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Leeds North West | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Leeds North West in Yorkshire and the Humber | |
County | West Yorkshire (West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974) |
Electorate | 67,741 (December 2019)[1] |
Major settlements | Yeadon, Otley and Headingley |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Alex Sobel (Labour Co-op) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Leeds Central and Leeds North |
Leeds North West is a constituency[n 1] in the City of Leeds which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Alex Sobel, of Labour Co-op.[n 2]
Boundaries
1950–1951: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Far Headingley, Hyde Park, and Kirkstall.
1951–1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Far Headingley, Hyde Park, Kirkstall, and Meanwood.[2]
1955–1974: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Far Headingley, Hyde Park, Kirkstall, Meanwood, and Moortown.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Cookridge, Headingley, Kirkstall, Moortown, and Weetwood.
1983–2010: The City of Leeds wards of Cookridge, Headingley, Otley and Wharfedale, and Weetwood.
2010–present: The City of Leeds wards of Adel and Wharfedale, Headingley, Otley and Yeadon, and Weetwood.
The constituency covers the north western part of the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire. It stretches from Yeadon in the north west and Otley in the north east to Headingley in the south in terms of major settlements.
Proposed
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The City of Leeds wards of: Adel and Wharfedale, Guiseley and Rawdon, Horsforth, and Otley and Yeadon.[3]
Headingley and Weetwood in the south of the existing constituency (about 50% of the electorate) are to be included in the newly formed constituency of Leeds Central and Headingley, while Guiseley, Rawdon and Horsforth will be transferred from Pudsey (which is being reconfigured and renamed Leeds West and Pudsey).
History
The constituency was created in 1950, as Leeds North-West; the name was changed by dropping the hyphen in 1955. Before the 1950 general election, Leeds was represented by the constituencies of: Leeds Central, Leeds North, Leeds South, Leeds West, (all created 1885); Leeds North-East and Leeds South-East (both created 1918). There were also constituencies of Batley and Morley (created 1918) and Pudsey and Otley (created 1918 replacing Pudsey). Leeds North West was created before the 1950 election, and at the same time the Pudsey and Otley constituency was abolished, re-creating the Pudsey constituency and moving Otley into the Ripon constituency. The Leeds North West boundary was revised prior to the 1983 general election, bringing in Otley and the nearby villages of Bramhope, Pool-in-Wharfedale and Arthington from the abolition of the Ripon constituency.
The constituency was held for the Conservative Party by Donald Kaberry from its creation in 1950 until his retirement in 1983, and then by Keith Hampson (1983–1997), who had previously been MP for Ripon. It was taken for Labour in the 1997 general election by Harold Best, who was re-elected in the 2001 general election. Best retired at the 2005 general election. The seat was contested for Labour by Judith Blake (at that time Deputy Leader of the Labour Group on Leeds City Council, and later also Labour's candidate in the 2010 general election), but it was taken for the Liberal Democrats by Greg Mulholland. Mulholland was re-elected in 2010 and 2015. Alex Sobel regained the seat for Labour in the 2017 general election,[4] and was re-elected in 2019.[5]
Constituency profile
This constituency has one of the biggest student populations in the country at over a quarter of the electorate;[6] it comprises outer Leeds suburbs that are professional, middle-to-high income and residential.[7]
It was within the Yorkshire and the Humber European Parliament constituency, which from 2019 to 2020 when the UK left the EU was represented by three Brexit Party, one Labour, one Liberal Democrat and one Green Party MEPs.
Members of Parliament
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Election | Member[8] | Party | |
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1950 | Sir Donald Kaberry | Conservative | |
1983 | Keith Hampson | Conservative | |
1997 | Harold Best | Labour | |
2005 | Greg Mulholland | Liberal Democrat | |
2017 | Alex Sobel | Labour Co-op |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Averre | ||||
Reform UK | Jayne Louise Bond | ||||
Green | Mick Bradley | ||||
SDP | Kathy Bushell | ||||
Yorkshire | Bob Buxton | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Ryk Downes | ||||
Labour | Katie White | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Swing |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Alex Sobel | 23,971 | 48.6 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Stewart Harper | 13,222 | 26.8 | +7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kamran Hussain | 9,397 | 19.1 | −15.9 | |
Green | Martin Hemingway | 1,389 | 2.8 | +1.5 | |
Brexit Party | Graeme Webber | 1,304 | 2.7 | New | |
Majority | 10,749 | 21.8 | +12.7 | ||
Turnout | 49,283 | 73.0 | +5.1 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Alex Sobel | 20,416 | 44.1 | +14.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Greg Mulholland | 16,192 | 35.0 | −1.8 | |
Conservative | Alan Lamb | 9,097 | 19.7 | +1.1 | |
Green | Martin Hemingway | 582 | 1.3 | −5.7 | |
Majority | 4,224 | 9.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46,287 | 67.9 | −2.1 | ||
Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +7.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Greg Mulholland | 15,948 | 36.8 | −10.7 | |
Labour Co-op | Alex Sobel | 13,041 | 30.1 | +9.1 | |
Conservative | Alex Story | 8,083 | 18.6 | −8.0 | |
Green | Tim Goodall | 3,042 | 7.0 | +5.8 | |
UKIP | Julian Metcalfe | 2,997 | 6.9 | +5.5 | |
Yorkshire First | Bob Buxton | 143 | 0.3 | New | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Mike Davies | 79 | 0.2 | −0.1 | |
Above and Beyond | Mark Flanagan | 24 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 2,907 | 6.7 | −14.2 | ||
Turnout | 43,357 | 70.0 | +3.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -9.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Greg Mulholland | 20,653 | 47.5 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | Julia Mulligan | 11,550 | 26.6 | −0.3 | |
Labour | Judith Blake | 9,132 | 21.0 | −10.9 | |
BNP | Geoffrey Bulmer | 766 | 1.8 | New | |
UKIP | Mark Thackray | 600 | 1.4 | New | |
Green | Martin Hemingway | 508 | 1.2 | −1.5 | |
English Democrat | Alan Procter | 153 | 0.4 | −1.0 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Trevor Bavage | 121 | 0.3 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 9,103 | 20.9 | |||
Turnout | 43,484 | 66.5 | +3.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +5.4 |
Elections in the 2000s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Greg Mulholland | 16,612 | 37.2 | +10.3 | |
Labour | Judith Blake | 14,735 | 33.0 | −8.9 | |
Conservative | George Lee | 11,510 | 25.7 | −3.9 | |
Green | Martin Hemingway | 1,128 | 2.5 | New | |
English Democrat | Adrian Knowles | 545 | 1.2 | New | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Jeannie Sutton | 181 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,877 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,711 | 62.4 | +4.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +9.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold Best | 17,794 | 41.9 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Adam Pritchard | 12,558 | 29.6 | −2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Hall-Matthews | 11,431 | 26.9 | +3.2 | |
UKIP | Simon Jones | 668 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 5,236 | 12.3 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 42,451 | 58.2 | −11.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold Best | 19,694 | 39.9 | +12.6 | |
Conservative | Keith Hampson | 15,850 | 32.1 | −10.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Pearce | 11,689 | 23.7 | −4.1 | |
Referendum | Sean Emmett | 1,325 | 2.7 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Roger Lamb | 335 | 0.7 | New | |
ProLife Alliance | Robert Toome | 251 | 0.5 | New | |
Ronnie the Rhino | Daniel Duffy | 232 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 3,844 | 10.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46,084 | 69.7 | −2.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +11.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Hampson | 21,750 | 43.0 | −0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Pearce | 14,079 | 27.8 | −5.7 | |
Labour | Sue Egan | 13,782 | 27.3 | +5.6 | |
Green | David Webb | 519 | 1.0 | −0.3 | |
Liberal | Noel Nowosielski | 427 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 7,671 | 15.2 | +5.1 | ||
Turnout | 50,557 | 72.5 | −3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.5 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Hampson | 22,480 | 43.5 | −3.1 | |
Liberal | Barry Peters | 17,279 | 33.5 | +4.5 | |
Labour | Judith Thomas | 11,210 | 21.7 | −0.5 | |
Green | A. Stevens | 663 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 5,201 | 10.07 | −7.5 | ||
Turnout | 51,632 | 75.7 | +4.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Hampson | 22,579 | 46.6 | −0.9 | |
SDP | Norman Jones | 14,042 | 29.0 | New | |
Labour | John Battle | 10,757 | 22.2 | −12.9 | |
Ecology | A. Laurence | 673 | 1.4 | −0.3 | |
Ind. Conservative | C. Haygreen | 437 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 8,537 | 17.6 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 48,488 | 71.3 | −1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Kaberry | 23,837 | 47.48 | ||
Labour | Peter O'Grady | 17,623 | 35.10 | ||
Liberal | Laurence Keates | 7,899 | 15.73 | ||
Ecology | K. Rushworth | 847 | 1.69 | New | |
Majority | 6,214 | 12.38 | +3.05 | ||
Turnout | 50,206 | 73.08 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Kaberry | 19,243 | 44.62 | ||
Labour | I.G.K. Fenwick | 15,216 | 35.29 | ||
Liberal | David Rolfe | 8,663 | 20.09 | ||
Majority | 4,027 | 9.33 | |||
Turnout | 43,122 | 66.28 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Kaberry | 21,995 | 44.73 | ||
Labour | I.G.K. Fenwick | 15,324 | 31.16 | ||
Liberal | S. Waldenburg | 11,853 | 24.11 | ||
Majority | 6,671 | 13.57 | |||
Turnout | 49,172 | 76.22 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Kaberry | 29,227 | 52.13 | ||
Labour | Kenneth Woolmer | 20,795 | 37.09 | ||
Liberal | J.R.W. Worrall | 6,048 | 10.79 | New | |
Majority | 8,432 | 15.04 | |||
Turnout | 56,070 | 69.82 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Kaberry | 30,168 | 55.65 | ||
Labour | C.J. Morgan | 24,044 | 44.35 | ||
Majority | 6,124 | 11.30 | |||
Turnout | 54,212 | 73.07 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Kaberry | 29,859 | 51.97 | ||
Labour | Dennis Burrill Matthews | 18,862 | 32.83 | ||
Liberal | R.H.J. Rhodes | 8,728 | 15.19 | New | |
Majority | 10,997 | 19.14 | |||
Turnout | 57,449 | 77.20 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Kaberry | 35,210 | 65.55 | ||
Labour | Dennis Burrill Matthews | 18,508 | 34.45 | ||
Majority | 16,702 | 31.10 | |||
Turnout | 53,718 | 77.58 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Kaberry | 31,923 | 65.80 | ||
Labour | Dennis Burrill Matthews | 16,594 | 34.20 | ||
Majority | 15,329 | 31.60 | |||
Turnout | 48,517 | 75.64 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Kaberry | 25,873 | 62.55 | ||
Labour | Marian Veitch | 15,490 | 37.45 | ||
Majority | 10,383 | 25.10 | |||
Turnout | 41,363 | 82.42 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Kaberry | 24,161 | 57.80 | ||
Labour | Victor Mishcon | 14,562 | 34.84 | ||
Liberal | Joseph Owen Hogley | 3,078 | 7.36 | ||
Majority | 9,599 | 22.96 | |||
Turnout | 41,801 | 85.52 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
Notes
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
- ^ "Leeds North West Parliamentary constituency". BBC. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Order 1951. SI 1951/320". Statutory Instruments 1951. Vol. II. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1952. pp. 410–412.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
- ^ a b "Leeds North West". Election 2017. BBC News. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Leeds North West General Election 2019 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "2001 Census see student population of wards". Neighbourhood Statistics.
- ^ "Politics". The Guardian.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
- ^ "Statement of persons nominated". Leeds City Council. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "General Election 2019: Leeds North West Constituency: Statement of Persons Nominated". Leeds City Council. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Leeds North West". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Leeds North West". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "BBC 1997 elections results". Retrieved 11 October 2007.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.