Leeds South West and Morley | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
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County | West Yorkshire |
Electorate | 71,376 [1] |
Major settlements | Leeds (part), Morley, Tingley |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Mark Sewards (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from |
Leeds South West and Morley is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] It was created by the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies and first contested in the 2024 general election. It is currently represented by Mark Sewards of the Labour Party.
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]
Areas | Wards | Former constituency |
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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 |
Morley & Outwood prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Mark Sewards | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mark Sewards | 17,681 | 44.0 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Andrea Jenkyns | 9,258 | 23.0 | −30.1 | |
Reform UK | James Kendall | 8,187 | 20.4 | +18.6 | |
Green | Chris Bell | 2,522 | 6.3 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Fox | 1,798 | 4.5 | +1.7 | |
Yorkshire | Howard Graham Dews | 664 | 1.7 | −0.5 | |
SDP | Nigel Perry | 99 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,423 | 21.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,209 | 56.0 | −5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 71,854 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
2019 notional result [7] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 23,166 | 53.1 | |
Labour | 16,052 | 36.8 | |
Green | 1,440 | 3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1,207 | 2.8 | |
Others | 957 | 2.2 | |
Brexit Party | 780 | 1.8 | |
Turnout | 43,602 | 61.1 | |
Electorate | 71,376 |
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