indicates seat up for re-election. indicates seat up for election following resignation or death of sitting councillor. indicates councillor defection. * indicates incumbent councillor.
^'MBI' is an acronym for the Morley Borough Independents.
^McArdle resigned from the Morley Borough Independents to sit as an independent, citing being "cheesed off... [with an] utter lack of communication" but there was no animosity between him and his former party colleagues.[9]
^"Councillor Robert Finnigan". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
^"Councillor Thomas Leadley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
^"Councillor Stewart McArdle". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
^"MBI councillor in resignation shock". morleyobserver.co.uk. Morley Observer. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
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Morley North is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in south west Leeds West Yorkshire covering Churwell to the north of Morley town and villages of Drighlington and Gildersome Morley NorthMorley North highlighted within LeedsPopulation18 282 2023 electorate Metropolitan boroughCity of LeedsMetropolitan countyWest YorkshireRegionYorkshire and the HumberCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomUK ParliamentMorley and OutwoodCouncillorsRobert Finnigan 1 Morley Borough Independents Andrew Hutchison 2 Morley Borough Independents Bob Gettings 3 Morley Borough Independents List of places UK England Yorkshire Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Councillors 3 Elections since 2010 3 1 May 2023 3 2 May 2022 3 3 May 2021 3 4 May 2019 3 5 May 2018 3 6 May 2016 3 7 May 2015 3 8 May 2014 3 9 May 2012 3 10 May 2011 3 11 May 2010 4 Notes 5 ReferencesBoundaries EditThe Morley North ward includes the civil parishes of Drighlington Gildersome Morley north western section including Churwell part of Morley Town Council Councillors EditElection Councillor Councillor Councillor1973 B B Barker Con R J W Binks Con R Verity Con 1975 B B Barker Con R J W Binks Con R Verity Con 1976 B B Barker Con B Senior Con R Verity Con 1978 B B Barker Con B Senior Con R Verity Con 1979 B B Barker Con B Senior Con Philip Jones Lab 1980 Roger Cordingley Lab B L Cook Lab Philip Jones Lab 1982 Roger Cordingley Lab R Verity Con Philip Jones Lab 1983 Graham Marshall Con R Verity Con Philip Jones Lab 1984 Graham Marshall Con R Verity Con Philip Jones Lab 1986 Graham Marshall Con Philippa Fitzpatrick Lab Philip Jones Lab 1987 R J W Binks Con Philippa Fitzpatrick Lab Philip Jones Lab 1988 R J W Binks Con Philippa Fitzpatrick Lab Philip Jones Lab 1989 by election R J W Binks Con Frances Jones Lab Philip Jones Lab 1990 R J W Binks Con Frances Jones Lab Philip Jones Lab 1991 Gordon Morrison Lab Frances Jones Lab Philip Jones Lab 1992 Gordon Morrison Lab Frances Jones Lab Alan Barraclough Con 1994 Gordon Morrison Lab Frances Jones Lab Alan Barraclough Con 1995 Philip Jones Lab Frances Jones Lab Alan Barraclough Con 1996 Philip Jones Lab Frances Jones Lab Michael Dawson Lab 1998 Philip Jones Lab Frances Jones Lab Michael Dawson Lab 1999 Philip Jones Lab Frances Jones Lab Michael Dawson Lab 2000 Philip Jones Lab Frances Jones Lab Michael Dawson Lab a 2001 by election 5 Philip Jones Lab Frances Jones Lab Jayne Hill Lab 2002 Philip Jones Lab Robert Finnigan Ind b 6 Jayne Hill Lab 2003 Thomas Leadley Ind 7 Robert Finnigan Ind Jayne Hill Lab 2004 Thomas Leadley MBI c Robert Finnigan MBI Stewart McArdle MBI 8 May 2005 Thomas Leadley MBI Robert Finnigan MBI Stewart McArdle Ind d 2006 Thomas Leadley MBI Robert Finnigan MBI Stewart McArdle Ind 2007 Thomas Leadley MBI Robert Finnigan MBI Bob Gettings MBI 2008 Thomas Leadley MBI Robert Finnigan MBI Bob Gettings MBI 2010 Thomas Leadley MBI Robert Finnigan MBI Bob Gettings MBI 2011 Thomas Leadley MBI Robert Finnigan MBI Bob Gettings MBI 2012 Thomas Leadley MBI Robert Finnigan MBI Bob Gettings MBI 2014 Thomas Leadley MBI Robert Finnigan MBI Bob Gettings MBI 2015 Thomas Leadley MBI Robert Finnigan MBI Bob Gettings MBI 2016 Thomas Leadley MBI Robert Finnigan MBI e Bob Gettings MBI 2018 Thomas Leadley MBI Andrew Hutchison MBI Bob Gettings MBI 2019 Robert Finnigan MBI Andrew Hutchison MBI Bob Gettings MBI 2021 Robert Finnigan MBI Andrew Hutchison MBI Bob Gettings MBI 2022 Robert Finnigan MBI Andrew Hutchison MBI Bob Gettings MBI 2023 Robert Finnigan MBI Andrew Hutchison MBI Bob Gettings MBI 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 EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Morley North ward news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message May 2023 Edit 2023 Party Candidate Votes Morley Borough Independents Robert Finnigan 2 448 43 6 6 8Labour Co op Patrick Davey 1 400 24 9 2 6Conservative Dom Eatwell 848 15 1 2 0Liberal Democrats James Trueman 323 5 7 4 1Green Rebecca Kellett 313 5 6 2 6Reform UK Jonathan Thackray 252 4 5 N ASDP Richard Cowles 25 0 4 N AMajority 1 048 18 6 9 4Turnout 5 620 30 7 3 0Morley Borough Independents hold SwingMay 2022 Edit 2022 Party Candidate Votes Morley Borough Independents Bob Gettings 3 101 50 4 8 4Labour Patrick Davey 1 373 22 3 0 6Conservative Lidia Smith 1 052 17 1 10 7Green Aisling Dolan 506 8 2 2 6Liberal Democrats James Spencer 98 1 6 0 3Majority 1 728 28 0 13 8Turnout 6 153 33 7 4 3Morley Borough Independents hold SwingMay 2021 Edit 2021 Party Candidate Votes Morley Borough Independent Andy Hutchinson 2 922 42 0 18 0Conservative Alan Shires 1 930 27 8 13 3Labour Co op Luke Mitchell 1 506 21 7 5 4Green Eunice Agbemafle 389 5 6 1 1Liberal Democrats Penelope Goodman 134 1 9 0 6SDP Nigel Perry 33 0 0 N AMajority 992 14 2 29 5Turnout 6 953 38 0 7 7Morley Borough Independent hold SwingMay 2019 Edit 2019 Party Candidate Votes Morley Borough Independent Robert Finnigan 3 238 60 0 7 4Labour Co op Johnathan Leng 881 16 3 9 4Conservative Cameron Stephenson 782 14 5 2 9Green Fiona Love 362 6 7 6 7Liberal Democrats James Michael Spencer 137 2 5 1 8Majority 2 357 43 7 1 6Turnout 5 445 30 3 3 2Morley Borough Independent hold Swing 8 4May 2018 Edit 2018 Party Candidate Votes Morley Borough Independent Bob Gettings 3 480 52 6 2 0Morley Borough Independent Andy Hutchison 2 945Morley Borough Independent Thomas Leadley 2 767Labour Co op Pete Compton 1 701 25 7 3 9Labour Co op Steve Clapcote 1 345Labour Co op Johnathan Leng 1 269Conservative Jason Aldiss 1 149 17 4 3 1Conservative Christopher Dilworth 1 146Conservative Louisa Singh 695Liberal Democrats Philip Mellor 284 4 3 2 4Majority 2 529 42 1 13 3Turnout 6 009 33 5 0 7Morley Borough Independent hold SwingMorley Borough Independent hold SwingMorley Borough Independent hold SwingMay 2016 Edit 2016 Party Candidate Votes Morley Borough Independent Robert Finnigan 2 891 50 6 13 3Labour Andrew Timothy Scopes 1 245 21 8 0 1Conservative Jason Karl Aldiss 816 14 3 7 5UKIP Peter Morgan 537 9 4 3 6Green Mickayla Ireland 122 2 1 1 0Liberal Democrats Peter Richard Andrews 108 1 9 0 4Majority 1 646 28 8 13 4Turnout 5 719 32 8Morley Borough Independent hold SwingMay 2015 Edit 2015 Party Candidate Votes Morley Borough Independent Bob Gettings 4 271 37 3 15 6Labour Mark Sewards 2 505 21 9 1 3Conservative Sophie Tempest 2 496 21 8 9 1UKIP Samuel Stead 1 487 13 0 13 0Green Deborah Fenney 354 3 1 3 1Liberal Democrats Peter Andrews 263 2 3 0 6TUSC Karen Cussons 78 0 7 0 7Majority 1 766 15 4 14 3Turnout 11 454 64 9Morley Borough Independent hold Swing 7 2May 2014 Edit 2014 Party Candidate Votes Morley Borough Independent Thomas Leadley 2 759Labour Charlotte Hill 1 181UKIP Luke Senior 1 150Conservative Sophie Tempest 675Green Deborah Fenney 180Liberal Democrats John MacArthur 74Majority 1 578Turnout 6 019 34 56Morley Borough Independent hold SwingMay 2012 Edit 2012 Party Candidate Votes Morley Borough Independent Robert Finnigan 3 517 61 3 8 5Labour Margaret Foster 1 240 21 6 1 6Conservative David Schofield 519 9 1 3 6English Democrat Tom Redmond 458 8 0 0 3Majority 2 277 39 7 10 0Turnout 5 734Morley Borough Independent hold Swing 5 0May 2011 Edit 2011 Party Candidate Votes Morley Borough Independent Bob Gettings 3 642 52 9 19 5Labour Kathryn Rose 1 599 23 2 0 5Conservative Robin Ghosh 874 12 7 8 4English Democrat Tom Redmond 573 8 3 8 3Liberal Democrats Peter Andrews 199 2 9 8 6Majority 2 043 29 7 19 1Turnout 6 887 39Morley Borough Independent hold Swing 9 5May 2010 Edit 2010 Party Candidate Votes Morley Borough Independent Thomas Leadley 4 063 33 4 18 3Labour David Nagle 2 767 22 7 9 3Conservative Robin Ghosh 2 571 21 1 9 0Liberal Democrats Chris Lovell 1 397 11 5 8 3BNP Tom Redmond 1 378 11 3 8 3Majority 1 296 10 6 21 5Turnout 12 176 68 2 28 0Morley Borough Independent hold Swing 13 8Notes Edit In the next year Dawson resigned as a councillor and a by election was called for the same day as the 2001 general election 4 Finnigan had previously been a Labour councillor for Middleton ward from 1995 to 1999 MBI is an acronym for the Morley Borough Independents McArdle resigned from the Morley Borough Independents to sit as an independent citing being cheesed off with an utter lack of communication but there was no animosity between him and his former party colleagues 9 Finnigan chose not to stand again for the ward at the next election in 2018 to stand albeit unsuccessfully for Morley South ward References Edit Councillor Robert Finnigan democracy leeds gov uk Leeds City Council Retrieved 15 June 2019 Councillor Andy Hutchison democracy leeds gov uk Leeds City Council Retrieved 28 December 2018 Councillor Bob Gettings JP democracy leeds gov uk Leeds City Council Retrieved 28 December 2018 Local ballot can t escape voter apathy Yorkshire Evening Post 9 June 2001 Local ballot can t escape voter apathy Yorkshire Evening Post 9 June 2001 Councillor Robert Finnigan democracy leeds gov uk Leeds City Council Retrieved 18 February 2019 Councillor Thomas Leadley democracy leeds gov uk Leeds City Council Retrieved 28 December 2018 Councillor Stewart McArdle democracy leeds gov uk Leeds City Council Retrieved 28 December 2018 MBI councillor in resignation shock morleyobserver co uk Morley Observer Retrieved 28 December 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Morley North ward amp oldid 1165152142, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
