Temple Newsam (ward)

Temple Newsam is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in east Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the outer city suburbs of Colton, Halton, Halton Moor and Whitkirk. Austhorpe is also shared with Cross Gates and Whinmoor ward, whilst the current civil parish boundaries of Austhorpe see its eastern half lie in the western tip of Garforth and Swillington ward.

Temple Newsam

Temple Newsam highlighted within Leeds
Population16,488 (2019 electorate)[1]
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
Councillors

The ward population at the 2011 Census was 21,543 and ward itself is named after the Temple Newsam estate.[5]

Boundaries

The Temple Newsam ward includes the civil parish of Austhorpe (west half).

Councillors
Judith Cummins represented Temple Newsam ward (2012-2016). Member of Parliament for Bradford South since 2015.
ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
2004 Bill Hyde (Con)[lower-alpha 1] David Schofield (Con)[lower-alpha 2][6] Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)[lower-alpha 3][9]
2006 Bill Hyde (Con) David Schofield (Con) Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2007 Bill Hyde (Con) Jacqueline Langdale (Lab)[10] Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2008 Bill Hyde (Con) Jacqueline Langdale (Lab)[lower-alpha 4] Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2009 by-election Bill Hyde (Con) David Schofield (Con)[12] Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2010 Bill Hyde (Con) David Schofield (Con) Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2011 Bill Hyde (Con) Katherine Mitchell (Lab) Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2012 Judith Cummins (Lab)[lower-alpha 5][13] Katherine Mitchell (Lab) Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2014 Judith Cummins (Lab) Katherine Mitchell (Lab) Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2015 Judith Cummins (Lab)[lower-alpha 6] Helen Hayden (Lab) Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2016 Debra Coupar (Lab)[lower-alpha 7] Helen Hayden (Lab) Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2018 Debra Coupar (Lab) Helen Hayden (Lab) Michael Lyons OBE (Lab)
2019 Debra Coupar* (Lab) Helen Hayden* (Lab) Nicole Sharpe* (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 2019
2019
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nicole Sharpe 1,947 38.7 -5.3
Conservative Liz Hayes 1,549 30.8 -4.4
UKIP Ian Greenberg 702 14.0 +14.0
Green Shahab Saqib Adris 373 7.4 -2.8
Liberal Democrats Keith Norman 330 6.6 -1.4
For Britain Billy Baldwin 126 2.5 +2.5
Majority 398 7.9 0.9
Turnout 5,068 30.7 -4.5
Labour hold Swing -1.0

May 2018
2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Debra Coupar* 2,641 44.0 -2.6
Labour Helen Hayden* 2,603
Labour Mick Lyons* 2,482
Conservative Elizabeth Hayes 2,113 35.2 +10.4
Conservative Neale Deacon 2,062
Conservative Robert Hayes 1,739
Green Fiona Love 610 10.2 +7.1
Liberal Democrats Keith Norman 478 8.0 +4.3
Majority 528 8.8 -13.0
Turnout 6,002 36.2 +0.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

May 2016
2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Debra Coupar 2,690 46.6 +3.7
Conservative David Schofield 1,430 24.8 -4.4
UKIP Phil Moore 1,259 21.8 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Keith Cecil Norman 216 3.7 -0.3
Green Sarah Ann Crossland 179 3.1 -0.7
Majority 1,260 21.8 +8.1
Turnout 5,774 36.0
Labour hold Swing

May 2015
2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen Hayden 4,493 42.9 -11.5
Conservative Elizabeth Hayes 3,059 29.2 -9.6
UKIP Bruce Naylor 2,097 20.0 +20.0
Liberal Democrats Keith Norman 420 4.0 -2.8
Green Nathan Allen 401 3.8 +3.8
Majority 1,434 13.7 -1.8
Turnout 10,470 63.6
Labour hold Swing -1.0

May 2014
2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mick Lyons* 2,294
UKIP Bruce Naylor 1,599
Conservative David Schofield 1,377
Green Nathan Allen 335
Liberal Democrats Keith Norman 148
Majority 695
Turnout 35.38
Labour hold Swing

May 2012
2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Cummins 3,137 53.6 -0.8
Conservative Bill Hyde* 1,505 25.7 -13.1
Independent David Rudge 654 11.2 +11.2
English Democrat Jordan Fawcett 370 6.3 +6.3
Liberal Democrats Ian Dowling 192 3.3 -3.5
Majority 1,632 27.9 +12.4
Turnout 5,858
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.1

May 2011
2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Katherine Mitchell 3,707 54.4 +16.8
Conservative David Schofield* 2,648 38.8 +11.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Dowling 464 6.8 -7.3
Majority 1,059 15.5 +5.7
Turnout 6,819 42
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.9

May 2010
2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mick Lyons* 4,098 37.6 +8.0
Conservative Elizabeth Hayes 3,032 27.8 -6.1
Liberal Democrats Ian Dowling 1,538 14.1 +6.7
Independent David Gale 1,072 9.8 +2.9
BNP Ian Gibson 1,041 9.5 -12.6
Alliance for Green Socialism Gareth Christie 126 1.2 +1.2
Majority 1,066 9.8 +5.5
Turnout 10,907 67.9 +23.9
Labour hold Swing +7.0

Notes
  1. Hyde had previously served as a councillor for Halton ward between 1973 and 1995 and again from 2000.
  2. Schofield previously served as a Garforth and Swillington ward councillor between 1982 and his election for Halton ward in 1986. Losing his seat in 1990, he served Halton again from 1992 to 1996, when he lost his seat for a second time. He won again in 2003 and served the one-year term available until the all-out election in 2004.
  3. Lyons, previously a councillor for Richmond Hill ward from 1980, was awarded an OBE in the 2003 Birthday Honours.[7][8]
  4. Langdale resigned from the council for personal reasons in February 2009, triggering an April 2009 by-election. It was subsequently won by the Conservatives. In October 2008, the Daily Express had reported Langdale had been involved in an extramarital affair with the 2008 Labour candidate for Temple Newsam, Jeff Coupar. Coupar was also married to Middleton Park and later Temple Newsam ward councillor, Debra Coupar.[11]
  5. Cummins was previously a Bradford City Councillor for Royds ward from 2004 to 2007.
  6. Cummins was elected as Member of Parliament for Bradford South on the same day as the 2015 council election. She stood down from the council at the 2016 council election.
  7. Cross Gates and Whinmoor ward councillor Coupar replaced Judith Cummins. She had previously represented Morley South ward from 2003 to 2004, Middleton Park ward between 2006 and 2010 and Cross Gates and Whinmoor since 2013.

References
  1. "Leeds City Council election results 2019: Temple Newsam". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  2. "Councillor Debra Coupar". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  3. "Councillor Helen Hayden". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  4. "Councillor Nicole Sharpe". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  5. "City of Leeds ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  6. "Councillor David Schofield". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  7. "OBEs L-Z". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 13 June 2003. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  8. "The Queen and I – by Councillor Mick". Yorkshire Evening Post. 1 November 2003. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  9. "Councillor Michael Lyons OBE". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  10. "Councillor Jacqueline Langdale". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  11. "Facing the sack, JP caught cavorting with a councillor". Daily Express. 29 October 2008.
  12. "Temple Newsam ward - by-election result". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. 2 April 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  13. "Councillor Judith Cummins". democracy.leeds.gov.uk. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
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