Bramley and Stanningley (ward)

Bramley and Stanningley
Bramley and Stanningley
	Bramley and Stanningley highlighted within Leeds
Population	17,176 (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 West and Pudsey;
Councillors	Adele Rae (Labour); Tom Hinchcliffe (Labour); Kevin Ritchie (Labour);
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Bramley and Stanningley is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in west Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the former industrial area of Bramley and district of Stanningley.

Councillors since 1980

Election
Bramley (until 2004)
1980	Eric Atkinson (Lab)^[a]	Arthur Miller (Lab)	Denise Atkinson (Lab)^[b]^[5]
1982	Eric Atkinson (Lab)	Arthur Miller (Lab)	Denise Atkinson (Lab)
1983	Eric Atkinson (Lab)	Arthur Miller (Lab)	Denise Atkinson (Lab)
1984	Andrew Siantonas (Lab)	Arthur Miller (Lab)	Denise Atkinson (Lab)
1986	Andrew Siantonas (Lab)	Arthur Miller (Lab)	Denise Atkinson (Lab)
1987	Andrew Siantonas (Lab)	Arthur Miller (Lab)	Denise Atkinson (Lab)
1988	Cherrill Cliff (Lab)	Arthur Miller (Lab)	Denise Atkinson (Lab)
1990	Cherrill Cliff (Lab)	Arthur Miller (Lab)	Denise Atkinson (Lab)
1991	Cherrill Cliff (Lab)	Arthur Miller (Lab)	Denise Atkinson (Lab)
1992 by-election	Cherrill Cliff (Lab)	Stephen Pollard (Lab)	Denise Atkinson (Lab)
1992	Cherrill Cliff (Lab)	Stephen Pollard (Lab)	Denise Atkinson (Lab)
1994	Cherrill Cliff (Lab)	Stephen Pollard (Lab)	Denise Atkinson (Lab)
1995	Cherrill Cliff (Lab)	Angus Ross (Lab)^[c]	Denise Atkinson (Lab)
1996	Cherrill Cliff (Lab)	Angus Ross (Lab)	Denise Atkinson (Lab)
1998	Cherrill Cliff (Lab)	Angus Ross (Lab)	Denise Atkinson (Lab)
1998 by-election	Cherrill Cliff (Lab)	David Revett (LD)	Denise Atkinson (Lab)
1999	Cherrill Cliff (Lab)	Ian Howell (LD)	Denise Atkinson (Lab)
2000	Linda Sullivan (LD)	Ian Howell (LD)	Denise Atkinson MBE (Lab)^[d]
2002	Linda Sullivan (LD)	Ian Howell (LD)	Denise Atkinson MBE (Lab)
2003	Linda Sullivan (LD)	Ted Hanley (Lab)^[7]^[8]	Denise Atkinson MBE (Lab)
Bramley and Stanningley (2004 to present)
2004	Neil Taggart (Lab)^[e]^[9]	Ted Hanley (Lab)^[f]^[10]^[11]	Denise Atkinson MBE (Lab)
2006	Neil Taggart (Lab)	Ted Hanley (Lab)	Denise Atkinson MBE (Lab)
2007	Neil Taggart (Lab)	Ted Hanley (Lab)	Denise Atkinson MBE (Lab)
2008	Neil Taggart (Lab)	Ted Hanley (Lab)	Denise Atkinson MBE (Lab)
2010	Neil Taggart (Lab)	Ted Hanley (Lab)	Denise Atkinson MBE (Lab)
2011	Neil Taggart (Lab)	Ted Hanley (Lab)	Denise Atkinson MBE (Lab)^[g]
2012	Neil Taggart (Lab)^[h]	Ted Hanley (Lab)	Caroline Gruen (Lab)
2014	Kevin Ritchie (Lab)	Ted Hanley (Lab)	Caroline Gruen (Lab)
2015	Kevin Ritchie (Lab)	Julie Heselwood (Lab)^[15]	Caroline Gruen (Lab)
2016	Kevin Ritchie (Lab)	Julie Heselwood (Lab)	Caroline Gruen (Lab)
2018	Kevin Ritchie (Lab)	Julie Heselwood (Lab)	Caroline Gruen (Lab)
2019	Kevin Ritchie (Lab)	Julie Heselwood (Lab)	Caroline Gruen (Lab)
2021	Kevin Ritchie (Lab)	Julie Heselwood (Lab)	Caroline Gruen (Lab)
2022	Kevin Ritchie (Lab)	Julie Heselwood (Lab)^[i]	Caroline Gruen (Lab)
2023	Kevin Ritchie (Lab)	Tom Hinchcliffe (Lab)	Caroline Gruen (Lab)
2024	Kevin Ritchie* (Lab)	Tom Hinchcliffe* (Lab)	Adele Rae* (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	Adele Rae	2,675	60.8	−1.4
	Conservative	Adam Cook	632	14.4	−1.9
	Green	Keith Whittaker	521	11.8	2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Bee	487	11.1	−0.1
	SDP	Richard Riley	82	1.9	0.5
Majority			2,043	46.4	0.5
Turnout			4,442	26.3	1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	0.3

May 2023

2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Hinchcliffe	2,662	62.2	−6.0
	Conservative	Adam Cook	696	16.3	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Bee	479	11.2	4.1
	Green	Keith Whittaker	384	9.0	2.9
	SDP	Richard Riley	62	1.4	1.3
Majority			1,966	45.9	−5.0
Turnout			4,319	25.1	−2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2022

2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Ritchie*	3,230	68.2	15.3
	Conservative	Adam Cook	819	17.3	−8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Bee	338	7.1	−3.8
	Green	Keith Whittaker	290	6.1	−2.7
	SDP	Daniel Whetstone	36	0.1	−0.7
Majority			2,411	50.9	23.6
Turnout			4,734	27.6	−2.9
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2021

2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Gruen*	2,779	52.9	4.3
	Conservative	Adam Cook	1,342	25.5	15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Bee	571	10.9	1.2
	Green	Clive Lord	461	8.8	0.0
	SDP	Daniel Whetstone	40	0.8	N/A
Majority			1,437	27.3	−6.8
Turnout			5,255	30.5	6.6
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2019

2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Heselwood*	1,942	48.6	−6.2
	UKIP	David Woodhead	581	14.5	14.5
	Conservative	Alex Nancolas	417	10.4	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Bee	387	9.7	−0.3
	Green	Clive Lord	351	8.8	−2.0
	For Britain	Anne Murgatroyd	218	5.4	−3.8
	English Democrat	Dean Locke	109	2.7	2.7
Majority			1,361	34.1	−6.1
Turnout			4,033	23.9	−2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	10.4

May 2018

2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Ritchie*	2,905	54.8	3.6
	Labour	Caroline Gruen*	2,560
	Labour	Julie Heselwood*	2,529
	Conservative	Ovidiu Caprariu	772	14.6	4.1
	Conservative	Alexander Nancolas	710
	Conservative	Neil Hunt	692
	Green	Clive Lord	573	10.8	1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Bee	528	10.0	6.3
	For Britain	Anne Murgatroyd	489	9.2	N/A
Majority			2,133	40.2	13.9
Turnout			16,923	26.2	−3.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2016

2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Gruen*	2,370	51.2	5.4
	UKIP	Anne Murgatroyd	1,152	24.9	2.3
	Conservative	Alex Nancolas	484	10.5	7.8
	Green	Kate Bisson	453	9.8	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Serena Samantha Glover	171	3.7	0.5
Majority			1,218	26.3	3.1
Turnout			4,630	29.2
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2015

2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Heselwood	4,267	45.8	−15.0
	UKIP	Anne Murgatroyd	2,103	22.6	22.6
	Conservative	Alexander Nancolas	1,708	18.3	−1.9
	Green	Kate Bisson	791	8.5	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Serena Glover	389	4.2	−4.8
	TUSC	Kevin Pattison	60	0.6	0.6
Majority			2,164	23.2	−17.3
Turnout			9,318	57.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-18.8

May 2014

2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kevin Ritchie	2,092	43.9
	UKIP	Anne Murgatroyd	1,600	33.6
	Conservative	Alexander Nancolas	454	9.5
	Green	Kate Bisson	358	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Serena Glover	219	4.6
	TUSC	Kevin Pattison	44	0.9
Majority			492
Turnout			4,767	29.98
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2012

2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Gruen	2,343	55.1	−5.7
	UKIP	Anne Murgatroyd	655	15.4	15.4
	Conservative	Mohammed Rahman	323	7.6	−12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Fossey	323	7.6	−1.4
	English Democrat	Dean Loke	307	7.2	7.2
	Green	Kate Bisson	304	7.1	−2.9
Majority			1,688	39.7	−0.8
Turnout			4,255
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.5

May 2011

2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ted Hanley*	3,121	60.8	19.7
	Conservative	Alistair McDowall	1,040	20.2	1.1
	Green	Kate Bisson	514	10.0	6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Fossey	462	9.0	−14.9
Majority			2,081	40.5	23.4
Turnout			5,137	31
	Labour hold		Swing	9.3

May 2010

2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Taggart*	3,846	41.0	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Bee	2,242	23.9	12.6
	Conservative	Philip Smith	1,790	19.1	−3.3
	BNP	Sharon Knight	812	8.7	−4.5
	UKIP	Jeff Miles	379	4.0	4.0
	Green	Kate Bisson	302	3.2	−2.0
Majority			1,604	17.1	−2.8
Turnout			9,371	56.8	27.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.9

Notes

^ Eric Atkinson was first elected to represent the ward in 1946.
^ Denise Atkinson was first elected to represent the ward in 1971.^[4]
^ Ross had previously served as a councillor for Pudsey North ward from 1990 to 1994.
^ Atkinson was awarded an MBE in the 2000 New Year Honours.^[6]
^ Taggart had previously been a Chapel Allerton ward councillor since 1980 until his election for Bramley and Stanningley ward in 2004.
^ Hanley had served as a Bramley ward councillor since 2003.
^ Atkinson retired from the council at the 2012 election.^[12]
^ In October 2013, the Labour Party announced Taggart had not been re-selected as the party candidate for the 2014 council election. In July 2017, Taggart was convicted of offences relating to indecent images of children. A June 2017 report by The Yorkshire Post stated, "Labour did not comment why it chose to deselect the long-serving councillor but, it was reported at the time, it came after "a difficult time in his personal life." It was reported that he had been absent from many council meetings since the previous summer and had been fighting cancer."^[13]^[14]
^ Heselwood did not run for re-election in Bramley and Stanningley ward. She successfully stood in Weetwood instead.

References

^ "Councillor Adele Rae". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
^ "Councillor Tom Hinchcliffe". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
^ "Councillor Kevin Ritchie". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
^ Baron, John (7 April 2016). "Denise Atkinson: Tributes paid to former Bramley councillor". West Leeds Dispatch. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^ "Councillor Denise Atkinson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
^ "New Years Honours: MBE civil (A - C)". BBC News. 31 December 1999. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^ "Meeting attendance of Councillor Ted Hanley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
^ "Tributes to former Leeds councillor who died aged 71". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
^ "Councillor Neil Taggart". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
^ "Meeting attendance of Councillor Ted Hanley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
^ "Tributes to former Leeds councillor who died aged 71". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
^ "Leeds: Bramley councillor steps down after 40 years". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
^ "Former Lord Mayor of Leeds distributed indecent images of children". The Yorkshire Post. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^ "Ex-Lord Mayor Neil Taggart jailed over indecent child images". BBC News. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^ "Councillor Julie Heselwood". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

[4] Eric Atkinson was first elected to represent the ward in 1946.

[6] Denise Atkinson was first elected to represent the ward in 1971.^[4]

[8] Ross had previously served as a councillor for Pudsey North ward from 1990 to 1994.

[10] Atkinson was awarded an MBE in the 2000 New Year Honours.^[6]

[13] Taggart had previously been a Chapel Allerton ward councillor since 1980 until his election for Bramley and Stanningley ward in 2004.

[15] Hanley had served as a Bramley ward councillor since 2003.

[19] Atkinson retired from the council at the 2012 election.^[12]

[22] In October 2013, the Labour Party announced Taggart had not been re-selected as the party candidate for the 2014 council election. In July 2017, Taggart was convicted of offences relating to indecent images of children. A June 2017 report by The Yorkshire Post stated, "Labour did not comment why it chose to deselect the long-serving councillor but, it was reported at the time, it came after "a difficult time in his personal life." It was reported that he had been absent from many council meetings since the previous summer and had been fighting cancer."^[13]^[14]

[24] Heselwood did not run for re-election in Bramley and Stanningley ward. She successfully stood in Weetwood instead.

[1] "Councillor Adele Rae". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

[2] "Councillor Tom Hinchcliffe". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 19 July 2024.

[3] "Councillor Kevin Ritchie". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

[5] Baron, John (7 April 2016). "Denise Atkinson: Tributes paid to former Bramley councillor". West Leeds Dispatch. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

[7] "Councillor Denise Atkinson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

[9] "New Years Honours: MBE civil (A - C)". BBC News. 31 December 1999. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

[11] "Meeting attendance of Councillor Ted Hanley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

[12] "Tributes to former Leeds councillor who died aged 71". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

[14] "Councillor Neil Taggart". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

[16] "Meeting attendance of Councillor Ted Hanley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

[17] "Tributes to former Leeds councillor who died aged 71". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

[18] "Leeds: Bramley councillor steps down after 40 years". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

[20] "Former Lord Mayor of Leeds distributed indecent images of children". The Yorkshire Post. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

[21] "Ex-Lord Mayor Neil Taggart jailed over indecent child images". BBC News. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

[23] "Councillor Julie Heselwood". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

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