Horsforth (ward)

Horsforth is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in north west Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the suburb of the same name and a southern part of Rawdon.

Horsforth
Horsforth highlighted within Leeds
Population	17,917 (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	Emmie Bromley[1] (Labour) John Garvani[2] (Labour) Raymond Jones[3] (Labour)
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Boundaries

The Horsforth ward includes the civil parish of the same name, also overseen by Horsforth Town Council.

Councillors

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
1973		Morris Crossfield (Lib)		R. Morrish (Lib)		H. Stuttard (Lib)
1975		Morris Crossfield (Lib)		R. Morrish (Lib)		M. Frame (Con)
1976		Morris Crossfield (Lib)		A. Foyston (Con)		M. Frame (Con)
1978		Morris Crossfield (Lib)		A. Foyston (Con)		M. Frame (Con)
By-election		Morris Crossfield (Lib)		Unknown (Con)		M. Frame (Con)
1979		Morris Crossfield (Lib)		Unknown (Con)		R. Howe (Lib)
1980		Morris Crossfield (Lib)		S.J. Cooksey (Lib)		Valerie Stephens (Con)
1982		Morris Crossfield (Lib)		S.J. Cooksey (Lib)		Julian Cummins (Lib)
1983		Valerie Stephens (Con)		S.J. Cooksey (Lib)		Julian Cummins (Lib)
1984		Valerie Stephens (Con)		S.J. Cooksey (Lib)		Julian Cummins (Lib)
1986		Valerie Stephens (Con)		S.J. Cooksey (Lib)		Julian Cummins (Lib)
1987		B. Rich (Lib)		S.J. Cooksey (Lib)		Julian Cummins (Lib)
1988		B. Rich (SLD)		S.J. Cooksey (SLD)		Julian Cummins (SLD)
1989 by-election		John Meade (SLD)		Andrew McCaig (SLD)		Julian Cummins (SLD)
1990		John Meade (LD)		Andrew McCaig (LD)		Michael Shaw (LD)[a]
1991		John Meade (LD)		Christopher Townsley (LD)[5]		Michael Shaw (LD)
1992		John Meade (LD)		Mary Addison (Con)		Michael Shaw (LD)
1994		John Meade (LD)		Mary Addison (Con)		Christopher Townsley (LD)
1995		Brian Cleasby (LD)[6]		Mary Addison (Con)		Christopher Townsley (LD)
1996		Brian Cleasby (LD)		Roger Harris (LD)		Christopher Townsley (LD)
1998		Brian Cleasby (LD)		Roger Harris (LD)		Christopher Townsley (LD)
1999		Brian Cleasby (LD)		Tom Nossiter (LD)[b]		Christopher Townsley (LD)
2000		Brian Cleasby (LD)		Andrew Barker (LD)[7]		Christopher Townsley (LD)
2002		Brian Cleasby (LD)		Andrew Barker (LD)		Christopher Townsley (LD)
2003		Brian Cleasby (LD)		Andrew Barker (LD)		Christopher Townsley (LD)
2004		Brian Cleasby (LD)		Andrew Barker (LD)		Christopher Townsley (LD)
2006		Brian Cleasby (LD)		Andrew Barker (LD)		Christopher Townsley (LD)
2007		Brian Cleasby (LD)		Andrew Barker (LD)		Christopher Townsley (LD)
2008		Brian Cleasby (LD)		Andrew Barker (LD)		Christopher Townsley (LD)
2010		Brian Cleasby (LD)		Andrew Barker (LD)		Christopher Townsley (LD)
2011		Brian Cleasby (LD)		Dawn Collins (Con)[8]		Christopher Townsley (LD)
2012		Brian Cleasby (LD)		Dawn Collins (Con)		Christopher Townsley (LD)
2014		Brian Cleasby (LD)		Dawn Collins (Con)		Christopher Townsley (LD)
2015		Brian Cleasby (LD)		Dawn Collins (Con)		Christopher Townsley (LD)
2016		Brian Cleasby (LD)		Dawn Collins (Con)		Christopher Townsley (LD)
2018		Jonathon Taylor (Con)[9]		Dawn Collins (Con)		Jackie Shemilt (Con)[10]
2019		Jonathon Taylor (Con)		Dawn Collins (Con)		Jackie Shemilt (Con)
2021		Jonathon Taylor (Con)[c]		Dawn Collins (Con)		Jackie Shemilt (Con)
2022		John Garvani (Lab)[d]		Emmie Bromley (Lab)		Jackie Shemilt (Con)
2023		John Garvani (Lab)		Emmie Bromley (Lab)		Raymond Jones (Lab)
2024		John Garvani* (Lab)		Emmie Bromley* (Lab)		Raymond Jones* (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^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Garvani*	4,388	56.6	+5.2
	Conservative	Chris Calvert	1,971	25.4	−5.6
	Green	William Jones	565	7.3	−0.5
	Yorkshire	Ian Cowling	414	5.3	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Roderic Parker	367	4.7	−1.8
	SDP	Nathan Wright	41	0.5	New
Majority			2,417	31.2	+11.0
Turnout			7,776	43.8	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2023

2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Jones	3,810	51.4	+6.7
	Conservative	Jackie Shemilt*	2,302	31.0	−4.2
	Green	Ian Shaw[e]	581	7.8	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	James Spencer	483	6.5	−10.5
	Yorkshire	Ian Cowling	241	3.2	−1.1
Majority			1,508	20.2	+10.6
Turnout			7,448	41.6	−0.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

May 2022

2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emmie Bromley	3,402	44.7	+14.0
	Labour	John Garvani	3,166	41.6	+10.9
	Conservative	Dawn Collins*	2,673	35.2	−3.1
	Conservative	Tracy Stones	2,492	32.8	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Dowling	1,292	17.0	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Becky Heaviside	974	12.8	−7.6
	Green	Gideon Jones	569	7.5	+0.4
	Green	Ian Shaw	330	4.3	−2.8
	Yorkshire	Ian Cowling	330	4.3	+1.8
Majority			729	9.6	+2.1
Turnout			7,603	42.3	−5.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

May 2021

2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathon Taylor*	3,292	38.3	+0.9
	Labour	John Garvani	2,642	30.7	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Dowling	1,750	20.4	+1.3
	Green	William Jones	609	7.1	−4.8
	Yorkshire	Roland Gilmore	219	2.5	N/A
	Freedom Alliance. No Lockdowns. No Curfews.	Anne Mutch	45	0.1	N/A
Majority			650	7.5	−3.2
Turnout			8,593	47.8	+7.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2019

2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Shemilt*	2,625	37.4	+0.9
	Labour	John Garvani	1,878	26.7	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Mark Dowling	1,339	19.1	−3.5
	Green	Rosa Shaw	838	11.9	−1.0
	UKIP	Paul Hellyer	337	4.8	+4.8
Majority			747	10.7	+2.2
Turnout			7,065	40.6	−3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.1

May 2018

2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dawn Collins*	3,195	36.5	+9.3
	Conservative	Jonathon Taylor	2,770
	Conservative	Jackie Shemilt	2,660
	Labour	John Garvani	2,453	28.0	+0.5
	Labour	Briony Sloan	2,380
	Labour	Nathalie Bethesda	2,208
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Dowling	1,976	22.6	−10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Becky Heaviside	1,903
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Read	1,288
	Green Party - Save Our Green Space	Caroline Tomes	1,132	12.9	+7.0
Majority			742	8.5	+3.1
Turnout			17,539	43.8	+1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

May 2016

2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Townsley*	2,329	32.9	+13.4
	Labour Co-op	Ian McCargo	1,945	27.5	+3.2
	Conservative	Richard John O'Callaghan	1,923	27.2	−12.9
	UKIP	Roger Facer Tattersall	462	6.5	−1.8
	Green	Ben Hall	421	5.9	−1.0
Majority			384	5.4	−10.4
Turnout			7,080	42.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

May 2015

2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dawn Collins*	5,082	40.1	+6.4
	Labour	Jake Kelly	3,081	24.3	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Gareth Hughes	2,480	19.5	−11.5
	UKIP	Paul Hellyer	1,047	8.3	+3.0
	Green	Harriet Regina Barry	873	6.9	+6.9
	TUSC	Gary McVeigh-Kaye	125	1.0	−1.1
Majority			2,001	15.8	+13.1
Turnout			12,688	73.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.0

May 2014

2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Cleasby*	2,037	28.6	−11.4
	Conservative	Richard O’Callaghan	1,880	26.4	+0.2
	Labour	Rob Wilkinson	1,644	23.1	+2.1
	UKIP	Paul Hellyer	1,059	14.9	+8.0
	Green	Timothy Goodall	446	6.3	+1.5
	TUSC	Benjamin Dixon	56	0.8	−0.4
Majority			157	2.2
Turnout			7,122	40.88
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

May 2012

2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Townsley*	2,636	40.0	+9.0
	Conservative	Richard Hardcastle	1,725	26.2	−7.6
	Labour	Gary Kaye	1,381	21.0	−6.9
	UKIP	Paul Hellyer	453	6.9	+1.6
	Green	Andrea Binns	317	4.8	+4.8
	TUSC	Andrew Smith	77	1.2	−0.9
Majority			911	13.8	+11.1
Turnout			6,589
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+8.3

May 2011

2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dawn Collins	2,680	33.7	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Arbuckle	2,466	31.0	−16.8
	Labour	Robert Wilkinson	2,213	27.9	+8.9
	UKIP	Paul Hellyer	421	5.3	+2.7
	TUSC	Andrew Smith	164	2.1	+2.1
Majority			214	2.7	−20.0
Turnout			7,944	45
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+12.6

May 2010

2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Cleasby*	5,959	47.9	+2.0
	Conservative	Dawn Collins	3,138	25.2	−12.7
	Labour	Rebecca Brady	2,356	18.9	+11.1
	BNP	Ian Asquith	358	2.9	−1.8
	UKIP	Paul Hellyer	326	2.6	+2.6
	Green	Andrea Binns	316	2.5	−1.2
Majority			2,821	22.7	+14.8
Turnout			12,453	71.2	+29.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+7.3

Notes

1. Incumbent Cummins' "business commitments forced him to stand down".^[4]
2. Nossiter resigned six months into taking up his seat on the council. His seat was up for re-election at the next election in 2000.
3. Taylor resigned his office on 15 March 2022 to take up a "politically restricted role". His successor was elected on the same day as the next council election on 5 May.^[11]
4. Garvani served as a councillor for Burmantofts ward from 2002 to 2004, when he failed to be re-elected when standing in Gipton and Harehills instead.
5. The vote increase shown is the change from the highest-placed Green Party candidate (Gideon Jones) in 2022. Ian Shaw increased his personal share of the vote by 3.5%.