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 2024 by Katie White, of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Boundaries
1950–1951: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Far Headingley, Hyde Park, and Kirkstall.
1951–1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Far Headingley, Hyde Park, Kirkstall, and Meanwood.[2]
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.
2010–2024: The City of Leeds wards of Adel and Wharfedale, Headingley, Otley and Yeadon, and Weetwood.
2024–present: The City of Leeds wards of: Adel and Wharfedale, Guiseley and Rawdon, Horsforth, and Otley and Yeadon.[3]
New boundaries of the constituencies since 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies described as following: Headingley and Weetwood in the south of the existing constituency (about 50% of the electorate) are to be included in the newly formed constituency of Leeds Central and Headingley, while Guiseley, Rawdon and Horsforth will be transferred from Pudsey (which is being reconfigured and renamed Leeds West and Pudsey).
The constituency covers the northwestern part of the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire. It stretches from Otley in the north to Horsforth in the south, with Guiseley and Yeadon in between them 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.
Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency boundaries were substantially changed although its name was unchanged. The old constituency was divided between the new constituency (85.7% by area and 50.2% by population of the old constituency) and Leeds Central and Headingley (14.3% by area and 49.8% by population).[6] The new constituency was made up predominantly of parts of the old constituency (62.2% by area and 47.3% by population of the new constituency) and Pudsey (37.7% by area and 52.7% by population), with a small contribution from Leeds North East (0.1% by area and 0.0% by population).[7] The notional 2019 result for the new constituency was a Conservative win.[8] In the 2024 general election the seat was won by Katie White for Labour.[9]
Constituency profile
This constituency has one of the biggest student populations in the country at over a quarter of the electorate;[10] it comprises outer Leeds suburbs that are professional, middle-to-high income and residential.[11]
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 PartyMEPs.
^A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^As with all constituencies, the constituency elec]ts one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
^"Leeds North West - General election results 2024". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
^"The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Order 1951. SI 1951/320". Statutory Instruments 1951. Vol. II. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1952. pp. 410–412.
^"The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
^ ab"Leeds North West". Election 2017. BBC News. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
^ ab"Leeds North West General Election 2019 results in full". Manchester Evening News. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^"Leeds North West (13 April 2010 - 30 May 2024) - overlaps". UK Parliament election results. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^"Leeds North West (31 May 2024 - ) - overlaps". UK Parliament election results. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ ab"Notional election for the constituency of Leeds North West on 12 December 2019". UK Parliament election results. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ ab"Leeds North West results". BBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
^"2001 Census see student population of wards". Neighbourhood Statistics.
^Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
^"Leeds North West results". Leeds City Council. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
^"Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
^"General Election 2019: Leeds North West Constituency: Statement of Persons Nominated". Leeds City Council. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
^"Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^"Leeds North West". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
^"Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^"UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Leeds North West". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
^"Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^"Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^"Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^"BBC 1997 elections results". Retrieved 11 October 2007.
^"Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^"Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
^"Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^"Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
External links
Leeds North West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
Leeds North West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK