Kippax and Methley (ward)
Electoral ward in Leeds, England
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Kippax and Methley is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in south east Leeds, West Yorkshire, including the villages and civil parishes of Allerton Bywater, Kippax and Methley.
Population17,509 (2023 electorate)
| Kippax and Methley | |
|---|---|
Kippax and Methley highlighted within Leeds | |
| Population | 17,509 (2023 electorate) |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| UK Parliament | |
| Councillors | |
Boundaries
The Kippax and Methley ward includes the following civil parishes of:
- Allerton Bywater
- Kippax
- Ledsham
- Ledston (Ledston with Ledston Luck Parish Council)
- Micklefield
Councillors
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Keith Parker (Lab)[a][4] | James Lewis (Lab)[b] | Keith Wakefield (Lab)[c][5] | |||
| 2006 | Keith Parker (Lab) | James Lewis (Lab) | Keith Wakefield (Lab) | |||
| 2007 | Keith Parker (Lab) | James Lewis (Lab) | Keith Wakefield (Lab) | |||
| 2008 | Keith Parker (Lab) | James Lewis (Lab) | Keith Wakefield (Lab) | |||
| 2010 | Keith Parker (Lab) | James Lewis (Lab) | Keith Wakefield (Lab) | |||
| 2011 | Keith Parker (Lab) | James Lewis (Lab) | Keith Wakefield (Lab) | |||
| 2012 | Mary Harland (Lab) | James Lewis (Lab) | Keith Wakefield (Lab) | |||
| 2014 | Mary Harland (Lab) | James Lewis (Lab) | Keith Wakefield (Lab) | |||
| 2015 | Mary Harland (Lab) | James Lewis (Lab) | Keith Wakefield (Lab) | |||
| 2016 | Mary Harland (Lab) | James Lewis (Lab) | Keith Wakefield OBE (Lab)[d] | |||
| 2018 | Mary Harland (Lab) | James Lewis (Lab) | Keith Wakefield OBE (Lab) | |||
| 2019 | Mary Harland (Lab) | James Lewis (Lab) | Mirelle Midgley (Lab)[7] | |||
| 2021 | Mary Harland (Lab) | James Lewis (Lab) | Mirelle Midgley (Lab) | |||
| 2022 | Mary Harland (Lab) | James Lewis (Lab) | Mirelle Midgley (Lab) | |||
| 2023 | Mary Harland (Lab) | James Lewis (Lab) | Michael Millar (Lab) | |||
| 2024 | Mary Harland* (Lab) | James Lewis* (Lab) | Michael Millar* (Lab) | |||
indicates seat up for re-election. * indicates incumbent councillor.
Elections since 2010
May 2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mary Harland* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Leadley | ||||
| Conservative | Connor Mulhall | ||||
| Green | Andy Phillips | ||||
| Reform | Chris Weightman | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
May 2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Lewis* | 3,570 | 65.1 | +5.0 | |
| Conservative | Connor Mulhall | 1,067 | 19.5 | −6.4 | |
| Green | Angela Oldershaw | 449 | 8.2 | +0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Greg Holden | 401 | 7.3 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 2,503 | 45.6 | +11.4 | ||
| Turnout | 5,563 | 31.6 | +1.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +5.7 | |||
May 2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Millar | 3,163 | 60.1 | −3.0 | |
| Conservative | Connor Mulhall | 1,362 | 25.9 | −0.7 | |
| Green | Alan Martin | 406 | 7.7 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley McIntee | 301 | 5.7 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 1,801 | 34.2 | −2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 5,263 | 30.1 | −3.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
May 2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mary Harland* | 3,673 | 63.1 | +10.9 | |
| Conservative | Connor Mulhall | 1,545 | 26.6 | −9.0 | |
| Green | Keith Hale | 330 | 5.7 | −2.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Golton | 243 | 4.1 | +2.0 | |
| Majority | 2,128 | 36.6 | +20.0 | ||
| Turnout | 5,819 | 33.7% | −5.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
May 2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Lewis* | 3,500 | 52.2 | +4.8 | |
| Conservative | Connor Mulhall | 2,388 | 35.6 | +10.1 | |
| Green | Dylan Brown | 512 | 7.6 | −13.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sara Howell | 143 | 2.1 | −4.1 | |
| Reform | Kristian Wilkinson | 116 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| SDP | Thomas Foster | 22 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,112 | 16.6 | −5.3 | ||
| Turnout | 6,711 | 39.4 | +11.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
May 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mirelle Midgley | 2,149 | 47.4 | −7.3 | |
| Conservative | James Egan | 1,155 | 25.5 | +1.8 | |
| Green | Dylan Brown | 950 | 21.0 | +7.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Conrad Hart-Brooke | 280 | 6.2 | +6.1 | |
| Majority | 994 | 21.9 | −9.1 | ||
| Turnout | 4,658 | 28.3 | −4.57 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.6 | |||
May 2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mary Harland* | 3,135 | 54.7 | −1.1 | |
| Labour | James Lewis* | 3,027 | |||
| Labour | Keith Wakefield* | 2,856 | |||
| Conservative | Chris Calvert | 1,355 | 23.7 | +6.2 | |
| Conservative | Nicholas Fawcett | 1,348 | |||
| Conservative | Tess Wheldon | 1,049 | |||
| Green | Dylan Brown | 758 | 13.2 | +10.0 | |
| UKIP | Tina Smith | 474 | 8.3 | −20.0 | |
| UKIP | Paul Spivey | 439 | |||
| UKIP | Sheila Shippey | 323 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mitchell Galdas | 5 | 0.08 | −3.28 | |
| Majority | 1,780 | 31.0 | −4.5 | ||
| Turnout | 16,398 | 32.87 | −1.63 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
May 2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mary Harland* | 3,122 | 55.8 | +6.3 | |
| UKIP | Paul Spivey | 1,138 | 20.3 | +3.3 | |
| Conservative | Ines Newell | 978 | 17.5 | 7.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Hindley | 181 | 3.2 | +0.2 | |
| Green | Stephen Paul Terry | 180 | 3.2 | −2.0 | |
| Majority | 1,984 | 35.5 | +11.2 | ||
| Turnout | 5,599 | 35.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
May 2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Lewis* | 5,639 | 49.5 | −13.8 | |
| Conservative | Thomas Crosfill | 2,878 | 25.3 | +3.6 | |
| UKIP | Tina Smith | 1,934 | 17.0 | +7.7 | |
| Green | Emma Dobson | 590 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Carmel Harrison | 344 | 3.0 | −2.7 | |
| Majority | 2,761 | 24.3 | −17.2 | ||
| Turnout | 11,385 | 69.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | -8.7 | |||
May 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Keith Wakefield* | 2,868 | |||
| UKIP | Tina Smith | 1,599 | |||
| Conservative | James Langley | 867 | |||
| Green | David Webb | 237 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Hills | 141 | |||
| Majority | 1,269 | ||||
| Turnout | 35.63 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
May 2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mary Harland | 3,543 | 63.8 | +0.6 | |
| UKIP | Paul Spivey | 889 | 16.0 | +6.7 | |
| Conservative | James Langley | 871 | 15.7 | −6.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Audrey Brown | 247 | 4.5 | −1.2 | |
| Majority | 2,654 | 47.8 | +6.3 | ||
| Turnout | 5,550 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -3.0 | |||
May 2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Lewis* | 4,156 | 63.3 | +12.0 | |
| Conservative | James Langley | 1,428 | 21.7 | −3.1 | |
| UKIP | Paul Spivey | 609 | 9.3 | +4.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Bagnall | 374 | 5.7 | −7.6 | |
| Majority | 2,728 | 41.5 | +15.0 | ||
| Turnout | 6,567 | 41 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +7.5 | |||
May 2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Keith Wakefield* | 5,748 | 51.3 | +0.7 | |
| Conservative | Tina Phillips | 2,782 | 24.8 | −3.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Coleman | 1,487 | 13.3 | +4.9 | |
| BNP | Shaun Fitzpatrick | 624 | 5.6 | −6.9 | |
| UKIP | Paul Spivey | 571 | 5.1 | +5.1 | |
| Majority | 2,966 | 26.5 | +4.5 | ||
| Turnout | 11,212 | 68.9 | +31.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||