Morley and Outwood (UK Parliament constituency)

**Morley and Outwood**
Morley and Outwood; County constituency
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	Morley and Outwood shown within West Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	for 2010 general election
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Party:
Type:	House of Commons
County:	West Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Morley and Outwood will be a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It will elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

This will be the successor seat to Morley and Rothwell. Rothwell will be in a newly formed constituency of Elmet and Rothwell, and the village of Middleton will be transferred to Leeds Central. Outwood was previously in the abolished seat of Normanton, the remainder of which is now part of Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford.

[edit] Boundaries

Following their review of parliamentary representation in West Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England have created this new cross-border constituency as a consequence of the county losing one parliamentary seat following population decline.

It will be made up of three Leeds City Council wards:

Morley and Outwood will be fought for the first time at the UK general election in 2009 or 2010

Confirmed candidates for the General Election 2010 ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ed Balls
	Conservative	Antony Calvert
	UKIP	David Daniel
	BNP	Chris Beverley
	People's National Democratic Party	Tracy Greenwood
	Liberal Democrat	James Monaghan