Leeds North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Leeds North
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County West Riding of Yorkshire
(now West Yorkshire)
1885–1955
SeatsOne
Created from Leeds
Replaced by Leeds North East

Leeds North was a borough constituency in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

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Boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Leeds wards of Headingley and North West, and parts of the wards of Brunswick, North, and North East.

1918–1950: Parts of the County Borough of Leeds wards of Brunswick, Headingley, North, and North West.

1950–1951: The County Borough of Leeds wards of North, Roundhay, and Woodhouse.

1951–1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Allerton, Moortown, Roundhay, and Woodhouse. [1]

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 1955. After the 1955 general election Leeds was represented by Leeds East (created 1885, abolished 1918, recreated 1955), Leeds North East (created 1918), Leeds North West (created 1950), Leeds South, and Leeds South East (created 1918). There were also constituencies of Batley and Morley (created 1918) and Pudsey (created 1885, replaced by Pudsey and Otley 1918–1950).

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1885 William Jackson Conservative
1902 Rowland Barran Liberal
1918 Alexander Farquharson Coalition Liberal
1922 Hugh Myddleton Butler Unionist
1923 Sir Gervase Beckett Unionist
1929 Osbert Peake Unionist
1955 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Leeds North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Jackson 4,494 51.5
Liberal Arthur Rucker 4,23748.5
Majority2573.0
Turnout 8,73186.2
Registered electors 10,128
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1886: Leeds North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Jackson 4,301 53.9 +2.4
Liberal Albert Osliff Rutson3,68246.1−2.4
Majority6197.8+4.8
Turnout 7,98378.8−7.4
Registered electors 10,128
Conservative hold Swing +2.4

Elections in the 1890s

1891 Leeds North by-election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Jackson Unopposed
Conservative hold
Thomas Leuty Thomas Richmond Leuty.jpg
Thomas Leuty
General election 1892: Leeds North [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Jackson 5,790 54.8 N/A
Liberal Thomas Leuty 4,77645.2New
Majority1,0149.6N/A
Turnout 10,56685.9N/A
Registered electors 12,294
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1895: Leeds North [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Jackson 5,992 57.2 +2.4
Liberal Herbert Stanhope Baines4,48442.8−2.4
Majority1,50814.4+4.8
Turnout 10,47677.2−8.7
Registered electors 13,563
Conservative hold Swing +2.4

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Leeds North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Jackson 7,512 60.1 +2.9
Liberal James Cullen Hamilton4,99539.9−2.9
Majority2,51720.2+5.8
Turnout 12,50771.9−5.3
Registered electors 17,387
Conservative hold Swing +2.9
Rowland Barran 1902 Rowland Barran.jpg
Rowland Barran
1902 Leeds North by-election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Rowland Barran 7,539 52.6 +12.7
Conservative Arthur Tredgold Lawson6,78147.4−12.7
Majority7585.2N/A
Turnout 14,32075.0+3.1
Registered electors 19,094
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +12.7
General election 1906: Leeds North [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Rowland Barran 9,593 57.4 +17.5
Conservative John Birchall 7,10942.6−17.5
Majority2,48414.8N/A
Turnout 16,70278.8+6.9
Registered electors 21,196
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +17.5

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Leeds North [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Rowland Barran 10,775 54.0 −3.4
Conservative John Birchall 9,16446.0+3.4
Majority1,6118.0−6.8
Turnout 19,93986.8+8.0
Liberal hold Swing
Rowland Barran Sir Rowland Hirst Barran.jpg
Rowland Barran
General election December 1910: Leeds North [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Rowland Barran 9,324 50.7 −3.3
Conservative John Birchall 9,05649.3+3.3
Majority2681.4−6.6
Turnout 18,38080.0−6.8
Liberal hold Swing -3.3

General Election 1914–15

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

A.C. Farquharson Alexander Charles Farquharson 1919.jpg
A.C. Farquharson
General election 1918: Leeds North [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Alexander Farquharson 13,86374.7+24.0
Labour George Hartley Thompson3,42318.4New
National Harold Frazer Wyatt [13] 1,2826.9−42.4
Majority10,44056.3+54.9
Turnout 18,56849.0−31.0
Registered electors 37,904
Liberal hold Swing
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Leeds North [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Hugh Myddleton Butler 13,771 51.4 +44.5
Liberal Edwin Oldroyd Dodgson7,23026.9−47.8
Labour David Stewart5,83621.7+3.3
Majority6,54124.5N/A
Turnout 26,83771.8+22.8
Registered electors 37,383
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1923: Leeds North [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Gervase Beckett 14,066 54.0 +2.6
Liberal Edwin Oldroyd Dodgson6,62425.4−1.5
Labour David Stewart5,38420.6−1.1
Majority7,44228.6+4.1
Turnout 26,07467.1−4.7
Registered electors 38,873
Unionist hold Swing +2.1
General election 1924: Leeds North [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Gervase Beckett 18,502 70.0 +16.0
Labour Sam Crowther Moore 7,92030.0+9.4
Majority10,58240.0+11.4
Turnout 26,42267.10.0
Registered electors 39,373
Unionist hold Swing +3.3
General election 1929: Leeds North [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Osbert Peake 19,661 48.2 −21.8
Labour Thomas McCall11,18027.4−2.6
Liberal Edmund Harvey 9,94424.4New
Majority8,48120.8−19.2
Turnout 40,78573.6+6.5
Registered electors 55,429
Unionist hold Swing −9.6

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Leeds North [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Osbert Peake 34,964 78.8 +30.6
Labour L John Edwards9,42721.2−6.2
Majority25,53757.6+36.8
Turnout 44,39174.0+0.4
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1935: Leeds North [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Osbert Peake 30,636 69.0 −9.8
Labour L John Edwards13,79231.0+9.8
Majority16,84438.0−19.6
Turnout 44,42866.8−7.2
Conservative hold Swing

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Leeds North [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Osbert Peake 22,848 42.0 −27.0
Labour Ronald Hodgson22,72041.8+10.8
Liberal John Hutchison MacCallum Scott8,82416.2New
Majority1280.2−37.8
Turnout 54,39272.0+5.2
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Leeds North [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Osbert Peake 27,766 58.8 +16.8
Labour Robert J Hurst15,01831.8−10.0
Liberal Winifred Underhill4,4469.4−6.8
Majority12,74827.0+26.8
Turnout 47,23084.2+12.2
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Leeds North [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Osbert Peake 30,290 63.7 +4.9
Labour Philip Taylor17,24936.3+4.5
Majority13,04127.4+0.4
Turnout 47,53981.7−2.5
Conservative hold Swing

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  10. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  11. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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  15. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  16. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  17. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  18. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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  23. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
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