Leeds East 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 eastern part of the city of Leeds
.
After the proposed
boundary changes it will be made up of four
Leeds City Council wards:
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.
The constituency was abolished in 1918.
After the 1918 general election,
Leeds was represented by Leeds Central, Leeds North, Leeds North-East
(created 1918), Leeds South, Leeds
South-East (created 1918), and Leeds West.
The constituency was recreated in 1955.
After the 1955 general election
Leeds was represented by Leeds East (created 1885, abolished 1918,
recreated 1955), Leeds North East, Leeds North West
(created 1950), Leeds South and Leeds South
East. There were also constituencies of
Batley and
Morley (created 1918) and
Pudsey and
Otley (created 1918, replacing Pudsey).
Members of Parliament
Labour's Denis Healey was Chancellor of the Exchequer during his
tenure in this seat.
MPs 1885-1918
MPs 1955-present
Election results
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
See also
References
, Whinmoor
&
Swarcliffe
.
and Harehills
and Seacroft
(covering Halton Moor
, Halton
, Whitkirk
, Colton
and Austhorpe
)
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