Leeds West (UK Parliament constituency)
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Leeds West | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Leeds West in West Yorkshire.
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Location of West Yorkshire within England.
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County | West Yorkshire (West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974) |
Electorate | 67,222 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of parliament | Rachel Reeves (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Leeds |
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European Parliament constituency | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Leeds West is a borough constituency in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire which is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. The current MP is Rachel Reeves of the Labour Party — it has been a Labour seat (apart from the Parliament of 1983-87) since 1945.
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Boundaries
1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Leeds wards of Armley and Wortley, Holbeck, and New Wortley, and part of Bramley ward.
1918-1950: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Armley and Wortley, and Bramley, and part of New Wortley ward.
1950-1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Bramley, Farnley and Wortley, and Upper Armley.
1955-1974: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Armley, Bramley, Stanningley, Wellington, and Wortley.
1974-1983: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Armley, Bramley, Castleton, Stanningley, and Wortley.
1983-2010: The City of Leeds wards of Armley, Bramley, Kirkstall, and Wortley.
2010-present: The City of Leeds wards of Armley, Bramley and Stanningley, Farnley and Wortley, and Kirkstall.
The constituency covers the western part of the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire.
History
The constituency was created in 1885 by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and was first used in the general election of that year. Leeds had previously been represented by two MPs (1832–1868) and three MPs (1868–1885). From 1885 it was represented by five single-member constituencies: Leeds Central, Leeds East, Leeds North, Leeds South and Leeds West. The constituencies of Morley, Otley and Pudsey were also created in 1885. Leeds West has the distinction of being the only constituency in the Leeds area which has existed under an unchanged name continuously since 1885.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rachel Reeves | 18,456 | 48.0 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Alex Pierre-Traves | 7,729 | 20.1 | +0.4 | |
UKIP | Anne Murgatroyd | 7,104 | 18.5 | +15.5 | |
Green | Andrew Pointon | 3,217 | 8.4 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Laura Coyle | 1,495 | 3.9 | −20.3 | |
CISTA | Matthew West | 217 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
TUSC | Ben Mayor | 205 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 10,727 | 27.9 | +9.8 | ||
Turnout | 38,423 | 59.2 | +1.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.65 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rachel Reeves | 16,389 | 42.3 | −13.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ruth Coleman | 9,373 | 24.2 | +6.8 | |
Conservative | Joe Marjoram | 7,641 | 19.7 | +5.6 | |
BNP | Joanna Beverley | 2,377 | 6.1 | +2.8 | |
Green | David Blackburn | 1,832 | 4.7 | −2.5 | |
UKIP | Jeff Miles | 1,140 | 2.9 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 7,016 | 18.1 | −20.7 | ||
Turnout | 38,752 | 57.5 | +4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −10.3 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Battle | 18,704 | 55.5 | −6.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Darren Finlay | 5,894 | 17.5 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | Tim Metcalfe | 4,807 | 14.3 | −1.3 | |
Green | David Blackburn | 2,519 | 7.5 | −0.5 | |
BNP | Julie Day | 1,166 | 3.5 | N/A | |
UKIP | David Sewards | 628 | 1.9 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 12,810 | 38.0 | −8.5 | ||
Turnout | 33,719 | 53.6 | +3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Battle | 19,943 | 62.1 | −4.5 | |
Conservative | Kris Hopkins | 5,008 | 15.6 | −1.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Darren Finlay | 3,350 | 10.4 | +1.4 | |
Green | David Blackburn | 2,573 | 8.0 | +5.8 | |
UKIP | Bill Finley | 758 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Noel Nowosielski | 462 | 1.4 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 14,935 | 46.5 | |||
Turnout | 32,094 | 50.0 | −12.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Battle | 26,819 | 66.7 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | John Whelan | 7,048 | 17.5 | −9.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Nigel Amor | 3,622 | 9.0 | +0.1 | |
Green | David Blackburn | 896 | 2.2 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Noel Nowosielski | 625 | 1.6 | −6.7 | |
Majority | 19,771 | ||||
Turnout | 62.9 | −8,2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Battle | 26,310 | 55.1 | +11.9 | |
Conservative | Paul Bartlett | 12,482 | 26.2 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Viscount Morpeth | 4,252 | 8.9 | −24.7 | |
Liberal | Michael Meadowcroft | 3,980 | 8.3 | −25.2 | |
Green | Miss Alison M. Mander | 569 | 1.2 | N/A | |
National Front | Robert I. Tenney | 132 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,828 | 29.0 | +19.3 | ||
Turnout | 47,725 | 71.2 | −2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Battle | 21,032 | 43.2 | ||
Liberal | Michael Meadowcroft | 16,340 | 33.6 | ||
Conservative | Philip David Allott | 11,276 | 23.2 | ||
Majority | 4,692 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 73.3 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Michael Meadowcroft | 17,908 | 38.42 | ||
Labour | Joe Dean | 15,860 | 34.02 | ||
Conservative | Jocelyn Keeble | 12,515 | 26.85 | ||
BNP | A. Braithwaite | 334 | 0.72 | ||
Majority | 2,048 | 4.39 | |||
Turnout | 69.02 | ||||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joe Dean | 21,290 | 49.38 | ||
Conservative | H. Simmonds | 11,626 | 26.96 | ||
Liberal | C. Greenfield | 9,734 | 22.58 | ||
National Front | J. Duckenfield | 466 | 1.08 | ||
Majority | 9,664 | 22.41 | |||
Turnout | 73.33 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joe Dean | 20,669 | 49.64 | ||
Liberal | Michael Meadowcroft | 13,062 | 31.37 | ||
Conservative | D. Hall | 7,907 | 18.99 | ||
Majority | 7,607 | 18.27 | |||
Turnout | 68.93 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joe Dean | 19,436 | 42.13 | ||
Liberal | Michael Meadowcroft | 15,451 | 33.49 | ||
Conservative | D. Hall | 11,246 | 24.38 | ||
Majority | 3,985 | 8.64 | |||
Turnout | 77.03 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Pannell | 21,618 | 51.83 | ||
Conservative | A. Leitch | 14,749 | 35.36 | ||
Liberal | P. Armitage | 5,341 | 12.81 | ||
Majority | 6,869 | 16.47 | |||
Turnout | 65.69 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Pannell | 24,391 | 56.28 | ||
Conservative | I.M. Glover | 13,883 | 32.04 | ||
Liberal | D. Pedder | 5,062 | 11.68 | ||
Majority | 10,508 | 24.25 | |||
Turnout | 72.02 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Pannell | 22,968 | 50.53 | ||
Conservative | I.M. Glover | 15,697 | 34.54 | ||
Liberal | D. Pedder | 6,787 | 14.93 | ||
Majority | 7,271 | 16.00 | |||
Turnout | 74.54 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Pannell | 25,878 | 54.87 | ||
Conservative | David Lance Crouch | 21,285 | 45.13 | ||
Majority | 4,593 | 9.74 | |||
Turnout | 78.25 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Pannell | 24,576 | 52.75 | ||
Conservative | J. Hiley | 18,312 | 39.31 | ||
Liberal | Harold Hudson | 3,699 | 7.94 | ||
Majority | 6,264 | 13.45 | |||
Turnout | 77.38 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Pannell | 22,357 | 54.11 | ||
Conservative | B. Mather | 18,957 | 45.89 | ||
Majority | 3,400 | 8.23 | |||
Turnout | 85.92 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Pannell | 21,339 | 51.58 | ||
Conservative | B. Mather | 16,824 | 40.67 | ||
Liberal | Cecil Rhodes | 3,209 | 7.76 | ||
Majority | 4,515 | 10.91 | |||
Turnout | 86.42 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Pannell | 21,935 | 55.2 | ||
Conservative | B. Mather | 17,826 | 44.8 | ||
Majority | 4,109 | 10.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas William Stamford | 26,593 | 59.0 | ||
Conservative | Samuel Vyvyan Adams | 12,457 | 27.7 | ||
Liberal | Fl-Lt. James Booth | 6,008 | 13.3 | ||
Majority | 14,136 | 31.4 | |||
Turnout | 76.1 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Samuel Vyvyan Adams | 20,545 | 54.27 | ||
Labour | Tom Stamford | 17,311 | 45.73 | ||
Majority | 3,234 | 8.54 | |||
Turnout | 70.46 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Samuel Vyvyan Adams | 24,701 | 63.25 | ||
Labour | Tom Stamford | 14,354 | 36.75 | ||
Majority | 10,347 | 26.49 | |||
Turnout | 76.72 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas William Stamford | 18,765 | 41.9 | ||
Unionist | George William Martin | 18,129 | 40.8 | ||
Liberal | Ralph Cleworth | 7,892 | 17.6 | ||
Majority | 636 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 44,786 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas William Stamford | 11,434 | 40.7 | -7.6 | |
Unionist | Alexander Frederick Gordon Renton | 9,432 | 33.6 | n/a | |
Liberal | John Murray | 7,200 | 25.7 | -26.0 | |
Majority | 2,002 | 7.1 | |||
Turnout | 71.6 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Murray | 13,391 | 51.7 | ||
Labour | Thomas William Stamford | 12,487 | 48.3 | ||
Majority | 904 | 3.4 | |||
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Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | 12,642 | 61.9 | |||
Labour | John Arnott | 6,020 | 29.5 | ||
Independent | Sgt. Joseph Henry Chapman | 1,138 | 5.6 | ||
Independent Liberal | David Thomas Barnes | 619 | 3.0 | ||
Majority | 6,622 | 32.4 | |||
Turnout | 52.7 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
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See also
Notes and references
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- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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