Leeds West and Pudsey | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Yorkshire |
Major settlements | Leeds (part), Farsley, Pudsey |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Rachel Reeves (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from |
Leeds West and Pudsey is a constituency [n 1] in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. [1] It was created by the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies and first contested at the 2024 general election. [2] It is currently represented by Rachel Reeves of the Labour Party, [n 2] who currently serves as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the government of Keir Starmer.
2024–present: The City of Leeds wards of Armley, Bramley and Stanningley, Calverley and Farsley, and Pudsey. [3]
Leeds West and Pudsey prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Rachel Reeves | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rachel Reeves | 18,976 | 49.3 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Lee Farmer | 6,584 | 17.1 | −25.1 | |
Reform UK | Andrea Whitehead | 6,281 | 16.3 | +13.5 | |
Green | Ann Forsaith | 3,794 | 9.9 | +8.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dan Walker | 1,743 | 4.5 | +0.9 | |
Workers Party | Jamal El Kheir | 633 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Yorkshire | Darren Longhorn | 404 | 1.0 | −0.4 | |
SDP | Sasha Watson | 79 | 0.2 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 12,392 | 32.2 | +26.0 | ||
Turnout | 38,494 | 54.9 | −13.4 | ||
Registered electors | 70,069 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +13.0 |
2019 notional result [6] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 23,220 | 48.4 | |
Conservative | 20,257 | 42.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1,747 | 3.6 | |
Brexit Party | 1,330 | 2.8 | |
Others | 727 | 1.6 | |
Green | 687 | 1.4 | |
Turnout | 47,968 | 68.3 | |
Electorate | 70,270 |
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