Leeds North East (UK Parliament constituency)
The initial report of the Boundary Commission in 1947 recommended that the North East division consist of the Burmantofts, Harehills, Potternewton and Roundhay wards.This meant a slightly smaller electorate (in respect of the register in force on 15 October 1946) from 78,498 to a still hefty 66,671; the main change was the removal of Seacroft to the South East division.[3] The Government brought in a Representation of the People Bill based on the recommendations, but after pressure from some affected local authorities, decided give extra seats to some towns and cities where the electorate had resulted in the area narrowly missing out on an additional Member: on 18 March 1948 the Government put down amendments to the Bill which included increasing the number of seats in the County Borough of Leeds from six to seven.The commission recommended that the Borough Constituency of Leeds North East consist of the wards of Chapel Allerton, Harehills, Roundhay, Scott Hall and Talbot.[13] Boundary changes implemented under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which took effect at the 2010 general election — their final recommendations matched initial proposals — resulted in the seat comprising the City of Leeds wards of Alwoodley, Chapel Allerton, Moortown and Roundhay.It was once a Conservative stronghold, represented for thirty-one years by the senior Tory politician and former cabinet minister Keith Joseph that has since 1997 seen relatively strong Labour support as many large Victorian houses have gradually been converted into flats and multiple-occupancy homes,[17] helping them gain the seat in 1997 for the first time since the 1950s, and have held on since.A year after Hamilton increased his majority in 2001, psephologists Simon Henig and Lewis Baston wrote that it was now possible to think of Labour winning Leeds North East in a general election which it lost.'The seat stretches from the countryside around the Eccup reservoir to the north, through affluent residential suburbs such as Alwoodley, Roundhay, and Moortown, up-and-coming neighbourhoods popular with young professionals such as Chapel Allerton, down to deprived inner-city areas such as Chapeltown, the centre of Leeds' Afro-Caribbean community.Under the war-time electoral truce no Labour or Liberal candidate stood, but he was opposed by Sydney Allen of the British Union of Fascists who campaigned on an anti-war policy.[26] The 1979 general election saw the constituency swing to Labour, against the national trend;[27] in 1987 it was noted that while the Conservatives had held the seat, they had done poorly in terms of votes.
Borough constituencyHouse of CommonsCountyWest YorkshireWest Riding of YorkshireElectorateMember of ParliamentFabian HamiltonLabourLeeds NorthLeeds EastLeeds CentralconstituencyUK ParliamentLabour PartyRoundhayChapel AllertonMoortownAlwoodleyparliamentary boroughCrossgatesSeacroftShadwellBurmantoftsGledhowMoor AllertonRepresentation of the People Act 1918Boundary CommissionHarehillsPotternewtonJames Chuter EdeAlice BaconGeorge PorterRepresentation of the People Act 1948Richmond HillScott HallFebruary 1974 general electionHarewoodWetherbyBoundary changesFifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies2010 general election2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies2024 general electionstrongholdKeith JosephChapeltownJohn BromleyThe TimesNational Partyby-electionJ.J. Craik HendersonBritish Union of Fasciststhe by-electionDenis HealeyOsbert Peake1956 by-electionConstituency Labour PartyLiz DaviesNational Executive CommitteeLabour BriefingBlairiteelection was calledJohn BirchallConservative1940 by-electionJohn Craik-HendersonTimothy KirkhopeGeneral election 2024Reform UKLiberal DemocratsWorkers PartyYorkshireClimateTurnoutRegistered electorsGeneral election 2019Amjad BashirBrexit PartyInaya Folarin ImanGeneral election 2017General election 2015General election 2010General election 2005General election 2001Socialist LabourIndependentGeneral election 1997ReferendumGeneral election 1992General election 1987General election 1983General election 1979LiberalEcologySara ParkinGeneral election October 1974John GunnellGeneral election February 1974PEOPLEClive LordGeneral election 1970General election 1966General election 1964General election 1959By-election, 9 February 1956General election 1955General election 1951John BidgoodGeneral election 1950CommunistBert RamelsonGeneral election 1945By-election, 13 March 1940General election 1935Alfred DobbsGeneral election 1931General election 1929UnionistGeneral election 1924Labour Co-opGeneral election 1923Ronald WalkerGeneral election 1922John BadlayGeneral election 1918