title: Ardsley and Robin Hood (ward)
text: # Ardsley and Robin Hood (ward)
  
  Ardsley and Robin Hood is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in the south of Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering suburb areas and villages including Robin Hood, Tingley as well as both West and East Ardsley.
  
  ## Councillors
  
  | Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2004 | Karen Renshaw (Lab) | Jack Dunn (Lab) | Lisa Mulherin (Lab) |
  | 2006 | Karen Renshaw (Lab) | Jack Dunn (Lab) | Lisa Mulherin (Lab) |
  | 2007 | Karen Renshaw (Lab) | Jack Dunn (Lab) | Lisa Mulherin (Lab) |
  | 2008 | Karen Renshaw (Lab) | Jack Dunn (Lab) | Lisa Mulherin (Lab) |
  | 2010 | Karen Renshaw (Lab) | Jack Dunn (Lab) | Lisa Mulherin (Lab) |
  | 2011 | Karen Renshaw (Lab) | Jack Dunn (Lab) | Lisa Mulherin (Lab) |
  | 2012 | Karen Renshaw (Lab) | Jack Dunn (Lab) | Lisa Mulherin (Lab) |
  | 2014 | Karen Renshaw (Lab) | Jack Dunn (Lab) | Lisa Mulherin (Lab) |
  | 2015 | Karen Renshaw (Lab) | Jack Dunn (Lab) | Lisa Mulherin (Lab) |
  | 2016 | Karen Renshaw (Lab) | Jack Dunn (Lab) | Lisa Mulherin (Lab) |
  | January 2018 | Karen Renshaw (Lab) | Jack Dunn (Ind) | Lisa Mulherin (Lab) |
  | 2018 | Karen Renshaw (Lab) | Ben Garner (Lab) | Lisa Mulherin (Lab) |
  | 2019 | Karen Renshaw (Lab) | Ben Garner (Lab) | Lisa Mulherin (Lab) |
  | 2021 | Karen Renshaw (Lab) | Mike Foster (Con) | Lisa Mulherin (Lab) |
  | 2022 | Karen Renshaw (Lab) | Mike Foster (Con) | Lisa Mulherin (Lab) |
  | 2023 | Karen Renshaw* (Lab) | Mike Foster* (Con) | Stephen Holroyd-Case* (Lab) |
  
  indicates seat up for re-election.  indicates councillor defection. * indicates incumbent councillor.
  
  ## Elections since 2010
  
  ### May 2023
  
  2023 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour Co-op | Stephen Holroyd-Case | 2,284 | 43.5 | −1.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Tom Leadley | 1,338 | 25.5 | +19.2 |
  | | Conservative | Lalit Suryawanshi | 1,237 | 23.6 | −15.9 |
  | | Green | Leon Zadok | 254 | 4.8 | −1.6 |
  | | SDP | Daniel Whetstone | 101 | 1.9 | +0.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 946 | 18.0 | +12.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,249 | 29.6 | −2.4 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### May 2022
  
  2022 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Karen Renshaw* | 2,572 | 45.3 | +4.0 |
  | | Conservative | Alan Shires | 2,246 | 39.5 | −7.5 |
  | | Green | Marcus Cain | 362 | 6.4 | +0.6 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Ward | 360 | 6.3 | +2.2 |
  | | SDP | Andrew Martin | 105 | 1.8 | +0.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 326 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,679 | 32.0 | −4.0 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### May 2021
  
  2021 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Mike Foster | 3,006 | 47.0 | +21.6 |
  | | Labour Co-op | Ben Garner* | 2,639 | 41.3 | +5.6 |
  | | Green | Colin Noble | 372 | 5.8 | +0.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Ward | 260 | 4.1 | −0.5 |
  | | SDP | David Creasser | 71 | 1.1 | +0.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 367 | 5.7 | −4.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,396 | 36.0 | +7.9 |
  | | Conservative gain from Labour Co-op | Conservative gain from Labour Co-op | Swing | | |
  
  ### May 2019
  
  2019 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour Co-op | Lisa Mulherin* | 1,738 | 35.7 | +0.8 |
  | | Conservative | Mike Foster | 1,238 | 25.4 | −2.5 |
  | | Independent | Tom Leadley | 798 | 16.4 | +16.4 |
  | | UKIP | Lindon Dove | 596 | 12.2 | +12.2 |
  | | Green | Rich Daley | 249 | 5.1 | −2.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Ben Ward | 225 | 4.6 | −0.3 |
  | | SDP | Daniel Whetstone | 28 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 500 | 10.3 | +3.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,902 | 28.1 | −2.8 |
  | | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +1.7 | |
  
  ### May 2018
  
  2018 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour Co-op | Karen Renshaw* | 2,371 | 34.9 | −11.2 |
  | | Labour Co-op | Ben Garner | 2,074 | | |
  | | Labour Co-op | Lisa Mulherin* | 2,013 | | |
  | | Conservative | Mike Foster | 1,897 | 27.9 | +4.1 |
  | | Independent | Jack Dunn* | 1,694 | 24.9 | N/A |
  | | Conservative | Kirsty Baldwin | 1,686 | | |
  | | Conservative | Cameron Stephenson | 1,610 | | |
  | | Green | Emma Carter | 503 | 7.4 | +4.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | George Hall | 332 | 4.9 | +0.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 474 | 7.0 | −15.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,530 | 30.9 | +2.4 |
  | | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |
  | | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |
  | | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### May 2016
  
  2016 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Karen Renshaw* | 2,248 | 46.1 | +6.6 |
  | | Conservative | Tim Atkin | 1,161 | 23.8 | −9.1 |
  | | UKIP | Lindon Dove | 1,096 | 22.5 | +2.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Lloyd Ward | 225 | 4.6 | +1.2 |
  | | Green | Lyssie Page | 143 | 2.9 | +0.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,087 | 22.3 | +15.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,873 | 28.5 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### May 2015
  
  2015 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Jack Dunn* | 4,301 | 39.5 | −9.2 |
  | | Conservative | Timothy Atkin | 3,582 | 32.9 | +9.4 |
  | | UKIP | David Daniel | 2,238 | 20.5 | +13.9 |
  | | Green | Jude Omidiran | 399 | 3.7 | +3.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Victoria Bishop-Rowe | 373 | 3.4 | −2.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 719 | 6.6 | −18.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,893 | 62.3 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −9.3 | |
  
  ### May 2014
  
  2014 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Lisa Mulherin* | 1,865 | 36.0 |
  | | UKIP | David Daniel | 1,593 | 30.7 |
  | | Conservative | Tim Atkin | 929 | 17.9 |
  | | Independent | Wyn Kidger | 482 | 9.3 |
  | | Green | Carl James | 176 | 3.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Ward | 139 | 2.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 272 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,184 | 30.18 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### May 2012
  
  2012 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Karen Renshaw* | 2,318 | 50.2 | +1.5 |
  | | Conservative | Sophie Tempest | 884 | 19.2 | −4.4 |
  | | English Democrat | Joanna Beverley | 787 | 17.1 | +2.0 |
  | | Morley Borough Independent | Wyn Kidger | 626 | 13.6 | +13.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,434 | 31.1 | +6.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,615 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.9 | |
  
  ### May 2011
  
  2011 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Jack Dunn* | 2,847 | 48.7 | +7.5 |
  | | Conservative | Robert Buxton | 1,377 | 23.5 | −1.3 |
  | | English Democrat | Joanna Beverley | 880 | 15.0 | +15.0 |
  | | UKIP | Karen Foster | 384 | 6.6 | +2.6 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Katherine Bavage | 360 | 6.2 | −10.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,470 | 25.1 | +8.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,848 | 34 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.4 | |
  
  ### May 2010
  
  2010 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Lisa Mulherin* | 4,437 | 41.2 | +11.4 |
  | | Conservative | Stewart McArdle | 2,671 | 24.8 | +2.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Katherine Bavage | 1,742 | 16.2 | +9.2 |
  | | BNP | Joanna Beverley | 1,490 | 13.8 | −15.7 |
  | | UKIP | David Daniel | 424 | 3.9 | +0.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,766 | 16.4 | +16.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,764 | 63.2 | +27.7 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.7 | |
  