Leeds Constituencies - North East
The constituency was created in 1918.
A mixed constituency described by The Guardian in 2010 as a ‘diverse Leeds seat including inner city, smart suburbs and farmland’. Alwoodley, Chapel Allerton, Crossgates, Moortown, Roundhay, Shadwell, Potternewton, and Roundhay, were developed as middle-class residential areas whereas Burmantofts, Harehills and Woodhouse contained large numbers of back-to-back working-class houses. Alwoodley, Chapel Allerton, Moortown and Roundhay contains a large Jewish population whilst the Chapeltown part of Chapel Allerton saw a large West Indian community established from the 1960s and similarly Harehills a large Asian community. Burmantofts includes St James’s Hospital in its boundary. For many years the constituency was seen as a Conservative safe seat.
North East in 2015
BOUNDARIES
1918–1950: Crossgates Ward, Roundhay Ward, Seacroft Ward, and Shadwell Ward, and parts of North Ward and North East Ward.
1950–1955: Burmantofts Ward, Harehills Ward, Potternewton Ward, and Richmond Hill Ward.
1955–1974: Chapel Allerton Ward, Potternewton Ward, Roundhay Ward, and Woodhouse Ward.
1974–1983: Chapel Allerton Ward, Harehills Ward, Roundhay Ward, Scott Hall Ward, and Talbot Ward.
1983–2010: Chapel Allerton Ward, Moortown Ward, North Ward, and Roundhay Ward.
2010 – 2024: Chapel Allerton Ward, and Roundhay Ward.
2024 - : Leeds Wards: Alwoodley, Chapel Allerton, Moortown, Roundhay
TURNOUT
For elections after 1929 when universal suffrage had been granted
| Electorate | Turnout | Turnout | ||
| 1929 | 54,461 | 40,180 | 74.3% | |
| 1931 | 56,984 | 41,965 | 73.6% | |
| 1935 | 60,509 | 39,995 | 66.10% | |
| 1940 | 70,404 | 24,604 | 34.9% | by-election |
| 1945 | 75,746 | 54,373 | 71.78% | |
| 1950 | 48,131 | 39,603 | 82.28% | |
| 1951 | 47,461 | 38,393 | 80.89% | |
| 1955 | 55,441 | 40,525 | 73.10% | |
| 1956 | 55,876 | 22,293 | 39.9% | by-election |
| 1959 | 54,594 | 40,949 | 75.01% | |
| 1964 | 54,740 | 38,901 | 71.07% | |
| 1966 | 53,824 | 36,664 | 68.12% | |
| 1970 | 55,660 | 36,373 | 69.35% | |
| 1974 | 58,499 | 43,523 | 74.40% | February |
| 1974 | 58,968 | 38,607 | 65.47% | October |
| 1979 | 59,113 | 41,455 | 70.13% | |
| 1983 | 65,226 | 46,087 | 70.66% | |
| 1987 | 64,631 | 48,681 | 75.32% | |
| 1992 | 64,372 | 49,500 | 76.90% | |
| 1997 | 63,399 | 45,509 | 71.78% | |
| 2001 | 64,123 | 39,773 | 62.0% | |
| 2005 | 63,314 | 41,467 | 65.49% | |
| 2010 | 67,899 | 47,535 | 70.01% | |
| 2015 | 69,097 | 48,291 | 69.89% | |
| 2017 | 70,112 | 52,999 | 75.59% | |
| 2019 | 70,580 | 50,500 | 71.55% | |
| 2024 | 70,178 | 45,167 | 64.36% |
HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES RECORDED BY A WINNING CANDIDATE
2017 – F. Hamilton (Labour) 33,436
LOWEST NUMBER OF VOTES RECORDED BY A WINNING CANDIDATE
1922 Major J. D. Birchall (Conservative) 12,343
HIGHEST MAJORITY RECORDED BY A WINNING CANDIDATE
1940 by-election Professor J. J. C. Henderson (Conservative) 23,160
LOWEST MAJORITY RECORDED BY A WINNING CANDIDATE
1923 Major J. D. Birchall (Conservative) 4,193
RESULTS
Representation of the People Act 1918 – All men over21 and women over 30 enfranchised Redistribution of the Seats Act 1918
1918 - 14th December
North East
Major J. D. Birchall (Coalition Unionist) 14,450
J. Bromley (Labour) 4,680
1922 - 15th November
North East
Major J. D. Birchall (Conservative) 12,343
R. F. Walker (Liberal) 7,891
J. Badlay (Labour) 6,525
1923 - 6th December
North East
Major J. D. Birchall (Conservative) 12,767
F. Fountain (Co-op) 8,574
R. F. Walker (Liberal) 6,030
1924 - 29th October
North East
Major J. D. Birchall (Conservative) 16,396
E. Penny (Labour) 8,984
G. R. Woodcock (Liberal) 3,007
Representation of the People Act 1928 – All women over 21 enfranchised
1929 - 30th May
North East
Major J. D. Birchall (Conservative) 18,877
D. Freeman (Labour) 13,050
C. H. Bowle (Liberal) 8,253
1931 - 27th October
North East
Sir J. D. Birchall (Conservative) 31,671 *
A. J. Dobbs (Labour) 10,294
[ * National Government candidates. ]
1935 - 14th November
North East
Sir J. D. Birchall (Conservative) 25,915 *
A. J. Dobbs (Labour) 14,080
[ * National Government candidates]
1940 [No general election from 1939–1945. Coalition in power during the war.]
1940 - 13 March by-election
North East
Professor J. J. C. Henderson (Conservative) 23,882
S. Allen (British Union of Fascists) 722
1945 - 5th July (main polling day), plus 12th, 19th July. Main result declared 26th July
North East
A. M. Bacon (Labour) 28,870 *
J. J. C. Henderson (Conservative) 20,406
F. C. Wilson (Liberal) 5,097
[ * Alice Bacon was the first woman elected for a Leeds constituency. ]
Representation of the People Act 1948 – Abolished plural voting and university seats
Boundary Reorganisation
1950 - 23th February
North East
A. M. Bacon (Labour) 21,599
J. C. Bidgood (Conservative) 14,780
W. D. V. Jones (Liberal) 2,612
B. Ramelson (Communist) 612
1951 - 25th October
North East
A. M. Bacon (Labour) 22,402
J. C. Bidgood (Conservative) 15,991
Boundary Commission 1955
1955 - 26th May
North East
O. Peake (Conservative) 24,902 *
H. W. Waterman (Labour) 15,623
[ * Ennobled January 1956. ]
1956 - 9th February by-election
North East
Sir K. Joseph (Conservative) 14,081
H. W. Waterman (Labour) 8,212
1959 - 8th October
North East
Sir K. Joseph (Conservative) 26,240
H. W. Waterman (Labour) 14,709
1964 - 15th October
North East
Sir K. Joseph (Conservative) 23,613
K. Gould (Labour) 15,288
1966 - 31st March
North West
Sir D. Kaberry (Conservative) 30,168
C. J. Morgan (Labour) 24,044
Representation of the People Act 1969 – Franchise extended to those over 18 years of age
1970 - 18th June
North East
Sir K. Joseph (Conservative) 20,720
A. J. Patient (Labour) 15,653
1974 - 28th February
North East
Sir K. Joseph (Conservative) 20,822
J. Gunnell (Labour) 13,562
C. Greenfeld (Liberal) 8,839
C. Lord (People) 300
1974 - 10th October
North East
Sir K. Joseph (Conservative) 18,749
J. Gunnell (Labour) 13,121
C. Greenfeld (Liberal) 6,737
1979 - 3rd May
North East
Sir K. Joseph (Conservative) 20,297
R. H. Sedler (Labour) 14,913
R. Hollingworth (Liberal) 5,329
S. Parkin (Ecology) 813
E. L. Tibbitts (Anti-Corruption) 103
Boundary Commission 1983
1983 - 9th June
North East
Sir K. Joseph (Conservative) 21,940
P. M. Crystal (Social Democratic/Liberal Alliance) 12,945
R. Sedler (Labour) 10,951
E. Tibbitts (Anti-Corruption) 128
P. Holton (Against Cuts in Education) 123
1987 - 11th June
North East
T. J. Kirkhope (Conservative) 22,196
P. M. Crystal (Social Democratic/Liberal Alliance) 13,777
O. B. Glover(Labour) 12,292
C. D. Nash (Green) 416
1992 - 8th April
North East
T. J. R. Kirkhope (Conservative) 22,462
F. Hamilton (Labour) 18,218
C. R. Walmsley (Liberal Democrat) 8,274
J. Noble (Green ) 546
Boundary Commission 1995
1997 - 1st May
North East
F. Hamilton (Labour) 22,368
T. J. R. Kirkhope (Conservative) 15,409
B. Winlow (Liberal Democrat) 6,318
I. Rose (Referendum) 946
J. Egan (Socialist Labour) 468
2001 - 7th June
North East
F. Hamilton (Labour) 19,540
O. Rhys (Conservative) 12,451
J. M. Brown (Liberal Democrat) 6,325
C. E. Foote (Left Alliance) 770
J. Miles (United Kingdom Independence) 382
C. Muir (Socialist Labour) 173
M. Zaman (Independent) 132
2005 - 5th May
North East
F. Hamilton (Labour) 18,632
M. R. D. Lobley (Conservative) 13,370
J. M. Brown (Liberal Democrat) 8,427
C. E. Foote (Alliance for Green Socialism) 1,038
Boundary Commission 2010
2010 - 6th May
North East
F. Hamilton (Labour) 20,287
M. R. D. Lobley (Conservative) 15,742
A. Choudhry (Liberal Democrat) 9,310
W. Hendon (United Kingdom Independence) 842
T. Redmond (British National) 758
C. E. Foote (Alliance for Green Socialism) 596
2015 - 7th May
North East
F. Hamilton (Labour) 23,137
S. Wilson (Conservative) 15,887
W. Hendon (United Kingdom Independence) 3,706
A. Choudhry (Liberal Democrat) 2,569
E. Carter (Green) 2,541
C. E. Foote (Alliance for Green Socialism) 451
2017 - 8th June
North East
F. Hamilton (Labour) 33,436
R. Stephenson (Conservative) 16,445
J. Hannah (Liberal Democrat) 1,952
A. Forsaith (Green) 680
T. Seddon (Yorkshire) 303
C. Foote (Green Socialist) 116
T. Mutamiri (Christian People’s Alliance) 67
2019 - 12th December
North East
F. Hamilton (Labour) 29,024
A. Bashir (Conservative) 11,935
J. Hannah (Liberal Democrat) 5,665
R. Hartshorne (Green) 1,931
I. Iman (Brexit) 1,769
C. Foote (Green Socialist) 176
2024 - 4th July
North East
Fabian Hamilton (Labour) 23,260
Chris Whiteside (Conservative) 7,177
Louise Mary Jennings (Green) 5,911
Kieran Richard Thomas White (Reform UK) 3,426
Gary Busuttil (Liberal Democrat) 2,168
Dawud Islam (Workers Party) 2,067
Ian Cowling (Yorkshire Party) 574
Mike Davies (Alliance for Green Socialism) 259
Cordelia Frances Lynan (Social Democrat) 125
Christopher George Nicholson (Christian Peoples’ Alliance) 109
Stewart Hey (Climate Party) 91