Leeds North West (UK Parliament constituency)

Leeds North West
Leeds North West
Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Leeds North West in West Yorkshire
	Location of West Yorkshire within England
County	West Yorkshire; (West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974)
Electorate	65,047 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Yeadon, Otley and Headingley
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of Parliament	Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrats)
Seats	One

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 2005 by Greg Mulholland, a Liberal Democrat.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1950-1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Far Headingley, Hyde Park, and Kirkstall.

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.

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.

Constituency profile

This constituency has one of the biggest student populations in the country; over a quarter of the electorate,^[2] comprises outer Leeds suburbs being professional, middle-to-high income and residential.^[3]

It is within the Yorkshire and the Humber European Parliament constituency, which as of May 2014^[update] is represented by three UKIP, two Labour, and one Conservative MEPs.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[4]	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1950	Sir Donald Kaberry	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1983	Keith Hampson	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1997	Harold Best	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color" \|	2005	Greg Mulholland	Liberal Democrat

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Leeds North West^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Greg Mulholland	15,948	36.8	−10.7
	Labour	Alex Sobel	13,041	30.1	+9.1
	Conservative	Alex Story	8,083	18.6	−7.9
	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	N/A
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Mike Davies	79	0.2	−0.1
	Above and Beyond	Mark Flanagan	24	0.1	N/A
Majority			2,907	6.7
Turnout			43,357	70.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-9.9

General Election 2010: Leeds North West^[7]^[8]
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	N/A
	UKIP	Mark Thackray	600	1.4	N/A
	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

Leeds North West is shown here after the 2005 general election as the only Liberal Democrat constituency in West Yorkshire.

General Election 2005: Leeds North West^[9]
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	N/A
	English Democrat	Adrian Knowles	545	1.2	N/A
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Jeannie Sutton	181	0.4	N/A
Majority			1,877	4.2
Turnout			44,711	62.4	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	9.6

General Election 2001: Leeds North West^[10]
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	+3.3
	UKIP	Simon Jones	668	1.6	N/A
Majority			5,236	12.3
Turnout			42,451	58.2	−11.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Leeds North West^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Best	19,694	39.9	+12.6
	Conservative	Keith Hampson	15,850	29.6	−13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Pearce	11,689	23.7	−3.6
	Referendum	Sean Emmett	1,325	2.7	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Roger Lamb	335	0.7	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Robert Toome	251	0.5	N/A
	Ronnie The Rhino	Daniel Duffy	232	0.5	N/A
Majority			3,844	10.3
Turnout			46,084
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.8

General Election 1992: Leeds North West^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Hampson	21,750	43.0	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mrs Barbara A. Pearce	14,079	27.8	−5.6
	Labour	Miss Sue Egan	13,782	27.3	+5.5
	Green	David C. Webb	519	1.0	−0.3
	Liberal	Noel A.B. Nowosielski	427	0.8	N/A
Majority			7,671	15.2	+5.1
Turnout			50,557	72.5	−3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.5

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Leeds North West^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Hampson	22,480	43.54
	Liberal	Barry Peters	17,279	33.47
	Labour	Judith Thomas	11,210	21.71
	Green	A. Stevens	663	1.28
Majority			5,201	10.07
Turnout				75.68
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Leeds North West^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Hampson	22,579	46.57
	SDP	Norman Jones	14,042	28.96
	Labour	John Battle	10,757	28.96
	Ecology	A. Laurence	673	1.39
	Ind. Conservative	C. Haygreen	437	0.90
Majority			8,537	17.61
Turnout				71.30
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Leeds North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Donald Kaberry	23,837	47.48
	Labour	Peter A. O'Grady	17,623	35.10
	Liberal	Laurence Walter Keates	7,899	15.73
	Ecology	K. Rushworth	847	1.69
Majority			6,214	12.38
Turnout				73.08
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Leeds North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Donald Kaberry	19,243	44.62
	Labour	L.G.K. Fenwick	15,216	35.29
	Liberal	David Rolfe	8,663	20.09
Majority			4,027	9.34
Turnout				66.28
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Leeds North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Donald Kaberry	21,995	44.73
	Labour	L.C.K. Fenwick	15,324	31.16
	Liberal	S. Waldenburg	11,853	24.11
Majority			6,671	13.57
Turnout				76.22
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Leeds North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Donald Kaberry	29,227	52.13
	Labour	Kenneth John Woolmer	20,795	37.09
	Liberal	J.R.W. Worrall	6,048	10.79
Majority			8,432	15.04
Turnout				69.82
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Leeds North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Donald Kaberry	30,168	55.65
	Labour	C.J. Morgan	24,044	44.35
Majority			6,124	11.30
Turnout				73.07
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Leeds North West
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
Majority			10,997	19.14
Turnout				77.20
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Leeds North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Donald Kaberry	35,210	65.55
	Labour	Dennis Burrill Matthews	18,508	34.45
Majority			16,702	31.09
Turnout				77.58
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Leeds North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Donald Kaberry	31,923	65.80
	Labour	Dennis Burrill Matthews	16,594	34.20
Majority			15,329	31.60
Turnout				75.64
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Leeds North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Donald Kaberry	25,873	62.55
	Labour	M. Veitch	15,490	37.45
Majority			10,383	25.10
Turnout				82.42
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Leeds North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Donald Kaberry	24,161	57.80
	Labour	V. Mishcon	14,562	34.84
	Liberal	Joseph Owen Hogley	3,078	7.36
Majority			9,599	22.96
Turnout				85.52
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

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

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ 2001 Census see student population of wards
^ The Guardian constituency profile, written 2010
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
^ "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 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help)
^ "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. {{cite web}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help)
^ "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. 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.

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[2] A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[3] 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.

[1] "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[4] 2001 Census see student population of wards

[5] The Guardian constituency profile, written 2010

[rayment-6] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)

[electoralcalculus2015-7] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[2015_result-8] "Leeds North West". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

[electoralcalculus2010-9] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help)

[10] "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Leeds North West". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.

[electoralcalculus2005-11] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2001-12] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1997-13] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[BBC1997-14] "BBC 1997 elections results". Retrieved 11 October 2007. {{cite web}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help)

[electoralcalculus1992-15] "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[16] "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

[electoralcalculus1987-17] "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1983-18] "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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