# Rothwell (ward)

Rothwell is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in south east Leeds, West Yorkshire, including the town of the same name and the villages of Carlton, Oulton and Woodlesford.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
| 1973 | Rose Lund (Lab) | A. Benson (Lab) | J. De Carieret (Lab) |
| 1975 | Rose Lund (Lab) | A. Benson (Lab) | S. Arran (Lab) |
| 1976 | Rose Lund (Lab) | A. Benson (Lab) | S. Arran (Lab) |
| 1978 | Rose Lund (Lab) | A. Benson (Lab) | S. Arran (Lab) |
| 1979 | Rose Lund (Lab) | A. Benson (Lab) | Brian Walker (Lab) |
| 1980 | Rose Lund (Lab) | Alec Hudson (Lab) | Brian Walker (Lab) |
| 1982 | Rose Lund (Lab) | Alec Hudson (Lab) | Brian Walker (Lab) |
| 1983 | Rose Lund (Lab) | Alec Hudson (Lab) | Brian Walker (Lab) |
| 1984 | Rose Lund (Lab) | Alec Hudson (Lab) | Brian Walker (Lab) |
| 1986 | Rose Lund (Lab) | Alec Hudson (Lab) | Brian Walker (Lab) |
| 1987 | Rose Lund (Lab) | Alec Hudson (Lab) | Brian Walker (Lab) |
| 1988 | Rose Lund (Lab) | Alec Hudson (Lab) | Brian Walker (Lab) |
| 1990 | Rose Lund (Lab) | Alec Hudson (Lab) | Brian Walker (Lab) |
| 1991 | Rose Lund (Lab) | Alec Hudson (Lab) | Brian Walker (Lab) |
| 1992 | Rose Lund (Lab) | Alec Hudson (Lab) | Brian Walker (Lab) |
| 1994 | Rose Lund (Lab) | Alec Hudson (Lab) | Brian Walker (Lab) |
| 1995 | Rose Lund (Lab) | Alec Hudson (Lab) | Brian Walker (Lab) |
| 1996 | Lorna Cohen (Lab) | Alec Hudson (Lab) | Brian Walker (Lab) |
| 1998 | Lorna Cohen (Lab) | Alec Hudson (Lab) | Brian Walker (Lab) |
| 1999 | Lorna Cohen (Lab) | Alec Hudson (Lab) | Brian Walker (Lab) |
| 2000 | Donald Wilson (LD) | Alec Hudson (Lab) | Brian Walker (Lab) |
| 2002 | Donald Wilson (LD) | Keith Willey (LD) | Brian Walker (Lab) |
| 2003 | Donald Wilson (LD) | Keith Willey (LD) | Steve Smith (LD) |
| 2004 | Donald Wilson (LD) | Mitchell Galdas (LD) | Steve Smith (LD) |
| 2006 | Donald Wilson (LD) | Stewart Golton (LD) | Steve Smith (LD) |
| 2007 | Donald Wilson (LD) | Stewart Golton (LD) | Steve Smith (LD) |
| 2008 | Donald Wilson (LD) | Stewart Golton (LD) | Steve Smith (LD) |
| 2010 | Donald Wilson (LD) | Stewart Golton (LD) | Steve Smith (LD) |
| 2011 | Donald Wilson (LD) | Stewart Golton (LD) | Karen Bruce (Lab) |
| 2012 | David Nagle (Lab) | Stewart Golton (LD) | Karen Bruce (Lab) |
| 2014 | David Nagle (Lab) | Stewart Golton (LD) | Karen Bruce (Lab) |
| 2015 | David Nagle (Lab) | Stewart Golton (LD) | Karen Bruce (Lab) |
| 2016 | David Nagle (Lab) | Stewart Golton (LD) | Karen Bruce (Lab) |
| 2018 | Carmel Harrison (LD) | Stewart Golton (LD) | Karen Bruce (Lab) |
| 2019 | Carmel Harrison (LD) | Stewart Golton (LD) | Diane Chapman (LD) |
| July 2020 | Vacant | Stewart Golton (LD) | Diane Chapman (LD) |
| 2021 | Conrad Hart-Brooke | Stewart Golton (LD) | Diane Chapman (LD) |
| 2022 | Conrad Hart-Brooke | Stewart Golton (LD) | Diane Chapman (LD) |
| 2023 | Conrad Hart-Brooke | Stewart Golton (LD) | Diane Chapman (LD) |
| 2024 | Conrad Hart-Brooke* | Stewart Golton* (LD) | Diane Chapman* (LD) |
indicates seat up for re-election.  indicates councillor vacancy. * indicates incumbent councillor.

## Elections since 2010
### May 2024

2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Conrad Hart-Brooke* | 3,540 | 62.1 | +0.7 |
| | Labour Co-op | Timothy Dowd | 1,253 | 22.0 | +0.4 |
| | Conservative | Louisa Singh | 340 | 6.0 | −0.7 |
| | Yorkshire | Sean McDonald | 329 | 5.8 | +0.9 |
| | Green | Allen Sikoryn | 193 | 3.3 | −1.4 |
| | SDP | Sarah Welbourne | 43 | 0.8 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,287 | 40.1 | +0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,731 | 36.7 | +1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +0.2 | |

### May 2023

2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diane Chapman* | 3,409 | 61.4 | +7.1 |
| | Labour | James Driver | 1,200 | 21.6 | −6.9 |
| | Conservative | Babatunde Gbolade | 372 | 6.7 | −5.4 |
| | Yorkshire | Sean McDonald | 274 | 4.9 | +2.1 |
| | Green | Tim Moorson | 260 | 4.7 | +2.5 |
| | SDP | Sarah Welbourne | 21 | 0.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,209 | 39.8 | +14.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,552 | 35.1 | −3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### May 2022

2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stewart Golton* | 3,304 | 54.3 | +19.9 |
| | Labour | Karen Bruce | 1,735 | 28.5 | −4.4 |
| | Conservative | Joe Boycott | 737 | 12.1 | −10.9 |
| | Yorkshire | Sean McDonald | 168 | 2.8 | −2.5 |
| | Green | Ali Aliremzioglu | 137 | 2.2 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,569 | 25.8 | +24.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,090 | 38.1 | −3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### May 2021

2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Conrad Hart-Brooke | 2,313 | 34.4 | −7.6 |
| | Labour | Karen Bruce | 2,212 | 32.9 | +0.0 |
| | Conservative | Joe Boycott | 1,543 | 23.0 | +11.1 |
| | Yorkshire | Sean McDonald | 359 | 5.3 | N/A |
| | Green | Ali Aliremzioglu | 235 | 3.5 | −2.0 |
| | SDP | Christopher Dudley | 16 | 0.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 101 | 1.5 | −7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,716 | 41.7 | +8.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### May 2019

2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diane Chapman | 2,206 | 42.0 | −2.6 |
| | Labour | Karen Bruce* | 1,731 | 32.9 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative | Joe Boycott | 623 | 11.9 | −5.7 |
| | For Britain | Simon Michael Crowe | 409 | 7.8 | +7.8 |
| | Green | Ali Aliremzioglu | 288 | 5.5 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 475 | 9.1 | −4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,306 | 33.1 | −4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -1.4 | |

### May 2018

2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stewart Golton* | 3,167 | 44.6 | +14.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carmel Harrison | 2,338 | | |
| | Labour | Karen Bruce* | 2,326 | 32.7 | −3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Yates | 2,157 | | |
| | Labour | David Nagle* | 1,857 | | |
| | Labour | Sharon Burke | 1,645 | | |
| | Conservative | Joe Boycott | 1,254 | 17.6 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Melieha Long | 855 | | |
| | Conservative | Shazar Ahad | 686 | | |
| | Green | Ali Aliremzioglu | 358 | 5.0 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 841 | 13.6 | +7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,071 | 37.7 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### May 2016

2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Nagle* | 2,026 | 36.1 | −2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carmel Harrison | 1,728 | 30.1 | +10.5 |
| | Conservative | Steve Ellis | 912 | 16.2 | −8.7 |
| | UKIP | David Daniel | 750 | 13.3 | ±0 |
| | Green | Emma Dobson | 203 | 3.6 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 298 | 6.0 | −7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,619 | 36.4 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### May 2015

2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Karen Bruce* | 4,206 | 38.6 | −7.5 |
| | Conservative | Steve Ellis | 2,715 | 24.9 | +8.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ben Ward | 2,133 | 19.6 | −18.1 |
| | UKIP | Paul Spivey | 1,447 | 13.3 | +13.3 |
| | Green | Stephen Paul Terry | 408 | 3.7 | +3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,491 | 13.7 | +5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,909 | 68.7 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -8.1 | |

### May 2014

2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stewart Golton* | 2,429 | |
| | Labour | Angela Kellett | 2,018 | |
| | Conservative | Stephen Ellis | 723 | |
| | Green | Gordon Haycock | 385 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 411 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.04 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### May 2012

2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Nagle | 2,564 | 47.7 | +1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Don Wilson* | 1,926 | 35.8 | −1.9 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Farrell | 399 | 7.4 | −8.8 |
| | UKIP | David Daniel | 366 | 6.8 | +6.8 |
| | English Democrat | Bernie Allen | 120 | 2.2 | +2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 638 | 11.9 | +3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,375 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +1.7 | |

### May 2011

2011 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Karen Bruce | 2,889 | 46.1 | +10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Smith* | 2,365 | 37.7 | +0.0 |
| | Conservative | Louise Turner | 1,018 | 16.2 | −3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 524 | 8.4 | +6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,272 | 40 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +5.0 | |

### May 2010

2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stewart Golton* | 3,938 | 37.7 | −5.9 |
| | Labour | Alec Hudson | 3,756 | 35.9 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | Caroline Oldfield | 2,018 | 19.3 | +7.2 |
| | BNP | Robert Peel | 736 | 7.0 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 182 | 1.7 | −8.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,448 | 67.1 | +29.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -4.1 | |