Leeds West and Pudsey (UK Parliament constituency)

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Leeds West and Pudsey
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Leeds West and Pudsey (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
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Boundary of Leeds West and Pudsey in Yorkshire and the Humber
County West Yorkshire
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Rachel Reeves (Labour)
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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 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.

Contents

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. [2]

Boundaries

2024–present: City of Leeds wards of: Armley; Bramley and Stanningley; Calverley and Farsley; and Pudsey. [3]

Members of Parliament

Leeds West and Pudsey prior to 2024

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Rachel Reeves Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Leeds West and Pudsey [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rachel Reeves 18,976 49.3 +0.9
Conservative Lee Farmer6,58417.1−25.1
Reform UK Andrea Whitehead6,28116.3+13.5
Green Ann Forsaith3,7949.9+8.5
Liberal Democrats Dan Walker1,7434.5+0.9
Workers Party Jamal El Kheir6331.6N/A
Yorkshire Darren Longhorn4041.0−0.4
SDP Sasha Watson790.2+0.1
Majority12,39232.2+26.0
Turnout 38,49454.9−13.4
Registered electors 70,069
Labour hold Swing +13.0

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [6]
PartyVote %
Labour 23,22048.4
Conservative 20,25742.2
Liberal Democrats 1,7473.6
Brexit Party 1,3302.8
Others7271.6
Green 6871.4
Turnout47,96868.3
Electorate70,270

See also

Notes

  1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years

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References

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