Leeds North West (UK Parliament constituency)

Leeds North West is a constituency[n 1] in the City of Leeds which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Alex Sobel, of the Labour and Co-operative Party.[n 2]

Leeds North West
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Leeds North West in West Yorkshire
Location of West Yorkshire within England
CountyWest Yorkshire
(West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974)
Electorate67,741 (December 2019)[1]
Major settlementsYeadon, Otley and Headingley
Current constituency
Created1950
Member of ParliamentAlex Sobel (Labour Co-op)
Number of membersOne
Created fromLeeds Central and Leeds North

Boundaries

1950–1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Far Headingley, Hyde Park, and Kirkstall.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Far Headingley, Hyde Park, Kirkstall, Meanwood, and Moortown.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Cookridge, Headingley, Kirkstall, Moortown, and Weetwood.

1983–2010: The City of Leeds wards of Cookridge, Headingley, Otley and Wharfedale, and Weetwood.

2010–present: The City of Leeds wards of Adel and Wharfedale, Headingley, Otley and Yeadon, and Weetwood.

The constituency covers the north western part of the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire. It stretches from Yeadon in the north west and Otley in the north east to Headingley in the south in terms of major settlements.

History

The constituency was created in 1950, as Leeds North-West; the name was changed by dropping the hyphen in 1955. Before the 1950 general election, Leeds was represented by the constituencies of: Leeds Central, Leeds North, Leeds South, Leeds West, (all created 1885); Leeds North-East and Leeds South-East (both created 1918). There were also constituencies of Batley and Morley (created 1918) and Pudsey and Otley (created 1918 replacing Pudsey). Leeds North West was created before the 1950 election, and at the same time the Pudsey and Otley constituency was abolished, re-creating the Pudsey constituency and moving Otley into the Ripon constituency. The Leeds North West boundary was revised prior to the 1983 general election, bringing in Otley and the nearby villages of Bramhope, Pool-in-Wharfedale and Arthington from the abolition of the Ripon constituency.

The constituency was held for the Conservative Party by Donald Kaberry from its creation in 1950 until his retirement in 1983, and then by Keith Hampson (1983–1997), who had previously been MP for Ripon. It was taken for Labour in the 1997 general election by Harold Best, who was re-elected in the 2001 general election. Best retired at the 2005 general election. The seat was contested for Labour by Judith Blake (at that time Deputy Leader of the Labour Group on Leeds City Council, and later also Labour's candidate in the 2010 general election), but it was taken for the Liberal Democrats by Greg Mulholland. Mulholland was re-elected in 2010 and 2015. Alex Sobel regained the seat for Labour in the 2017 general election.[2]

Constituency profile

This constituency has one of the biggest student populations in the country at over a quarter of the electorate;[3] it comprises outer Leeds suburbs that are professional, middle-to-high income and residential.[4]

It was within the Yorkshire and the Humber European Parliament constituency, which from 2019 to 2020 when the UK left the EU was represented by three Brexit Party, one Labour, one Liberal Democrat and one Green Party MEPs.

Members of Parliament
Alex Sobel, Member of Parliament for Leeds North West since 2017
ElectionMember[5] Party
1950 Sir Donald Kaberry Conservative
1983 Keith Hampson Conservative
1997 Harold Best Labour
2005 Greg Mulholland Liberal Democrat
2017 Alex Sobel Labour Co-op

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General election 2019: Leeds North West[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Alex Sobel 23,971 48.6 +4.5
Conservative Stewart Harper 13,222 26.8 +7.2
Liberal Democrats Kamran Hussain 9,397 19.1 -15.9
Green Martin Hemingway 1,389 2.8 +1.6
Brexit Party Graeme Webber 1,304 2.7 N/A
Majority 10,749 21.8 +12.7
Turnout 49,283 73.0 +5.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 2017: Leeds North West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Alex Sobel 20,416 44.1 +14.0
Liberal Democrats Greg Mulholland 16,192 35.0 -1.8
Conservative Alan Lamb 9,097 19.7 +1.0
Green Martin Hemingway 582 1.3 -5.8
Majority 4,224 9.1
Turnout 46,287 67.9 -2.1
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +7.9
General election 2015: Leeds North West[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Greg Mulholland 15,948 36.8 -10.7
Labour Alex Sobel 13,041 30.1 +9.1
Conservative Alex Story 8,083 18.6 -7.9
Green Tim Goodall 3,042 7.0 +5.8
UKIP Julian Metcalfe 2,997 6.9 +5.5
Yorkshire First Bob Buxton 143 0.3 N/A
Alliance for Green Socialism Mike Davies 79 0.2 -0.1
Above and Beyond Mark Flanagan 24 0.1 N/A
Majority 2,907 6.7
Turnout 43,357 70.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -9.9
General election 2010: Leeds North West[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Greg Mulholland 20,653 47.5 +10.6
Conservative Julia Mulligan 11,550 26.6 -0.3
Labour Judith Blake 9,132 21.0 -10.9
BNP Geoffrey Bulmer 766 1.8 N/A
UKIP Mark Thackray 600 1.4 N/A
Green Martin Hemingway 508 1.2 -1.5
English Democrat Alan Procter 153 0.4 -1.0
Alliance for Green Socialism Trevor Bavage 121 0.3 -0.2
Majority 9,103 20.9
Turnout 43,484 66.5 +3.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +5.4

Elections in the 2000s
Leeds North West is shown here after the 2005 general election as the only Liberal Democrat constituency in West Yorkshire
General election 2005: Leeds North West[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Greg Mulholland 16,612 37.2 +10.3
Labour Judith Blake 14,735 33.0 −8.9
Conservative George Lee 11,510 25.7 −3.9
Green Martin Hemingway 1,128 2.5 N/A
English Democrat Adrian Knowles 545 1.2 N/A
Alliance for Green Socialism Jeannie Sutton 181 0.4 N/A
Majority 1,877 4.2
Turnout 44,711 62.4 +4.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing 9.6
General election 2001: Leeds North West[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harold Best 17,794 41.9 +2.0
Conservative Adam Pritchard 12,558 29.6 −2.5
Liberal Democrats David Hall-Matthews 11,431 26.9 +3.3
UKIP Simon Jones 668 1.6 N/A
Majority 5,236 12.3
Turnout 42,451 58.2 −11.5
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s
General election 1997: Leeds North West[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harold Best 19,694 39.9 +12.6
Conservative Keith Hampson 15,850 32.1 -10.9
Liberal Democrats Barbara Pearce 11,689 23.7 -3.6
Referendum Sean Emmett 1,325 2.7 N/A
Socialist Labour Roger Lamb 335 0.7 N/A
ProLife Alliance Robert Toome 251 0.5 N/A
Ronnie the Rhino Daniel Duffy 232 0.5 N/A
Majority 3,844 10.3
Turnout 46,084
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +11.8
General election 1992: Leeds North West[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Hampson 21,750 43.0 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Barbara A. Pearce 14,079 27.8 −5.6
Labour Sue Egan 13,782 27.3 +5.5
Green David C. Webb 519 1.0 −0.3
Liberal Noel A.B. Nowosielski 427 0.8 N/A
Majority 7,671 15.2 +5.1
Turnout 50,557 72.5 −3.2
Conservative hold Swing +2.5

Elections in the 1980s
General election 1987: Leeds North West[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Hampson 22,480 43.54
Liberal Barry Peters 17,279 33.47
Labour Judith Thomas 11,210 21.71
Green A. Stevens 663 1.28
Majority 5,201 10.07
Turnout 75.68
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: Leeds North West[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Hampson 22,579 46.57
SDP Norman Jones 14,042 28.96
Labour John Battle 10,757 22.18
Ecology A. Laurence 673 1.39
Ind. Conservative C. Haygreen 437 0.90
Majority 8,537 17.61
Turnout 71.30
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s
General election 1979: Leeds North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Kaberry 23,837 47.48
Labour Peter A. O'Grady 17,623 35.10
Liberal Laurence Walter Keates 7,899 15.73
Ecology K. Rushworth 847 1.69
Majority 6,214 12.38 +3.04
Turnout 73.08
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Leeds North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Kaberry 19,243 44.62
Labour L.G.K. Fenwick 15,216 35.29
Liberal David Rolfe 8,663 20.09
Majority 4,027 9.34
Turnout 66.28
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Leeds North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Kaberry 21,995 44.73
Labour L.C.K. Fenwick 15,324 31.16
Liberal S. Waldenburg 11,853 24.11
Majority 6,671 13.57
Turnout 76.22
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1970: Leeds North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Kaberry 29,227 52.13
Labour Kenneth Woolmer 20,795 37.09
Liberal J.R.W. Worrall 6,048 10.79
Majority 8,432 15.04
Turnout 69.82
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s
General election 1966: Leeds North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Kaberry 30,168 55.65
Labour C.J. Morgan 24,044 44.35
Majority 6,124 11.30
Turnout 73.07
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1964: Leeds North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Kaberry 29,859 51.97
Labour Dennis Burrill Matthews 18,862 32.83
Liberal R.H.J. Rhodes 8,728 15.19
Majority 10,997 19.14
Turnout 77.20
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s
General election 1959: Leeds North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Kaberry 35,210 65.55
Labour Dennis Burrill Matthews 18,508 34.45
Majority 16,702 31.09
Turnout 77.58
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Leeds North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Kaberry 31,923 65.80
Labour Dennis Burrill Matthews 16,594 34.20
Majority 15,329 31.60
Turnout 75.64
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Leeds North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Kaberry 25,873 62.55
Labour Marian Veitch 15,490 37.45
Majority 10,383 25.10
Turnout 82.42
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1950: Leeds North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Kaberry 24,161 57.80
Labour Victor Mishcon 14,562 34.84
Liberal Joseph Owen Hogley 3,078 7.36
Majority 9,599 22.96
Turnout 85.52
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references
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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