Morley_South_(ward)

Morley South
Morley South
	Morley South highlighted within Leeds
Population	18,284 (2023 electorate)
Metropolitan borough	City of Leeds;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Morley and Outwood;
Councillors	Wyn Kidger; (Morley Borough Independents); Oliver Newton; (Morley Borough Independents); Jane Senior; (Morley Borough Independents);
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Morley South (ward)

Electoral ward in Leeds, England

Morley South is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in south west Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the town of Morley and west Tingley.

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1973	Bernard Haydn (Lab)	Ted Hewitt (Lab)	Stuart Welham (Lab)
1975	Bernard Haydn (Lab)	Ted Hewitt (Lab)	Stuart Welham (Lab)
1976	Bernard Haydn (Lab)	B. Broadbent (Con)	Stuart Welham (Lab)
1978	Bernard Haydn (Lab)	B. Broadbent (Con)	Stuart Welham (Lab)
1979	Bernard Haydn (Lab)	B. Broadbent (Con)	Bryan North (Lab)
1980	Bernard Haydn (Lab)	Keith Burnley (Lab)	Bryan North (Lab)
1982	Bernard Haydn (Lab)	Keith Burnley (Lab)	Bryan North (Lab)
1983	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	Keith Burnley (Lab)	Bryan North (Lab)
1984	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	Keith Burnley (Lab)	Bryan North (Lab)
1986	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	Keith Burnley (Lab)	Bryan North (Lab)
1987	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	Keith Burnley (Lab)	Bryan North (Lab)
1988	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	Keith Burnley (Lab)	Bryan North (Lab)
1990	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	Keith Burnley (Lab)	Bryan North (Lab)
1991	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	Keith Burnley (Lab)	Bryan North (Lab)
1992	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	Keith Burnley (Lab)	Bryan North (Lab)
1994	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	Sherry Bradley (Lab)	Bryan North (Lab)
1995	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	Sherry Bradley (Lab)	Bryan North (Lab)
1996	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	Sherry Bradley (Lab)	Bryan North (Lab)
1998	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	Sherry Bradley (Lab)	Bryan North (Lab)
1999	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	Sherry Bradley (Lab)	Bryan North (Lab)
2000	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	Sherry Bradley (Lab)	Bryan North (Lab)
2002	Ray Mitchell (Lab)	Sherry Bradley (Lab)	Bryan North (Lab)
2003	Debra Coupar (Lab)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^[4]	Sherry Bradley (Lab)	Bryan North (Lab)
2004	Judith Elliott (MBI)^[5]	Terry Grayshon (MBI)^[6]	Gareth Beevers (MBI)
2006	Judith Elliott (MBI)	Terry Grayshon (MBI)	Christopher Beverley (BNP)^[7]
2007	Judith Elliott (MBI)	Terry Grayshon (MBI)	Christopher Beverley (BNP)
2008	Judith Elliott (MBI)	Terry Grayshon (MBI)	Christopher Beverley (BNP)
2010	Judith Elliott (MBI)	Terry Grayshon (MBI)	Shirley Varley (MBI)^[8]
2011	Judith Elliott (MBI)	Neil Dawson (Lab)^[9]	Shirley Varley (MBI)
2012	Judith Elliott (MBI)	Neil Dawson (Lab)	Shirley Varley (MBI)
2014	Judith Elliott MBE (MBI)^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Neil Dawson (Lab)	Shirley Varley (MBI)
2015	Judith Elliott MBE (MBI)	Neil Dawson (Lab)	Shirley Varley (MBI)
2016	Judith Elliott MBE (MBI)	Neil Dawson (Lab)	Shirley Varley (MBI)
2018	Judith Elliott MBE (MBI)	Neil Dawson (Lab)	Wyn Kidger (MBI)
2019	Judith Elliott MBE (MBI)	Neil Dawson (Lab)	Wyn Kidger (MBI)
2021	Judith Elliott MBE (MBI)	Jane Senior (MBI)	Wyn Kidger (MBI)
2022	Oliver Newton* (MBI)	Jane Senior* (MBI)	Wyn Kidger* (MBI)
2023	Oliver Newton* (MBI)	Jane Senior* (MBI)	Wyn Kidger* (MBI)

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

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[4] Coupar lost her seat at the next election in 2004. She was elected to council again in 2006 for Middleton Park ward, stepping down in 2010. Coupar went on to be elected as a Cross Gates and Whinmoor ward councillor in the 2013 by-election and has represented Temple Newsam ward since 2016.

[12] Elliott was awarded an MBE in the 2012 Birthday Honours.^[10]

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"Councillor Wyn Kidger". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

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"Councillor Oliver Newton". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

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"Councillor Jane Senior". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

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"Councillor Debra Coupar". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

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"Councillor Judith Elliott". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

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"Councillor Terrence Grayshon". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

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"Councillor Christopher James Beverley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

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"Councillor Shirley Varley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

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"Councillor Neil Dawson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

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"Queen's Birthday Honours: Yorkshire's unsung heroes are given royal recognition". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Morley Borough Independents	Wyn Kidger*	2,094	41.4	+1.8
	Labour	Bailey Bradley	1,510	29.8	-0.4
	Conservative	Charles George	749	14.8	-4.8
	Green	Chris Bell	450	8.9	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mihai Barticel	191	3.8	+1.5
	SDP	Andrew Martin	41	0.8	N/A
Majority			584	11.5	+2.1
Turnout			5,062	27.7	-4.5
	Morley Borough Independents hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Morley Borough Independents	Oliver Newton	2,321	39.6	+6.5
	Labour	Bailey Bradley	1,769	30.2	+4.9
	Conservative	Lalit Suryawanshi	1,150	19.6	-7.7
	Green	Chris Bell	470	8.0	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Goodman	137	2.3	+0.6
Majority			552	9.4	+3.6
Turnout			5,857	32.2	-3.3
	Morley Borough Independents hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Morley Borough Independent	Jane Senior	2,127	33.1	-17.4
	Conservative	Michael Burnham	1,754	27.3	+14.7
	Labour	Bailey Bradley	1,689	26.3	+0.1
	Green	Chris Bell	608	9.5	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Richard Andrews	110	1.7	-1.1
	SDP	Joshua Sturgeon	104	1.6	N/A
Majority			373	5.8	-18.5
Turnout			6,431	35.5	+8.0
	Morley Borough Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Morley Borough Independent	Wyn Kidger*	2,403	50.5	+10.1
	Labour Co-op	Pete Compton	1,248	26.2	-7.8
	Conservative	Lewis Jones	601	12.6	-1.1
	Green	Chris Bell	375	7.9	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Richard Andrews	129	2.8	+0.4
Majority			1,145	24.3	+16.8
Turnout			4,811	27.5	-3.2
	Morley Borough Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Morley Borough Independent	Judith Elliott*	2,500	40.4	-2.8
	Labour Co-op	Neil Dawson*	2,102	34.0	+5.5
	Morley Borough Independent	Wyn Kidger	2,082
	Morley Borough Independent	Robert Finnigan	2,028
	Labour Co-op	Charlotte Hill	1,799
	Labour Co-op	Luke Mitchell	1,712
	Conservative	Rachel Oldham	848	13.7	+2.9
	Conservative	Jermaine Sanwoolu	698
	Green	Chris Bell	583	9.4	+6.5
	Conservative	Jas Singh	547
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Smith	148	2.4	+1.3
Majority			398	7.5	-7.2
Turnout			5,309	30.7	-0.1
	Morley Borough Independent hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Morley Borough Independent hold		Swing

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Morley Borough Independent	Judith Elliott*	2,188	43.2	+18.0
	Labour	Sarah Keig	1,445	28.5	+2.0
	UKIP	David Kent	687	13.6	-3.3
	Conservative	Jane Eastwood	547	10.8	+10.0
	Green	Christopher Bell	145	2.9	-0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Aqila Choudhry	55	1.1	-0.9
Majority			743	14.7	+9.3
Turnout			5.067	30.8
	Morley Borough Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Dawson*	3,071	30.5	-2.9
	Morley Borough Independent	Wyn Kidger	2,523	25.0	-7.6
	Conservative	Kathleen Tempest	2,096	20.8	+9.2
	UKIP	Lindon Dove	1,708	16.9	+16.9
	Green	Claire Hawker	370	3.7	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Durno MacArthur	203	2.0	-0.8
	TUSC	Neil Cussons	107	1.1	+1.1
Majority			548	5.4	+4.6
Turnout			10,078	60.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Morley Borough Independent	Shirley Varley*	1,967
	Labour	Mark Sewards	1,293
	UKIP	Lindon Dove	1,279
	Conservative	Kathleen Tempest	489
	Green	Bluebell Eikonoklastes	116
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Gagen	71
	TUSC	Neil Cussons	51
Majority			674
Turnout			5,266	31.93
	Morley Borough Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Morley Borough Independent	Judith Elliott*	2,690	50.0	+17.4
	Labour	Kathryn Rose	1,507	28.0	-5.5
	English Democrat	Chris Beverley	811	15.1	-4.5
	Conservative	John McKee	376	7.0	-4.6
Majority			1,183	22.0	+21.2
Turnout			5,384
	Morley Borough Independent hold		Swing	+11.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Dawson	2,129	33.4	+9.9
	Morley Borough Independent	Terry Grayshon*	2,076	32.6	+5.9
	English Democrat	Chris Beverley	1,245	19.6	+19.6
	Conservative	Neil Hunt	736	11.6	-6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Jacques	180	2.8	-8.0
Majority			53	0.8	-2.4
Turnout			6,366	38
	Labour gain from Morley Borough Independent		Swing	+2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Morley Borough Independent	Shirley Varley	2,837	26.7	-17.0
	Labour	Rob Wilkinson	2,497	23.5	+10.1
	BNP	Chris Beverley*	2,246	21.2	-7.5
	Conservative	Andrew Haigh	1,880	17.7	+9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rowena Skinner	1,149	10.8	+7.6
Majority			340	3.2	-11.9
Turnout			10,609	64.2	+26.5
	Morley Borough Independent gain from BNP		Swing	-13.5