# Kirkstall (ward)

Kirkstall is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in west Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering Burley, Hawksworth, Kirkstall and the south west corner of West Park. It contains three rail stations: Burley Park, Headingley and Kirkstall Forge.

## Councillors since 1973

| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
| 1973 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | K. Fenwick (Lab) |
| 1975 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Hamilton (Con) |
| 1976 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Hamilton (Con) |
| 1978 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Hamilton (Con) |
| 1979 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 1980 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 1982 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 1983 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 1984 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 1986 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 1987 | Elizabeth Nash (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 1988 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 1990 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 1991 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 1992 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 1994 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 1995 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 1996 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 1998 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 1999 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 2000 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 2002 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 2003 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 2004 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 2006 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 2007 | Elizabeth Minkin (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 2008 | Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 2010 | Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 2011 | Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 2012 | Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) | Bernard Atha OBE (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 2014 | Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) | Fiona Venner (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 2015 | Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) | Fiona Venner (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 2016 | Lucinda Yeadon (Lab) | Fiona Venner (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 2018 | Hannah Bithell (Lab) | Fiona Venner (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 2019 | Hannah Bithell (Lab) | Fiona Venner (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 2021 | Hannah Bithell (Lab) | Fiona Venner (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 2022 | Hannah Bithell (Lab) | Fiona Venner (Lab) | John Illingworth (Lab) |
| 2023 | Hannah Bithell (Lab) | Fiona Venner (Lab) | Andy Rontree (Lab) |
| 2024 | Hannah Bithell* (Lab) | Fiona Venner* (Lab) | Andy Rontree* (Lab) |
indicates seat up for re-election. * indicates incumbent councillor.

## Elections since 2010
### May 2024

2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Fiona Venner* | 3,451 | 62.3 | −1.7 |
| | Green | Victoria Smith | 1,137 | 20.5 | +1.7 |
| | Conservative | Lyall Ainscow | 321 | 5.8 | −2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adam Belcher | 288 | 5.2 | −0.9 |
| | Independent | Stuart Long | 204 | 3.7 | +1.7 |
| | TUSC | John Tival | 138 | 2.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,314 | 41.8 | −3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,586 | 35.1 | +5.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.7 | |

### May 2023

2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andy Rontree | 3,018 | 64.0 | −3.1 |
| | Green | Victoria Smith | 886 | 18.8 | +2.8 |
| | Conservative | Reiss Capitano | 402 | 8.5 | −1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adam Belcher | 288 | 6.1 | +0.3 |
| | Independent | Stuart Long | 95 | 2.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,132 | 42.2 | −8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,718 | 29.2 | −1.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### May 2022

2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hannah Bithell* | 3,346 | 67.1 | 0.0 |
| | Green | Victoria Smith | 797 | 16.0 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative | Reiss Capitano | 511 | 10.2 | −3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adam Belcher | 287 | 5.8 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,549 | 51.1 | −1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,986 | 30.8 | −4.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### May 2021

2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Fiona Venner* | 3,922 | 67.1 | +4.6 |
| | Green | Victoria Smith | 845 | 14.5 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative | Reiss Capitano | 773 | 13.2 | +7.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Edwards | 186 | 3.2 | −3.4 |
| | TUSC | James Ellis | 72 | 1.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,077 | 52.6 | +4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,845 | 35.1 | +4.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### May 2019

2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Illingworth* | 2,959 | 62.5 | −3.3 |
| | Green | Victoria Smith | 682 | 14.4 | −1.8 |
| | UKIP | David Barlow | 497 | 10.5 | +10.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Anthony Richardson | 312 | 6.6 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative | Liam Michael Kenrick-Bailey | 283 | 6.0 | −4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,277 | 48.1 | −8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,753 | 30.7 | −1.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.8 | |

### May 2018

2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hannah Bithell | 3,977 | 65.8 | −2.7 |
| | Labour | Fiona Venner* | 3,850 | | |
| | Labour | John Illingworth* | 3,634 | | |
| | Green | Ben Goldthorp | 978 | 16.2 | +7.9 |
| | Conservative | Liam Kenrick-Bailey | 645 | 10.7 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative | Amaad Amin | 471 | | |
| | Conservative | Eleni Nicolaou | 454 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maria Frank | 445 | 7.3 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,999 | 56.2 | −1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,341 | 32.2 | −2.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### May 2016

2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lucinda Yeadon* | 3,453 | 68.5 | +16.8 |
| | UKIP | Cain Arron Weber | 547 | 10.9 | +0.3 |
| | Green | Morgan Rhys Tatchell-Evans | 420 | 8.3 | −10.0 |
| | Conservative | George William Andrew Rear | 313 | 6.2 | −6.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Gareth Hughes | 212 | 4.2 | −1.5 |
| | Independent | Stuart William Long | 53 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| | TUSC | Maddy Steeds | 43 | 0.9 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,040 | 57.6 | +24.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5041 | 34.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### May 2015

2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Illingworth* | 4,957 | 51.7 | −12.8 |
| | Green | Meadow Hudson | 1,755 | 18.3 | +8.9 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Wharton | 1,184 | 12.3 | +0.2 |
| | UKIP | Paul Denner | 1,017 | 10.6 | +10.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Johathan Heap | 548 | 5.7 | −5.6 |
| | TUSC | Dean Meehan | 133 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,202 | 33.4 | −19.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,594 | 61.6 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 10.9 | |

### May 2014

2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Fiona Venner | 2,696 | |
| | UKIP | Kevin Reid | 907 | |
| | Green | Morgan Tatchell-Evans | 724 | |
| | Conservative | Matthew Wharton | 379 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Hughes | 252 | |
| | TUSC | Ben Mayor | 56 | |
| | Independent | Stuart Long | 55 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.77 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### May 2012

2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lucinda Yeadon* | 3,006 | 67.7 | +3.2 |
| | Green | Morgan Tatchell-Evans | 437 | 9.8 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Annabel Gooch | 398 | 9.0 | −3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Mead | 293 | 6.6 | −4.7 |
| | Independent | Stuart Long | 173 | 3.9 | +1.1 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Simon Fearn | 136 | 3.1 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,569 | 57.8 | +5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,443 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 | |

### May 2011

2011 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Illingworth* | 3,634 | 64.5 | +22.1 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Whitehouse | 680 | 12.1 | −2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Lovell | 636 | 11.3 | −21.7 |
| | Green | Morgan Tatchell-Evans | 527 | 9.4 | +4.4 |
| | Independent | Stuart Long | 157 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,954 | 52.4 | +43.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,634 | 35 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +12.5 | |

### May 2010

2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bernard Atha* | 4,012 | 42.4 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ruth Coleman | 3,125 | 33.0 | −3.6 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Wharton | 1,420 | 15.0 | +5.2 |
| | Green | Morgan Tatchell-Evans | 469 | 5.0 | −1.7 |
| | BNP | Keven Nicholson | 447 | 4.7 | −2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 887 | 9.4 | +6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,473 | 60.0 | +29.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.3 | |