Leeds West
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 20132 (56.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 6072 (17.1%)
Conservative: 4894 (13.8%)
Other: 4344 (12.3%)
Majority: 14060 (39.7%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 4807 (14.3%)
Labour: 18704 (55.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 5894 (17.5%)
BNP: 1166 (3.5%)
Green: 2519 (7.5%)
UKIP: 628 (1.9%)
Majority: 12810 (38%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 5008 (15.6%)
Labour: 19943 (62.1%)
Liberal Democrat: 3350 (10.4%)
Plaid Cymru: 758 (2.4%)
UKIP: 2573 (8%)
Other: 462 (1.4%)
Majority: 14935 (46.5%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 7048 (17.5%)
Labour: 26819 (66.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 3622 (9%)
Referendum: 1210 (3%)
Other: 1521 (3.8%)
Majority: 19771 (49.2%)
Boundary changes
Current MP: John Battle (Labour) (more information at They work for you)
Candidates: 
Rachel Reeves (Labour) born 1979. Educated at Cator Park School and Oxford University. Bank of England economist. Contested Bromley and Chislehurst in 2005 and in 2006 by-election.
Ruth Coleman (Liberal Democrat) born 1947. Educated at York University. Local government consultant, formerly a teacher and researcher for Pady Ashdown. North Wiltshire councillor 1991-2007. LEader of North Wiltshire council 1994-1999 and 2003-2005. Contested South West region in 2004 European elections Contested Leeds Central 2005
2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 90874
Male: 48.6%
Female: 51.4%
Under 18: 22.5%
Over 60: 18.9%
Born outside UK: 4.9%
White: 94.5%
Black: 0.7%
Asian: 3%
Mixed: 1.3%
Other: 0.4%
Christian: 66.9%
Hindu: 0.7%
Muslim: 1.8%
Sikh: 0.6%
Full time students: 6.7%
Graduates 16-74: 15.2%
No Qualifications 16-74: 35.9%
Owner-Occupied: 56.4%
Social Housing: 32.2% (Council: 28.4%, Housing Ass.: 3.7%)
Privately Rented: 7.8%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 29.2%
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Interesting fact - there are only 2 men under 35 in the Commons at the moment, which must be some kind of record.
March 28th, 2008 at 12:58 amShipley
Speaking of young MPs - does anyoneone have any info/gossip about my ex-MP Chris Leslie. Have Labour found him a safe seat yet?
March 28th, 2008 at 10:08 am“does anyoneone have any info/gossip about my ex-MP Chris Leslie. Have Labour found him a safe seat yet?”
he tried in Hull East but he withdrew from the contest just before the shortlisting stage as he didn’t get any ward branch nomination (so he knew he would have almost no chance in winning the contest even if shortlisted)
March 28th, 2008 at 10:53 amPortsmouth South
Yes Andy, Danny Alexander & Dan Rogerson. We do like our young MPs in the Lib Dems! Having said that I think it’s pretty safe to assume that the next Baby of the House after the next election will be the (Labour) Hon. Member for Glasgow Central.
March 28th, 2008 at 12:26 pmThe two male MPs under 35 are Andrew Gwynne (Labour, born 1974) and Dan Rogerson (Lib Dem, born 1975). Danny Alexander will be 36 in May.
Funnily enough, there are twice as many female MPs under 35 as men, all of them Lib Dem women MPs.
March 28th, 2008 at 12:36 pmPortsmouth South
Sorry Andy, having met Danny Alexander & his youthful looks I thought he would be one of the two. Wasn’t aware of Andrew Gwynne at all. Do we know who’s likely to be the youngest MP for each party after the next election? As I said before, I wholly expect Anas Sarwar to be Baby of the House.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:50 pmI think Anas Sarwar is about 23 or 24 at the moment, so you’re probably right about that.
March 28th, 2008 at 2:30 pm2008 locals
Lab 7368 (36.03%)
May 9th, 2008 at 2:09 pmGreens 3757 (18.37%)
Con 3338 (16.32%)
LD 3130 (15.3%)
BNP 2550 (12.47%)
Others 304 (1.48%)
20447
Twickenham (& Richmond Park,Windsor)
Thanks for these figures Andrea…
May 9th, 2008 at 3:28 pmInteresting that the Greens only contested it in 2005 - not before.
Shipley
I’m guessing that nearly all the Green vote here is in Wortley?
May 9th, 2008 at 4:11 pmASC, 2556 out of 3757 Green total votes are in Farnley and Wortley
May 9th, 2008 at 8:11 pmCurious that the LDs do so badly here when there was a Liberal MP here between 1983 and 1987.
Did the Liberals do well here locally in those days and if so when did they fade?
May 9th, 2008 at 8:17 pmThe LDs got 1844 votes in Kirkstall ward to 1981 Labour.
It’s not surprising the LDs had their best result in this ward as it will include significant numbers of students in the parts next to Headingly and Hyde Park.
As the Conservatives and LDs are in alliance in Leeds I wonder if they will consider the sort of electoral pacts as they seem to have in Birmingham (there were 495 Conservative votes in Kirkstall).
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