Guiseley and Rawdon (ward)

Guiseley and Rawdon is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in the north west of Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering both the town of Guiseley, the majority of the village of Rawdon and the southern part of the town of Yeadon.

Guiseley and Rawdon
Guiseley and Rawdon highlighted within Leeds
Population	18,611 (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 North West
Councillors	Sonia Leighton[1] (Labour) Oliver Edwards[2] (Labour) Eleanor Thomson[3] (Labour)
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Councillors

Stuart Andrew represented Aireborough ward (2003-2004) and Guiseley and Rawdon ward (2004-2010). Member of Parliament for Pudsey since 2010.

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
Aireborough (1973 to 2004)
1973		W. Hudson (Con)		H. Freeman (Con)		R. Cartwright (Con)
1975		W. Hudson (Con)		J. Hutchinson (Con)		R. Cartwright (Con)
1976		W. Hudson (Con)		J. Hutchinson (Con)		R. Cartwright (Con)
1978		W. Hudson (Con)		J. Hutchinson (Con)		R. Cartwright (Con)
1979		W. Hudson (Con)		J. Hutchinson (Con)		H. Freeman (Con)
1980		W. Hudson (Con)		Hugh Barber (Con)		T. Hawkins (Con)
1982		W. Hudson (Con)		Hugh Barber (Con)		T. Hawkins (Con)
1983		W. Hudson (Con)		Hugh Barber (Con)		T. Hawkins (Con)
1984		W. Hudson (Con)		Hugh Barber (Con)		T. Hawkins (Con)
1986		W. Hudson (Con)		Hugh Barber (Con)		J.D. Atkinson (Con)
1986 by-election		W. Hudson (Con)		Janet Brown (Lib)		J.D. Atkinson (Con)
1987		W. Hudson (Con)		Janet Brown (Lib)		J.D. Atkinson (Con)
1988		Richard Rowland-Hughes (Con)		Janet Brown (Lib)		J.D. Atkinson (Con)
1990		Richard Rowland-Hughes (Con)		Janet Brown (Lib)		Moira Dunn (Lab)
1991		Richard Rowland-Hughes (Con)		Margaret Atkinson (Con)		Moira Dunn (Lab)
1992		Richard Rowland-Hughes (Con)		Margaret Atkinson (Con)		Moira Dunn (Lab)
1994		Richard Rowland-Hughes (Con)		Margaret Atkinson (Con)		Moira Dunn (Lab)
1995		Richard Rowland-Hughes (Con)		Michael Dunn (Lab)		Moira Dunn (Lab)
1996		Tony Addison (Lab)		Michael Dunn (Lab)		Moira Dunn (Lab)
1998		Tony Addison (Lab)		Michael Dunn (Lab)		Moira Dunn (Lab)
1999		Tony Addison (Lab)		Michael Dunn (Lab)		Moira Dunn (Lab)
2000		Graham Latty (Con)[4]		Michael Dunn (Lab)		Moira Dunn (Lab)
2002		Graham Latty (Con)		Michael Dunn (Lab)		Makhan Thakur (Con)
2003		Graham Latty (Con)		Stuart Andrew (Con)[5]		Makhan Thakur (Con)
Guiseley and Rawdon (2004 to present)
2004		Graham Latty (Con)		Stuart Andrew (Con)		John Bale (Con)[6]
2006		Graham Latty (Con)		Stuart Andrew (Con)		John Bale (Con)
2007		Graham Latty (Con)		Stuart Andrew (Con)		John Bale (Con)
2008		Graham Latty (Con)		Stuart Andrew (Con)		John Bale (Con)
2010		Graham Latty (Con)		Stuart Andrew (Con)[a]		Pat Latty (Con)[7]
2010 by-election		Graham Latty (Con)		Paul Wadsworth (Con)[b][8]		Pat Latty (Con)
2011		Graham Latty (Con)		Paul Wadsworth (Con)		Pat Latty (Con)
2012		Graham Latty (Con)		Paul Wadsworth (Con)		Pat Latty (Con)
2014		Graham Latty (Con)		Paul Wadsworth (Con)		Pat Latty (Con)
2015		Graham Latty (Con)		Paul Wadsworth (Con)		Pat Latty (Con)
2016		Graham Latty (Con)		Paul Wadsworth (Con)		Pat Latty (Con)
2018		Graham Latty (Con)		Paul Wadsworth (Con)		Pat Latty (Con)
2019		Graham Latty (Con)		Paul Wadsworth (Con)		Pat Latty (Con)
2021		Graham Latty (Con)		Paul Wadsworth (Con)		Paul Alderson (Con)[9]
2022		Eleanor Thomson (Lab)		Paul Wadsworth (Con)		Paul Alderson (Con)
2023		Eleanor Thomson (Lab)		Oliver Edwards (Lab)		Paul Alderson (Con)
2024		Eleanor Thomson* (Lab)		Oliver Edwards* (Lab)		Sonia Leighton* (Lab)

  indicates seat up for re-election.   indicates seat up for election following resignation or death of sitting councillor. * indicates incumbent councillor.

Elections since 2010

May 2024

2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sonia Leighton	3,604	46.6	−0.2
	Conservative	Paul Alderson*	2,782	36.0	−1.3
	Yorkshire	Bob Buxton	672	8.7	+1.2
	Green	Lucy Wheeler	363	4.7	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Page	316	4.1	+0.4
Majority			822	10.6	+1.1
Turnout			3,639	42.4	+0.2
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	+0.6

May 2023

2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Oliver Edwards	3,678	46.8	−1.0
	Conservative	Paul Wadsworth*	2,934	37.3	+0.8
	Yorkshire	Bob Buxton	591	7.5	−1.0
	Green	Lucy Wheeler	345	4.4	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Jacques	293	3.7	+0.3
Majority			744	9.5	−1.8
Turnout			7,857	42.2	−2.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

May 2022

2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eleanor Thomson	3,957	47.8	+11.9
	Conservative	Pete Gable	3,024	36.5	−9.1
	Yorkshire	Bob Buxton	703	8.5	−0.9
	Green	Richard Firth	290	3.5	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart McLeod	278	3.4	+0.3
Majority			933	11.3	+1.6
Turnout			8,281	44.5	−3.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

May 2021

2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Alderson	4,069	45.6	+5.0
	Labour Co-op	Eleanor Thomson	3,200	35.9	+9.8
	Yorkshire	Bob Buxton	840	9.4	−2.5
	Green	Nick Hodgkinson	458	5.1	−5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Mcleod	274	3.1	−2.4
	For Britain	Tom Hollings	47	0.1	N/A
Majority			869	9.7	−4.8
Turnout			8,925	47.7	+9.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2019

2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Wadsworth*	2,836	40.6	+2.2
	Labour Co-op	Eleanor Thomson	1,825	26.1	−1.8
	Yorkshire	Bob Buxton	899	12.9	−2.9
	Green	Mark Rollinson	746	10.7	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Glover	386	5.5	+1.4
	Independent	Roger Tattersall	299	4.3	+4.3
Majority			1,011	14.5	+4.0
Turnout			7,033	38.2	−4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.0

May 2018

2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Latty*	3,714	38.4	−5.6
	Conservative	Pat Latty*	3,483
	Conservative	Paul Wadsworth*	3,286
	Labour Co-op	Kirsty McKay	2,693	27.9	−1.4
	Labour Co-op	Andrew Thomson	2,597
	Labour Co-op	Ian McCargo	2,395
	Yorkshire	Bob Buxton	1,530	15.8	+5.5
	Green Party - Save Our Green Space	Mark Rollinson	1,326	13.7	+10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Cynthia Dowling	401	4.1	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Edwards	396
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Bavage	350
Majority			1,021	10.5	−4.2
Turnout			18,495	42.3	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2016

2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Latty*	3,177	44.0	−2.6
	Labour	David Robert Bowe	2,114	29.3	−2.0
	Yorkshire First	Bob Buxton	741	10.3	+10.3
	UKIP	Lynn Christine Parker	571	7.9	3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Mark Dowling	367	5.1	−3.9
	Green	Lesley Jeffries	255	3.5	−2.4
Majority			1,063	14.7	−4.6
Turnout			7,225	40.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2015

2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Wadsworth*	6,268	46.6	+3.8
	Labour	Suzie Shepherd	3,678	27.3	−10.0
	UKIP	Katherynne Taylor	1,503	11.2	+11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Cindy Cleasby	1,206	9.0	−1.2
	Green	Benjamin Hall	799	5.9	−1.0
Majority			2,590	19.3	+13.8
Turnout			13,454	73.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.9

May 2014

2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Latty*	2,811	39.8
	Labour	David Bowe	1,871	26.5
	UKIP	Roger Tattersall	1,444	20.5
	Green	Colin Avison	541	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Cindy Cleasby	389	5.5
Majority			940
Turnout			7056	38.65
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2012

2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Latty*	2,750	43.7	+0.9
	Labour	Mike King	2,526	40.1	+2.8
	Green	Colin Avison	621	9.9	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Jacques	397	6.3	−3.9
Majority			224	3.6	−1.9
Turnout			6,294
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.9

May 2011

2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Wadsworth*	3,276	42.8	+2.6
	Labour	Mike King	2,853	37.3	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Cindy Cleasby	778	10.2	−12.9
	Green	Colin Avison	529	6.9	+3.5
	BNP	Andrew Gallagher	213	2.8	−2.3
Majority			423	5.5	−6.5
Turnout			7,649	44
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.2

October 2010 by-election

14 October 2010
replacing Stuart Andrew (resigned)^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Wadsworth	2,075	45.1	+4.9
	Labour	Mike King	1,708	37.1	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Cindy Cleasby	818	17.8	−5.3
Majority			367	8.0	−4.0
Turnout			4,601	25.0	−47.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.0

May 2010

2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Latty	5,090	40.2	−10.6
	Labour	Mike King	3,574	28.2	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Cindy Cleasby	2,921	23.1	+10.8
	BNP	Andrew Gallagher	647	5.1	−1.3
	Green	Colin Avison	432	3.4	−1.7
Majority			1,516	12.0	−14.4
Turnout			12,664	72.4	+32.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.1

See also

• Listed buildings in Guiseley and Rawdon

Notes

1. Andrew was also elected as Member of Parliament for the Pudsey constituency on the same day as the 2010 council election, resulting in him later resigning his council seat and a by-election was called for 14 October.
2. Wadsworth had previously been a Roundhay ward councillor from 2004 until he lost his seat in May 2010.