Ardsley and Robin Hood (ward)

Ardsley and Robin Hood
Ardsley and Robin Hood
	Ardsley and Robin Hood highlighted within Leeds
Population	17,762 (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 South West and Morley;
Councillors	Karen Bruce (Labour); Stephen Holroyd-Case (Labour); Karen Renshaw (Labour);
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Ardsley and Robin Hood is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in the south of Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering suburb areas and villages including Robin Hood, Tingley as well as both West and East Ardsley.

Councillors

Election
2004	Karen Renshaw (Lab)	Jack Dunn (Lab)^[a]^[4]	Lisa Mulherin (Lab)^[5]
2006	Karen Renshaw (Lab)	Jack Dunn (Lab)	Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2007	Karen Renshaw (Lab)	Jack Dunn (Lab)	Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2008	Karen Renshaw (Lab)	Jack Dunn (Lab)	Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2010	Karen Renshaw (Lab)	Jack Dunn (Lab)	Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2011	Karen Renshaw (Lab)	Jack Dunn (Lab)	Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2012	Karen Renshaw (Lab)	Jack Dunn (Lab)	Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2014	Karen Renshaw (Lab)	Jack Dunn (Lab)	Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2015	Karen Renshaw (Lab)	Jack Dunn (Lab)	Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2016	Karen Renshaw (Lab)	Jack Dunn (Lab)	Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
January 2018	Karen Renshaw (Lab)	Jack Dunn (Ind)^[b]	Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2018	Karen Renshaw (Lab)	Ben Garner (Lab)^[7]	Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2019	Karen Renshaw (Lab)	Ben Garner (Lab)	Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2021	Karen Renshaw (Lab)	Mike Foster (Con)	Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2022	Karen Renshaw (Lab)	Mike Foster (Con)	Lisa Mulherin (Lab)
2023	Karen Renshaw (Lab)	Mike Foster (Con)	Stephen Holroyd-Case (Lab)
2024	Karen Renshaw* (Lab)	Karen Bruce* (Lab)	Stephen Holroyd-Case* (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	Karen Bruce	2,240	41.4	−2.1
	Conservative	Mike Foster*	1,455	26.9	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Leadley	907	16.8	−8.7
	Yorkshire	Claire Buxton	449	8.3	New
	Green	Alaric Hall	261	4.8	±0.0
	SDP	Mark Daniels	102	1.9	±0.0
Majority			785	14.5	−3.5
Turnout			5,446	30.9	+1.3
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	+0.6

May 2023

2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Stephen Holroyd-Case	2,284	43.5	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Leadley	1,338	25.5	+19.2
	Conservative	Lalit Suryawanshi	1,237	23.6	−15.9
	Green	Leon Zadok	254	4.8	−1.6
	SDP	Daniel Whetstone	101	1.9	+0.1
Majority			946	18.0	+12.3
Turnout			5,249	29.6	−2.4
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2022

2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Renshaw*	2,572	45.3	+4.0
	Conservative	Alan Shires	2,246	39.5	−7.5
	Green	Marcus Cain	362	6.4	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Ward	360	6.3	+2.2
	SDP	Andrew Martin	105	1.8	+0.7
Majority			326	5.7	0.0
Turnout			5,679	32.0	−4.0
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2021

2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Foster	3,006	47.0	+21.6
	Labour Co-op	Ben Garner*	2,639	41.3	+5.6
	Green	Colin Noble	372	5.8	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Ward	260	4.1	−0.5
	SDP	David Creasser	71	1.1	+0.5
Majority			367	5.7	−4.6
Turnout			6,396	36.0	+7.9
	Conservative gain from Labour Co-op		Swing

May 2019

2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Lisa Mulherin*	1,738	35.7	+0.8
	Conservative	Mike Foster	1,238	25.4	−2.5
	Independent	Tom Leadley^[c]	798	16.4	+16.4
	UKIP	Lindon Dove	596	12.2	+12.2
	Green	Rich Daley	249	5.1	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Ward	225	4.6	−0.3
	SDP	Daniel Whetstone	28	0.6	+0.6
Majority			500	10.3	+3.3
Turnout			4,902	28.1	−2.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+1.7

May 2018

2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Karen Renshaw*	2,371	34.9	−11.2
	Labour Co-op	Ben Garner	2,074
	Labour Co-op	Lisa Mulherin*	2,013
	Conservative	Mike Foster	1,897	27.9	+4.1
	Independent	Jack Dunn*	1,694	24.9	N/A
	Conservative	Kirsty Baldwin	1,686
	Conservative	Cameron Stephenson	1,610
	Green	Emma Carter	503	7.4	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	George Hall	332	4.9	+0.3
Majority			474	7.0	−15.3
Turnout			17,530	30.9	+2.4
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

May 2016

2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Renshaw*	2,248	46.1	+6.6
	Conservative	Tim Atkin	1,161	23.8	−9.1
	UKIP	Lindon Dove	1,096	22.5	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Lloyd Ward	225	4.6	+1.2
	Green	Lyssie Page	143	2.9	+0.8
Majority			1,087	22.3	+15.7
Turnout			4,873	28.5
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2015

2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Dunn*	4,301	39.5	−9.2
	Conservative	Timothy Atkin	3,582	32.9	+9.4
	UKIP	David Daniel	2,238	20.5	+13.9
	Green	Jude Omidiran	399	3.7	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Bishop-Rowe	373	3.4	−2.8
Majority			719	6.6	−18.5
Turnout			10,893	62.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−9.3

May 2014

2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lisa Mulherin*	1,865	36.0
	UKIP	David Daniel	1,593	30.7
	Conservative	Tim Atkin	929	17.9
	Independent	Wyn Kidger	482	9.3
	Green	Carl James	176	3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Ward	139	2.7
Majority			272
Turnout			5,184	30.18
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2012

2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Renshaw*	2,318	50.2	+1.5
	Conservative	Sophie Tempest	884	19.2	−4.4
	English Democrat	Joanna Beverley	787	17.1	+2.0
	Morley Borough Independent	Wyn Kidger	626	13.6	+13.6
Majority			1,434	31.1	+6.0
Turnout			4,615
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.9

May 2011

2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Dunn*	2,847	48.7	+7.5
	Conservative	Robert Buxton	1,377	23.5	−1.3
	English Democrat	Joanna Beverley	880	15.0	+15.0
	UKIP	Karen Foster	384	6.6	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Bavage	360	6.2	−10.0
Majority			1,470	25.1	+8.7
Turnout			5,848	34
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.4

May 2010

2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lisa Mulherin*	4,437	41.2	+11.4
	Conservative	Stewart McArdle	2,671	24.8	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Bavage	1,742	16.2	+9.2
	BNP	Joanna Beverley	1,490	13.8	−15.7
	UKIP	David Daniel	424	3.9	+0.4
Majority			1,766	16.4	+16.2
Turnout			10,764	63.2	+27.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.7

Notes

^ Dunn had served as a ward councillor for Middleton ward since 1996.
^ Having not been re-selected as one of the three Labour Party candidates for the ward in the run-up to the May 2018 election, Dunn resigned from the party to stand for re-election as an independent. The Yorkshire Evening Post reported he believed a “predetermined” selection of candidates and disagreements over a local greenbelt development led to him being de-selected.^[6]
^ Leadley was one of the three Morley Borough Independent councillors for Morley North ward and his campaign was supported by the Morley Borough Independents.

References

^ "Councillor Karen Bruce". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
^ "Councillor Stephen Holroyd-Case". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
^ "Councillor Karen Renshaw". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
^ "Councillor Jack Dunn". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
^ "Councillor Lisa Mulherin". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
^ "Long-serving councillor resigns from Leeds Labour group amid "fit-up" claims". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
^ "Councillor Ben Garner". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

[4] Dunn had served as a ward councillor for Middleton ward since 1996.

[8] Having not been re-selected as one of the three Labour Party candidates for the ward in the run-up to the May 2018 election, Dunn resigned from the party to stand for re-election as an independent. The Yorkshire Evening Post reported he believed a “predetermined” selection of candidates and disagreements over a local greenbelt development led to him being de-selected.^[6]

[10] Leadley was one of the three Morley Borough Independent councillors for Morley North ward and his campaign was supported by the Morley Borough Independents.

[1] "Councillor Karen Bruce". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

[2] "Councillor Stephen Holroyd-Case". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 19 July 2024.

[3] "Councillor Karen Renshaw". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

[5] "Councillor Jack Dunn". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

[6] "Councillor Lisa Mulherin". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

[7] "Long-serving councillor resigns from Leeds Labour group amid "fit-up" claims". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

[9] "Councillor Ben Garner". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

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