Leeds East (UK Parliament constituency)

Leeds East Borough constituency

Leeds East shown within West Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	1885, 1955
MP:	George Mudie
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	West Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Leeds East is a borough constituency 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.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
- 3.1 MPs 1885-1918
- 3.2 MPs 1955-present
4 Election results
5 See also
6 References

Boundaries

The constituency covers the eastern part of the city of Leeds.

After the proposed boundary changes it will be made up of four Leeds City Council wards:

Cross Gates and Whinmoor
Gipton and Harehills
Killingbeck and Seacroft
Temple Newsam.(covering Halton Moor, Halton, Whitkirk, Colton and Austhorpe)

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 1855 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.

The constituency was abolished in 1918. After the 1918 general election, Leeds was represented by Leeds Central, Leeds North, Leeds North-East (created 1918), Leeds South, Leeds South-East (created 1918), and Leeds West.

The constituency was recreated in 1955. After the 1955 general election Leeds was represented by Leeds East (created 1885, abolished 1918, recreated 1955), Leeds North East, Leeds North West (created 1950), Leeds South and Leeds South East. There were also constituencies of Batley and Morley (created 1918) and Pudsey and Otley (created 1918, replacing Pudsey).

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885-1918

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Richard Dawson
	1886	John Lawrence Gane
	1895	Thomas Richmond Leuty
	1900	Henry Struther Cautley, later Baron Cautley	Conservative
	1906	James O'Grady
1918		constituency abolished

MPs 1955-present

Election		Member	Party
	1955	Denis Healey	Labour
	1992	George Mudie	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Leeds East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis Healey	18,450	43.8	−11.7
	Conservative	A. Bell	12,355	29.3	−4.0
	Liberal	M.G. Clay	10,884	25.8	+16.0
	National Front	A.H. Brons	475	0.9	+0.2
Majority			6,095	14.5	−7.7
Turnout			42,164	66.3	−4.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.9

General Election 1987: Leeds East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis Healey	20,932	48.7	+5.0
	Conservative	J.S.W. Sheard	11,406	26.6	−2.7
	Liberal	M. Clay	10,630	24.7	−1.1
Majority			9,526	22.2	+7.7
Turnout			22,968	70.2	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.9

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Leeds East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Mudie	24,929	57.7	+9.0
	Conservative	W.N. Carmichael	12,232	28.3	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	P. Wrigley	6,040	14.0	−10.8
Majority			12,697	29.4	+7.2
Turnout			43,201	70.0	−0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

General Election 1997: Leeds East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Mudie	24,151	67.5	+9.8
	Conservative	John Emsley	6,685	18.7	−9.6
	Liberal Democrat	Madeleine Kirk	3,689	10.3	−3.7
	Referendum Party	L. Parrish	1,267	3.5	N/A
Majority			17,466	48.8	+19.4
Turnout			35,792	62.8	−7.2
	Labour hold		Swing	9.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2001: Leeds East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Mudie	18,290	62.9	−4.5
	Conservative	Barry Anderson	5,647	19.4	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Jennings	3,923	13.5	+3.2
	UK Independence	Raymond Northgreaves	634	2.2	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Mark King	419	1.4	N/A
	Independent	Peter Socrates	142	0.5	N/A
Majority			12,643	43.5	−5.3
Turnout			29,055	51.5	−11.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.7

General Election 2005: Leeds East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Mudie	17,799	59.1	−3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Tear	6,221	20.7	+7.2
	Conservative	Dominic Ponniah	5,587	18.6	−0.8
	Independent	Peter Socrates	500	1.7	+1.7
Majority			11,578	38.5	−8.4
Turnout			30,107	55.0	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.5

References

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

• • Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber

Labour	Barnsley Central • Barnsley East and Mexborough • Barnsley West and Penistone • Batley and Spen • Bradford North • Bradford South • Bradford West • Brigg and Goole • Calder Valley • City of York • Cleethorpes • Colne Valley • Dewsbury • Don Valley • Doncaster Central • Doncaster North • Elmet • Great Grimsby • Halifax • Hemsworth • Huddersfield • Hull East • Hull North • Hull West and Hessle • Keighley • Leeds Central • Leeds East • Leeds North East • Leeds West • Morley and Rothwell • Normanton • Pontefract and Castleford • Pudsey • Rother Valley • Rotherham • Scunthorpe • Selby • Sheffield Attercliffe • Sheffield Brightside • Sheffield Central • Sheffield Heeley • Sheffield Hillsborough • Wakefield • Wentworth

Conservative	Beverley and Holderness • East Yorkshire • Haltemprice and Howden • Richmond (Yorks) • Ryedale • Scarborough and Whitby • Shipley • Skipton and Ripon • Vale of York

Liberal Democrat	Harrogate and Knaresborough • Leeds North West • Sheffield Hallam •

Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Labour (2) • Conservative (2) • Liberal Democrats (1) • UKIP (1)

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