Calverley and Farsley (ward)

Calverley and Farsley
Calverley and Farsley
	Calverley and Farsley highlighted within Leeds
Population	18,466 (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 West and Pudsey;
Councillors	Peter Carlill (Labour); Craig Timmins (Labour); Andrew Carter CBE (Conservative);
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Calverley and Farsley is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in west Leeds, West Yorkshire, including the village of Calverley and town of Farsley.

Councillors

Election
Pudsey North (1973 to 2004)
1973	Andrew Carter (Con)	J. Finnigan (Lib)	C. Thompson (Con)
1975	Andrew Carter (Con)	J. Finnigan (Lib)	C. Thompson (Con)
1976	Andrew Carter (Con)	James Bashall (Con)	C. Thompson (Con)
1978	Andrew Carter (Con)	James Bashall (Con)	C. Thompson (Con)
1979	Andrew Carter (Con)	James Bashall (Con)	Iris Favell (Con)
1980	Andrew Carter (Con)	James Bashall (Con)	Iris Favell (Con)
1982	Andrew Carter (Con)	James Bashall (Con)	Iris Favell (Con)
1983	Andrew Carter (Con)	James Bashall (Con)	Iris Favell (Con)
1984	Andrew Carter (Con)	James Bashall (Con)	Iris Favell (Con)
1986	Andrew Carter (Con)	James Bashall (Con)	Iris Favell (Con)
1987	Andrew Carter (Con)	James Bashall (Con)	Iris Favell (Con)
1988	Andrew Carter (Con)	James Bashall (Con)	Iris Favell (Con)
1990	Andrew Carter (Con)	Angus Ross (Lab)	Iris Favell (Con)
1991	Andrew Carter (Con)	Angus Ross (Lab)	Iris Favell (Con)
1992	Andrew Carter (Con)	Angus Ross (Lab)^[a]	Iris Favell (Con)
1994	Andrew Carter (Con)	Janet Harper (Lab)^[4]	Iris Favell (Con)
1995	Andrew Carter (Con)	Janet Harper (Lab)	Thomas Spamer (Lab)
1996	Andrew Carter (Con)	Janet Harper (Lab)^[b]	Thomas Spamer (Lab)
1998	Andrew Carter (Con)	Frank Robinson (Con)^[5]	Thomas Spamer (Lab)
1999	Andrew Carter (Con)	Frank Robinson (Con)	Amanda Carter (Con)
2000	Andrew Carter (Con)	Frank Robinson (Con)	Amanda Carter (Con)
2002	Andrew Carter (Con)	Frank Robinson (Con)	Amanda Carter (Con)
2003	Andrew Carter (Con)	Frank Robinson (Con)	Amanda Carter (Con)
Calverley and Farsley (2004 to present)
2004	Andrew Carter (Con)	Frank Robinson (Con)	Amanda Carter (Con)
2006	Andrew Carter (Con)	Frank Robinson (Con)	Amanda Carter (Con)
2007	Andrew Carter (Con)	Frank Robinson (Con)	Amanda Carter (Con)
2008	Andrew Carter (Con)	Frank Robinson (Con)	Joe Marjoram (Con)^[6]
2010	Andrew Carter (Con)	Rod Wood (Con)^[7]	Joe Marjoram (Con)
2011	Andrew Carter (Con)	Rod Wood (Con)	Joe Marjoram (Con)
2012	Andrew Carter (Con)	Rod Wood (Con)	Joe Marjoram (Con)
July 2013	Andrew Carter (Con)	Rod Wood (Con)	Joe Marjoram (Ind)^[c]
2014	Andrew Carter (Con)	Rod Wood (Con)	Joe Marjoram (Ind)
2015	Andrew Carter CBE (Con)^[9]	Rod Wood (Con)	Amanda Carter (Con)
2016	Andrew Carter CBE (Con)	Rod Wood (Con)	Amanda Carter (Con)
2018	Andrew Carter CBE (Con)	Peter Carlill (Lab)	Amanda Carter (Con)
2019	Andrew Carter CBE (Con)	Peter Carlill (Lab)	Amanda Carter (Con)
2021	Andrew Carter CBE (Con)	Peter Carlill (Lab)	Amanda Carter (Con)
2022	Andrew Carter CBE (Con)	Peter Carlill (Lab)	Amanda Carter (Con)
2023	Andrew Carter CBE (Con)	Peter Carlill (Lab)	Amanda Carter (Con)
2024	Andrew Carter CBE* (Con)	Peter Carlill* (Lab)	Craig Timmins* (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

May 2024

2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Craig Timmins	3,514	46.3	−8.3
	Conservative	Amanda Carter*	3,182	41.9	+6.6
	Green	Ellen Graham	663	8.7	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart McLeod	234	3.1	+0.2
Majority			332	4.4	−14.9
Turnout			7,642	41.9	+3.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	-7.5

May 2023

2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Peter Carlill*	3,926	54.6	+11.8
	Conservative	Jas Singh	2,536	35.3	−11.4
	Green	Ellen Graham	251	3.5	−0.7
	Yorkshire	Robert Lees	250	3.5	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart McLeod	205	2.9	−0.1
Majority			1,390	19.3	+15.4
Turnout			7,186	38.9	−2.4
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2022

2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Carter*	3,539	46.7	−6.9
	Labour	Craig Timmins	3,243	42.8	+8.8
	Green	Ellen Graham	318	4.2	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Dowling	228	3.0	−0.7
	Yorkshire	Robert Lees	225	3.0	N/A
	SDP	Justin Thomas	14	0.0	N/A
Majority			296	3.9	−15.7
Turnout			7,584	41.3	−3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2021

2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amanda Carter*	4,424	53.6	+10.5
	Labour	Naheem Alam	2,808	34.0	−9.5
	Green	Ellen Graham	664	8.0	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Dowling	312	3.7	+0.1
Majority			1,616	19.6	+19.2
Turnout			8,254	44.4	+7.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2019

2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Carlill*	2,891	43.5	+5.8
	Conservative	Jas Singh	2,864	43.1	−5.5
	Green	Ellen Graham	643	9.7	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Arbuckle	242	3.6	−1.1
Majority			27	0.4	−10.5
Turnout			6,695	36.9	−3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.7

May 2018

2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Carter*	3,972	48.6	−4.3
	Conservative	Amanda Carter*	3,716
	Labour	Peter Carlill	3,086	37.7	+5.0
	Conservative	Roderic Wood*	3,039
	Labour	Nicole Sharpe	2,597
	Labour	Naheem Alam	2,483
	Green	Ellen Graham	733	9.0	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Arbuckle	387	4.7	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Jacques	220
	Liberal Democrats	Benedict Chastney	190
Majority			886	10.9	−9.3
Turnout			18,194	40.6	+1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

May 2016

2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Carter*	3,674	52.9	+5.9
	Labour	Peter Carlill	2,269	32.7	+3.7
	UKIP	Malcolm Steele	596	8.6	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Arbuckle	249	3.6	+0.2
	Green	Clive Lord	161	2.3	+2.1
Majority			1,405	20.2	+9.6
Turnout			6,949	39.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2015

2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amanda Carter*	6,005	47.0	−1.1
	Labour	John James Bracken	4,651	36.4	−6.2
	UKIP	Joe Murgatroyd	1,119	8.8	+8.8
	Green	Clive Lord	560	4.4	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Arbuckle	431	3.4	−5.8
Majority			1,354	10.6	+5.1
Turnout			12,766	71.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.6

May 2014

2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roderic Wood*	2,670	38.2
	Labour	John Bracken	2,476	35.4
	UKIP	Joseph Murgatroyd	1,242	17.8
	Green	Clive Lord	349	5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Arbuckle	256	3.7
Majority			194
Turnout			6,993	39.75
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2012

2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Carter*	3,436	52.7	+4.5
	Labour	Rachel Seabright	2,142	32.8	−9.8
	UKIP	Alistair McDowall	433	6.6	+6.6
	Green	Clive Lord	297	4.6	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Arbuckle	218	3.3	−5.9
Majority			1,294	19.8	+14.3
Turnout			6,526
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.1

May 2011

2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Marjoram*	3,568	48.1	+8.4
	Labour	Carol Hughes	3,158	42.6	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jude Arbuckle	685	9.2	−10.0
Majority			410	5.5	+0.3
Turnout			7,411	42
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.2

May 2010

2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roderic Wood	4,964	39.8	−20.4
	Labour	Andrew Jarosz	4,318	34.6	+16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Arbuckle	2,403	19.3	+7.5
	BNP	Robert Leary	790	6.3	−3.0
Majority			646	5.2	−36.4
Turnout			12,475	71.2	+34.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-18.2

Notes

^ Ross stood down at the 1994 election. He later served as a councillor for Bramley ward from 1994 to 1998.
^ Harper lost her seat in 1998 and was later elected as an Armley ward councillor from 1999 to 2014.
^ Marjoram resigned from the Conservative council group to sit as an independent. He had previously publicly criticised David Cameron and other prominent Conservative politicians on social media.^[8]

References

^ "Councillor Peter Carlill". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
^ "Councillor Craig Timmins". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
^ "Councillor Andrew Carter CBE". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
^ "Councillor Janet Harper". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^ "Councillor Frank Robinson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
^ "Councillor Joseph Marjoram". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
^ "Councillor Rod Wood". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
^ "Calverley & Farsley Councillor Joe Marjoram has quit the Conservative Group of Leeds City Council". facebook.com. Farsley Community What's On. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
^ "Queen's birthday honours list 2014: GCB, DBE and CBE". The Guardian. 13 June 2014.

[4] Ross stood down at the 1994 election. He later served as a councillor for Bramley ward from 1994 to 1998.

[6] Harper lost her seat in 1998 and was later elected as an Armley ward councillor from 1999 to 2014.

[11] Marjoram resigned from the Conservative council group to sit as an independent. He had previously publicly criticised David Cameron and other prominent Conservative politicians on social media.^[8]

[1] "Councillor Peter Carlill". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

[2] "Councillor Craig Timmins". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

[3] "Councillor Andrew Carter CBE". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

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

[7] "Councillor Frank Robinson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

[8] "Councillor Joseph Marjoram". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

[9] "Councillor Rod Wood". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

[10] "Calverley & Farsley Councillor Joe Marjoram has quit the Conservative Group of Leeds City Council". facebook.com. Farsley Community What's On. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

[12] "Queen's birthday honours list 2014: GCB, DBE and CBE". The Guardian. 13 June 2014.

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