Morley North (ward)
{{short description|Electoral ward in Leeds, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Morley North
| static_image_name = Leeds UK ward map highlighting Morley North.svg
| static_image_caption = Morley North highlighted within Leeds
| metropolitan_borough = City of Leeds
| metropolitan_county = West Yorkshire
| shire_district =
| lieutenancy_england =
| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
| country = England
| constituency_westminster = Leeds South West and Morley
| councillor1 = Robert Finnigan{{cite web | title = Councillor Robert Finnigan | url = https://democracy.leeds.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=7364 | website = democracy.leeds.gov.uk | publisher = Leeds City Council | access-date = 15 June 2019}}
| party1 = Morley Borough Independents
| councillor2 = Simon Brown{{cite web | title = Councillor Simon Brown| url =
https://democracy.leeds.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=9646 | website = democracy.leeds.gov.uk | publisher = Leeds City Council | access-date = 12 May 2024}}
| party2 = Morley Borough Independents
| councillor3 = Bob Gettings{{cite web | title = Councillor Bob Gettings JP | url = https://democracy.leeds.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=1357 | website = democracy.leeds.gov.uk | publisher = Leeds City Council | access-date = 28 December 2018}}{{efn|name=mbi|Elected as Morley Borough Independents}}
| party3 = Local Independent
| population = 18,282
| population_ref = (2023 electorate)
| area_total_km2 =
| area_footnotes =
| hide_services = yes
}}
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
| class="wikitable"
!Election!!colspan="2"|Councillor!!colspan="2"|Councillor!!colspan="2"|Councillor |
| 1973
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| B.B. Barker (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| R.J.W. Binks (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| R. Verity (Con) |
| 1975
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | B.B. Barker (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | R.J.W. Binks (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| R. Verity (Con) |
| 1976
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | B.B. Barker (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| B. Senior (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | R. Verity (Con) |
| 1978
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| B.B. Barker (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | B. Senior (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | R. Verity (Con) |
| 1979
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | B.B. Barker (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | B. Senior (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1980
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Roger Cordingley (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| B.L. Cook (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1982
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Roger Cordingley (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| R. Verity (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1983
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Graham Marshall (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | R. Verity (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1984
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | Graham Marshall (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | R. Verity (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1986
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | Graham Marshall (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Philippa Fitzpatrick (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1987
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| R.J.W. Binks (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Philippa Fitzpatrick (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1988
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | R.J.W. Binks (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Philippa Fitzpatrick (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1989 by-election
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | R.J.W. Binks (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#FF8C00"| Frances Jones (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1990
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | R.J.W. Binks (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Frances Jones (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1991
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Gordon Morrison (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Frances Jones (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Philip Jones (Lab) |
| 1992
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Gordon Morrison (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Frances Jones (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Alan Barraclough (Con) |
| 1994
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Gordon Morrison (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Frances Jones (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | Alan Barraclough (Con) |
| 1995
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Philip Jones (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Frances Jones (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | Alan Barraclough (Con) |
| 1996
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Philip Jones (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Frances Jones (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Michael Dawson (Lab) |
| 1998
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Philip Jones (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Frances Jones (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Michael Dawson (Lab) |
| 1999
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Philip Jones (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Frances Jones (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Michael Dawson (Lab) |
| 2000
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Philip Jones (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Frances Jones (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Michael Dawson (Lab){{efn|In the next year, Dawson resigned as a councillor and a by-election was called for the same day as the 2001 general election.{{cite news | title = Local ballot can't escape voter apathy | url = https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/local-ballot-can-t-escape-voter-apathy-1-2064615 | newspaper = Yorkshire Evening Post | date = 9 June 2001}}}} |
| 2001 by-election{{cite news | title = Local ballot can't escape voter apathy | url = https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/local-ballot-can-t-escape-voter-apathy-1-2064615 | newspaper = Yorkshire Evening Post | date = 9 June 2001}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Philip Jones (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Frances Jones (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#FF8C00"| Jayne Hill (Lab) |
| 2002
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Philip Jones (Lab) |style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Robert Finnigan (Ind){{efn|Finnigan had previously been a Labour councillor for Middleton ward from 1995 to 1999.}}{{cite web | title = Councillor Robert Finnigan | url = https://democracy.leeds.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=189 | website = democracy.leeds.gov.uk | publisher = Leeds City Council | access-date = 18 February 2019}} |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Jayne Hill (Lab) |
| 2003
|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Thomas Leadley (Ind){{cite web | title = Councillor Thomas Leadley | url = https://democracy.leeds.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=241 | website = democracy.leeds.gov.uk | publisher = Leeds City Council | access-date = 28 December 2018}} |style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}"| | Robert Finnigan (Ind) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Jayne Hill (Lab) |
| 2004
|style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Thomas Leadley (MBI){{efn|'MBI' is an acronym for the Morley Borough Independents.}} |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Robert Finnigan (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Stewart McArdle (MBI){{cite web | title = Councillor Stewart McArdle | url = https://democracy.leeds.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=245 | website = democracy.leeds.gov.uk | publisher = Leeds City Council | access-date = 28 December 2018}} |
| May 2005
|style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Thomas Leadley (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Robert Finnigan (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| Stewart McArdle (Ind){{efn|McArdle resigned from the Morley Borough Independents to sit as an independent, citing being "cheesed off... [with an] utter lack of communication" but there was no animosity between him and his former party colleagues.{{cite web | title = MBI councillor in resignation shock | url = https://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/news/mbi-councillor-in-resignation-shock-1-1358331 | website = morleyobserver.co.uk | publisher = Morley Observer | access-date = 28 December 2018}}}} |
| 2006
|style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Thomas Leadley (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Robert Finnigan (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}"| | Stewart McArdle (Ind) |
| 2007
|style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Thomas Leadley (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Robert Finnigan (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2008
|style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Thomas Leadley (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Robert Finnigan (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2010
|style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Thomas Leadley (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Robert Finnigan (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2011
|style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Thomas Leadley (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Robert Finnigan (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2012
|style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Thomas Leadley (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Robert Finnigan (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2014
|style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Thomas Leadley (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Robert Finnigan (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2015
|style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Thomas Leadley (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Robert Finnigan (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2016
|style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Thomas Leadley (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Robert Finnigan (MBI){{efn|Finnigan chose not to stand again for the ward at the next election in 2018 to stand - albeit unsuccessfully - for Morley South ward.}} |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2018
|style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Thomas Leadley (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Andrew Hutchison (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2019
|style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Robert Finnigan (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Andrew Hutchison (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2021
|style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Robert Finnigan (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Andrew Hutchison (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2022
|style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Robert Finnigan (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Andrew Hutchison (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2023
|style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Robert Finnigan (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Andrew Hutchison (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Bob Gettings (MBI) |
| 2024
|style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Robert Finnigan* (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}"| | Simon Brown* (MBI) |style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}"| | Bob Gettings* (Ind) |
{{Color box|#99CCFF|border=darkgray}} indicates seat up for re-election.
{{Color box|#FF8C00|border=darkgray}} indicates seat up for election following resignation or death of sitting councillor.
{{Color box|#C0C0C0|border=darkgray}} indicates councillor defection.
* indicates incumbent councillor.
Elections since 2010
{{unreferenced|section|date=May 2023}}
=May 2024=
{{Election box begin |title=2024}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Morley Borough Independent
|candidate = Simon Brown
|votes = 2,317
|percentage = 37.8
|change = -5.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Stuart Bruce
|votes = 1,529
|percentage = 25.0
|change = +0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Jill Gettings-Bellhouse
|votes = 998
|percentage = 16.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Lalit Suryawanshi
|votes = 780
|percentage = 12.7
|change = -2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Evelyn Jeffries
|votes = 285
|percentage = 4.7
|change = -0.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = James Trueman
|votes = 197
|percentage = 3.2
|change = -2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990-present)
|candidate = Thomas Foster
|votes = 19
|percentage = 0.3
|change = -0.1
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 788
|percentage = 12.8
|change = -5.8
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 6,154
|percentage = 33.7
|change = +3.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Morley Borough Independent
|swing = -2.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
=May 2023=
{{Election box begin |title=2023}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Morley Borough Independents
|candidate = Robert Finnigan*
|votes = 2,448
|percentage = 43.6
|change = -6.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour and Co-operative
|candidate = Patrick Davey
|votes = 1,400
|percentage = 24.9
|change = +2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dom Eatwell
|votes = 848
|percentage = 15.1
|change = -2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = James Trueman
|votes = 323
|percentage = 5.7
|change = +4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Rebecca Kellett
|votes = 313
|percentage = 5.6
|change = -2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Reform UK
|candidate = Jonathan Thackray
|votes = 252
|percentage = 4.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990-present)
|candidate = Richard Cowles
|votes = 25
|percentage = 0.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,048
|percentage = 18.6
|change = -9.4
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 5,620
|percentage = 30.7
|change = -3.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Morley Borough Independents
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=May 2022=
{{Election box begin |title=2022}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Morley Borough Independents
|candidate = Bob Gettings*
|votes = 3,101
|percentage = 50.4
|change = +8.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Patrick Davey
|votes = 1,373
|percentage = 22.3
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Lidia Smith
|votes = 1,052
|percentage = 17.1
|change = -10.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Aisling Dolan
|votes = 506
|percentage = 8.2
|change = +2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = James Spencer
|votes = 98
|percentage = 1.6
|change = -0.3
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,728
|percentage = 28.0
|change = +13.8
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 6,153
|percentage = 33.7%
|change = -4.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Morley Borough Independents
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=May 2021=
{{Election box begin |title=2021}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Morley Borough Independent
|candidate = Andy Hutchinson*
|votes = 2,922
|percentage = 42.0
|change = -18.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alan Shires
|votes = 1,930
|percentage = 27.8
|change = +13.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Luke Mitchell
|votes = 1,506
|percentage = 21.7
|change = +5.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Eunice Agbemafle
|votes = 389
|percentage = 5.6
|change = -1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Penelope Goodman
|votes = 134
|percentage = 1.9
|change = -0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990-present)
|candidate = Nigel Perry
|votes = 33
|percentage = 0.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 992
|percentage = 14.2
|change = -29.5
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 6,953
|percentage = 38.0
|change = +7.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Morley Borough Independent
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=May 2019=
{{Election box begin |title=2019}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Morley Borough Independent
|candidate = Robert Finnigan
|votes = 3,238
|percentage = 60.0
|change = +7.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Johnathan Leng
|votes = 881
|percentage = 16.3
|change = -9.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Cameron Stephenson
|votes = 782
|percentage = 14.5
|change = -2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Fiona Love
|votes = 362
|percentage = 6.7
|change = +6.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = James Michael Spencer
|votes = 137
|percentage = 2.5
|change = -1.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,357
|percentage = 43.7
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,445
|percentage = 30.3
|change = -3.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Morley Borough Independent
|swing = +8.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
=May 2018=
{{Election box begin |title=2018}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Morley Borough Independent
|candidate = Bob Gettings*
|votes = 3,480
|percentage = 52.6
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Morley Borough Independent
|candidate = Andy Hutchison
|votes = 2,945
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Morley Borough Independent
|candidate = Thomas Leadley*
|votes = 2,767
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Pete Compton
|votes = 1,701
|percentage = 25.7
|change = +3.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Steve Clapcote
|votes = 1,345
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Johnathan Leng
|votes = 1,269
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jason Aldiss
|votes = 1,149
|percentage = 17.4
|change = +3.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Christopher Dilworth
|votes = 1,146
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Louisa Singh
|votes = 695
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Philip Mellor
|votes = 284
|percentage = 4.3
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,529
|percentage = 42.1
|change = +13.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,009
|percentage = 33.5
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Morley Borough Independent
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Morley Borough Independent
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Morley Borough Independent
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=May 2016=
{{Election box begin |title=2016}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Morley Borough Independent
|candidate = Robert Finnigan*
|votes = 2,891
|percentage = 50.6
|change = +13.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Timothy Scopes
|votes = 1,245
|percentage = 21.8
|change = -0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jason Karl Aldiss
|votes = 816
|percentage = 14.3
|change = -7.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Peter Morgan
|votes = 537
|percentage = 9.4
|change = +3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Mickayla Ireland
|votes = 122
|percentage = 2.1
|change = -1.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Peter Richard Andrews
|votes = 108
|percentage = 1.9
|change = -0.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,646
|percentage = 28.8
|change = +13.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,719
|percentage = 32.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Morley Borough Independent
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=May 2015=
{{Election box begin |title=2015}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Morley Borough Independent
|candidate = Bob Gettings*
|votes = 4,271
|percentage = 37.3
|change = -15.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mark Sewards
|votes = 2,505
|percentage = 21.9
|change = -1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sophie Tempest
|votes = 2,496
|percentage = 21.8
|change = +9.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Samuel Stead
|votes = 1,487
|percentage = 13.0
|change = +13.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Deborah Fenney
|votes = 354
|percentage = 3.1
|change = +3.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Peter Andrews
|votes = 263
|percentage = 2.3
|change = -0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|candidate = Karen Cussons
|votes = 78
|percentage = 0.7
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,766
|percentage = 15.4
|change = -14.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 11,454
|percentage = 64.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Morley Borough Independent
|swing = -7.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
=May 2014=
{{Election box begin | title=2014}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Morley Borough Independent
|candidate = Thomas Leadley*
|votes = 2,759
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Charlotte Hill
|votes = 1,181
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Luke Senior
|votes = 1,150
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sophie Tempest
|votes = 675
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Deborah Fenney
|votes = 180
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = John MacArthur
|votes = 74
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,578
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,019
|percentage = 34.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Morley Borough Independent
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=May 2012=
{{Election box begin | title=2012}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Morley Borough Independent
|candidate = Robert Finnigan*
|votes = 3,517
|percentage = 61.3
|change = +8.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Margaret Foster
|votes = 1,240
|percentage = 21.6
|change = -1.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Schofield
|votes = 519
|percentage = 9.1
|change = -3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = English Democrats Party
|candidate = Tom Redmond
|votes = 458
|percentage = 8.0
|change = -0.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,277
|percentage = 39.7
|change = +10.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,734
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Morley Borough Independent
|swing = +5.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
=May 2011=
{{Election box begin | title=2011}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Morley Borough Independent
|candidate = Bob Gettings*
|votes = 3,642
|percentage = 52.9
|change = +19.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kathryn Rose
|votes = 1,599
|percentage = 23.2
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robin Ghosh
|votes = 874
|percentage = 12.7
|change = -8.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = English Democrats Party
|candidate = Tom Redmond
|votes = 573
|percentage = 8.3
|change = +8.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Peter Andrews
|votes = 199
|percentage = 2.9
|change = -8.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,043
|percentage = 29.7
|change = +19.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,887
|percentage = 39
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Morley Borough Independent
|swing = +9.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
=May 2010=
{{Election box begin | title=2010}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Morley Borough Independent
|candidate = Thomas Leadley*
|votes = 4,063
|percentage = 33.4
|change = -18.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Nagle
|votes = 2,767
|percentage = 22.7
|change = +9.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robin Ghosh
|votes = 2,571
|percentage = 21.1
|change = +9.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Chris Lovell
|votes = 1,397
|percentage = 11.5
|change = +8.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Tom Redmond
|votes = 1,378
|percentage = 11.3
|change = -8.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,296
|percentage = 10.6
|change = -21.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 12,176
|percentage = 68.2
|change = +28.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Morley Borough Independent
|swing = -13.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
Notes
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