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Encyclopedia > Leeds East (UK Parliament constituency)

Leeds East is a 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. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ...

Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Politics and history of the constituency

Boundaries

This constituency covers the eastern part of the city of Leeds. Leeds is a city in the county of West Yorkshire, in the north of England. ...


Member of Parliament

George Edward Mudie (born 26 November 1953) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey, PC (born 30 August 1917), is a British Labour politician, regarded by many as the best Prime Minister we never had. He was born in Keighley, Yorkshire. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...

Election results

General Election 2005: Leeds East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Mudie 17,799 59.1 −3.8
Liberal Democrats Andrew Tear 6,221 20.7 +7.2
Conservative Dominic Ponniah 5,587 18.6 −0.8
Independent Peter Socrates 500 1.7 +1.7
Majority 11,578 38.5 −8.4
Turnout 30,107 55.0 +3.5
Labour hold Swing −5.5
General Election 2001: Leeds East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Mudie 18,290 62.9 −4.5
Conservative Barry Anderson 5,647 19.4 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Brian Jennings 3,923 13.5 +3.2
UKIP Raymond Northgreaves 634 2.2 N/A
Socialist Labour Party Mark King 419 1.4 N/A
Independent Peter Socrates 142 0.5 N/A
Majority 12,643 43.5
Turnout 29,055 51.5 −11.3
Labour hold Swing

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on 5 May 2005, just over three weeks after the dissolution of Parliament on 11 April by Queen Elizabeth II, at the request of the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... This article is about the Socialist Labour Party founded by Arthur Scargill in 1996. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


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