Leeds West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Leeds West Borough constituency
Leeds West shown within West Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	1885
MP:	John Battle
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	West Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Leeds West is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 4.1 Elections in the 2000s 4.2 Elections in the 1990s 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the western part of the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire.

After the proposed boundary changes it will be made up of four Leeds City Council wards:

• Armley
• Bramley and Stanningley
• Farnley and Wortley
• Kirkstall.

[edit] History

The constituency was created in 1885 by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and was first used in the general election of that year. Leeds had previously been represented by two MPs (1832-1868) and three MPs (1868-1885). From 1885 it was represented by five single-member constituencies: Leeds Central, Leeds East, Leeds North, Leeds South and Leeds West. The constituencies of Morley, Otley and Pudsey were also created in 1885. Leeds West has the distinction of being the only constituency in the Leeds area which has existed under an unchanged name continuously since 1885.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Herbert John Gladstone	Liberal
	January 1910	Thomas Edmund Harvey
	1918	John Murray	Coalition Liberal
	1922		Liberal
	1923	Thomas William Stamford	Labour
	1931	Samuel Vyvyan Adams	Conservative
	1945	Tom Stamford	Labour
	1949 by-election	Charles Pannell	Labour
	February 1974	Joseph Dean	Labour
	1983	Michael Meadowcroft	Liberal
	1987	John Battle	Labour

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ruth Coleman
	Labour	Rachel Reeves

General Election 2005: Leeds West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Battle	18,704	55.5	−6.6
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Finlay	5,894	17.5	+7.1
	Conservative	Tim Metcalfe	4,807	14.3	−1.3
	Green	David Blackburn	2,519	7.5	−0.5
	British National	Julie Day	1,167	3.5	N/A
	UK Independence	David Sewards	628	1.9	−0.5
Majority			12,810	38.0
Turnout			33,719	53.6	+3.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Leeds West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Battle	19,943	62.1	−4.5
	Conservative	Kris Hopkins	5,008	15.6	−1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Finlay	3,350	10.4	+1.4
	Green	David Blackburn	2,573	8.0	+5.8
	UK Independence	Bill Finley	758	2.4	N/A
	Liberal	Noel Nowosielski	462	1.4	−0.1
Majority			14,935	46.5
Turnout			32,094	50.0	−12.7
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Leeds West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Battle	26,819	66.7	+11.6
	Conservative	John Whelan	7,048	17.5	−9.3
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Amor	3,622	9.0	+0.1
	Green	David Blackburn	896	2.2	+1.0
	Liberal	Noel Nowosielski	625	1.6	−6.7
Majority			19,771
Turnout				62.9	−8,2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Leeds West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Battle	26,310	55.1
	Conservative	Paul Bartlett	12,482	26.2
	Liberal Democrat	G. Howard	4,252	8.9
	Liberal	Michael Meadowcroft	3,980	8.3	N/A
	Green	Alison Mander	569	1.2
	National Front	R. Tenny	132	0.3
Majority			13,828
Turnout				71.1
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

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