Leeds North East (UK Parliament constituency)

**Leeds North East**
Leeds North East; Borough constituency
	;
	Leeds North East shown within West Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	1918
MP:	Fabian Hamilton
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	West Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Leeds North 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.

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the north eastern part of the City of Leeds.

After the proposed boundary changes it will be made up of four Leeds City Council wards:

The constituency was created in 1918 as Leeds North-East and the name was changed by loss of the hyphen to Leeds North East in 1955.

After the 1918 general election, Leeds was represented by the constituencies of: Leeds Central (created 1855), Leeds North (created 1855), Leeds North-East, Leeds South (created 1885), Leeds South-East (created 1918) and Leeds West (created 1885). There were also constituencies of Batley and Morley and Pudsey and Otley

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Aqila Choudhry
	Conservative	Matthew Lobley

General Election 2005: Leeds North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fabian Hamilton	18,632	44.9	−4.2
	Conservative	Matthew Lobley	13,370	32.2	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Brown	8,427	20.3	+4.4
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Celia Foote	1,038	2.5	N/A
Majority			5,262	12.7
Turnout			41,467	65.5	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Leeds North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fabian Hamilton	19,540	49.1	−0.1
	Conservative	Owain Rhys	12,451	31.3	−2.6
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Brown	6,325	15.9	+2.0
	Left Alliance	Celia Foote	770	1.9	N/A
	UK Independence	Jeffrey Miles	382	1.0	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Colin Muir	173	0.4	−0.6
	Independent	Mohammed Zaman	132	0.3	N/A
Majority			7,089	17.8
Turnout			39,773	62.0	−9.8
	Labour hold		Swing