Leeds Constituencies - Pudsey
The constituency was established in 1885 but abolished in 1918 and replaced by Pudsey & Otley until 1950 when it reverted to being Pudsey. From 1983 it became one of the Leeds constituencies. The Boundary Commissioners toyed with the idea of changing the name to Leeds West and renaming Leeds West, Leeds West Central. Local opposition, however, saw the idea dropped.
Pudsey is a well established market town tracing its history back to Domesday Book. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the wool textile industry dominated. Pudsey was always proud of its independence from its two larger neighbours Leeds and Bradford and celebrated in 1922 when the Extension Bill to absorb it into Bradford and Leeds was rejected. There was bitter resentment in 1974 when it was assimilated into the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds. Politically Pudsey was seen as a bellwether. From 1950 to 1997 it remained staunchly Conservative.
Pudsey in 2015
BOUNDARIES
1983–2010: Aireborough Ward, Horsforth Ward, Pudsey North Ward, and Pudsey South Ward.
2010 – : Calverley and Farsley Ward, Guiseley and Rawdon Ward, Horsforth Ward, and Pudsey Ward.
TURNOUT
For elections after 1929 when universal suffrage had been granted
| Electorate | Turnout | Turnout | |
| 1983 | 70,583 | 53,525 | 75.83% |
| 1987 | 71,681 | 55,939 | 78.04% |
| 1992 | 70,847 | 56,781 | 80.15% |
| 1997 | 71,009 | 52,731 | 74.26% |
| 2001 | 71,405 | 45,175 | 63.3% |
| 2005 | 70,417 | 46,444 | 65.96% |
| 2010 | 69,257 | 49,083 | 70.87% |
| 2015 | 70,533 | 50,927 | 72.20% |
| 2017 | 72,622 | 53,668 | 74.30% |
| 2019 | 73,212 | 54,215 | 74.05% |
HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES RECORDED BY A WINNING CANDIDATE
2019 S. Andrew (Conservative) 26,453
LOWEST NUMBER OF VOTES RECORDED BY A WINNING CANDIDATE
2010 S. Andrew (Conservative) 18,874
HIGHEST MAJORITY RECORDED BY A WINNING CANDIDATE
1992 J. G. D. Shaw (Conservative) 8,972
LOWEST MAJORITY RECORDED BY A WINNING CANDIDATE
2017 – S. Andrew (Conservative) – 331
RESULTS
Boundary Commission 1983
1983 - 9th June
Pudsey
J. G. D. Shaw (Conservative) 24,455
J. Cummins (Social Democratic/Liberal Alliance) 19,141
S. M. Price (Labour) 9,542
R. Smith (Independent) 387
1987 - 11th June
Pudsey
J. G. D. Shaw (Conservative) 25,457
J. Cummins (Social Democratic/Liberal Alliance) 19,021
N. Taggart (Labour) 11,461
1992 - 8th April
Pudsey
J. G. D. Shaw (Conservative) 25,067
A. Giles (Labour) 16,095
D. T. Shutt (Liberal Democrat) 15,153
J. Wynne (Green) 466
Boundary Commission 1995
1997 - 1st May
Pudsey
P. A. Truswell (Labour) 25,370
P. Bone Conservative) 19,163
J. Brown (Liberal Democrat) 7,375
D. Crabtree (Referendum) 823
2001 - 7th June
Pudsey
P. A. Truswell (Labour) 21,717
J. Procter Conservative) 16,091
S. Boddy (Liberal Democrat) 6,423
D. Sewards (United Kingdom Independence) 944
2005 - 5th May
Pudsey
P. A. Truswell (Labour) 21,261
P. A. Singleton Conservative) 15,391
J. F. Keeley (Liberal Democrat) 8,551
D. Daniel (United Kingdom Independence) 1,241
Boundary Commission 2010
2010 - 6th May
Pudsey
S. Andrew (Conservative) 18,874
J. Hanley (Labour) 17,215
J. Matthews (Liberal Democrat) 10,224
I. Gibson (British National) 1,549
D. Dews (United Kingdom Independence) 1,221
2015 - 7th May
Pudsey
S. Andrew (Conservative) 23,637
J. Hanley (Labour) 19,136
R. Tattersall (United Kingdom Independence) 4,689
R. Downs (Liberal Democrat) 1,926
C. Allen (Green) 1,539
2017 - 8th June
Pudsey
S. Andrew (Conservative) 25,550
I. McCargo (Labour & Co-op) 25,219
A. Nixon (Liberal Democrat) 1,761
B. Buxton (Yorkshire) 1,138
M. Wharton (Independent) 291
2019 - 12th December
Pudsey
S. Andrew (Conservative) 26,453
J. Aitchison (Labour) 22,936
I. Dowling (Liberal Democrat) 3,088
Q. Daley (Green) 894
B. Buxton (Yorkshire) 844