Leeds West (UK Parliament constituency) Totally Explained

Everything about Leeds West Uk Parliament Constituency totally explained

Leeds West is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the western part of the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire.
After the proposed boundary changes it'll be made up of four Leeds City Council wards:

Armley
Bramley and Stanningley
Farnley (see Old Farnley and New Farnley) and Wortley
Kirkstall.

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 1855 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. Leeds West has the distinction of being the only constituency in the Leeds area which has existed under an unchanged name continuously since 1885.

Members of Parliament

	ember	arty
1885	Herbert John Gladstone	Liberal
January 1910	Thomas Edmund Harvey
1918	John Murray	Coalition Liberal
1922	John Murray	Liberal
1923	Thomas William Stamford	Labour
1931	Samuel Vyvyan Adams	Conservative
1945	Tom Stamford	Labour
1949 by-election	Charles Pannell	Labour
February 1974	Joseph Dean	Labour
1983	Michael Meadowcroft	Liberal
1987	John Battle	Labour

Election results

Further Information

Get more info on 'Leeds West Uk Parliament Constituency'.

External Link Exchanges

Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:

<a href="http://leeds_west__uk_parliament_constituency.totallyexplained.com">Leeds West (UK Parliament constituency) Totally Explained</a>

Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned.