Election 97

Leeds East

Current MP George Mudie
Conservative 97 6,685
Labour 97 24,151
LibDem 97 3,689
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 0
Elected party
Leeds East

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Leeds East
Conservative 92 12,232
Labour 92 24,929
LibDem 92 6,040
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 0
Elected party Labour

Stretching from the east of Leeds city centre to the edge of town, Leeds East presents a cross section of an industrial city, taking in, successively, areas of recent inner-city council blocks, the Victorian housing of Harehills with a large non-white population and serious social problems, extensive council estates and then some areas of owner-occupied suburbia right out on the eastern boundary. The overall profile is firmly towards the lower part of the social scale, and this is a safe Labour seat.


Super Profiles

854 2.37 9.03 26
1,643 4.56 11.17 41
3,537 9.82 11.25 87
4,931 13.70 14.70 93
2,572 7.14 10.45 68
6 0.02 2.81 1
2,136 5.93 8.01 74
5,213 14.48 15.25 95
3,638 10.10 7.13 142
11,390 31.64 10.17 311