Leeds North West is a
constituency in the
City of Leeds which has been represented in the
House of Commons of the
UK Parliament since 2017 by
Alex Sobel
Alexander David Sobel (born 26 April 1975) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds North West since the 2017 general election. He defeated the Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland, w ...
, of
Labour Co-op
Labour and Co-operative Party (often abbreviated Labour Co-op; cy, Llafur a'r Blaid Gydweithredol) is a description used by candidates in United Kingdom elections who stand on behalf of both the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party.
Candidat ...
.
Boundaries
1950–1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Far Headingley, Hyde Park, and
Kirkstall.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Far Headingley, Hyde Park, Kirkstall, Meanwood, and
Moortown.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Cookridge, Headingley, Kirkstall, Moortown, and
Weetwood.
1983–2010: The City of Leeds wards of Cookridge, Headingley, Otley and Wharfedale, and Weetwood.
2010–present: The City of Leeds wards of
Adel and Wharfedale, Headingley,
Otley and Yeadon, and Weetwood.
The constituency covers the north western part of the metropolitan borough of the
City of Leeds,
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...
. It stretches from
Yeadon in the north west and
Otley
Otley is a market town and civil parish at a bridging point on the River Wharfe, in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the population was 13,668 at the 20 ...
in the north east to
Headingley in the south in terms of major settlements.
History
The constituency was created in 1950, as Leeds North-West; the name was changed by dropping the hyphen in 1955. Before the
1950 general election,
Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popul ...
was represented by the constituencies of:
Leeds Central,
Leeds North,
Leeds South
Leeds South was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Leeds into two ridings ...
,
Leeds West
Leeds West is a borough constituency in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire which is represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (United ...
, (all created 1885);
Leeds North-East and
Leeds South-East (both created 1918). There were also constituencies of
Batley and Morley (created 1918) and
Pudsey and Otley (created 1918 replacing
Pudsey). Leeds North West was created before the 1950 election, and at the same time the Pudsey and Otley constituency was abolished, re-creating the Pudsey constituency and moving Otley into the
Ripon constituency. The Leeds North West boundary was revised prior to the
1983 general election, bringing in
Otley
Otley is a market town and civil parish at a bridging point on the River Wharfe, in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the population was 13,668 at the 20 ...
and the nearby villages of
Bramhope
Bramhope is a village and civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England, north of Holt Park and north east of Cookridge.
The village is north of Leeds city centre and it is in the LS16 Leeds postcode area. ...
,
Pool-in-Wharfedale
Pool-in-Wharfedale or Pool in Wharfedale, usually abbreviated to Pool, is a village and civil parish in the Lower Wharfedale area, north of Leeds city centre, north-east of Bradford, and east of Otley. It is in the City of Leeds metropoli ...
and
Arthington
Arthington is a small village in Wharfedale, in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. It is a civil parish which, according to the 2011 census, had a population of 532 and is in the LS21 postcode district with O ...
from the abolition of the Ripon constituency.
The constituency was held for the
Conservative Party
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Political parties called The Conservative P ...
by
Donald Kaberry
Donald Kaberry, Baron Kaberry of Adel, MC, TD (18 August 1907 – 13 March 1991), known as Sir Donald Kaberry, 1st Baronet, from 1960 to 1983, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) ...
from its creation in 1950 until his retirement in 1983, and then by
Keith Hampson
Keith Hampson (born 14 August 1943) is a former Conservative party politician in the United Kingdom.
Hampson was educated at King James I Grammar School, Bishop Auckland, where he was head boy, the University of Bristol and HarvardMatthew Pa ...
(1983–1997), who had previously been MP for
Ripon. It was taken for
Labour in the
1997 general election by
Harold Best
Harold Best (18 December 1937 – 24 August 2020) was a British Labour Party (UK), Labour politician, electrician and trade unionist who served as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds North West (UK Parliame ...
, who was re-elected in the
2001 general election. Best retired at the
2005 general election. The seat was contested for Labour by
Judith Blake (at that time Deputy Leader of the Labour Group on
Leeds City Council, and later also Labour's candidate in the
2010 general election), but it was taken for the
Liberal Democrats by
Greg Mulholland. Mulholland was re-elected in
2010 and
2015.
Alex Sobel
Alexander David Sobel (born 26 April 1975) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds North West since the 2017 general election. He defeated the Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland, w ...
regained the seat for Labour in the
2017 general election.
Constituency profile
This constituency has one of the biggest student populations in the country at over a quarter of the electorate; it comprises outer Leeds suburbs that are professional, middle-to-high income and residential.
It was within the
Yorkshire and the Humber European Parliament constituency, which from 2019 to 2020 when the UK left the EU was represented by three
Brexit Party, one
Labour, one
Liberal Democrat and one
Green Party
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence.
Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...
MEPs
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, it ...
.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
See also
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire
Notes
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Leeds North West (Uk Parliament Constituency)
Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950
Politics of Leeds