Leeds West (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°47′53″N 1°34′34″W / 53.798°N 1.576°W

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
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. The current MP is Rachel Reeves of the Labour Party — it has been a Labour seat (apart from the Parliament of 1983-87) since 1945.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Leeds wards of Armley and Wortley, Holbeck, and New Wortley, and part of Bramley ward.

1918-1950: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Armley and Wortley, and Bramley, and part of New Wortley ward.

1950-1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Bramley, Farnley and Wortley, and Upper Armley.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Armley, Bramley, Stanningley, Wellington, and Wortley.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Armley, Bramley, Castleton, Stanningley, and Wortley.

1983-2010: The City of Leeds wards of Armley, Bramley, Kirkstall, and Wortley.

2010-present: The City of Leeds wards of Armley, Bramley and Stanningley, Farnley and Wortley, and Kirkstall.

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

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

Edmund Harvey

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 2015: Leeds West[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rachel Reeves	18,456	48.0	+5.7
	Conservative	Alex Pierre-Traves	7,729	20.1	+0.4
	UKIP	Anne Murgatroyd	7,104	18.5	+15.5
	Green	Andrew Pointon	3,217	8.4	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Laura Coyle	1,495	3.9	−20.3
	CISTA	Matthew West	217	0.6	+0.6
	TUSC	Ben Mayor	205	0.5	+0.5
Majority			10,727	27.9	+9.8
Turnout			38,423	59.2	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.65

General Election 2010: Leeds West[4][5]
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	−8.5
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[6]
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	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[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Battle	21,032	43.2	+9.18%
	Liberal	Michael Meadowcroft	16,340	33.6	-4.82%
	Conservative	Philip David Allott	11,276	23.2	-3.5%
Majority			4,692	9.6
Turnout			48,648	73.3
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1983: Leeds West[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Meadowcroft	17,908	38.42	+15.84%
	Labour	Joe Dean	15,860	34.02
	Conservative	Jocelyn Keeble	12,515	26.85
	BNP	A. Braithwaite	334	0.72
Majority			2,048	4.39
Turnout				69.02
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Leeds West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Dean	21,290	49.38
	Conservative	H. Simmonds	11,626	26.96
	Liberal	C. Greenfield	9,734	22.58
	National Front	J. Duckenfield	466	1.08
Majority			9,664	22.41
Turnout				73.33
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Leeds West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Dean	20,669	49.64
	Liberal	Michael Meadowcroft	13,062	31.37
	Conservative	D. Hall	7,907	18.99
Majority			7,607	18.27
Turnout				68.93
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Leeds West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Dean	19,436	42.13
	Liberal	Michael Meadowcroft	15,451	33.49
	Conservative	D. Hall	11,246	24.38
Majority			3,985	8.64
Turnout				77.03
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Leeds West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Pannell	21,618	51.83
	Conservative	A. Leitch	14,749	35.36
	Liberal	P. Armitage	5,341	12.81
Majority			6,869	16.47
Turnout				65.69
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Leeds West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Pannell	24,391	56.28
	Conservative	I.M. Glover	13,883	32.04
	Liberal	D. Pedder	5,062	11.68
Majority			10,508	24.25
Turnout				72.02
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Leeds West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Pannell	22,968	50.53
	Conservative	I.M. Glover	15,697	34.54
	Liberal	D. Pedder	6,787	14.93
Majority			7,271	16.00
Turnout				74.54
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Leeds West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Pannell	25,878	54.87
	Conservative	David Lance Crouch	21,285	45.13
Majority			4,593	9.74
Turnout				78.25
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Leeds West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Pannell	24,576	52.75
	Conservative	J. Hiley	18,312	39.31
	Liberal	Harold Hudson	3,699	7.94
Majority			6,264	13.45
Turnout				77.38
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Leeds West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Pannell	22,357	54.11
	Conservative	B. Mather	18,957	45.89
Majority			3,400	8.23
Turnout				85.92
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Leeds West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Pannell	21,339	51.58
	Conservative	B. Mather	16,824	40.67
	Liberal	Cecil Rhodes	3,209	7.76
Majority			4,515	10.91
Turnout				86.42
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

Leeds West by-election 1949[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Pannell	21,935	55.2
	Conservative	B. Mather	17,826	44.8
Majority			4,109	10.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1945: Leeds West[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas William Stamford	26,593	59.0
	Conservative	Samuel Vyvyan Adams	12,457	27.7
	Liberal	Fl-Lt. James Booth	6,008	13.3
Majority			14,136	31.4
Turnout				76.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Leeds West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Vyvyan Adams	20,545	54.27
	Labour	Tom Stamford	17,311	45.73
Majority			3,234	8.54
Turnout				70.46
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Leeds West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Vyvyan Adams	24,701	63.25
	Labour	Tom Stamford	14,354	36.75
Majority			10,347	26.49
Turnout				76.72
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Leeds West [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas William Stamford	18,765	41.9
	Unionist	George William Martin	18,129	40.8
	Liberal	Ralph Cleworth	7,892	17.6
Majority			636	1.1
Turnout			44,786
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Leeds West [12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas William Stamford	11,434	40.7	-7.6
	Unionist	Alexander Frederick Gordon Renton	9,432	33.6	n/a
	Liberal	John Murray	7,200	25.7	-26.0
Majority			2,002	7.1
Turnout				71.6
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	n/a

General Election 1922 : Leeds West [13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Murray	13,391	51.7
	Labour	Thomas William Stamford	12,487	48.3
Majority			904	3.4
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918 Leeds West [14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Murray	12,642	61.9
	Labour	John Arnott	6,020	29.5
	NFDDSS	Joseph Henry Chapman	1,138	5.6
	Independent Liberal	David Thomas Barnes	619	3.0
Majority			6,622	32.4
Turnout				52.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

• endorsed by the Coalition Government

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

Notes and references

1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
3. "Leeds West". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
4. UKPollingReport. "Election Guide: Leeds West". Retrieved 2008-04-01.
5. "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Leeds West". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
6. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
7. "Politics Resources". Election 1987. Politics Resources. 11 June 1987. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
8. "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
9. "By-election Blog". Election 1945. Blogspot. 21 July 1949. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
10. "Politics Resources". Election 1945. Politics Resources. 5 July 1945. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
11. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
12. Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
13. Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
14. Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.