Leeds Constituencies - South & Morley
The Leeds South & Morley constituency was established in 1983 and abolished before the 1997 election.
The constituency was created by merging the old Leeds South constituency and Morley following metropolitanisation and the Boundary Commission’s report. Morley had an MP from 1885 until it was merged with Batley in 1918 whilst Leeds South was established in 1885 until it was abolished in time for the 1983 election. Morley, a mixture of middle-class and working-class accommodation, was involved in the manufacture of shoddy and mining and by the late twentieth century several small industries were established there. South Leeds was a predominantly a working-class area of back-to-backs with coal mining, wool textiles and later in the nineteenth century engineering as the dominant industries. The extensive council estates of Belle Isle and Middleton. were designated Urban Priority Areas in 1978. A large Asian population settled in the Beeston district from the 1960s. The constituency was succeeded by Morley& Rothwell and Morley & Outwood.
South & Morley in 1983
BOUNDARIES
1983–1997: Hunslet Ward, Middleton Ward, Morley North Ward, and Morley South Ward.
TURNOUT
For elections after 1929 when universal suffrage had been granted
| Electorate | Total votes cast | Turnout | |
| 1983 | 60,864 | 41,352 | 67.94% |
| 1987 | 60,726 | 43,490 | 71.62% |
| 1992 | 63,107 | 45,809 | 72.59% |
HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES RECORDED BY A WINNING CANDIDATE
1992 J. Gunnell (Labour) 23,896
LOWEST NUMBER OF VOTES RECORDED BY A WINNING CANDIDATE
1983 M. Rees (Labour) 18,995
HIGHEST MAJORITY RECORDED BY A WINNING CANDIDATE
1992 J. Gunnell (Labour) 7,372
LOWEST MAJORITY RECORDED BY A WINNING CANDIDATE
1983 M. Rees (Labour) 5,854
RESULTS
Boundary Commission 1983
1983 - 9th June
South & Morley
M. Rees (Labour) 18,995
W. Hyde (Conservative) 13,141
P. Burley (Social Democratic/Liberal Alliance) 9,216
1987 - 11th June
South & Morley
M. Rees (Labour) 21,551
T. C. Holdroyd (Conservative) 14,840
E. J. V. Dawson (Social Democratic/Liberal Alliance) 7,099
1992 - 8th April
South & Morley
J. Gunnell (Labour) 23,896
G. R. Booth (Conservative) 16,524
J. Walmsley (Liberal Democrat) 5,062
R. Thurston (Natural Law) 327