Leeds East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Leeds East
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Leeds East in West Yorkshire.
Location of West Yorkshire within England.
County	West Yorkshire
Electorate	64,742 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1955
Member of parliament	Richard Burgon (Labour)
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	Leeds North East Leeds South East
Created from	Leeds
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Leeds East is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Richard Burgon of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

The most notable of past MPs was Denis Healey who represented the constituency from 1955 to 1992. Healey was a very senior Labour politician, and was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979.^[2]

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Leeds ward of East, and parts of the wards of Central, North, and North East.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Burmantofts, Crossgates, Halton, Harehills, and Osmondthorpe.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Gipton, Halton, Osmondthorpe, Seacroft, and Whinmoor.

1983-2010: The City of Leeds wards of Burmantofts, Halton, Harehills, and Seacroft.

2010–present: The City of Leeds wards of Crossgates and Whinmoor, Gipton and Harehills, Killingbeck and Seacroft, and Temple Newsam.

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.

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).

Labour's Denis Healey held the seat for 37 years (1955–1992) and was Chancellor of the Exchequer during part of this time.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

Thomas Leuty

	Member^[3]	Party
1885	Richard Dawson
1886	John Lawrence Gane	Liberal
1895	Thomas Richmond Leuty	Liberal
1900	Henry Cautley	Conservative
1906	James O'Grady	Labour
1918	constituency abolished

MPs 1955–present

	Member^[3]	Party
1955	Denis Healey	Labour
1992	George Mudie	Labour
2015	Richard Burgon	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Leeds East^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Richard Burgon	20,530	53.7	+3.4
	Conservative	Ryan Stephenson	7,997	20.9	-2.2
	UKIP	Mark Maniatt	7,256	19.0	+19.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ed Sanderson	1,296	3.4	-14.1
	Green	Kate Bisson	1,117	2.9	+2.9
Majority			12,533	32.8
Turnout			38,196	59.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Leeds East^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Mudie	19,056	50.4	−9.4
	Conservative	Barry Anderson	8,763	23.2	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Tear	6,618	17.5	+0.3
	BNP	Trevor Brown	2,947	7.8	+7.8
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Mike Davies^[8]	429	1.1	+1.1
Majority			10,293	27.2
Turnout			37,813	58.1	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Leeds East^[9]
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	5,557	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

General Election 2001: Leeds East^[10]
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
	UKIP	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

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Leeds East^[11]
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	Leon 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

General Election 1992: Leeds East^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Mudie	24,929	57.7	+9.0
	Conservative	Neil Carmichael	12,232	28.3	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Peter 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

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Leeds East^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Denis Winston Healey	20,932	48.7	+5.0
	Conservative	John Stuart Woodward Sheard	11,406	26.6	−2.7
	Liberal	Margaret Grace Clay	10,630	24.7	−1.1
Majority			9,526	22.2	+7.7
Turnout			42,968	70.2	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.9

General Election 1983: Leeds East^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Denis Winston Healey	18,450	43.8	−11.7
	Conservative	A. Bell	12,355	29.3	−4.0
	Liberal	Margaret Grace Clay	10,884	25.8	+16.0
	National Front	Andrew Brons	475	1.1	+0.2
Majority			6,095	14.5	−7.7
Turnout			42,164	66.3	−4.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.9

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Leeds East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Denis Winston Healey	26,346	55.43
	Conservative	A. Carter	15,810	33.26
	Liberal	M.L. Ellis	4,622	9.72
	National Front	John Stewart Rigby	445	0.94
	Ecology	A.C. Hill	206	0.43
	Workers Revolutionary	Barbara Slaughter	103	0.22
Majority			10,536	22.17
Turnout				70.89
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Leeds East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Denis Winston Healey	24,745	55.64
	Conservative	J.W. Dawson	12,434	27.96
	Liberal	S. Marsh	6,970	15.67
	People	N. Russell	327	0.74
Majority			12,311	27.68
Turnout				65.66
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Leeds East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Denis Winston Healey	25,550	50.60
	Conservative	Anthony Nelson	15,036	29.78
	Liberal	S. Marsh	9,906	19.62
Majority			10,514	20.82
Turnout				75.26
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Leeds East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Denis Winston Healey	28,827	57.14
	Conservative	Patrick Crotty	21,112	41.85
	Communist	Mrs. Joan Bellamy	513	1.02
Majority			7,715	15.29
Turnout				65.87
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Leeds East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Denis Winston Healey	30,073	61.54
	Conservative	Anthony Richard M Graham	18,796	38.46
Majority			11,277	23.08
Turnout				72.73
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Leeds East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Denis Winston Healey	29,480	57.86
	Conservative	John A Fawcett	21,474	42.14
Majority			8,006	15.71
Turnout				76.11
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Leeds East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Denis Winston Healey	28,707	54.55
	Conservative	John A Fawcett	23,922	45.45
Majority			4,785	9.09
Turnout				79.65
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Leeds East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Denis Winston Healey	26,083	55.23
	Conservative	Cyril Donald Chapman	21,144	44.77
Majority			4,939	10.46
Turnout				76.24
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Keegan, William. "Lord Healey: a chancellor who really knows about coalitions and crisis". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Leeds East". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Leeds East". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
↑ Events, Alliance for Green Socialism
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ United Kingdom Parliamentary Election results 1983-97: English Boroughs part 1

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Altrincham and Sale	Constituency represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1974–1979	Succeeded by Surrey East

Leeds Constituencies

Current	Elmet and Rothwell Leeds Central Leeds East Leeds North East Leeds North West Leeds West Morley and Outwood Pudsey

Historic	Leeds (1832–1885) Leeds North (1885-1955) Leeds South (1885-1983) Pudsey and Otley (1918-1950) Batley and Morley (1918-1983) Leeds South East (1918-1983) Morley and Leeds South (1983-1997) Elmet (1983-2010) Morley and Rothwell (1997-2010)

Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (54)

Labour (33)	Barnsley Central Barnsley East Batley and Spen Bradford East Bradford South Bradford West Dewsbury Don Valley Doncaster Central Doncaster North Great Grimsby Halifax Hemsworth Huddersfield Hull East Hull North Hull West and Hessle Leeds Central Leeds East Leeds North East Leeds West Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Penistone and Stocksbridge Rother Valley Rotherham Scunthorpe Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Sheffield Central Sheffield Heeley Sheffield South East Wakefield Wentworth and Dearne York Central

Conservative (19)	Beverley and Holderness Brigg and Goole Calder Valley Cleethorpes Colne Valley East Yorkshire Elmet and Rothwell Haltemprice and Howden Harrogate and Knaresborough Keighley Morley and Outwood Pudsey Richmond (Yorks) Scarborough and Whitby Selby and Ainsty Shipley Skipton and Ripon Thirsk and Malton York Outer

Liberal Democrats (2)	Leeds North West Sheffield Hallam

Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (2) UKIP (2)

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