Leeds West was a borough constituency covering the western part of the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire which was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. With the exception of the Parliament of 1983–87, the seat was held by Labour from 1945 until its abolition.
The seat was abolished for the 2024 general election and replaced primarily by Leeds West and Pudsey.
Boundaries
1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Leeds wards of Armley and Wortley, Holbeck, and New Wortley, and part of Bramley ward.
1918–1950: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Armley and Wortley, and Bramley, and part of New Wortley ward.
1950–1951: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Bramley, Farnley and Wortley, and Upper Armley.
1951–1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Armley, Bramley, Stanningley, and Wortley.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Armley, Bramley, Stanningley, Wellington, and Wortley.
1974–1983: The County Borough wards of Armley and Castleton, Bramley, Stanningley, and Wortley.
1980–1983: The City of Leeds wards of Armley, Bramley, and Wortley.
1983–2010: The City of Leeds wards of Armley, Bramley, Kirkstall, and Wortley.
2010–2024: The City of Leeds wards of Armley, Bramley and Stanningley, Farnley and Wortley, and Kirkstall. Unusually for a Parliamentary seat, the boundaries did not correspond exactly to the wards' boundaries. The seat included small areas of the wards for Calverley and Farsley, and Morley North, but also excluded a very small area of Farnley and Wortley, which fell under Leeds Central.
History
The constituency was created in 1885 by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and was first used in the general election of that year. Leeds 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.
Abolition
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished for the 2024 general election, with its contents distributed to three new constituencies:!!Party
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| 1885
| Herbert Gladstone
| Liberal
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| 1910
| Edmund Harvey
| Liberal
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| 1918
|rowspan="2"| John Murray
| Coalition Liberal
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| 1922
| Liberal
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| 1923
| Thomas Stamford
| Labour
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| 1931
| Vyvyan Adams
| Conservative
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| 1945
| Thomas Stamford
| Labour
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| 1949
| Charles Pannell
| Labour
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| 1974
| Joe Dean
| Labour
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| 1983
| Michael Meadowcroft
| Liberal
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| 1987
| John Battle
| Labour
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| 2010
| Rachel Reeves
| Labour
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| 2024
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Election results 1885–2024
Elections in the 1880s
thumb|120px|H. Gladstone
thumb|120px|Charles Williams
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 2010s
thumb|200px|[[Rachel Reeves, Member of Parliament for Leeds West since 2010]]
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire
References
External links
- Leeds West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Leeds West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK