | +23.8 | ||
| Turnout | 5,153 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
May 2011
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Pauleen Grahame* | 3,653 | 56.9 | +10.9 | |
| Conservative | Patrick Hennigan | 1,472 | 22.9 | −4.7 | |
| UKIP | Darren Oddy | 510 | 7.9 | +7.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Norman | 271 | 4.2 | −13.7 | |
| Independent | David Hudson | 257 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
| Green | Ben Goldthorp | 253 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
| Majority | 2,181 | 34.0 | +15.6 | ||
| Turnout | 6,416 | 37 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +7.8 | |||
May 2010
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Peter Gruen* | 4,921 | 46.1 | +9.2 | |
| Conservative | Caroline Anderson | 2,955 | 27.7 | −7.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Norman | 1,915 | 17.9 | +9.0 | |
| BNP | Michael Mee | 895 | 8.4 | −6.8 | |
| Majority | 1,966 | 18.4 | +16.3 | ||
| Turnout | 10,686 | 62.1 | +24.1 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | +8.1 | |||
See also
editNotes
edit- ^Armitage had been a councillor forWhinmoorward since1988.
- ^Grahame had been a councillor forWhinmoorward since2002.
- ^Gruen had been aConservativecouncillor forRoundhayward from1983to1995and, after switching parties, became aLabourcouncillor forWhinmoorward after a1997 by-electionto replace Elaine Pickard.
- ^The by-election was called following the death of Suzi Armitage in February 2013. Coupar, a former councillor forMiddleton ParkandMorley Southwards, replaced Armitage as theLabourcandidate.[6][7]
- ^For the next election in2016,Coupar did not seek re-selection as theLabourcandidate for the ward, standing successfully as their candidate forTemple Newsamward.
- ^Walker had been a councillor forHeadingleyward since2012.
- ^Walker resigned the Labour whip to run under a new East Leeds Independents banner at the upcoming2018 election.TheYorkshire Evening Postquoted Walker saying, "there is a toxic atmosphere of mistrust, bullying, cronyism, whispers and unfairness endemic within the controlling elite of the Leeds Labour Group" and it had forced her decision. At the time, she was subject to an internal group disciplinary investigation "over inappropriate social media postings" and her claims were dismissed by the group as “completely fanciful”. Walker stated "she was facing “sanctions” for publicly criticising fellow councillors who had failed to pay their council tax”.[10]
- ^Gibson was previously a councillor forWeetwoodward from2018to2019.[11]
References
edit- ^"Councillor James Gibson".democracy.leeds.gov.uk.Leeds City Council.Retrieved13 May2021.
- ^"Councillor Pauleen Grahame".democracy.leeds.gov.uk.Leeds City Council.Retrieved30 November2018.
- ^"Councillor Jessica Lennox".democracy.leeds.gov.uk.Leeds City Council.Retrieved30 November2018.
- ^"Councillor Suzi Armitage".democracy.leeds.gov.uk.Leeds City Council.Retrieved30 November2018.
- ^"Councillor Peter Gruen".democracy.leeds.gov.uk.Leeds City Council.Retrieved30 November2018.
- ^"Labour hold Leeds council seat in by-election".BBC.3 May 2013.Retrieved13 September2015.
- ^"Results of Leeds City Council by-election for Cross Gates & Whinmoor".Leeds City Council.Archived fromthe originalon 1 December 2018.Retrieved30 November2018.
- ^"Councillor Debra Coupar".democracy.leeds.gov.uk.Leeds City Council.Retrieved24 December2018.
- ^"Councillor Janette Walker".democracy.leeds.gov.uk.Leeds City Council.Retrieved30 November2018.
- ^Staff writer (22 February 2017)."Leeds council in turmoil? Third councillor walks out on ruling Labour group claiming" bullying and a toxic atmosphere "".Yorkshire Evening Post.
- ^"Councillor James Gibson".democracy.leeds.gov.uk.Leeds City Council.Retrieved31 December2018.
- ^"Labour hold Leeds council seat in by-election".BBC.3 May 2013.Retrieved13 September2015.
- ^"Results of Leeds City Council by-election for Cross Gates & Whinmoor".Leeds City Council.Archived fromthe originalon 1 December 2018.Retrieved30 November2018.