Rothwell (ward)

Rothwell is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in south east Leeds, West Yorkshire, including the town of the same name and the villages of Carlton, Oulton and Woodlesford.

Rothwell
Rothwell highlighted within Leeds
Population	15,821 (2023 electorate)
Metropolitan borough	City of Leeds
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Wakefield and Rothwell
Councillors	Diane Chapman[1] (Liberal Democrats) Stewart Golton[2] (Liberal Democrats) Conrad Hart-Brooke[3] (Liberal Democrats)
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Councillors

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
1973		Rose Lund (Lab)		A. Benson (Lab)		J. De Carieret (Lab)
1975		Rose Lund (Lab)		A. Benson (Lab)		S. Arran (Lab)
1976		Rose Lund (Lab)		A. Benson (Lab)		S. Arran (Lab)
1978		Rose Lund (Lab)		A. Benson (Lab)		S. Arran (Lab)
1979		Rose Lund (Lab)		A. Benson (Lab)		Brian Walker (Lab)
1980		Rose Lund (Lab)		Alec Hudson (Lab)		Brian Walker (Lab)
1982		Rose Lund (Lab)		Alec Hudson (Lab)		Brian Walker (Lab)
1983		Rose Lund (Lab)		Alec Hudson (Lab)		Brian Walker (Lab)
1984		Rose Lund (Lab)		Alec Hudson (Lab)		Brian Walker (Lab)
1986		Rose Lund (Lab)		Alec Hudson (Lab)		Brian Walker (Lab)
1987		Rose Lund (Lab)		Alec Hudson (Lab)		Brian Walker (Lab)
1988		Rose Lund (Lab)		Alec Hudson (Lab)		Brian Walker (Lab)
1990		Rose Lund (Lab)		Alec Hudson (Lab)		Brian Walker (Lab)
1991		Rose Lund (Lab)		Alec Hudson (Lab)		Brian Walker (Lab)
1992		Rose Lund (Lab)		Alec Hudson (Lab)		Brian Walker (Lab)
1994		Rose Lund (Lab)		Alec Hudson (Lab)		Brian Walker (Lab)
1995		Rose Lund (Lab)		Alec Hudson (Lab)		Brian Walker (Lab)
1996		Lorna Cohen (Lab)[a]		Alec Hudson (Lab)		Brian Walker (Lab)
1998		Lorna Cohen (Lab)		Alec Hudson (Lab)		Brian Walker (Lab)
1999		Lorna Cohen (Lab)		Alec Hudson (Lab)		Brian Walker (Lab)
2000		Donald Wilson (LD)[4]		Alec Hudson (Lab)		Brian Walker (Lab)
2002		Donald Wilson (LD)		Keith Willey (LD)[5]		Brian Walker (Lab)
2003		Donald Wilson (LD)		Keith Willey (LD)		Steve Smith (LD)[6][7]
2004[8]		Donald Wilson (LD)		Mitchell Galdas (LD)[9]		Steve Smith (LD)
2006		Donald Wilson (LD)		Stewart Golton (LD)[b]		Steve Smith (LD)
2007		Donald Wilson (LD)		Stewart Golton (LD)		Steve Smith (LD)
2008		Donald Wilson (LD)		Stewart Golton (LD)		Steve Smith (LD)
2010		Donald Wilson (LD)		Stewart Golton (LD)		Steve Smith (LD)
2011		Donald Wilson (LD)		Stewart Golton (LD)		Karen Bruce (Lab)[c][10]
2012		David Nagle (Lab)[11]		Stewart Golton (LD)		Karen Bruce (Lab)
2014		David Nagle (Lab)		Stewart Golton (LD)		Karen Bruce (Lab)
2015		David Nagle (Lab)		Stewart Golton (LD)		Karen Bruce (Lab)
2016		David Nagle (Lab)		Stewart Golton (LD)		Karen Bruce (Lab)
2018		Carmel Harrison (LD)[12]		Stewart Golton (LD)		Karen Bruce (Lab)
2019		Carmel Harrison (LD)[d]		Stewart Golton (LD)		Diane Chapman (LD)
July 2020		Vacant[e]		Stewart Golton (LD)		Diane Chapman (LD)
2021		Conrad Hart-Brooke (LD)		Stewart Golton (LD)		Diane Chapman (LD)
2022		Conrad Hart-Brooke (LD)		Stewart Golton (LD)		Diane Chapman (LD)
2023		Conrad Hart-Brooke (LD)		Stewart Golton (LD)		Diane Chapman (LD)
2024		Conrad Hart-Brooke* (LD)		Stewart Golton* (LD)		Diane Chapman* (LD)

  indicates seat up for re-election.   indicates councillor vacancy. * indicates incumbent councillor.

Elections since 2010

May 2024

2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Conrad Hart-Brooke*	3,540	62.1	+0.7
	Labour Co-op	Timothy Dowd	1,253	22.0	+0.4
	Conservative	Louisa Singh	340	6.0	−0.7
	Yorkshire	Sean McDonald	329	5.8	+0.9
	Green	Allen Sikoryn	193	3.3	−1.4
	SDP	Sarah Welbourne	43	0.8	+0.4
Majority			2,287	40.1	+0.3
Turnout			5,731	36.7	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.2

May 2023

2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Chapman*	3,409	61.4	+7.1
	Labour	James Driver	1,200	21.6	−6.9
	Conservative	Babatunde Gbolade	372	6.7	−5.4
	Yorkshire	Sean McDonald	274	4.9	+2.1
	Green	Tim Moorson	260	4.7	+2.5
	SDP	Sarah Welbourne	21	0.4	N/A
Majority			2,209	39.8	+14.0
Turnout			5,552	35.1	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

May 2022

2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Golton*	3,304	54.3	+19.9
	Labour	Karen Bruce	1,735	28.5	−4.4
	Conservative	Joe Boycott	737	12.1	−10.9
	Yorkshire	Sean McDonald	168	2.8	−2.5
	Green	Ali Aliremzioglu	137	2.2	−1.3
Majority			1,569	25.8	+24.3
Turnout			6,090	38.1	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

May 2021

2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Conrad Hart-Brooke	2,313	34.4	−7.6
	Labour	Karen Bruce	2,212	32.9	+0.0
	Conservative	Joe Boycott	1,543	23.0	+11.1
	Yorkshire	Sean McDonald	359	5.3	N/A
	Green	Ali Aliremzioglu	235	3.5	−2.0
	SDP	Christopher Dudley	16	0.0	N/A
Majority			101	1.5	−7.6
Turnout			6,716	41.7	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

May 2019

2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Chapman	2,206	42.0	−2.6
	Labour	Karen Bruce*	1,731	32.9	+0.2
	Conservative	Joe Boycott	623	11.9	−5.7
	For Britain	Simon Michael Crowe	409	7.8	+7.8
	Green	Ali Aliremzioglu	288	5.5	+0.5
Majority			475	9.1	−4.5
Turnout			5,306	33.1	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	-1.4

May 2018

2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Golton*	3,167	44.6	+14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Carmel Harrison	2,338
	Labour	Karen Bruce*	2,326	32.7	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Yates	2,157
	Labour	David Nagle*	1,857
	Labour	Sharon Burke	1,645
	Conservative	Joe Boycott	1,254	17.6	+1.4
	Conservative	Melieha Long	855
	Conservative	Shazar Ahad	686
	Green	Ali Aliremzioglu	358	5.0	+2.4
Majority			841	13.6	+7.6
Turnout			6,071	37.7	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2016

2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Nagle*	2,026	36.1	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Carmel Harrison	1,728	30.1	+10.5
	Conservative	Steve Ellis	912	16.2	−8.7
	UKIP	David Daniel	750	13.3	±0
	Green	Emma Dobson	203	3.6	−0.1
Majority			298	6.0	−7.7
Turnout			5,619	36.4
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2015

2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Bruce*	4,206	38.6	−7.5
	Conservative	Steve Ellis	2,715	24.9	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Ward	2,133	19.6	−18.1
	UKIP	Paul Spivey	1,447	13.3	+13.3
	Green	Stephen Paul Terry	408	3.7	+3.7
Majority			1,491	13.7	+5.3
Turnout			10,909	68.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.1

May 2014

2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Golton*	2,429
	Labour	Angela Kellett	2,018
	Conservative	Stephen Ellis	723
	Green	Gordon Haycock	385
Majority			411
Turnout				36.04
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

May 2012

2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Nagle	2,564	47.7	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Don Wilson*	1,926	35.8	−1.9
	Conservative	Daniel Farrell	399	7.4	−8.8
	UKIP	David Daniel	366	6.8	+6.8
	English Democrat	Bernie Allen	120	2.2	+2.2
Majority			638	11.9	+3.5
Turnout			5,375
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+1.7

May 2011

2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Bruce	2,889	46.1	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Smith*	2,365	37.7	+0.0
	Conservative	Louise Turner	1,018	16.2	−3.1
Majority			524	8.4	+6.7
Turnout			6,272	40
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+5.0

May 2010

2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Golton*	3,938	37.7	−5.9
	Labour	Alec Hudson	3,756	35.9	+2.4
	Conservative	Caroline Oldfield	2,018	19.3	+7.2
	BNP	Robert Peel	736	7.0	−3.7
Majority			182	1.7	−8.3
Turnout			10,448	67.1	+29.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-4.1

See also

• Listed buildings in Rothwell, West Yorkshire

Notes

1. Cohen had been a councillor for Burley from 1978 to 1980 and Harehills ward from 1980 to 1996.
2. Golton had previously been a councillor for Weetwood ward from 1998 to 2006.
3. Bruce had previously been a Garforth and Swillington ward councillor from 1998 until losing her seat at the 2004 election.
4. Following the 2019 election, Harrison changed her surname to Hall.
5. Carmel Hall died in office in July 2020. No by-election was required as her term of office was to end and her successor to be elected on 6 May 2021 at the next council election as, in accordance with UK government regulations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it would have been scheduled for the same date.^[13][14]