Leeds Central and Headingley

Leeds Central and Headingley
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries since 2024
Map of constituency
Boundary within Yorkshire and the Humber
CountyWest Yorkshire
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentAlex Sobel (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromLeeds Central, Leeds North West, and Leeds West

Leeds Central and Headingley is a constituency[n 1][n 2] of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[1] Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election.[2] The seat is currently represented by Alex Sobel of the Labour Party, who served as MP for Leeds North West from 2017 to 2024.

Constituency profile

Leeds Central and Headingley is an urban constituency in West Yorkshire. It is located in the city of Leeds and contains its central and north-western neighbourhoods, including Leeds city centre, Headingley, Little London, Burley, Hawksworth and Tinshill. Leeds is one of the United Kingdom's largest cities and grew rapidly during the Industrial Revolution as a centre for textile manufacturing, especially wool. Today the city has a diverse economy and is the largest legal and financial centre in England outside of London.[3][4] This constituency has one of the largest student populations of any constituency in the United Kingdom as the site of two universities, the University of Leeds and Leeds Beckett University, which together have almost 70,000 students.[5] The constituency has average levels of wealth; there is some deprivation in Hawksworth whilst Headingly is generally affluent and suburban in character.[6] The average house price is lower than the national average but higher than the rest of Yorkshire.[7]

In general, residents of Leeds Central and Headingley are very young and well-educated. Compared to the rest of the country, they are unlikely to be homeowners or married, and are mostly irreligious. They have average levels of income,[7] and a high proportion work in the health and education sectors and in professional or scientific occupations.[8] White people made up 71% of the population at the 2021 census. Asians were 13% of residents, including a large Chinese community, and Black people were 6%.[9] At the local city council, almost all seats in the constituency are represented by the Labour Party. Voters strongly supported remaining in the European Union in the 2016 referendum; an estimated 67% voted to remain compared to the nationwide figure of 48%.[7]

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following electoral wards of the City of Leeds:

It comprises the following areas of the City of Leeds:[11]

Members of Parliament

Leeds Central and Leeds North West prior to 2024

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Alex Sobel[12] Labour Co-op

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Alex Sobel, Member of Parliament for Leeds Central and Headingley since 2024
General election 2024: Leeds Central and Headingley[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Alex Sobel 15,853 50.2 −13.2
Green Chris Foren 7,431 23.5 +20.0
Liberal Democrats Chris Howley 2,611 8.3 −2.9
Reform Reggie Wray 2,399 7.6 +3.6
Conservative Jenny Jackson 2,237 7.1 −10.8
Workers Party Owais Rajput 691 2.2 N/A
SDP Rob Walker 187 0.6 N/A
TUSC Louie George Fulton 186 0.6 N/A
Majority 8,422 26.7 −18.8
Turnout 31,595 44.8 −13.1
Registered electors 70,554
Labour hold Swing −16.6

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[14]
Party Vote %
Labour27,69663.4
Conservative7,81717.9
Liberal Democrats4,88411.2
Brexit Party1,7574.0
Green1,5083.5
Turnout 43,662 57.9
Electorate 75,396

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Yorkshire and the Humber | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  2. ↑ westleedslife (28 June 2023). "Boundary Commission publishes final boundary changes – here's what it means for people living in Leeds West and Pudsey". West Leeds Dispatch. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Leeds economy". Archived from the original on 18 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Financial centres outside london". Cisi.org. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Where do HE students study?". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Students by HE provider: HE student enrolments by HE provider. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "Constituency data: Deprivation in England". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 "Seat Details - Leeds Central and Headingley". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "Constituency data: businesses and industries". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "2021 census results: Ethnic groups in your constituency". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  10. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
  11. ↑ "New Seat Details – Leeds Central and Headingley". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  12. ↑ "Leeds Central and Headingley – General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  13. ↑ "Leeds Central and Headingley". Leeds City Council. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  14. ↑ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

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