Leeds South East

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Leeds South East
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Seatsone
Created from Leeds East
Replaced by Leeds Central, Leeds East, Leeds West and Leeds North West [1]

Leeds South East was a borough constituency in the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Leeds wards of East and East Hunslet, and part of North East ward.

1950–1951: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Crossgates and Temple Newsam, East Hunslet, and Osmondthorpe.

1951–1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Cross Gates, East Hunslet, Halton, and Osmondthorpe. [2]

1955–1974: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Blenheim, City, East Hunslet, Richmond Hill, and Westfield.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Burley, Burmantofts, City, Richmond Hill, and Woodhouse.

Leeds city centre was in the constituency from 1955 until the seat disappeared in 1983 since when it has been in Leeds Central.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 James O'Grady Labour
1924 Henry Slesser Labour
1929 James Milner Labour
1952 Denis Healey Labour
1955 Alice Bacon Labour
1970 Stan Cohen Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

James O'Grady James O'Grady.jpg
James O'Grady
General election 1918: Leeds South East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James O'Grady Unopposed
Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 1920s

Mary Grant Mary Pollock Grant.jpg
Mary Grant
General election 1922: Leeds South East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James O'Grady 13,676 58.9 N/A
Liberal Mary Pollock Grant 9,55441.1New
Majority 4,12217.8N/A
Turnout 23,23066.2N/A
Registered electors 35,074
Labour hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Leeds South East [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James O'Grady 12,210 63.2 +4.3
Liberal William Tattersall Whiteley, 2nd Baron Marchamley7,11036.8−4.3
Majority 5,10026.4+8.6
Turnout 19,32054.1−12.1
Registered electors 35,701
Labour hold Swing +4.3
General election 1924: Leeds South East [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Slesser 15,133 58.6 −4.6
Liberal William Tattersall Whiteley, 2nd Baron Marchamley10,70441.4+4.6
Majority 4,42917.2−9.2
Turnout 25,83771.8+17.7
Registered electors 35,994
Labour hold Swing −4.6
General election 1929: Leeds South East [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Slesser 22,403 75.2 +16.6
Unionist John C Spurr7,38524.8New
Majority 15,01850.4+33.2
Turnout 29,78862.6−9.2
Registered electors 47,573
Labour hold Swing N/A
By-election, 1929: Leeds South East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Milner 11,804 95.8 +20.6
Communist W.T.E. Brain5124.2New
Majority 11,29291.6+41.2
Turnout 12,31625.9−36.7
Registered electors 47,573
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Leeds South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Milner 17,845 52.56
Conservative Philip R Le Mesurier16,10947.44
Majority 1,7365.12
Turnout 33,95469.70
Labour hold Swing
General election 1935: Leeds South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Milner 19,552 65.73
Conservative Philip R Le Mesurier10,19234.27
Majority 9,36031.46
Turnout 29,74462.55
Labour 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 South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Milner 20,363 71.83
Conservative Sydney Beevers4,51815.94
Liberal Clifford Henry Tyers3,46612.23New
Majority 15,84555.89
Turnout 28,34771.63
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Leeds South East [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Milner 23,994 57.83
Conservative Charles Edward Kirwin15,26236.78
Liberal Albert Hope2,2345.38
Majority 8,73221.05
Turnout 41,49085.33
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Leeds South East [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Milner 24,929 60.50
Conservative Charles Edward Kirwin16,27739.50
Majority 8,65221.00
Turnout 41,20684.39
Labour hold Swing
1952 Leeds South East by-election [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Denis Healey 17,194 63.24 +2.74
Conservative Charles Edward Kirwin9,99536.76−2.74
Majority 7,19926.48+5.48
Turnout 27,18955.7−28.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Leeds South East [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alice Bacon 25,714 66.18
Conservative Wilson W.J. Dunn13,14233.82
Majority 12,57232.36
Turnout 38,85667.92
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: Leeds South East [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alice Bacon 21,795 64.21
Conservative J Brian Womersley12,14635.79
Majority 9,64928.42
Turnout 33,94170.04
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Leeds South East [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alice Bacon 16,672 67.67
Conservative John E MacDonald7,96432.33
Majority 8,70835.34
Turnout 24,63673.92
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Leeds South East [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alice Bacon 14,663 71.86
Conservative JG Todd5,74328.14
Majority 8,92043.72
Turnout 20,40661.47
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Leeds South East [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stan Cohen 10,930 62.65
Conservative May Sexton5,18229.70
Liberal Anthony Britten1,1356.51New
Communist Bernard Scott1981.13New
Majority 5,74832.95
Turnout 17,44558.39
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Leeds South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stan Cohen 17,827 53.08
Conservative May Sexton8,37324.93
Liberal Maggie Clay6,98120.79
Communist William Henry Innes4051.21
Majority 9,45428.15
Turnout 33,58667.85
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Leeds South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stan Cohen 17,160 61.18
Conservative May Sexton6,14421.90
Liberal Maggie Clay4,42915.79
Communist William Henry Innes3171.13
Majority 11,01639.28
Turnout 28,05056.34
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Leeds South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stan Cohen 15,921 56.34
Conservative May Sexton6,54923.18
Liberal Maggie Clay5,43019.22
Communist JM Rodgers1900.67
National Front P Flint1680.59New
Majority 9,37233.16
Turnout 28,25865.00
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "'Leeds South East', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  4. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  5. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  6. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  7. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  8. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  9. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  10. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
  11. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
  12. ↑ "By-elections – Political News". Archived from the original on 25 February 2012.
  13. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
  14. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
  15. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
  16. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
  17. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
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