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Leeds North West (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°53′N 1°40′W / 53.88°N 1.66°W / 53.88; -1.66
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Leeds North West
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Boundaries since 2024
Map of constituency
Boundary of Leeds North West in Yorkshire and the Humber
CountyWest Yorkshire
(West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974)
Electorate71,592 (July 2024)[1]
Major settlementsGuiseley, Yeadon, Horsforth and Otley
Current constituency
Created1950
Member of ParliamentKatie White (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromLeeds 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 2024 by Katie White, of the Labour Party.[n 2]

Boundaries

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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.

2010–2024: The City of Leeds wards of Adel and Wharfedale, Headingley, Otley and Yeadon, and Weetwood.

2024–present: The City of Leeds wards of: Adel and Wharfedale, Guiseley and Rawdon, Horsforth, and Otley and Yeadon.[3]

New boundaries of the constituencies since 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies described as following: 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).

The constituency covers the northwestern part of the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire. It stretches from Otley in the north to Horsforth in the south, with Guiseley and Yeadon in between them in terms of major settlements.

History

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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]

Following the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency boundaries were substantially changed although its name was unchanged. The old constituency was divided between the new constituency (85.7% by area and 50.2% by population of the old constituency) and Leeds Central and Headingley (14.3% by area and 49.8% by population).[6] The new constituency was made up predominantly of parts of the old constituency (62.2% by area and 47.3% by population of the new constituency) and Pudsey (37.7% by area and 52.7% by population), with a small contribution from Leeds North East (0.1% by area and 0.0% by population).[7] The notional 2019 result for the new constituency was a Conservative win.[8] In the 2024 general election the seat was won by Katie White for Labour.[9]

Constituency profile

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This constituency has one of the biggest student populations in the country at over a quarter of the electorate;[10] it comprises outer Leeds suburbs that are professional, middle-to-high income and residential.[11]

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[12] Party
1950 Sir Donald Kaberry Conservative
1983 Keith Hampson Conservative
1997 Harold Best Labour
2005 Greg Mulholland Liberal Democrat
2017 Alex Sobel Labour Co-op
2024 Katie White Labour

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Leeds North West [9][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Katie White 22,882 46.0 +7.7
Conservative Thomas Averre 10,986 22.1 −19.8
Reform UK Jayne Louise Bond 5,935 11.9 +10.6
Liberal Democrats Ryk Downes 5,641 11.3 −3.5
Green Mick Bradley 3,231 6.5 +4.2
Yorkshire Bob Buxton 1,024 2.1 +0.6
SDP Kathy Bushell 78 0.2 N/A
Majority 11,896 23.9 N/A
Turnout 49,777 69.5 −8.2
Registered electors 71,592
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +13.8

Note that the figures for gain and loss refer to comparisons with the notional 2019 result for the constituency with its revised boundaries.[8]

Elections in the 2010s

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2019 notional result[14]
Party Vote %
Conservative 23,311 41.9
Labour 21,310 38.3
Liberal Democrats 8,212 14.8
Green 1,266 2.3
Others 844 1.5
Brexit Party 729 1.3
Turnout 55,672 77.7
Electorate 71,607
General election 2019: Leeds North West[15][5]
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
General election 2017: Leeds North West[4]
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
General election 2015: Leeds North West[16][17]
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
General election 2010: Leeds North West[18][19]
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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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[20]
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
General election 2001: Leeds North West[21]
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

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General election 1997: Leeds North West[22][23]
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
General election 1992: Leeds North West[24][25]
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

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General election 1987: Leeds North West[26]
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
General election 1983: Leeds North West[27]
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

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General election 1979: Leeds North West
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
General election October 1974: Leeds North West
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
General election February 1974: Leeds North West
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
General election 1970: Leeds North West
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

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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 54,212 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 New
Majority 10,997 19.14
Turnout 57,449 77.20
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

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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 31.10
Turnout 53,718 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 48,517 75.64
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Leeds North West
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
General election 1950: Leeds North West
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

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Notes

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  1. ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elec]ts one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

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  1. ^ "Leeds North West - General election results 2024". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
  4. ^ a b "Leeds North West". Election 2017. BBC News. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Leeds North West General Election 2019 results in full". Manchester Evening News. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Leeds North West (13 April 2010 - 30 May 2024) - overlaps". UK Parliament election results. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Leeds North West (31 May 2024 - ) - overlaps". UK Parliament election results. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Notional election for the constituency of Leeds North West on 12 December 2019". UK Parliament election results. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Leeds North West results". BBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  10. ^ "2001 Census see student population of wards". Neighbourhood Statistics.
  11. ^ "Politics". The Guardian.
  12. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
  13. ^ "Leeds North West results". Leeds City Council. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  15. ^ "General Election 2019: Leeds North West Constituency: Statement of Persons Nominated". Leeds City Council. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  16. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  17. ^ "Leeds North West". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  18. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  19. ^ "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Leeds North West". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  20. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  21. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  22. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  23. ^ "BBC 1997 elections results". Retrieved 11 October 2007.
  24. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  25. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  26. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  27. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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