Skircoat ward

Vote share over time

Each line is a party's lead candidate as a share of ballots cast. Hollow points are by-elections.

08/05/2025 By-election

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Paul Hawkaluk Elected 1,392 36.8% —
Labour Party Dave Mendes da Costa 1,059 28.0% -23.5
Green Party Roseanne Marie Sweeney 566 15.0% +0.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Gow 411 10.9% +2.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Vishal Gupta 355 9.4% -16.0
Majority333
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors9,837
Ballots cast3,783

Reform UK gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

02/05/2024

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Ann Kingstone Elected 1,932 51.5% -9.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Oliver James Gibson 950 25.3% -2.8
Green Party Robert William Orange 558 14.9% +9.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Holdsworth 309 8.2% +2.9
Majority982
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors9,685
Ballots cast3,749

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

04/05/2023

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Mike Barnes Elected 2,285 61.4% +4.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter John Hunt 1,049 28.2% -4.0
Liberal Democrats Kathy Haigh-Hutchinson 200 5.4% -0.6
Green Party Mark Richard Mullany 188 5.1% -0.3
Majority1,236
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors9,589
Ballots cast3,722

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

05/05/2022

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Colin Hutchinson Elected 2,227 56.5% +6.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Holdsworth 1,270 32.2% -3.1
Liberal Democrats Kathy Haigh-Hutchinson 235 6.0% -0.3
Green Party Philip Michael Whitbread 209 5.3% -3.5
Majority957
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,941

Labour Party hold

06/05/2021

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ann Kingstone Elected 2,143 49.7% +7.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Mohammad Ilyas 1,524 35.3% +4.5
Green Party Mary Elizabeth Betteridge 378 8.8% +3.1
Liberal Democrats Kathy Haigh-Hutchinson 268 6.2% +0.4
Majority619
Turnout45.0%
Registered electors9,606
Ballots cast4,313

Labour Party hold

02/05/2019

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Mike Barnes Elected 1,725 42.3% -4.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Jeff Featherstone 1,257 30.8% -14.8
Independent John Joseph Wainwright 625 15.3% —
Liberal Democrats Alexander Nigel Sutcliffe 239 5.9% +1.3
Green Party Finn Mygind Jensen 231 5.7% +2.7
Majority468
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,077

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

03/05/2018

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Colin Hutchinson Elected 2,017 46.9% +17.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Tagg 1,963 45.6% +1.5
Liberal Democrats Sean Bamforth 196 4.6% -8.9
Green Party Anne Nelson 127 3.0% -0.7
Majority54
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,303

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

05/05/2016

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party John Cecil David Hardy Elected 1,660 44.1% —
Labour Party Dave Draycott 1,113 29.6% —
Liberal Democrats Stephen Gow 507 13.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Geoffrey Thompson 293 7.8% —
Green Party Eric Fabrizi 136 3.6% —
Yorkshire First Darren Stansfield 56 1.5% —
Majority547
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,765