Morley South (ward)

Morley South
Morley South highlighted within Leeds
Population18,284 (2023 electorate)
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
Councillors

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

Boundaries

The Morley South ward includes the majority of the civil parish of Morley, except for its north western section sitting in Morley North ward. The entire parish is also overseen by Morley Town Council.

Councillors

Election Councillor Councillor Councillor
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)[a][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)[b] 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)
2024 Oliver Newton (MBI) Jane Senior (MBI) Wyn Kidger (Ind)[c]
2025 by-election Oliver Newton* (MBI) Jane Senior* (MBI) Ryan Taylor* (RUK)

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

Elections since 2010

June 2025 by-election

12 June 2025
replacing Wyn Kidger (resigned)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Ryan Taylor 2,119 36.7 +29.7
Morley Borough Independents Terry Grayshon 1,450 25.1 −13.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Fox 1,009 17.5 +15.9
Labour Co-op Charlotte Hill 634 11.0 −20.2
Green Chris Bell[14] 313 5.4 −3.5
Conservative Liam Roberts 230 4.0 −5.6
Majority 669 11.6 +4.8
Turnout 5,767 31.7 −0.7
Reform UK gain from Morley Borough Independent Swing +21.4

May 2024

2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Morley Borough Independent Jane Senior* 2,221 38.1 −3.4
Labour Co-op Charlotte Hill 1,824 31.2 +1.4
Conservative Alexander Giles 560 9.6 −5.2
Green Chris Bell 521 8.9 ±0.0
Reform UK James Kendall 407 7.0 New
Independent Phil Bennett 192 3.3 New
Liberal Democrats Mihai Barticel 93 1.6 −2.2
SDP Nigel Perry 8 0.1 −0.7
Majority 397 6.8 −4.7
Turnout 5,878 32.4 +4.7
Morley Borough Independents hold Swing -2.4

May 2023

2023
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

May 2022

2022
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

May 2021

2021
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

May 2019

2019
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

May 2018

2018
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

May 2016

2016
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

May 2015

2015
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

May 2014

2014
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

May 2012

2012
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

May 2011

2011
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

May 2010

2010
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

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Elliott was awarded an MBE in the 2012 Birthday Honours.[10]
  3. ^ Kidger resigned from the Morley Borough Independents prior to the election. She joined fellow former MBI councillor for Morley North, Bob Gettings, and previously Conservative councillor for Pudsey, Trish Smith, to form the 'Local Independent Party' grouping on the council in May 2024. Kidger resigned from the council in April 2025.

References

  1. ^ "Councillor Oliver Newton". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Councillor Jane Senior". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Councillor Ryan Taylor". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Councillor Debra Coupar". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Councillor Judith Elliott". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Councillor Terrence Grayshon". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Councillor Christopher James Beverley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Councillor Shirley Varley". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Councillor Neil Dawson". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Queen's Birthday Honours: Yorkshire's unsung heroes are given royal recognition". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  11. ^ "Leeds City Council elections: Morley South Ward by-election". Leeds City Council. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  12. ^ "Leeds City Council: Morley set for by-election as Councillor Wyn Kidger resigns after eight years". Yorkshire Evening Post. 13 May 2025.
  13. ^ "Morley South by-election: Reform UK scores victory as Nigel Farage's wins Leeds City Council seat". Yorkshire Evening Post. 13 June 2025.
  14. ^ Rogan, Matt (11 May 2025). "Chris Bell announced as Green candidate for Morley South by-election on 12th June".
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