Skip to content

Yorkshire and the Humber · Former constituency (1918–1951)

Leeds North

Every general election in Leeds North since 1918 (until 1951). Latest: Conservative, majority 13,041.

1951 general election

PartyVotesShareShare bar
Conservative Won30,29063.7%
Labour17,24936.3%
Valid votes47,539
Majority13,04127.4%

Con hold Turnout 81.7% of 58,219 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%1918192219231924192919311935194519501951Conservative, 1922: 51.3%Conservative, 1923: 54.0%Conservative, 1924: 70.0%Conservative, 1929: 48.2%Conservative, 1931: 78.8%Conservative, 1935: 69.0%Conservative, 1945: 42.0%Conservative, 1950: 58.8%Conservative, 1951: 63.7%Labour, 1918: 18.4%Labour, 1922: 21.8%Labour, 1923: 20.7%Labour, 1924: 30.0%Labour, 1929: 27.4%Labour, 1931: 21.2%Labour, 1935: 31.0%Labour, 1945: 41.8%Labour, 1950: 31.8%Labour, 1951: 36.3%Liberal, 1922: 26.9%Liberal, 1923: 25.4%Liberal, 1929: 24.4%Liberal, 1945: 16.2%Liberal, 1950: 9.4%Coalition Liberal, 1918: 74.7%
Vote share in Leeds North at each general election Con Lab Lib Co Lib

Every result

Download CSV
ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
1951ConLab13,04127.481.7%Con hold
1950ConLab12,74827.084.2%
1945ConLab1280.271.9%
1935ConLab16,84437.966.8%Con hold
1931ConLab25,53757.574.0%Con hold
1929ConLab8,48120.873.6%Con hold
1924ConLab10,58240.167.1%Con hold
1923ConLib7,44228.567.1%Con hold
1922ConLib6,54124.471.8%Con gain from Co Lib
1918Co LibLab10,44056.249.0%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who last won Leeds North?

The Conservatives won Leeds North at the 1951 general election with a majority of 13,041.

Which parties have won Leeds North?

At the 10 general elections held under this name since 1918: Conservative 9, Coalition Liberal 1.

Official results House of Commons Library and UK Parliament election results data. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

Report an error on this page