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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–2024}} |
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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom}} |
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{{Use British English|date=November 2019}}{{Infobox UK constituency main |
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{{Infobox UK constituency main |
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|name = Leeds Central |
|name = Leeds Central |
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|parliament = uk |
|parliament = uk |
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|image = [[File:LeedsCentral2007Constituency.svg|120px|alt=Outline map]] |
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|map1 = LeedsCentral2007 |
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|caption = 2010–2024 boundary of Leeds Central in West Yorkshire |
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|map2 = EnglandWestYorkshire |
|map2 = EnglandWestYorkshire |
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|map_entity = West Yorkshire |
|map_entity = West Yorkshire |
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|map_year = |
|map_year = 2010 |
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|year = 1983 |
|year = 1983 |
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|abolished = |
|abolished = 2024 |
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|type = Borough |
|type = Borough |
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|previous = [[Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds South]], [[ |
|previous = [[Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds South]], [[Leeds South East]], [[Leeds East]], [[Leeds West]] and [[Leeds North East]]<ref name="ElectionWeb83">{{cite web|title='Leeds Central', June 1983 up to May 1997|url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83354.htm|website=ElectionWeb Project|publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited|access-date=11 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312064936/http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83354.htm|archive-date=12 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |
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|next = [[Leeds Central and Headingley]]<br>[[Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds South]] |
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|next = |
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|year2 = 1885 |
|year2 = 1885 |
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|abolished2 = 1955 |
|abolished2 = 1955 |
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|previous2 = [[Leeds (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds]] |
|previous2 = [[Leeds (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds]] |
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|next2 = [[ |
|next2 = [[Leeds West]], [[Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds South]] and [[Leeds South East]] |
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|mp = [[Hilary Benn]] |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|towns = [[Leeds]] |
|towns = [[Leeds]] |
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|region = England |
|region = England |
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|county = [[West Yorkshire]] |
|county = [[West Yorkshire]] |
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|european = Yorkshire and the Humber |
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|electorate = 90,971 (December 2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000777|title=Leeds Central Parliamentary constituency|date=12 December 2019|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=4 January 2020}}</ref> |
|electorate = 90,971 (December 2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000777|title=Leeds Central Parliamentary constituency|date=12 December 2019|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=4 January 2020}}</ref> |
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|elects_howmany = One |
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'''Leeds Central''' |
'''Leeds Central''' was a [[List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies|constituency]] represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[UK Parliament]]. The constituency first existed from 1885 until it was abolished in 1955. It was recreated in 1983. |
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Further to the completion of the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]], the seat was abolished again. Subject to boundary changes involving the loss of most Leeds city centre to the newly created constituency of '''[[Leeds Central and Headingley]]''', the seat will be reformed as '''[[Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds South]]''', to be first contested in the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]]. |
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== Boundaries == |
== Boundaries == |
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'''1885–1918''': The Municipal Borough of Leeds wards of Mill Hill and West, and parts of the wards of Brunswick and Central. |
'''1885–1918''': The Municipal Borough of Leeds wards of Mill Hill and West, and parts of the wards of Brunswick and Central. |
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'''1918–1950''': The County Borough of Leeds wards of Central, Mill Hill, South, and West, and parts of the wards of Brunswick, Headingley, and North West. |
'''1918–1950''': The County Borough of Leeds wards of Central, Mill Hill, South, and West, and parts of the wards of Brunswick, Headingley, and North West. |
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'''1950–1951''': The County Borough of Leeds wards of Armley and New Wortley, Blenheim, Central, Holbeck North, Mill Hill, and South and Westfield. |
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'''1951–1955''': The County Borough of Leeds wards of Blenheim, City, Wellington, and Westfield.<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1952 |title=Statutory Instruments 1951 |volume=II |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RY1QAQAAIAAJ |chapter=The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Order 1951. SI 1951/320 |location=London |publisher=[[Her Majesty's Stationery Office]] |pages=410–412 |isbn=}}</ref> |
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'''1983–1997''': The City of Leeds wards of Beeston, City and Holbeck, Richmond Hill, and University. |
'''1983–1997''': The City of Leeds wards of Beeston, City and Holbeck, Richmond Hill, and University. |
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'''1997–2010''': As above plus Hunslet. |
'''1997–2010''': As above plus Hunslet. |
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'''2010–2024''': The City of Leeds wards of [[Beeston and Holbeck (ward)|Beeston and Holbeck]], [[Burmantofts and Richmond Hill (ward)|Burmantofts and Richmond Hill]], City and Hunslet, Hyde Park and Woodhouse, and [[Middleton Park (ward)|Middleton Park]]. |
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Following the [[Leeds City Council]] [[Local Government Boundary Commission for England|ward boundary changes]] prior to the [[2018 Leeds City Council election|2018 election]], the majority of the City and Hunslet ward became the new [[Hunslet and Riverside (ward)|Hunslet and Riverside]] ward, whilst [[Leeds city centre]] was included in the new [[Little London and Woodhouse (ward)|Little London and Woodhouse]] ward. [[Hyde Park, Leeds|Hyde Park]] became part of a new [[Headingley and Hyde Park (ward)|Headingley and Hyde Park]] ward, shared with the [[ |
Following the [[Leeds City Council]] [[Local Government Boundary Commission for England|ward boundary changes]] prior to the [[2018 Leeds City Council election|2018 election]], the majority of the City and Hunslet ward became the new [[Hunslet and Riverside (ward)|Hunslet and Riverside]] ward, whilst [[Leeds city centre]] was included in the new [[Little London and Woodhouse (ward)|Little London and Woodhouse]] ward. [[Hyde Park, Leeds|Hyde Park]] became part of a new [[Headingley and Hyde Park (ward)|Headingley and Hyde Park]] ward, shared with the [[Leeds North West]] constituency. |
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== Constituency profile == |
== Constituency profile == |
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The business and retail centre of Leeds |
The business and retail centre of Leeds was at the consituency's heart. A relatively affluent hub having a large minority of its housing forming by luxury, well-served apartments or streets of grand middle-class Victorian houses, the seat has sporadic deprivation, typified by certain densely packed rows of terraced houses, home to many Labour-inclined and often low-income voters. Two large, well-ranked universities in the city centre, the professional services sector and a 21st-century increase in technology businesses has brought prosperity to the younger generations of the city. The older generations of the city have lived through the closure of many mass consumer product manufacturing and materials processing businesses in Leeds throughout the mid-20th century.<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk|title=Local statistics – Office for National Statistics|website=neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk}}</ref> Leeds' two universities produce a significant student [[wikt:electorate|electorate]].<ref name=census/><ref name=g>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics|title=Politics|website=The Guardian}}</ref> Middleton in the south of the seat has a golf course, a miniature railway and an upcoming urban mountain bike trail centre within the boundaries. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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===First creation=== |
===First creation=== |
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The constituency was created in 1885 by the [[Redistribution of Seats Act 1885]], and was first used in the [[1885 United Kingdom general election|general election]] of that year *the large [[Leeds (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds]] seat 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, [[ |
The constituency was created in 1885 by the [[Redistribution of Seats Act 1885]], and was first used in the [[1885 United Kingdom general election|general election]] of that year *the large [[Leeds (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds]] seat 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 (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds North]], [[Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds South]] and [[Leeds West]]. The constituencies of [[Morley (UK Parliament constituency)|Morley]], [[Otley (UK Parliament constituency)|Otley]] and [[Pudsey (UK Parliament constituency)|Pudsey]] were also created in 1885. The constituency was abolished in 1955. After the [[1955 United Kingdom general election|1955 general election]]: Leeds was represented by Leeds East (created 1885, abolished 1918, recreated 1955), [[Leeds North East]] (created 1918), [[Leeds North West]] (created 1950), [[Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds South]] (created 1885), and [[Leeds South East]] (created 1918). There were also constituencies of [[Batley and Morley]] (created 1918) and Pudsey (created 1885, replaced by Pudsey and Otley 1918–1950). |
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===Second |
===Second creation=== |
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;Revival |
;Revival |
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The constituency was re-created for the [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983 general election]]. |
The constituency was re-created for the [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983 general election]]. |
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;Results of the winning party |
;Results of the winning party |
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The seat has been won by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]'s candidate since 1983. Benn, elected in 1999 on the demise of Fatchett, has achieved an absolute majority (plurality of votes) in three of five elections for Leeds Central. The 2015 result made the seat the 40-safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.<ref> |
The seat has been won by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]'s candidate since 1983. Benn, elected in 1999 on the demise of Fatchett, has achieved an absolute majority (plurality of votes) in three of five elections for Leeds Central. The 2015 result made the seat the 40-safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukpolitical.info/labour-mps-elected-2015.htm |title=Labour Members of Parliament 2015 |website=UK Political.info |archive-date=2018-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929214847/http://www.ukpolitical.info/labour-mps-elected-2015.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In general elections turnout |
In general elections, turnout ranged from 87.9% in 1910 to 41.7% in 2001. In its 1999 by-election the constituency experienced the lowest voter turnout post-[[World War II|war]] of 19.6%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/M16.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-03-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718135558/http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/M16.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7498330.stm | author=BBC| title=Election Records| access-date=2008-07-11 | date=2008-07-11 | work=BBC News}}</ref><ref name=g/> |
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== Members of Parliament == |
== Members of Parliament == |
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[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP crop 3.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Hilary Benn]], [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for Leeds Central since [[1999 Leeds Central by-election|1999]]]] |
[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP crop 3.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Hilary Benn]], [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for Leeds Central since [[1999 Leeds Central by-election|1999]]]] |
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=== MPs 1885–1955 === |
=== MPs 1885–1955 === |
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''[[Leeds (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds]] prior to 1885'' |
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|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK) |
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| [[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]] |
| [[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]] |
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| [[Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour|Gerald Balfour]] |
| [[Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour|Gerald Balfour]] |
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| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
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|style="background-color: {{Liberal Party (UK) |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | |
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| [[1906 United Kingdom general election|1906]] |
| [[1906 United Kingdom general election|1906]] |
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| [[Robert Armitage (MP)|Robert Armitage]] |
| [[Robert Armitage (MP)|Robert Armitage]] |
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| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] |
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] |
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|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK) |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
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| [[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922]] |
| [[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922]] |
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| [[Arthur Willey (solicitor)|Arthur Willey]] |
| [[Arthur Willey (solicitor)|Arthur Willey]] |
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| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
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|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK) |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |
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| [[1923 Leeds Central by-election|1923 by-election]] |
| [[1923 Leeds Central by-election|1923 by-election]] |
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| Sir [[Charles Wilson (Conservative politician)|Charles Wilson]] |
| Sir [[Charles Wilson (Conservative politician)|Charles Wilson]] |
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|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
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|style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK) |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |
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| [[1929 United Kingdom general election|1929]] |
| [[1929 United Kingdom general election|1929]] |
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|rowspan="2"| [[Richard Denman]] |
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| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
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|style="background-color: {{National Labour Party (UK) |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|National Labour Party (UK)}}" | |
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| ''1931'' |
| ''1931'' |
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| [[National Labour Organisation|National Labour]] |
| [[National Labour Organisation|National Labour]] |
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|style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK) |
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| [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]] |
| [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]] |
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| [[George Porter (politician)|George Porter]] |
| [[George Porter (British politician)|George Porter]] |
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| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
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| [[1955 United Kingdom general election|1955]] |
| [[1955 United Kingdom general election|1955]] |
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|colspan="2"| '' |
|colspan="2"| ''Constituency abolished'' |
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=== MPs |
=== MPs 1983–2024 === |
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''[[Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds South]] and [[Leeds South East]] prior to 1983'' |
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|style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK) |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |
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| [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]] |
| [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]] |
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| [[Derek Fatchett]] |
| [[Derek Fatchett]] |
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| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
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|style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK) |
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| [[1999 Leeds Central by-election|1999 by-election]] |
| [[1999 Leeds Central by-election|1999 by-election]] |
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| [[Hilary Benn]] |
| [[Hilary Benn]] |
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| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
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| [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]] |
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| colspan="2" | ''Constituency abolished'' |
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==Election results 1983–2024== |
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== Elections == |
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===Elections in the 1980s=== |
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{{Election box begin|title=[[2019 United Kingdom general election|General election 2019]]: Leeds Central<ref>{{cite web |title=Leeds Central Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000777 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref> |
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|title=[[1983 United Kingdom general election|General election 1983]]: Leeds Central<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i12.htm|title=UK General Election results: June 1983 [Archive]|website=www.politicsresources.net|access-date=11 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216082707/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i12.htm|archive-date=16 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Derek Fatchett]] |
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|votes = 18,706 |
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|percentage = 47.9 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Peter Wrigley |
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|votes = 10,484 |
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|percentage = 26.9 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Michael Ashley-Brown |
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|votes = 9,181 |
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|percentage = 23.6 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = British National Party |
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|candidate = G. Cummins |
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|votes = 331 |
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|percentage = 0.9 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Communist Party of Great Britain |
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|candidate = J.M. Rogers |
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|votes = 314 |
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|percentage = 0.8 |
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|votes = 8,222 |
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| party = Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present) |
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|percentage = 21.0 |
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| candidate = William Clouston |
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| percentage = 0.6 |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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| change = ''N/A'' |
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|votes = 39,030 |
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|percentage = 61.7 |
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{{Election box new seat win| |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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{{Election box majority|votes = 19,270|percentage = 39.1|change = −10.6}} |
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{{Election box turnout|votes = 49,284|percentage = 54.2|change = +1.0}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|swing = }} |
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|title=[[1987 United Kingdom general election|General election 1987]]: Leeds Central}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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| title = Leeds Central |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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| url = http://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/Statement-of-Persons-Nominated,-Notice-of-Poll-and-Situation-of-Polling-Stations.pdf |
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|candidate = [[Derek Fatchett]] |
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| publisher = Leeds City Council |
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|votes = 21,270 |
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| access-date = 11 May 2017}}</ref> |
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|percentage = 55.6 |
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|change = +7.7 |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Hilary Benn]] |
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|votes = 33,453 |
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|percentage = 70.2 |
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|change = +15.2 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Gareth Davies (politician)|Gareth Davies]] |
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|votes = 9,755 |
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|percentage = 20.5 |
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|change = +3.2 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link |
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|party = UK Independence Party |
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|candidate = Bill Palfreman |
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|votes = 2,056 |
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|percentage = 4.3 |
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|change = −11.4 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = David Schofield |
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|votes = 9,765 |
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|percentage = 25.5 |
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|change = +2.0 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Social Democratic Party (UK) |
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|candidate = |
|candidate = Karen Lee |
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|votes = |
|votes = 6,853 |
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|percentage = |
|percentage = 17.9 |
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|change = |
|change = -9.0 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = |
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain |
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|candidate = |
|candidate = William Innis |
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|votes = |
|votes = 355 |
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|percentage = 0. |
|percentage = 0.9 |
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|change = +0.1 |
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{{Election box majority|votes = |
{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 11,505 |
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|percentage = 30.1 |
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|change = +9.1 |
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{{Election box turnout|votes = 47,673|percentage = 53.2|change = −1.9}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|swing = +6.0}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin |
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|title=[[2015 United Kingdom general election|General election 2015]]: Leeds Central<ref name=electoralcalculus>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="2015 result">{{cite web |
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| title = Leeds Central |
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| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000777 |
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{{Election box |
{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 59,019 |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|percentage = 64.8 |
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|candidate = [[Hilary Benn]] |
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|change = +3.1 |
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|votes = 24,758 |
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|percentage = 55.0 |
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|change = +5.7 |
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}} |
}} |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|swing = |
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|candidate = Nicola Wilson |
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|votes =7,791 |
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|percentage =17.3 |
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|change =−2.9 |
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}} |
}} |
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|party = UK Independence Party |
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|candidate = Luke Senior |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|votes =7,082 |
|||
|title=[[1992 United Kingdom general election|General election 1992]]: Leeds Central<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=2010-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020412/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>}} |
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|percentage =15.7 |
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|change =''N/A'' |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Derek Fatchett]] |
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|votes = 23,673 |
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|percentage = 62.2 |
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|change = +6.6 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = TC Holdroyd |
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|votes = 8,653 |
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|percentage = 22.7 |
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|change = −2.8 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |
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|candidate = David Pratt |
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|votes = 5,713 |
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|percentage = 15.0 |
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|change = −2.9 |
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}} |
}} |
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|votes = 15,020 |
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|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
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|percentage = 39.5 |
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|candidate = Liz Kitching |
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|change = +9.4 |
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}} |
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|percentage =0.7 |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|change =''N/A'' |
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|votes = 38,039 |
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|percentage = 61.3 |
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|change = −3.5 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|swing = +4.7 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box majority|votes = 16,967|percentage = 37.7|change = +9.2}} |
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{{Election box turnout|votes = 45,048|percentage = 55.1|change = –2.7}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link|winner = Labour Party (UK)|swing = +4.8}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[1997 United Kingdom general election|General election 1997]]: Leeds Central}} |
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{{Election box begin |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|title=[[2010 United Kingdom general election|General election 2010]]: Leeds Central<ref name=electoralcalculus2010>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c50.stm|title=UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Leeds Central|date=7 May 2010|work=Election 2010|publisher=BBC|access-date=12 May 2010}}</ref> |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Derek Fatchett]] |
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|votes = 25,766 |
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|percentage = 69.6 |
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|change = +7.4 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Edward Wild |
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|votes = 5,077 |
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|percentage = 13.7 |
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|change = -9.0 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link |
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|party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |
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|candidate = David Freeman |
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|votes = 4,164 |
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|percentage = 11.3 |
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|change = −3.7 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link |
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|party = Referendum Party |
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|candidate = Philip Myers |
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|votes = 1,042 |
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|percentage = 2.8 |
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|change = ''New'' |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link |
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|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Mick Rix]] |
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|votes = 656 |
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|percentage = 1.8 |
|||
|change = ''New'' |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link |
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|party = Socialist Party (England and Wales) |
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|candidate = Chris Hill |
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|votes = 304 |
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|percentage = 0.8 |
|||
|change = ''New'' |
|||
}} |
}} |
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|votes = 20,689 |
|||
|party = Independent (politician) |
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|percentage = 55.9 |
|||
|candidate = We Beat The Scum One-Nil |
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|change = +16.4 |
|||
|votes = 155 |
|||
|percentage = 0.4 |
|||
|change = ''N/A'' |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box |
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|votes = 37,009 |
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|percentage = 54.7 |
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|change = -6.6 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|votes = 37,394 |
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|swing = +8.2 |
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|change = +13.5 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|swing = −4.8 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Leeds Central by-election]]}} |
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|title=[[2005 United Kingdom general election|General election 2005]]: Leeds Central |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Hilary Benn]] |
|candidate = [[Hilary Benn]] |
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|votes = |
|votes = 6,361 |
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|percentage = |
|percentage = 48.2 |
||
|change = - |
|change = -21.4 |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |
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|candidate = |
|candidate = Peter Wild |
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|votes = |
|votes = 4,068 |
||
|percentage = |
|percentage = 30.8 |
||
|change = + |
|change = +19.6 |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
||
|candidate = |
|candidate = Edward Wild |
||
|votes = |
|votes = 1,618 |
||
|percentage = |
|percentage = 12.3 |
||
|change = -1. |
|change = -1.4 |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = |
|party = Green Party of England and Wales |
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|candidate = |
|candidate = David Blackburn |
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|votes = |
|votes = 478 |
||
|percentage = |
|percentage = 3.6 |
||
|change = '' |
|change = ''New'' |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = |
|party = UK Independence Party |
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|candidate = |
|candidate = Raymond Northgreaves |
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|votes = |
|votes = 353 |
||
|percentage = |
|percentage = 2.7 |
||
|change = |
|change = ''New'' |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = |
|party = Leeds Left Alliance |
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|candidate = |
|candidate = Chris Hill |
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|votes = |
|votes = 258 |
||
|percentage = |
|percentage = 2.0 |
||
|change = '' |
|change = ''New'' |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Independent (politician) |
|party = Independent (politician) |
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|candidate = Oluwole Taiwo |
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|votes = 126 |
|||
|percentage = 0.4 |
|||
|change = ''N/A'' |
|||
}} |
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{{Election box candidate| |
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|party = Alliance for Change |
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|candidate = Julian Fitzgerald |
|candidate = Julian Fitzgerald |
||
|votes = |
|votes = 51 |
||
|percentage = 0.4 |
|percentage = 0.4 |
||
|change = '' |
|change = ''New'' |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = |
|votes = 2,293 |
||
|percentage = |
|percentage = 17.4 |
||
|change = |
|change = -38.5 |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = |
|votes = 13,187 |
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|percentage = |
|percentage = 19.6 |
||
|change = |
|change = -35.1 |
||
}} |
}} |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|swing = |
|swing = |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Elections in the 2000s=== |
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{{Election box begin | |
{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[2001 United Kingdom general election|General election 2001]]: Leeds Central}} |
|title=[[2001 United Kingdom general election|General election 2001]]: Leeds Central}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Hilary Benn]] |
|candidate = [[Hilary Benn]] |
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|votes = 3,896 |
|votes = 3,896 |
||
|percentage = 14.3 |
|percentage = 14.3 |
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|change = +0. |
|change = +0.6 |
||
}} |
}} |
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|votes = 3,607 |
|votes = 3,607 |
||
|percentage = 13.2 |
|percentage = 13.2 |
||
|change = + |
|change = +1.9 |
||
}} |
}} |
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|votes = 775 |
|votes = 775 |
||
|percentage = 2.8 |
|percentage = 2.8 |
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|change = '' |
|change = ''New'' |
||
}} |
}} |
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|votes = 751 |
|votes = 751 |
||
|percentage = 2.8 |
|percentage = 2.8 |
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|change = '' |
|change = ''New'' |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 14,381 |
|votes = 14,381 |
||
|percentage = 52.6 |
|percentage = 52.6 |
||
|change = |
|change = -3.3 |
||
}} |
}} |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|swing = |
|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Elections in the 1990s=== |
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|title=[[2005 United Kingdom general election|General election 2005]]: Leeds Central |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|||
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Hilary Benn]] |
|candidate = [[Hilary Benn]] |
||
|votes = |
|votes = 17,526 |
||
|percentage = |
|percentage = 60.0 |
||
|change = - |
|change = -6.9 |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |
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|candidate = |
|candidate = Ruth Coleman |
||
|votes = |
|votes = 5,660 |
||
|percentage = |
|percentage = 19.4 |
||
|change = + |
|change = +6.2 |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
||
|candidate = |
|candidate = Brian Cattell |
||
|votes = |
|votes = 3,865 |
||
|percentage = |
|percentage = 13.2 |
||
|change = -1. |
|change = -1.1 |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = |
|party = British National Party |
||
|candidate = |
|candidate = [[Mark Collett]] |
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|votes = |
|votes = 1,201 |
||
|percentage = |
|percentage = 4.1 |
||
|change = '' |
|change = ''New'' |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = |
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party |
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|candidate = |
|candidate = Peter Sewards |
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|votes = |
|votes = 494 |
||
|percentage = |
|percentage = 1.7 |
||
|change = |
|change = -1.1 |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = |
|party = Independent (politician) |
||
|candidate = |
|candidate = Mick Dear |
||
|votes = |
|votes = 189 |
||
|percentage = |
|percentage = 0.6 |
||
|change = '' |
|change = ''New'' |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Independent (politician) |
|party = Independent (politician) |
||
|candidate = Oluwole Taiwo |
|||
|votes = 126 |
|||
|percentage = 0.4 |
|||
|change = ''New'' |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Election box candidate| |
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|party = Alliance for Change |
|||
|candidate = Julian Fitzgerald |
|candidate = Julian Fitzgerald |
||
|votes = |
|votes = 125 |
||
|percentage = 0.4 |
|percentage = 0.4 |
||
|change = '' |
|change = ''New'' |
||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
||
|votes = |
|votes = 11,866 |
||
|percentage = |
|percentage = 40.6 |
||
|change = |
|change = -12.0 |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
{{Election box turnout| |
||
|votes = |
|votes = 29,186 |
||
|percentage = |
|percentage = 46.4 |
||
|change = |
|change = +4.7 |
||
}} |
}} |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|title=[[2010 United Kingdom general election|General election 2010]]: Leeds Central<ref name=electoralcalculus2010>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c50.stm|title=UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Leeds Central|date=7 May 2010|work=Election 2010|publisher=BBC|access-date=12 May 2010}}</ref> |
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|candidate = [[Derek Fatchett]] |
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|votes = 25,766 |
|||
|percentage = 69.6 |
|||
|change = |
|||
}} |
}} |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Hilary Benn]] |
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|votes = 18,434 |
|||
|percentage = 49.3 |
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|change = −10.2 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link |
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|party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |
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|candidate = Michael Taylor |
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|votes = 7,789 |
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|percentage = 20.8 |
|||
|change = −0.7 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = Alan Lamb |
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|votes = 7,541 |
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|percentage = 20.2 |
|||
|change = +7.5 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link |
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|party = British National Party |
|||
|candidate = Kevin Meeson |
|||
|votes = 3,066 |
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|percentage = 8.2 |
|||
|change = +4.1 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link |
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|party = Independent (politician) |
|||
|candidate = Dave Procter |
|||
|votes = 409 |
|||
|percentage = 1.1 |
|||
|change = ''New'' |
|||
}} |
}} |
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|party = Independent (politician) |
|||
|votes = 20,689 |
|||
|candidate = We Beat The Scum One-Nil |
|||
|percentage = 55.9 |
|||
|votes = 155 |
|||
|change = |
|||
|percentage = 0.4 |
|||
|change = ''New'' |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box |
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|votes = 10,645 |
|||
|percentage = 28.5 |
|||
|change = –9.5 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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|votes = 37,394 |
|||
|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|percentage = 57.8 |
|||
|swing = |
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|change = +13.5 |
|||
}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|swing = −4.8 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
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{{Election box begin |
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|title=[[1992 United Kingdom general election|General election 1992]]: Leeds Central<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=2010-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020412/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>}} |
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|title=[[2015 United Kingdom general election|General election 2015]]: Leeds Central<ref name=electoralcalculus>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="2015 result">{{cite web |
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| title = Leeds Central |
|||
| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000777 |
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| publisher = BBC News |
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| access-date = 13 May 2015}}</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Hilary Benn]] |
|||
|votes = 24,758 |
|||
|percentage = 55.0 |
|||
|change = +5.7 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Election box candidate with party link |
|||
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = Nicola Wilson |
|||
|votes =7,791 |
|||
|percentage =17.3 |
|||
|change =−2.9 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Election box candidate with party link |
|||
|party = UK Independence Party |
|||
|candidate = Luke Senior |
|||
|votes =7,082 |
|||
|percentage =15.7 |
|||
|change =''New'' |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = |
|party = Green Party of England and Wales |
||
|candidate = |
|candidate = Michael Hayton |
||
|votes |
|votes =3,558 |
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|percentage |
|percentage =7.9 |
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|change |
|change =''New'' |
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|party = |
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |
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|candidate = |
|candidate = Emma Spriggs |
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|votes = |
|votes = 1,529 |
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|percentage |
|percentage = 3.4 |
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|change = |
|change = −17.4 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = |
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
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|candidate = |
|candidate = Liz Kitching |
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|votes = |
|votes =330 |
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|percentage |
|percentage =0.7 |
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|change |
|change =''New'' |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority|votes = 16,967|percentage = 37.7|change = +9.2}} |
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{{Election box turnout|votes = 45,048|percentage = 55.1|change = –2.7}} |
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|votes = 15,020 |
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{{Election box hold with party link|winner = Labour Party (UK)|swing = }} |
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|percentage = 39.5 |
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|change = +9.4 |
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|title=[[General election 2017]]: Leeds Central<ref name="2017 candidates">{{cite web |
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| title = Leeds Central |
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| url = http://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/Statement-of-Persons-Nominated,-Notice-of-Poll-and-Situation-of-Polling-Stations.pdf |
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| publisher = Leeds City Council |
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| access-date = 11 May 2017}}</ref> |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|votes = 38,039 |
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|candidate = [[Hilary Benn]] |
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|percentage = 61.3 |
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|votes = 33,453 |
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|percentage = 70.2 |
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|change = +15.2 |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Gareth Davies (English politician)|Gareth Davies]] |
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|swing = +4.7 |
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|votes = 9,755 |
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|percentage = 20.5 |
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|change = +3.2 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box |
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|party = UK Independence Party |
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|candidate = Bill Palfreman |
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===Elections in the 1980s=== |
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|votes = 2,056 |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|percentage = 4.3 |
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|title=[[1987 United Kingdom general election|General election 1987]]: Leeds Central}} |
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|change = −11.4 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Derek Fatchett]] |
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|votes = 21,270 |
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|percentage = 55.62 |
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|change = |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Green Party of England and Wales |
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|candidate = Ed Carlisle |
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|votes = 1,189 |
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|percentage = 2.5 |
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|change = −5.4 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = |
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |
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|candidate = |
|candidate = Andy Nash |
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|votes = |
|votes = 1,063 |
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|percentage = |
|percentage = 2.2 |
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|change = |
|change = −1.2 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = |
|party = Christian Peoples Alliance |
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|candidate = |
|candidate = Alex Coetzee |
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|votes = |
|votes = 157 |
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|percentage = 0. |
|percentage = 0.3 |
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|change = |
|change = ''New'' |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority|votes = 23,698|percentage = 49.7|change = +12.0}} |
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|votes |
{{Election box turnout|votes = 47,673|percentage = 53.2|change = −1.9}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link |
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|percentage = 30.08 |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|change = |
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|swing = +6.0}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin|title=[[2019 United Kingdom general election|General election 2019]]: Leeds Central<ref>{{cite web |title=Leeds Central Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000777 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref> |
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}} |
}} |
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| party = Labour Party (UK) |
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| candidate = [[Hilary Benn]] |
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|percentage = 64.80 |
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| |
| votes = 30,413 |
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| percentage = 61.7 |
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| change = −8.5 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[1983 United Kingdom general election|General election 1983]]: Leeds Central<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i12.htm|title=UK General Election results: June 1983 [Archive]|website=www.politicsresources.net|access-date=11 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216082707/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i12.htm|archive-date=16 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = |
| party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[ |
| candidate = [[Peter Fortune]] |
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|votes = |
| votes = 11,143 |
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|percentage = |
| percentage = 22.6 |
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|change = |
| change = +2.1 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = |
| party = Brexit Party |
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|candidate = |
| candidate = Paul Thomas |
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|votes = |
| votes = 2,999 |
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|percentage = |
| percentage = 6.1 |
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|change = |
| change = ''New'' |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = |
| party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |
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|candidate = |
| candidate = Jack Holland |
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|votes = |
| votes = 2,343 |
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|percentage = |
| percentage = 4.8 |
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|change = |
| change = +2.6 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = |
| party = Green Party of England and Wales |
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|candidate = |
| candidate = Ed Carlisle |
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|votes = |
| votes = 2,105 |
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|percentage = |
| percentage = 4.3 |
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|change = |
| change = +1.8 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = |
| party = Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present) |
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|candidate = |
| candidate = [[William Clouston]] |
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|votes = |
| votes = 281 |
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|percentage = 0. |
| percentage = 0.6 |
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|change = |
| change = ''New'' |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 8,222 |
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|percentage = 21.07 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 39,030 |
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|percentage = 61.66 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box new seat win| |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box majority|votes = 19,270|percentage = 39.1|change = −10.6}} |
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{{Election box turnout|votes = 49,284|percentage = 54.2|change = +1.0}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|swing = -5.3 }} |
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{{Election box end}} |
{{Election box end}} |
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==Election results 1885–1955== |
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===Elections in the 1950s=== |
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===Elections in the 1880s=== |
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{{Election box begin | |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[1885 United Kingdom general election|General election 1885]]: Leeds Central<ref name="ReferenceB"/> |
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|title=[[1951 United Kingdom general election|General election 1951]]: Leeds Central<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge51/i12.htm|title=UK General Election results: October 1951 [Archive]|website=www.politicsresources.net|access-date=4 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811153451/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge51/i12.htm|archive-date=11 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour|Gerald Balfour]] |
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|votes = 4,589 |
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|percentage = 51.8 |
|||
|change = |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Sir John Barran, 1st Baronet|John Barran]]<ref>{{cite news|title=General News|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/18850502/077/0004|access-date=3 December 2017|work=[[Edinburgh Evening News]]|date=2 May 1885|page=4|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription}}</ref> |
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|candidate = William Barford |
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|votes = 4,275 |
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|percentage = 48.2 |
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|change = |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
||
|votes = 314 |
|||
|percentage = 3.6 |
|||
|change = |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
{{Election box turnout| |
||
|votes = 8,864 |
|||
|percentage = 79.6 |
|||
|change = |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box |
{{Election box registered electors| |
||
|reg. electors = 11,135 |
|||
|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
|||
}} |
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|swing = |
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{{Election box new seat win| |
|||
|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[1886 United Kingdom general election|General election 1886]]: Leeds Central<ref name="ReferenceB"/> |
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|title=[[1950 United Kingdom general election|General election 1950]]: Leeds Central<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge50/i12.htm|title=UK General Election results: February 1950 [Archive]|website=www.politicsresources.net|access-date=4 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811145710/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge50/i12.htm|archive-date=11 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour|Gerald Balfour]] |
|||
|votes = 4,225 |
|||
|percentage = 50.1 |
|||
|change = −1.7 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale|James Kitson]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Election News|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000269/18860607/013/0003|access-date=3 December 2017|work=[[Dundee Courier]]|date=7 June 1886|page=3|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription}}</ref> |
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|candidate = William Barford |
|||
|votes = 4,212 |
|||
|percentage = 49.9 |
|||
|change = +1.7 |
|||
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = Victor Delepine |
|||
|votes = 2,176 |
|||
|percentage = 5.50 |
|||
|change = |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
||
|votes = 13 |
|||
|percentage = 0.2 |
|||
|change = −3.4 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
{{Election box turnout| |
||
|votes = 8,437 |
|||
|percentage = 75.8 |
|||
|change = −3.8 |
|||
}} |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
|||
|reg. electors = 11,135 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
{{Election box hold with party link| |
||
|winner = |
|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|swing = |
|swing = −1.7 |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
{{Election box end}} |
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===Elections in the |
===Elections in the 1890s=== |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[1892 United Kingdom general election|General election 1892]]: Leeds Central<ref name="ReferenceB"/> |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[1945 United Kingdom general election|General election 1945]]: Leeds Central<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge45/i12.htm|title=UK General Election results: July 1945 [Archive]|website=www.politicsresources.net|access-date=4 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095733/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge45/i12.htm|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour|Gerald Balfour]] |
|||
|votes = 4,448 |
|||
|percentage = 50.6 |
|||
|change = +0.5 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[John Lawson Walton]] |
|||
|votes = 4,335 |
|||
|percentage = 49.4 |
|||
|change = −0.5 |
|||
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = Basil Mayer Sandelson |
|||
|votes = 2,017 |
|||
|percentage = 8.62 |
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|change = |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
||
|votes = 113 |
|||
|percentage = 1.2 |
|||
|change = +1.0 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
{{Election box turnout| |
||
|votes = 8,783 |
|||
|percentage = 86.0 |
|||
|change = +10.2 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box |
{{Election box registered electors| |
||
|reg. electors = 10,215 |
|||
|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
|||
}} |
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|loser = National Labour Organisation |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|swing = |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|swing = +0.5 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[1895 United Kingdom general election|General election 1895]]: Leeds Central<ref name="ReferenceB"/> |
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=== Elections in the 1930s === |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[1935 United Kingdom general election|General election 1935]]: Leeds Central |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour|Gerald Balfour]] |
|||
|votes =4,631 |
|||
|percentage = 53.8 |
|||
|change = +3.2 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Leifchild Leif-Jones, 1st Baron Rhayader|Leifchild Jones]] |
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|votes = 3,977 |
|||
|percentage = 46.2 |
|||
|change = −3.2 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
||
|votes = 654 |
|||
|percentage = 7.6 |
|||
|change = +6.4 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
{{Election box turnout| |
||
|votes = 8,608 |
|||
|percentage = 83.1 |
|||
|change = −2.9 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Election box registered electors| |
|||
|reg. electors = 10,353 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner |
|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|swing = |
|swing = +3.2 |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
{{Election box end}} |
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=== Elections in the 1900s === |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[ |
{{Election box begin | title=[[1900 United Kingdom general election|General election 1900]]: Leeds Central<ref name="ReferenceB"/> |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour|Gerald Balfour]] |
|||
|votes =4,144 |
|||
|percentage = 57.7 |
|||
|change = +3.9 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Samuel Montagu]] |
|||
|votes = 3,042 |
|||
|percentage = 42.3 |
|||
|change = −3.9 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
||
|votes = 1,102 |
|||
|percentage = 15.4 |
|||
|change = +7.8 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
{{Election box turnout| |
||
|votes = 7,186 |
|||
|percentage = 73.2 |
|||
|change = −9.9 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box |
{{Election box registered electors| |
||
|reg. electors = 9,820 |
|||
|winner = National Labour Party (UK) |
|||
}} |
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|loser = Labour Party (UK) |
|||
{{Election box hold with party link| |
|||
|swing = |
|||
|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
|||
|swing = +3.9 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
{{Election box end}} |
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[[File:Robert_Armitage.jpg|thumb|right|Robert Armitage in 1906]] |
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=== Elections in the 1920s === |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[1906 United Kingdom general election|General election 1906]]: Leeds Central<ref name="ReferenceB"/> |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[1929 United Kingdom general election|General election 1929]]: Leeds Central |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Robert Armitage (MP)|Robert Armitage]] |
|||
|votes = 4,188 |
|||
|percentage = 57.3 |
|||
|change = +15.0 |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour|Gerald Balfour]] |
|||
|votes =3,119 |
|||
|percentage = 42.7 |
|||
|change = −15.0 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = Myer Jack Landa |
|||
|votes = 5,607 |
|||
|percentage = 14.4 |
|||
|change = ''N/A'' |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
||
|votes = 1,069 |
|||
|percentage = 14.6 |
|||
|change = ''N/A'' |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box turnout| |
{{Election box turnout| |
||
|votes = 7,307 |
|||
|percentage = 82.2 |
|||
|change = +9.0 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
{{Election box registered electors| |
||
|reg. electors = |
|reg. electors = 8,893 |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link| |
{{Election box gain with party link| |
||
|winner = |
|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|loser = |
|loser = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|swing = + |
|swing = +15.0 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
{{Election box end}} |
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=== Elections in the 1910s === |
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{{Election box begin | |
{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[ |
|title=[[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|General election January 1910]]: Leeds Central<ref name="ReferenceB"/> |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Robert Armitage (MP)|Robert Armitage]] |
|||
|votes = 3,987 |
|||
|percentage = 54.2 |
|||
|change = -3.1 |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = John Gordon |
|||
|votes = 3,366 |
|||
|percentage = 45.8 |
|||
|change = +3.1 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 621 |
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|percentage = 8.4 |
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|change = -6.2 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 7,353 |
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|percentage = 87.9 |
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|change = +5.7 |
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}} |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
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|reg. electors = 44,532 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = |
|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|swing = |
|swing = -3.1 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[ |
|title=[[December 1910 United Kingdom general election|General election December 1910]]: Leeds Central<ref name="ReferenceB">British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Unionist Party (UK) |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Charles Henry Wilson (Conservative politician)|Charles Wilson]] |
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|candidate = [[Robert Armitage (MP)|Robert Armitage]] |
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|votes = 14,853 |
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|votes = 3,519 |
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|percentage = 56.2 |
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|percentage = 52.6 |
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|change = -2.6 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = John Gordon |
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|votes = 3,169 |
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|percentage = 47.4 |
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|change = +2.6 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
||
|votes = 350 |
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|percentage = 5.2 |
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|change = -5.2 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
{{Election box turnout| |
||
|votes = 6,688 |
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|percentage = 79.9 |
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|change = -8.0 |
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}} |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
|||
|reg. electors = 43,972 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = |
|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|swing = |
|swing = -2.6 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[1923 Leeds Central by-election]]<ref name="ReferenceA"/>}} |
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'''General Election 1914–15''': |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Unionist Party (UK) |
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Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; |
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|candidate = [[Charles Henry Wilson (Conservative politician)|Charles Wilson]] |
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*'''Liberal''': [[Robert Armitage (MP)|Robert Armitage]] |
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|votes = 13,085 |
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|percentage = 47.6 |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|change = −2.4 |
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|title=[[1918 United Kingdom general election|General election 1918]]: Leeds Central<ref>Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Robert Armitage (MP)|Robert Armitage]] |
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|votes = 11,474 |
|||
|percentage = 70.6 |
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|change = +18.0 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Independent (politician) |
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|candidate = <nowiki>*</nowiki> Ernest Terry |
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|votes = 2,634 |
|||
|percentage = 16.2 |
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|change = ''New'' |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Co-operative Party |
|||
|candidate = Joseph Smith |
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|votes = 2,146 |
|||
|percentage = 13.2 |
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|change = ''New'' |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 8,840 |
|||
|percentage = 54.4 |
|||
|change = +49.2 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
{{Election box turnout| |
||
|votes = 16,254 |
|||
|percentage = 37.4 |
|||
|change = −42.5 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
{{Election box registered electors| |
||
|reg. electors = |
|reg. electors = 43,496 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
{{Election box hold with party link| |
||
|winner = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|swing = ''N/A'' |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
{{Election box end 1918}} |
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<nowiki> * </nowiki> Terry was supported by the three local branches of [[National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers]], [[National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers]] and [[Comrades of the Great War]]. |
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[[File:1922_Robert_Armitage.jpg|thumb|120px|Robert Armitage in 1922]] |
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=== Elections in the 1920s === |
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{{Election box begin | |
{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[1922 United Kingdom general election|General election 1922]] |
|title=[[1922 United Kingdom general election|General election 1922]]: Leeds Central<ref name="ReferenceA"/> |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Unionist Party (UK) |
|party = Unionist Party (UK) |
||
|candidate = [[Arthur Wellesley Willey|Arthur Willey]] |
|candidate = [[Arthur Wellesley Willey|Arthur Willey]] |
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|votes = 14,137 |
|votes = 14,137 |
||
|percentage = 50.0 |
|percentage = 50.0 |
||
|change = '' |
|change = ''New'' |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|votes = 7,844 |
|votes = 7,844 |
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|percentage = 27.8 |
|percentage = 27.8 |
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|change = |
|change = ''New'' |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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{{Election box end}} |
{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[1923 Leeds Central by-election]]<ref name="ReferenceA"/>}} |
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=== Elections in the 1910s === |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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[[File:1922_Robert_Armitage.jpg|thumb|120px|Robert Armitage]] |
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|party = Unionist Party (UK) |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|candidate = [[Charles Henry Wilson (Conservative politician)|Charles Wilson]] |
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|title=[[1918 United Kingdom general election|General election 1918]] Leeds Central<ref>Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.</ref> |
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|votes = 13,085 |
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}} |
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|percentage = 47.6 |
|||
{{Election box candidate with party link coalition 1918| |
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| |
|change = −2.4 |
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|candidate = [[Robert Armitage (MP)|Robert Armitage]] |
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|votes = 11,474 |
|||
|percentage = 70.6 |
|||
|change = +18.0 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party |
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate |
|candidate = [[Henry Slesser]] |
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|votes |
|votes = 11,359 |
||
|percentage |
|percentage = 41.4 |
||
|change |
|change = +13.6 |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party |
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
||
|candidate |
|candidate = [[Gilbert Stone]] |
||
|votes |
|votes = 3,026 |
||
|percentage |
|percentage = 11.0 |
||
|change |
|change = −11.2 |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
||
|votes |
|votes = 1,726 |
||
|percentage |
|percentage = 6.2 |
||
|change |
|change = −16.0 |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
{{Election box turnout| |
||
|votes |
|votes = 27,470 |
||
|percentage |
|percentage = 64.3 |
||
|change |
|change = −1.8 |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box registered electors| |
{{Election box registered electors| |
||
|reg. electors = |
|reg. electors = 42,738 |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
{{Election box hold with party link| |
||
|winner |
|winner = Unionist Party (UK) |
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|swing |
|swing = −8.0 |
||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box end |
{{Election box end}} |
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<nowiki> * </nowiki> Terry was supported by the three local branches of [[National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers]], [[National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers]] and [[Comrades of the Great War]]. |
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'''General Election 1914/15''': |
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Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; |
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*'''Liberal''': [[Robert Armitage (MP)|Robert Armitage]] |
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{{Election box begin | |
{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[ |
|title=[[1923 United Kingdom general election|General election 1923]]: Leeds Central<ref name="ReferenceA"/>}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Unionist Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Charles Henry Wilson (Conservative politician)|Charles Wilson]] |
|||
|votes = 14,853 |
|||
|percentage = 56.2 |
|||
|change = +6.2 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Henry Slesser]] |
|||
|votes = 11,574 |
|||
|percentage = 43.8 |
|||
|change = +16.0 |
|||
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = John Gordon |
|||
|votes = 3,169 |
|||
|percentage = 47.4 |
|||
|change = +2.6 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
||
|votes = 3,279 |
|||
|percentage = 12.4 |
|||
|change = −9.8 |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box turnout| |
{{Election box turnout| |
||
|votes = 26,427 |
|||
|percentage = 60.1 |
|||
|change = −6.0 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Election box registered electors| |
|||
|reg. electors = 43,972 |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box hold with party link| |
{{Election box hold with party link| |
||
|winner = |
|winner = Unionist Party (UK) |
||
|swing = |
|swing = −4.9 |
||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box end}} |
{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[ |
|title=[[1924 United Kingdom general election|General election 1924]]: Leeds Central<ref name="ReferenceA">British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig</ref> |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Unionist Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Charles Henry Wilson (Conservative politician)|Charles Wilson]] |
|||
|votes = 16,182 |
|||
|percentage = 59.6 |
|||
|change = +3.4 |
|||
}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[E. J. C. Neep]] |
|||
|votes = 10,975 |
|||
|percentage = 40.4 |
|||
|change = −3.4 |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
||
|votes = 5,207 |
|||
|percentage = 19.2 |
|||
|change = +6.8 |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box turnout| |
{{Election box turnout| |
||
|votes = 27,157 |
|||
|percentage = 61.0 |
|||
|change = +0.9 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Election box registered electors| |
|||
|reg. electors = 44,532 |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box hold with party link| |
{{Election box hold with party link| |
||
|winner = |
|winner = Unionist Party (UK) |
||
|swing = |
|swing = +3.4 |
||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box end}} |
{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
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=== Elections in the 1900s === |
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|title=[[1929 United Kingdom general election|General election 1929]]: Leeds Central |
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[[File:Robert_Armitage.jpg|thumb|right|R. Armitage]] |
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}} |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[1906 United Kingdom general election|General election 1906]] : Leeds Central<ref name="ReferenceB"/> |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Richard Denman]] |
|||
|votes = 17,322 |
|||
|percentage = 44.6 |
|||
|change = +4.2 |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Unionist Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Charles Henry Wilson (Conservative politician)|Charles Wilson]] |
|||
|votes = 15,958 |
|||
|percentage = 41.0 |
|||
|change = −18.6 |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = Myer Jack Landa |
|||
|votes = 5,607 |
|||
|percentage = 14.4 |
|||
|change = ''New'' |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
||
|votes = 1,364 |
|||
|percentage = 3.6 |
|||
|change = ''N/A'' |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box turnout| |
{{Election box turnout| |
||
|votes = 38,887 |
|||
|percentage = 68.9 |
|||
|change = +7.9 |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box registered electors| |
{{Election box registered electors| |
||
|reg. electors = 56,417 |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box gain with party link| |
{{Election box gain with party link| |
||
|winner = |
|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
||
|loser |
|loser = Unionist Party (UK) |
||
|swing = + |
|swing = +11.4 |
||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box end}} |
{{Election box end}} |
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=== Elections in the 1930s === |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[1900 United Kingdom general election|General election 1900]] : Leeds Central<ref name="ReferenceB"/> |
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{{Election box begin | |
|||
|title=[[1931 United Kingdom general election|General election 1931]]: Leeds Central |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = National Labour Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Richard Denman]] |
|||
|votes = 26,496 |
|||
|percentage = 71.36 |
|||
|change = ''New'' |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Moss Turner-Samuels]] |
|||
|votes = 10,633 |
|||
|percentage = 28.64 |
|||
|change = |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
||
|votes = 15,863 |
|||
|percentage = 42.72 |
|||
|change = ''N/A'' |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box turnout| |
{{Election box turnout| |
||
|votes = 37,129 |
|||
|percentage = 66.20 |
|||
|change = |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box |
{{Election box gain with party link| |
||
|winner = National Labour Party (UK) |
|||
|reg. electors = 9,820 |
|||
|loser = Labour Party (UK) |
|||
}} |
|||
|swing = |
|||
{{Election box hold with party link| |
|||
|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
|||
|swing = +3.9 |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box end}} |
{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
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===Elections in the 1890s=== |
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|title=[[1935 United Kingdom general election|General election 1935]]: Leeds Central |
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}} |
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = National Labour Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Richard Denman]] |
|||
|votes = 17,747 |
|||
|percentage = 56.43 |
|||
|change = −14.9 |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Fred Lindley]] |
|||
|votes = 13,701 |
|||
|percentage = 43.57 |
|||
|change = +14.9 |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
||
|votes = 4,046 |
|||
|percentage = 12.86 |
|||
|change = −29.9 |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box turnout| |
{{Election box turnout| |
||
|votes = 31,448 |
|||
|percentage = 61.44 |
|||
|change = −4.8 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Election box registered electors| |
|||
|reg. electors = 10,353 |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box hold with party link| |
{{Election box hold with party link| |
||
|winner |
|winner = National Labour Party (UK) |
||
|swing = |
|swing = −14.9 |
||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box end}} |
{{Election box end}} |
||
===Elections in the 1940s=== |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[1892 United Kingdom general election|General election 1892]] : Leeds Central<ref name="ReferenceB"/> |
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{{Election box begin | |
|||
|title=[[1945 United Kingdom general election|General election 1945]]: Leeds Central<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge45/i12.htm|title=UK General Election results: July 1945 [Archive]|website=www.politicsresources.net|access-date=4 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095733/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge45/i12.htm|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[George Porter (British politician)|George Porter]] |
|||
|votes = 13,370 |
|||
|percentage = 57.14 |
|||
|change = |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Baron Denman|Charles Denman]] |
|||
|votes = 8,011 |
|||
|percentage = 34.24 |
|||
|change = ''New'' |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = Basil Mayer Sandelson |
|||
|votes = 2,017 |
|||
|percentage = 8.62 |
|||
|change = ''New'' |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box majority| |
{{Election box majority| |
||
|votes = 5,359 |
|||
|percentage = 22.90 |
|||
|change = ''N/A'' |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box turnout| |
{{Election box turnout| |
||
|votes = 23,398 |
|||
|percentage = 63.43 |
|||
|change = |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box |
{{Election box gain with party link| |
||
|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
|||
|reg. electors = 10,215 |
|||
|loser = National Labour Organisation |
|||
}} |
|||
|swing = |
|||
{{Election box hold with party link| |
|||
|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
|||
|swing = +0.5 |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box end}} |
{{Election box end}} |
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===Elections in the |
===Elections in the 1950s=== |
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{{Election box begin | |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[1886 United Kingdom general election|General election 1886]] : Leeds Central<ref name="ReferenceB"/> |
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|title=[[1950 United Kingdom general election|General election 1950]]: Leeds Central<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge50/i12.htm|title=UK General Election results: February 1950 [Archive]|website=www.politicsresources.net|access-date=4 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811145710/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge50/i12.htm|archive-date=11 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[George Porter (British politician)|George Porter]] |
|||
|votes = 24,030 |
|||
|percentage = 60.75 |
|||
|change = +3.6 |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
{{Election box candidate with party link| |
||
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = William Barford |
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|candidate = [[James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale|James Kitson]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Election News|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000269/18860607/013/0003|access-date=3 December 2017|work=[[The Courier (Dundee)|Dundee Courier]]|date=7 June 1886|page=3|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription}}</ref> |
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|votes = 13,351 |
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|candidate = Victor Delepine |
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|votes = 2,176 |
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|percentage = 5.50 |
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|votes = 10,679 |
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|votes = 23,967 |
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|percentage = 62.35 |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = William Barford |
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|candidate = [[Sir John Barran, 1st Baronet|John Barran]]<ref>{{cite news|title=General News|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/18850502/077/0004|access-date=3 December 2017|work=[[Edinburgh Evening News]]|date=2 May 1885|page=4|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription}}</ref> |
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|votes = 14,475 |
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|percentage = 37.65 |
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|votes = 9,492 |
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|percentage = 24.70 |
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== See also == |
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* [[List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire]] |
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* [[1999 Leeds Central by-election]] |
* [[1999 Leeds Central by-election]] |
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Leeds Central | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() 2010–2024 boundary of Leeds Central in West Yorkshire | |
![]() Location of West Yorkshire within England | |
County | West Yorkshire |
Electorate | 90,971 (December 2019)[1] |
Major settlements | Leeds |
1983–2024 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Leeds South, Leeds South East, Leeds East, Leeds West and Leeds North East[2] |
Replaced by | Leeds Central and Headingley Leeds South |
1885–1955 | |
Created from | Leeds |
Replaced by | Leeds West, Leeds South and Leeds South East |
Leeds Central was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The constituency first existed from 1885 until it was abolished in 1955. It was recreated in 1983.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished again. Subject to boundary changes involving the loss of most Leeds city centre to the newly created constituency of Leeds Central and Headingley, the seat will be reformed as Leeds South, to be first contested in the 2024 general election.
Boundaries
1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Leeds wards of Mill Hill and West, and parts of the wards of Brunswick and Central.
1918–1950: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Central, Mill Hill, South, and West, and parts of the wards of Brunswick, Headingley, and North West.
1950–1951: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Armley and New Wortley, Blenheim, Central, Holbeck North, Mill Hill, and South and Westfield.
1951–1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Blenheim, City, Wellington, and Westfield.[3]
1983–1997: The City of Leeds wards of Beeston, City and Holbeck, Richmond Hill, and University.
1997–2010: As above plus Hunslet.
2010–2024: The City of Leeds wards of Beeston and Holbeck, Burmantofts and Richmond Hill, City and Hunslet, Hyde Park and Woodhouse, and Middleton Park.
Following the Leeds City Council ward boundary changes prior to the 2018 election, the majority of the City and Hunslet ward became the new Hunslet and Riverside ward, whilst Leeds city centre was included in the new Little London and Woodhouse ward. Hyde Park became part of a new Headingley and Hyde Park ward, shared with the Leeds North West constituency.
Constituency profile
The business and retail centre of Leeds was at the consituency's heart. A relatively affluent hub having a large minority of its housing forming by luxury, well-served apartments or streets of grand middle-class Victorian houses, the seat has sporadic deprivation, typified by certain densely packed rows of terraced houses, home to many Labour-inclined and often low-income voters. Two large, well-ranked universities in the city centre, the professional services sector and a 21st-century increase in technology businesses has brought prosperity to the younger generations of the city. The older generations of the city have lived through the closure of many mass consumer product manufacturing and materials processing businesses in Leeds throughout the mid-20th century.[4] Leeds' two universities produce a significant student electorate.[4][5] Middleton in the south of the seat has a golf course, a miniature railway and an upcoming urban mountain bike trail centre within the boundaries.
Status | Number |
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Not Deprived in Any Dimension | 16,201 |
Deprived in 1 Dimension | 21,519 |
Deprived in 2 Dimensions | 13,586 |
Deprived in 3 Dimensions | 5,205 |
Deprived in 4 Dimensions | 697 |
History
First creation
The constituency was created in 1885 by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and was first used in the general election of that year *the large Leeds seat 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. The constituency was abolished in 1955. After the 1955 general election: Leeds was represented by Leeds East (created 1885, abolished 1918, recreated 1955), Leeds North East (created 1918), Leeds North West (created 1950), Leeds South (created 1885), and Leeds South East (created 1918). There were also constituencies of Batley and Morley (created 1918) and Pudsey (created 1885, replaced by Pudsey and Otley 1918–1950).
Second creation
- Revival
The constituency was re-created for the 1983 general election.
- Results of the winning party
The seat has been won by the Labour Party's candidate since 1983. Benn, elected in 1999 on the demise of Fatchett, has achieved an absolute majority (plurality of votes) in three of five elections for Leeds Central. The 2015 result made the seat the 40-safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[7]
- Opposition parties
Conservative runner-up, Wilson, in 2015 failed to reflect the positive national swing and fell to 17.3% of the votes cast. A candidature of UKIP, not present in 2010, saw a total share of the vote, hence positive swing, of 15.7% and thus third position.[n 1]. Green Party running, not present in 2010, resulted in a 7.9% polling and fourth-place, its candidate retained his deposit. The fifth-placed Liberal Democrat forfeited her deposit.[n 2].
- Turnout
In general elections, turnout ranged from 87.9% in 1910 to 41.7% in 2001. In its 1999 by-election the constituency experienced the lowest voter turnout post-war of 19.6%.[8][9][5]
Members of Parliament
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MPs 1885–1955
Leeds prior to 1885
Election | Member[10] | Party | |
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1885 | Gerald Balfour | Conservative | |
1906 | Robert Armitage | Liberal | |
1922 | Arthur Willey | Conservative | |
1923 by-election | Sir Charles Wilson | Conservative | |
1929 | Richard Denman | Labour | |
1931 | National Labour | ||
1945 | George Porter | Labour | |
1955 | Constituency abolished |
MPs 1983–2024
Leeds South and Leeds South East prior to 1983
Election | Member[10] | Party | |
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1983 | Derek Fatchett | Labour | |
1999 by-election | Hilary Benn | Labour | |
2024 | Constituency abolished |
Election results 1983–2024
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Derek Fatchett | 18,706 | 47.9 | ||
Liberal | Peter Wrigley | 10,484 | 26.9 | ||
Conservative | Michael Ashley-Brown | 9,181 | 23.6 | ||
BNP | G. Cummins | 331 | 0.9 | ||
Communist | J.M. Rogers | 314 | 0.8 | ||
Majority | 8,222 | 21.0 | |||
Turnout | 39,030 | 61.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Derek Fatchett | 21,270 | 55.6 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | David Schofield | 9,765 | 25.5 | +2.0 | |
SDP | Karen Lee | 6,853 | 17.9 | −9.0 | |
Communist | William Innis | 355 | 0.9 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 11,505 | 30.1 | +9.1 | ||
Turnout | 59,019 | 64.8 | +3.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Derek Fatchett | 23,673 | 62.2 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | TC Holdroyd | 8,653 | 22.7 | −2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Pratt | 5,713 | 15.0 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 15,020 | 39.5 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 38,039 | 61.3 | −3.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Derek Fatchett | 25,766 | 69.6 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Edward Wild | 5,077 | 13.7 | −9.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Freeman | 4,164 | 11.3 | −3.7 | |
Referendum | Philip Myers | 1,042 | 2.8 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Mick Rix | 656 | 1.8 | New | |
Socialist Alternative | Chris Hill | 304 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 20,689 | 55.9 | +16.4 | ||
Turnout | 37,009 | 54.7 | −6.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hilary Benn | 6,361 | 48.2 | −21.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Wild | 4,068 | 30.8 | +19.6 | |
Conservative | Edward Wild | 1,618 | 12.3 | −1.4 | |
Green | David Blackburn | 478 | 3.6 | New | |
UKIP | Raymond Northgreaves | 353 | 2.7 | New | |
Leeds Left Alliance | Chris Hill | 258 | 2.0 | New | |
Independent | Julian Fitzgerald | 51 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 2,293 | 17.4 | −38.5 | ||
Turnout | 13,187 | 19.6 | −35.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hilary Benn | 18,277 | 66.9 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | Victoria Richmond | 3,896 | 14.3 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stewart Arnold | 3,607 | 13.2 | +1.9 | |
UKIP | David Burgess | 775 | 2.8 | New | |
Socialist Alliance | Stephen Johnston | 751 | 2.8 | New | |
Majority | 14,381 | 52.6 | −3.3 | ||
Turnout | 27,306 | 41.7 | −12.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hilary Benn | 17,526 | 60.0 | −6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ruth Coleman | 5,660 | 19.4 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Brian Cattell | 3,865 | 13.2 | −1.1 | |
BNP | Mark Collett | 1,201 | 4.1 | New | |
UKIP | Peter Sewards | 494 | 1.7 | −1.1 | |
Independent | Mick Dear | 189 | 0.6 | New | |
Independent | Oluwole Taiwo | 126 | 0.4 | New | |
Alliance for Change | Julian Fitzgerald | 125 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 11,866 | 40.6 | −12.0 | ||
Turnout | 29,186 | 46.4 | +4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hilary Benn | 18,434 | 49.3 | −10.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Taylor | 7,789 | 20.8 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | Alan Lamb | 7,541 | 20.2 | +7.5 | |
BNP | Kevin Meeson | 3,066 | 8.2 | +4.1 | |
Independent | Dave Procter | 409 | 1.1 | New | |
Independent | We Beat The Scum One-Nil | 155 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 10,645 | 28.5 | –9.5 | ||
Turnout | 37,394 | 57.8 | +13.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hilary Benn | 24,758 | 55.0 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Nicola Wilson | 7,791 | 17.3 | −2.9 | |
UKIP | Luke Senior | 7,082 | 15.7 | New | |
Green | Michael Hayton | 3,558 | 7.9 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Emma Spriggs | 1,529 | 3.4 | −17.4 | |
TUSC | Liz Kitching | 330 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 16,967 | 37.7 | +9.2 | ||
Turnout | 45,048 | 55.1 | –2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hilary Benn | 33,453 | 70.2 | +15.2 | |
Conservative | Gareth Davies | 9,755 | 20.5 | +3.2 | |
UKIP | Bill Palfreman | 2,056 | 4.3 | −11.4 | |
Green | Ed Carlisle | 1,189 | 2.5 | −5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andy Nash | 1,063 | 2.2 | −1.2 | |
CPA | Alex Coetzee | 157 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 23,698 | 49.7 | +12.0 | ||
Turnout | 47,673 | 53.2 | −1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hilary Benn | 30,413 | 61.7 | −8.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Fortune | 11,143 | 22.6 | +2.1 | |
Brexit Party | Paul Thomas | 2,999 | 6.1 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Jack Holland | 2,343 | 4.8 | +2.6 | |
Green | Ed Carlisle | 2,105 | 4.3 | +1.8 | |
SDP | William Clouston | 281 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 19,270 | 39.1 | −10.6 | ||
Turnout | 49,284 | 54.2 | +1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.3 |
Election results 1885–1955
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gerald Balfour | 4,589 | 51.8 | ||
Liberal | John Barran[20] | 4,275 | 48.2 | ||
Majority | 314 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 8,864 | 79.6 | |||
Registered electors | 11,135 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gerald Balfour | 4,225 | 50.1 | −1.7 | |
Liberal | James Kitson[21] | 4,212 | 49.9 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 13 | 0.2 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,437 | 75.8 | −3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 11,135 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.7 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gerald Balfour | 4,448 | 50.6 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | John Lawson Walton | 4,335 | 49.4 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 113 | 1.2 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 8,783 | 86.0 | +10.2 | ||
Registered electors | 10,215 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gerald Balfour | 4,631 | 53.8 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | Leifchild Jones | 3,977 | 46.2 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 654 | 7.6 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,608 | 83.1 | −2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 10,353 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.2 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gerald Balfour | 4,144 | 57.7 | +3.9 | |
Liberal | Samuel Montagu | 3,042 | 42.3 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 1,102 | 15.4 | +7.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,186 | 73.2 | −9.9 | ||
Registered electors | 9,820 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.9 |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f9/Robert_Armitage.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Robert Armitage | 4,188 | 57.3 | +15.0 | |
Conservative | Gerald Balfour | 3,119 | 42.7 | −15.0 | |
Majority | 1,069 | 14.6 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 7,307 | 82.2 | +9.0 | ||
Registered electors | 8,893 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +15.0 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Robert Armitage | 3,987 | 54.2 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | John Gordon | 3,366 | 45.8 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 621 | 8.4 | −6.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,353 | 87.9 | +5.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Robert Armitage | 3,519 | 52.6 | −2.6 | |
Conservative | John Gordon | 3,169 | 47.4 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 350 | 5.2 | −5.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,688 | 79.9 | −8.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.6 |
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Robert Armitage
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Liberal | Robert Armitage | 11,474 | 70.6 | +18.0 |
Independent | * Ernest Terry | 2,634 | 16.2 | New | |
Co-operative Party | Joseph Smith | 2,146 | 13.2 | New | |
Majority | 8,840 | 54.4 | +49.2 | ||
Turnout | 16,254 | 37.4 | −42.5 | ||
Registered electors | 43,496 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | K.A. | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
* Terry was supported by the three local branches of National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers, National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers and Comrades of the Great War.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/1922_Robert_Armitage.jpg/120px-1922_Robert_Armitage.jpg)
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Arthur Willey | 14,137 | 50.0 | New | |
Labour | Henry Slesser | 7,844 | 27.8 | New | |
Liberal | Robert Armitage | 6,260 | 22.2 | −58.4 | |
Majority | 6,293 | 22.2 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 28,241 | 66.1 | +28.7 | ||
Registered electors | 42,738 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | K.A. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Charles Wilson | 13,085 | 47.6 | −2.4 | |
Labour | Henry Slesser | 11,359 | 41.4 | +13.6 | |
Liberal | Gilbert Stone | 3,026 | 11.0 | −11.2 | |
Majority | 1,726 | 6.2 | −16.0 | ||
Turnout | 27,470 | 64.3 | −1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 42,738 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −8.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Charles Wilson | 14,853 | 56.2 | +6.2 | |
Labour | Henry Slesser | 11,574 | 43.8 | +16.0 | |
Majority | 3,279 | 12.4 | −9.8 | ||
Turnout | 26,427 | 60.1 | −6.0 | ||
Registered electors | 43,972 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Charles Wilson | 16,182 | 59.6 | +3.4 | |
Labour | E. J. C. Neep | 10,975 | 40.4 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 5,207 | 19.2 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 27,157 | 61.0 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 44,532 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Denman | 17,322 | 44.6 | +4.2 | |
Unionist | Charles Wilson | 15,958 | 41.0 | −18.6 | |
Liberal | Myer Jack Landa | 5,607 | 14.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,364 | 3.6 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 38,887 | 68.9 | +7.9 | ||
Registered electors | 56,417 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +11.4 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Labour | Richard Denman | 26,496 | 71.36 | New | |
Labour | Moss Turner-Samuels | 10,633 | 28.64 | ||
Majority | 15,863 | 42.72 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 37,129 | 66.20 | |||
National Labour gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Labour | Richard Denman | 17,747 | 56.43 | −14.9 | |
Labour | Fred Lindley | 13,701 | 43.57 | +14.9 | |
Majority | 4,046 | 12.86 | −29.9 | ||
Turnout | 31,448 | 61.44 | −4.8 | ||
National Labour hold | Swing | −14.9 |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Porter | 13,370 | 57.14 | ||
Conservative | Charles Denman | 8,011 | 34.24 | New | |
Liberal | Basil Mayer Sandelson | 2,017 | 8.62 | New | |
Majority | 5,359 | 22.90 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 23,398 | 63.43 | |||
Labour gain from National Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Porter | 24,030 | 60.75 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | William Barford | 13,351 | 33.75 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Victor Delepine | 2,176 | 5.50 | −3.1 | |
Majority | 10,679 | 27.00 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 39,557 | 78.26 | +14.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Porter | 23,967 | 62.35 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | William Barford | 14,475 | 37.65 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 9,492 | 24.70 | −2.3 | ||
Turnout | 38,442 | 77.10 | −1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.2 |
See also
Notes
References
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External links
- Leeds Central UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1955
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2024
- Politics of Leeds