| Elmet County constituency |
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| Elmet shown within West Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Colin Burgon |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | West Yorkshire |
| EP constituency: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Elmet is a county 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. It is located in West Yorkshire. Since 1997 the MP has been Colin Burgon of Labour, who has announced that he will not stand for re-election at the 2010 general election.[1]
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Boundaries
The constituency was created in 1983 to cover the far eastern wards of Leeds and neighbouring communities, notably Wetherby, Barwick-in-Elmet, Kippax, Garforth and Swillington. It also includes the Whinmoor area of east Leeds. Initially the Boundary Commission for England proposed calling the constituency Leeds East, with the existing Leeds East constituency being renamed Leeds East Central.[2] This was opposed during local enquiries where the seat was instead named for the ancient kingdom of Elmet although it covers a significantly smaller area. Wetherby and Garforth are the largest settlements in the constituency.
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representations in West Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England has created a new seat of Elmet and Rothwell. The Commission have reduced the number of seats in the region by one.
History
Prior to the creation of the Elmet seat in 1983 the area was part of the constituencies of Barkston Ash, Leeds East and Normanton. Elmet has historically always been a marginal seat due to the demographic makeup of the region, in contrast to Barkston Ash which was traditionally Tory.
After the 1983 general election the metropolitan district of the City of Leeds was represented by the constituencies of Elmet, Leeds Central, Leeds East, Leeds North East, Leeds North West, Leeds West, Morley and Leeds South and Pudsey.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1983 | Spencer Batiste | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Colin Burgon | Labour | |
Election results
| General Election 2005: Elmet | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Colin Burgon | 22,260 | 47.2 | −0.8 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Millard | 17,732 | 37.6 | −1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Madeleine Kirk | 5,923 | 12.6 | +1.7 | |
| BNP | Tracy Andrews | 1,231 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,528 | 9.6 | |||
| Turnout | 47,146 | 68.8 | +3.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2001: Elmet | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Colin Burgon | 22,038 | 48.0 | −4.4 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Millard | 17,867 | 38.9 | +2.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Madeleine Kirk | 5,001 | 10.9 | +2.2 | |
| UKIP | Andrew Spence | 1,031 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,171 | 9.1 | |||
| Turnout | 45,937 | 65.6 | −11.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ^ Marsh, David (24 April 2009). "Leeds MP Burgon is quitting - with blast at leaders". Yorkshire Evening Post. http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Leeds-MP-Burgon-is-quitting.5202653.jp. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
- ^ Boundary Commission for England, Third Periodic Report, 1983
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