Leeds North West (UK Parliament constituency)

Leeds North West Borough constituency

Leeds North West shown within West Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	1950
MP:	Greg Mulholland
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
County:	West Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Leeds North West is an English 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
4 Election results
- 4.1 Elections in the 2000s
- 4.2 Elections in the 1990s
5 References
6 See also

Boundaries

The constituency covers the north western part of the metropolitan borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire. It stretches from Yeadon in the north west and Otley in the north east to Headingley in the south.

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

Adel and Wharfedale (includes Bramhope, Cookridge, Holt Park)
Headingley
Otley and Yeadon
Weetwood (includes Far Headingley, Ireland Wood and part of West Park)

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). The only changes after the 1950 election were the introduction of Leeds North West and the creation of Pudsey, replacing Pudsey and Otley.

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 (1983–1987). 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, when the seat was contested for Labour by Judith Blake, but was taken for the Liberal Democrats by Greg Mulholland.

This constituency has one of the biggest student populations in the country; over a quarter of the electorate.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1950	Sir Donald Kaberry	Conservative
1983	Keith Hampson	Conservative
1997	Harold Best	Labour
2005	Greg Mulholland	Liberal Democrat

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Blake
	Liberal Democrat	Greg Mulholland
	Conservative	Julia Mulligan

General Election 2005: Leeds North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrats	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 Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	9.6

General Election 2001: Leeds North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Best	17,794	41.9	+2.0
	Conservative	Adam Pritchard	12,558	29.6	−2.5
	Liberal Democrat	David Hall-Matthews	11,431	26.9	+3.3
	UK Independence	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^[2]: Leeds North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Best	19,694	39.9
	Conservative	Keith Hampson	12,558	29.6
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Pearce	11,689	23.7
	Referendum Party	Sean Emmett	1,325	2.7
	Socialist Labour	Roger Lamb	335	0.7
	ProLife Alliance	Sean Emmett	251	0.5
	Ronnie the rhino	Daniel Duffy	232	0.5
Majority			3,844	10.3
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.8

General Election 1992^[3]: Leeds North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Hampson	21,750	43.0
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Pearce	14,079	27.8
	Labour	Sue Egan	13,782	27.3
	Green	David Webb	519	1.0
	Liberal	Noel Nowosielski	427	0.9
Majority			7,671	15.17
Turnout				72.84
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ UKPollingReport. Election Guide: Leeds North West. Retrieved on 2008-04-01.
^ BBC 1997 elections results. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
^ Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources, University of Keele. Retrieved on 2007-10-12.

• • 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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