Leeds North West (UK Parliament constituency) (original) (raw)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom

Leeds North West
County constituencyfor the House of Commons
MapInteractive map of boundaries since 2024
Map of constituencyBoundary within Yorkshire and the Humber
County West Yorkshire(West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974)
Electorate 71,592 (July 2024)[1]
Major settlements Guiseley, Yeadon, Horsforth and Otley
Current constituency
Created 1950
Member of Parliament Katie White (Labour)
Seats One
Created from Leeds Central and Leeds North

Leeds North West is a constituency[n 1] in the City of Leeds which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Katie White, of the Labour Party.[n 2]

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). Leeds North West was created before the 1950 election, and at the same time the Pudsey and Otley constituency was abolished, re-creating the Pudsey constituency and moving Otley into the Ripon constituency. The Leeds North West boundary was revised prior to the 1983 general election, bringing in Otley and the nearby villages of Bramhope, Pool-in-Wharfedale and Arthington from the abolition of the Ripon constituency.

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 (1983–1997), who had previously been MP for Ripon. 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. The seat was contested for Labour by Judith Blake (at that time Deputy Leader of the Labour Group on Leeds City Council, and later also Labour's candidate in the 2010 general election), but it was taken for the Liberal Democrats by Greg Mulholland. Mulholland was re-elected in 2010 and 2015. Alex Sobel regained the seat for Labour in the 2017 general election,[2] and was re-elected in 2019.[3]

Following the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency boundaries were substantially changed although its name was unchanged. The old constituency was divided between the new constituency (85.7% by area and 50.2% by population of the old constituency) and Leeds Central and Headingley (14.3% by area and 49.8% by population).[4] The new constituency was made up predominantly of parts of the old constituency (62.2% by area and 47.3% by population of the new constituency) and Pudsey (37.7% by area and 52.7% by population), with a small contribution from Leeds North East (0.1% by area and 0.0% by population).[5] The notional 2019 result for the new constituency was a Conservative win.[6] In the 2024 general election the seat was won by Katie White for Labour.[7]

Constituency profile

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This constituency has one of the biggest student populations in the country at over a quarter of the electorate;[8] it comprises outer Leeds suburbs that are professional, middle-to-high income and residential.[9]

It was within the Yorkshire and the Humber European Parliament constituency, which from 2019 to 2020 when the UK left the EU was represented by three Brexit Party, one Labour, one Liberal Democrat and one Green Party MEPs.

Map

Interactive map of boundaries 2010–2024

The constituency covers the northwestern part of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire. It stretches from Otley in the north to Horsforth in the south, with Guiseley and Yeadon in between them in terms of major settlements.

1950–1951: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Far Headingley, Hyde Park, and Kirkstall.

1951–1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Far Headingley, Hyde Park, Kirkstall, and Meanwood.[10]

1955–1974: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Far Headingley, Hyde Park, Kirkstall, Meanwood, and Moortown.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Cookridge, Headingley, Kirkstall, Moortown, and Weetwood.

1983–2010: The City of Leeds wards of Cookridge, Headingley, Otley and Wharfedale, and Weetwood.

2010–2024: The City of Leeds wards of Adel and Wharfedale, Headingley, Otley and Yeadon, and Weetwood.

2024–present: The City of Leeds wards of Adel and Wharfedale, Guiseley and Rawdon, Horsforth, and Otley and Yeadon.[11]

Headingley and Weetwood in the south of the 2010 constituency (about 50% of the electorate) was moved to the new constituency of Leeds Central and Headingley, while Guiseley, Rawdon and Horsforth were transferred from Pudsey (reconfigured and renamed Leeds West and Pudsey).

Members of Parliament

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Election Member[12] Party
1950 Sir Donald Kaberry
1983 Keith Hampson
1997 Harold Best
2005 Greg Mulholland
2017 Alex Sobel
2024 Katie White

Elections in the 2020s

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Note that the figures for gain and loss refer to comparisons with the notional 2019 result for the constituency with its revised boundaries.[6]

Elections in the 2010s

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2019 notional result[14]
Party Vote %
Conservative 23,311
Labour 21,310
Liberal Democrats 8,212
Green 1,266
Others 844
Brexit Party 729
Turnout 55,672 77.7
Electorate 71,607

Elections in the 2000s

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Leeds North West is shown here after the 2005 general election as the only Liberal Democrat constituency in West Yorkshire

Elections in the 1990s

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Elections in the 1980s

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Elections in the 1970s

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Elections in the 1960s

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Elections in the 1950s

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  1. ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elec]ts one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

  3. ^ "Leeds North West – General election results 2024". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

  4. ^ a b "Leeds North West". Election 2017. BBC News. Retrieved 9 September 2018.

  5. ^ a b "Leeds North West General Election 2019 results in full". Manchester Evening News. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.

  6. ^ "Leeds North West (13 April 2010 – 30 May 2024) – overlaps". UK Parliament election results. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

  7. ^ "Leeds North West (31 May 2024 – ) – overlaps". UK Parliament election results. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

  8. ^ a b "Notional election for the constituency of Leeds North West on 12 December 2019". UK Parliament election results. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

  9. ^ a b "Leeds North West results". BBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

  10. ^ "2001 Census see student population of wards". Neighbourhood Statistics.

  11. ^ "Politics". The Guardian.

  12. ^ "The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Order 1951. SI 1951/320". Statutory Instruments 1951. Vol. II. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1952. pp. 410–412.

  13. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.

  14. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)

  15. ^ "Leeds North West results". Leeds City Council. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

  16. ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

  17. ^ "General Election 2019: Leeds North West Constituency: Statement of Persons Nominated". Leeds City Council. Retrieved 15 November 2019.

  18. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

  19. ^ "Leeds North West". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

  20. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

  21. ^ "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Leeds North West". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.

  22. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

  23. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

  24. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

  25. ^ "BBC 1997 elections results". Retrieved 11 October 2007.

  26. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

  27. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

  28. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

  29. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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