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. Reeves previously served as MP for Leeds West from 2010 to 2024.
The constituency is composed of the following electoral wards of the City of Leeds:
Armley, Bramley and Stanningley represented about half of the electorate of the former constituency of Leeds West, and Calverley, Farsley and Pudsey represented about half of the electorate of the former constituency of Pudsey. [4]
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 [7] | |||
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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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