# Morley North (ward)

Morley North is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in south west Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering Churwell to the north of Morley town and villages of Drighlington and Gildersome.

## Boundaries

The Morley North ward includes the civil parishes of:
* Drighlington
* Gildersome
* Morley (north western section including Churwell, part of Morley Town Council)

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
| 1973 | B.B. Barker (Con) | R.J.W. Binks (Con) | R. Verity (Con) |
| 1975 | B.B. Barker (Con) | R.J.W. Binks (Con) | R. Verity (Con) |
| 1976 | B.B. Barker (Con) | B. Senior (Con) | R. Verity (Con) |
| 1978 | B.B. Barker (Con) | B. Senior (Con) | R. Verity (Con) |
| 1979 | B.B. Barker (Con) | B. Senior (Con) | Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1980 | Roger Cordingley (Lab) | B.L. Cook (Lab) | Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1982 | Roger Cordingley (Lab) | R. Verity (Con) | Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1983 | Graham Marshall (Con) | R. Verity (Con) | Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1984 | Graham Marshall (Con) | R. Verity (Con) | Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1986 | Graham Marshall (Con) | Philippa Fitzpatrick (Lab) | Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1987 | R.J.W. Binks (Con) | Philippa Fitzpatrick (Lab) | Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1988 | R.J.W. Binks (Con) | Philippa Fitzpatrick (Lab) | Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1989 by-election | R.J.W. Binks (Con) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1990 | R.J.W. Binks (Con) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1991 | Gordon Morrison (Lab) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1992 | Gordon Morrison (Lab) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Alan Barraclough (Con) |
| 1994 | Gordon Morrison (Lab) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Alan Barraclough (Con) |
| 1995 | Philip Jones (Lab) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Alan Barraclough (Con) |
| 1996 | Philip Jones (Lab) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Michael Dawson (Lab) |
| 1998 | Philip Jones (Lab) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Michael Dawson (Lab) |
| 1999 | Philip Jones (Lab) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Michael Dawson (Lab) |
| 2000 | Philip Jones (Lab) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Michael Dawson (Lab) |
| 2001 by-election | Philip Jones (Lab) | Frances Jones (Lab) | Jayne Hill (Lab) |
| 2002 | Philip Jones (Lab) | Robert Finnigan (Ind) | Jayne Hill (Lab) |
| 2003 | Thomas Leadley (Ind) | Robert Finnigan (Ind) | Jayne Hill (Lab) |
| 2004 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Stewart McArdle (MBI) |
| May 2005 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Stewart McArdle (Ind) |
| 2006 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Stewart McArdle (Ind) |
| 2007 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2008 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2010 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2011 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2012 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2014 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2015 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2016 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2018 | Thomas Leadley (MBI) | Andrew Hutchison (MBI) | Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2019 | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Andrew Hutchison (MBI) | Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2021 | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Andrew Hutchison (MBI) | Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2022 | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Andrew Hutchison (MBI) | Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2023 | Robert Finnigan (MBI) | Andrew Hutchison (MBI) | Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2024 | Robert Finnigan* (MBI) | Simon Brown* (MBI) | Bob Gettings* (Ind) |
indicates seat up for re-election.  indicates seat up for election following resignation or death of sitting councillor.  indicates councillor defection. * indicates incumbent councillor.

## Elections since 2010
### May 2024

2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Morley Borough Independent | Simon Brown | 2,317 | 37.8 | −5.8 |
| | Labour Co-op | Stuart Bruce | 1,529 | 25.0 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Jill Gettings-Bellhouse | 998 | 16.3 | New |
| | Conservative | Lalit Suryawanshi | 780 | 12.7 | −2.4 |
| | Green | Evelyn Jeffries | 285 | 4.7 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Trueman | 197 | 3.2 | −2.5 |
| | SDP | Thomas Foster | 19 | 0.3 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 788 | 12.8 | −5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,154 | 33.7 | +3.0 |
| | Morley Borough Independent hold | Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | -2.9 | |

### May 2023

2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Morley Borough Independents | Robert Finnigan* | 2,448 | 43.6 | −6.8 |
| | Labour Co-op | Patrick Davey | 1,400 | 24.9 | +2.6 |
| | Conservative | Dom Eatwell | 848 | 15.1 | −2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Trueman | 323 | 5.7 | +4.1 |
| | Green | Rebecca Kellett | 313 | 5.6 | −2.6 |
| | Reform UK | Jonathan Thackray | 252 | 4.5 | N/A |
| | SDP | Richard Cowles | 25 | 0.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,048 | 18.6 | −9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,620 | 30.7 | −3.0 |
| | Morley Borough Independents hold | Morley Borough Independents hold | Swing | | |

### May 2022

2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Morley Borough Independents | Bob Gettings* | 3,101 | 50.4 | +8.4 |
| | Labour | Patrick Davey | 1,373 | 22.3 | +0.6 |
| | Conservative | Lidia Smith | 1,052 | 17.1 | −10.7 |
| | Green | Aisling Dolan | 506 | 8.2 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Spencer | 98 | 1.6 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,728 | 28.0 | +13.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,153 | 33.7% | −4.3 |
| | Morley Borough Independents hold | Morley Borough Independents hold | Swing | | |

### May 2021

2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Morley Borough Independent | Andy Hutchinson* | 2,922 | 42.0 | −18.0 |
| | Conservative | Alan Shires | 1,930 | 27.8 | +13.3 |
| | Labour Co-op | Luke Mitchell | 1,506 | 21.7 | +5.4 |
| | Green | Eunice Agbemafle | 389 | 5.6 | −1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Penelope Goodman | 134 | 1.9 | −0.6 |
| | SDP | Nigel Perry | 33 | 0.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 992 | 14.2 | −29.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,953 | 38.0 | +7.7 |
| | Morley Borough Independent hold | Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | | |

### May 2019

2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Morley Borough Independent | Robert Finnigan | 3,238 | 60.0 | +7.4 |
| | Labour Co-op | Johnathan Leng | 881 | 16.3 | −9.4 |
| | Conservative | Cameron Stephenson | 782 | 14.5 | −2.9 |
| | Green | Fiona Love | 362 | 6.7 | +6.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Michael Spencer | 137 | 2.5 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,357 | 43.7 | +1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,445 | 30.3 | −3.2 |
| | Morley Borough Independent hold | Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | +8.4 | |

### May 2018

2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Morley Borough Independent | Bob Gettings* | 3,480 | 52.6 | +2.0 |
| | Morley Borough Independent | Andy Hutchison | 2,945 | | |
| | Morley Borough Independent | Thomas Leadley* | 2,767 | | |
| | Labour Co-op | Pete Compton | 1,701 | 25.7 | +3.9 |
| | Labour Co-op | Steve Clapcote | 1,345 | | |
| | Labour Co-op | Johnathan Leng | 1,269 | | |
| | Conservative | Jason Aldiss | 1,149 | 17.4 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Dilworth | 1,146 | | |
| | Conservative | Louisa Singh | 695 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Mellor | 284 | 4.3 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,529 | 42.1 | +13.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,009 | 33.5 | +0.7 |
| | Morley Borough Independent hold | Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Morley Borough Independent hold | Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Morley Borough Independent hold | Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | | |

### May 2016

2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Morley Borough Independent | Robert Finnigan* | 2,891 | 50.6 | +13.3 |
| | Labour | Andrew Timothy Scopes | 1,245 | 21.8 | −0.1 |
| | Conservative | Jason Karl Aldiss | 816 | 14.3 | −7.5 |
| | UKIP | Peter Morgan | 537 | 9.4 | +3.6 |
| | Green | Mickayla Ireland | 122 | 2.1 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Richard Andrews | 108 | 1.9 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,646 | 28.8 | +13.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,719 | 32.8 | |
| | Morley Borough Independent hold | Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | | |

### May 2015

2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Morley Borough Independent | Bob Gettings* | 4,271 | 37.3 | −15.6 |
| | Labour | Mark Sewards | 2,505 | 21.9 | −1.3 |
| | Conservative | Sophie Tempest | 2,496 | 21.8 | +9.1 |
| | UKIP | Samuel Stead | 1,487 | 13.0 | +13.0 |
| | Green | Deborah Fenney | 354 | 3.1 | +3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Andrews | 263 | 2.3 | −0.6 |
| | TUSC | Karen Cussons | 78 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,766 | 15.4 | −14.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,454 | 64.9 | |
| | Morley Borough Independent hold | Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | -7.2 | |

### May 2014

2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Morley Borough Independent | Thomas Leadley* | 2,759 | |
| | Labour | Charlotte Hill | 1,181 | |
| | UKIP | Luke Senior | 1,150 | |
| | Conservative | Sophie Tempest | 675 | |
| | Green | Deborah Fenney | 180 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John MacArthur | 74 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,578 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,019 | 34.56 |
| | Morley Borough Independent hold | Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | |

### May 2012

2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Morley Borough Independent | Robert Finnigan* | 3,517 | 61.3 | +8.5 |
| | Labour | Margaret Foster | 1,240 | 21.6 | −1.6 |
| | Conservative | David Schofield | 519 | 9.1 | −3.6 |
| | English Democrat | Tom Redmond | 458 | 8.0 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,277 | 39.7 | +10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,734 | | |
| | Morley Borough Independent hold | Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | +5.0 | |

### May 2011

2011 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Morley Borough Independent | Bob Gettings* | 3,642 | 52.9 | +19.5 |
| | Labour | Kathryn Rose | 1,599 | 23.2 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Robin Ghosh | 874 | 12.7 | −8.4 |
| | English Democrat | Tom Redmond | 573 | 8.3 | +8.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Andrews | 199 | 2.9 | −8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,043 | 29.7 | +19.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,887 | 39 | |
| | Morley Borough Independent hold | Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | +9.5 | |

### May 2010

2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Morley Borough Independent | Thomas Leadley* | 4,063 | 33.4 | −18.3 |
| | Labour | David Nagle | 2,767 | 22.7 | +9.3 |
| | Conservative | Robin Ghosh | 2,571 | 21.1 | +9.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Lovell | 1,397 | 11.5 | +8.3 |
| | BNP | Tom Redmond | 1,378 | 11.3 | −8.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,296 | 10.6 | −21.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,176 | 68.2 | +28.0 |
| | Morley Borough Independent hold | Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | -13.8 | |