Middleton Park (ward)
| Middleton Park | |
|---|---|
 Middleton Park highlighted within Leeds | |
| Population | 20,215 (2023 electorate) |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| UK Parliament | |
| Councillors | |
Middleton Park is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in south Leeds, West Yorkshire, including the urban suburbs of Middleton and Belle Isle. The ward is named after the public park and former manorial estate of Middleton Park.
Demographics[edit]
In 2010, the ward had 27,487 inhabitants, of which 52.2% of the population were female and 47.8% male. 21.5% were aged 15 or under compared with an England average of 18.7%. Life Expectancy for males and females is more than three years less than the rest of Leeds. In 2001, 96.3% of residents identified as White British, 71.6% identifying as Christian and over 18% having no religion. Most houses in the ward are in the Council Tax Bands A and B. In April 2012, 1,493 (8.3%) people claimed Jobseeker's Allowance, nearly double the Leeds' average at the time. While all recorded crime was below the Leeds' average, criminal damage was substantially higher and nearly twice the England average.[3]
Councillors[edit]
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Geoff Driver (Lab)[a][4] | Judith Blake (Lab)[b][5] | Stuart Bruce (Lab)[c] | |||
| 2006 | Geoff Driver (Lab) | Judith Blake (Lab) | Debra Coupar (Lab)[d][6] | |||
| 2007 | Geoff Driver (Lab) | Judith Blake (Lab) | Debra Coupar (Lab) | |||
| 2008 | Geoff Driver (Lab) | Judith Blake (Lab) | Debra Coupar (Lab)[e] | |||
| 2010 | Geoff Driver (Lab) | Judith Blake (Lab) | Kim Groves (Lab)[7] | |||
| 2011 | Geoff Driver (Lab) | Judith Blake (Lab) | Kim Groves (Lab) | |||
| 2012 | Paul Truswell (Lab)[f][8] |
Judith Blake (Lab) | Kim Groves (Lab) | |||
| 2014 | Paul Truswell (Lab) | Judith Blake (Lab) | Kim Groves (Lab) | |||
| 2015 | Paul Truswell (Lab) | Judith Blake (Lab) | Kim Groves (Lab) | |||
| 2016 | Paul Truswell (Lab) | Judith Blake (Lab) | Kim Groves (Lab) | |||
| 2018 | Paul Truswell (Lab) | Judith Blake CBE (Lab)[g] | Kim Groves (Lab) | |||
| 2019 | Paul Truswell (Lab) | Judith Blake CBE (Lab)[h] | Kim Groves (Lab) | |||
| 2021 | Paul Truswell (Lab) | Sharon Burke (Lab) | Kim Groves (Lab) | |||
| 2022 | Paul Truswell (Lab) | Sharon Burke (Lab) | Wayne Dixon (SDP) | |||
| 2023 | Emma Pogson-Golden* (SDP) | Sharon Burke* (Lab) | Wayne Dixon* (SDP) | |||
indicates seat up for re-election. * indicates incumbent councillor.
Elections since 2010[edit]
Source:[11]
May 2023[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDP | Emma Pogson-Golden | 1,985 | 45.9 | -4.6 | |
| Labour Co-op | Lauren Summers | 1,587 | 36.7 | +0.7 | |
| Conservative | Samson Adeyemi | 376 | 8.7 | +1.0 | |
| Green | Eunice Agbemafle | 186 | 4.3 | +0.4 | |
| TUSC | Joelle Donaldson | 91 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jude Arbuckle | 86 | 2.0 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 398 | 13.8 | -0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 4,320 | 21.4 | -4.9 | ||
| SDP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
May 2022[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDP | Wayne Dixon | 2,687 | 50.5 | +15.8 | |
| Labour | Peter Chambers | 1,910 | 36.0 | -4.9 | |
| Conservative | Taiwo Adeyemi | 408 | 7.7 | -8.5 | |
| Green | Kay-Lee Asquith | 207 | 3.9 | -1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jude Arbuckle | 82 | 1.5 | -0.6 | |
| Majority | 777 | 14.6 | -0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 5,317 | 26.3 | -1.5 | ||
| SDP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
May 2021[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sharon Burke | 2,313 | 40.9 | -2.3 | |
| SDP | Wayne Dixon | 1,963 | 34.7 | +11.1 | |
| Conservative | Samantha Bennett | 913 | 16.2 | +10.2 | |
| Green | Kay-Lee Asquith | 306 | 5.4 | +0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Spencer | 119 | 2.1 | -1.1 | |
| Majority | 350 | 6.2 | -13.4 | ||
| Turnout | 5,653 | 27.8 | +5.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
May 2019[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Truswell* | 1,879 | 43.2 | -17.9 | |
| SDP | Wayne Dixon | 1,027 | 23.6 | +1.3 | |
| UKIP | Will Lockwood | 831 | 19.1 | +19.1 | |
| Conservative | Hugh Findlay | 259 | 6.0 | -5.3 | |
| Green | Eunice Delali Agbemafle | 212 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Jacques | 137 | 3.2 | -2.1 | |
| Majority | 852 | 19.6 | -27.0 | ||
| Turnout | 4,362 | 22.4 | -1.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -9.6 | |||
May 2018[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kim Groves* | 3,373 | 61.1 | +12.2 | |
| Labour | Judith Blake* | 2,747 | |||
| Labour | Paul Truswell* | 2,366 | |||
| SDP | Wayne Dixon | 1,232 | 22.3 | +9.7 | |
| Conservative | David Herdson | 621 | 11.3 | +4.9 | |
| Conservative | Rita Jessop | 613 | |||
| Conservative | Gareth Lamb | 451 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Gagen | 293 | 5.3 | +3.2 | |
| Majority | 2,141 | 46.6 | +25.0 | ||
| Turnout | 4,594 | 23.6 | +1.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
May 2016[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Truswell* | 2,285 | 48.9 | -1.3 | |
| UKIP | Craig Sweaton | 1,278 | 27.4 | -2.7 | |
| Independent | Wayne Dixon | 605 | 13.0 | +13.0 | |
| Conservative | Hugh Findlay | 300 | 6.4 | -5.9 | |
| Green | Fiona Sarah Heather Love | 104 | 2.2 | -0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sadie Fisher | 99 | 2.1 | -0.3 | |
| Majority | 1,007 | 21.6 | -0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 4,671 | 25.3 | +4.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
May 2015[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Judith Blake* | 4,974 | 51.2 | -13.3 | |
| UKIP | Craig Sweaton | 2,921 | 30.1 | +30.1 | |
| Conservative | Zena Lopez | 1,199 | 12.3 | -0.9 | |
| Green | Fiona Love | 280 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sadie Fisher | 237 | 2.4 | -2.5 | |
| Left Unity | Nick Jones | 103 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 2,053 | 21.1 | -26.0 | ||
| Turnout | 9,714 | 51.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | -21.7 | |||
May 2014[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kim Groves* | 2,489 | |||
| UKIP | Craig Sweaton | 1,756 | |||
| British Democratic | Kevin Meeson | 358 | |||
| Conservative | Barbara Harpham | 287 | |||
| Green | Austen Thompson | 219 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sadie Fisher | 79 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 28.04 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
May 2012[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Truswell | 2,696 | 64.3 | -0.2 | |
| BNP | Kevin Meeson | 893 | 21.3 | +3.9 | |
| Conservative | James McFarland | 412 | 9.8 | -3.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sadie Fisher | 191 | 4.6 | -0.4 | |
| Majority | 1,803 | 43.0 | -4.1 | ||
| Turnout | 4,192 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.0 | |||
May 2011[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Judith Blake* | 3,313 | 64.5 | +15.3 | |
| BNP | Kevin Meeson | 892 | 17.4 | -3.2 | |
| Conservative | James McFarland | 679 | 13.2 | -1.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sadie Fisher | 252 | 4.9 | -8.5 | |
| Majority | 2,421 | 47.1 | +18.5 | ||
| Turnout | 5,136 | 28 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +9.2 | |||
May 2010[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kim Groves | 4,477 | 49.2 | +10.9 | |
| BNP | Kevin Meeson | 1,875 | 20.6 | -16.8 | |
| Conservative | James McFarland | 1,292 | 14.2 | +0.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Beth Fisher | 1,222 | 13.4 | +3.3 | |
| Green | James Fell | 231 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Majority | 2,602 | 28.6 | +27.6 | ||
| Turnout | 9,097 | 50.9 | +21.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +13.8 | |||
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Driver first represented Hunslet East and West ward from 1978 and then Hunslet ward since 1980.
- ^ Blake was previously a Weetwood ward councillor from 1996 until she lost her seat in 2000. She went on to serve as a Hunslet ward councillor from 2002 until her election for Middleton Park ward.
- ^ Bruce had been a Middleton ward councillor since 1999.
- ^ Coupar was previously a councillor for Morley South ward for a year from 2003 before losing her seat in 2004.
- ^ Coupar was later elected as a councillor for Cross Gates and Whinmoor ward in the 2013 by-election and has represented Temple Newsam ward since 2016.
- ^ Truswell represented Headingley ward from 1982 to 1997. He resigned as a councillor following his election as Member of Parliament for Pudsey at the 1997 general election.
- ^ Blake was awarded a CBE in November 2017.
- ^ Blake was created a life peer as Baroness Blake of Leeds, of Gledhow in the City of Leeds on 10 February 2021 and resigned as Leader of the Council on 24 February. She did not seek re-election in the May 2021 council election.[9][10]
References[edit]
- ^ "Councillor Sharon Burke". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "Councillor Wayne Dixon". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ Leeds Profile (Wards & Administrative Areas) Selection: Middleton Park Ward Geo-type: 2004 Wards, west Yorkshire Observatory, archived from the original on 8 January 2016, retrieved 17 June 2012
- ^ "Councillor Geoff Driver". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Judith Blake". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Debra Coupar". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ "Councillor Kim Groves". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Councillor Paul Truswell". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Crown Office". www.thegazette.co.uk. 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Local elections in South Leeds". southleedslife.com. South Leeds Life CLC. 25 March 2021.
- ^ "Election results - local | Data Mill North". datamillnorth.org. Retrieved 10 November 2023.