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.

Boundaries

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

Councillors

Election	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)
1991	John Meade (LD)	Christopher Townsley (LD)	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)	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)	Christopher Townsley (LD)
2000	Brian Cleasby (LD)	Andrew Barker (LD)	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)	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)	Dawn Collins (Con)	Jackie Shemilt (Con)
2019	Jonathon Taylor (Con)	Dawn Collins (Con)	Jackie Shemilt (Con)
2021	Jonathon Taylor (Con)	Dawn Collins (Con)	Jackie Shemilt (Con)
2022	John Garvani (Lab)	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 2026

2026
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Green	Khadijah Akhtar
	Labour	Emmie Bromley*
	Liberal Democrats	Ivan Brookes
	Conservative	Chris Calvert
	SDP	Catherine Dobson
	Reform	Michael Meston
Majority
Turnout
		Swing

May 2024

2024
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	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