Leeds Central and Headingley | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Leeds Central and Headingley in Yorkshire and the Humber | |
County | West Yorkshire |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Alex Sobel (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Leeds Central, Leeds North West, and Leeds West |
Leeds Central and Headingley is a constituency [n 1] of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election. [2] The seat is currently represented by Alex Sobel of the Labour Party. [n 2]
The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It comprises the following areas of the City of Leeds: [4]
Leeds Central and Leeds North West prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Alex Sobel [5] | Labour Co-op |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Alex Sobel | 15,853 | 50.2 | −13.2 | |
Green | Chris Foren | 7,431 | 23.5 | +20.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Howley | 2,611 | 8.3 | −2.9 | |
Reform UK | Reggie Wray | 2,399 | 7.6 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | Jenny Jackson | 2,237 | 7.1 | −10.8 | |
Workers Party | Owais Rajput | 691 | 2.2 | N/A | |
SDP | Rob Walker | 187 | 0.6 | N/A | |
TUSC | Louie George Fulton | 186 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,422 | 26.7 | −18.8 | ||
Turnout | 31,595 | 44.8 | −13.1 | ||
Registered electors | 70,554 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −16.6 |
2019 notional result [7] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 27,696 | 63.4 | |
Conservative | 7,817 | 17.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4,884 | 11.2 | |
Brexit Party | 1,757 | 4.0 | |
Green | 1,508 | 3.5 | |
Turnout | 43,662 | 57.9 | |
Electorate | 75,396 |
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