Leeds South West and Morley

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Leeds South West and Morley
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Leeds South West and Morley
Interactive map of boundaries since 2024
Yorkshire and the Humber - Leeds South West and Morley constituency.svg
Boundary within Yorkshire and the Humber
County West Yorkshire
Electorate 71,376 [1]
Major settlements Leeds (part), Morley, Tingley
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Mark Sewards (Labour)
SeatsOne
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Leeds South West and Morley is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] It was created by the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies and first contested in the 2024 general election. It is currently represented by Mark Sewards of the Labour Party.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following electoral wards of the City of Leeds:

It comprises the following areas of the City of Leeds: [4]

AreasWardsFormer constituency
Morley Morley North and Morley South Morley and Outwood
Robin Hood, Tingley, East Ardsley, and West Ardsley Ardsley & Robin Hood Morley and Outwood
Farnley and Wortley Farnley & Wortley Leeds West

Members of Parliament

Morley & Outwood prior to 2024

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Mark Sewards Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Leeds South West and Morley [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Sewards 17,681 44.0 +7.2
Conservative Andrea Jenkyns 9,25823.0−30.1
Reform James Kendall8,18720.4+18.6
Green Chris Bell2,5226.3+3.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Fox1,7984.5+1.7
Yorkshire Howard Graham Dews6641.7−0.5
SDP Nigel Perry990.2N/A
Majority 8,42321.0N/A
Turnout 40,20956.0−5.1
Registered electors 71,854
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg18.7

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [7]
PartyVote%
Conservative 23,16653.1
Labour 16,05236.8
Green 1,4403.3
Liberal Democrats 1,2072.8
Others9572.2
Brexit Party 7801.8
Turnout43,60261.1
Electorate71,376

See also

References

  1. "Boundary Commission publishes final boundary changes". www.westleedsdispatch.com. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  2. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Yorkshire and the Humber | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
  4. "New Seat Details – Leeds South West and Morley". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  5. "Statement of persons nominated". Leeds City Council. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  6. "Leeds South West and Morley results". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  7. "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.

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