Leeds West (UK Parliament constituency)

Leeds West
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Leeds West in West Yorkshire.

Location of West Yorkshire within England.
County West Yorkshire
(West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974)
Electorate 67,222 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1885 (1885)
Member of Parliament Rachel Reeves (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from Leeds
Overlaps
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.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency covers the western part of the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire.

Since the boundary changes which took effect at the 2010 General Election it has been made up of four Leeds City Council wards:

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

Election Member[2] Party
1885 Herbert Gladstone Liberal
Jan 1910 Thomas Edmund Harvey Liberal
1918 John Murray Coalition Liberal
1922 Liberal
1923 Thomas William Stamford Labour
1931 Samuel Vyvyan Adams Conservative
1945 Tom Stamford Labour
1949 by-election Charles Pannell Labour
Feb 1974 Joe Dean Labour
1983 Michael Meadowcroft Liberal
1987 John Battle Labour
2010 Rachel Reeves Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Leeds West [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

General Election 2005: Leeds West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Turnout 33,719 53.6 +3.6
Labour hold Swing
General Election 2001: Leeds West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

General Election 1997: Leeds West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
General Election 1992: Leeds West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Battle 26,310 55.1 +11.9
Conservative Paul Bartlett 12,482 26.2 +3.0
Liberal Democrat Viscount Morpeth (GWB Howard) 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

General Election 1987: Leeds West[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Battle 21,032 43.23
SDP–Liberal Alliance Michael Meadowcroft 16,340 33.59
Conservative P Allott 11,276 23.18
Majority 4,692 9.64
Turnout 73.33
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
General Election 1983: Leeds West[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Michael Meadowcroft 17,908 38.42
Labour J Dean 15,860 34.02
Conservative J Keeble 12,515 26.85
BNP A Braithwaite 334 0.72
Majority 2,048 4.39
Turnout 69.02
Liberal hold Swing

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
  3. ^ UKPollingReport. "Election Guide: Leeds West". http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/leedswest. Retrieved 2008-04-01. 
  4. ^ "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Leeds West". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c54.stm. Retrieved 11 May 2010. 
  5. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 
  6. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1987. Politics Resources. 11 June 1987. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i12.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-17. 
  7. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i12.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-17. 
Labour (31)
Conservative (19)
Liberal Democrats (3)
Independent (1)