Morley and Outwood
2010 Results:
Conservative: 17264 (35.34%)
Labour: 18365 (37.59%)
Liberal Democrat: 8186 (16.76%)
BNP: 3535 (7.24%)
UKIP: 1506 (3.08%)
Majority: 1101 (2.25%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 19956 (50.2%)
Conservative: 10172 (25.6%)
Liberal Democrat: 4030 (10.1%)
Other: 5570 (14%)
Majority: 9784 (24.6%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 8227 (19.4%)
Labour: 20570 (48.4%)
Liberal Democrat: 6819 (16%)
BNP: 2271 (5.3%)
Other: 4608 (10.8%)
Majority: 12343 (29%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 9829 (25.6%)
Labour: 21919 (57%)
Liberal Democrat: 5446 (14.2%)
UKIP: 1248 (3.2%)
Majority: 12090 (31.4%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 12086 (26.3%)
Labour: 26836 (58.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 5087 (11.1%)
Referendum: 1359 (3%)
Other: 529 (1.2%)
Majority: 14750 (32.1%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Ed Balls (Labour) born 1967, Norwich. Educated at Nottingham High School and Oxford University. Former financial journalist and close advisor to Gordon Brown as Shadow Chancellor and Chancellor, he was a close ally of Gordon Brown during his premiership. Economic Secretary to the Treasury 2006-2007, Secretary of State for Children and Schools 2007-2010. Elected as MP for Normanton in 2005, his seat was abolished in the boundary review, despite legal attempts to have the boundary commission recommendations overturned. In March 2007 he was selected to fight the Morley & Outwood seat in place of the retiring Colin Challen. Balls is married to Yvette Cooper, the MP for Pontefract and Castleford.
Antony Calvert (Conservative) Wakefield councillor 2004-2007. Partner at Curtin & Co, a public affairs and community consultation company.Ed Balls (Labour) born 1967, Norwich. Educated at Nottingham High School and Oxford University. Former financial journalist and close advisor to Gordon Brown as Shadow Chancellor and Chancellor, he remains a close ally of Brown. Economic Secretary to the Treasury since 2006. Elected as MP for Normanton in 2005, his seat was abolished in the boundary review, despite legal attempts to have the boundary commission recommendations overturned. In March 2007 he was selected to fight the Morley & Outwood seat in place of the retiring Colin Challen. Balls is married to Yvette Cooper, the MP for Pontefract and Castleford.
James Monaghan (Liberal Democrat) Born Wakefield. Small businessman. Leeds councillor. 
David Daniel (UKIP) 
Chris Beverley (BNP) Educated at Leeds University. Leeds councillor since 2006. Contested Yorkshire & Humberside region in 2004, 2009 European elections. Morley and Rothwell 2005. Writes a regular column for the newspaper of the German NPD party.2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 91230
Male: 48.7%
Female: 51.3%
Under 18: 22.8%
Over 60: 18.4%
Born outside UK: 2.6%
White: 97.7%
Black: 0.2%
Asian: 1%
Mixed: 0.6%
Other: 0.4%
Christian: 76.6%
Full time students: 1.9%
Graduates 16-74: 14.1%
No Qualifications 16-74: 32%
Owner-Occupied: 76.1%
Social Housing: 16.4% (Council: 14.7%, Housing Ass.: 1.8%)
Privately Rented: 5%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 16.8%
”To my knowledge this seat received no Ashcroft money as was not considered a realistic target – the large amount of money raised was by online donations to Antony Calvert”. – Matt 15th June 2010.
Matt – I have just watched a report from Channel 4 News which stated the local Tory Association got £15, 000 – £20, 000 from Lord Ashctoft in order to unseat Balls!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUj_X6rYEvU
Well that was a complete waste of money!!!!!!!
What were the boundaries of the old Leeds South constituency (Hugh Gaitskell’s old seat) from 1885 to 1983?
I suspect you would have been better asking that question on the Leeds Central thread.
It more or less covered the areas of Hunslet, Beeston and Middleton (though the latter only after 1918). It also included Farnley from 1885 to 1918. In 1983 Leeds South was split almost exactly in two with the Beeston and other central areas going to Leeds Central and the remainder merging with Morley. Subsequent boundary changes removed Hunslet (1997) and Middleton (2010) so that now the whole of the old Leeds South seat is contained within Leeds Central