26-509: (Redirected from East Leeds ) Leeds East or East Leeds may refer to several things associated with the eastern part of Leeds, a city in England: Leeds East (UK Parliament constituency) Leeds East Airport Leeds East Academy , a school East Leeds A.R.L.F.C. , a rugby club East Leeds Parkway railway station , a name for a proposed railway station East Leeds FM ,
52-468: A further six, leaving 33 unaltered. In Northern Ireland, minor boundary changes affected five seats, with no changes to the proposed names. As the number of constituencies in Northern Ireland remains the same, changes were only necessary to bring some of the electorates within the permitted range and align boundaries with those of revised local government wards. Belfast South was enlarged into
78-674: A net gain of 11 seats for the Conservatives, a net loss of 6 for Labour, a loss of 3 for the Liberal Democrats and 2 for Plaid Cymru. This was further analysed as follows: In January 2024, professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher published detailed estimates of what the result would have been had the new boundaries been in place at the previous general election. This analysis shows the Conservatives would have won seven additional seats in 2019, with Labour losing two,
104-473: A radio station Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Leeds East . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leeds_East_(disambiguation)&oldid=850976091 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
130-409: A total of 24 constituencies would disappear (i.e. be broken up and not form the larger part of any proposed seats), offset by 24 wholly new constituencies (proposed seats which do not contain the larger part of any pre-existing seat). If the 2019 general election was re-run under the boundaries in the final proposals, it was estimated that a further 15 seats would change hands. The overall effect would be
156-630: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Leeds East (UK Parliament constituency) Leeds East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Richard Burgon of the Labour Party until his suspension and whip withdrawn on 23 July 2024, as a result of voting to scrap the two child benefit cap . He now sits as an Independent MP until
182-578: Is governed by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 , as amended by the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 and subsequently by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 . The 2023 review was the successor to the 2018 periodic review of Westminster constituencies , which was abandoned after it failed to pass into law. After abandonment of several previous reviews since 2015,
208-529: The Speaker of the House of Commons on 27 June 2023. The Speaker immediately laid these before Parliament and the reports were published on the respective commissions' websites the following day. The new boundaries were formally introduced into UK law on 15 November 2023 through The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023. (The original deadline of the end of October was missed by the government, which, according to
234-660: The 2023 review was set to be the first review based on electoral registers drawn up using Individual Electoral Registration, which Parliament approved from 2014–15. Because every routine canvass by local government reaches slightly fewer imminent attainers of the age of 18 than the previous system of household registration, the new system favours the Conservatives , according to a University of Manchester researcher in 2023. Local election offices are funded to implement mitigating measures to minimise any such disproportionate impacts. The Command Papers were sponsored and ordered by
260-580: The Act, must only happen in exceptional circumstances). A description of the review process is detailed in timeline of the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies . The four boundary commissions launched their 2023 reviews on 5 January 2021, to coincide with the release by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) of electorate data from analysis of the electoral registers that had been published on 2 March 2020. The commissions jointly calculated
286-585: The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg , a Liberal Democrat . Under current legislation, the four boundary commissions of the United Kingdom were required to report on their next review of the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies before 1 July 2023. In order to meet this deadline, the commissions began their work on 5 January 2021. Following three rounds of public consultation, all four commissions submitted their final proposals to
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#1732787915470312-425: The Liberal Democrats three and Plaid Cymru two. In total, the review produced 211 newly named constituencies, with the same number of seat names no longer being used (comprising just under one third of the total of 650). These constituencies are listed alphabetically below. Note that a constituency name remaining the same or changing does not necessarily correlate with how much the seat's boundaries change, or whether
338-645: The UK in accordance with the Sainte-Laguë method as shown in the table below. The Boundary Commission for England applied the same distribution formula to the English allocation, which results in the following redistribution of constituencies among the English regions: * Excluding Isle of Wight All four commissions submitted their Final Recommendations Reports to the speaker of the House of Commons on 27 June 2023. These were immediately laid before Parliament and
364-540: The boundaries of the constituency described in 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies proposal as following: In order to bring the electorate within the permitted range, the Garforth and Swillington ward will be added from Elmet and Rothwell (to be abolished). To partly compensate, parts of the Temple Newsam ward (polling districts TNA, TND, TNE, TNH, TNI, TNJ, TNK and TNL) will be transferred out to
390-417: The constituency would be seen as a "new constituency". For example, the pre-2023 Burton changes name to become the post-2023 Burton and Uttoxeter , but its boundaries remain identical; on the other hand, the constituency name Newcastle upon Tyne North remains the same after the review, but the majority of the post-review constituency covers different territory to the pre-review constituency, with only 43% of
416-475: The countryside and renamed Belfast South and Mid Down . East Antrim was extended further west, while Fermanagh-South Tyrone was extended further east into County Armagh. This table describes how the demographics of each constituency are different under the new boundaries compared to the old boundaries. The population disparity between constituencies exists because boundaries are drawn based on electorate size, not total population. The following table details
442-652: The proposed changes, based on the commission's final report. The final recommendations on the new constituencies in Wales were published on 28 June 2023 by the Boundary Commission for Wales . This followed years of proposals and consultations since 2021, with initial proposals published in 2021 and revised in 2022. Legend – New constituency ; expanded constituency ; redefined constituency ; revived constituency According to analysis carried out by electoral modelling consultancy Electoral Calculus ,
468-575: The re-established Leeds South seat. 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
494-626: The relevant electoral quota/range to be used for the 2023 review and the allocation of parliamentary constituencies between the four nations. The English commission further divided its allocation between the nine regions of England . The electorate of the United Kingdom, comprising 650 constituencies, as determined by the ONS, was 47,558,398 on 2 March 2020. The electorate of the five protected constituencies – Isle of Wight (two seats), Na h-Eileanan an Iar , Orkney and Shetland , and Ynys Môn – amounted to 220,132, leaving 47,338,266 to be distributed between
520-406: The remaining 645 constituencies, which gave an electoral quota of 73,393. Each non-protected constituency must have an electorate which is within 5% of this quota, which gave a permitted range of 69,724 to 77,062. In Northern Ireland the legislation allows for a wider range, in certain prescribed circumstances, from 68,313 to 77,062. The 650 constituencies were allocated between the four nations of
546-479: The reports were published on the respective commissions' websites on 28 June 2023. The final recommendations for England resulted in only 55 of the existing 533 constituencies remaining completely unchanged. In Wales, 21 of the 32 seats were unaltered from the revised proposals; 10 had revised boundaries (of which five were renamed); and one had a name change only. In Scotland boundary changes affected 18 seats, of which 12 were renamed. Only name changes affected
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#1732787915470572-914: The seat for 37 years (1955–1992) and was Chancellor of the Exchequer during part of this time. Leeds prior to 1885 Leeds North East and Leeds South East prior to 1955 53°47′N 1°26′W / 53.79°N 1.43°W / 53.79; -1.43 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies King Charles III [REDACTED] William, Prince of Wales [REDACTED] Charles III ( King-in-Council ) [REDACTED] Starmer ministry ( L ) Keir Starmer ( L ) Angela Rayner ( L ) ( King-in-Parliament ) [REDACTED] Charles III [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The Lord Reed The Lord Hodge Andrew Bailey Monetary Policy Committee The 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies
598-746: The wards of Central, North, and North East. 1955–1974 : The former County Borough of Leeds wards of Burmantofts, Crossgates, Halton, Harehills, and Osmondthorpe. 1974–1983 : The County Borough of Leeds wards of Gipton, Halton, Osmondthorpe, Seacroft, and Whinmoor. 1983–2010 : The City of Leeds wards of Burmantofts, Halton, Harehills, and Seacroft. 2010–2024 : The City of Leeds wards of Cross Gates and Whinmoor , Gipton and Harehills , Killingbeck and Seacroft , and Temple Newsam . 2024–present : The City of Leeds wards of: Cross Gates & Whinmoor ; Garforth & Swillington ; Gipton & Harehills ; Killingbeck & Seacroft ; Temple Newsam (polling districts TNB, TNC-X, TNC-Y, TNF and TNG). Changes to
624-544: The whip is re-established. The constituency was represented by Denis Healey from 1955 to 1992. Healey served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979 and latterly as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party . This seat includes the areas of Leeds around York Road and Temple Newsam, including several large council estates. The seat is ethnically mixed and residents are poorer than the UK average. 1885–1918 : The Municipal Borough of Leeds ward of East, and parts of
650-614: 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). Labour's Denis Healey held
676-475: Was the most recent cycle of the process to redraw the constituency map for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom . The new constituency boundaries were approved by the Privy Council on 15 November 2023 and came into law on 29 November. These constituencies were first contested at the 2024 general election . The process for periodic reviews of parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom
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