# Guiseley and Rawdon (ward)

Guiseley and Rawdon is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in the north west of Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering both the town of Guiseley, the majority of the village of Rawdon and the southern part of the town of Yeadon.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
| Aireborough (1973 to 2004) |||||||
| 1973 | W. Hudson (Con) | H. Freeman (Con) | R. Cartwright (Con) |
| 1975 | W. Hudson (Con) | J. Hutchinson (Con) | R. Cartwright (Con) |
| 1976 | W. Hudson (Con) | J. Hutchinson (Con) | R. Cartwright (Con) |
| 1978 | W. Hudson (Con) | J. Hutchinson (Con) | R. Cartwright (Con) |
| 1979 | W. Hudson (Con) | J. Hutchinson (Con) | H. Freeman (Con) |
| 1980 | W. Hudson (Con) | Hugh Barber (Con) | T. Hawkins (Con) |
| 1982 | W. Hudson (Con) | Hugh Barber (Con) | T. Hawkins (Con) |
| 1983 | W. Hudson (Con) | Hugh Barber (Con) | T. Hawkins (Con) |
| 1984 | W. Hudson (Con) | Hugh Barber (Con) | T. Hawkins (Con) |
| 1986 | W. Hudson (Con) | Hugh Barber (Con) | J.D. Atkinson (Con) |
| 1986 by-election | W. Hudson (Con) | Janet Brown (Lib) | J.D. Atkinson (Con) |
| 1987 | W. Hudson (Con) | Janet Brown (Lib) | J.D. Atkinson (Con) |
| 1988 | Richard Rowland-Hughes (Con) | Janet Brown (Lib) | J.D. Atkinson (Con) |
| 1990 | Richard Rowland-Hughes (Con) | Janet Brown (Lib) | Moira Dunn (Lab) |
| 1991 | Richard Rowland-Hughes (Con) | Margaret Atkinson (Con) | Moira Dunn (Lab) |
| 1992 | Richard Rowland-Hughes (Con) | Margaret Atkinson (Con) | Moira Dunn (Lab) |
| 1994 | Richard Rowland-Hughes (Con) | Margaret Atkinson (Con) | Moira Dunn (Lab) |
| 1995 | Richard Rowland-Hughes (Con) | Michael Dunn (Lab) | Moira Dunn (Lab) |
| 1996 | Tony Addison (Lab) | Michael Dunn (Lab) | Moira Dunn (Lab) |
| 1998 | Tony Addison (Lab) | Michael Dunn (Lab) | Moira Dunn (Lab) |
| 1999 | Tony Addison (Lab) | Michael Dunn (Lab) | Moira Dunn (Lab) |
| 2000 | Graham Latty (Con) | Michael Dunn (Lab) | Moira Dunn (Lab) |
| 2002 | Graham Latty (Con) | Michael Dunn (Lab) | Makhan Thakur (Con) |
| 2003 | Graham Latty (Con) | Stuart Andrew (Con) | Makhan Thakur (Con) |
| Guiseley and Rawdon (2004 to present) |||||||
| 2004 | Graham Latty (Con) | Stuart Andrew (Con) | John Bale (Con) |
| 2006 | Graham Latty (Con) | Stuart Andrew (Con) | John Bale (Con) |
| 2007 | Graham Latty (Con) | Stuart Andrew (Con) | John Bale (Con) |
| 2008 | Graham Latty (Con) | Stuart Andrew (Con) | John Bale (Con) |
| 2010 | Graham Latty (Con) | Stuart Andrew (Con) | Pat Latty (Con) |
| 2010 by-election | Graham Latty (Con) | Paul Wadsworth (Con) | Pat Latty (Con) |
| 2011 | Graham Latty (Con) | Paul Wadsworth (Con) | Pat Latty (Con) |
| 2012 | Graham Latty (Con) | Paul Wadsworth (Con) | Pat Latty (Con) |
| 2014 | Graham Latty (Con) | Paul Wadsworth (Con) | Pat Latty (Con) |
| 2015 | Graham Latty (Con) | Paul Wadsworth (Con) | Pat Latty (Con) |
| 2016 | Graham Latty (Con) | Paul Wadsworth (Con) | Pat Latty (Con) |
| 2018 | Graham Latty (Con) | Paul Wadsworth (Con) | Pat Latty (Con) |
| 2019 | Graham Latty (Con) | Paul Wadsworth (Con) | Pat Latty (Con) |
| 2021 | Graham Latty (Con) | Paul Wadsworth (Con) | Paul Alderson (Con) |
| 2022 | Eleanor Thomson (Lab) | Paul Wadsworth (Con) | Paul Alderson (Con) |
| 2023 | Eleanor Thomson (Lab) | Oliver Edwards (Lab) | Paul Alderson (Con) |
| 2024 | Eleanor Thomson* (Lab) | Oliver Edwards* (Lab) | Sonia Leighton* (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 2024

2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Sonia Leighton | 3,604 | 46.6 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative | Paul Alderson* | 2,782 | 36.0 | −1.3 |
| | Yorkshire | Bob Buxton | 672 | 8.7 | +1.2 |
| | Green | Lucy Wheeler | 363 | 4.7 | +0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Page | 316 | 4.1 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 822 | 10.6 | +1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,639 | 42.4 | +0.2 |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.6 | |

### May 2023

2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Oliver Edwards | 3,678 | 46.8 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative | Paul Wadsworth* | 2,934 | 37.3 | +0.8 |
| | Yorkshire | Bob Buxton | 591 | 7.5 | −1.0 |
| | Green | Lucy Wheeler | 345 | 4.4 | +0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Jacques | 293 | 3.7 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 744 | 9.5 | −1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,857 | 42.2 | −2.3 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### May 2022

2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eleanor Thomson | 3,957 | 47.8 | +11.9 |
| | Conservative | Pete Gable | 3,024 | 36.5 | −9.1 |
| | Yorkshire | Bob Buxton | 703 | 8.5 | −0.9 |
| | Green | Richard Firth | 290 | 3.5 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart McLeod | 278 | 3.4 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 933 | 11.3 | +1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,281 | 44.5 | −3.2 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### May 2021

2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Alderson | 4,069 | 45.6 | +5.0 |
| | Labour Co-op | Eleanor Thomson | 3,200 | 35.9 | +9.8 |
| | Yorkshire | Bob Buxton | 840 | 9.4 | −2.5 |
| | Green | Nick Hodgkinson | 458 | 5.1 | −5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Mcleod | 274 | 3.1 | −2.4 |
| | For Britain | Tom Hollings | 47 | 0.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 869 | 9.7 | −4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,925 | 47.7 | +9.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### May 2019

2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Wadsworth* | 2,836 | 40.6 | +2.2 |
| | Labour Co-op | Eleanor Thomson | 1,825 | 26.1 | −1.8 |
| | Yorkshire | Bob Buxton | 899 | 12.9 | −2.9 |
| | Green | Mark Rollinson | 746 | 10.7 | −3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Glover | 386 | 5.5 | +1.4 |
| | Independent | Roger Tattersall | 299 | 4.3 | +4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,011 | 14.5 | +4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,033 | 38.2 | −4.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 | |

### May 2018

2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Graham Latty* | 3,714 | 38.4 | −5.6 |
| | Conservative | Pat Latty* | 3,483 | | |
| | Conservative | Paul Wadsworth* | 3,286 | | |
| | Labour Co-op | Kirsty McKay | 2,693 | 27.9 | −1.4 |
| | Labour Co-op | Andrew Thomson | 2,597 | | |
| | Labour Co-op | Ian McCargo | 2,395 | | |
| | Yorkshire | Bob Buxton | 1,530 | 15.8 | +5.5 |
| | Green Party - Save Our Green Space | Mark Rollinson | 1,326 | 13.7 | +10.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cynthia Dowling | 401 | 4.1 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Edwards | 396 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Katherine Bavage | 350 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,021 | 10.5 | −4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,495 | 42.3 | +2.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### May 2016

2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Graham Latty* | 3,177 | 44.0 | −2.6 |
| | Labour | David Robert Bowe | 2,114 | 29.3 | −2.0 |
| | Yorkshire First | Bob Buxton | 741 | 10.3 | +10.3 |
| | UKIP | Lynn Christine Parker | 571 | 7.9 | 3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Mark Dowling | 367 | 5.1 | −3.9 |
| | Green | Lesley Jeffries | 255 | 3.5 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,063 | 14.7 | −4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,225 | 40.2 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### May 2015

2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Wadsworth* | 6,268 | 46.6 | +3.8 |
| | Labour | Suzie Shepherd | 3,678 | 27.3 | −10.0 |
| | UKIP | Katherynne Taylor | 1,503 | 11.2 | +11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cindy Cleasby | 1,206 | 9.0 | −1.2 |
| | Green | Benjamin Hall | 799 | 5.9 | −1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,590 | 19.3 | +13.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,454 | 73.5 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +6.9 | |

### May 2014

2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Pat Latty* | 2,811 | 39.8 |
| | Labour | David Bowe | 1,871 | 26.5 |
| | UKIP | Roger Tattersall | 1,444 | 20.5 |
| | Green | Colin Avison | 541 | 7.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cindy Cleasby | 389 | 5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 940 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7056 | 38.65 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### May 2012

2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Graham Latty* | 2,750 | 43.7 | +0.9 |
| | Labour | Mike King | 2,526 | 40.1 | +2.8 |
| | Green | Colin Avison | 621 | 9.9 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Jacques | 397 | 6.3 | −3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 224 | 3.6 | −1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,294 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -0.9 | |

### May 2011

2011 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Wadsworth* | 3,276 | 42.8 | +2.6 |
| | Labour | Mike King | 2,853 | 37.3 | +9.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cindy Cleasby | 778 | 10.2 | −12.9 |
| | Green | Colin Avison | 529 | 6.9 | +3.5 |
| | BNP | Andrew Gallagher | 213 | 2.8 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 423 | 5.5 | −6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,649 | 44 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -3.2 | |

### October 2010 by-election

14 October 2010 replacing Stuart Andrew (resigned) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Wadsworth | 2,075 | 45.1 | +4.9 |
| | Labour | Mike King | 1,708 | 37.1 | +8.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cindy Cleasby | 818 | 17.8 | −5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 367 | 8.0 | −4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,601 | 25.0 | −47.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -2.0 | |

### May 2010

2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Pat Latty | 5,090 | 40.2 | −10.6 |
| | Labour | Mike King | 3,574 | 28.2 | +3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cindy Cleasby | 2,921 | 23.1 | +10.8 |
| | BNP | Andrew Gallagher | 647 | 5.1 | −1.3 |
| | Green | Colin Avison | 432 | 3.4 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,516 | 12.0 | −14.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,664 | 72.4 | +32.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -7.1 | |