Leeds North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Leeds North East
Borough constituency

Leeds North East shown within West Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire shown within England
Created: 1918
MP: Fabian Hamilton
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: West Yorkshire
EP constituency: Yorkshire and the Humber

Leeds North 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.

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Boundaries

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

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

History

The constituency was created in 1918 as Leeds North-East and the name was changed by loss of the hyphen to Leeds North East in 1955.

After the 1918 general election, Leeds was represented by the constituencies of: Leeds Central (created 1855), Leeds North (created 1855), Leeds North-East, Leeds South (created 1885), Leeds South-East (created 1918) and Leeds West (created 1885). There were also constituencies of Batley and Morley and Pudsey and Otley

Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1918 John Dearman Birchall Conservative
1940 John James Craik-Henderson Conservative
1945 Alice Bacon Labour
1955 Osbert Peake Conservative
1956 Keith Joseph Conservative
1987 Timothy Kirkhope Conservative
1997 Fabian Hamilton Labour

Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Aqila Choudhry
Conservative Matthew Lobley


General Election 2005: Leeds North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fabian Hamilton 18,632 44.9 −4.2
Conservative Matthew Lobley 13,370 32.2 +0.9
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Brown 8,427 20.3 +4.4
Alliance for Green Socialism Celia Foote 1,038 2.5 N/A
Majority 5,262 12.7
Turnout 41,467 65.5 +3.5
Labour hold Swing
General Election 2001: Leeds North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fabian Hamilton 19,540 49.1 −0.1
Conservative Owain Rhys 12,451 31.3 −2.6
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Brown 6,325 15.9 +2.0
Left Alliance Celia Foote 770 1.9 N/A
UK Independence Jeffrey Miles 382 1.0 N/A
Socialist Labour Colin Muir 173 0.4 −0.6
Independent Mohammed Zaman 132 0.3 N/A
Majority 7,089 17.8
Turnout 39,773 62.0 −9.8
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ UKPollingReport. Election Guide: Leeds North East. Retrieved on 2008-04-01.

See also