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Leeds Central Borough constituency
Leeds Central shown within West Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	1885, 1983
MP:	Hilary Benn
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	West Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Leeds Central is a 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the central part of the city of Leeds.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1885 – 1906: Gerarld William Balfour, later Earl of Balfour Conservative
• 1906 – 1922: Robert Armitage
• 1922 – 1923: Arthur Wellesley Willey
• 1923 – 1929: Sir Charles Henry Wilson Unionist
• 1929 – 1945: Hon Richard Douglas Denman National Labour
• 1945 – 1955: George Porter, Labour
• 1955 – 1983: constituency abolished
• 1983 – 1999: Derek Fatchett, Labour
• 1999 – present: Hilary Benn, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Leeds Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hilary Benn	17,526	60.0	-6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Coleman	5,660	19.4	+6.2
	Conservative	Brian Cattell	3,865	13.2	-1.1
	British National	Mark Collett	1,201	4.1	N/A
	UK Independence	Peter Sewards	494	1.7	-1.1
	Independent	Mick Dear	189	0.6	N/A
	Independent	Oluwole Taiwo	126	0.4	N/A
	Alliance for Change	Julian Fitzgerald	125	0.4	N/A
Majority			11,866	40.7
Turnout			29,186	46.4	+4.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Leeds Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hilary Benn	18,277	66.9	-2.7
	Conservative	Victoria Richmond	3,896	14.3	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Arnold	3,607	13.2	+2.0
	UK Independence	David Burgess	775	2.8	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Stephen Johnston	751	2.8	N/A
Majority			14,381	52.6
Turnout			27,306	41.7	-12.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Leeds Central by-election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hilary Benn	6,361	48.2	-21.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wild	4,068	30.8	+19.6
	Conservative	Edward Wild	1,618	12.3	-1.4
	Green	David Blackburn	478	3.6	N/A
	UK Independence	Raymond Northgreaves	353	2.7	N/A
	Left Alliance	Chris Hill	258	2.0	N/A
	Independent	Julian Fitzgerald	51	0.4	N/A
Majority			2,293
Turnout				19.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Leeds Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Fatchett	25,766	69.6
	Conservative	Edward Wild	5,077	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Freeman	4,164	11.3
	Referendum Party	Philip Myers	1,042	2.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Michael Rix	656	1.8	N/A
	Socialist Alternative	Chris Hill	304	0.8	N/A
	Independent	Julian Fitzgerald	51	0.4	N/A
Majority			20,689
Turnout				54.7
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire
• Leeds Central by-election, 1999

Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
Labour	Barnsley Central | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Barnsley West and Penistone | Batley and Spen | Bradford North | Bradford South | Bradford West | Brigg and Goole | Calder Valley | City of York | Cleethorpes | Colne Valley | Dewsbury | Don Valley | Doncaster Central | Doncaster North | Elmet | Great Grimsby | Halifax | Hemsworth | Huddersfield | Keighley | Hull East | Hull North | Hull West and Hessle | Leeds Central | Leeds East | Leeds North East | Leeds West | Morley and Rothwell | Normanton | Pontefract and Castleford | Pudsey | Rother Valley | Rotherham | Scunthorpe | Selby | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Sheffield, Brightside | Sheffield Central | Sheffield, Heeley | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Wakefield | Wentworth
Conservative	Beverley and Holderness | East Yorkshire | Haltemprice and Howden | Richmond (Yorks) | Ryedale | Scarborough and Whitby | Shipley | Skipton and Ripon | Vale of York
Liberal Democrat	Harrogate and Knaresborough | Leeds North West | Sheffield Hallam
Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Labour (2) | Conservative (2) | Liberal Democrats (1) | UKIP (1)